{"id":284,"date":"2017-05-10T05:00:58","date_gmt":"2017-05-10T09:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeofcosplay.com\/?p=284"},"modified":"2017-05-10T20:41:09","modified_gmt":"2017-05-11T00:41:09","slug":"beginners-guide-starting-a-cosplay-page","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeofcosplay.com\/index.php\/2017\/05\/10\/beginners-guide-starting-a-cosplay-page\/","title":{"rendered":"Beginner’s Guide: Starting a Cosplay Page"},"content":{"rendered":"

As cosplayers, we don’t necessarily think of ourselves as a “brand”, but we are essentially marketing ourselves to our viewers… even if we aren’t selling them anything. Your brand will be a guideline on what and how you post in the future, so before you start a cosplay page, please consider the following:<\/p>\n

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  1. What outlet should I use?<\/strong> (Website, Facebook, Instagram, etc.)\n
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    • The type of posts you make might determine the best place to put your product. Do you post often? Do you make lengthy posts? Are you posts heavily image-driven? Do you like to schedule posts?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • What direction do I want my page to go?<\/strong>\n
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      • What is your main reason for having a page? Tutorials? Updates on costume progress? Reblogging cool cosplay-related things?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
      • What name will I use?<\/strong>\n
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        • Make sure this is something that you identify as. For instance, I use “Life Of Cosplay” because I update on everything in my life that involves cosplay.<\/li>\n
        • Do you want it to be unique? Easy to remember? Easy to spell? Remember that this name will STICK WITH YOU FOREVER.<\/li>\n
        • How many variations of this cosplay name is there already?\n
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          • Initially I chose “Peachy Cosplay” as my page, but realized there are several pages out there with a similar name.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            As cosplayers, we don’t necessarily think of ourselves as a “brand”, but we are essentially marketing ourselves to our viewers… even if we aren’t selling them anything. Your brand will be a guideline on what and how you post in the future, so before you start a cosplay page, please consider the following:   What […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":285,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[74],"tags":[78,29,76,79,75,44,4,77,19,17,27,11],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/lifeofcosplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/17016751_652139648308375_8370161140267009610_o.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75NCP-4A","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeofcosplay.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeofcosplay.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeofcosplay.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeofcosplay.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeofcosplay.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lifeofcosplay.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":289,"href":"https:\/\/lifeofcosplay.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284\/revisions\/289"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeofcosplay.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeofcosplay.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeofcosplay.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeofcosplay.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}