Thankyou for sharing this episode Jen and Sara. It very much resonates with where I am now. I have tried periodically to like Instagram and I make myself use it. To the extent where I have paid for at least 3 different products including the Insta Retreat to try to coerce myself into showing up there with joy.
Thankyou for sharing this episode Jen and Sara. It very much resonates with where I am now. I have tried periodically to like Instagram and I make myself use it. To the extent where I have paid for at least 3 different products including the Insta Retreat to try to coerce myself into showing up there with joy.
But it's just not my happy place. I have found a huge amount of value from doing the Insta Retreat even though I still haven't learnt to love Instagram itself, as there was a lot of solid business advice in it. I have also had a tough time in my personal life recently and have used a lot of the techniques that Sally Hardie shared for emotional regulation in the mindset calls and they have been enormously helpful. But for me right now with my Instagram account I am in the process of shutting my Instagram down for an extended break just so it does not worry me that I'm not posting during the summer, and I've made a 9 grid block to say 'find me on these places instead' that will be going up from Thursday. I know that Pinterest drives a lot of sales for me and brings people into my world so that is where I will be focusing my energy for the coming months. I am also considering paying for Google ads. I do have a new strand I'll be adding to my business in the next year or so and I don't know how to sell if I don't use Instagram. It will be heirloom quality soft toys made from my sewing patterns. Any advice on how to market these will be very welcome.
Thankyou for sharing this episode Jen and Sara. It very much resonates with where I am now. I have tried periodically to like Instagram and I make myself use it. To the extent where I have paid for at least 3 different products including the Insta Retreat to try to coerce myself into showing up there with joy.
But it's just not my happy place. I have found a huge amount of value from doing the Insta Retreat even though I still haven't learnt to love Instagram itself, as there was a lot of solid business advice in it. I have also had a tough time in my personal life recently and have used a lot of the techniques that Sally Hardie shared for emotional regulation in the mindset calls and they have been enormously helpful. But for me right now with my Instagram account I am in the process of shutting my Instagram down for an extended break just so it does not worry me that I'm not posting during the summer, and I've made a 9 grid block to say 'find me on these places instead' that will be going up from Thursday. I know that Pinterest drives a lot of sales for me and brings people into my world so that is where I will be focusing my energy for the coming months. I am also considering paying for Google ads. I do have a new strand I'll be adding to my business in the next year or so and I don't know how to sell if I don't use Instagram. It will be heirloom quality soft toys made from my sewing patterns. Any advice on how to market these will be very welcome.