Hey friends! Just to clarify, there’s a homework prompt at the end of part one that includes making an introduction post with specific prompts about your brand & content. Happy to see folks introducing themselves but want to make sure everyone knows there are specific prompts related to the course materials. Please make sure you’ve completed part 1 before posting your intro/homework post. Thanks!

Hey friends, happy course kick off month! We're over 300 people strong, can you believe it?? ➡️ IMPORTANT INFO: Doors close NEXT WEEK Wednesday 10/7!! So if you're on the fence about signing up now's your chance! Doors will re-open in November with a price increase + limited live hangs. ➡️ Access to The Brand Is Strong = $397. To purchase, visit the "Classroom" tab here on Skool. ➡️ WHAT'S INCLUDED = 3 hours of course material + access to my gorgeous (and hilarious) Google slides + three 90 minute Q&A Livestreams (October 11th, 18th and 25th) + a handy PDF of all my tech favorites, this kind of instruction is easily valued at well over $2,000!! ➡️ For those that haven't purchased course access yet, I put together a video walkthrough that outlines how to sign up + what each of the 3 course modules cover. If you have any questions feel free to drop them on this post! Thanks again for being here and excited to chat during our FIRST LIVE Q&A, Sunday 10/11!! Talk soon!

Hi everyone, I am one of the aspiring creators, so I don't have anything to show for content yet... I am working towards a mini documentary and definitely need to get over cringe mountain first. I want to start documenting my journey as I research more about my documentary topic, practice the craft, and study film and filmmaking. I wanted to pursue photojournalism but...life, so I am starting here. My photo portfolio is a mess right now but I'll add a link to a photo story/article I wrote on there if you want an idea of what my work might look/sound like. I don't have any video stories up because I keep getting stuck in the editing stage. I'm rambling because I'm nervous. My why is getting to a place where I have the confidence and skill to make this documentary. It is a story worth telling. In general, that is my why. Every story is worth telling. Everyone deserves to be heard and seen. Also, convincing myself that I am capable of being that storyteller. My pillars are: Chronicle, Connect & Create I'm glad to be in this with all of you! My YouTube inspo is the creator Hallease and I will link something from her, too. My photo story: https://daltonpowell.mypixieset.com/new-page-1/ YouTube Inspo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4tXf39T8a8

Hey all! My name is Gaby Castro. I’m a musician (primarily a clarinetist & instrumental music producer) & a witch, with expertise in tarot and astrology. I also really love fantasy genre related things, video games, anime, and cosplay (I see these things as a big part of my identity)! Before I get into the main points of the homework, I should preface this with a little backstory about my content creation journey so people might understand where I’m coming from. I started out my content creation journey making YouTube music videos with my clarinet quartet, Four Play Clarinet, which we started while I was getting my Masters in Music Performance at Cal State Fullerton (2015). The music videos were covers of well-known pop + electronic music, with the main features of the song being arranged into the clarinet parts while we worked with music producers who wrote backing tracks & produced electronics alongside recorded clarinet, at least for the majority of the covers. Initially, we had a composer friend from school helping us with the arrangements, but we (myself and another member of the quartet) ended up writing a lot of the clarinet parts ourselves! The success of that channel is kind of what catapulted my career as a musician and, as a point to share one of my favorite pieces of content I’ve ever created for the homework, here’s one of the music videos we did covering Sweet Dreams by Eurythmics. It’s one of my favorite music videos we ever did! https://youtu.be/5Cd7dyiuYrY?si=WAoNA5tZI6gOGQpL Unfortunately, as members changed & COVID happening as we were beginning to plan out live concerts, things with the quartet fell apart and we officially disbanded in 2022. Ever since then, I’ve kind of been trying to figure out what content creation looks like for me and debated a lot whether I actually want to create content at all, and the conclusion I came to is that I definitely want to give it more of an honest effort, though I’ll be honest, I’m coming to this course feeling very BLOCKED.

Hi everyone! My name is Naomi. My brand whys are being able to tell a good story and hopefully giving people something that they can take with them (e.g., a laugh or a new word) after they scroll away from my content or otherwise move on with their lives. As for my brand pillars: Franchesca, you gave voice to exactly what I'm trying to bring so I am jumping on the Smart, Honest, and Funny train! Lastly, the piece of content I'm most proud of is my first viral TikTok. I still don't quite understand why this of all things went viral but I do recognize that I told a good story and the video falls squarely in SHF territory.