Tips & Tricks For Being A Blogger
Since starting my blog I get a lot of messages asking for advice of people who are just starting out or have been for a while but just need a little bit of help. This has been happening a lot more recently so I thought I'd make a little post with some tips and tricks in of things that have helped me along the way.
- Don't over post! I know a lot of people who start off blogging who are constantly posting because they think it's the best thing to do but it's really not! If you're constantly clogging up someones feed they'll unfollow you. Posting a couple of times a week will stop this from happening
- Post in the evening will help you get more engagement. During the day most people are at work or school so don't have time to check their phones properly, I've found the best time to post is around 7pm. By this point in the evening people have got home from work or school, eaten their tea and done all the other stuff they need to do so they'll be sitting down and having a noisy on their phones, which means they'll be checking their Instagram.
- Instagram stories are key, these you can post all day long but remember not to post to many as they'll just get skipped
- Instagram stories that people can interact with are always good, it allows your follows to let you know what they think and if it's on something like an outfit choice and you go with that they picked then it's more likely they will like the pictures
- Labels and hashtags are really important, you want to include ones that are currently relevant. There are apps available that will tell you the most trending hashtags at the time which is always helpful to have
- Always tag brands even if it isn't a sponsored post, if you've purchased something say from Pretty Little Things and post it, tag them in it there's a chance they'll repost your picture which usually get's you a lot of followers
- Always be active, comment on brands pictures, celebs pictures and other bloggers pictures as much as possible. Once you start commenting on other bloggers pictures and liking their pictures if they don't follow you then end up doing and you support one another. This means that their followers see that you are commenting on their stuff but also that they are commenting on yours and will tend to go and follow you
- Try and keep your images consistent, it's not a major thing but it always looks better when your images flow nicely together. This can be done by taking them all in the same place or simply using the same filter and effects on your images
- NEVER and I repeat never buy followers. It's so obvious when bloggers do this and it's just no fair on bloggers who spend a lot of time trying to build their audience. You might buy followers but if their fake whos going to like your pictures? I know bloggers who have done this and its so obvious that they have. How can you have 100k followers but only 200 likes on your pictures? If you go through a lot of bloggers the ones who have around 100k get minimum 3000 likes per picture, its only so low due to Instagram's algorithms so not all your followers actually see the post, but only 200 likes there's definitely something wrong!
- Have fun with what you post about, don't write stuff you think other people want to read or you'll get stuck on what to write and it'll be bland. The best reads are always written on topics the writer likes and is passionate about, if you're passionate about makeup, write about makeup if your passion is food, write about food. Just enjoy what you do
I hope some of these tips help you a little! leave a comment if you can think of some other tips and tricks to help each other!
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