Anna Newton’s organisational skills would put Hermione Granger to shame – something she credits to growing up with two very tidy parents, and a lifelong love of the orderly. After growing a warm and loyal tribe of followers online for her makeup, beauty and lifestyle content, Anna is launching her first book, An Edited Life – Simple Steps to Streamlining your Life, at Work and at Home. I caught up with her on the eve of publication to chat ‘book babies’, social media schedules, negative feedback and more…
Anna’s Instagram | YouTube |Twitter | Blog |Book – An Edited Life
Things we talk about in this episode:
- Anna’s new book – An Edited Life
- How Anna got started online
- How our favourite platform online can change and evolve
- The importance of following your interests
- How Anna built an audience that has grown and evolved with her
- The importance of planning and structure when managing your social media accounts
- How to do YouTube if you’re camera-shy
- Dealing with critical comments/reviews
- Anna’s epic organisation skills, and how we can all be a bit more like her
- The importance of reflection and celebrating our achievements, instead of always chasing the next big goal
- Where to draw the line with what to share online, and how we can all find our own comfort zone with it
- The magic of following your gut instincts
- Whether everyone has a guilty messy place, like ‘Monica’s Cupboard‘ in FRIENDS.
