Hi everyone and welcome back to the real real podcast with me Natalie barbu in today's episode. I am interviewing someone with a more unconventional career. You could say it is my good friend Taylor king or TK as a lot of people call her and know her as and she is the production coordinator technically for Alisha Marie and most of you guys definitely know who Alicia Marie is she's been on YouTube for years. I feel like she's definitely one of like the OG YouTubers who?Kind of paved the way for the rest of us. I would like to say she has 8 million subscribers on her main Channel and over 3 million on her Vlog channel. So you could say that she's pretty successful in the YouTube industry Taylor is her production coordinator. She works for her full-time started out part-time, but now she's her full-time. She's just got a helped coordinate the whole show which I think is so so so cool because now in 2019, we're actually having production coordinators for YouTube. Tube is no longer a one-man show. We need help. We need a team a lot of us have teams already. I actually just hired an assistant. I have been reading a lot of books that have actually said that one of the best things that you can do for your business is finding the right person to add to your team. And that's because you free up so much time of things that you don't need to do and you focus all of that time that you could could be just like doing randomly emails or editing or things that aren't that important that you could hand off to. Someone else and you spend that time growing your business and that is what I am really excited to do. So, I can't wait for you guys to kind of hear of everything. I'm doing this summer. And if you guys are new listeners to the podcast and you guys found this podcast not through like my YouTube channel or anything like that. I do have a YouTube channel if you guys want to check it out as well Shameless plug for me here sometimes I forget that this is a podcast and that I these people aren't just coming from YouTube. Look I know majority of people here are coming from YouTube. But I have heard of a lot of people that have found this podcast without that. So I think that's really cool. If you found it a certain way then let me know comment in I guess you can't comment on this DM me or leave it in the review on how you found my podcast and like every single episode I do a review of the week. So I just want to say thank you to you guys for spending time to actually review my God gasps. It means so much to me way more than you guys know and today the reviewer of the week. Ironically her name is I am Alicia em, and she smells exactly like Alicia Marie. I swear I did not do this on purpose. I didn't even know I was going to do this review for this episode, which is just so weird. I wonder if it's like a fan page or maybe it's actually Alicia, but she says Natalie does a really good job at showing the reality of the struggles behind shifting career paths moving to another city budgeting when you don't have much and other big life challenges. She does a good job at sharing the reality of smaller hurdles in career life. And family which not a lot of people talk about these days or brush off as easy. It also lets others and on the tips and tricks of Boss women. I also admire that this podcast was done at a purpose and passion listening to your podcast podcast has given me the call to action to start my own business, which I have done for four years if Natalie can do it. So can I thanks for inspiring me to me that is exactly why I started this podcast. It's to show you guys people that are on their way of success, I guess or people that have already created. Their version of success because not everyone's version of success is owning a multibillion-dollar business or a multimillion-dollar business or being the CEO of a large company. A lot of people don't want that. They just want to be fulfilled in a career that they loved and happy and I honestly want to and I want to showcase those people. I want to show you how you can create a career you love you can build a business at 22. You don't have to wait until you're in your 30s to create this Mega tech company. Some people don't want that and What I want to show I want to show real people real lives real careers. And of course, I want to one like interview big people that are super successful. Like I would love to interview the CEO of glossy a or was something like that one day, but those are not the only people I would like to interview. I want to show you guys very relatable people that look like you and me and that you can look at them and see that if they can do it. So can you and that is what I want, so I really am happy. You guys are enjoying this podcast and I did this one hundred percent out of passion and purpose. I still have yet to make any money off of this podcast. Just putting it Frank. I haven't had like sponsorships or anything like that. I am definitely going to be trying to get sponsorships in the future, but I have been having so much fun with just recording these podcasts and I'm so glad that you guys love them as much as I do. I also think that it is so cool something about this specific episode is that this job if you would have said, Ed. Oh I'm going to be a production coordinator for a YouTuber if you would have said that 10 years ago that sentence would have not made sense. No one would have known anything that you're talking about. So, I think it's crazy to think that so much has changed in such a small amount of time and that in 10 years from now we could have jobs that we don't even know about which is inspiring and crazy cool at the same time. I think that YouTubers nowadays still get kind of a negative rep and people expect it to be like the easiest thing. In the world, it's such easy money. You don't have to do anything you just film at it and upload and it takes so much more than that. So I really want to shed light