Enjoying every day of entrepreneurship with passion (and stress😅)

Now, let's get marketing.

This is me

Hi! I'm Makayla.

I'm an entrepreneur...

I started a handmade jewellery business at 16, selling accessories at school market days, to fellow students, and then to family and friends over WhatsApp and Social Media. As I got closer to matric, and had learnt more about marketing, I decided to use social media to market my products and I built a basic website. Through marketing my little jewellery business, I feel in love with marketing.

I didn't study (as soon as I started, the pandemic hit, and my course wasn't offered online) so I took it as a sign and kept going, I have taught myself much of what I know and I found mentors along the way who were kind enough to share what they know.

Get to know me:

I am a biiiig foodie 🍕
I am OBSESSED with animals
I love rewatching my favourite series over and over again (I think this is a coping mechanism😅)
have a heart condition
Podcasts are the best (Diary of CEO and My First Million especially)
I own a creative agency called Socialite Digital

Anyway, enough about me!

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My Story

We help brands grow using strategic and exciting creative

In today's digital landscape, understanding disruption is key. It's about problem-solving, not just aesthetics. Form follows function, and effectiveness matters more than appearance. We're an award-winning team of designers and social media experts, spanning diverse industries.

Social Media Videography
Campaign Management

Branding Websites

Events Content Photography

Graphic Design

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The Ultimate
Goals

To teach others what I know, as I was lucky enough to meet people who were like mentors to me
To start my own foundation for menstrual health
To build a team of motivated people who are looking for an opportunity to grow
To inspire.

New Blog
Coming soon!

Photo dump from the @heckersgardencentre Chilli Festival yesterday 🌶️

💐 Saw beautiful flowers
🔥 Tasted some HOT stuff
🍪 Got my @filigranasa fix
🌮 Had DELICIOUS food from @mestizo.sa

What a day ☀️

Imagine changing a girl’s life with one menstrual cup?

Well, you can 🫶 our campaign in collaboration with @theminafoundation is taking off and we’re so grateful for the donations, shares and words of support.

We’ve got big dreams about changing lives, and your donation can help.

Let’s help girls get through their education, a basic human right, with dignity. Period.

Link in my bio to donate 💜

In case you missed it!🚨

We @socialitedigital.sa have decided to start something extremely close to our hearts, a division aimed at GIVING BACK 💜

@socialitegivesback will start/participate in various campaigns that assist the people of our country.

We’re starting off with a menstrual health campaign in collaboration with @theminafoundation, where we will be working together to fight period poverty across our nation and provide menstrual education to all. Period.🩸

Keep your eyes on our pages for more information.

Also, thank you to @lov3_estrada who will be our Project Director, for getting this going 🫶

#socialitedigital #socialitegivesback #periodpovertysa #minafoundation #menstrualeducation #menstrualhealth

So excited and grateful for this beautiful feature in @ellamagsa 💜

Thank you Ella Magazine for the feature! Honoured to be on these pages amongst many incredible Women.

Having the chance to speak about being a Woman, the most inspiring Woman in my life, and what I have in the works to help Women across SA was so special 🙏

Stick around to see what I get to with my agency @socialitedigital.sa and our give-back initiatives 😁

Happy Monday ✨

Starting this week sick and tired, so I plan on taking it slow today but let's see how the rest of the week goes💜

The goal!✨

If you haven’t heard of the 1% better every day concept, this is for you! I love this for self-improvement without the pressure…

The concept is about making small and consistent improvements each day, rather than aiming for massive changes all at once. These small changes or successes compound over time leading to an overall big change/success/progress.

I love the idea of taking away the pressure of trying to do it all at once and rather taking it slow.

I’ve been loving this phenomenon and just had to share 💜

Happy Women’s Day!💜

Today I feel grateful for the special Women in my life & the wonderful Women I get to work with.✨

I’m OBSESSED with my hair @elysianhair_taryn 🥹✨

📸 @socialitedigital.sa

Them: “what do you do for fun?”
Me: *gives generic answer because I’m not even sure anymore.

For a long time I’ve been on work and hustle mode, spending barely any time doing anything other than completing deadlines. BUT I have recently decided to start giving myself more time to find/remind myself of my hobbies:

👉 Of course spending time with my loved ones.
👉 Reading (business books and even non-fiction, after many years.)
👉 Watching sport and reality TV and eating snacks with my boyfriend.
👉 Painting (I’m no artist, it’s all very ‘abstract art’)
👉 Rewatching my favourite series.
👉 Photography & content creation (not just for business😅)
👉 Watching podcasts and YouTube videos.

It’s been fun getting to know myself again.

What’s a hobby you’ve been enjoying? I’m always keen to try some new ones!

Have a happy Thursday.💜

I recently read Diary of a CEO: 33 Laws of Business and Life, by @steven and while I’ve highlighted, bookmarked and written on many (really, MANY) of the pages, this one was one of my favourites.🙌

I’ve always tried to play it safe and have a Plan B in business, but sometimes risks need to be made and your focus needs to be only on Plan A, and that’s something I’m working really hard on at the moment, ensuring that my Plan A is my priority, for myself and for @socialitedigital.sa

This is of course easier said than done, sometimes we can’t take the risks we want as we have people depending on, bills to be paid etc, but right now, at this stage of my life, I’m at the place where I can take risks and I can shift my focus off any Plan Bs and I can’t wait to see how it goes! (She types, excited and nervous as can be😅)

I’ve made life changing decisions (business and personal) based on this book, if you’re looking for a good read, here it is 💜

Happy Sunday ✨

I have removed over 500 followers from my page, and I’m not done yet…here’s my main reason why:

✅ I gained those followers when I was an influencer, and posting about completely different content, I now post about marketing and entrepreneurship and I want to grow an audience based on that niche. I also want followers that are excited to engage in conversations about these topics.

