New Instagram Story Update: More Reach FAST (2025)

About this video

He explains a new Instagram update that lets you reshare any public story to your own story, even if the original poster didn’t tag you. Demonstrating on screen, he taps ‘add to story’ in the corner of another account’s story to post it to his own, stressing that the account must be public for this to work. He frames it as free reach without creating content from scratch, ideal for testimonials, influencer mentions, event buzz, customer unboxings, and before-and-after results, and notes many users live in Stories rather than the feed. The key is to add value, not just repost: add a caption or one-line opinion, a poll, a question sticker, a call to action like ‘reply info,’ or a proof caption, otherwise you look like a spam account. He gives examples for local restaurants (reshare customer stories, add a taco-or-burger poll, save the best to highlights), e-commerce and print-on-demand brands (reshare unboxings and fit checks with link stickers), and service businesses (reshare client wins to drive DMs). Mistakes to avoid: posting 10 shares in a row instead of picking the best two or three, no credit or context, and resharing off-niche content. His homework: reshare three public stories in your niche, add a poll to each, and see what gets the most replies.

Key takeaways

• You can now reshare any public story to your own story, even without being tagged — the account must be public.
• Treat reshares as free reach for testimonials, unboxings, event buzz, and before-and-after results.
• Always add value to a reshare — a caption, opinion, poll, question sticker, or call to action — or you look like a spam account.
• Pick only the best two or three shares and keep the original handle visible; don’t overpost repeats or off-niche content.
• Try it this week: reshare three public stories in your niche with a poll on each and track which gets the most replies.

Episode details: published December 12, 2025 · 4:53 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are RJ Martinez’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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