on someone who works for a YouTuber full-time on what she does and I'm glad that I interviewed Taylor. She's just such a sweet person and such a fun person to be around. So I'm really excited for you guys to hear her side of things and I feel like it's a different take than instead of just interviewing a successful YouTuber. I'm interviewing kind of someone who works right alongside her but isn't in front of the Camera, I think it's going to be so interesting. You guys are going to absolutely love this episode and it's just a different take I've never really seen anyone interview someone who works for YouTuber. And now that this is a real job. I want to shed light to it. I want you guys to know that this is actually possible. I mean, I just hired an assistant. Like I said and the fact that I'm hiring an assistant for YouTube business anything like that is just crazy to me and I would have never thought that I would have needed to add someone to my team but now I did. I think it's just crazy. So anyways, thank you guys for clicking on this episode and wanting to listen. I hope that you guys enjoy it. And if you do again, please be sure to give it a review and I cannot wait for you guys to hear all about Taylor. Welcome to the real real podcast with Natalie. Barbu Instagram might be your highlight reel, but we're here to talk about the real real. Hi everyone. I am with Taylor. Hey, what's up guys? I'm so excited that she is here on the podcast. I haven't really wanting To have her on just because she's like one of the main reasons that I even started this podcast. I'm so honored. Oh you pissed Taylor has a podcast which if you guys haven't listened to it, you have to go listen to it. I'll have it in the show notes for this episode. Yeah, we have an episode together and it was my first time doing a podcast in person with someone and I'll probably right. Yeah, it was so fun. I was like, okay, I kind of want to do this. Yeah. I actually I remember being so excited because I feel like we did we become Instagram friends and then you were on the podcast. Yeah, okay. And then when she asked me to be on her is I was so honored because I was like I being like having my own podcast like I'm always asking people to be on mine. So it's like so fun to be on someone else's for once. I know no it was just yeah, she's like me the main reason honestly that I started so if you guys are cool like the podcast and go Tigers out a little so cool. So we're just going to get started into setting the record straight. So it's where I just asked a bunch of kind of stereotypes and Taylor's going to tell me if they're true or if they're not true. Okay Travolta. Yeah, so so the first one is influencers are not the same on and off camera true. They're not the same. They're not the same. You think that they have like yeah characters. Yeah, because I think about it like any person that like any person in the world that like takes a photo for Instagram. We all like perk up and smile. Oh, definitely, you know what? I mean? Like it's not to say that they're like completely different people. It's just like everyone has an on-camera presence and everyone has an off camera. It's like for instance me like when I'm not on camera. I'm just like chillin like yeah makeup like Mario badescu zit cream on you know, I mean and when I'm on camera, like I have the pretty filter on and like I'm all perky and like my eyes and I'm like, I have my lipstick on so it's not to say I'm a different person. It's just like you have your on-camera presence in your off camera presence you need connections to work in the entertainment industry. Oh true a hundred percent. Yeah, but it doesn't mean that you can't like make connections like I had no connections when I moved to LA but But what you just have to like talk to people and talk to the right people and go the extra mile and then you can make a gazillion connections. Yeah. No, I'm being in a good City. I feel like it's really important for that. Definitely and I actually think really just finding the one right person that can help connect you to like their people really helps. Yeah just find that one person. We're going to talk more about networking and stuff in the podcast just because I feel like Taylor's queen of networking. Thank you know so many people and yeah, I think it's just your personality. Buddy fun. I honestly I don't even call it like networking is one of my favorite things and thinking and intimidates a lot of people but I just such a people person. I love to like know everyone. Yeah that I think just people are so cool. And I'm just constantly so curious that it just makes it easy to meet people. Yeah. No, definitely and everyone in Allah wants to work in the entertainment industry. Oh, yeah true. Yeah, heck. Yeah. I feel like this is the spot where you will throw a rock and hit an actor hit like literally want to be producer dad every single like waiter or like every normal driver. Every normal person job is basically like someone who just wants to be like an actor or whatever but they're like doing on the side because they have to make money until they like get the yeah get the wrong. They're all and then anyone can start a podcast or anyone can like start a YouTube channel. I think like literally everyone can start but like everyone physically construct. A podcast or YouTube channel, but not everyone should advise not to be like a Debbie Downer but I just think that like it requires a certain someone to do it. Ya know. I'd I think there's a difference between every one of them start one but it's like not everyone can start one and Duke beat do it. Well, yeah. Yeah totally and now tell us about yourself because I feel like you're ever I mean I see like everywhere and you're hanging out with everyone like oh god listen to your podcast. All the time. I got Instagram Instagram stories. Your poles are moving. So just like tell us about yourself like, okay, so, my