Today we’d like to introduce you to Vaishnavi Venkatesh.
Hi vaishnavi, it’s an honor to have you on the platform. Thanks for taking the time to share your story with us – to start maybe you can share some of your backstory with our readers?
hi my name is vaishnavi venkatesh . I have a following of 219k on instagagram and 35k on TikTok. I am also a trained classical singer . I initially started posting my singing videos on Instagram and slowly started moving towards the upcoming trends like dance or transition . as I was happy doing what I did I still wanted more . one of my friends who does reviews for brands suggested I do the same as it was more interesting and you also get to work with many different brands , so I started moving into the brand promotion zone. I joined multiple creator networks to work with brands and before I knew I had already made a substantial following base and have already worked with 400 plus brands , including my ongoing collaboration with SheIn , temu , Amazon and Walmart. I love doing what I do and I am looking forward to working with more brands.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
it was not smooth, moving from a niche of music to lifestyle wasn’t easy . I had to learn to edit , I had to learn to work with brands according to their guidelines . I am still learning editing , there is so much to it .
Appreciate you sharing that. What else should we know about what you do?
I am a singer by heart and I dabble a bit in painting too , I specialize in classical music . I am known for my singing and painting amongst my friends . off lately my friends have started following my influencing work a bit too closely. I am very glad that I have good people around me. I reached my current position in 6 months. it took me 6 months to build a following from 30k to 219k . I am very proud of that I was able to achieve this. I am a very persistent creator, while some brands don’t want to work with you I make sure that my page is worthy enough for their brands and try again until I don’t succeed . I think that sets me apart, if I want to work with any brand there is no stopping me, I will find a way.
Can you talk to us about how you think about risk?
I think whatever you do in life there is a little bit of risk involved in everything. while I haven’t done anything to break the law it is suffice to say that I have taken risks to do what I am doing now. initially my husband didn’t like the idea of me doing influencing because he looks at it as soliciting . his heart was in the right place as he did not want me to get into any trouble because of it , while I understood that I still couldn’t stop myself from doing brand promotions and I kept going . now he has softened to the idea of me working with the brands . he has been seeing how much I love doing it , while he is completely not on board right now he doesn’t stop me from doing it. the risk I took to continue my work has paid off. I would say just follow your heart and stay in the line of law you should do just fine.
Contact Info:
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vvaishnavi04?igsh=ZnNsNnJjeGl6Y2J1
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vaishnavi.venkatesh2?mibextid=wwXIfr
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@vvaishnavi04
