If you’ve never been active on social media, you may be hesitant because you’re worried about making mistakes. The good news is that the internet is always changing, so even if you do make a mistake (which is highly unlikely, because there really are no “mistakes”) you can improve your next post and keep going.

The other reason you might be hesitant is that maybe you feel like you missed the boat, like everyone else is miles or years ahead of you and you’ll never catch up. Don’t worry about that, either. Social media is like laundry; it’s always there waiting for you. But like laundry, you get out of it what you put into it.

Although I said you can’t really make mistakes, there are best practices when it comes to posting, bui