Today we’d like to introduce you to James & Meg Mitchell.
Please share your story with us. How did you get to where you are today?
We started our Instagram page @James_and_Meg back in October of 2017 with the intention of spreading some positivity by sharing our love for travel, fashion, and other lifestyle content. We thought it would be a great way to share the things that we love and hopefully provide some joy & encouragement through social media. As we got started, we noticed the incredible connections we were making with people, not just for networking, but for friendships as well. Social media can feel toxic at times and we felt if we can spread a little bit of hope and good then we feel like we’re on the right path. The friendships we have made from around the globe has confirmed that we are!
A month into creating our account we got engaged! This was such an exciting time for us personally, but also provided us with so many opportunities through Instagram. We started collaborating with local photographers who were growing their businesses. Those connections then lead to other great opportunities with smaller brands and modeling jobs. We quickly found that a niche of ours was enjoying being in front of the camera, together as a real couple which can be hard to find sometimes! That in turn has led us to working with some of our favorite, larger brands documenting our adventures and daily life! We have made a commitment to work with brands that we truly believe in & that also do great things. Cotopaxi being one, who donates a portion of their money to help impoverished countries and whose mission statement is “Do Good”. Liquid IV is another company we love. They provide poverty-stricken communities around the world with their product to end dehydration. And in June we will be working with Make-A-Wish Georgia again, to raise money through our platform to help grant a wish for a critically ill child. We hope to keep building on our community and be a space people can turn to for spreading good. A space that shares good brands with good people!
We will be launching our website soon! On the website we will be sharing more of the things we love in fashion and lifestyle, but also sharing our travels in greater detail. We will be breaking down each trip explaining how we travel on a budget and how easy it can be for everyone! We want to help others see this beautiful world and let them know how easy it can be. This will also concede with the relaunch of our YouTube channel with vlogs detailing each trip. In the future we hope to branch out even further with different business ventures and sharing more of what we love with the community we love.
Great, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
No road is ever smooth! When dealing with platforms as large as Instagram it can be easy to get lost in the shuffle and lose yourself in the process. There are so many great people pursuing their dreams and creating wonderful content on this platform so it can be easy to play the comparison game. It is something we struggle with here and there, but we are always growing mentally and hope to be more encouraging of ourselves as well as others along the way! It’s important to remind ourselves of our mission and the reason we started this in the first place, and that’s a great way to reset and focus on what truly matters – this is also why we’re thankful to have each other to lean on throughout the process!
Tell us about your brand – what should we know? What do you guys do best? What sets you apart from the competition?
@James_and_Meg is about sharing our life together and being a source of inspiration and positivity for others. We will be launching our website soon as an extension of resources and a place to share more of what we do and love! We hope to be a platform people can come to for inspiration and tips on travel, fashion, and lifestyle. Additionally, a place where we share Brands that offer products we love, but also align with our mission to make a difference and are actively doing amazing things in communities around the world. We are most proud of not losing sight of why we initially started this back in October of 2017. Encouraging people to do more of what they love and spreading positivity. The beautiful people we have met through Instagram inspires us to do more! We believe that doing this together as a couple and sticking to our goal to only promote good sets us apart!
What moment in your career do you look back most fondly on?
We always have a thought or hope that when we go to post something, it puts a smile on someone’s face or encourages them in some way so for both of us, our proudest moment so far has been meeting people in person we had only interacted with through our Instagram that have told us how encouraged they felt by us. How something we posted or shared helped them during a tough time. It has filled our hearts so much knowing that we were making a positive impact on people and hope to continue doing just that!
Contact Info:
- Phone: 770-546-3224
- Email: contactjamesandmeg@gmail.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/james_and_meg/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Jamesandmeg/
- Other: https://www.youtube.com/jamesandmeg
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