Infamous to Influential – Alex Tooby

So far Instagram has allowed me to:

>> Quit my 9-5 job and spend more time with my family and friends

>> Travel to amazing places like Nepal, Bali, and South Africa while still generating income

>> Participate in interviews that were published in Business Insider, Time, and Cosmopolitan Magazine

>> Receive free product from major brands, attend their high-end events and,

>> Literally live the life I have always dreamt of

So far Instagram has allowed me to:

>> Quit my 9-5 job and spend more time with my family and friends

>> Travel to amazing places like Nepal, Bali, and South Africa while still generating income

>> Participate in interviews that were published in Business Insider, Time, and Cosmopolitan Magazine

>> Receive free product from major brands, attend their high-end events and,

>> Literally live the life I have always dreamt of

I asked for vacation time at work so I could travel across the world to Nepal and my boss wouldn’t give it to me.

Wait a second…

You’re saying I can’t go experience something new and potentially life changing
because you want me to stay here and work for you?

Nope. That didn’t work for me. I wasn’t going to let a job control me, or my future any longer. So I quit.

I began my journey to self-made financial freedom by selling my graphic design services as a freelancer. I knew social media was the key to my success so I started exploring my options, trying to find the right platform that would generate the most sales.

Here’s what I found:

>> Facebook was practically useless unless you had a budget for advertising (hello, I was eating mac & cheese for dinner, I had NO budget!)

>> Twitter was a ghost town. Tweets and DM’s were obviously automated and it never felt like I was interacting with someone real.

>> Pinterest was fun to say the least, but without a large following or access to the right boards, generating any business was tough.