HOW TO ADD LINK TO INSTAGRAM STORIES

As we all know that iinstagram is starting to be the  face of social media around the world. All though we still have big social media giants like facebook and  twitter, instagram popularity keeps increasing day in day out. instagram now pose to be the destination of future
advertisement as companies and brand tends to drive their presence through popular accounts and social media influencers. the use of features like instagram stoories has tend to increase brands impression and Fans. below is how to add a link to your instragram story. 

PS. your followers must be up to 10,000 before you can add links to your intagram story.

STEP 1: TAP ON THE CAMERA ICON TO UPLOAD TO YOUR STORY

On your main Instagram feed, tap the camera icon at the upper left part to start your Instagram story. This is located right above the word Stories.

Once you have opened the camera icon, you have the option to take a photo, video or Boomerang from there. You can also swipe up and access your library and post any photo or video that was captured within the past 24 hours. (or if it has already passed 24hrs, take a screenshot of the image to put it back in the top of your camera roll!)



 STEP 2 : CLICK ON THE CHAIN LINK ICON



Remember, the chain icon where you can add links will only appear if you have a verified account or if you have a business profile that has more than 10,000 followers.

watch video for more explanation.

Upon tapping the chain icon, a new window will pop-up where you can input your URL. Make sure to tap on done or the green checkmark once you have successfully input your link.
If you would like to track your link clicks, we recommend using bit.ly (or any other form of trackable URLs!) to track your statistics. Once this process has been completed, you will be routed back to the story you created and the chain icon will now be highlighted.

Don’t have 10,000 followers yet? Don’t worry, this feature originally launched with those who had over 1M followers! They’ve slowly been reducing the number of followers and I’m sure it will be available to you shortly, alternatively here are some of our great resources to help you grow your audience.

STEP 3 : ADD A CALL TO ACTION FOR YOUR INSTAGRAM STORY LINK.
Before tapping on the “add your story” icon, make sure to edit your story first, and add a call-to-action.
If you added clickable link to a photo, it will be visible on the screen for a second before the next story appears, so make sure to remind your audience to swipe up to click on the link.

How do you do this?

Even though a “see more” sign will appear at the bottom of your story, people will still need to be directed to click it.

Here are some examples!

“swipe up for more”, “swipe up to shop”, “see more here!” or you can always doodle arrows that point to where they need to swipe up!

then you are good to go.