Peaceee
I just realized that I’m way cooler than I portray myself online. I do so many things and wear so many hats I think my following deserves to know and grow. So this is my journey to 1000 followers.
On March 23rd I realized that I should have more followers.. not in the vain, i’m cooler than you lames realization but in the I know people with 2k + that are way lamer in person. So what was I doing wrong?! Not posting. For me I’ve always been a lurker of the social media arts, posting every month or so hesitant to like a photo, because did I really ‘like’ it or were they just my associates? I always had this feeling about online presences as a sort of taboo. Do I want people in my business and how could I not want people in my business but also want them to buy from my business. It was a constant battle of how much to share versus oversharing.
Over the years I’ve seen the impact social media has in society and came to my senses about engaging the proper way. I just never would of guessed how hard it would be to grow your followers organically! I’m not a hot girl and I don’t have the fatty so I imagine this will take some time. My goal is to get to 1k followers before my trip to Essence Fest (yaaas) which is in July. Thats about 3 months to go from 533 to 1000 preferably more!
Today, March 28th, I am at 684 followers! That is 150 followers in about a week that I have gained. And let me tell you I have never liked and commented on so many things in my lifeeeee! I just found out about following hashtags and actually commenting on peoples pics versus using an emoji and have real engagement with my followers it has truly helped me to gain and KEEP followers. My biggest challenge in this last week was creating content.
I started my week out with my first story! Showing some of the jewelry I have been working on for an upcoming show! To my surprise 103 people viewed it!
While my story was on for 24hrs I decided to go and like and comment on some people that I was interested in using my story as leverage for people to check me out and what I do. After a day of that I noticed I had gained about 15ish followers. So I continued that pattern alternating with actual posts and stories!
Leave tips and comments for me to help grow my following or what has worked for you in the past! Also, Follow me on Instagram @sugarforbrains I’m trying to become a better poster.
Sade S.