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Posting Your Story Template to Instagram with Interactive Stickers

Learn how to post a Story template to Instagram and use interactive stickers to turn viewers into email subscribers.

Written by Nola Gehring

1. Download your template from Canva

  • Open your story template in the Canva app from the C&C Dashboard and make sure all your customizations are complete.

  • Tap the download icon in the top right corner, select PNG as the file type, and save it to your camera roll.


2. Open Instagram and start a new story

  • Open Instagram and tap your profile photo in the top left corner to open Stories.

  • Select the template you just saved from your gallery.

  • If your template has multiple pages, tap the multi-select button to select all of them.


3. Add a Poll sticker

  • Tap the smiley face icon to open the sticker menu and select Poll.

  • Add a prompt like "Are you thinking about buying this year?" or whatever is referenced in the template

  • Drag the sticker into position and move on to the next slide.

OR

4. Add a Question Box sticker

  • Open the sticker menu and select Questions.

  • Drag it into position and replace the default text with something like "Want it? Drop your email below."

  • When a follower responds, their reply will come through as a story reply β€” you can then manually add that email to your Flodesk list.

OR

5. Add a Link sticker

  • Open the sticker menu and select Link.

  • Paste in your Flodesk landing page URL and tap Customize Sticker to edit the label.

  • Tap Done and make sure the sticker is easy to see on the slide.


6. Post your story

  • Once everything looks good, post your story. One tap from a viewer on the link sticker will take them straight to your opt-in form.

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