Episode 7: Daimy and Marcy speak with their friend Claudia - wife, boy mom, teacher, Target-lover about her new blog
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With enough persistence and dedication, any dream or goal can be transformed into a reality. This is one of the main lessons to be learned in today’s conversation with our dear friend Claudia. The heart and soul behind @msclaudia, our guest for today began her blogging adventure in 2020 and is well on the way to becoming a full-time influencer. Claudia joins us on the show to talk about why she became an influencer, the niche her content occupies, her approach to blogging, and how she juggles her side hustle with being a mom as well as a teacher! We kick off the show by hearing about Claudia’s dream to help other women and how she decided to take action on it using the medium of social media. She talks about how she overcame her fears and took the first few steps, drawing ideas from influencers who inspired her and finally writing her first post! We explore the routines Claudia has set up for herself, the model she is using to earn money from her content, and why she chose Target as a brand to represent. She also gets into the subject of sharing her personal life, what parts to keep private, and the feedback she gets from her family about her newfound passion. For all this and a whole lot more from Claudia about how she took action on her dreams and what the future holds, be sure to tune in today!
Key Points From This Episode:
- Teaching, being involved with Daimy’s wedding, and how Claudia met the Amigas.
- How Claudia realized she could help others as an influencer and decided to start her blog.
- Claudia’s process of finding inspiration from other influencers and curating who she follows.
- How Claudia overcame feelings of imposter syndrome and wrote her first blog post.
- Juggling blogging with work and motherhood and where Claudia is at in her journey.
- Setting oneself apart from other influencers; how Claudia decided what products to promote.
- Claudia’s goal to make blogging her main activity and what she is doing to reach it.
- Yearning for authentic social media experiences in the pandemic and Claudia’s approach to content creating.
- The feedback Claudia gets from her family and how she prioritizes blogging over her other roles.
- How Claudia incorporates fashion as a lifestyle influencer and her experiences promoting Target.
- The exhaustion of teaching and how blogging can help Claudia spend more time with her kids.
- An app Claudia uses that allows her to make a commission from her posts and how it works.
- Claudia’s advice for starting a blog: Believe in yourself and just go for it!
- The time Claudia spends on blogging each week and her strategy for content creation.
- What Claudia needs to do to become a Target affiliate and an Amazon influencer.
- Content delivery and how Claudia makes sure she does not alienate her audience.
- Where Claudia draws the line of what parts of her life she does not share online.
- An example of a bad day Claudia shared online that involved an emotional moment with her son.
Tweetables:
“My friend inspired me to do a mom blog. I’m like, ‘Oh, that’s me. I could give mom advice. I’m a pretty cool mom. Why not?’” — Claudia [0:08:07]
“A year later I’m still doing it. I’m very consistent at what I do. I’m juggling work, mom, and my blog, and I feel like I’m doing a pretty good job at it.” — Claudia [0:10:32]
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