🐇 March Dates for Your Diary
What TMI members have to look forward to, plus a 🎁 GIFT 🎁 for all readers
Hello everyone - here are March’s dates for your diary including a BONUS for all readers, plus live and recorded events for members of TOO MUCH INSTAGRAM. If you’re not yet a member, read on to find out more ❤️
Too Much Instagram is where I support writers and authors with using Instagram to find more readers.
Members have access to weekly advice chats, guest speakers who’re walking the talk, monthly Ask Me Anything clinics, and more exclusive content such as ideas for posts and how-to guides so you can get more out of your time on Instagram.
At the moment we’re approaching the end of four ‘training sessions’ that members have been participating in, in preparation for a GROWTH SPRINT in March. Find out more about that here:
The Dates for Your Diary are updated at the start of every month. Check back in at the start of April to see what else has been added.
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📲 Every Monday we talk about our plans
Where? In the WHAT ARE YOU POSTING? chat threads
Why? It’s an invitation to share what you’re going to post to your Instagram account that week. I’ll share mine, talk you through some of my decision-making, then open the floor up to you.
Come along…
💡to help you stay accountable to yourself. I know if I make public declarations of my intentions I’m much more likely to stick to the plan
💡to inspire one another. Pooling ideas will mean we create a bank of post ideas that you can add your own spin to, or that will spark some ideas of your own.
💡to get advice and encouragement. Have an idea but aren’t sure what kind of post it should be, how to write a hook, or how to find the right audio to go with it, come and ask me! If you’re really stuck, I can even make suggestions for how to get the wheels turning again.
A couple of messages from recent chats…
🏃🏻♀️ GROWTH SPRINT planning session 🏃🏻♀️ Thursday 6th March, 2-3pm GMT
Come along for an hour to create your content plan for the Growth Sprint (which starts w/c 10th March).
You’ll need your ideas and other preparation from the training sessions to work with, and I’ll guide you through using everything you’ve learned to create a 4 week content plan that prioritises growth.
The session will be recorded and sent out to all members.
To join the call, make sure you’re a TMI member by clicking on the button to upgrade your subscription. If you’re already a member (yay!) scroll down and you’ll find the link to register for this call near the bottom of this piece. Once you’ve registered you’ll automatically receive the link to the live call.
Friday 14th March, 12-1pm GMT
WORKSHOP ⚡️SPARK! Instagram Content Your Reader Will Love ⚡️
A 90 minute workshop where you’ll create a bank of at least 100 engaging, bespoke post ideas that will spark connection and conversation with your audience and show them why they should care about your book.
TMI members benefit from a 50% discount on tickets. Check below the paywall for the discount code!
🎙 GUEST SPEAKER, Susan Cahill, author of The World Between The Rain, Thursday 20th March, 12pm GMT
This talk is a 🎁gift🎁, available for all subscribers
Last year, five months before the publication of her debut middle-grade novel, The World Between The Rain, Susan Cahill reached out to me for support with her Instagram account. She understood that Instagram could be a powerful tool for reaching the people who would buy her book for their children, but, as a time-poor writer, editor, academic, and mum she wanted support with making the most of the time she had.
We ended up working together from June-Dec 2024 and in that time, Susan more than doubled her Instagram following, harnessed her network to reach over 26k people with the launch post for her book (even though at the time her following was under 1k), and gained clarity on the kinds of posts she needed to create in order to reach her ideal audience.
Her hard work in both the promotion of her book and, of course, the writing of it(!) were rewarded with over 1k sales in the first two weeks after publication, rave reviews, and a long-list nomination alongside her editor Mikka Haugaard, for the Branford Boase Award 2025.
I’m delighted that Susan has agreed to come along and be interviewed in March as I think many of you will relate to the position she started from - with little idea and even less time - and you’ll gain insights and inspiration from the very practical steps she took to get her book into the hands of her readers.
To come along LIVE, register for the call using the button below 👇🏼 Open to all readers.
👩🏻🏫 Ask Me Anything, Wednesday 19th March, 9.30-10.30am GMT
exclusive to TMI members, replay available
An opportunity to pick my brains for an hour. You can submit your question in advance if you can’t make it live, or come along and have a chat with me.
To join the call, make sure you are a TMI member by clicking on the button to upgrade your subscription. If you’re already a member (yay!) scroll down and you’ll find the link to register for this call near the bottom of this piece. Once you’ve registered you’ll automatically receive the link to the live call.
🪄Content Create-alongs
Monday 3rd March, 2-3pm GMT
Monday 17th March, 2-3pm GMT
A chance to create Instagram content in company.
If creating your Instagram posts is something that gets pushed to the bottom of your to-do list, this is an opportunity to make some space in your week and get some posts ticked off your to-do list. We start by setting our intentions for the hour, and at the end come back together to review what we’ve achieved.
If you’re a member of TMI (yay!) scroll down and you’ll find the link to register for this call. Once you’ve registered you’ll automatically receive the link to the call. I look forward to seeing you there! If you’d like to become a member of TMI, upgrade your subscription by clicking on the button below.
⬇️ TMI members: this way for the links to register for March’s live calls and for the 50% discount code for ⚡️SPARK!⚡️
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