I’ve built up an audience of around 100k followers across TikTok and Instagram by documenting the renovation of my house. A big part of my content was buying a house outright at 18 and documenting the whole renovation journey.

I’m now 21 and about to travel around Southeast Asia for roughly 3 months, and I want to start making travel vlogs and documenting the experience.

My dilemma is whether I should post these vlogs on my existing accounts or create completely separate travel accounts.

I’m worried that the people who followed me did so specifically because they enjoy watching house renovations. If I suddenly start posting videos about travelling around Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, etc., I’m concerned that people will unfollow, engagement will drop, and I’ll potentially damage the audience I’ve spent so long building.

On the other hand, using my existing accounts would give the travel content a much bigger starting audience than a brand-new account with zero followers.

The other important thing is that I fully intend to get back into property renovations in the future. I don’t want to abandon the renovation content permanently, so I’m worried about confusing my audience now and then switching back to renovations later.
What would you do in my position?
Keep posting everything on my existing accounts and accept that some followers might not be interested?

Create separate travel accounts and keep the renovation accounts focused entirely on property?

Use my existing accounts occasionally for travel updates while posting the actual vlogs on a separate account?

I’d particularly appreciate advice from people who have grown social media accounts, switched niches, or built multiple accounts.
Would love to hear your experiences and whether changing content like this can actually hurt an established account long-term.

Ive seen accounts using japanese language and captions get insane amount of views and engagement even for basic reposted videos, how is that even possible?

I started making reels in July about dev tools. I'm a software engineer, not an editor, so I put most of my effort into getting the editing right. Every reel went through several rounds of fixes: captions, zooms, sound, B-roll, music. My reels have now crossed 50k views, but for the first 55 days none of that editing work moved the numbers.

After 14 reels I pulled the real numbers from Instagram insights and compared them with my edit history. The craft had clearly improved. The views hadn't moved at all. Reel #1 got 1,482 views, reel #14 got 1,295.

Then I grouped the reels by topic and the pattern was obvious:

"Get this paid thing for free" reels: median 1,482 views (3 reels, all 1,476 or more) Big brand plus some drama: median 1,211 (6 reels) "Here's a useful tool": median 522 (3 reels, none above 692) My own product: 429 (1 reel)

The free and tool ranges didn't overlap at all. Same person, same editing, same face, and 3x the views depending on what the reel was about.

The second thing that hurt was a 17-day break in the middle. The reel I came back with had my best engagement ever (people who saw it liked it) and only 185 views. Every other reel got between 400 and 1,900.

What I took from it as a small account: topic and the hook headline decide reach before the edit even exists. Polish keeps the people who already see the reel, but it doesn't get the reel seen. And gaps are expensive.

Small sample, I know. For people who've grown past this stage: did editing quality ever start to matter for you, or was it always topic and consistency?

Hey, I’ve just started my own little business creating guided journals and wondered if you had tips for growing on Tiktok and Instagram and generating sales through it.

I freelance as a social media manager, and for the first year I was terrible at the money part. I would send a price in an email, immediately follow up with 'but we can work something out!', and end up doing weekend revisions for a flat fee that did not cover the hours.

What finally fixed it was treating the money talk as part of onboarding instead of a separate awkward conversation. Here is what I do now, before I touch a single post.

1. One page that says exactly what is included. Number of posts, formats, platforms. And one line on what is NOT included: ad management, weekend community management, photography. Clients rarely push back when the boundary is written down before money changes hands. They push back when they find out mid-month.

2. Payment terms in the same document as the content calendar. Half to start, half mid-month, late fee after 7 days. I used to be embarrassed to write this. Now I send it with the calendar and nobody blinks.

3. A proposal that expires. 14 days. I started doing this after a prospect ghosted me for six weeks and then expected last month's price. Deadlines make people decide.

4. One revision round per post, defined up front. Feedback within 48 hours. Most clients have never had a freelancer say this. They usually just say 'oh, that makes sense' and move on.

The clients did not get easier. The documents did. Once the money rules live in writing, the relationship stops feeling like a negotiation and starts feeling like a process.

