Why it’s important in 2019 to have good SMK (Social Media Karma)

   First, what is SMK, or, Social Media Karma? It is simply, the karma that comes back to us from the things we do or don’t do, and the things we say or do not say, on others posts and posts of our own on social media. I would like to give some examples of things that I try to do every single day on Facebook and Instagram. First, you should like, love, laugh, be sad or angry at others posts. Why? Because it’s helping that person’s or company’s engagement. How can that benefit you? Karma, it will come back to you tenfold if you can remember to continually do it. Not to mention, it helps them, and, isn’t that the RIGHT thing to do anyway? Liking, commenting, or sharing posts are not only super cool and nice things to do for others, but I find that the more that I do them, the more others do it for me. Coincidence? It can’t be, because I feel like my engagement is much, much higher than others with the same amount of friends or followers. I cannot stress enough, LIKE, COMMENT, SHARE, or if on Instagram, LIKE, COMMENT, FEATURE. A good friend of mine asked me why my engagement on Instagram was so off the charts good. I gave a few easy answers, but on further review I believe part of it is I have always been a “liker” and a “commenter”. And I did it and continue to do it a ton. Not to mention, if you are commenting back on people who comment on your post, it effectively doubles your engagement. I routinely have maybe 50 comments on one of my Instagram posts. If I comment back on every, single one, that gives me a 100. Why does this matter? Engagement!! Why wouldn’t you want Instagram to think that you have 100 comments instead of 50? I’m telling you that doing that will boost your engagement, and good engagement spells GROWTH. Now, when it comes to others posts I’m not going to tell you that I comment something nice on posts that I don’t find nice in some way. Liking posts yes, but I’m not going to comment on a photo of a spider taken out of focus that is underexposed. So I am saying that you SHOULD pick and choose. But do be nice, always. Liking others posts takes what, a millisecond? For real, it’s so quick and easy to do and I swear goes a long way to increasing your SMK. If you truly care about making social media a better place, not just for you, but for others as well, then please consider trying to increase your SMK.

A little bit about the featured photo. This was photographed at West Quoddy Head Lighthouse in Lubec Maine around 2am back in June. It is of our Milky Way Galaxy, which normally we city dwellers never get to see except for when we travel to only the darkest of places. Maine, and especially Northern Maine, is one of the best places to find dark skies. It is almost like our dark sky/last frontier in the United States for viewing and photographing our night sky.