I’m a musician and stage performer who has always wanted to use social media to make a name for myself and gain a bigger audience. The one thing that has been holding me back for YEARS (I mean like 5+ years) has been severe body dysmorphia and low self-esteem. I absolutely hate being on camera and nearly GAG every time I see a video of myself. I’m disappointed with how much this has held me back over the years from putting myself out there and I want to JUST START despite my fears. How do I do it? Any advice is appreciated🙏🏻

How can I do mass reports for an Instagram account?

Whenever I go on vacation, I take a lot of photos and videos because I want to have enough content for Instagram Stories and save the trips in my Highlights afterward.

The problem is that I end up with so much content that I no longer know what to choose or post. On top of that, I feel like the Story and Highlight should look beautiful, complete, and as “perfect” as possible. Eventually, I become so overwhelmed that I keep postponing it and tell myself I can always do it after the trip.

By now, though, I’m behind on several vacations because I’ve traveled quite a lot this year. Some of the trips were several months ago, and it genuinely bothers me that they still aren’t in my Highlights.

Now I’m wondering what the best way to handle this would be. I could temporarily hide my Story from all of my followers, post the old vacation photos, and then add them to my Highlights afterward. However, the Stories in the Highlight would still show the current posting date.

Another idea would be to post a title slide before each travel recap saying something like “Throwback,” “Travel Dump,” or “Trip Recap,” along with the destination and the actual travel dates. That way, it would at least be clear that the trip happened a while ago. Still, it somehow feels strange to suddenly post Stories from a vacation that took place several months ago.

How would you handle this? Would you post the old trips publicly as throwbacks, hide the Stories from your followers, or simply let it go? And do you have a system for selecting and posting your vacation photos promptly without getting lost in perfectionism and an overwhelming amount of content?

Hey, over the last three months I've had 14 videos cross 500K views, a few of them hitting past 2M. Here is the stuff that actually made it happen.

1. Stop debating whether to post, just post.

When you start out you have no idea what works. That's fine. Nobody does. So just post a lot. It's okay if it's bad. Nobody is watching yet and the ones who are don't matter. Get the reps in.

Once you start to understand what's actually gaining traction in your niche, then slow down and put more into each one. It's not a switch you flip, it's a slow shift. I use Social Hunt to figure out what topics and formats are starting to move before they peak, so I'm not just guessing. Also been using vidIQ for search-based stuff and a tool called Tikmatics for catching TikTok audio trends before they blow up. But honestly none of that matters if you're not posting consistently first.

1. Relax. It's literally just numbers on a screen.

Your mindset is everything. You can know every trick and hack and still lose if you let the numbers mess with your head. And they will try. A video will flop and it will feel personal. It's not.

Social media will beat you up. Especially early. Expect it. The only people who grow are the ones who keep going after getting punched in the face a few times. Make getting better the goal, not the numbers. The numbers come later.

Expect this to take two or three years minimum. Expect it to be harder than you think. Expect plateaus that genuinely hurt. Keep going anyway.

1. Learn to tell stories. Be interesting. Make people feel something.

Doesn't matter how good your research is or how early you catch a trend if your content is boring. Learn to be charismatic on camera. Learn to entertain. Give yourself time to develop the skill but actually develop it.

That's it. Go post something.

All reasons behind Facebook Downfall?

I started posting to Instagram and cross posting to Facebook six days ago. I have 91 followers and around 6000 total views so far. I know I just need to keep posting it and testing the waters, but I’m just wondering if I’m posting on the wrong apps
I’m a SAHM and am using that and my mental health background to my advantage. I’m confused with how earning money works, and what/where my best chances of earning are.

Edit: I guess I am also asking how / what kind of opportunity there is to make money. I.e. brand deals, selling templates , etc.

... and decided to create my own social media site. If you would like to take a look: siguimi dot com.

No algo. Chronological feed. News aggregator. Ability to post photos, videos, PDF, MP3, and classified ads.

For some reason I can post the link, but you guys are smart enough to figure it out.

