I woke up today and did what I do every morning. Grabbing my iPhone I checked emails, checked the weather, saw how long I slept via FitBit, and looked at Instagram. I knew I was getting close to hitting a milestone in Instagram, reaching 10K followers. It's been a bit like watching a kettle get hot but I figured it would happen this month sometime. Having an Instagram account with 10K followers was something that seemed unattainable a year and a half ago, even foolish. But today it happened! Lucy, my social media manager, texted me a screenshot of our account at 8 a.m. Wow! What a journey it's been. She deserves a lot of credit for having patience with me and countering my naysaying with evidence that made me take notice. First came curiosity and then came resistance Here's ...
Sharing inspiration for posting pictures on Instagram
Last week on our Monthly Marketing Bundle strategy call (in addition to our fabulous group we welcomed nine new talented and resourceful members, woo hoo!!) the subject of Instagram came up. Mariann said, "Brenda, you have such great backgrounds on the pictures you post. How do you do it? Where do you go?" Once I realized how backgrounds could enhance pictures, my eye just started looking for doorways, rock walls, brick walls, interesting colors, and more. What's fun is that most of the pictures with the great backgrounds are taken are right here in Sonoma. "The next time we have an MMB retreat, I'll take you to all my walls," I told the group. That got us rolling on more tips about taking pictures and yes, I can see a retreat workshop coming up on that topic. In the meantime, I ...
Brenda Kinsel, an image consultant and author, founded Brenda Kinsel E.T.C. in 2009 to provide training, coaching and marketing support to stylists and consultants in the industry.