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Kathleen Whyman's avatar

Brilliant post. Thank you for putting together all this advice. Such a fantastic resource. x

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jm laine's avatar

Hi 👋 I just signed up for a paid membership because of this post. Thank you! I love an organized list lol. I have a question-- how do you know when it's time to start a new account or whether you just need to buckle down with the one you have? I have concerns that my current account is "broken." I have evidence and numbers and whatnot to support my theory that I fell out of favor because of some word choices I used in a pitch for my serial fiction, and I'm not sure whether I can crawl out of this hole. Idk. Do you have any thoughts? I hate to start over, but I also don't want to be a victim of sunk cost if you know what I mean.

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Nicola Washington's avatar

Oops meant to leave my email address! Nicola@toomuchsocial.com ❤️

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Nicola Washington's avatar

Hi and WELCOME !! I'm so pleased you like the Everything list - I think it makes navigating what's on offer so much easier!

Re. your question. Wherever possible I tend not to advise people to start new accounts but there are a handful of scenarios where it is the best option.

It's quite a meaty one for me to get into here though so I was wondering whether you'd like to submit it for this month's Ask Me Anything on Thursday 24th April where I can dig into it in more detail?

You can register to join the call here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/-J1PgwvNTg-TlCxwjtfrlA or, if you can't make it live, the session is recorded and posted as members only content shortly afterwards.

If you're happy to do this, would you be able to email me with what you've said here, plus some more details about exactly what you think you did 'wrong', and what you think the impact has been on your account/ posts.

Finally, if you haven't already checked to see if Instagram has flagged anything on your account, you can do this by visiting Settings and activity > scroll down almost to the bottom to More info and support > Account Status, and if anything is orange or red ticked, take a screenshot of what it says and include that in your email. Hopefully we can get to the bottom of things and start the ball rolling again ❤️

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Rose Huntsman's avatar

Wow! This is amazing - so much info ♥

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Nicola Washington's avatar

You're very welcome! Did you find any pieces in particular were useful?

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Lora Arbrador's avatar

Great list!

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Nicola Washington's avatar

😊 thank you! Did you find anything in specific useful?

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