 Misowing on, I got a chance to inter outlook with the amazing Linn the Brand. Now she is an our winning online strategist, brand promoter and a publicist. She shared quite a few things about how you can make a living doing such kind of work and you need to listen to this. Check her out. This is Linn the Brand, your number one online strategist. Linn is a digital strategist, she is a publicist and a brand influencer. The difference between a publicist and an online strategist, an online strategist basically deals with the matters pertaining to digital, like that is social media management, online marketing, pushing brands online, anything that has to do, like the name itself, online strategist. So basically anything that has to do with online things and all that, that's the work of an online strategist. The work of a publicist is to book interviews for artists, like you know, make sure that if an artist has a project, your work is to make sure that the project is out there, the project is visible, the project is everywhere. Also like do organize press conferences for an artist or a brand. For online strategists, most of the times you'll find that the work itself haishi because if you're managing social media accounts, that means that the accounts have to be active every day. So some days I just like maybe work on accounts only. Some days I'll work on organizing interviews, taking artists for interviews and all that. And some days I will work on pushing brands online because I'm also that brand influencer. So sometimes I will work on all of them combined. So you'll find that I have a client or an artist who needs to be taken somewhere for an interview. And then at the same time I have a client who needs their social media pages to be active. Then I still have a client who needs their brands to be pushed. We deal with people who have businesses, both small business, big business. You have a business, you want the accounts to be managed. Your business is also a brand by itself, so you also want that brand to be pushed. It takes a lot of work, it takes a lot of research, you have to do a lot of research. Then you also have to ask yourself, is this something that I really want to do? Is this in my line of living? I want to be in a place where I feel like I'm in a field. So you can definitely make money out of it, but you have to be disciplined and you have to be patient. Sana, sana, sana. It takes a lot of years before you start even making money out of it. Before people start believing in you, believing in your services. You really have to convince people and all that. So it takes a lot of sacrifice, it takes a lot of discipline and a lot of patience. But yes, to answer your question, young people can make money out of being a publicist and online strategist and a brand influencer. What people need to know is that first of all, first and foremost, you take some time, like a lot of time. In my case, it took me a whole year to work pro bono and all that to build yourself and you reach to a place where you feel like, in your heart you feel like, now this is the time and I think I can offer this kind of service to this audience. So when you feel like that, when you start believing in yourself and you really have to believe in yourself, because when you believe in yourself, nobody will take advantage of you. Me, I had a problem of believing in myself at first. That's why people are taking a lot of advantage, people are taking advantage. But you have to believe in yourself. If you believe in yourself and you believe that I can do this, like I can deliver 200% to this client, you know. Like you believe in what you're doing, you believe in your work, then you will be able to set your foot down and you're like, no, me, I won't work for free or I won't work. You won't pay me with bundles because I know the value that I'm bringing to your brand. I know the value that I'm bringing to your company. So you won't pay me with data. It's I'd rather, like you know, I'd rather just nilale nja or something but this is too low to a point of working for free or working for data or working for because I already know the kind of value that I'm bringing in your company. And for sure, when that person believes in you and maybe says, okay, let me pay you something kidogo, at least niyone what you can do. And for sure, if that person does that, then ataona because you're sure that you will deliver 200%. So he will see. For me, I started by charging to small, small amounts, you know, something near affordable. So it's not even like charging, it's like appreciating. So when that person gives you that something small, the next time they want to work with you because of what you delivered, you will not shoot price. The person will be like, but last time she really delivered so she deserves to be paid this way. So if you know the kind of value that you're putting, amma you're bringing to that company, amma to that brand, amma to nini, then you will be in a very good position to set your foot down and you're like, ah, me, you must pay me a certain amount of money. If not, then wachaikai. I recently scooped three awards. So in the recently concluded Fema Awards, Fresh Entries Music Awards. And the first award, you see as a publicist, what I have not said is that as a publicist I have my own PR and marketing company. It's called Foley Agency. So the first award was an honorary award like the panel decided to, after toiling for 55 years. After toiling for 55 years finally, people have seen my work and people decided to sit down and just appreciate what I do, recognize the fact that I've been working and I'm doing a lot in the entertainment industry. So the first one was an honorary award as the industry influencer of the year. The second award went to my company, Foley Agency, Foley PR and Marketing in the brand promoter category. Then the third award, and by the way, next year to Nachikwa No. 1 Foley Agency. So the third award went to my artist, the artist that I'm working with, I've been working with for a while under my company. They are called Sovereign Band. Yes, so those are three awards, one person. So you can find me on social media platforms at Lin the Brand, L-Y-N-N-E, the brand across all social media platforms and you can also follow my company at Foley Agency, Foley F-O-L-I agency across all social media platforms. You can DM either my personal account or you can DM Foley Agency. We will be there to sort you out. This goes out to the young people and especially I'm an advocate of young ladies who are pushing so hard to be somewhere without compromising. So continue pushing, sometimes it might not be easy, things might not go the way you want them to, but do not compromise. Just continue pushing, continue praying, continue trusting in God's work hard. Remember determination knows no failure.