An introduction

Why should I hashtag?

HASHTAGS

A hashtag according to Wiki is a type of label or metadata tag used on social network and microblogging services which makes it easier for users to find messages with a specific theme or content.

Social media is one of the worlds biggest online platforms. “Nielsen research (2010) shows that 22% of all time spent on the internet is spent on social media.” (Fenton, N. 2012) So where they all hiding!? to be noticed online hash-tagging is a perfect way to shoot up your Instagram likes and get on those popular Instagram pages.

To try gain followers, ‘hash-tagging’ is something which is a necessity
for receiving likes and feedback. On average, without hashtags I get three maybe four likes. This is down to a lack of effort my my behalf… but here is evidence that hashtags work! In a hour of posting I have received sevenlikes on an image of a colour moodboard extracted from a image of three detached, nicely coloured houses.

Here I am proving the impact hashtags have on posts. With only 64 followers, seven likes turned into 15! All from using the hashtag. Overall without hashtags I usually get around three, four likes, and by hash tagging at the time I did, using the hashtags I used, I accomplished my point by getting more likes.

Finding appropriate hashtags can be hard if your like me and can get stuck for words, so if you want a little help, go look at the Top 100 Hashtags and check out this link!

 

Bibliography

Fenton, N. (2012) Misunderstanding the Internet: The Internet and Social Networking. London: Routledge

The Start

From the beginning

‘In this matter of the visible, everything is a trap.’ – Lacan (1977)

Here it is, @xpretty_generic! My personal inspo/portfolio.

This is my page where I post edits, photography and my taste in imagery.
I am going to keep my blog updated with the efforts I make in gaining a following and getting that all important feedback on my work. I am going to indulge you in exactly what my taste is, what I like to photograph and what I create with images. Ill show you my cameras, my interests and the results of my work.

The message I hope my blog proves, is that I am what I would call a ‘prosumer.’ Explained by Rizter and Jurgenson (2010), “prosumption involves both production and consumption rather than focusing on either one (production) or the other (consumption).”

I am new to blogging, and reasonably new to photography, (well openly admitting I see myself as a beginner or aspiring photographer!) So when started my inspo-portfolio my fear lay in the transition from consumer to producer, the thought of publishing my work was scary, so imagine the nerves of writing about it! But because ‘Not Another Photography Blog’, doesn’t just focus on MY work, but HOW to improve my own portfolio, the writing part is not so hard.

So what you can expect from me? Ill report back to you on different strategies of getting more ‘likes’ and increasing your following. I will upload some of my photography and opinions of my own also, so you can see what I do and what I post. But, with a bit of luck, you will too see my adoration for photography and anything visual.

Enjoy.

Head to Pretty Generic here.

 

Bibliography

Gillian, R. (2007) Visual Methodologies: An Introduction to the Interpretation of Visual Materials. 2nd ed. London: Sage. pp 93.

Ritzler, G and Jurgenson, N. (2010) Production, Consumption, Prosumption: The nature of capitalism in the age of the digital ‘prosumer.’ Unknown:Sage.

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