We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Magaly Rodriguez a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.
Magaly, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. Can you talk to us about a risk you’ve taken – walk us through the story?
Hi my name is Magaly Rodriguez and I’m a full time content creator. Before doing social media I had a 9-5 type of job. Everything started when the pandemic started, I’m sure we were all bored at home with nothing to do than just being with our families and being out our phones. So I downloaded TikTok to see what it was, I then started posting random videos from my job and in a month I got 10k followers on Tiktok after my first video went viral. So I started posting more video and started getting brand deals messaging me wanting to work with me and willing to pay me to promote them. I never thought I was able to make living out of this. It slowly started becoming too much for me to the point I had to choose between my 9-5 job or focus on social media. I took the risk and quit my full time job to become an influencer. One thing I am happy to say is I’m happy I took that risk because I am now my own boss and starting my own brand. I never thought that was possible and is crazy to think that one little app can change your whole entire life!
Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers.
I started off with just posting TikToks and having fun. Never thought I was able to make this a real job and create my own business. I’ve worked with some many big brands for example Adidas, AT&T, McDonald’s, iHop, MLS, NASCAR and more. It’s really been a blessing to have the opportunity to work with all this big brands and learn from them. I think I am ready to now start my own business which is my own merch, since I am known has the CEO of Bucket Hats, I am ready to launch my new merch soon!
How did you build your audience on social media?
It’s crazy to think that someone can make a living out from just posting videos online. If we go back in 10 years should would’ve thought someone can get paid from just making and posting them online. Like that’s crazy but, also is not as easy how it sounds. It take a lot to build an audience, not everyone is going to like you or your brand and that’s completely fine! As long as you believe in your own dreams and your goals that’s what it all matters. Consistency is the key, don’t expect to grow from one day to another but keep bettering your business to be able to grow.
We’d love to hear the story of how you turned a side-hustle into a something much bigger.
It definitely did and I’m happy that I did because that was always the plan to make my side hustle to my own full time job. I’m still working and I’m not where I want to be but I believe in myself and I know I will be able to accomplish it real soon.
Contact Info:
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/magaly.rds
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/magaly.rds/about/
- Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/magalyrds?lang=en
- Youtube: https://youtube.com/@Magalyrds
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@magaly.rds
Image Credits
Photographer IG @lr_images