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Gavin
Social Media Mastery

"I achieved 2 million views and almost 10K followers from scratch"

Quick summary

Starting with just 100 followers of family and friends, Gavin overcame mental blocks about age, accent, and visibility to achieve 2 million views and nearly 10K followers in under a year, with one viral post alone bringing 6-7K new followers and global coaching requests.

A year ago, my Instagram had only about 100 followers: just family, friends, and colleagues. So social media wasn't even on my list. Coming from a business background, I started exploring the creative side and achieved 2 million views and almost 10K followers in less than a year. My first viral post, following Brandan Kane's format, gained a million views in two weeks, and a recent post reached 400,000 views with incredible engagement: over 10K shares and thousands of saves. That post brought me 6-7K new followers and global traction, including coaching requests from outside Asia, which was one of my goals. I had many mental blocks: about age, accent, and putting my face online but the program helped me overcome all of them. I learned that it's not about appearance or background: everyone has something to share. So one key takeaway was crafting an authentic voice using all the tools and strategies from the program.


Gavin

Life & Executive Coach, Entrepreneur

Bangkok, Thailand

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Written 20 January 2020 From our original stories site

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