How She Navigates a Career, Motherhood and Serious Style

The Influencer Podcast

Julie Solomon

Business, Marketing

4.7 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2019

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN: Denise Vasi is the founder and editor in chief of MAED, an inclusive women’s content site that is part digital mag and part blog. It’s number one purpose is to inspire and educate women on balancing life, career, and family without sacrificing self-care and style. Denise and I chat through getting past the fear of breaking into a new space online, the biggest challenges she faced as she launched and grew her new digital business and what she learned from sitting back for a year and half and watching other influencers in the parenting space.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	I'll come across someone's page and comment back to them and then I'll send them a demon and say,
0:05.2	did you change your profile picture and they'll die? Like they're like, oh my God, how did you realize that?
0:11.2	I'm like, well, there's certain people have been around for so long and
0:14.8	I really have gotten to know them and remember their handles and stuff but between that and the ability to use Instagram stories to poll, you know, there's
0:29.7	great tools out there, but I think it's, you it's it's super important to know who you're
0:34.9	talking to. This lady does it all. Denise Bassie is the founder and editor-in-chief of
0:41.0	Maid. At the age of 12, she signed with Ford models
0:44.8	and began appearing in magazines like L and Marie Claire
0:48.0	and campaigns for global fashion and beauty brands.
0:51.1	After transitioning to acting, she relocated from her native Brooklyn
0:55.1	to Los Angeles, where she worked in film and television, including starring as
0:59.2	Raquel in VH1's single ladies. As a model and actress, she always paid attention to eating well and working out, but once she
1:06.7	became a mother, the stakes were even higher. She was committed to raising her daughter
1:11.6	as intentionally and naturally as possible.
1:15.2	She began documenting her journey and her alternative choices via social media, from preparing
1:20.5	plant-based clean meals and detoxing her home.
1:23.7	Her followers' dams, tweets, and comments soon made it clear.
1:27.6	They wanted a permanent place to go to for more information,
1:30.9	so she created Maid. Now make sure to screenshot this episode on your phone today and
1:36.2	tag me and Denise as we want to know your feedback and what you loved most about today's
1:40.9	episode. Make sure to also hashtag the
1:43.4	influencer podcast so we can find your screenshots and then share them on our
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