Social media, followers, and making money!

mmchapter
Jul 29, 2024
4 min read

The cat introductions are done! Phew, that was much harder than I expected it to be. My older cats were much easier to introduce as they have fully developed their size and personalities. The kittens are still in the kitten phase of figuring out just what their personalities will be, what they will be best known for, and what they contribute to the pecking order.

I didn't introduce the two cats that we had, one because I just don't have it in me to write about a very special cat - Peppermint. She is watching over me, amidst the chaos of the 12 cats in my home, and probably yelling that it's all gone to hell in a basket. She truly was the matriarch of our house, both for humans and pets. Without her, the cats have decided it's every cat for themselves, going straight to chewing wires, playing with things that are not meant for cats, snoozing on the forbidden counters, having horrible litter etiquette, and more! I promise one day there will be a more detailed post about the most precious cat who left a big impact on my life.

The other cat that didn't get introduced is Frannie. I'm more likely to write about her sooner (I'll have to dig deep for some of her best pictures!). She was a cat that, depending on who you talked to, was staying permanently or temporarily at our house. The husband was on the temporary train while I was full steam ahead that she's a permanent cat in our household. I lost the battle on her living situation. (She is in a GREAT home now.)

Needless to say, both of them had amazing personalities, and you truly had to be on their level. Frannie was not a favorite to anyone except me, Peppermint was loved by all because of so many reasons! Now, what do I really have to write about for today's blog?!? I really don't know, other than it's the height of summer, it's been killer hot out, I've been crazy busy working and pet sitting. I started a TikTok channel - WTH was I thinking, added another thing to my life that takes a good amount of time! All in all though, it kinda fits right in with the blogging side of my life right now.

Find the tiktok videos here: https://www.tiktok.com/@purrfectdozen

- and is solely about the cats (all 12 of them!). While some of them have been more video-ready, a few have been a little less inclined to come out. Hello Hazel, Ash, Tanner, Peaches. Pretty much in that order from least ready to more ready. Bear is the one kitten who is happy to come out for videos and photo shoots. Now it's up to me to catch them being insanely cute or infuriatingly bad on camera. Harder than one might think. Remember - cats do what they want - no matter what we want them to do.

A lot of times, they are doing cool things, cute things, or just camera-worthy things, and one of two things happens. My camera is nowhere near, or I'm actively being held down by another cat and can't catch whatever worthwhile thing is happening! I make do with what I can catch, hope my husband sends me cute stuff from when I'm not around, or is willing to catch pictures when I physically can't.

Other than being super active on TikTok, I am uploading those videos and photos to YouTube, albeit a bit slower than I should be. Find them on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@purrfectdozen

It's strange how I feel like I'm staying current with all the social media and newest technology, yet I can see the generational gaps in where people are going for entertainment and social media. That's how I ended up creating a YouTube Channel. I only knew less than a handful of people who use TikTok, but more who use YouTube. I also ended up creating the YouTube channel because my husband and several close friends don't use TikTok but said they would watch the videos on YouTube. I'm looking straight at Jim and Barb who said, "Put them up there, we will watch!" Guess how many times they have watched the videos?! You got that right, barely any.

This does go to show that a get-rich-quick scheme of becoming internet famous, whether by blogging, TikToking, YouTubing, or Twitching, is not really as quick as everyone makes it seem. There are TONS of things that have to happen for you to even get remotely close to making money. I'm still struggling with it on all the social media outlets. I have a better insight, but it's not quick or easy. It's time-consuming, hard, and maybe not quite worth it if you aren't a person who stays home and does absolutely nothing else with their life.

While I'm still plugging away and secretly hoping one (or all of these things) takes off for me, I'm still going to keep my "paying" jobs.

So to all my peeps - share all of the sites! To make it super easy - just copy and share the links below! My #purrfectdozen crew thanks you for helping make them famous!