Music is magic. It can transform a walk into a strut, folding the laundry into an epic dance breakdown, jogging on an elliptical into a Rocky-level pump-up. And NOW you can add a soundtrack to your Instagram stories (natively in the app!). With over 400 million people using uploading stories every day, it's important keep it spicy with new features to keep your audience interested and coming back for more. And, with the new elements Instagram is constantly adding (I’m sure you remember questions, polls, GIFs, heck ­– even IGTV!), it’s basically a nerd’s playground. Ready to get started with one of Instagram's most fun features? Here's everything you need to know about how to add music to your Instagram Story.

We can all agree the Instagram stories are where it's at on Instagram right now, can't we? Despite what people say, engagement on Instagram has not gone away… it's simply moved from the feed to stories. For this reason, Instagram stories are more important than ever. It's a great idea to keep your stories spicy by using new techniques that keep people guessing. Today, I'm going to tell you how to add color blocks to your Instagram stories. It's super easy and you're going to love it.  

I don't know about you, but I certainly do not want anyone knowing how much time I spend on Instagram because #spoileralert, it's a way more than it should be. Maybe you log on in the middle of the night when you wake up (guilty) or find yourself mindless scrolling for hours on end (double guilty). Whatever your reason, it's nice to have some privacy, right? There hasn’t been a ton of people talking about this feature, which really surprises me because, to me, it’s really important to have this turned off. Today I'm going to show you exactly how to turn off your activity status on Instagram.