Scaling a business as an influencer: set up, tax benefits, first hires, avoiding burnout & more! | Ep. 16
Fun on Weekdays
Jenna Palek
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 23 May 2023
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
If you're a creator who hasn't fully embraced the idea of treating yourself as a business, this podcast is a must. Join me as I answer the most commonly asked questions - benefits, making strategic first hires, navigating the challenges of avoiding burnout, taxes, creating community, and more!
As the founder of Fun On Weekdays, I've experienced my fair share of ups and downs in this dynamic industry. Creators are constantly juggling to stay relevant not only on the ever changing platforms, but within their audience. Get ready to dive into actionable tips and strategies that will help you along your journey!
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| 0:00.0 | Hi guys, welcome back to Fun on Weekdays podcast. |
| 0:07.1 | If you're new here, my name is Jenna Palik and I'm the host. |
| 0:10.2 | Fun on weekdays serves as a reminder that you have to create time during the week to enjoy |
| 0:14.6 | your life. |
| 0:15.6 | You have to find that balance between work, social life, friends, relationships, and you |
| 0:21.1 | should never feel guilty for doing fun things on the weekdays. |
| 0:24.8 | My podcast highlights people from all different career backgrounds, how they got started in |
| 0:29.1 | their field, advice, life lessons. |
| 0:31.9 | We also talk about all of the common things like friendships, dating, and everything |
| 0:36.0 | that comes with trying to navigate your life as a young professional. |
| 0:39.6 | But more importantly, how each of us are able to find time aside from work to have fun. |
| 0:45.2 | It's been almost two years since I started the Fun on Weekdays podcast and almost two |
| 0:49.4 | years that I've been a full time content creator. |
| 0:52.2 | But I realize that I've never sat down to do a full deep dive of the business of being |
| 0:57.0 | an influencer. |
| 0:58.0 | Now to create a personal brand and all of the questions that you want to know about |
| 1:02.0 | taxes, PR, setting up an LLC, health care, creating a community, and basically all of the tools |
| 1:09.0 | that you need to be a successful creator. |
| 1:11.6 | This past weekend I went to Dallas for social icons, which is a creator conference and they |
| 1:15.8 | invited me to be a speaker on their panel about the business of being an influencer. |
| 1:19.8 | They provided us with a list of around 20 questions and so today I wanted to answer all |
| 1:24.4 | of those questions in a podcast for anyone who was not able to attend. |
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