We make a Good Team

Did you know we’re in this together?  You rely on me to tell a good story or take you along on an adventure.  But did you know I need you, too?  I do, I really do!!!

Here’s the thing.  I can write and post and yammer on on all my platforms but without you guys chatting back to me, I’m talking into the air.  Seemingly pointlessly, right?  No one likes talking without getting a response.  Down right irritating, right?  Spouses, you know what I’m talking about, right??

It’s the same on social media.  I’m sharing my life with the people who choose to follow along.   I’m talking to you!  I’m not just posting for the fun of it.  I am reaching out so we can chat.  I’m sharing things that I hope will speak to you and that it will spark a conversation.

Know what I enjoy? I love chatting about your plants, your children, your homes and your awesome thrift finds.  I want to hear about your animals and your latest painting project.  I sincerely want to create a space online that creates conversation about all the things.  Conversations that everyone feels welcome to join.

I had a friend tell me her sister wondered if I was still doing ‘Farm Fresh’ because she hadn’t seen any posts lately.  Well, here’s the deal.  If you aren’t interacting with any of the posts on Facebook or Instagram, that tells the powers that be that you don’t really care about the content and they stop showing it in your news feeds!!!  Did you know that?? So, some of your favourite pages and people will slowly slip off your radar and you won’t see the new posts!  We can try to blame the algorithms but truly, if we don’t interact with those pages, people and feeds, they will go away.

So – here’s what you need to do.  Like, comment, share – anything!! Interact with the pages and people that speak to your soul.  Those things that take but a second can really make a huge difference in what shows up in your feed.  But, to be perfectly honest, the people behind those pages benefit, too, when you interact with them.  When people are interacting with our content, FB and Instagram are willing to show our content to more people.  And more people means more new friends and followers.  And more opportunities.

A few fellow bloggers wrote about this, too.  Colleen of Curtains Are Open wrote THIS post and Laureen,  aka Peady,  of Tempered with Kindness wrote THIS one which sparked my writing the post you are reading.  I want my followers to understand that it takes two and that we are a team.  A team relies on each other.  So, as much as you rely on me to post, share and share some more, I rely on you for interaction.  And I’m going to start asking more, too….because, well, it just makes sense, right?

So, cheers to team work!  I like working along side you on the world wide web, people, I truly do!!!

To be continued,

Lori