25,554 Followers I tried to post a picture. Failed to upload. I tried again. Failed to upload. Tried again. Finally uploaded! Checked it 20 minutes later: 19 likes. Checked twitter to see if there were any #InstagramDown posts and: In honor of the July 3rd …
Over the past few months (if I’m being honest, the past seven months) life has done what it tends to do: it’s gotten really busy Between traveling for the holidays, a new project at work, planting a garden, and other things that have made my …
In this blog I’ve covered different types of social media platforms, what different kinds of interactions mean, and what kind of messages won’t get you replies. In this post I’m going to outline what a DM (direct message) is and how you can actually send …
24,522 Followers Things that make my list of “unpleasant but necessary things to deal with” include: taxes, insurance of all kinds, making doctor appointments, and anything involving legal action. Which is why when I got an Instagram message from an account telling they had a …
23,833 Followers Would I, unprompted, ever go to a kickboxing gym? Probably not. Would I do it for Instagram? Absolutely The Approach I received a message from a mixed martial arts studio in Dallas offering free classes to influencers. I thought this was an interesting …
22,300 Followers As with all of my posts that seem to be popular: I didn’t expect this one to be such a hit. It was just another morning before work as I frantically tried to think of a question that I hadn’t already asked before …
22,259 Followers In April of this year Instagram changed its API rates, meaning that a plethora of third-party apps reliant on retrieving that data went out of business and effectively shut down In English: A couple of months ago Instagram decided that third-party websites that …
22,069 Followers I went shopping on a Saturday morning hunting for a summer party dress. Going to the mall is something I consider a necessary evil because there are some things that shouldn’t be bought online without trying them on first. That being said: my …
21,151 Followers A requirement for being a content-creator is actually creating said content. Youtubers make videos, bloggers write posts, Facebook admins hunt for memes, and Instagrammers create visual images. You guys, creating content on a regular basis is absurdly difficult I know what you’re thinking: …
16,264 Followers Up until a couple of months ago, being asked to speak at an event is something that I only expected to happen within the context of organizations I was already a member of in real-life: scholarship events, internal company presentations, usually by people …