This is SO accurate!! I kind of laugh when I scroll past someone on IG celebrating 30K followers (or whatever the number may be). It's such a weird thing to celebrate. 30K followers doesn't translate into anything tangible in real life. Followers are such a weird thing to chase 🙄 😄
Good advice! I actually stopped using social media entirely (except for Substack Notes) at the start of this year. It stopped being fun a while back (2016, maybe?) but I stuck with it, thinking that it was somehow important for my author profile.
Really, though, the main thing that has helped my author profile is simply writing and publishing consistently, and having an easy newsletter for people to subscribe to.
Curiously, I did have a mini-viral moment on Substack Notes a month ago and it led to a big spike in subscriptions (including some paid subscriptions). That interested me, because the raw numbers were tiny compared to 'viral' moments on Twitter, Facebook etc - but the end results were far more meaningful.
Great post, I have a sneaking suspicion we've reached the peak of social media popularity, and it will gradually start to fade away. I'd rather be reading/writing anyway!
So much truth!
Amen, Jodi! Excellent post! ....BRB....have to go...check my neglected TBR pile *blush*
So much truth here!
This is SO accurate!! I kind of laugh when I scroll past someone on IG celebrating 30K followers (or whatever the number may be). It's such a weird thing to celebrate. 30K followers doesn't translate into anything tangible in real life. Followers are such a weird thing to chase 🙄 😄
Yes! Such a great post. Thank you.
Good advice! I actually stopped using social media entirely (except for Substack Notes) at the start of this year. It stopped being fun a while back (2016, maybe?) but I stuck with it, thinking that it was somehow important for my author profile.
Really, though, the main thing that has helped my author profile is simply writing and publishing consistently, and having an easy newsletter for people to subscribe to.
Curiously, I did have a mini-viral moment on Substack Notes a month ago and it led to a big spike in subscriptions (including some paid subscriptions). That interested me, because the raw numbers were tiny compared to 'viral' moments on Twitter, Facebook etc - but the end results were far more meaningful.
Thank you for this reminder! So much truth in this post!!
Great post, I have a sneaking suspicion we've reached the peak of social media popularity, and it will gradually start to fade away. I'd rather be reading/writing anyway!