Why Instagram’s Stories Feature Is More Than a Snapchat Clone | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

If you’re one of the 300 million people using Instagram on a daily basis, you’ve probably noticed that Instagram Stories are a thing now.

It’s one thing if you don’t care about this as a user, but if you use Instagram for your marketing, Stories should definitely be on your radar – because the feature is already a hit.

(But first, for the uninitiated – what’s “Instagram Stories” mean, again? In three sentences or less, please.)

Instagram Stories is a way of sharing images and videos outside of your main Instagram feed. When you share something using this feature, it gets added to your “Story,” which is kind of like a little album that people can quickly flip through. The images and videos you add to your Story will stay there for 24 hours, and after that, they disappear....