We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Marina Yousif. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Marina below.
Hi Marina, thanks for joining us today. The first dollar your firm earns is always special. We’d love to hear about how you got your first client that wasn’t a friend or family.
I have in banking industry for 9 years. I want to briefly tell you on how it all started. I am a friendly person and I always been that way and the reason I am mentioning that because I want to mention you how it all started.
Before, I was a teller dealing with transactions and I always greet customers and thank them for coming to the bank. I started building up a relationship and connection with clients that I meet on daily base. Clients start coming to see me often and wanted to wait for me to help them. After, I got prompted in 2024 I already build up the relationship with clients so they start coming to see me to open them accounts and assist them with their financial needs and goals. Majority of my clients were from the teller line that I used to see almost everyday. After, I got promoted those same clients came to see on daily base to help with their needs.
As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?
My name is Marina Yousif. I speak 4 languages so I am a multilingual person. I speak Arabic, Assyrian, Turkish and little of Armenian not too fluent. I used to play basketball in varsity team in high school and I used to be a Math tutor since I was good at it. I was majoring in radiology and I took all the requirements at the college and my electives were mathematical so in case if I change major I will have options open. I applied to Resurrection University to enter the program but back then I was working two jobs and going to school, I had to quit my medical career and I went to business field. I had 3.89 GPA from high school till university.
I work now as a banker which I help clients with opening accounts, credit cards, business, and many more. I always help clients with there needs and see what can I help with and try to resolve there issues because I want them to leave the branch happy and satisfy. I always try to deescalate the situations and make sure I find solution for their needs. I am proud that I am the second in the market with my new role which is called Associate Relationship Banker.
The main things I want you guys know that I am trying to build up on my social media and build up my career further more. I love helping people and I am working hard to reach the 8 figures which will take time but I believe it can happen. Also, I am a model as well and I love singing. I used to be in the choir at church and I had sang with my friend who is a musician in Chicago on stage.
Are there any books, videos, essays or other resources that have significantly impacted your management and entrepreneurial thinking and philosophy?
I love reading books and follow entrepreneurs. One of my favorite book its called “Welcome Home” by Najwa Zebian . She is a Lebanese writer and I love all her books, I do high recommend reading it. My favorite entrepreneur her name is Sara Al Madani, she is a public speaker and she has been through so many things in her life that she helps her follower within advising and shares her daily videos by how to over come stuff in life.
We’d love to hear the story of how you built up your social media audience?
I start building out my followers through out singing and modeling then it went down so I started a traveling content. Every time I travel I make a video and use has tags. When I do modeling for like makeup artist or hairstyle I tag them .
Contact Info:
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marina.official_07/?igsh=MmptbGxmdnVlNHdo&utm_source=qr
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marina-yousif
