Finding the Confidence to Be a Full-Time Creator with Hannah Schneider
If you had the opportunity, would you quit your 9-5 job to go become a full-time creator? Many would say yes, but it can be scary to take a chance this big on yourself.
From dealing with online hate and low engagement on the content you’ve worked so hard on to building relationships with brands and defining your “why”, there’s a lot that goes into being a full-time creator that truly takes a confident person to take on.
Today, we’re here with Hannah Schneider, a body confidence and self-love creator (and a great friend of mine) who’s been on this journey for four years.
Today, we’re diving into building the confidence to become a full-time creator. How do you deal with the hard stuff? What’s the difference between partnerships for Instagram and TikTok? How can you navigate the world of being a self-sufficient entrepreneur?
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Hannah Schneider
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The Social Scoop ⤵️
📲 Instagram is working on the ability to share a story only to followers you follow back
When you’re in the Share screen on Stories, you’ll be able to choose from “Your Story”, “Followers You Follow Back”, and “Close Friends”
💬 Instagram is working on a profile Ask Me Anything
Under your bio, there will be a question icon and next to it says “Ask Me Anything”
People will be able to click that and ask you questions
Unsure yet on where these questions will go and if you can answer them back via Reels like you can on TikTok
📸 Instagram is building the “ Glimpse” feature, a BeReal copy
A Glimpse story can be shared to followers or followers you follow back
“Take a photo or short video with front and back cameras”
“Only people who also add a Glimpse story can see yours
💰 Instagram’s Creator Marketplace has officially launched
The Creator Marketplace is Instagram’s version of an influencer platform that connects creators to brands so that they can work on campaigns together.
Access to this feature was given randomly, and not everyone has access yet, however, it doesn’t look like there was a follower minimum.
Find out if you’re eligible by going to Settings > Business or Creator > Branded Content > View Available Projects
However, once you get to “Available Projects”, many creators are reporting a frozen screen here.
🏷 Are Instagram “Topics” phasing out hashtags?
On Reels right now, select users can “Add topics”
Similar to Pinterest Idea Pins topic selector?