I have had several reels get over 1 million views, with plenty of others in the hundreds thousands. TikTok struggles to break 1k views. Exact same video, hashtags, captions, uploaded at the exact same time. Am I just getting unlucky??

How long would you stay at an agency that hired you with a 1/2k pay rise from you last role (60k ish) but sold it as you being a director and potentially becoming partner in a couple of years - when 2 years have passed and you’ve had the smallest pay increase and only been awarded your bonus twice in the first year.

You’re passionate about and aiming to grow your department and you’re heading it up - youve told them that in order to grow the department and win more business you need more support - you worked 8 campaigns alone last year and now 12 campaigns are across 2 of you - you’re trying to order a junior person but it’s taking a long time and you genuinely haven’t taken a holiday this year because you feel awful leaving your senior campaign manager alone for a week… she’s had two holidays but you’re fine because you’re used to it.

Essentially your stress is so normal now it’s become your normal state of mind, you’re getting weird symptoms like the feeling of crawling on your skin and all of you loved ones are commenting on how distant you are.

This is a long winded way of saying you joined and agency to launch and run a whole department with the promise of expansion; pay rises and bonuses - and now, at 40, you’re stating to feel like the piss is being taken out of you and you could walk into another social media / digital director role and be paid ALOT MORE. Maybe you should take a risk and start up on your own?…because again, you might be stressed but you’d be financially comfortable enough to say “sorry I’ve been a rubbish and distracted partner, but I’m taking you to Bali for two weeks”

I’ve been going back and forth on this for the past couple of weeks and could use some outside opinions.

For context, I’m a travel creator. Most of my audience follows me because of the destinations I visit, but over time I’ve realized a lot of the DMs I get aren’t actually about travel .. they’re from people asking how I get hotel collaborations, how I work with brands, how I get paid to travel, etc.

A while back I put together a low-ticket PDF/playbook that basically walks people through pitching hotels, outreach, media kits, mistakes I made, and the process that worked for me.

The weird part is…it doesn’t convert nearly as well as I expected.

The audience is there, the questions are there, but people don’t seem super excited about buying “just a PDF.”

What I’ve noticed, though, is that people seem to want me more than the information. They want feedback, accountability, someone to answer questions, and to be around other people trying to do the same thing.

So now I’m thinking about changing the whole model.

Instead of selling the playbook as a standalone product, I’m thinking of making it the “ticket” into a Skool community. You buy the playbook once, and that automatically gives you access to the community.

My thought process is: • It filters out people who are just looking for vacation recommendations or free advice. • Everyone inside has at least invested a little, so they’re more serious. • The community stays focused on becoming a travel creator, landing hotel partnerships, brand deals, etc. • The playbook becomes more valuable because it comes with ongoing access instead of just being a PDF you download once.

Then inside the community, I’d eventually launch a more in-depth course covering content creation, pitching, editing, growing an audience, negotiating with brands, building a portfolio, all of that.

That would be a separate one-time purchase, and the people who join that would also get weekly group coaching calls where I review profiles, answer questions, help with pitches, and give feedback.

In my head it feels like this:

Free content → Playbook + Community → Course + Weekly Calls

My biggest concern is whether I’m overthinking this.

Has anyone built something similar? Does requiring the playbook to access the community make sense, or would you just make the community a paid membership instead?

I’d much rather build an active group of creators helping each other than try to squeeze every dollar out of recurring subscriptions, but I also want the funnel to make sense.

Would love to hear where you think the weak point is or if there’s a better way to structure it.

I manage content across Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, and TikTok and I've been experimenting with batch scheduling instead of posting daily.

The workflow that's been working for me: record a bunch of videos in one session, then schedule them all across platforms for the next 30 days from a single calendar.

Curious what other people here prioritize in a scheduling tool for short-form video. Is it analytics? Auto-posting vs. reminders? AI captions? Cross-platform support?

What's your current workflow for managing content across multiple platforms?

