We caught up with the brilliant and insightful SavagelyHumble a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.
Alright, SavagelyHumble thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. Let’s start with the story of your mission. What should we know?
The story behind my mission is to create a space where the up and coming artists, designers, & creators can come to promote themselves. Issa Hard Knock Lyfe Podcast is here to serve music, beauty & fashion to the masses. It’s a platform where you can connect with other artists, designers & creator in hopes of collaborations to come about. It’s a platform where you can draw people in to want to check out your work. The podcast is up and coming so it’s only right to talk to the up and coming so we can come up together. It’s all about togetherness at all times.
SavagelyHumble, 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 SavagelyHumble host & producer of Issa Hard Knock Lyfe Podcast. I always wanted to create a podcast but it was never the right time so I thought. When the time was finally right, an opportunity was presented to me to join a group of ladies to start a podcast called Queens With Attitude Podcast. Doing that podcast I gain more confidence & learned a lot about podcasting. After a while I knew it was time to branch of to start my own podcast. In May of 2022 I started Issa Hard Knock Lyfe Podcast which is about Music, Beauty & Fashion. In the beginning it was definitely hard but as I got into the groove of how I wanted the show to go things became a little easier. I think wanting to talk to people that has little to no following that’s trying to build is what set me apart from the rest. Reasoning behind that is most people want to talk to people with a huge following thinking that’s gonna make their platform go crazy & become popular faster but that is not the case. So I stay humble & talk to those who is willing to talk to me about their craft, life, fashion (Sneakers really lol). I am mostly proud of the growth within myself & the podcast. I still have a long way to go but it’s definitely a journey worth traveling. I potentially want to become a known name & podcaster. Also besides the podcast I also have an internet radio morning show on Opulence Radio. The opportunities are opening up more & more so I am enjoying it.
We’d love to hear a story of resilience from your journey.
I have two stories for this question lol… the first is a month after I started Issa Hard Knock Lyfe Podcast I had an issue occur within my marriage that resulted in divorce but it also effected my job & my living situation so I didn’t have anything but the drive & passion I have for podcasting didn’t stop. It definitely slowed me down but I was able to pick up the pieces & kept moving forward. About 6 months after that I went into a really bad depression state where I didn’t want to do anything anymore. I masked it really well until I just couldn’t hide it anymore. My friends & family definitely gave me the support I needed at that time. Once I came out of that depression state I started rebuilding & fixing anything that I let go. Between these two stories I learned that you can’t let personal issues get in the way of your passion & goals.
How did you build your audience on social media?
When I first started I just couldn’t get right lol I didn’t know what to do so I would just post once or twice a week wondering why I wasn’t getting any motion. Then I met a group of podcasters that I learned so much from that in podcasting you have to constantly post to build that buzz & draw people in. I learned new was to market my brand itself & how to market the show to get more viewers. My advice to anyone starting to build their social media presence is to just stay consistent & persistent. Those are the major keys in building a social media presence. Make sure all your social media handles are the same so you can be found easily.
Contact Info:
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