#15 Olivia Purvis - Talking Social Media Comparison & The Evolution of Blogging

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emma gannon

Authors, Wellbeing, Arts, Books, Social Media, Creativity

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🗓️ 12 June 2016

⏱️ 48 minutes

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My pal Liv! We are slightly hyper in places, this one was so much fun to record. And she is a wise owl for her young age of 23. Olivia Purvis is a lovely online soul who is always delivering useful and aesthetically pleasing nuggets of advice and recommendations on her blog "What Olivia Did". She has recently signed to STORM models (HELLO!!) all starting from her blog which has grown into an outlet for everything from style, travel, food, beauty lifestyle and music - as well as interviews with inspiring women who she admires. Olivia has collaborated amazing brands such as Lancôme at the Bafta’s, Boden, Miss Selfridge, Kate Spade, Estee Lauder to name a few and is regularly featured in publications such as Grazia, Cosmopolitan UK, Atlas and Get The Gloss.

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0:00.0	Hi I'm Emma Gannon and welcome back to my podcast Control Alt Delete. This is the podcast with the same name as my book which comes out in three weeks I think.
0:08.8	I'm very excited to continue with episode 15. Can't believe I've done that many now. It's quite cool.
0:14.6	I'm glad that 15 amazing people have wanted to come on it, which is awesome.
0:19.2	We talk about things like social media and our lives online and how we get through the madness of life.
0:25.2	So today's episode is with Olivia Purvis, aka what Olivia did.com
0:32.1	and someone who's become a good friend through Twitter I think it's
0:35.5	really great example of how blogging can bring you new lovely friends so
0:40.0	Olivia has an amazing blog what Olivia, which has grown over the years, over six years
0:45.8	that she's had it into something that really is an outlet for everything, from style to travel
0:51.2	to music, to food, food beauty she covers such a wide range of things and
0:56.7	always has such an amazing point of view she really is just such a lovely person who
1:01.7	always tries to genuinely be helpful with what she
1:05.0	recommends to her readers. Her blog has grown enormously, she has a very strong
1:09.3	following. Recently she's collaborated with some brilliant brands from Lancome to Bowden to Miss Selfridge,
1:15.8	Kate Spade, Estelle Lauda and so many more and she's been regularly featured in lots of publications
1:21.9	from Gratia to Cosmopolitan and has a few awards
1:26.2	that up her sleeves as well. So I hope you enjoy this episode. We get a bit
1:30.1	delirious near the end but I hope you enjoy it. We talk about lots of things from
1:35.2	social anxiety to the pressure of having a platform to imposter syndrome and comparison.
1:41.9	Lots of things that are really topical, I think.
1:44.3	So enjoy, and thanks for tuning in.
1:47.0	So I'm here with Olivia Purvis
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