if there’s one thing I alwayyyys get a lot it’s “hey marg have any tips for newer simblrs”? and I always give them a shitty answer bc idK for the life of me how to give tips rIP so I guess I’m about to culminate a few things i did when I was a new simblr last july!
Don’t get discouraged no matter what!!! This is actually really apparent for both new simblrs and simblrs that have been around! But putting a lot of love in your content is bound to pay off though, so just keep that in mind!!
Make sure your simblr is in it’s own account!! Not a sideblog! I had a tumblr for about 6 yrs (it’s basically ded now rip) before I came to simblr, but if there’s one thing I have come to appreciate, it’s that my simblr is on it’s own account instead of on that one. Designate a separate email for it and create that new login!! Having your simblr on it’s own account will let you comment as yourself and you won’t have to tediously switch accounts. However, If you create a cc finds blog, it’s great to have that on a sideblog and your main simblr as your main blog.
Think of a URL you can attach yourself to. It honestly doesn’t have to be sim related but one of the few url things i always held myself to over the last 7 years was no hyphens and keep it on the shorter side. Ofc everyone is different so you don’t have to listen to me on that either tbh, I broke my own rules and had a few long urls tbh!!! If you do want something Sim related I would check the sim wikia for “””canon””” urls. Before Ridgeport I was Chillingmocha (one of the ice cream flavors), You can find cute lil sim related words on there that you can try to get in url form.
Have a Sim Related Icon. Idk why but despite whatever the URL is, your eye always catches a sims icon and that’s when people know you’re a ~Simblr~. It’s important that other simblrs know you are a simblr so that..yall can simblr together idK this is explained badly. You can always make use of your description to further confirm you’re a simblr.
Find a theme for your blog. Tumblr’s standard layout is actually really great bc it’s accessible and does it’s work as a great basic theme. However if you do wanna Spice It Up I’d check out @theme-hunter or even check out the themes of other simblrs and see what else those coders have come up with!! If you’re gonna be gameplay heavy, make sure the font isn’t teeny so people can read your Dialogue. If you’re edit heavy, make sure your theme has a great way of showing off pictures, and If you’re a combo of the two just find something that can cater to your content!! I’d say learn how to html just a little bit so you can tweak your blog here and there to your liking.
Get your blog organized as much as you can!! It’s actually better to get your blog organized the earlier you start it. I wish I did honestly lmao (mostly because the some of the simblr audience is super picky but you didn’t hear it from me). Learn to tag your posts accordingly, tag your ask posts, your rambling posts, your gameplay posts, your editing posts. Do it however you want to and whenever your want to though, It took me a hot minute to give in and tag everything and though I was a bit annoyed of it at first, I came to appreciate the organization
Learn to push out of your comfort zone! Be it sim making, building, screenshotting gameplay, just keep an open mind and try new things!! That’s how you can figure out a sort of style for yourself.
Become familiar with the colloquialisms of simblr! @cupidjuice put out a great post here (which honestly you should read instead of this post entirely) that talks about the terms of simblr!! It’s a great read and very thorough!!
TAGS I ALWAYS USE (CAN VARY PERSON TO PERSON) :
For Gameplay: #ts4 gameplay, #gameplay, #maxis match
For Editing/lookbooks: #ts4 Edit, #ts4 lookbook, #maxis match
For CC: #ts4cc #ts4mm #s4cc #s4mm
One thing I did when I was a new simblr was tag the creators of the CC, I’m not sure if that evER helped but it was nice when I got a cc creator’s like on my edits!
SPEAKING OF EDITING, GAMEPLAY, and CC…
Original content is great!!!!!!!!!! Keeping your blog mostly original content will help your followers in understanding what your content is! But it’s also great to support your mutuals and other simblrs. If you truly do love something someone else posts, reblog it !!!! But also a tag such as ‘reblog’ can help people filter reblogs out of their dashboards if they wish.
Figure out what you want to post! I actually started with editing (yikes!). and slowly moved to gameplay and then moved to cc! Don’t overwhelm yourself by trying to do too much, simblr is just a hobby and you should do it at your leisure!!
Create a Navigation to your content so it’s accessible. You can create New Pages for basically anything! Links to Your legacy gameplay, your edits, and your downloads. A helpful tut can be found here.
Interested in making cc? try to find if your favorite cc creators have tutorials or if they have links to tutorials!! I have a shabby lil one here.
Be inspired!!!!! Contrary to some beliefs, being inspired doesn’t necessarily have to mean copying. I’d personally say copying is a matter of intent. Regardless, Inspiration is the reason so much exists today, and if something inspires you when it comes to gameplay editing, actual editing, building, or cc making, keep doing it and keep evolving it!!! And you can shoutout to the simblr that inspired you in the first place, that’s the best thing about this community, everyone can be interlinked.
Be proud of your content!! don’t worry yourself over how many followers or notes you get, your content is special because YOU made it and no one else did!! YOU made that gameplay dialogue, YOU made that cool thing on an edit. YOU built a build from scratch. YOU mesh edited a top to be shorter. YOU. DID. THAT.
Do things at your own pace. Don’t be pressured to constantly post. It’s not healthy and it’s more important that you do keep simblr as a hobby rather than a chore. It’s good to take a breather from here sometimes and collect your thoughts before you come back ready to put out more!
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