Ep. 14: Caitlin Murray of @bigtimeadulting

Today’s guest is Caitlin Murray, better known by her Instagram handle @bigtimeadulting. After her son was diagnosed with leukemia in 2016, she started writing about it to friends and family — nearly 8 years later, she has 1.4 million Instagram followers. It’s a great story. In today’s episode: 00:00 The origin story 05:50 How to gain over 1 million followers 10:15 The 4 chapters of @bigtimeadulting 14:15 Turning Instagram into a business 19:25 Building a positive community 24:08 Growing an Instagram following, organically 29:22 Podcasting is hard 33:41 Monetizing as a creator 38:31 Starting and building a newsletter 47:45 Having multiple monetization streams 51:53 Advice lightning round Intro music produced by J. & Doug Organ.