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Browsing your social media, you’ve a
great following across all the social
media networks, and I’m wonder-
ing if that’s normal - what I mean is
sometimes you see a person have
a massive Instagram following but
perhaps not so big on YouTube, but
you’re well established across all the
main social media channels. Did you
build them together or one by one..?
Each social media platform handles
it’s content differently and people
consume their media differently on
each platform; so I’ve always tried to
build them up separately. Like stuff
you post of Instagram might not al-
ways work on Facebook and visa
versa. Also, why would someone
follow you on all your different social
media channels if you post the each
same content on each one? I think
the best way to build up your social
media is to tailor your content to
each platform and how people con-
sume their media on each one. Give
your subscribers a reason to not just
follow you on Twitter, but to also fol-
low your Instagram and Facebook if
they want to be involved in all the dif-
ferent content you produce!
Do you get any negative and how do
you handle any negative on social?
Oh yes, negative comments go hand
in hand with social media. Can’t have
one without the other. Kinda like a
necessary evil, I guess. But you really
just have to let it go and not dwell on
the negative. Focus on the positive
and focus on the people who are
supporting you in what you do. I see
some people who seem get caught
up in all the negative and they don’t
see that by giving attention to it,
you’re inviting more of it. Positivity
will help you grow, negativity won’t.
You’re really busy - I’m reminded of
the word prolific… YouTube videos,
print shops, calendars, blogging,
how do you manage it all? Plus on
top of the cosplaying, visiting cons
and all the work you do…
I’m not one to sit still well. ☺ I like stay-
ing busy and honestly, when you love
what you’re doing…it doesn’t feel like
work! It all started as a passion pro-
ject, and I’m just lucky that now I can
call it my career!
Have you got some advice on how
to create blog posts or social media
posts that really connect with your
followers? Often photographers will
have great images to share, but they
don’t know what to write. Any tips on
making the text of a post engaging?
The best part about photos is they
usually can speak for themselves,
so you really don’t need to write a
long intro or post to go along with
the pics. I think it’s best to keep it
short. Something like, “Had such a
great time shooting with /model’s
name at an amazing location at /
location. More pics soon!” Or if you
want to get your viewers involved,
try asking them where are some lo-
cations they’d like to see you shoot
at, recommendations of photoshoot
themes or style challenges. Those
help followers get engaged in your
content and gets them looking for-
ward to more!
What about Instagram, your feed is
fun, personal, a bit sexy and always
interesting. Do you plan it in ad-
vance? Also … you don’t seem to go
crazy with hashtags..?
Thanks! I don’t plan my postings in
advance, I know I probably should,
but that’s a little too much pre-plan-
ning for me. ☺ But no, I don’t do the
hashtag thing. I find a ton of hash-
tags to be rather excessive. Hash-
tagging is meant to help people find
your content through search, but us-
ing a hashtag for every small aspect
in a photo or video is a little over the
top. I know people want to grow their
following but keep it simple and the
followers will come! #interview #girl
#cosplay #modelling #purpleshirt
#browneyes #shortgirl #stillinpaja-
mabottoms #imonmylaptop #dog-
sleepingbesideme #todayisthurday
#tomorrowisfriday #ilikepizza
Back to modelling, what’s coming up
for you for the rest of this year? Also
any cosplay events you can talk to
us about.
I’m working on a bunch of stuff
currently! I have several photo-
shoots coming up, both cosplay and
non-cosplay. And I’ve got about 4
new costumes in the works that I’ll
be shooting in/debuting soon!
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