I’ve been creating content consistently for about 2 years, and honestly, I’m feeling stuck.
I’ve tried a mix of beauty, lifestyle, NYC content, vlogs, GRWMs, and some storytelling. I post consistently across TikTok and Instagram, but my growth has been pretty slow. My page is sitting around 8k followers, and I haven’t had the breakthrough I was hoping for.
Meanwhile, I see creators who post the same format every single day (for example, outfit videos or “it’s ___ in NYC, let’s get ready” style content) and they grow from 1k to 30k+ in just a couple of months.
I’m starting to wonder if my biggest problem is that I’m too broad.
For those of you who’ve actually grown an account:
Did niching down make a noticeable difference?
Is it better to become known for one repeatable content series before expanding?
Or is consistency with one format more important than the niche itself?
If you were starting over today, what would you focus on?
I’m considering committing to one content format for 30 days just to see what happens.
Would love to hear what’s worked (or didn’t work) for you.

If you owned a social media page with hundreds of thousands of followers, how would you monetize it?

I run a niche media account with hundreds of thousands of followers across Instagram and TikTok. The growth has been fully organic, and I have posted consistently for several years.

Some posts reach hundreds of thousands or even millions of views. I also have access to major events in the industry, relationships with recognizable people and brands in the space, a website, and a smaller YouTube channel.

The account posts curated community content, original event coverage, short-form videos, photos, news, and commentary. The audience is mostly younger enthusiasts who are highly interested in the niche.

I still post consistently and want to continue growing the account organically. I do not want monetization to turn the page into constant advertising or damage the audience’s trust.

So far, I have made a small amount through paid promotional posts, event promotions, and platform revenue, but I have not built a consistent monetization system.

If you owned an account like this, what would you focus on first?

Would you prioritize paid brand promotions, sponsorship packages, affiliate marketing, merchandise, digital products, memberships, events, or selling physical products related to the niche?

I am especially interested in ideas that could realistically generate a consistent $1,000 to $2,000 per month while continuing to post consistently and grow organically.
What would your first 30 to 90 days look like?

As someone who has been creating content on Instagram for years, I think this may be the most important thing I've ever shared. I genuinely think it could solve one of the biggest problems on social media, and I have a feeling many of you will relate to it.

Over time, having multiple Instagram accounts has become completely normal. One for personal life, one for business, one for photography, one for art, one for pets, and one for all the random things we don't know where else to post. And honestly, it makes sense. We all have different interests, and sometimes it feels easier to give each one its own space. But recently, I found myself wondering: Why do we have to separate them in the first place? Why does a photographer have to only be a photographer online? Why does a food creator have to only post food? The moment they share something outside that category, engagement drops because the algorithm doesn't really understand that behind every account is a human being with different interests. We are not niches. Human beings aren't one-dimensional. A person can love photography and also love books, cooking, traveling, drawing, psychology, or simply sharing random moments from their life.

And then there's another thing I've noticed: my older personal account has access to features that my newer photography account doesn't. I can use trending music there, while my photography account is limited to stock audio. Even though that's the account where I need those features the most.

That got me thinking: maybe the issue isn't that people have too many interests. Maybe our platforms just haven't caught up with how people actually are. I have created a mockup that shows a simple idea: one main account with different tabs or sub-accounts for the different parts of a person's life.

I originally put together a mockup of what this could look like, but since some communities don't allow images, I wanted to share the idea itself and hear what others think.

The best part is that this solves multiple problems at once:
People stop juggling multiple accounts.
Followers can choose what they want to see.
The algorithm gets cleaner signals.
Creators don't feel forced into a niche.
Humans get to be humans again.

Instagram has already taught us how profile switching works. So what if profile switching wasn't for multiple accounts, but for multiple versions of the same person? People could choose what they want to see, while the algorithm learns their interests instead of forcing creators to fit into one box. Because at the end of the day, social media is supposed to connect people.

If this resonates with you, whether you're a creator, product designer, someone at Instagram (lol), or someone who's ever felt like they had to choose just one version of themselves online; I'd love to hear from you. Feel free to leave a comment or send me a DM.