name is Taylor King, but my nickname is TK like a bunch of my friends call me TK, and that's why my Instagram and my podcast is called TK is Juicy polls and Teague is Juicy pod. I'm from Bloomington, Indiana. I moved to LA about almost four years ago to go to school at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising AKA Phantom. I'll probably refer to it as fit on later on in this podcast, but I studied digital media and digital cinema. I've always been really into making videos and photos and stuff like that. So I started take Instagram seriously when I moved out to LA and I started a podcast because I kind of got known on Instagram for making polls which is so weird to think about holes were first and then you had a podcast it like yeah. Yeah. That's why I started my podcast. Yeah. Okay, so I honestly I started making polls on like winter. Break one year. I was just in college and I was at home in Indiana and I was like board as all can get out because like it's freezing out in Indiana. There's nothing to do. I just started making these like fun polls on Instagram where I would be like pizza or macaroni and cheese or like do you know what I mean? Like random things like but I would do them in spurts of like only like sports-themed poles are only food-themed poles and I was getting such good feedback from even like my friends in Indiana that normally like make fun of me for taking Instagram. Seriously, which I was like, huh? Yeah like That's a good sign or like even like my brother's friends and like just people that like I cared about but like always made fun of me for stuff like that. We're like two of these were so fun. And I was like, okay, I love them. I am personally a huge fan. I vote and every single one and then I started asking quite like juicy questions that were like dating related, which is that's when like so many people started like complimenting and like loving the poles and honestly I started asking Because I was trying to see it while my crush thought about like. Yeah situations like I was so confused with guys and so like literally I would be like do you like it when girls ask you out on the first date or would you rather ask on the first day and then I would like scroll through who votes to see like what hot guys voted because like I wanted to see and like what like my axes voted because I can wanted to see like what they thought. Yeah, and I was getting so much like tea and like data and like information that it was just so interesting and that kind of Fueled me to like make more poles and like make them juicy and then then my influence our friends they were like Taylor you need to take this seriously. Yeah, and so that's when I like made it a thing and like started making that like a consistent background and like things like that and that's what started my podcast. So that's awesome. I did not know that your poles came first. Yeah, and that's how you start your day. Uh-huh. Did you were you doing YouTube at this time or because I know doubled. Yeah, I've always dabbled in YouTube, but I never really Well, the thing the thing that I always tell people is that since my major was digital media and digital cinema. Like I did a lot of editing classes, which is great because I learned like literally every form of editing possible and like every program but it really stunk because I was my homework like editing was so like YouTube wasn't fun for me because like that way it just felt like more homework. So when I like like Instagram and like creating and like filming and taking cool photos and like fashion, that was like so So much easier and quick and so I actually enjoyed that so that's kind of why I feel like I never really took you to the next level maybe one day. I would love to like like like I said like I love making YouTube videos. I'll I mean I work for a YouTuber YouTuber so it's so fun. But right now it's not my priority. I honestly think your podcasts are so good. Also that it's not good to like focus on that. I like literally my dream would be to have like be like Joe Rogan like wake up every morning and do Podcast with a guest do you like I'm walking. Yeah, uh-huh. I don't listen to him. But everyone tells me I should you should he's definitely like I feel like white he attracts a lot of males. Yeah, my guy friends tell me and Alyssa, huh, but he's fine. I actually listened a lot of guy podcasters. So he's cool. He's a lot of cool guys. Like he had did one with like Elon Musk and stuff like that. But yeah, that would be my dream to have like a full time podcast. So why did you decide to go to fit on what did you always want to go to a fashion school or so? I actually thought I was wanted to go to like a big university and like be a sorority girl and like play a sport and I thought I wanted to cheer maybe in college. So I like visited all these like big schools and like met with cheer coaches and Etc. And then I like went to like the fashion area because I love fashion. I always like dressed up. Yeah in high school and like made funky outfits and stuff. I was like meeting with people like the fashion part of like the business schools out these like big schools and they were like, yeah. Like are like that just like the job opportunities from the fashion programs that they were like telling me about what did not interest me in the slightest. Like I was like, this is not for me like the companies that they were name-dropping. I was like my grandma shops there like that ain't it says I had one of those like kind of college Mentor people that helped like me prepare for the SAT and stuff like that. And so she was like you need to visit because I could have talking about fit on and like Parsons and she was like you you like you literally yelled at me and my parents was like you need to take your daughter and you like you need to go visit these schools because like you're going to regret if you don't so as soon as I visit his mama could