Countdown Stickers Now Available for Instagram Stories
Posted: December 18, 2018
Finding new ways to get people excited about a sale or event can be a challenge for marketers. The same old way just doesn't cut it all the time. Enter the Instagram countdown sticker. The new sticker can be added to any event you choose on your story - and even comes with an additional function that will make it easy for users to remember or share the event.
**See the countdown timer in action for POMA's upcoming conference on the #POMA2019 story highlight at shelly_poma.
Andrew Hutchinson, content and social media manager of Social Media Today explains how to use countdown stickers as part of your marketing strategy.
Instagram has added a new 'Countdown' sticker for Stories, which displays a timer for a chosen event.
The new option was first spotted by social media expert
Matt Navarra, and full credit to the team from
Later for their
rundown (and screenshots) of the new functionality.
As you can see here, the Countdown sticker is now available within the Stories sticker tray - choose it, and you can then select the end date and time of the countdown, and the color of the sticker itself. You can then add the sticker to your story - but the real key element is this:
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Instagram Adds New 'Countdown' Sticker to Instagram Stories, on
Social Media Today.
Finding new ways to get people excited about a sale or event can be a challenge for marketers. The same old way just doesn't cut it all the time. Enter the Instagram countdown sticker. The new sticker can be added to any event you choose on your story - and even comes with an additional function that will make it easy for users to remember or share the event. **See the countdown timer in action for POMA's upcoming conference on the #POMA2019 story highlight at shelly_poma.
Andrew Hutchinson, content and social media manager of Social Media Today explains how to use countdown stickers as part of your marketing strategy.