Digital Content Creators - Sundays with Mariam and Lily

How do you keep things afloat in your online business in a place that's struggling with basic infrastructures like power and fuel? Lebanon is experiencing one of the worst economic crises in its history. We discuss the problems (and solutions) for running an online business in situations where power, wifi, and basic infrastructures are collapsing.

One of the most powerful words in having an online business is "no". For some people, it's really hard learning to say no. We discuss how and when we have had to say no in our online business.

If you find yourself working with a client that's very difficult, check out this episode! We talk about the best ways to end a client relationship that is not productive for either parties.

If you are wondering what a backlink is and why backlinks are important, this episode is for you! We dive into the basics of backlinks and whether or not they can benefit your website. There are also discuss different strategies for getting backlinks using white hat techniques.

An audience is CRUCIAL for an online business. It's who we serve. Without an audience, our sails are flapping in the wind. We discuss different ways of building an audience, why you need an audience, and how the size of an audience isn't the most important factor.

If you've ever worked with clients, this topic may really resonate with you because no two clients are the same. When you come across a client who breaches a verbal or contractual agreement, it can be very challenging. This episode is about what to do if a client breaches an agreement and tips for protecting yourself when dealing with new clients.

Many of us are working from home, and although there are a lot of upsides, there are some downsides as well. One being, staying productive. We talk about our favorite hacks for staying productive while working from home and tips for keeping the productivity train going.

The Yara Nabbout Business Program is in loving memory of Mariam's sister Yara. This program is aimed at supporting women in businesses in the Middle East region. This episode is all about the business program and how to apply.

Pinterest is a platform that can drive significant traffic to your website. Understanding how to use Pinterest as a content creator takes a little bit of time. Here is a Pinterest crash course for anyone going from user to content creator on the Pinterest platform.

How do you keep yourself going through the covid pandemic? We discuss the impacts of covid on our day to day lives, how it's affected our work and projects, and what we are doing about it.

Have you ever experienced burnout in your personal or professional life? Burnout can occur because of a lot of things: being overwhelmed with too many projects all at once, handling difficult personal situations while trying to maintain productivity, or just feeling tired of doing the same thing over and over again. We discuss how to overcome burnout while still delivering on project committments.

Are you wondering how to drive traffic to your website? We discuss some of the main different traffic types: organic traffic, social media, Pinterest, YouTube, email marketing, and direct traffic. This is a great episode for the basics of main traffic drivers.

This episode is all about something we all face in our day to day lives: rejection. We talk about some of our experiences with rejection, and how we try to handle these situations constructively.

This episode is a benchmark for where we're at now in growing our online brand.

This episode is all about creating your own opportunity. If the right opportunity is not finding its way to you, maybe you need to create it. We discuss one option for finding the perfect opportunity.

We've all been there and had difficult clients or customers. This episode is all about what to do when you have a difficult client.

This episode is all about finding passion and fulfillment in your work. Loving what you do is important whether you freelance, work in a company, or build your own business.

This episode is all about digital photography. We discuss our tips for beginners using their own photography on their digital platforms. We go through the process of taking good images, editing, and compressing the photos. We also discuss where you can get images online if photography is not your thing.

This episode is all about overcoming doubt and uncertainty when building an online presence. Doubt and uncertainty are common when embarking on something new. We share our personal experiences and tips we have to overcome doubt and fear of the unknown.

This episode is all about finding a freelance job! We talk about our own experiences landing freelance jobs and offer up some suggestions for finding a freelance job using your own niche skills.

This episode is all about expectations and mindset when starting your online journey. We discuss the power of having a positive mindset and setting reasonable expectations when embarking on something new.

In this episode, we discuss the basics of building an email list. We go through what an email list is, how to collect emails, different email marketing providers, and why an email list is important for your brand.

This podcast episode is all about the basics of creating a passive income! We discuss what passive income is, the different types of passive income, and how to build a passive income on your platform.

Mariam has a digital Instagram course and has helped many brands with their Instagram strategy. This episode is all about Mariam's top 5 tips for building a professional Instagram account.

This episode is about being able to succeed anywhere as a digital content creator. It doesn't matter if you live in Abu Dhabi or a Lebanese village, you can build a fulfilling online presence and income.

This episode is all about finding like-minded communities online. It doesn't matter where you are around the world, there is an online community for you. These online tribes provide support when you need it the most.

In this episode, we talk about the different types of digital content creators. We first define what digital content is and the purpose of creating digital content. Then we discuss the most common ways of creating digital content: content writing, photography, videography, audio, graphic design, web design, social media influencing, and digital courses. This episode helps define the many different ways of being a digital content creator.

This episode is all about the benefits of having an online presence outside of your own personal social media accounts. We go into how the internet has changed the way we work, the reasons why an online presence is beneficial is for many different types of work, and tips for building out your presence online.

This episode is about Mariam's journey into becoming a digital content creator. Lily interviews Mariam about pursuing passions early on, what the turning point was, and what Mariam's current state of work is like.

This episode is all about how Lily transitioned from a corporate job into a digital content creator. Mariam interviews Lily about how she got started, the fears associated with changing directions, and what's her life's purpose.

Hi and welcome to Digital Content Creators - Sundays with Mariam and Lily! This is our first episode, so here's an introduction to what this podcast is all about. It's short, it's sweet- we hope you like it!