first time to California for some ballet my mom and I came out and like it was like immediately I know and then even I even visited Parsons after because my parents were like hold up. We want to make sure that you're in the right place before like we spend so much money. So I visited Parsons and I Phi T and I like to not like it nearly as much when I was in New York, are they New York, okay, but I just fit on like was so practical and the just the relationships within the industry and I'm more I realized I'm more interested in entertainment than I am fashion. Mmm. I love I like fashion is so cool. And I love it. But I'm like my talents Le and like my just like my whole vibe is more in the entertainment industry. So it made more sense to be in La. Yeah. And what was your kind of dream? Career going into college because I feel like so much changes in four years. And you graduated early, right? Yeah. Yeah. So what was kind of your hope for coming to fit them in like what did you want to get out of us? Such a good question. I think that I always wanted to be either like a producer creative director and then like a host like which is kind of weird because it's like kinda I feel like I'm like on the right track to all those that 100% our I can tell you that um, but I'm trying to think if there was anything but For I went to fit on my thought I wanted to maybe be like in fashion marketing or like something like that, but I realized like now I have nothing to do. I mean like my job comes with like we make fashion videos and stuff like that, but I'm not like making like sewing or like, you know what I mean make physically making garments which is like an option and this is really big thing up a time but that just wasn't for me that doesn't interest me as much yeah. Okay. Well, that's awesome that fit him has like not just fashion that they actually have a social media major literally. Yeah, that's really cool. Is it for years or is it to 4 so you can go for two but they also offer in Bachelors because when I was looking at colleges, actually I looked at film for a hot second really which is funny because I'm an engineering major. So like so funny not related at all. But I did look at it in for a little bit and I remember saying they had a lot of degrees that were just two years. They had some that were four years. So yeah, a lot of people actually like for instance you are like a prime. Sample if they studied engineering but like wanted to do something more creative after yeah, they like get another degree after college. The social media major was literally just like had started when I was first going to fit on but I decided to be more video and More film. I feel like you are major though is more you can do more. But yeah, it made way more sense to me because like they were providing me with skills that I didn't already know and like I had to be taught. Whereas I feel like social media. I mean, I'm sure there's like literally so many details that I don't know. About that, they learn that major, but for me, I thought that I already kind of like knew so much about it that I didn't need to learn as much whereas like digital media. I really there was so much. I didn't know before you started working for a YouTuber. Did you watch YouTube videos? Is that something that you ever thought would be a job for you or kind of like, how did you start that? I'm totally like a YouTube fan girl. Like I started watching the first person I started watching which like one of my best friends when I was little showed. It was juicy Stars Heaven. That is what started my channel. I'm not even kidding like her blares. Yes, like was why I wanted to start YouTube. I would like dabble around and of course, I watched the like Charlie bit my finger like that like Fred like I watched those but I wasn't as like I guess I wasn't much of his a fangirl until I really like moved to LA and then I was I only watched YouTube and just like it's fun living in a lie and like watching YouTubers because like I love seeing where they go because I like I know where it is. Is and I don't know that that part was super fun. So yeah, I'm just I was a YouTube fan girl kinda and then I met my best friend Kenzie who is a YouTuber and she kind of like really opened up a whole new world of like YouTube to me where we could both like talk about. Oh my god. Did you see that? Like this happened and blah blah blah like this is on Twitter and like she understood so that was really cool. And then like from Kenzie, I swear I meet like literally all my cool friends from Kenzie. How did you Kenzi me was it we met at a church of that. Oh, okay, so it wasn't YouTube related. No. Hmm. That's how we met and we were both like really looking for some good friends at the time and literally was like a Friday night. She texts me. She's like who's like the day after we met she's like hey, what are you doing? And I'm like nothing. She was like cool me either want to go to the Maggiano's of the Grove. I was like, yeah. Yeah, that's just what kind of started it and since Olivia Vargas. I met her at fit on before she even had a YouTube channel. So there are some people that I knew like, Like before like even their social media was a big thing, but I've always been really interested in YouTube. And how did you start working for a YouTuber? Like how yeah, how do you even get that job? I am so fascinated by it because I don't know as like someone who does YouTube I'm like, how do you even go about like hiring someone like I don't ya so I actually work for the tuber Alisha Marie. I'm like her I guess filmer is What My Title is but actually on Paper it says production coordinator a kind of got the job. Basically Alicia and I were friends for a while for about like a year or a little less than a year. And I had helped her out with like one little shoot once before and I was graduating and I was working part-time at CBS and she needed some extra help. So I just