10 Mistakes to Avoid on Bluesky (and What to Do Instead)

Kevin Whitsitt

10 Mistakes to Avoid on Bluesky (and What to Do Instead) could be the difference between growing fast and staying stuck!   If you’re trying to build an audience on Bluesky but not seeing results, chances are you’re making some of these common mistakes.  In this video, I’ll share the top 10 Bluesky mistakes creators make and, more importantly, what you should do instead.   These tips will help you avoid wasted time and start building real engagement on the platform. Whether you’re new to Bluesky or looking to take your account to the next level, these strategies will make a huge difference.  To view the video on my strategy on BlueSky, click on the link below!    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9t9Cr4ubQk  #Bluesky #SocialMediaTips #GrowOnBluesky #BlueskyMistakes #ContentCreator #SocialMediaGrowth

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00:00Avoid these common 10 mistakes with Blue Sky and start seeing some growth and get some traction

00:10on this platform. And the number one mistake, and I've made this for a very long time,

00:16is completely ignore Blue Sky and not use it. Blue Sky, it's kind of similar to X,

00:24that Twitter platform. It gets around 196 million visitors a month, which is pretty good.

00:32Of course, X gets a lot more. It gets around 600 million visitors. But Blue Sky's got some

00:39potential to kind of grow more. And I kind of got the buzzword because I'm hearing all these people

00:44jump to Blue Sky. I'm like, what is this Blue Sky thing, right? But X has some things working

00:50against it. Some people don't like the direction Elon Musk is going. The AI tool said some really

00:58crazy crap. And some people miss Twitter. They don't like the new X. Meanwhile, Blue Sky has

01:06some really interesting things. Not even any ads on the platform. There's customized feeds and

01:12everything. And as well, what makes Blue Sky different is that users can operate on their

01:18own servers. And they can switch them anytime without changing their name or timeline. So

01:23it's more decentralized. It's more of a crypto user concept when it comes to social media.

01:32And I like that. I think that's really, really pretty cool. It kind of gives power back to

01:35the people rather than some guy that's going to abuse it. I'm not saying Elon's going to do

01:43that. But you get what I'm saying, okay? And plus, I like the word Blue Sky. It sounds so friendly,

01:49you know, right? All right. So number two is fill out your profile. So everybody's kind of gotten this

01:57thing about bots, right? People don't like bots and AI crap. So one way not to be a bot is put a

02:04picture of your face. People trust that, right? As well as fill out your profile. So you're a human

02:08being. So that's a mistake that, you know, some people make. Number three. Oh, I love this video,

02:14right? It's a cat. It's a robot. But yeah, don't post robotic stuff. And here's the thing. I really

02:23do think that you see this on all these platforms where people are cracking down on AI stuff. I see

02:30LinkedIn. Reddit's big on this. Same thing with Blue Sky and X as well. People are smart. They know,

02:38when it's AI generated stuff. They're not dumb. So don't do that. That's a big mistake. And I mean,

02:48there is a right way and a wrong way to use AI. But I've seen this with LinkedIn where people just

02:52have AI, right? The entire article. And you know, it's this boring, corporate, professional thing that

02:59nobody wants to read. And then it just dies. And people get made fun of and crap. Like, oh,

03:04it's crap. You know, whatever. So don't do that. The next step is self-promotion or overposting.

03:10And this is tricky. This is just like Reddit too. But here's my thoughts. You have to have a careful

03:16balance here. Because you really should promote something on these platforms. Because here's the

03:21reason why. These platforms are making a ton of money off of us. I mean, so if you're not benefiting,

03:26then why use the platform? If you're not benefiting, then don't be on a platform. Go do

03:33something else. But there's a balance here. Because you want to treat others how you want

03:37to be treated. Now, if you post something very helpful, and you're like, okay, if you're interested

03:41in more, I have this free guy on my profile. That could be more helpful, right? Rather than just

03:47posting random links, spamming them on random crap that's annoying people. That's spam. You know,

03:53people don't like that. So you want to do one thing, but not do the other. I hope that kind of

03:57makes sense. So yeah, you don't want to. Oh, also when you post, and I'm not saying I'm Mr. Perfect

04:05at this, but you know, maybe, you know, stick around a little bit and engage with other people

04:09and their posts as well. I know LinkedIn actually will look at this. If you're on LinkedIn and you

04:15will post stuff, and then if you like engage with other posts, it'll push your post out more. I'm not

04:21sure if Blue Sky does that, to be honest, but it's not a bad habit to get into. You don't have

04:27to go crazy, but you get what I'm saying. Next up is not having a strategy is a bad idea. I really

04:33do feel this way. You know, these platforms are making money off of this. So you should really

04:36benefit and have a strategy. Because here's the thing, and this is the truth, okay? People don't

04:42want to talk about this, but you know, some people are getting abused, addicted to these social

04:46media platforms, leading to, you know, mental health issues and depression and burnout. And

04:52one way to avoid this is to use these platforms and not get used by them. And one way to use

04:58them is to have a strategy and stick to it. And you know, whatever that is. And there's

05:04a couple of different strategies out there, but I like the idea of what I'll do is I'll make

05:08like a short TikTok video, and then I'll repurpose it on a lot of these platforms. So I redo the

05:16content. So I don't work that hard, and I get a lot of views and attention. And I think it's

05:20a great, great idea. And there's other ways you can do it as well, but you want to be kind

05:25of working smarter, not harder with these platforms, okay? And that's one way. And that strategy

05:33goes way more deeper as well. Next up is not understanding the blue sky culture. And that

05:39can be missing out. So what's the culture? It's decentralization, it's custom feeds, AT

05:45protocol. I'll be like, what the heck are you talking about? Okay. So decentralized means

05:52that different providers run different parts of the network, and a user can switch providers

05:59while keeping their data in security. And that's a cool thing. There's custom feed,

06:03which I'm going to walk you through how to do that. That's really, really cool. I like

06:07that a lot. And there's the AT protocol means that anyone can build on it and create like

06:12a new experience. So there's more adaptability to it. And I'll go over some of this a little

06:20bit later. But next up, I'm going to go with not having all the above mentality is a bad idea.

