I’m often asked about the secret to making a viral video. I can still remember having to grow from just a few thousand Instagram followers last summer. Some videos only got a hundred views, and it was so frustrating. Social media always seems like a roller coaster ride. Fast forward a year, and we’ve grown to 680,000 followers on Instagram with some videos hitting over a million views. Here are a few lessons I learned along the way. How To Make A Viral Video 1. The first step is ...
How To Become A Blogger And Stay A Blogger
How to make money blogging. This is the phrase I searched for in 2012 while looking for eBooks and articles that would show me how to become a blogger. However, when I think about blogging, I think about the opportunity I missed to start full-time blogging sooner. It began in 2009 when I started a free WordPress blog to raise awareness for the autobiography I authored about my marriage to my former husband. I used a pen name on the advice of my publisher, because the details of the book could ...
Is A Blog Essential For A Freelance Writer?
As a relatively new freelance writer, I'm putting the majority of effort into creating great content for my own website when I'm not actively looking for client work. Is a Blog Essential for a Freelance Writer? Before we even dive in with my constant yapping about having an active blog, let's get one thing straight. It's pretty easy for me to sit and preach about a blog. I started with my own lifestyle blog at the age of 12 and practically owe my life to that little space, no matter how ...
How To Find More Creativity In Your Life
I know some people who would say the following about themselves, “I’m not a creative person.” I beg to differ. Many people equate creativity with people who are artists, dancers, designers, teachers, and so on. However, creativity is something that happens in all of our lives. Every. Single. Day. Not just for people who are those artists, dancers, designers, or whatever. As defined by Merriam-Webster, creativity is “the ability to make new things or think of new ideas.” If you say you are not ...
How I Got My Instagram Account To Be Seen By Thousands
Have you ever been scrolling through your Instagram and see that one of your favorite Instagram accounts is being run by a special guest for the day? Did you know that it's actually very easy to be that guest running the account? It's called an Instagram account takeover. Instagram account takeovers are an incredible way to grow your Instagram organically. If you are using Instagram as a part of your growth strategy, you know how much work it takes to get your content in front of the right ...
Writing In First Person: Am I Revealing Too Much?
Moms across the world caution their kids: “Be careful what you post online; it’ll be there forever!” These words of caution are relevant to teens, for sure, but they’re just as relevant to people of any age who are writing in first person, including most bloggers. A photo of an old beat-up typewriter accompanies this post as a caution: don't let your writing beat YOU up by revealing something you'll later regret. Think long and hard about each revelation you make, to avoid making a mess ...