started like part-time helping her when I was free and when she was free literally I blinked my eyes and she offered me a full-time job and it has been literally like the best thing ever because I feel like the job was created. It was just I feel like it was created. It's so weird to say but I feel like it was created for me like everything that I've liked, I love and everything that I feel like I'm good at and I've like worked hard to be good at I like can really use in my job and it's so fun because naturally I'm always like up-to-date like watching YouTube and being on Twitter and so much so it's like so fun to like brainstorm ideas because that's what I'm already doing. Like a job. Yeah, and then on top of that she's like literally the most incredible mentor and boss I could ever ask for and she's like the most hard-working boss as like doll G just like is a boss and I did not realize like when we were friends, I was like dang this girl has it together, but I was like during when I started working for I was like, wow she is the coolest person. I know what are you see so much behind the scenes that You don't see on camera like me and Taylor were talking about this earlier. Like you don't see all the hard work that people like YouTubers or head and a podcast or anything like that. Like you don't say that behind the scenes. You just see what we put out. Yeah, so you see the final product and literally that's it. Like even Vlogs you are seeing some of the behind the scenes but like yeah, you're not seeing the behind the scenes of the Vlog. You know what I like it's exactly there's so many levels that you are not being exposed to exactly it's actually so weird. Think about after Alicia and I will like work on a video for like so long and then to like only put out eat minutes and well and that's only like what people see and it's just crazy. It's so rewarding because it's like, oh my gosh, it's out like we were commenting. This is great. But it's also so crazy like how much we've cut out YouTubers like do not get enough credit Mmm Yeah. I know. It's it's really interesting because you are seeing all sides of it. You literally a YouTuber basically doesn't just have one job they're doing like Like 80 people's jobs. Yeah, like they're the top. I just said this Denali but they're the talent their the hair and makeup their the Wardrobe their the producer the director the filmer there the editor there the graphics in like special effects, like spare everything. Yeah, even though it is a smaller scale. It's not a whole full blow movie production, but it still is so much and so much that you'd be thinking of because people that do that full time, like people edit full-time or people that just do like Design full time ago that's the only job that's all I thinking about when you're doing everything you have to really like spread yourself thin and think about everything at once exactly. The title has to be really cohesive with all your other titles and the some exactly what going that's something I underestimated and that leash has really taught me a lot like literally every time I'm with her. I feel like a sponge because I'm like, I just want to learn like soak everything in because she's just so dang smart thinking of little things like details about like the title and the wording in the title and the description and oh my gosh, Is a thumbnail look like something that I would want to click on or just like little tips and tricks like that like leave you don't think about sometimes I'll like put like my title in all caps and then other times I'm like well, let me see if it does better if it's like lowercase. Yeah, and I know that sounds so small and sounds like nothing to I know are like give me a break. I don't care if it's all caps words laughs but really I feel like psychologically there's something there that like makes you want to click on certain things exactly. Don't think of and like we kind of have to come up with and it's gonna have to see what works if you're like if you spent Like days on end, like making this video like you want people to click on it. So you're going to do everything you can but exactly exactly like no, it's not all about the views. But when you do pour all your effort into it, like, huh? It doesn't feel good. When no one watches it underwent interacts with it. I personally love comments. Oh my God kind of my favor on Instagram. Well, yes, like I love discussion. I love comments. So even if it gets a lot of views, but it doesn't get a lot of comments and like disappointed. No. Yeah comment. Like I don't even have anything like you're my real friend. Yes serious Leslie seriously and so what is a day in your life, I guess working for Alicia are working for a YouTuber. Like what is typically your schedule is every day different. So every day I'll give you like a day in my life like literally personally and I'm working. So like I wake up I work out. I work out in my gym in my apartment and then I get ready and then I go to Alicia's and basically we kind of have a schedule where we have days that we We have days that we're brainstorming and like doing more of the like behind the scenes work but really amazing and fun thing about my job is that it's so spontaneous like some days. She's like hey this weekend. Can you come to New York or like whatever which I love like I'm such an on-the-go like I love people I love being spontaneous. I love living that way it we just had Coachella weekend, which I called the influencer Super Bowl so Like literally it was like we were all preparation for that. I'm like every day was a fun New exciting thing. So it's hard to say like what I actually do and they are life, but we got there and I you know do whatever it is. We eat lunch like a normal job does and then I go home and normally that's when I come home. I'll like edit my podcast or I'll record my podcast and I'm like doing my own or it's there's so many like events and I lie