Yo. I'm probably going to get a dog in about six months when my family moves and my mom stops working. I've been thinking of starting a blog for it when I get one. I know it's thinking far ahead, but I tend to do that. So... any tips for starting out?
First of all, I think you should absolutely get a blog! Dog communities, in general, tend to have a kinda shitty reputation, but I genuinely feel like the people on here have made me a better owner than I would’ve been otherwise.
My starting tips are fairly simple: Post loads of pictures (all the pictures. all of them. every single one. or just send them to me for reasons ok. i need them), and interact with people! Ask questions, comment on other people’s dogs, respond to their posts, it all comes back around and makes it much easier for others to include you in stuff! (I suck at this, personally, but I spam on pretty much a daily basis so I guess people notice me anyway) Tagging your posts 'dogblr’ is also a good start, and make sure to put it in the first 5 tags so it pops up in the search feature. And just be nice. People seem to respond to niceness. In general.
Bonus advice: Having a dog blog as your secondary blog and a personal as your main is wonderful, except people won’t recognise you in likes and replies. I have people I’ve followed for AGEs and only YESTERDAY realised they were literally the same person on two blogs. so y’know that’s a thing.
And do feel free to drop me a note when you get your blog up! :D