Using Instagram to Engage with Readers

Posted: September 15, 2016

With the wide choice of social media platforms available to connect with readers, it's hard to choose the best one. Although Twitter and Facebook are popular, you may be overlooking one very powerful choice. When done right, Instagram Stories is a great new way to interact with readers. Martine Ellis, freelance writer and contributor to The Write Life, explains how Instagram Stories can be used to network and grow audiences.

Instagram Stories: Your New Favorite Way to Engage With Readers?

When it comes to choosing social media platforms, writers are often drawn to Twitter. It’s one of the biggest social media platforms and is perfect for networking and growing a following.   A less obvious, but equally powerful choice, is the photo-sharing platform, Instagram. But what could writers possibly share? A daily computer screen and bucket of coffee photo isn’t very interesting, is it? But the recent introduction of Instagram Stories has brought a new dimension to the platform. It’s just waiting to be leveraged by writers.

Read the entire article, Instagram Stories: Your New Favorite Way to Engage With Readers?, on The Write Life.