sometimes of those I feel like there's so many times that I'm Doing my own kind of work when I get home, but like it's so fine. Yeah, I love it. That sounds like an awesome job. I feel like you guys the best you have a dream job. She it is my dream job. And how is it being friends with your boss like because you guys were friends before hand. So it has that changed your relationship hasn't made it better made it worse or I think if anything it's just made it better just because I'm with her way more like I get to see her one more. I think it works one. She's older than me, which I think is cool. Because she's kind of like her and her sister Ashley are like kind of like big sisters to me and leave the big sisters that I've never had. And so they they would do anything for me as I would do for them and like they're they're always looking out for me personally and checking up on me which is amazing. But more than that. Like I just I'm so passionate about like what they do, you know how she built her Empire like I want to spend every second with her so that I can like soak everything in every AI it's like I'm learning constantly learning something new. I'm just like this little sponge that wants to learn and she's so passionate. This is what's so cool about Alicia. It's she's so passionate about helping others fact that she even cares to help me in the slightest is just amazing because like Technically she's your boss like she doesn't have to but that's that's what makes it better, you know, so cool and so supportive literally she could like say one tiny thing and it means so much to me because I Like look up to her so much. So I think just like me being curious and wanting to learn from her and her like naturally wanting to help others. It's just like a great match. That's just kind of how it works. I think and I feel like when you're at work your work mode, you know, we were talking about that earlier. You're not focused on. Oh my Instagram iPod know, you know, yeah at work you work for her exactly. I like separate it a bunch when I'm there. All I want to do is like help her and like help her be the best that she can be and like make her life easier because that's what I'm there too. To do it would be the similar to you know, putting on airplane mode for seconds on my stuff and focusing on her which is so fun. Like literally, I love my job. Yeah. Do you have any hesitation beforehand like you said, it's like created for you like it's not like you can ask. Uh, yeah. Well they had honestly she called me and like no I was like I was so floored that she was even asking me blown away and I didn't even know as an option that I was like immediately like, yeah so I can I can say that I had no idea that this is what I'd be doing. I kind of thought I would be working at like a network or continue working at CVS or something like that. Yeah, but I'm so happy with what I'm doing. And what was it that you were not expecting working for a YouTuber? What's something that you did not realize and realize like once you started the job. Um, I didn't realize how hard their job is and how much they're constantly working and just like all of the aspects up like the whole business side of it. I did not realize because They really do have a full-blown team. Just all the fine little details. Like I feel like we're constantly on the go working and so it's not just like oh my God, they just make videos and post Instagrams. Like there's so much more to it. That's what my biggest pet peeve is, even though I am nowhere near the size of Alicia. I don't have like that but the team has her or anything like that, but I'd that's my biggest pet peeve is when people think like, oh, you're just posting Instagram photos. And yeah, I wish I was that like All you're doing and you're getting paid for it or or some people are like, oh like you're posting so many pictures of yourself. You must be so conceited and this is my business like no I am not using this is such a bit. Like that's what I didn't realize like how much of a business it is. Yeah. I mean, I'm not using an example a show-off myself or anything like that because honestly, I don't like being the center of attention when I'm with people I am a fly on the wall like I'm quiet but that's a lot of YouTubers are ya look. I am not like look at me everyone look up. My outfit you know, but on Instagram, I'm like, okay. Yeah, can you take a picture? Maybe I'll do this, you know, so it's just so different and when people meet me in person, I feel like sometimes they might be a little caught off guard. I don't think I come across as like conceited or anything like my videos. I feel like I'm very very real in my videos a random person from college that look I know you have someone in the industry or knows about the industry, but just like a random person in my group project finds an Instagram is probably like what the heck? Yeah, and you realize like normal College People like only post photos at a frat party. Yeah, like random stuff like that like crap parties or like graduation like stuff like that one. There's like a reason to for us is a job like you get up and like you post an Instagram as if like you were like clocking in to work kind of things lie, and I don't post that many sponsored post. Most of my posts are not sponsored which I think it should be like that but it's not just because like, oh, I might not be getting paid necessarily on this one Instagram post, but I want to engage with my followers I want It to have like a cohesive feed I Believe been asking for more juicy questions, like her people want a guy on the podcast because they want to hear about like T between guys and girls and relationships. And you know, I mean, it's like really providing your followers with what they want and like providing value and showing them things that you know, they can learn from even if it's like simple dating advice. Yeah or even if like the caption is like a