The $5,000 Mistake That Taught Me More Than Any Course

About this episode

Keenya Kelly shares her experience of losing $5,000 due to a social media manager's poor performance and the valuable lessons learned from that mistake.

Three months ago, I hired a social media manager who tanked my accounts, wasted $5,000, and nearly destroyed everything I'd built. My engagement dropped 60%. My followers started leaving. My sales dried up. It was a DISASTER. But that disaster taught me more about business, hiring, trust, and intuition than any $10K course ever could. In this raw, unfiltered episode, I'm sharing the red flags I ignored, the lessons I learned the hard way, and how I rebuilt my accounts STRONGER tha...

Topics covered

• social media management
• business lessons
• hiring
• trust
• intuition

Keywords

• engagement
• followers
• sales
• red flags
• rebuilding

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