Every few months, someone declares, “Organic social media doesn’t work anymore. You only need ads if you want leads.” If you’ve ever felt tempted to believe that, this one’s for you. Because I’m here to tell you, as loudly and kindly as possible, that organic social media is very much alive. The problem in most cases is not the algorithm. It is the lack of a real strategy.

I did not become a six-figure social media strategist in a year, or even five. I was a stay-at-home mom, a nanny, and a Dutch girl living in the US who reinvented her career at 40 with zero corporate experience. I built my business in between school runs, summer beach days, and late-night client work, and it took me nine years to hit six figures as a freelancer. Let's connec the dots between storytelling, systems, and what it really looks like to grow into a social media