is one of the first steps to being
noticed by the community and
companies. If you decide to work
under a modding name, then
choose wisely from the beginning.
You don’t want to be changing
things three years down the line
because you wished you had picked
something different. People get to
know the names in the community,
it builds familiarity and a following
will start to form naturally.
There are a number of ways to
start with social media, including
Facebook, Instagram, Twitter,
YouTube, Discord, forums such as
Overclockers and Bit-Tech, and
many manufacturers have their
own dedicated forums. Setting up
a website can help too, I use one
to log the projects, features, and
events I have been involved in, that
way it can act as an online CV for
anyone curious about your work.
If you are comfortable or have
experience in front of the camera,
then use that to your advantage
and make YouTube your primary
platform, if you have great camera
skills and can make the final shots
of a system really pop, then maybe
Instagram and a Facebook page
would be more suitable. Project
logs can be very involved and in-
depth, but whatever platform you
choose, it’s all about telling a story.
Regular posting and planning
will help. You don’t want to be
posting once a month, it needs
to be as regular as you can. If you
are using a case from say, Cooler
Master, for example, then let them
know, tag the companies whose
parts you will be using, and let them
start to see what you are building.
Remember when I talked
about custom cables and building
relationships? Well, this is where
it starts to all tie in together and
help you along the way. If you post
a picture and someone has made
the cables for you, tag them, they
will see it and hopefully repost
it, tagging you in the process.
You potentially just doubled your
audience in a simple tag, they want
to show off their work too so it’s a
great way to do things.
Many forums run monthly
competitions, builds.gg and Bit-
Tech to name just a couple, get
those project logs going, you will
gain valuable experience with
each one and enter Mod of the
Month events if you can. It doesn’t
matter if you place last, it’s part
of the process to learn from and
build upon. I’ve built systems that
I thought would place high but
didn’t. For whatever reason, people
have their own preferences on
what looks awesome and other
systems in the competition, at that
particular time will dictate, to some
extent, how well your build is rated.
Don’t let it get you down though,
it’s not because it’s a bad build, it’s
just that other systems might have
something that people favor more.
When showing
off hardware,
you can tag the
manufacturer.
A build for ASUS
to celebrate
Ghostbusters
at EGX 2019.
HOL 2021 MAXIMUMPC 31
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