We were lucky to catch up with Maria Hermesa recently and have shared our conversation below.

Maria, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. What was it like going from idea to execution? Can you share some of the backstory and some of the major steps or milestones?

I always knew I wanted to own my own company and work for myself.Beauty and fashion have always been important to me. I’ve always been asked if I model myself and I never wanted to be in the spotlight like that. One day it hit me I want to showcase beauty and fashion behind the scenes. So I decided to start a modeling agency. I researched all the steps I would have to take and a month later after countless nights of googling and phone calls I registered my company through my state. I spent the next two months building my brand name on social media and watching my traffic grow. About five months in I received a call for our first job and since then we have had steady traffic. I am blessed to say I took the leap of faith and it payed off. I’m doing what I love and hopefully one day my brand name will turn into a household name.

Maria, 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?

Growing up I always had a love for fashion and beauty. I knew as I got older being an entrepreneur was a main goal of mine. Working for myself was a priority in my early years of adult life. I decided at the age of 23 I wanted to start my first company Bouijeya Modeling Agency. We signed our first model in 2021 and have been growing ever since. We currently work with both free lance and exclusive models and we’re working towards growing our talent with minors also. I believe our small size really has an effect in our city working with us compared to major agency’s gives a more personal relationship with our clients and client loyalty is at 100%. We are most proud of our ability to grow and persevere as an underdog in our line of business. We work with clients ranging from major department stores such as Dillards, Kohl’s etc to personal photographers looking for practice shoot models. We hope to continue to grow and show not only Cincinnati Ohio but the world who Bouijeya Modeling agency is.

We’d love to hear about you met your business partner.

Bouijeya Modeling Agency is a subsidiary company of my Fiancés organization TMZ survivalist records. My fiancé has been with me every step of the way getting my company off the ground. I met him in the summer of 2020 and we decided to go into business together in October of 2021. He is my right hand for everything regarding my brand.

How did you build your audience on social media?

I spent most of the beginning months with my company building my social media brands across all platforms. I’ve learned while running my agency Instagram seems to be most effective. Overtime I’ve got my engagement and following up by following some of these simple tricks that you can do at home on your own. Be consistent with posting and interacting with others post. Use hashtags relating to your business and keywords in your field. Make sure you do not spam hashtags in Instagram it could cause your account to be Shadow banned.Stick with one filter & keep your page organized and uniformed. Post Instagram Stories regularly & get feedback with polls question and stickers. Mention others as much as possible to show Instagram you are a real account and your interacting with real accounts. And most important of them all be your most authentic self that’s what sells and that’s what the world wants to see.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://bouijeyamodeling.wixsite.com/my-site
• Instagram: Bouijeya_modeling
• Facebook: Bouijeya Modeling Agency
• Youtube: Bouijeya Modeling Agency