Building a following in the midst of chaos

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I've been thinking about ways to start building up a following on social for our vacation rental property. I've mainly been on Instagram so far, but I want to start posting more on Facebook as well as getting our website up and running.

But, this Coronavirus has put a real damper on things. There are positives and negatives. The positive is that people are probably spending even more time on social and so the likelihood of being seen if you're using good hashtags and spending time writing things well is higher. The downside is that the chances of people traveling right now are getting lower and lower for the next month or so though.

The one thing I wish I had done while I was down at our rental property though was to take even more photos. I got some beautiful ones of the rooms and property, which I believe is most important. Now that I'm Instagram and getting likes by other beautiful rental properties I'm noticing the little details that they've taken photos of that really help dress up their account. I'm glad I took as many photos as I did.

I think one of my favorite accounts I've seen so far is thehoneybearcabin.com. The photos and decor that is shown in the photos is done extremely well.

I'm excited about the challenge of building a following this year for our rental property. I'm not concerned about it being a big following. I just want the right people following us. That's all we need.

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