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So, yesterday I got to do a really fun and cool thing. The librarian at my old high school (@omahacentralhigh) asked me to pay a visit to the school’s book club to share my instagram journey and talk about content creation as the students have been tasked to create monthly book promotions to be shared school-wide. My initial thought was “AH! Yes!” and then I thought “WHO? ME? I AM NOT A PROFESSIONAL.” 

So, I have to be honest, I walked into that old historic building BUBBLING with nerves. Because IMPOSTER SYNDROME. Which, the lovely librarian, @bethwilson402, promptly called out (thank you, Beth). Hahaha. Once I got over the nerves, by golly it was a blast.

I shared a little bit about how and why I started my account, how the goal has always been to just have a creative outlet and have FUN and how if it ever stopped being fun I would hang up my hat, and what sort of account I have. I talked about how I feel like I have been able to grow my account organically and steadily because I am an honest reviewer, I read what I like and post what I like, and I am unapologetically myself when it comes to how I conduct myself on the app. I support and push my favorite books without fear of people labeling my account a fan account because WHO CARES. (You know this means I told them to read @jeffzentner’s books no less than five times) I am a girls girl and do not gate keep. And I try to be as honest as possible about my real life and my mess. And I think overtime, that people who have found my account see me as a real and trustworthy person.

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So then, we got into content creation! I encouraged the students to read what they like and recommend books that they like, because their promotion/content will be more sincere if they are reading what brings them joy. I also encouraged them create the sort of content they like to consume, because they’ll have more fun if they genuinely like what they are doing!! And of course, I told them to be unapologetically themselves. To be honest. Because, people will connect with THEM first before they connect with their recommendations. Consumers of their content want to know they can trust them! And building t
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