Instagram!

Instagram is one of the most popular social networking sites and can be used for business or just for fun. I've spent a lot of time on my instagram and it's taken a lot of effort and patience to get it to where I want it but it was worth it because now I'm absolutely in love with it! In the post I'll tell you about how I edit my instagram pictures and how I got more attention to my page!

First of all my instagram theme… 

My instagram has a sort of tumblr/hippie/hipster vibe to it. I just love finding cute pictures and I love the way they all look together. On my instagram I just post some of my favourite pictures that I find on tumblr or on the internet and love sharing them with other people.

How I edit my pictures:

There are so many different things you can use to edit your pictures and so many different ways to do it. The app I use is called Squaready (I'll leave a link to it in the app store at the end!) which lets you put your picture on a coloured background so you can fit the whole thing onto instagram without cropping it, but I like to do a plain white background on all my pictures as I love the way it looks with the white gaps in between them. I also use the in app editor to add filters and crop my pictures to how I want them. 

How to get likes and followers:

I've been on instagram for a while now but I didn't change my account into a tumblr account until about 8 weeks ago and thats when I started to gain followers and get more likes on my pictures. There are a number of things you can do to promote your instgram and they can be a great way to start out. The first thing you can do is probably the most simple but you just need to get yourself out there. I'd recommend liking and commenting on some posts of blogs similar to yours. Theres a chance they'll click on your page and realise you have similar tastes and decide to follow you! The other thing you can do related to that is comment things like 'I love your blog, would you mind checking mine out?' Just remember to be friendly and if someone ignores you don't keep asking them, just try with some other people! 

Another way to get yourself out there is with hashtags. Hashtags let you tag your photo which will allow your posts to appear to people if they search up that tag. You can just add any tags you want but the more effective way to do it is to add 'tags for likes'. These are hashtags made up by a website that are the most commonly used on instgram which means your picture will come up in more places. The website I use is http://www.tagsforlikes.com

Then from there all you do is copy some tags and paste them when you post your photo. If someone likes your photo or follows you, like or follow back! Its a great way to get more likes and follow as well.

I hope you liked this and found some of it useful! If you want to check out my instagram you can click the icon on the right hand side of my blog!


rosie xo

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