Ep 9 - How Teacher Turned Social Media Manager Ella Uses her Personal Brand to Stand Out

Inspiring Women in Business

The teacher turned social media manager Ella uses her personal brand to stand out.

In this episode, I had a chat with the lovely Ella Orr from Much More Social. This is a golden episode where we cover how Ella went from being a teacher to becoming a social media manager. She shares how she managed to grow her business and stand out using LinkedIn and Clubhouse. Ella is brilliant at being an early adopter and goes to places where other people are hesitant to go. Listen up and learn so much from this episode.

Key takeaways from this episode:

• Personal branding is about how your superpowers can help somebody else achieve your superpowers.
• You can get clients from LinkedIn who know what you know, and they are willing to pay enough for your services.
• At the end of the day, we are still in the people-to-people business, and we should remember that in the way we handle social media, even LinkedIn.
• The secret in LinkedIn is to be seen, make your profile top-notch, and engage.
• If you are still finding your way in Clubhouse, find a buddy to enter rooms in, observe, listen, and participate until you feel confident there.
• When you are starting your business, you have to put yourself out there.
• Connect with people you feel you will have synergy with.
• We all have low moments. A support group plays a crucial role.

Episode Timeline:

00:00 Episode and Guest Intro

00:42 Intro

02:57 Ella and her story

06:02 Ella’s turning point

06:55 The training course that started everything

10:16 Stepping into the freelance world

13:45 The real deal about personal branding

16:35 Building your business through LinkedIn

18:35 Advice on how to get started in Linkedin

21:58 The proper way to network in LinkedIn

22:32 The Clubhouse experience

28:26 Advice for those who are starting their business

29:50 How mindset plays a huge role in business

30:56 The importance of support group

36:09 Ella explainer hour

38:47 Outro

About our guest:

Ella Orr is the owner and content creator of Much More Social. Ella is a teacher turned social media manager. She has managed to grow her business and stand out by strategically utilising LinkedIn and Clubhouse.

Connect and know more about Ella here:

Website: https://muchmoresocial.co.uk

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/muchmoresocial/

Ella Explainer Hour: muchmoresocial.co.uk/the-ella-explainer-hour-2

More about Ruth:

Hi, I’m Ruth, a business coach specialising in helping freelancers and business owners adjust their mindset and their marketing so they can get fully booked with clients they LOVE to work with. I’ve helped hundreds of self-employed women achieve the time and money freedom they craved.

I’ve started this podcast because when I first went all in and left the corporate world to be a freelancer, I was grateful for any work that came my way. After over 20 years of freelancing and working for other people, I started to realize I’d created a glass ceiling for myself.

In 2017, I finally started listening to that voice that had been telling me for a long time that I wasn’t doing what I loved and fulfilling my true potential. It took a critical illness to give me that wake-up call. I don’t want the same to happen to you.

You can expect practical advice, inspiring stories, and a lot of aha moments as we uncover and kick to the curb all the obstacles you have been putting in your way.

I’m on a mission to inspire women to start and play bigger in business.

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