Self branding is probably one of the key aspects of blogging, enabling readers to connect with you on various sites and make you easily discover-able!
At the moment I'm doing an internship and well I've been doing alot of reading today about tips and tricks of the social media train, mainly about branding yourself on social media, which sparked this little post. And one main thing they all seem to have in common, especially Instagram, is make everything the same..
I applaud anybody who has the time and effort to put into their social media so much so that they run a consistent theme, but then we really have to step back and think who are we actually doing this for? Are we doing this for entertainment and joy or are we doing it for others validation?
That we have nice stuff? That we can make staged photographs fit together so our feed looks pretty..
I get that some people are just like that and prefer their feeds that way but the articles I've read today just made it seem that you can't have a good Instagram account without a 'theme'.
Whatever you post online is a representation of yourself and well, I'm tired of people without personality. I'm bored of the 'wow you have nice stuff' but I love seeing people's real lives.
I'm a nosy human being and it's sad to think that you have to fit into this crap criteria to be successful.
I much prefer bloggers who post lots of different variety, like the walk they went on in the morning or spending time with their friends.
I don't think I could ever let blogging effect my life that much, I'm a real person and I want people to know that. I also don't want to let social media control my life.
I never want to pretend to be something I'm not just for followers. I feel like i'm being a little dramatic but its been on my mind alot today, also I feel it would make people not feel good enough because they can't "theme" their instagram.
So where do you draw the line, when do you stop branding yourself..
Emily.
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