Briana Wilson

Honestly, there was so much stuff that went down before our wedding — it was crazy 🥴 I couldn’t have made it through the months leading up to it without them 👯‍♀️😌💕

I’ve been working on something BIG...

It’s been in the making for months now...

It’s a project with ...

Can you guess what I’ve been working on?

Stay tuned for announcements!

More soon 😉

4 looks - 1 shoot ✨ 3.20.21

Do you have a dream for your future?

Is it a big house with lots of kids? Is a cottage on the beach? Or a cabin in the mountains? Or house in the burbs? What kind of car do you want to drive? What kind of friends do you want to surround yourself with? How do you want to dress? How do you show up for your business?

Think about it...

Now...

One of my dreams? Own a beach house.

Visioning my future life...

It motivates me to start -

It motivates me to keep going when times get tough -

It motivates me to be a better person

It motivates me to work smarter, not harder

And most importantly, to not give up!

Manifest your reality. Believe it.
Do it!

“DREAM BIG, start small. BUT most of all, start.” ✨💕

How does this picture make you feel? 👆🏼

Is it excited? Creative? Empowered?

Ashamed or jealous?

Do you feel frustrated, insecure?

Confident, proud, or hopeful?

I want to bring awareness to Instagram vs Reality 🙋🏻‍♀️

What you see on social media is not necessarily a true reflection of how the person is feeling at that moment or in real life.

I love posing, I love creating content, I love photography. When I take pictures, I often times channel my inner diva…

But this doesn’t mean that I’m always confident, bold, or feeling fierce!

The truth is - I love being at home in my pajamas and I don’t pose like this in real life lol

The truth is - I’m insecure about my body.

The truth is - I struggle with mental health every day.

Next time, when you see a post on IG that makes you feel a type of way…

Just remember this -

“We all have insecurities, but you have to know you’re beautiful.” - Nicki Minaj

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So you’re ready to pitch a brand? Don’t make these 3 MISTAKES!⁣⁠⠀
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> Are you serious? DON’T BE! ⁣⁠⠀
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If I’ve seen it once, I’ve seen it go bad 1,000 times!⁣⁠⠀
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You’ve found a brand you’d LOVE to work with so you send them a list of all the amazing things you’ve ever done and include a blurb about why you’re perfect for their brand…⁣⁠⠀
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WRONG - be yourself, act natural, pretend you’re talking to your bestie. ⁣⁠⠀
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Make your pitch and tell them why you love THEIR brand. It might sound weird, but your pitch shouldn’t be all about YOU!⁣⁠⠀
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> Long emails - No, thanks!⁣⁠⠀

Do you know how busy people are today?⁣⁠⠀
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It’s hard to find time to catch lunch with your best friend. Do you really think someone wants to read a 5000 word email?⁣⁠⠀
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Short answer - NO!⁣⁠⠀
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Create a “Get to Know Me” video. Make yourself standout and save the time of the person you're pitching. People appreciate that and videos are WAY more engaging!⁣⁠⠀
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Next time you make a pitch, write a short email and link the video. You WILL stand out!⁣⁠⠀
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> Asking for it all upfront!⁣⁠⠀
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Don’t ask for the moon in your first interaction. They need to see your vision...⁣⁠⠀
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Your pitch is all about connecting with the brand.⁣⁠⠀
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Paint them a picture of how you’d integrate their products into your content so they can day dream about how that will lead to their success!⁣⁠⠀
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Intimidated by the whole idea of “pitching”?⁣⁠
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➡️ If you’re an aspiring influencer or content creator ready to pitch to brands, subscribe to my email list for my FREE brand outreach templates and checklist (link in bio)

Do you call yourself an entrepreneur and turn around and spend most of your time serving your clients? 🤔

If this sounds like you, then sorry to say it, you’re a freelancer not an entrepreneur! 😬

Wanna know the difference between a freelancer and an entrepreneur? 

Keep reading...

When you’re a business owner you have a lot going on all of the time 🥴

I was constantly feeling overwhelmed with all of the things going on in my work and personal life! Through that feeling, I learned that one of my biggest problems was that I didn’t have my core boundaries set. 

Me being me, I wanted to respond to my emails fast and make sure that I was available all of the time - even after work hours. What I learned is that being “fast” is not sustainable, and working “fast” or “hard” doesn’t mean you are being smart about your work. 

Here’s the difference… 

An entrepreneur spends most of their time working on the growth of their business and making things better for their clients and team and a freelancer spends most of their time serving their clients 🤯

The first step to becoming an entrepreneur is setting boundaries within yourself ✔️

So before you go any further, ask yourself these questions ⬇️

1. How many hours can I realistically dedicate to my business daily?

2. What do I want to do with the hours that I have available?

3. Can I save time on tasks that I’m doing by creating a more efficient work flow?

4. Should I really be doing these tasks? Or can I outsource them to contractors? 

And then set those boundaries!!! 🙌🏼

➡️  DM me if you’re having trouble setting boundaries in your biz - I’d love to offer support 💕

# sethealthyboundaries  

Still can’t believe this is real life.

I visioned my future...

& made it happen ✔️

When I graduated from UCLA 10 years ago, I started my career with a $28k yearly salary chained to an office.