What is the one thing you wish you had told your first client before starting? I keep a running list of mine.

My friend recently started a local business and has been joining Facebook groups in the city to promote it. However, almost all his posts are stuck pending admin approval.

He’s tried posting both with and without links, but the result is pretty much the same.

• Do most Facebook groups generally have a rule that prevents new members from posting for a few days?
• Could joining multiple groups in a short period trigger spam filters?
• Are there other reasons posts might get stuck pending approval, even without links?

Any insights into how Facebook group moderation works would be helpful

How do you automatically share the same post in facebook repeatedly is there a tool or a code to do this if you can help pls we really need help

Hi friends, I really need some advice on something. My friend and I recently started a social media page focused on educational content and STEM. Even though it's only been a month, I im not sure im seeing any results. So I wanted to know what YOU all would want to see. Like what kind of topics, what kind of explanation would you not skip past on Instagram regarding STEM, and do you prefer in-depth explanations or just brief explanations?

Would prefer any and all help! This is something I want to expand

platform：Twitter
trying todo：grow my followers

各位朋友大家好！想问问大家，我在X现在有3000粉丝，有没有什么比较好的增长方法，让我到达一万粉丝

我感觉我的涨粉速度很慢，我的账号的定位，应该是什么都发有时候发ai，有时候发感想

感谢各位解答！！

I work remotely from the Philippines and want to stay updated on what’s happening in California. What memes, TikTok trends, viral videos, or local topics are people talking about right now? Any subreddits, accounts, or pages you recommend following?

Basically at this point, I don’t know how much brands are willing to pay. How do other creators charge? I want to know, I’m very curious. I have about 48k followers, with good reach.. almost 150-300k views per reel and i make food recipes content.
Can someone help me with this?
Agencies don’t wanna pay even half of the rates.
It’s really getting difficult to make money here 😭

Hi,

I manage executive and company social accounts, and I often download and cut down clips from podcasts and other broadcast interviews to share on clients’ X and LinkedIn accounts. Most of my clients have been fairly comfortable with the (perceived) low risk of doing so without explicit permission and have asked me to follow this same "process" for speed or were already doing this.

However, I’m now working with more risk-averse clients, and I’m trying to figure out the right approach to be consistent. A few questions for anyone who has navigated this:

• Do you reach out to each outlet (Bloomberg, etc.) for permission before posting interview clips?
• Is there a difference between leveraging material for organic and paid use?
• Some clients also want to use photos that outlets take during interviews or shoots, including the New York Times. How do you handle those?
• Do you just reach out to each outlet have its own licensing or permissions contact? I reached out to the NYT for licensing of a video they created of my client's products via their online form but never heard back. Is it best to ask the producer who booked the interview, or are they usually not the right person for this? Is there a lead time to expect? Typically, my clients want to post right away. When we line these interviews up, should we ask the producers to route us for permissions in advance?
• Do outlets actually care when a company or executive shares an interview clip organically? I understand the concern with photos taken by an outlet's photographer or a video of b-roll created, for example, but when the clip is simply the executive speaking and sharing from their channel, is it treated differently?
• For some clients, where it makes sense, I repost the outlet’s content or link to clips hosted on the outlet’s site instead of uploading them natively. But most content isn’t available in a shareable format from the outlet, and links and reposts typically underperform native video on LinkedIn and X.

Thanks in advance for the advice!

I have a lot of followers and a social media manager. I recently tasked her with trying to sort through my followers to make lists based on how many followers they have. Her solution was to suggest I pay to have my own Instagram scraped. I feel like...this can't be the answer. I feel like there should be a social media management app (paid is fine) that would let you sort through your followers - something like filter by > followers > over 50,000 or something like that. Help???

I was finally starting to get momentum and get past 300 views and then my last two videos got 20-30 views.

I understand not every video is going to be successful, but usually they get about 200 by default. Why are my last two stalling out at a fraction of that? Anybody else have an issue like this?