In a world of trying to gain as many followers as possible, remember that it’s not about how many followers you have but more so about:

👉 Having followers that are interested in your content.
👉 Building a community (if that’s what you’re looking for.)
👉 Prioritising quality content that provides value to your desired audience, over content that bring followers.

We all have different goals, so do what’s best for YOU, but this is just what’s best for me.✨

#digitalmarketing #entrepreneur #marketingprofessional #entrepreneurship #socialmediamarketing

Starting the day with some accountability 😅

It’s been a crazy few weeks, and I’ve been thinking about how I usually only see business content related to the wins, or a few stress-related posts here and there, but I don’t see many very specific posts about what parts of entrepreneurship suck😂 entrepreneurship is not all that it’s made out to be (and I’m referring to my own very curated happy entrepreneurship posts too!) so here we go, incase you needed it.

Have a happy Tuesday and remember that no one has their stuff together like you think they do 💜

Just incase you've been faced with any hard decisions these days 💜

MAY this month be over 😅

May has been one of the most testing months of 2024.

Owning a business is all fun and games (if you look at the exciting content I have been posting) but wow it can be hard.

👉 Hard, life changing decisions.
👉 Balancing business and life
👉 The pressure of trying to grow a team
👉 Deadlines
And so the list goes on...

So if you had a hard month as well, sending love!

To a better June ✨

#digitalmarketing #entrepreneur #marketingprofessional #entrepreneurship #socialmediamarketing

Happy Sunday ✨

I usually try and use my Sundays for rest and recoup from the week before, as I’m trying to get out of the hustle vibe, but on this fine Sunday, I’m getting some work done (which I know many people do, it’s nothing crazy!)

This week was crazy and I decided that I didn’t want what I didn’t get done, to go into next week and make next week chaos too, so I’m going to work today (while making time for some self-care), and then during the week I’ll try recoup from it all. Next week Me will be grateful💜

✔️ Iced coffee thanks to the best boyfriend in the world.
✔️ Work work work
✔️ Self-care
✔️ Read @steven Diary of a CEO book (I’m obsessed, and don’t want this book tie end) and catch up on the podcast.

P.S Thanks @thandi_yanda for the candid pic 🥰

#digitalmarketing #digitalmarketing101 #socialmediamarketing #entrepreneurship #marketingprofessional #socialmediamarketing #marketingagencysa

Happy Wednesday 💜

Just a midweek reminder that you’ve got this 💥

How’s your week going?

#digitalmarketing #entrepreneur #marketingprofessional #entrepreneurship #socialmediamarketing

Oh, so naive 😅 so grateful though 💜

#entrepreneurship #businessownerjokes #digitalmarketing #marketingmemes #digitalmarketing

How I ended last week 💇🏻‍♀️ not featured: hours of work after my hair cut 😅💜 #marketing #digitalmarketing #entrepreneur #entrepreneurship

Also me: “I’ve got that end of year fatigue hey😅”

Who else can relate?🙋‍♀️

#entrepreneur #entrepreneurlife #digitalmarketing #marketerssa #marketingsa #entrepreneurjoke

I recently created some content for @socialitedigital.sa (and this page 🥰) and I'm so excited to share it 💜

Obsessed with the purple wall @fynn_studio !!

Yesterday was a 'work from a restaurant' kinda day 🥰

I had a meeting and thought I may as well spend the day and change up environment 💜

Who else loves to change up their daily environment every now and then?

#digitalmarketing #entrepreneur #digitalmarketer

Happy Monday!🥰

Starting the day with a quick list of tasks always sets the tone right. Tackling one thing at a time (yes, even the tiny tasks.) And remember, multitasking is overrated. Let's keep things efficient! 💜

#socialitedigital #digitalmarketing #marketingagency #marketing #entrepreneurship #entrepreneur

Hey everyone, just a little Monday reminder ✨

Life's crazy, and business even crazier. We all make mistakes and we all have tough days, but it’s important to remember not to be too hard on yourself. You're doing better than you think. 💪

Have a good Monday 💜

#entrepreneur #entrepreneurship #marketerslife #dayinthelifeofmarketing

It’s been a few weeks since my agency @socialitedigital.sa rebranded but I’m so obsessed with this coming soon video that I just have to post it here even thought the rebrand is already done 😅💜

#socialitedigital #digitalmarketing #marketingsa #entrepreneurship

And just like that, another Friday comes around 💜 it feels like barely any time since the last one.

My Fridays have been feeling a lot like Monday, with meetings, deadlines and projects popping up. It seems that the end of year chaos is coming up, and so is my end of year burnout 😅

Here are some things I'm doing to try avoid end of year burnout, and look after my mental health:

✔️ Setting boundaries
✔️ Respecting my capacity
✔️ Setting realistic timelines on projects
✔️ Creating short term goals to make things seem less daunting
✔️ Listening to my body, when I need to rest or feel like I need a break, I try make time for that

That's all I can think of for now! How are you feeling?

#digitalamarketing #marketingsa #entrepreneurship #entrepreneur

No business talk today, just a cute picture from after a meeting 🥰💜

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Enjoying every day of entrepreneurship with passion (and stress😅)

Now, let's get marketing.

This is me

My Story

We help brands grow using strategic and exciting creative

The Ultimate
Goals

New Blog
Coming soon!

Let's get social

Sometimes I Send Newsletters

Enjoying every day of entrepreneurship with passion (and stress😅) Now, let's get marketing.

This is me

My Story

We help brands grow using strategic and exciting creative

The Ultimate Goals

New Blog Coming soon!

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Let's get social

Enjoying every day of entrepreneurship with passion (and stress😅)

Now, let's get marketing.

The Ultimate
Goals

New Blog
Coming soon!