You can be a micro influencer.

There are many people who are micro influencers who are making lots of money and have loads of brand deals, believe it or not, because they may only have a thousand fans, but those are a thousand true fans and they are valuable fans.

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.

Our goal is to help you decode social media, become a full-time influencer, and do what you love for a living.

Let's dive in.

Hi, creators.

Today we have special guest, Onika, with us.

Oniqan and I met in New York City.

And we are going to chat with her today about her journey and a lot of great tips on how to leverage your expertise to negotiate better brand deals. So thank you so much for being here and welcome.

Oh, thank you so much for having me, Tina. Excited to be a part of this.

Thank you, thank you for your time.

So first, I guess usually how I start is to ask our

guests basically how they got started because I think it's really good to learn about someone's

beginnings, how they got motivated to get on social media, what was the turning point, and how you

got to where you are now. Yeah, sure. Where do I begin?

So my name is O'Neika Raymond, and I am a television host, travel influencer, and writer.

And I actually started out working in the field of education.

So I hail from Toronto, Canada.

But my background is in education.

I started out as a French teacher. But one of the reasons I got into teaching was because I wanted to live, work, and travel overseas. And at the time before digital nomadism was a thing, I had two options. It was either to become a member of the Foreign Service or to work in education, work in an education and teach overseas abroad.

So that's what I did because I had a passion for travel.

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