How to Share Instagram Feed Posts to Stories: 3 Simple Steps

Here’s a question: How can you boost the performance of your Instagram posts and reels in one minute or less? The answer lies in your Instagram Stories.

I do this for every post I share on Instagram, and it never fails to help my content gain traction.

That’s because reposting my feed posts to my Instagram stories helps my most engaged followers (read: my mom) see my Instagram content, which might not have popped up on their feeds yet. It all has to do with the way the Instagram algorithm for stories works — which, yes, is different from the feed algorithm.

Your Instagram Stories tray will always feature the stories of Instagram users you watch and engage with most often — and vice versa. Your biggest fans will likely always see your stories front and center, before they even begin to scroll their feeds.

So, sharing all your new content to your Instagram Stories makes sure the folks most likely to engage with it see it. They’re the group of followers most likely to tap over to your new posts, flick through the carousel, watch the entire Instagram reel, and hopefully, double-tap or comment.

And the more engagement your feed post receives, the better it will perform.

Really, it’s a no-brainer.

Another bonus: it’s so, so simple to do. And, if you’re really organized, you can schedule an Instagram Story in advance, too.