For most teenagers, social media platforms like Instagram, Snapchat, and Twitter. They use it to stay connected with friends and gather information about the world. While these platforms can be used in a wide variety of ways, many of these teens have gained an in-depth knowledge of how Social Media works and how people interact within each platform. This skill is so common among the younger generation that few seem to understand the importance and significance of this intellectual skill. Iman Gadzhi was one of these ordinary teenagers until he discovered how to capitalize off of his social media knowledge.
Iman Gadzhi was a 17 year old boy raised by his single mother. As Iman grew older he realized that he would have to find a way to support him and his mom. As a result, he quickly adopted an entrepreneurial mind and started several businesses which all ended in failure. It wasn’t until he offered to run his club soccer team’s and was offered to be paid that Gadzhi saw how he could make money with his current skill set of social media. This revelation gave Iman Gadzhi all the information to pursue a career in Social Media Marketing (SMM). He set a goal that if he could reach a certain monthly income, he would drop out of high school. After weeks of hard work, Iman landed two major clients and his dream was finally realized. He dropped out of high school and placed all his time and energy into this new business venture.
While scaling his business could have easily been the final continual step in this process, Gadzhi came thought of something more incredible. If he, a normal teenager could use the skills that almost every teenager has to build a business that could support his dream life, why couldn’t others do it too? This is what ultimately strengthened Iman Gadzhi in this industry. While he could have chosen to focus on a singular problem and keep his ideas to himself, Iman chose to start a SMM course to teach other people like himself how to create a business in this arena. Now we fast-forward several years and Gadzhi has cemented himself as a thought leader in Social Media Marketing and has taught thousands of people how they can become financially secure as well as entrepreneurially minded.
This was a really interesting story to read. I enjoyed reading about how Iman used what he already knew to create something new. He simply took his passions and knowledge and created with it something no one had done before. Additionally, I like that he didn’t just keep that new talent and knowledge to himself. He was open and willing to share what he discovered, and ultimately, that’s where his success has come from.
This was a great post! I love how Iman used something he was familiar with and used to and made it his own to succeed. He didn’t stop there either, he helped other have the success that he had through being open about how he made it big. Iman succeeded due to his determination to be different and set apart.