![]() Facebook settings favour Instagram posts, so they display beautifully. (Check out this page for the instructions on how to do that, from Instagram.) Facebook owns Instagram. I learned that I could post direct to my FB page via Instagram, simply by setting up the link.I have loved photography since my teens, although I am strictly an amateur.I figured photos of my dogs or nature could be a good place to start.I wanted it to be visual, because all the stats show that visual works better these days, and besides, I’m a visual person myself. ![]() But I also wanted to share some original content.I started a new habit of looking for interesting Australiana type stories on my favourite Australian news network, and shared those.I hunted for other FB pages posting great content about these topics, that I could repost.A subset of those people might like my books. So I figured content about nature, Australia, New Zealand and dogs would be the right kind of content to appeal to people with whom I might share common interests. I write mystery novels set in wild locations in Australia and New Zealand, and dog books. So I put on my earnest face and set up a Facebook page for Belinda Pollard – Author & Speaker and puzzled over what to post to it. (Stick with me, I’m getting to Instagram!)Įveryone says Facebook seems to be the best network to help us connect with readers. See this post for links to all my articles about Twitter.īut it hasn’t been a place to meet readers, nor was I using it for that.Īfter I published my debut novel Poison Bay in December 2014, I finally acknowledged that I’d have to do something about a Facebook presence. It has helped me form lots of friendships with other writers and editors, as well as strategic alliances that have been a huge boost to my work. Twitter has been my social network of choice since 2011. Some people share pics they’ve taken on fancy cameras, and they are gorgeous.īut it seems to be designed to work best with smartphones. So you can take a picture on your phone, then immediately share it to the world. You can access it from a computer if you use fancy apps (Instagram seems to actively resist posting other than from a phone, so prepare for it to be hard). Unlike Pinterest, where people post other people’s images, Instagram is primarily about sharing your own photos. What is Instagram?Ī social network where people post photos with captions, all day every day. These are my discoveries - see if they help you decide whether or not to add yet another social network to your author kitbag. I joined Instagram in mid-2015 as an experiment, and it’s been more than I expected it to be.
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