Ep 49: The Secret to Growing Your Brand in a Crowded Niche

In today's episode, I speak with Maria, an incredible content creator and pediatric physical therapist (@DeveloBaby 375k). Maria has grown three Instagram accounts, each in a different language, with over 50,000 followers each—her English account alone boasting over 375,000 followers. We dive into how Maria stands out in a crowded niche by sharing evidence-based, practical advice for parents and building trust with her audience. Maria shares her content creation strategies, including her innovative content days, where she films up to 250 clips in one day, and her ability to simplify complex information for her audience. We discuss the importance of understanding your audience’s pain points and how Maria turned the most common challenges she encountered in her clinic into successful online programs, including her bestselling baby sleep program. Maria also opens up about balancing authenticity and professionalism on social media, the challenges of going viral with the wrong audience, and why she believes consistency, genuine enjoyment of the process, and giving value are the keys to success. Whether you're a content creator, entrepreneur, or parent, this episode is packed with actionable insights you won't want to miss!

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Social Media Money Makers is dedicated to empowering Creators to pursue their passion and educate them on how to turn their content into their full-time career. Join Brock Johnson as he interviews iconic entrepreneurs to uncover revolutionary social media marketing and business tactics. Each episode features Brock diving into the latest social media strategies, sharing actionable growth tactics, and uncovers personal insights from his guests who are massively successful in the online space to inspire you to pursue your own entrepreneurial journey as a Creator. Meet your host: Brock Johnson, a renowned social media expert, committed to guiding Creators like you to follow in his path of social media success. Brock began his journey in the social media world over a decade ago, eventually evolving his initial “just for fun” content into a highly successful social media coaching community, now a multi-seven figure business. Brock focuses his personal content (@brock11johnson) on Instagram growth, since he himself has grown to a near 700k following. With this podcast, Brock and his guests bring many unique perspectives to the world of digital creation. Focusing on the insights and experiences of a diverse range of social media gurus, listeners will be given a wide array of strategies, stories, and secrets directly from the experts themselves. Brock and his guests share the very strategies that drove their success, laying out a roadmap for building an online business. Social Media Money Makers is powered by Stan, your all-in-one Creator Store. Stan is pioneering a movement where anyone with a wifi connection can make money working for themselves while pursuing their passion. As Creators ourselves, we know that being a Creator isn’t easy. On top of the challenges of being an artist, Creators are also required to be a solopreneur and build their own business. That’s where Stan comes in - we take care of the backend technical stuff so Creators can do what they love: create. We’re here to empower, educate, and support anyone to make a living working for themselves.