Influencer Turned Entrepreneur: Marianna Hewitt's Secrets to Building a Business

Marianna Hewitt

How do you handle the pressure of juggling the demands of content creation, engaging with your audience, and running your brand successfully?

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How do you handle the pressure of juggling the demands of content creation, engaging with your audience, and running your brand successfully? How do you strike a balance between showcasing your personality as an influencer and maintaining a professional image for your brand? Valeria knows all too well what it is like to be both!

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Today, Valeria welcomes one of the OG beauty and lifestyle influencer, blogger, YouTuber, and the co-founder of Summer Fridays, Marianna Hewitt. Marianna opens up about passion as the driving force in her life, the secrets of planning for the future and the transition from influencer to thriving entrepreneur, how she finds balance in what she shares online while setting healthy boundaries.

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You can find Marianna on: 

https://summerfridays.com/ 
https://lifewithme.com/ 
|https://www.instagram.com/marianna_hewitt/ 
https://www.youtube.com/user/mariannahewitt 
https://www.facebook.com/MariannaHewitt/ 
https://www.tiktok.com/@marianna_hewitt 
Life with Marianna

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Valeria is on:

https://www.instagram.com/valerialipovetsky/ 
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWkDFq1pO7YNzifE3A4UsMA 
https://www.tiktok.com/@valeria.lipovetsky 
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‍What We Talked About:

  • 00:00 Intro
  • 00:39 Growing up between Ohio and Germany
  • 02:32 Being happy independently than unhappy together
  • 05:50 The ups and downs of being an only child
  • 09:30 Sometimes we aren’t ready to learn our life lessons
  • 13:17 Living a life of routines and daily habits
  • 16:00 The passion for journalism
  • 21:36 Using data and analytics to build a brand
  • 26:01 How do you plan for the longevity of your brand?
  • 28:47 How do you switch from being an influencer to an entrepreneur?
  • 31:47 It’s about hiring the people that you trust
  • 33:48 How did you find your leadership style?
  • 36:17 Finding a balance in what you share online and setting up boundaries
  • 40:21 Do you ask yourself questions before you post something online?
  • 42:22 What does success mean?
  • 43:29 Gratitude for the people you work with 
  • 48:21 What is your WHY?

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