How to Use Nametags on Instagram

by amanda@photographerhack | Feb 4, 2019 | Instagram Tips, News & Noteworthy

Are you heading off to the ClickAway conference this week? Well, if you are… LUCKY!  And I’m jealous! But also, I’m going to show you a super quick and easy way to follow your new friends using Instagram’s Nametags. A nametag is a...

What the Heck is Up With Top Posts?

by amanda@photographerhack | Jan 25, 2019 | Instagram Tips, News & Noteworthy

Top Posts on Instagram 2019 So, I realized awhile back that instead of doing a Top Posts as a grid of nine, as was the case for as long as I can remember, Instagram changed Top Posts to a never-ending stream of posts. Let’s quick clarify what I’m even...

Best Nine of 2018 on Instagram – How to Find Yours!

by amanda@photographerhack | Dec 24, 2018 | Instagram Tips, News & Noteworthy

I’ve already started seeing Best Nine grids on Instagram, even though as I type this, we’re in the thick of Christmas.  But, this is the last week of the year, if you can believe it!  (I can’t…I’m stuck somewhere in August, I...

How Meg Loeks Hit the BIG 150

by amanda@photographerhack | Dec 21, 2018 | Instagram Engagement, Member Spotlight, News & Noteworthy

Otherwise known as “The Four Best Ways to Increase Engagement on Instagram…”                           A few weeks ago, I gave my first (of hopefully many to come) live webinar to an audience of Click Pros, entitled The Four Best Ways to...

The High Watermark Fallacy: Why Your Instagram Engagement is Low

by amanda@photographerhack | Dec 19, 2018 | Instagram Engagement, Instagram Tips, News & Noteworthy

Back in a previous life, I sold annuities for a living.  No, just kidding, that’s a lie.  I tried really really hard NOT to sell annuities.  Because they’re crap.  But I worked for companies that wanted me to sell them because they had high profit...

Case Study: Analyzing Engagement from Nicole Houser of @nicolekristinphoto

by amanda@photographerhack | Nov 9, 2018 | Instagram Engagement, News & Noteworthy

In my last article (read that first!) I argue that the reason so many of us feel our Instagram engagement is low (when it’s not) is that we have several outliers – several High Watermark images that get super high engagement.  We then mistakenly set the...

The Magic of Light Workshop with Summer Murdock

by amanda@photographerhack | Aug 1, 2018 | News & Noteworthy, Photography

Like many of you, I’ve taken nearly every workshop and breakout under the sun!  While the vast majority are really good, there are definitely only a few that I’d include in my MUST TAKE top 1% of all photography education I’ve done. One of those is...

The Olympus TG4 Underwater Camera – A Momtog’s Review

by amanda@photographerhack | Jun 7, 2017 | News & Noteworthy, Photography

Thanks for stopping by!  In this article, I’m going to tell you a little about my experience using the Olympus TG4, a “tough” camera that takes fantastic underwater shots and is easy enough to use, you can hand it off to a 5 year old.  (That puts it...

Low Engagement, Shadow Bans and what I did to fix it | Tessie Wallace

by amanda@photographerhack | Apr 19, 2017 | Instagram Tips, News & Noteworthy

Hello ladies, I’m always so appreciative of all the information you share with me, especially recently in the wake of the shadow ban controversy that swept Instagram.  Based on your feedback, I wrote The Great Shadow Ban Conspiracy where I laid out my theory...