After quitting her job at a Big Four accounting firm in May, Tanvi Shah became a full time content creator. Shah fell out of love with the corporate world because of the impact it was having on her mental health She began to make money from her platforms last year after launching them as a side-hustle. Shah learned how to make her own videos. She used to use her phone to take pictures. She bought a camera, lighting and tripod to improve her content. She said that this helped to elevate her content and make it a business. Shah used to charge between five and fifteen dollars for a piece of content. Shah decided to set her rate based on how long it would take to create content, an hourly rate and then work backwards as to what the fee should be
Insider verified that she was paid £2,000 for a brand partnership to launch an active wear line. She has played sports for two decades. South Asian women are not represented in sports and fitness. I wanted to make it easier for women to get into fitness.
Shah pitched the idea of collaborating on the line instead of only being involved in promoting it as an ad or campaign and they collaborated to design the collection. She used a lot of South Asian people in the campaign.
Shah says there are many opportunities online including being behind the scenes and not just in front of the camera if you want to shift from a corporate job into full-time content creation.
She said to first build your personal brand and then build your portfolio. Identifying gaps in the market where you can really elevate your portfolio, your brand and build multiple streams of income is the next step.
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