ancient hippo(aka ME) who woke up after a 200-year nap and someone handed me Instagram

So I'll be starting an online internship with an NGO to fundraise for a good cause, and till now I was under the impression that they'd give me some data and I'd have to call people, reach out to them, convince them to donate, blah blah blah.......

BUT NO.

Apparently, my job is basically to post things on social media and hope people donate???????

EXCUSE ME???

I have been MIA from the internet for almost a YEAR. Or maybe more i didn't kept a count, but now i came back and suddenly everyone knows how to make aesthetic posts, cinematic reels, transitions, Canva masterpieces and apparently has a whole personal branding strategy???

Meanwhile, I feel like an ancient hippo who just woke up after a 200-year nap and someone handed me Instagram.

Like dude… WHAT DO YOU MEAN I HAVE TO MAKE REELS NOW??? I DON'T KNOW HOW TO FREAKING MAKE REEELS BRUH.

I literally wanted to do something good and help people because honestly, I thought maybe doing some good for someone else would make me feel a little better about this life.

But instead, I'm sitting here feeling horrible, overwhelmed, confused and overthinking everything because I have to raise a minimum of 2K INR to even get my internship certificate 😭

And before anyone says, “It's easy, just post a reel!”

NO.

IT'S NOT EASY.. I've been at it for three hours now and all i want to do is delete insta and throw my phone at the wall.

Please tell me I'm not the only person who disappeared from the internet for a while and came back only to discover that everyone somehow became a social media manager overnight???

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Commercial-Pass3960•3 days ago•1

Skip the cinematic stuff: for a fundraiser the reel that works is you on your phone, face to camera, saying in 20 seconds who the money helps and exactly what 2K INR buys, with captions on. Then send that reel straight to friends and family in DMs instead of waiting for the algorithm, because donations that size almost always come from people who already know you.

mohamaybee•3 days ago•1

Rheintheoretisch wen es dir wirklich wichtig ist
Würde ich an deiner Stelle virale memes suchen die richtig absurd sind mindestens 10 Stück
Und Dan blendest du ein Video von dir ein in dem du das Thema ansprichst
Oder du gehst zu ChatGPT erklärst ihm alles und lässt dir ein Skript schreiben
Tipp: gib dich erst zufrieden wen er jede Zeile macht wie du es selber haben willst so bist du nicht darauf angewiesen wie ein Computer zu sprechen
Das kann dir eine Chance geben das einige Leute darauf aufmerksam werden
Und GANZ WICHTIG
Denk an die Emotion such dir eine Emotion aus die der Zuschauer wirklich fühlen muss
Und es muss mit Liebe gemacht werden
Da du ein Thema hast kannst du sehr viele Videos drüber machen und diese Methoden miteinander Kombinieren
Instagram hat auch gute Features da kannst du es editieren
Sound drüber Pausen rausschneidende und Text einblenden

Viel Glück mit deiner Spendenaktion

jamesm859•3 days ago•1

Ha the ancient hippo bit is great! Three hours on one reel sounds exhausting, you're really not the only one who came back to find everyone suddenly doing this stuff

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