little micro blog. Yeah, exactly. So things like that. I feel like people don't realize they just see it and they're like, oh you're just Sing random photo that's like that's not so much time and effort but it is a neat. Yeah, exactly. Like no not each pictures like super plans. Sometimes I'll take a picture edit it and post it in like five minutes, you know, like it's not like it's that planned at least for me but it is like social media is not just like to keep up with friends and family exactly as it is for a lot of people. Yeah. Exactly. It's a business. Definitely. What's the worst part about working for a YouTuber and what's the best part I guess like two things one would be because sometimes I I'm a planner that being so spontaneous with like oh my God, we need to do this tomorrow. I'm like, I like to know I some things I would like to know in advance. That's something I've really learned about my job that I do love is like not knowing so sometimes with that like I could see how some people wouldn't be be able to fit be fit for the job because they like planning which I've realized that I thought I was a planner but now with my job, I'm like, not really that's so good though. It's really nice. I actually I mean it's a prophet like sometimes it's Prozac on No, the only time it literally sucks is when I'm like trying to plan when like my mom can come to visit or something like that. Another thing that's hard. I would say that I've realized a lot more is like it's hard to separate working and not working. One thing. I've really learned a lot from Alicia is just constantly being on like even when were like when I'm on Instagram now, it's like wait, I love being on Instagram. So it is fun, but it's like weird because it's like kind of also your job me like staying up to date and like liking people. Post and like watching YouTube YouTube videos. I feel like it's a part of my job because I'm like researching. Yeah. Do you know what I mean? Like, I need to stay up-to-date. It'd be like a director needs to be on top of like what shows are going on stuff like that because they just need to be on top of it. Yeah of like what's in your industry. So I think that's hard like separating the two. Yeah, you're not clocking in and out. Yeah, exactly know that totally makes sense. And then what is the best part one that I'm constantly learning new things and to just having Such a incredible role model as a boss. No day is the same you're learning. Like I feel like she's just so knowledgeable. And then she's also on top of that like such a good person and so is her sister like it's so cool. What I do. I'm so like I'm so blessed. And so thankful and I like couldn't be more appreciative. She's gonna listen to this and be like, oh my God Taylor. I told her I would gather up. So this is me, like filling up your tank with gas. Larry has well, no, she's definitely dang it. Yeah, so she's the goat I literally for her birthday. Do you know what the go is the greatest of all time? Okay. Yeah, so I always call it a goat and for her birthday I got her because she's like I was trying to think of something clever creative. So I got her a trophy with a literal goat on top of it like this gold like plated go in like it has like literally it's a trophy that is and then at the bottom of it like on the plaque, it's like Alicia Marie the goat like greatest of all time, but she is she's the goat, but another thing that is Cool, I are the best part of my job is housing. How was well respected Alicia's in the industry and she has so many amazing connections of like people that look up to her like our followers. Our fans are like friends and Connections in the industry that she's so well-respected that meeting all the people that she knows is like one of the coolest things ever and what piece of advice would you give anyone that either wants to work in the entertainment industry or more specifically with a influencer / YouTuber because I feel like now Days, that's actually a career now, you know so many yeah influencers are popping up. So what would you give kind of as advice or networking tips? Yeah. Okay, two things one. I think you need to make like your Instagram pop in so like your Instagram is basically a resume. Yeah. So like have your own cool thing, like for instance mine. I figured out was the polls. So have your own cool thing that like other influencers can like think is cool and like want to follow you and like make your own name for yourself. Just just really make your Instagram your own resume. I would say that and then to meet as many people as you possibly can and go the extra mile with them. So being like I always say I saw this on another podcast, I think but Gary V's book, it's called I it's like jab jab jab right hook I think that's has and it's like in boxing form like you job them three times and then you right hook and knocking them out. Yeah, you're when you're jobbing like Meet someone and do like do keep doing things for them without asking for anything in return. So like, you know asked us to help someone feel like if you want to work for someone like a stop them film maybe or asked to take them to coffee and like provide them with value that like just ask the help him out. Like do go that extra mile as many times as you want as you can and then at the like if one day you need something then you ask. Yeah them from something definitely. That's what I think is so important is to make genuine connections also. Like don't just DM someone be like, hey like I'd love to work with you. Like can I can you help me get a job? Yeah, no one's going to say yes to that, you know, so like you were saying like do things for them first provide them value and then you can ask them. Yeah favorite book. Yeah exactly provide them value and show show them how valuable you can be total make their life easier. Yeah, and I don't know just really being genuine and showing that you care and like yeah, you