Daria Rakitskaya is a social media manager and CEO of an Instapreneur social media marketing agency. She founded with friends the Baylor Entrepreneurship Club where she was a social media and brand manager helping student entrepreneurs with their businesses’ social media presence.

Before Daria helped found the Baylor Entrepreneurship Club, she was a professional tennis player for the Baylor’s women’s tennis team. Daria shares, “Even before college, as a hobby, I had a blog on Instagram where I shared travel tips from my tournament travels. So, when one of my friends asked me if I wanted to help him start a club for entrepreneurs, I just thought, “Yes, this is what I’ve always dreamed of.” 

A dream come true

Daria explains, “When the pandemic hit, I took hundreds of courses on content creation, social media marketing and everything that has to do with Instagram. It became my new passion and during lockdown, I started to help other influencers build their social media presence and create content. After the pandemic I decided to retire from professional sport and pursue my dreams of entrepreneurship.” 

Daria continues, “I completely changed my circle of friends and met the amazing people with whom I founded Baylor Entrepreneurship Club. I was a social media and brand manager for the club and helped student entrepreneurs launch their businesses on social media to gain new clients. Having this experience made me realize how much I loved managing social media platforms and doing social media marketing.”

She explains, “As more and more people started to reach out for my help with their Instagram pages, I decided to open my own social media marketing agency where I can help influencers and businesses all around the world.”

Social Media Expert

Daria expresses her vision, “My goal is to help influencers and businesses manage their social media, create growth strategies and social media marketing campaigns, as well as help them create outstanding content that will attract an audience and customers to their pages. 

During the quarantine she grew her instagram account from 1.9K followers, 3000 average impressions and less than 7,000 impressions to 5.5K followers with 9812 impressions and 54,000 average impressions in less than 4 months. In addition, she grew her account from 0-3 profile visits, 0-2 saves and 100 hashtag reaches per post to up to 4957 hashtag reaches, up to 45 saves and 247 profile visits that lead to sales increase.

Advice for other entrepreneurs 

Daria claims, “Money should not be a reason to start. Passion is a true reason that will help you grow and achieve your desired life goals. And while sometimes your goals are so big that it can be overwhelming, remember that it only takes one step at a time to get where you want. Always remember why you started and where you are going.”

Inspiration and creativity

Daria expresses her excitement, “Success is when you feel like you are exactly where you wanna be, with whom you wanna be, doing what you love, and doing something that inspires you whenever you want. She goes on to say, “It’s when your soul is happy and you feel that emptiness inside you fill with purpose.” Daria  has big plans for her upcoming Instapreneur launch. Daria states, “I hope that one day I will be able to help thousands of people around the world, not only through instagram, but by building amazing communities where people will help each other grow.” Daria’s work speaks for itself. She is an expert social media manager and CEO of an Instapreneur social media marketing agency, and she is passionate about helping and supporting other entrepreneur’s like herself.