My rent budget was $400... so I shared a room and slept on the floor my first year out of college.

I worked and worked, slowly earning a higher salary...

But it was never enough to have my own room OR my own place. It was tough at times to pay my bills.

I moved to New York with a dream in mind...

I visioned the city view - floor to ceiling windows - luxury building - my own privacy - my place 😍

I worked and worked, persevered through the highs and lows...

I launched my biz, doubled my income ✔️

Can’t believe we’re here.

WE DID IT 🙌🏼

Ask 👏🏼 For 👏🏼 What 👏🏼 You’re 👏🏼 Worth 👏🏼 Meet me on CH in 20 minutes - I’ll be talking about my favorite topic... NEGOTIATING YOUR WORTH AND WHY IT MATTERS!

Struggling to find the confidence to ask for what you want? I’ve secured almost $2M in brand deal revenue on behalf of my top influencer clients 💰 I’m here to share about it all... can’t wait to connect! ✨ CH username “brianawilson” and here’s the link to join: https://www.joinclubhouse.com/event/xjklpypo

Want brand deals? Feeling like you’ve been working so hard to land your dream partnerships, but you’re not where you want to be? Excited to share that and I will be co-hosting a Clubhouse room TODAY in ONE HOUR ✨ The room will start at 11am PST/2pm EST and run for 1 hour 💕 We’re here to talk everything brand deals & landing your dream partnerships... ask us anything - we’re here for it!! 🙌🏼

▶️ Share this post with 5 friends who want to bank with brands! Can’t wait Xo

Looking back on 2020… What a whirlwind! 

(swipe through for pics)

It started out busy… 

Influencer events in January with clients…

NYFW in February...

Chris and I attended a wedding in New Orleans…

Early March, I flew to LA for a brand shoot w/ one of my clients... 

Then everything changed!

NYC shut down two weeks later, we fled the city, now we’re living on the opposite side of the country… in the country! 

And what did I do for the rest of the year? I WORKED. (too much)

If you’re a workaholic like me, then staying in has maybe made you work even more this year, which has made me learn a lot about myself! 

Here’s what I learned from 2020 as a workaholic business owner:

1️⃣ Your health should be #1 

If you don’t have your health, then none of the work you’re doing matters. What’s the point of working like a dog if you’re not feeling good or happy at the end of the day? I didn’t have my health on check this year and neither did I feel happy about the work I was doing

2️⃣ You can’t build a biz without boundaries 

Going from freelancer to CEO is a huge difference in day to day life. Esp if you are like me and like to respond to emails quickly. Here’s the thing… you can’t always respond quickly, or hop on projects quickly... Why? Because all you’re doing is being reactive, and you need to be PROACTIVE to build a company. As a business owner, you need to spend 80% of your time visioning and planning for your future. You can’t do that if you don’t have boundaries w/ yourself! 

3️⃣ Take a breath! It’s not the ER!  

You know sometimes how you think your projects are the most important things in the world? Or that the world’s going to end if you don’t respond to an email by the end of the day? Well guess what… it’s really not that big of a deal! Unless you’re in the emergency room, you gotta chill! 

With that said, here’s to more growth and change in 2021 🎉

➡️ P.S. Want to start the New Year right? Join my membership club before January 1 and receive a FREE 1 hour group training exclusively for new members!⁠ I will share my tips to help you build your business the right way!⁠ Click the link in my bio for more info 💕

Seeing your feed filled with competitors posting the deals that you want?

Wondering why/how/when your competitors are getting noticed by brands??

Struggling to figure out how to make it happen for you?

Try these 3 powerful tips to get your dream brands to notice you on Instagram…

1️⃣ Make Instagram your Influencer resume

What’s the first thing a brand looks at when you reach out to them? Your social media page, of course! 

Brands will go straight to your profiles (especially IG) to see how you’ve promoted products in the past. They want to use what you’ve done to envision how their product might fit into your future integrations with their products.

PRO TIP:  If you haven’t worked with brands in the past and you want to, start sharing about the products you use in your everyday life. Take pictures with the products and/or include them in your video content. 

2️⃣ Tag your posts like you already have a deal

One of the most common ways that influencers get discovered by brands is because they already use their products and tag the brand in their posts. They include the products they use in their posts and this captures the brand’s attention.

Lots of influencers think they shouldn’t post about a brand because they need to get paid for it. 

Guess what? That’s not true! Especially when you’re looking for the perfect partnership for your business! 

REMEMBER THIS: A lot of the best brand partnerships come from organic beginnings!

3️⃣ Hashtag smarter

Check the hashtags that your dream brands are using and use those hashtags in your posts/stories to get them to notice you. 

Don’t know how to find the hashtags the brand is using? Go to the brand’s IG page and click “following,” then click “hashtags” at the top of the list… BOOM! 🤯

Be consistent with these hashtags. Don’t use them once and expect a deal...

Show up at the top of their hashtag search with valuable content consistently and it’s a DONE DEAL! 👏🏼

P.S. Ready to get noticed by your dream brand? Or maybe you're just starting out and you're ready to get noticed by a brand? Click the link in my bio and join my membership club - let’s get your next deal in the works!