know not making it all about you for a sec. Second really stands out, especially in that way just to help someone out and like be there for them and going the extra mile like I cannot stress enough like going the extra mile and just like doing what you don't want to do sometimes for other people that maybe you respect and be nice to everyone. Yeah. See ya be nice because being mean is never going to get you far. No like it's never going to make you have real friends. It's never going to make you have good genuine connections like yeah No One's Gonna help you in your time. Exactly. In our Roosevelt has one of my favorite quotes. It's I don't want to butcher it small minds talk about I know mines talk about people medium-sized Minds talk about events and then big mines talk about ideas ideas. Yeah, I know after this I love yeah, I probably butchered a little bit. But basically it's like big mines talk about ideas. Not people. Yeah, I love that. Well, I have loved having you on the podcast like so much. Thank you so much for really good host. We're thank you. Where can I find you plug yourself? Okay. Oh gosh my cell up. You can follow me on Instagram its TK's juicy polls. So it's TKS juicy and then Pol us and yeah, go find me on Instagram and vote in all of my I'm probably have an Instagram story right now. What's the poorly so entertaining and then you can also follow my podcast you can subscribe to it. It's TK's juicy pod and go and listen to not only and eyes. Episode she talks like all about her. Basically how she became her boss babe self, which is really cool because she just like she goes the extra mile with her business like a lot of a lot of YouTubers. I feel like stick to videos and I think it's so cool. How you have a store like that's epic. Thank you. She's a store. She's a full-time job. She went to college like she kind of like went that extra mile with her whole life. So I would definitely Listen to It's really interesting. Yeah. I know so much fun being on it. So And hold on. I just want to say make sure you go subscribe and rate and review to this podcast because I deserve zit literally go gasps Robbin like send a review like ask her who she's or tell her who she should have on this podcast because it takes a lot of time and effort and she deserve it. Yes, of course, this is so much fun, and I would not have wanted to spend my birthday doing anyway. Thank you. Yay. All right. Well, thanks. Peace out. I I hope that you guys loved that podcast episode and you guys got more of an Insight of kind of what a YouTuber does and what someone on YouTubers team does. I feel like it's just so interesting at how she got her job what she does how that is an actual job in 2019. If you would have said in 2005 what she would be doing is a YouTubers production coordinator. No one would understand that sentence. So I just think it's so incredible at how times have changed and how this is a legit job and career now I am so thankful because Is leads the industry that I'm working in but I just think it's wild and I can't wait to see you in 10 years what jobs we don't have now and how they evolve and what new jobs are created in like ten years from now. I think it's going to be so interesting. Be sure to give this podcast 5 Stars leave a review and check out Taylor's podcast and her Instagram because it is so entertaining her podcast is all about like juicy polls t look anything like that. So you guys definitely want to check it out. She always as has a very entertaining guests as well and I love listening to it on my way to work or at work or anything like that. I think it's so entertaining and follow her on Instagram. So you guys can participate in the polls because they literally are so much fun to participate in I like really like them great way to kind of spend time on social media and if you guys have not heard about my private Facebook page be sure to join that. It is a private Facebook page for the real real podcast. I'll have it linked in the show notes as well as everything else that we've Talked about I'll have in the show notes the Reddit Facebook page basically is for you guys to network. So I think this is a great great spot to for you guys to find like-minded people and also to find many people in your city if you want to make friends or if you want a job, maybe someone is looking for something in that podcast at group and you have no idea and you know that if you're in that podcast group that you're likely to be a motivated individual, which is what I want. So thank you guys again, be sure to join that follow us on Instagram follow Taylor. 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Welcome to episode ten of The Real Reel Podcast with me, Natalie Barbu. In today’s episode, I interview my friend, Taylor King. Also known as TK from TK’s Juicy Pod. Her job is something that would not have existed a few years ago. She is the Production Coordinator for the incredibly successful YouTuber, Alisha Marie. Not only are her and Alisha friends, but she works side-by-side with her and helps her brainstorm video ideas, get setup to film, and make her videos come to life. At only 21 years old, she has her dream job. Taylor is from Indiana and left for LA at 18 to attend college and get a degree from FIDM. She previously worked at CBS, made tons of connection along the way, and now she works for Alisha. We talk about what it is like to work for a YouTuber and the behind the scenes of creating and producing a YouTube video, having your boss be one of your best friends, and how to get into the entertainment industry. I hope you love this episode with the super bubbly and incredibly hard working Taylor King! Be sure to check out her Instagram to participate in her very juicy polls and then hear her discuss them with her fun guests on her podcast. Follow Taylor: @tksjuicypolls Listen to her podcast: TK's Juicy Pods Alisha Marie's channel: Alisha Marie Where can you find us? 