Things That Happened & Things I Learned Last Month | October 2021

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October was filled with a variety of different experiences and new things.

So today I’m sharing with you guys things I tried and things I learned last month.

Let’s jump into it.

Things That Happened & Things I Learned Last Month – October 2021

Influencer Life

Sometimes it’s difficult to work with brands when the quality isn’t there in the product.

I have had some situations happen when I’ve worked with a brand and the quality wasn’t that great or wasn’t there at all.

I want to provide my audience with decent insight into products I try or use, but some brands will legit want you to straight up lie.

It’s just unfortunate because you realize the morals aren’t there and it’s all about money. They don’t even care if the customer wastes money and I know I personally can’t stand wasting my own money so why would I allow it to happen to someone who trusts my opinion? It just doesn’t make sense at all.

Lots of brands only want to gift product, but receive a decent amount of coverage.

I have had a decent amount of smaller brands email me for gifted features and it’d be nice to work with everyone, but at the same time… it does take a lot of time to create content and market it across my platforms.

The other issue I have is that a lot of brands not only want to be featured on my blog, but they want to be promoted on all of my social media.

Depending on the product, it can take me sometime to actually evaluate it.. take photos of it and then document my thoughts about it for a blog post.

Don’t get me wrong some gifted product reviews only took me an hour to create and post while others took me 5+ hours and sometimes even a couple of days if it was a product I was trying out more than once just to make sure it’s worth the buy for my audience.

I just feel like a lot of brands really want the most for a $20 product a lot of times and it sucks especially when they don’t even offer affiliate links that I can make money off of for months/years to come.

I honestly think I’m afraid of being truly successful.

You guys I don’t know what it is, but I have been having this issue where I want to do Youtube. I have videos recorded and edited. I did the SEO research and everything, but for some reason I just can’t press publish.

I don’t know what it is, but I keep stopping myself. Whatever it is, I need to get over it because I just know I’m missing out on money as well as helping others by not updating my Youtube channel.

I went viral on Twitter.. just a lil bit.

I posted a cosplay I had did of Shego from Kim Possible and it’s probably my most liked Tweet featuring me for 2021.

I did a Kim Possible Shego cosplay. 💚

Costume gifted from halloweencostumes . com#blackcosplay #Blacktober #Blacktober2021 #halloween2021 pic.twitter.com/qlYtgnBmVf

— Jasmine M (@Chipmunk_Fairy) October 30, 2021

I rarely post selfies. I need to start back posting them. I usually only post a selfie every 2 months.

Hashtags are the truth for reach on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. 

When I tell you guys to utilize hashtags on all of these platforms, please do it!

I’ve noticed that brands find me on Facebook and Twitter because I use hashtags.

I also feel like Twitter shares and just social media shares in general can boost blog posts or at least that’s what’s been happening for me this year.

The more shares I get, the more it’s a bit easier for me to rank in Google search for specific keyword phrases.

Food

I can actually make double crust cheesecake now.

My boyfriend wanted a double crust cheesecake for Sweetest Day. I searched high and low online so that I could buy one that could be shipped to our home, but the only one I found was on Goldbelly and it was like $60+.

I decided to take it upon myself to actually make a double crust cheesecake instead and it actually turned out great.

I’m not even a fan of cheesecake and I ate a little piece of it… it was pretty freaking delicious!

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Meijer actually has some delicious frozen pizzas.

I tried a pizza from Meijer for the first time and oh my gosh. It was so freaking delicious.

RELATED: I tried the Meijer Chicken Bacon Ranch Pizza! – Review | Food

You can add coffee creamer to oatmeal to make it taste better.

I am a big fan of watching lifestyle Tik Tok vlog videos and in this one video, this woman poured coffee creamer into her oatmeal.

I never thought about doing that myself, but I am definitely going to for sure.

I’ll report back to share with you guys if it tastes good or not.

Shows I watched in October that I highly recommend

Arte – Hulu

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Howl’s Moving Castle – HBO Max

My Name – Netflix (I recommend watching this instead of Squid Games)

RELATED: I watched the Korean action drama, My Name | Netflix Series Review

Music I Loved Last Month

Collard Greens – Schoolboy Q

Coastin – Victoria Monet

Wait A Minute – Ray J

So that’s what I learned and what happened October 2021!

What did you guys do or learn last month?

Let me know in the comments down below!