019 | Authentic Storytelling + Photography with Holly Mandarich

How can we tell better stories on social media? How can we create an experience for our followers that gives them value and makes them trust us?⁠⁠In today's episode, I'm chatting with this amazing adventure photographer, storyteller (and Feel Good Social Map student 🤗) about how we can do just that!⁠ Holly is an amazing outdoor brand photographer who roams around in her RV (I know, #goals 😉) capturing authentic adventures and telling rad stories.⁠Here's a breakdown of our convo:⁠[06:47] How do you create an authentic story for a brand?[10:02] Holly shares her tips for telling stories on social media visually...[13:42] What's more important for an Instagram post: the photo or the caption?[16:40] How can we find a balance between taking photos and taking in those special moments (with our eyeballs😉)?[18:50] Holly shares her thoughts about what it means to be an authentic storyteller on social media...[24:30] Tips for writing great captions from a photographer's perspective![34:58] Holly's best tricks for taking your own brand photos for social![41:19] Here's a few suggestions for editing photos (for professional photogs and newbs alike!)---Listen in to learn how to take authentic photos, and connect with Holly at hollymandarich.com or on Instagram @holly.mandarich!---For extended show notes + a whole lot of goodies, visit feelgoodsocial.com/episode/19---Want to create your marketing strategy and plan all of your social media posts for July? Sign up for the waitlist for our online social media course The Feel Good Social Map here: feelgoodsocial.com/socialmapConnect with your host Kinsey: Authentic AI Website: diywith.ai Authentic AI Instagram: @authenticaiforentrepreneurs ---------------------------------------Ready to create Instagram Reels with ease? Snag our Reels Prompt Playbook for ChatGPT to get 10 AI Prompts for Reels hooks + captions (and more!) DIYwith.AI/Reels ---------------------------------------Create your digital mini-me! Train your AI Assistant to think and sound like your brand with Brand Blueprint for ChatGPT. DIYwith.AI/Blueprint