We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Keisha Cameron. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Keisha below.

Keisha, appreciate you joining us today. We’d love to hear the story of how you went from this being just an idea to making it into something real.

I have always been criticized as being good at the English Language or the writing Discipline and so one day a friend of mine encouraged me to start a small business in resume writing and I call my small business Dr Docs (short for documents). I also, have always wanted to write a Children’s Book, but the idea of what to write never presented itself. Then one day i had an epiphany. We were teaching our son Ayedin how to share with others. He always shared with us as his parents but we have never seen him do it with other persons, i guess because alot was happening and there was covid, so his interaction with other children was limited,

One day we went to see my sister and my nephew and my nephew had a bike that Ayedin wanted to play with and he had a ball. He came to me and said he wanted to play with the bike and i thought this was a teaching and learning moment. He asked his cousin to share his bike and he would share his ball and they used words such as ‘please’ and ‘thank you’.

I was so excited and thought it would be amazing to capture this moment and share with others. At the time Ayedin was just two years old and seeing i was also looking other ways to earn passive income, the idea came to me, why not record the encounter in a book and publish it and you will not only earn passive income, but also, you would be able to share this lesson with other parents and children and that is what I did.

Keisha, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?

I am an author and entrepreneur. My craft is around writing. While I do resumes, essays, research and editing, my main focus is writing Children’s Books. I write books about the lessons that my partner and I teach our son and watch him execute on these little gems. The name of the series is the ‘Ayedin Learns’ series and the third book in the series is being produced.

I help my clients to become more confident in job applications and interviews, essay writing, research and research paper turn-ins and it is always a fulfilling moment when a client reports that they were shortlisted for an interview or they have landed a job or that they got an A on their essay or research paper . I am also invited on separate occasions to give talks about being a parent and the importance of having a community who is involved in the nurturing, protection and development of our children. I am most proud of moments where I see my son execute on little gems and his father and I have taught him, gems that will take him through life and also when a sell one of my books to a parent and their child provides positive reviews about how much they love the book and the activities or share what they have learnt.

In my business, I want my clients to always feel vulnerable and know that I will always go above and beyond to ensure that they are equipped with the tools to succeed or that when I publish a book, the idea is not just for sales, but to ensure that a lesson is being taught and learned.

How did you put together the initial capital you needed to start your business?

In order to fund my book series I had to save the money to pay editors, illustrators, printing and shipping costs as well as other costs that came with taking a book from ideation to printing.

I didn’t have the money offhand so I devised a strategy to save the money. The first thing I did was extensive research about what was needed for the production of a self-published book and then I researched the costs. When I got all the costs I did a budget and determined when I would like to publish my book, and that determined how many months I had to save and how much money i needed to save each month.

In order to save this money, I would do more and more resumes and even offered additional services to help persons prepare for job interviews. I took on large research projects that I would do on weekends and late nights and I even cut back on purchasing lunch at work but instead took lunch for a few months so I would spend less money. I even cut back on driving and eating out so that would help me to spend less and realised more savings over the next few months.

For you, what’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative?

For me, the most rewarding aspect of being a creative is getting feedback from a client to let you know how they appreciate your work or how it has impacted their lives.

Money is always good, but knowing that you have contributed to making someone a better person is a value that no money can gratify.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: @learning_with_ayedin
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keisha-cameron-llb-bsc-15711a1a
• Other: https://linktr.ee/keishamcameron https://www.amazon.com/stores/Keisha-Cameron/author/B09FPF4W4B

Image Credits
Akeem Aris