How do you go from finishing high school early to amassing 50 million followers and self-funding your own beauty brand using just an iPhone stuck to a window?
Welcome to the Forbes Top Creator Show! This week, host Steven Bertoni decodes the business of influence with master of short-form and long-form, Brooke Monk.
In this episode, Brooke breaks down her explosive growth, revealing her obsessive consistency of posting nearly every single day by 1:00 PM for six years straight. She explains how she analyzes audience data down to the caption length, her DIY setup with zero production crew, and how she confidently cold-pitches massive brands on LinkedIn. Brooke also shares the story behind self-funding her new eyelash company, Doting Beauty, and why true authenticity will always beat a strict brand script.
From moving out at 18 to running the London Marathon and speaking at Oxford, Brooke proves that treating content creation like a highly-optimized business pays massive dividends!
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0:00 Meet Brooke Monk
1:35 The Homeschool Hustle
4:17 The Viral Spark: Super Long Lashes and TikTok Fame
7:18 Moving Out at 18: Turning a Hobby Into a Career
9:54 The Blueprint: Posting Every Day by 1:00 PM
14:05 Algorithm Secrets: TikTok vs. YouTube Strategy
16:47 The Art of Cold-Pitching Brands on LinkedIn
23:00 Self-Funding Doting Beauty
27:33 Brooke Monk’s Advice for Aspiring Creators
31:37 The One-Woman Studio: Why Brooke Still Shoots on an iPhone
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