Bookstagram! A community for all the book lovers. There are so many book bloggers these days doing reviews. A community where we talk about books, authors and everything.

What are the things that one should keep in mind while making Bookstagram account? The most important thing that attracts viewers is Pictures.

Tips Tricks and behind the scenes of magical Bookstagramming

1: Pictures:

The most important thing for Bookstagram is Pictures. One must decide whether they want to do a particular theme or want a random theme. Well doing a unique theme gives you a great audience, but it is better if you keep changing theme at a certain period of time.

2: Content:

Content is the King Here. Ask questions, be Interactive, avoid errors, use accurate Hashtags. Do not use many hashtags. It will again impede your account.

3: Interaction:

Conduct shoutout sessions, giveaways, Interact with other, comment on their posts. This is how you’ll Grow.These are the three points one must keep in mind.

5 Steps to take gorgeous pictures for Instagram?

How to take good Pictures? What are the things you should keep in mind while clicking pictures?  Here are the answers.

1: Plan your Pictures:

One must plan how they want their pictures, their feed. You can have an Indoor theme as well as Outdoor theme. A Dark or a Light theme. There are some beautiful concepts that can be done if you’re doing an outdoor theme. In Indoor theme as well there are various Ideas where You can add certain elements in your theme. Keep a picture colorful, and appealing.

2: Good Quality Picture:

It is important to have a good quality picture. Use a Professional camera or a good Phone to click pictures. The quality of Pictures says a lot about your Account.

3: Light:

Try clicking pictures with sunlight. The results are wonderful. Try clicking from different angles, with proper light. Clicking pictures in sunlight gives different results. You can also use a table light for minimal light in the picture. If you want a picture with dark theme use table light.

4: Background:

It is one of the most Important aspects while clicking a picture. You can use a plain white background or a black. Even a wooden background can enhance your picture.

5: Props:

Again one of the most important thing while clicking pictures. Use props to make your picture look beautiful.You can use props like a scarf/ blanket/ Jackets in the picture. Even add elements like flowers, leaves, stones. Sometimes even background with yellow pages works.  You can make some DIY props like heart which can also be used. You can even use Fairy lights, colorful Pencils, pens. It’s up to you how you plan a picture and create it. There are some beautiful accounts you can take Inspiration from.

6: Camera angle:

Will you have a flatlay picture or a straight picture? Decide. Keep pictures from various angles, what type of pictures you want for account.

7: Composition and Editing:

This is One of the most important process. Do not over edit a picture with many effects. There are various editing apps available. You can use Picsart, Vsco for editing. Photoshop or Lightroom can also be used. Well I use Instagram edits only. I never Use filters. I just adjust brightness, contrast, saturation, highlights to make my image better.

8: Maintaining feed consistently:

One must maintain a clean feed. What is clean feed? A soothing feed with some beautiful pictures. Update regularly, use every proper properly and grow your account.

This is a Guest post by talented writer Vidhya Thakkar

About the author:

Vidhya Thakkar is a talented blogger and book lover. She believes that passion drives us all. For Vidhya, this is very true. Her blog and Instagram account portray her talent and eye for detail. Vidhya is passionate about travel, photography, and books. She is a  writer, graphic dancer, photographer,bookstagrammer and entrepreneur and a social media trainer. Connect with her for to more about the right way to bookstagram.

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Today on my blog I have a guest post by Romila, who is impressive with her amazing skills of  planning and scheduling. I came to know about this special quality when we were doing the A to Z challenge last year. Thats why I requested Romila to share her secrets. Read her tips to manage your Blog like a pro. 

Hello! I’m Romila, and I’m the founder of Novemberschild. I’m a writer-author-editor-columnist from Hyderabad who loves reading, traveling and tweeting. I’ve been blogging for 14 years. I can be contacted on Twitter and on my blog.

Blog: Novemberschild

Twitter https://twitter.com/romspeaks

My writing or the blogging calendar has taken plentiful forms over the decades, starting as a simple list in an old notebook to spreadsheet on my computer and Google Calendar not very often. I’ve figured out what system works unsurpassed for me, and there’s absolutely one that fits all solution, but my editorial calendar works marvelously when it comes to planning and producing posts for my blog and promotion my social channels.

Before creating an efficient editorial calendar sit down and figure out how you work best. Do you prefer a handwritten list? Do you like a digital calendar? Will a bullet journal be beneficial to you or a spreadsheet?

You can mix and match, just like I do, but there’s no point in trying to work in a way that is disadvantageous to your productivity and comfort level. At the moment I have a bit of an amalgam system, where I use Google Calendar to check for dates I want to post and what I want to post about, alongside my work commitments, and events in my journal which includes a list of my posts, the categories and what needs to be done for each piece of content and the drafts to be completed. I write a daily to-do list in my diary which I update every evening. I did consider a bullet journal, but I find that having a calendar that I can sync my devices for easy entrée fits in better.

It is appealing to create a fancy spreadsheet with colors and designs, but can you really commit to investing these hours on a regular basis? The system you wish needs to go well with the time you have on hand to spend on your content planning, so think about this when you start working on your calendar. In another revere, you have to think about your blogging schedule.

There’s no point in creating a calendar of daily content for your blog when you only post once or twice a week. Make a calendar if you post daily. I post every single day without fail. I use my journal as a tool to figure out what I can post and when. This is particularly handy when I have to balance my other work commitments and I can easily see what else is happening in my blog at a peek. If I have a lot of deadlines in one week, I’ll post daily but in advance, but if I have a relatively free schedule I squeeze a couple more posts in a week to make the most of it.

My Google calendar hosts different calendars, each with its own dedicated shade and my spreadsheet is color coded based on the post category too. I find this really helps in keeping my content unmarked, as I can quickly see what topics I’ve been talking about and can add something new, a bit dissimilar to mix things.

Interestingly my editorial calendar helps me with is planning new posts.  By having a clear general idea of what I’m writing about, and when I’m writing about it, I can spot spaces to pack and outline out what would work there. This is where my Google calendar comes in predominantly functional, as I can see what instances and times are coming up that may control my content. I try to be as lithe as likely with my content and often have a bank of post ideas ready to publish into empty spaces as and when they’re necessary.

It’s important to remember that change can be good and it will help you look at your blog with a fresh set of eyes! If something isn’t effective for me, I’ll take a look at how I can alter it to work better, or just remove it from my calendar on the whole. Some simple things like shifting a couple of posts around or publishing on new days can help everything fall into place.

For example, during blogging challenges period, I tend to add a new section in my editorial calendar to help me deal with content according to the challenge prompts. Having a more in-depth organizational system helps me keep up with the new category and additional posts.

It is just about what works for you- pick the best. I am a born organizational genius, but some will have to work hard to balance things.

These may interest you

Romila: Author Interview 

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