iT! Interviews: Elise Swopes, Instagram Goddess (PART 1)
Nowadays your social media number is everything. Want your blog, tumblr, band, small business or brand to have any funding then you have to show them the numbers. Number of page views per day, followers, buys via the link you provided and so on. How many like’s do you have? It’s no surprise that there are now small businesses that provide you with followers, given a small fee of course. The more you pay, the higher number of followers your receive. And you can even pay to have followers from the U.S. only (whereas the cheapest would likely grant you followers from places unheard), so you don’t look like “you paid for your followers.” Elise Swopes is one social media savvy who certainly does not need to pay for her followers.
With well over 181 thousand followers on Instagram alone, Elise Swopes or @Swopes (hashtag #swopesodope) started out with cat photos, selfies, and food pics just like the rest of us. Somehow, through some way of editing, layers, jokes, and a light hearted attitude, Elise Swopes has become the Instagram Goddess. Swopes has since been signed to a talent agency for her IG account and has been hired by acclaimed companies like Nike, Samsung, Apple, Coach, Dos Equise, and many more. What do they ask for? For Swopes to work her IG magic on an iPhone only photo and post it to her account. Done and done. Sounds pretty easy, huh? I thought to myself, I got to see where the Swopes goes to capture these epic photos. Who would have known it was right under my nose the whole time.
The following videos and photographs are from an “adventure”, as Swopes calls it, following her steps, where she shoots, what she looks for, and the dangers that she faces. Following the photos and video will be a half hour interview with the Instagram Goddess herself about her beginnings, her tips for a great pic, what it’s like hanging with “The Most Interesting Man In The World” and more. Stay tuned.
See more of her work and beyond here
Written by Dani Kowalczyk
