I joined Instagram back in 2013 when I started my first online business: a meal plan subscription service.
I spent hours insta-stalking those "other people" to get ideas for what to post and what to say...but when I would finally hit "post" it was never like the response the "influencers" were getting. The likes trickled in, mostly from friends, and any comments were either spam or a useless series of 💜👍👏🤩
All that time for no inquiries. No leads. No clients.
The part I found most frustrating is that I couldn't understand WHY it wasn't "working" for me. I was posting the same selfies and pics of artisanal toast that got thousands of views on other feeds.
Sometimes it felt like I was just talking to myself and
the whole thing was a complete waste of time.