Effectively Engage on Social Media
We know that social media is a place on the internet where you get to be social with friends, family, our favorite influencers, and even celebrities. But, sometimes, we forget to do the one thing that social media was made for, and that is, to socialize. We have to be social on social media!
Ways To Engage 📱
Depending on the social media platform that we are talking about, there are different ways to engage. To keep things simple, we will cover the general ways of engaging such as commenting, liking, and sending DMs as those are the most common and oftentimes seen on most social media platforms.
Social media platforms want you to use all of your engagement features, so utilize them to your advantage. Make sure that you respond to the messages in your inbox and that you engage with the content you enjoy by either commenting or liking it. The key here is to be as active and social as you can without obsessing or jeopardizing your mental health!
Ideas 💡
There are countless ways to engage with social media.
Listen to your community on what they would like to see from you
Share other people's content to your Instagram Story
Reply to comments
Post regularly (use Rella!)
Ask Polls/Questions to genuinely get to know your followers
Make a series surrounding your topic/niche
Reply to DMs
Host Instagram Lives so you can interact with your followers in "real-time"
Host Instagram Lives with other creators in your niche
Reply to TikTok comments with a video
The most important takeaway here is that social media is supposed to be fun and place on the internet where you can connect and socialize with family, friends, and individuals that share the same interests as you. Don't overthink it - have fun with it!
If you want to get more tips on how to engage on social media, follow along on our Instagram, TikTok, and Slack channel for more tips and updates!
