Hey Sisturr!
I’m so excited to write you again!
I can’t believe it’s October already…. the 10th month of the year!
I remember when the year 2022 began. It was just like yesterday. And now, we’re almost saying bye to this year.
Dear sister? How are you? Has 2022 been a great year for you, or you just can’t wait to get into 2023 already?
Mine? It’s been full of ups and downs, especially in September.
Omoooooooo!
Remember how I told you last month I landed a 6-figure paying job as a content writer with a UK-based company?
I got fired on the 13th of September (exactly one month after being employed).
For some really obvious reasons, I didn’t feel emotional at all. I wanted to quit the job the first day I started.
Everything about the job was screaming TOXIC!!!
The workload was choking.
There was no proper onboarding process for new members of staff.
Staff support was zero.
The marketing manager (my line manager) screamed at me like a child because I came 3 minutes late to a meeting on my first day.
We had no freedom of speech - Like guys, I made a post on LinkedIn, and my Boss was threatened by it.
They had this bizarre habit of hiring and firing - Like in about a month of working there, I saw them let go over 7 members of staff from various departments.
The MD bragged about letting people go on the 28th day of the month without paying them a dime.
My Personal Challenge
Although I was interviewed for the role of content writer, I made it clear during the interview that my strength was in social media.
Little did I know, I was setting myself up for failure!
I was presented with managing five sub-brands, which had 4 social pages each. Do the Maths: The other social media manager and I had to create and publish content on all 20 social pages manually!
It was choking and took all of our time!
We barely had time to do community engagement, the actual thing that grows a brand organically on social media.
A day after we met with the MD and requested we needed an extra hand in the social media team, “a community manager,” we (the other social media manager and I) got laid off!
There was no compensation for the 13 days of backbreaking work we did!
Thankfully, I didn’t let the pressure from the UK company make me lose my job at Ohmstech.
I almost went back to my EX, but…
On the night I lost my UK job, I was sad. Although I was going to shed a tear, I knew I had lost a 6-figure paying job.
I wanted to just talk to someone. I wanted to talk to someone who knows and understands me. I called my Ex.
He picked up the call, and we talked for almost 2 hours. It felt so good!
One of the reasons I called was - I didn’t want us being enemies simply because we broke up.
Before we started dating, we were good friends. So, why should we become enemies simply because our relationship failed after 18 months?
It felt so good talking to him that night, and we both caught up on many events that had happened over the last four months we broke up.
After the call that night, the next few days, we found ourselves spending late nights chatting on WhatsApp.
We kept checking on each other, and he requested he wanted us to see. (I declined.)
He reiterated severally that his feelings for me hadn’t changed, and he still wanted us to build something together.
But did I?
The last 4 months of trying to move on from the hurt of our break up and do me made me see that LOVE IS NOT ENOUGH!
Love is not the only ingredient to a successful romantic relationship.
Unfortunately, life doesn't work out how we wish it should. We don’t always end up with people we love.
As much as I’m working so hard to become a better me and all my life goals, I’m scared I might never find love again.
My post went viral on LinkedIn!
So one of the things I’m particularly excited about that happened in September was - My post went viral on LinkedIn!
I know I had said it a million times to myself that LinkedIn had a future for me, but I was never intentional….
After sharing my story at the School of Digipreneurs during the masterclass I took tagged Career Opportunities in Content Writing, one of my resounding words to the writers was:
Every writer must have a place for self-promotion. For whatever platform you choose, do it consistently for 3 months, before concluding there are no results.
Then, it dawned on me that I was teaching what I wasn’t. I had no platform where I did promote myself.
I started putting content together - relatable, story content.
I promised myself that I would make a post on LinkedIn from Mondays to Fridays (5 times weekly) for the next three months.
Then that Thursday morning, I casually went on LinkedIn and made a post titled I HATE BEING A SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER.
You guys won’t believe how quickly this post exploded. With a following of less than 3,500 on LinkedIn, my post reached an all-time high of 78,000+ views (at that the time of writing this).
Not only did I see such a huge organic view, but the post also attracted 245 reactions, 66 comments, and 8 shares.
I was blown away!
That, in return, got me new followers and many profile visits.
I was happy!
Two certifications in one month
If you’ve followed my last two newsletters, you must have heard me talk about being enrolled in two boot camps at once:
I didn’t just complete both but also got certified! Big congratulations to me!
Plans for October
September was indeed a very good month for me!
There were tears and laughter, but definitely significant growth.
I’m grateful for all the lessons September presented and can’t wait to conquer October.
This month, more than ever, I want to:
Put myself out the more - grow my personal brand and School of Digipreneurs.
Be very committed to content marketing for my job at Ohmstech.
Be intentional about my LinkedIn presence for all weekdays in October… nonstop!
Get three clients for my social media management business.
Hold four live sessions with the Badass SMM Academy (BADSMMA) and make them badass social media managers.
A long list of big dreams? You, too, can do big things! Write them down and make it plain upon tables!
In conclusion…
I want you to do this for me:
Bring out a piece of paper, and write all your dreams down. (Here are MINE)
Break each of these goals into action points.
Be committed to working on them for the next three months before you conclude there are no results.
I am rooting for you, Sis! You’ve gat this!
Till the next time I write you, I remain…
Thank you for this ma