Looking to give your Instagram Stories efforts a boost over the holiday period? 

You're in luck, because this week, Instagram has published a new set of Stories tips, covering a range of creative options, which are generally pretty simple to implement, and can help you put together standout visual effects and additions.

You need to read the full post from Instagram to get all the details, but here's an overview of some of the key tips.

First off, Instagram starts with some notes on how and when brands can utilize Stories within their everyday process:

That might help prompt your own ideas for Stories use - Instagram then takes this further with tips on creative elements, including changing the color of the text you use, better aligning that with your visuals, and showcasing your written elements.

These are very handy, very simple tips, which, as you can see, can have significant impact. Instagram also provides tips on color gradients, sticker and GIF usage, creating interactive Stories and more.

Here's one that seems particularly useful:

As noted, there's more in-depth explanation of each point in Instagram's full post, and it's definitely worth a look if you want to create better, more impactful Instagram Stories.

And with more people using Stories every day, you likely do want to learn how to maximize your performance.