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      Why ‘niching’ on Instagram is (generally) bad advice

      Instagram advice
      "Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself. I am large, I contain multitudes." -- Walt Whitman A question for you, my Instagram-using friend. Do you feel like there's room [...]
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    • 04/15/2021
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      What the F is up with Instagram Hashtags?

      Instagram advice
      If you've been subscribed to my newsletters for a while, you'll know this isn't the first time I've talked about the ongoing evolution of hashtags, and their usefulness, on Instagram. Not so long [...]
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    • 09/11/2020
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      Think Like An Editor

      Instagram advice
      This post is adapted from a lesson in my Instagram class, The Insta Retreat, where I teach strategies to grow your account and your audience, while remaining authentic to yourself. Click here to read [...]
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    • 04/16/2020
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      Stay Home Photo Challenge – In Your Hands

      Stay Home Photo Challenge & Instagram advice
      Our little challenge made the news this week! UK news site The Metro and Dutch newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws both shared details of what we've been doing alongside some of the creations from the [...]
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    • 04/08/2020
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      #StayHome Photo Challenge – On The Table

      Stay Home Photo Challenge & Instagram advice
      How will you remember this time? ​I've been cataloguing my life in photos since before Orla was born and somehow, they seem to hold memories better than words. Each scroll of my camera roll is [...]
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    • 03/31/2020
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      #StayHome Photo Challenge – The Rainbow

      Stay Home Photo Challenge & Instagram advice
      What an amazing and heartwarming response to last week's prompt! Within minutes of the email landing I was being tagged in creations on Instagram. No two are the same, all crammed full of narrative [...]
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    • 03/25/2020
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      #StayHome Photo Challenge – The Windowsill

      Stay Home Photo Challenge & Instagram advice
      In stressful times I have a few default coping mechanisms: shopping, creativity and community. Given the first one is not especially available in the current climate, I wanted to offer us all a small [...]
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    • 11/22/2019
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      iPhone camera vs the Olympus PEN {AD}

      Photography & Instagram advice
      "The best camera is always the one that's with you." An adage for an Instagram generation, where we photograph everything and anything and make our daily lives the subject in our work. It's a style [...]
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    • 06/13/2019
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      8 things to measure instead of your follower count

      Instagram advice
      Ok, let's be clear - obviously there are way more than 10 things that are more important than a follower count. Things like being a good human, cutting down on single-use plastics and naps being [...]
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    • 02/21/2019
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      It’s PUBLICATION DAY! 🎉

      Work, Personal & Instagram advice
      It feels brilliantly surreal, but today is the day that my book, Hashtag Authentic, wings its way out into the world! If you haven't got your copy yet, here's a little taster of what you can [...]
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    • 01/06/2019
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      The real reason you’re losing Instagram followers – and what to do about it

      Instagram advice
        There was a time when losing Instagram followers was a pretty unusual occurrence. Everyone was on this nice gradual upward trajectory, and growth was simply a matter of how quickly, and [...]
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      Instagram: Should you be ‘liking’ more?

      Instagram advice
      What's in a like? Do you hit 'like' on every post you see, or does a like = LOVE to you, to be saved for the really special posts on your feed? Or are you more of a passive Instagrammer, preferring [...]
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