How to Network & Score Brand Deals as an Influencer (Ft. Christine Tran) | S1 E15
Full-Time Influencer Podcast
Tina Lee
5 • 673 Ratings
🗓️ 4 October 2021
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
The best thing about being an influencer is getting paid to do what you love - yet not many people understand how to monetize their accounts.
If you’ve ever wanted to learn how you can establish your value on Instagram, then you’ll love today’s post and podcast. We’re talking to Christine Tran from @tourdelust about how she managed to turn her passion into a full-time career. Christine isn’t just one of the most business-savvy influencers I know - but a master networker. Tune in to get her tips for getting paid whether you’re starting a side hustle on Instagram or want to increase your earnings.
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!
CHECK OUT THE SHOW NOTES FOR THIS EPISODE: https://www.fulltimeinfluencer.co/blog/episode-15
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Timestamps:
(6:51) - Time to reach 100k followers and go full-time.
(7:51) - Success and monetization opportunities led to quitting job.
(11:43) - Learning to monetize gifted trips and collaborations.
(26:18) - Pivoting to lifestyle and fashion content.
(38:38) - Reels and first viral reel.
(46:58) - Future of brand, pivoting to lifestyle, and starting a family.
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| 0:00.0 | You just always grow up thinking you need to go to college and then you need to make this |
| 0:03.6 | career path and make this amount of money so you're secure, you have insurance and this and |
| 0:07.4 | that. But I feel like things are definitely changing and you don't really need that and you can |
| 0:13.0 | build your own business and be successful at it. |
| 0:24.4 | Welcome to the full-time influencer podcast. 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. |
| 0:32.5 | Our goal is to help you decode social media, become a full-time influencer and do what you love for a living. |
| 0:38.5 | Let's dive in. |
| 0:43.3 | Today we have special guest Christine with us. |
| 0:47.6 | Christine is Tour de Lust on Instagram and we have known each other for over a year now. |
| 0:57.6 | And I've actually learned a lot from Christine and seeing how her journey has gone as an influencer it's been very inspiring and she's always |
| 1:04.7 | very very very approachable really friendly and really down to earth as an influencer. So I think today we can |
| 1:12.7 | learn a lot from Christine and her journey. So welcome. Hello. Thank you for being here. |
| 1:20.6 | Could you just give us a brief, I guess one-liner of like what your handles are and what you do. |
| 1:28.3 | My name is Christine Tran. My handle is Tordales. |
| 1:32.3 | I'm a blogger, influencer, so I usually use Instagram, TikTok, and I have my own blog. |
| 1:39.3 | So I know you started about five years ago, right? |
| 1:43.3 | 2016. |
| 1:45.0 | Yeah. |
| 1:46.0 | So just maybe almost a year before me, when you first started, what prompted you to start |
| 1:53.0 | creating content? |
| 1:54.0 | And was it mostly on a blog or on Instagram? |
| 1:57.0 | I did it all at once. |
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