The Quiet Creatives Academy

The Quiet Creatives Academy Helping Quiet Creatives show up online (with an emphasis on Instagram) to market their offerings authentically and with ease.

Happy new week! This weeks trending audio selection for Quiet Creatives is here 🌿DM me or comment AUDIO and I’ll send yo...
09/03/2026

Happy new week!

This weeks trending audio selection for Quiet Creatives is here 🌿

DM me or comment AUDIO and I’ll send you the links direct.

Not seen these posts before?

Each week I sort through trending audio so you don’t have to. I do this so you’ll have a short list of audio that you know are in the top 50 of trending audio on IG that actually suit Quiet Creatives accounts (and you don’t have to wade through a bunch of pop and loud techno to find them).

X Ilona

02/03/2026

Doors to The Poppy are now closed. Thanks so much for an amazing week. If you missed out and are keen to join next time they open in August you can join the waitlist. Comment waitlist and I’ll send you the details. Xx Ilona

01/03/2026

3 things the best Quiet Creatives do when they show up on their socials:

🌿know who they’re talking to

🌿show they have the goods - ie show they are skilled in their chosen creative fields

🌿don’t follow trends at the expense of their self respect (authenticity is a core tenant of their expression)

Sound like you but you’re still struggling with showing up?

Come join The Poppy. You’ll gain the insight which will lead to a solid plan to get you finally posting confidently and happily on the regular.

Comment POPPY and I’ll send you the details.

But quick sticks - there’s only 24 hours left to enroll.

X Ilona

26/02/2026

The opportunities that come knocking when you are a Quiet Creative with a thriving Instagram account are truly incredible.

Off the back of my pottery account I have been:

-profiled in numerous magazines like Country Style Magazine and SA Life Magazine
-been invited onto TV (Ep1 S1 All The Things on SBS if you are curios)
-had a chapter in the stunning ā€œThe Foraged Homeā€
-participated in numerous art exhibitions
-sold pottery all over the world
-and of course, maintained a thriving small business of my own design, all out of my little house on a hill in The Barossa Valley

If upping your content creation game is on your agenda this year, my course ā€œThe Poppy: Grow your following, expand your reach and bloom on socialsā€ might be just what you have been looking for.

Comment POPPY to find out more.

X Ilona

Todays topics for this last episode of AMA’s were-🌿How to think about your DMs🌿My thoughts on AI content creation (DM me...
26/02/2026

Todays topics for this last episode of AMA’s were-

🌿How to think about your DMs

🌿My thoughts on AI content creation (DM me E6 for the extra bits via video that weren’t shared here)

🌿 The Poppy: Grow your Following, Expand your Reach and Bloom on Socials

Thanks so much to everyone who sent in Questions for this season.

I do hope you have found it valuable.

X Ilona

25/02/2026

Open the Edits app.

Import a video you created that you think best encapsulates you and what you do.

Go to the add text option.

Type in ā€œIt’s Mondayā€

Now go to the icon for changing the font.

Select ALL

And one by one tap through each font, having a look to see what your first impression is as they change.

Are they boring?

Are they nostalgic?

Are they silly?

Do they make you feel safe?

Do they feel cosy?

That’s what your audience is going to feel looking at them too.

Fonts are crazy powerful communicators and if we get them wrong we can get our messaging all mixed up.

Now, have a think about what you want your content to feel like.

Make sure that you choose a font that reflects this every time you need it for your content (this goes for Stories too!)

Let me know, what’s your favourite font for you?

X Ilona

1 Day to Go! šŸŒæā€™The Poppy: Grow your following, expand your reach and bloom on socials’ doors are about to open🌿 If you’r...
20/02/2026

1 Day to Go!

šŸŒæā€™The Poppy: Grow your following, expand your reach and bloom on socials’ doors are about to open🌿

If you’re a Quiet Creative and 2026 is your year to finally nail your Instagram strategy, this is the course for you.

Designed to help Quiet Creatives put together a cohesive and beautiful Instagram account they can be proud it, it will help you:


-attract the right type of audience
-grow your follower count
-increase your sales
-be true to you and your brand
-enable you to show up online confidently.


No loud music, showing your face (unless you want to) or doing silly dances required.

Promise.

Jump on the waitlist now so i can let you know as soon as the doors are open ( and you can nab all the bonus goodies too) by commenting WAITLIST.

X Ilona

The most succinct answers I’ve ever given on an AMA. I’m doing the whole thing on my phone, slides included (I’m in town...
19/02/2026

The most succinct answers I’ve ever given on an AMA. I’m doing the whole thing on my phone, slides included (I’m in town waiting for a family member who is having a medical procedure ) so apologies for the short answers. I might create some blog posts when i get home to go in to more detail for you. Would you be interested in that? Xx Ilona

What is a LLAMA? LLAMA is short for Lunchtime Live Ask Me AnythingWhat’s that got to do with Instagram?Every year I run ...
17/02/2026

What is a LLAMA?

LLAMA is short for Lunchtime Live Ask Me Anything

What’s that got to do with Instagram?

Every year I run a series of seasons of LLAMA’s where I show up here, live, on Thursdays to answer your Instagram questions. Anything you want to know, I’m here for it.

Why should you care?

Because I am mid way through Season 6 and I am changing direction. Instead of showing up Live, I’m going to turn the questions into carousels in a Q + A format, releasing them on Thursdays at Lunch instead.

Can you still ask questions?

Yes of course! DM them to me and I will add them to my list!

X Ilona

🌿It’s almost here🌿Pop it in your calendars! 🌿The Poppy: Grow your following, expand your reach and bloom on socials is o...
15/02/2026

🌿It’s almost here🌿

Pop it in your calendars!

🌿The Poppy: Grow your following, expand your reach and bloom on socials is opening for enrollment in one short week! 🌿

If you’re a Quiet Creative and 2026 is your year to finally nail your Instagram strategy, this is the course for you.

Designed to help Quiet Creatives put together a cohesive and beautiful Instagram account which:

-attracts the right type of audience (the ones that love and love to buy what you have on offer)

-grows your follower count with real people who care, not fake followers or bots

-enables you to be true to you and your brand in the process

No loud music, showing your face (unless you want to) or doing silly dances required. No ā€˜on trend’ hoops to jump through either!

Promise.

Sound like a plan? Want to do IG with authenticity?

Then jump on the waitlist now.

Comment WAITLIST and I’ll hook you up.

X Ilona

Pop it in your calendars! The Poppy: Grow your following, expand your reach and bloom on socials doors are opening at th...
09/02/2026

Pop it in your calendars!

The Poppy: Grow your following, expand your reach and bloom on socials doors are opening at the end of month 🌿

If you’re a Quiet Creative and 2026 is your year to finally nail your Instagram strategy, this is the course for you.

Designed to help you:
- put together a cohesive and beautiful Instagram account
-attract the right type of audience
-grow your follower count
-increase your sales
-be true to you and your brand
-enable you to show up online confidently.


No loud music, showing your face (unless you want to) or doing silly dances required.

Promise.

If you want the special bonuses, jump on the waitlist now. DM me the word WAITLIST and I’ll send you the details.

X Ilona 🌿

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