I started posting five days ago. Several early videos reached around 100k-200k views, almost entirely from For You views (99%+)
Here is the progression of views from video to video over the last couple days since I made the account:
150k -> 150k -> 55k -> 200k -> 75k -> !! 390 !! -> 11k -> !! 24 !!

One reached 390 views, with 99.5% from my profile and less than 0.1% from For You.

The next reached 11k views, with 96.4% from For You

The newest had just 25 views after roughly 1 hour. Traffic sources aren't available yet but I am pretty confident that this one has no For You views as well.

All the other successful videos have 95%+ of views from For You

I haven't found any For You ineligibility warnings or account notices. Everything was posted through Buffer, including the successful videos. I am confident that this can't be explained by a drop in quality.

Has anyone experienced this? How did you figure out whether it was a review/restriction issue or something else?

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to understand how to track engagement accurately for Facebook Group posts compared with regular Facebook Normal posts.

In Meta Business Suite's Content Library, I can see metrics such as views, viewers, engagement, follows, and impressions for my Page content. However, I'm unsure how to get the same engagement breakdown for posts published inside Facebook Groups.

My questions are:

1. Where can I find the exact engagement numbers for regular Facebook Page posts?
2. How can I track engagement on posts published in Facebook Groups?
3. Does Meta Business Suite provide these metrics for both, or do Group posts need to be tracked separately?
4. Is there a way to see reactions, comments, shares, clicks, and reach for both post types?

I'm looking for a reliable method to compare their performance without missing metrics or double-counting engagement.

What method or tool do you use to track this accurately? Any practical guidance would be appreciated.

Do you check text size, timing and contrast on a phone, or use another method? I would like a simple check that can be repeated before publishing, especially for viewers reading in a second language.

I’m 23, and I’ve realised that I genuinely enjoy talking about businesses, understanding how they work, and asking founders questions. I’m also willing to put in the effort to learn, read, research and upskill myself.

But there’s one thing I’m confused about.

I haven’t built a business of my own, so I don’t feel qualified to give people business advice or act like a coach. I don’t want to pretend that I know everything when I’m still learning myself.

Instead, I want to start a business content page where I talk to founders and document how they actually built their businesses.

Think about it: there are already so many podcasts where people interview CEOs of large companies. I enjoy watching them, but I often come away feeling motivated rather than knowing what I should actually do to get started.

These founders have achieved incredible things, but some of their strategies were relevant to a different time. The market, technology, customer behaviour and opportunities have changed significantly. Someone trying to start a business in 2026 might be dealing with a very different reality.

What I want to understand is the actual zero-to-one journey.

I want to talk to founders who started relatively recently, perhaps four or five years ago, and have managed to build businesses generating several crores in revenue or even reach the million-dollar mark.

I want to ask them questions like:

• How did you identify the problem you wanted to solve?
• How did you validate your idea before investing money?
• How much capital did you actually need to get started?
• What did your first few customers look like, and how did you acquire them?
• What mistakes cost you money, and what would you do differently if you were starting today?
• If someone wanted to build a business in 2026, with limited money and no business background, where should they begin?

I’m particularly interested in the decisions, failures and practical steps that often get lost when we hear the polished success story.

I also feel that many people want to start something of their own but are afraid of taking the risk. They’re unsure whether to quit their jobs, how much money they need, whether their idea is good enough or whether they should even begin.

I’d like to create content that helps people understand these decisions through the experiences of people who have actually gone through them, instead of simply telling them what they should do.

I’m not claiming to be a business expert. My role would be to ask better questions, find interesting founders, research their businesses and make their experiences useful for people who are just starting out.

My questions for people here:

1. Does this concept offer any real value, or would people see it as just another founder interview page?
2. Would you watch short videos that break down the actual process of building a business, rather than long podcasts about successful people?
3. What would make this kind of content genuinely useful to someone who wants to start a business but doesn’t know where to begin?
4. Do you think not having built a business myself would make it difficult to build credibility, even if I’m interviewing people who have?

I’m not looking for motivational comments or people telling me to just follow my passion. I’d genuinely appreciate criticism, especially from people who have built businesses or tried creating content in this space.

