Want to start building your brand online but you are struggling to create content that feels authentic to yourself? Fighting to balance self-care & content creation? Do you wonder how you can make money from your personal brand?

Then you have to listen to this podcast!  

Shahd Batal, is an LA-based content creator who turned her personal brand into a full-time devotion. She came from being a natural hair blogger to building her name as a top influencer in modest fashion & beauty and now creates content around her lifestyle, self-care and real girl talks. 

The Sudanese-American struggled herself to find content that is authentic to who she is, and now she's sharing her journey with you, mashallah.

Prefer to watch? Click here for the YouTube version.

She talks about 

• The journey from a student to building a money-making personal brand online 1:40  


• Rebranding herself after deciding to wear the hijab 6:40  


• Deciding to do content creation full-time 11:15  


• Having the confidence to put yourself out there 15:15  


• Being an influencer while working on your character 18:00  


• Creating content that's authentic to who you are right now 20:00  


• Self-care & Social Media: How to preserve your mental health online 24.00 


• How to create content with intention 33.00 


• Authenticity: how to build a brand when you're multi-faceted 38:00  


• Becoming financially independent with your personal brand 44:00


• Working with brands 47:00


• Money: Setting your rates 53:00


• Dealing with low views & engagement 59:00


• Top tips for content creators to start out 1:03:00  


• Motivation for everyone starting from scratch 1:09:00

STOP, don't leave, here's Shahd's question for you -

Inshallah leave a comment here: What are you doing right now that you're gonna be proud of later?

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