This morning I woke up to a message from an account I follow on Instagram: Hi Johna! I just read your bio, one of our baristas was born and raised in Alaska also! What a small world. We just had a blogger mixer and are …
Note: There’s no way that this post will be all inclusive or up to date because of the huge scope of the internet and new websites being made every day. Feel free to reach out to me with your favorite websites/strategies if you have them. …
On Monday, March 3rd, 2017 I woke up to 1015 followers. This honestly feels a little bit like the last milestone: it’s a good sign but also a little underwhelming. The earth didn’t stop revolving and cheerleaders didn’t come out of my closet – though …
Okay, so you have an account, a smart-phone, and a bunch of pictures of lattes. Now what? Unfortunately, if you’re trying to build a brand posting random pictures from your photo-roll isn’t going to cut it (even if they’re good photos). Generally speaking, people want …
I’ve been putting more effort into Instagram for the past 2 months or so – actually I can tell you the exact post, it was this one: https://www.instagram.com/p/BL64buBg8xw/ My ultimate goal is to grow a following and aesthetic strong enough that brands want to collaborate with me for …
Technology and automation has brought us a lot of wonderful things: cheaper cars, digital spreadsheets, and the junk filter on your email. They’ve also brought us something that no one anywhere really enjoys: bots. The two most common bots found on the internet are sex bots …
What will a total stranger think when you ‘like’ their photo? Why are people following you that you don’t know? What does it all mean? Let’s figure it out.
Social media sites can generally be divided into two user categories: the isolated/profile based model and the everyone-is-equal/content model. There are advantages and disadvantages to both types that make them better for certain users. In the isolated/profile model – think Facebook – users categorize themselves and their profile. If you’re a …
Demographics are a great way to break down a target audience, so I wanted to find out more about what the Instagram audience actually looks like. Who uses Instagram?
In seventh grade I got a Facebook so I could talk to all my friends from California who I’d met at summer camp. It was two years before Facebook got “big” across the US and only a subset of people I knew back home (in …