How I Went From 0 to 500k Followers on Instagram | S1 E1

Full-Time Influencer Podcast

Tina Lee

Education, Business, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, How To

5 • 673 Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

You see the followers, the sponsorships, and the press trips, but do you know what it takes to get there? It’s time to meet the woman behind the feed! For the first time ever, I'm going in-depth on my personal journey: why I got started, quitting my job, what I had to give up to have this life, and finally getting paid to post - the point at which I almost called it quits and everything else I encountered on the path to 500K- not followers, but friends.

Welcome to the Full-Time Influencer Podcast. I'm your host Tina Lee (@ofleatherandlace) I'm sharing some of my expertise and industry information, to help you decode social media, and create content that helps aspiring creatives like you become full-time influencers so you can also do what you love for a living!

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Timestamps:

(2:33) - From NYC Fashion School to Lingerie Designer

(3:43) - A Mindset Shift After Reading "Rich Dad, Poor Dad"

(5:19) - Inspiration Behind "Of Leather and Lace" Handle

(11:39) - Taking Control of Content Creation

(16:13) - Quitting My Job to Pursue Social Media Full-Time

(21:10) - Differentiating Myself Through Creative Approaches

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0:00.0	I knew in my gut that there was something more to this, that I really loved what I was doing
0:06.2	and I was really fulfilled creating content, no matter what people around me said, even the closest
0:12.6	people.
0:19.4	Welcome to the full-time influencer podcast.
0:22.0	I'm your host, Tina Lee, and I'll be sharing industry knowledge and social media tips through weekly interviews with established creators and Q&A sessions.
0:29.6	Our goal is to help you decode social media, become a full-time influencer, and do what you love for a living.
0:35.6	Let's dive in.
0:39.3	Hello, creators, and welcome to the first ever episode of the full-time influencer podcast.
0:45.7	As you heard from the intro, we talk all things influencer and social media.
0:50.4	I'm a full-time influencer myself, mainly on Instagram currently, and I'm absolutely obsessed with social media and the whole influencer marketing world.
1:00.9	Each week, we're going to have solo episodes like this or interview episodes where I speak to a lot of other amazing creators or experts in this industry. Since this is the first ever solo
1:14.1	episode, I thought it would be fitting for me to share with you my personal influencer journey,
1:20.1	and a career glow-up, if you will, how I went from having only friends and family as followers
1:25.8	to now having over half a million of reach
1:29.1	on social media across my multiple platforms. I personally love listening to People's Glow Up
1:35.5	story because it inspires me so much to learn about how they overcome their difficulties,
1:42.1	how they first started and how they decided to go in the direction
1:46.6	that brought them the most success. And I've actually shared my personal story a few times on
1:52.9	Instagram stories. You can check them out in my highlights if you want some more pictures to go
1:57.5	with this story. And I've done this also once live on Clubhouse. And each time I get
2:03.7	the most amazing comments, the amazing support and feedback from everyone. So I really hope that by
2:11.8	sharing my personal story and my journey thus far, that it can also help to inspire or motivate you and also serve as a
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