Tip of the Week: Instagram Stories – Pinning a Sticker or Text to a Video

Hey all! This tip comes to us from Alex Shebar, better known as @AlexShebar on Instagram. So I’m sure you may have seen people’s Instagram stories where…all of a sudden…text comes in, or one of those cute little stickers dances around across the screen. But maybe you only know how to make text appear THE WHOLE TIME in a video, right? Yeah, that was me, and then I asked Alex how he got the text to appear halfway through his videos, etc…

The answer? Pinning your text or sticker!

How to Pin a Sticker or Text to Your Instagram Stories/Video

1. You must be using a video in Instagram stories. This doesn’t work for static photo story posts.

2. Capture your video – don’t post it yet!

3. Add whatever text or stickers you’d like, press done, then HOLD DOWN on these items until you see this screen:

4. Now put your sticker or text wherever you’d like it placed in your video. Note that if your video moves/pans around quite a bit, it will only appear for the amount of time that portion of the video is onscreen. If your video is a Boomerang, you can have lots of fun with stickers!

5. It should look like this when posted on Instagram:

For additional tips on adding stickers and text to your Instagram stories, watch these clips:

Thanks for sharing, Alex!

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