012: Do you control social or does it control you? With Rubbi Bhogal-Wood

The BrandUp Podcast

If you’ve ever glanced up from your phone, startled at how much time has passed and wondered why you’re feeling crummy, today’s episode is for you.

My guest Rubbi Bhogal-Wood is a social media consultant, trainer and TEDx speaker who is on a mission to reinvent our relationship with social media. You’ll hear her passion and urging for us all to think carefully about how we interact with social media, and why, as we discuss our personal experiences of getting sucked into the digital vortex.

Rubbi's motto is "you control social, not the other way around,” and in this episode she’ll help you do just that.

Listen to discover:

• How Rubbi’s own behaviour changes prompted her to take a hard look at her social media use, what it was doing to her wellbeing and relationships, and share it with the world on the TEDx stage;
• Rubbi’s three steps to staying healthy and grounded in the whirl of social media;
• Questions to decide if you might be out of balance with your social media use;
• A great hack to limit your time on Instagram; and
• How content creators and business owners with ADHD can use social media in healthy ways.

With 20 years of sales & marketing experience under her belt, working for the likes of Microsoft and Facebook partners, Rubbi knows social media and is the go-to expert in this field.

She regularly speaks at networking events, on national radio, on LIVE social media channels, podcasts, and panels. Rubbi hosted her first TEDx Talk in July 2019, discussing social media and mental health.

Rubbi was recently a finalist in two categories at the Oldham Business Awards: 'Businessperson of the Year' and 'Supporting Young People' for her work in Skills 4 All, a community organisation providing opportunities for young people in disadvantaged communities to develop creativity through digital intelligence.

You can connect with Rubbi on Instagram @wildandformdigital, on LinkedIN at Rubbi Bhogal-Wood, learn more about her work at Skills 4 All and catch her TEDx talk here. And if you’d like to learn how to set your own timer on Instagram, click here.

Listen to our previous conversations on instagram here: part 1 / part 2