06:26And here's the thing. And what makes crypto awesome? I'm not sure if you're into crypto,

06:30but it's decentralization, right? No, one person doesn't control anything. All the little people

06:37run it, you know, like me, you. Maybe you're not little, I don't know. But we should think

06:43the same way. And what that means is you want to use as many platforms as possible for your

06:48mental health to allow because that way, if you're relying on one too much, and there's like

06:53a change or you get banned, it's really not good. You're more vulnerable. So I recommend

06:59that. But it's okay to also ban platforms if one's not working out for you too. And that's

07:06totally fine. But don't go crazy. Your mental health, you know, take a hit if you do too much.

07:12So custom feeds. Custom feeds are great. And how you would do that is you go to the feed platform

07:20right here. And then you could kind of go into search feeds and wherever you're interested in,

07:25like say, I don't know, cat videos or something like that. You could pin the feed, right? And that

07:30way you'll have all the feeds of certain cat content that you have. And, you know, whatever niche

07:38you're into, then you can engage the people in that niche. So you can kind of target market on people

07:44and engage with them, comment, like them, build relationships with them. And, you know, it's,

07:50it's really awesome. I mean, I think that's, I think I'm pretty excited about this too. And

07:55up in your home feed, I chose to like blogging and affiliate marketing. So I can kind of go into

08:01here. And that's where, and you can kind of choose, like if you click this, then that fee will be all

08:06about blogging. Okay. So yeah, I hope that makes sense. All right. Oh yeah. And you can also balance

08:17between different feeds as well. All right. Next up is, yeah, you can actually mute or block

08:25accounts in blue sky. And some people, the issue with social media I'm kind of thinking about is

08:31some people, they don't use their real name or faces so they could say like nasty crap and you

08:37know, whatever. And it's nothing wrong with just, you know, muting or blocking somebody. And the

08:43difference between them is muting prevents you from seeing their posts, you know, and the other user

08:50doesn't know about this. And blocking is any interaction, you know, comments, messages, everything.

08:55And the other person knows you blocked them. And how you would do that is you go to an account and

09:02there's like these three dots. And if you click on that, those drop down menu and you'll see mute

09:06account or block account. And you choose one of those. Next up is lists and feeds. And some people

09:13get this kind of mixed up, but a list is a collection of users, right? So like for say, say there's a whole

09:20bunch of people that you kind of like look up to or they're like, or maybe they're like, I don't

09:27know, you admire them, right? In your niche. I asked some of my niche, like, wow, a guy's doing

09:32really good. And you can get a collection of them and you can, you can, you know, choose their fees

09:36and you can see what they've been posting, like a list, you know? And so it's really pretty cool.

09:41And you could do a lot of stuff with that as well. You know, another great idea is you can get ideas

09:47from what other people are posting. And, you know, you're like, oh, it could be an inspiration,

09:52right? So that's a cool thing. And how you would do that is you go up with that three dots in the

09:56profile and right here it says add to list and you can add a list of people as well.

10:03Next up, and this is something I didn't do, but I probably should, is you can map a domain to your

10:07Blue Sky account. And what's cool about Blue Sky is you can change your username at any time. I mean,

10:12there's some platforms where you can't, like, like Reddit and Fiverr. And with Fiverr, you choose

10:18a username, you can't change it. But Blue Sky, you can, and you can map a domain. That means,

10:24like, like my domain is trust the link. I have a long story of why I have that domain. But,

10:31but basically, I just thought it was the coolest domain in the world. I used to have, like, a ton of

10:36domains. I'm like, oh, that's an awesome domain. So I chose it, you know? I used to try, you know,

10:41buying and sell them. But anyways, you could actually have your user be your, like, website

10:46domain. That way, when people search it, your Blue Sky will come up. It's like a branding thing.

10:51It's a cool extra little feature, too. And you can name it whatever you want, if that makes sense.

10:56But you could do that. So there's just some ideas on how to use Blue Sky and what some things to avoid

11:02and some things that you can do that you may not know of. I just learned these myself.

11:08And if you want more, and for example, like that whole, like, strategy I have about, like,

11:14short videos, I have a whole video that I created that's in-depth about this way and how to use these

11:21platforms to benefit yourself and to really make money, too, because that's always a good idea in

11:28these crazy times to make a little bit of extra cash. And I created a whole, like, video on how to do

11:32that. And it goes way more in-depth on short videos and how to make money off of it and everything like

11:38that. And if you're interested, I'll put the post of the video somewhere around here. And I'll put it down

11:43in the description, as well, if you want to check it out. Okay? So hopefully this was helpful or maybe

11:48entertaining or not. Anyways, I wish you the best. Have a great rest of your day. Bye.

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