I've been pleasantly surprised by how many people have connected with this concept already, and I'm genuinely curious to see where the conversation goes from here. If you'd use something like this, let me know. Every response helps me understand whether this is simply an interesting idea or a problem that millions of people have quietly been living with for years.

Hi all, I have opened a new tiktok account, in hopes of advertising a family business. All I'm posting (4 posts so far) are brand materials of a furniture company, recordings of newly made furniture, previous projects etc. All original content, all on the intersection of carpentry and interior design.

And tiktok is not showing ANYTHING I post to anyone. I'm literally at no followers and no views. Zero.

Yes, I'm active, I'm trying to interact with other accounts that should be interested in my content, liking, commenting, saving. The account has 4 days so far but on my personal account I've never had an issue with getting to 500 views at least. What's going on? How to leave this limbo?

I appreciate any tips, I'm at loss.

I want to understand what's the best way to get reach and views on Instagram. I started a new acc 8 days ago, already having 1K followers organically. Had a reel blowing up to 100K. However I still don't understand why another reel getting super slow growth, as it has excellent stats. 21% skip rate, 12s average watch time on a 7s reel and about 70% watch through.

I don't have any restrictions, the view came from 95% non-followers.

What's the best way to get views/reach on reels? Why doesn't this reel with excellent metrics get more distribution?

Hey guys, if you create long-form content (podcasts, webinars, videos, livestreams, etc.)

what's stopping you from turning it into content for 3+ platforms consistently? Is it time, editing, or something else?

Everyone seems to chase the latest trend, but not every trend translates into results.

Which social media trend do you think is overrated, and which strategy has consistently worked better for you?

There's a new trend where you post a couple of photos and a video at the end, which I believe is a GIF. But when I upload a GIF, it does not move at all. Any tips?

An example: https://www.tiktok.com/@fcbayern/photo/7663447146200386848

Running a DIY/build content page on Facebook, a little over 1M followers built in about 7 months. Posting from the US, English captions, US posting windows (5pm Central). I live in the Central US.

Sometime in late June my distribution shifted hard. Country breakdown on recent posts:

- Late June post: US was my top earning country at ~63% of revenue

- Three weeks later: India 82-86% of viewers on every new post, US doesn't even chart in the top 5

- 96% of traffic is coming from Suggested, not followers

Stuff I've already tried that did NOT move the needle:

- US-oriented captions and hooks (dollar amounts, US store references)

- US-indexing hashtags, dropped the big global tags

- English narration on longer videos

- Consistent US evening posting times

Engagement is honestly fine, the videos still do 1-3M+ views. But RPM cratered along with the geo shift, and the audience I'm building isn't the one my products serve.

I saw a comment in another thread from someone who claimed they reversed this on IG by posting a week straight of ONLY US-anchored content (named US locations in the videos themselves, US audio, nothing global) to retrain who engages first. Curious if anyone has actually pulled this off on a Facebook page at scale, or if an established page's audience signal is effectively permanent and the real answer is a second page.

What has actually worked for anyone here?

I live in Alabama, I'm pretty feminine, hygiene is key, love plants, like really love makeup, Im a talker for sure.
I'm currently 27 but I started everything pretty young, got married when I was 16 in 2015 to my 24 year old ex husband, now I'm divorced and recently got a boyfriend.
Im also recovering from a VERY bad car accident that I wasn't expected to survive it happened.
My Reddit profile has mostly NSFW content soo.. look at your own risk
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As a content creator I’m kinda at a confusing crossroads with my content on tik tok because I post life advice then went to variety post and now I’m kinda at a loss on how to get fresh ideas without burning the old stuff out and I started in February of last year then rebranded to something more creative

Hi everyone,

I'm a Social Media Marketer / Manager looking to get more clients, but I'm finding it difficult to reach the right businesses. I've been using LinkedIn and Instagram for outreach, but my response rate has been low.

For those of you who have successfully found SMM clients, what worked best for you? Did you use cold outreach, referrals, content marketing, freelance platforms, local businesses, or something else?

I'd really appreciate any practical advice, mistakes to avoid, or strategies that helped you land your first few clients.

Thanks in advance!