1 Instagram Tip That Will Make Your Followers Love You

People are all about convenience and making their lives easier.  This is also the case on social media.  On Instagram, there is one simple thing that you can do to give your followers a better experience and in turn make them love you even more:

Which of these is easier to read?   #ireallywantamargarita or #IReallyWantAMargarita

The first option isn't impossible to read, but the second is much better.  Capitalize the first letter of each new word in your hashtags to make them easier to read!  It makes an Instagram (and twitter for that matter) experience much more simple and cuts down on wasted time on the viewers end.  It's also aesthetically pleasing.  I can't tell you how many times I've encountered these two scenarios-

1.  A super long hashtag that was supposed to be funny, but by the time I figured out what it said I was drained and it wasn't funny anymore.

2.  Bad words that weren't meant to be.  Example: #sweetassugar (though it's always funny to me when I encounter these, ha!).  We automatically process capital letters as new words, so this small adjustment can make a huge impact when others are reading your hashtags.  They may be even more likely to read your image descriptions because they know that your hashtags will be clear cut.

Tip:  The best thing about this is that your past hashtags are saved and they're case-sensitive.  This means you would only have to capitalize your hashtag once and going forward you can just select it from the list.  This can be especially useful with hashtags that you use frequently for your blog or business.  For example, I use #ColorHugging when I post an image that incorporates lots of color.

I hope you consider using capitalization in your hashtags.  It's a small step that can make a huge impact!

3 Reasons That Repetitive Information Is Beneficial

I have been watching various business webinars for a while now and they have discussed similar strategies for building an engaged audience, increasing your social media following, etc.  I've noticed that the strategies that were taught were similar across all of the webinars.  Even more interesting is that the people hosting the webinars have collaborated with each other but both have taught the same exact strategies in their individual courses.  When I came to this realization, I had two choices...either stop watching webinars because "I know it all now" or continue watching them anyway and let it all soak in.  I decided to go with the latter choice because no one really knows it all and education is never a bad thing.  With that in mind, I would like to share three reasons that repetitive information can work in your favor.

1. Repetitive messages become ingrained in you- The more that you are exposed to something, the more that it is likely to become a part of your thought process and/or lifestyle.  If you constantly hear the same advice for a particular topic, you will find it easier to remember and you may be able to educate someone else on it. Is that a bad thing?  I don't think so.  It's similar to studying for a test.  You are first given a lecture, you take notes, you study the notes then when you are tested you know the answers.

2. The information must be true and important/crucial-  If you are constantly hearing the same tips from multiple sources, nine times out of ten the information is accurate, relevant and important.  This can just be further confirmation that you are on the right track with what you're searching for because various people attest to it.

3. The delivery will be different because the presenter is different-  If you hear a presentation by two different people about the same topic, you will get a totally different experience and perspective between the two.  That's the beauty of individuality and the reason that we have so many similar versions of food in the grocery store.  Corn flakes are corn flakes regardless who makes them.  If they were the same price, the way they're presented/displayed ends up being the determining factor in the purchase.  This is the same for information;  if it's "packaged" well, it will be received better.

As you are searching online for tips to improve your blog and/or business, just remember these three points if you are noticing similar information in your results.  You're on the right track and your brain is taking it all in!