I’m trying to figure out whether this is a worthwhile idea to pursue and, more importantly, what I might be missing.

Maybe this is just me, but my social media workflow currently looks something like:

ChatGPT → content ideas

Canva → design

Scheduler → publishing

Analytics tool → reporting

Inbox → replies

Spreadsheet → planning

And then I'm somehow supposed to call this an

"efficient workflow"😂

I'm curious if anyone has actually found a social media management tool that brings more of this together. Especially now that Al tools are becoming more capable.

Would you rather have one platform that can actually execute tasks, or do you prefer having separate best-in-class tools?

I'm interested in hearing from creators who have built a business around their social media audience, whether it's been successful or not!

I'm exploring the idea of becoming a behind the scenes, commercial operator for creators/influencers, and I want to understand what it's actually like to build a business as a creator, alongside the content and brand deals! Brands are making money from the audiences and communities creators have built, but how many creators are actually turning that attention into a sustainable business of their own?

From the research I've been doing, it seems like loads of creators are spending hours making content every week and relying on brand deals, affiliate links and social media algorithms to keep money coming in.

Having had experience building and running businesses myself, I know how much time and effort can go into building something. There's the product development, whether that be digital or physical, figuring out what people will actually buy, building sales funnels, creating memberships and managing all the operations.

Now, I'm curious whether there's a gap for someone who can take some of that responsibility off a creator's hands.

So if you're a creator, I'd love to know:

• What's been the hardest part of turning your audience into money aside from brand deals?
• Have you ever wanted to launch something but struggled to get it off the ground?
• Is there anything on the business side you wish someone else could just take care of?
• Do you enjoy running the business side of things, or would you rather focus on creating and have someone else handle it?

I'm not trying to sell anything here! I'm trying to understand what creators struggle with and whether this is a problem worth solving.

Would love to hear about your experiences, including if things that haven't worked!

Thank you to everyone who has shared an insight!

Hey everyone, looking for advice from social media managers or anyone who’s grown a page that actually makes money.

My page is in the geography and history niche. Recently it blew up:

• Facebook: 20M views, around 75K followers
• TikTok: [75K] followers
• YouTube: [8K subscribers / 100K views?]

The problem is I’m only earning from views, and it’s not much. I want to figure out how to turn this growth into real income.

Right now my “strategy” is just uploading good content every week, plus some photo posts. That’s it. I don’t have an actual plan.

So my questions are:

1. What should I be doing daily or weekly to keep the momentum going?
2. What are the best ways to monetize a Facebook page beyond view payouts?
3. How should I be connecting Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube so they help each other grow?

Any techniques, tips, or next steps would be a huge help. Thanks in advance!

I have been shocked at the rise of subscription services on social media. I was just curious as to what people's experience with them. Do they love it? hate them? Why, why not?

Hey y’all! I’m fairly new to affiliate marketing and would love some advice from those who have been doing it for a while!

I currently have a personal Facebook profile that is monetized with a few thousand followers. I occasionally share affiliate links and actually do pretty well with them considering I’m still a beginner!

I’ve been considering creating a separate Facebook page specifically for affiliate marketing, product recommendations, and content creation. My biggest hesitation with continuing to post on my personal profile is that I don’t want to constantly bombard my friends and family with links.

For those of you who have experience with this, would you recommend starting a separate page and building an audience specifically interested in that type of content? Or would it make more sense to continue growing my personal profile since I already have an established following?

I’m also curious if anyone has made the switch and noticed better engagement, reach, or earnings.

I’d love to hear your experiences and opinions!

EDIT TO ADD: For those of you who DID create a separate page, what did you name it? Did you use your first and last name, or did you come up with something different, like a brand name?

My personal Facebook profile is already public, so I’m worried that having two pages with essentially the same name might be confusing. My first name is Katherine, but I go by Katie, so I’ve considered using “Katie” for the new page instead. Did you stick with your own name or create something completely different? And if anyone has any name suggestions, I’m all ears! I feel like I am overthinking it, so your advice has helped me A LOT, thank you 😊