{"id":33196,"date":"2023-03-09T09:53:26","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T20:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nzie.ac.nz\/?p=33196"},"modified":"2023-03-10T13:34:01","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T00:34:01","slug":"success-story-tiktok-marketing-holly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nzie.ac.nz\/success-story-tiktok-marketing-holly\/","title":{"rendered":"Holly’s TikTok Marketing Success: 2.6M views!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
Mount <\/span>Maunganui-based Digital Marketer Holly Shedden is passionate about Social Media Marketing. She studied NZIE\u2019s <\/span>Diploma in Digital Marketing<\/span><\/a> to <\/span>strengthen her CV in a New Zealand\u2019s \u201ccompetitive\u201d job market. It helped her land a great role at a Social Media Marketing Agency in Auckland, allowing her to work from home and deep dive into TikTok marketing. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p> Holly studied a Bachelor’s in Marketing and Communications at Massey in Wellington. This course didn\u2019t give her the relevant skills needed to succeed as a social media marketer, or digital marketer. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p> \u201cBack then, eight years ago, it was very much traditional marketing methods, rather than digital. Which is why I studied a <\/span>Diploma in Digital Marketing at NZIE<\/span><\/a>. University\u00a0was quite out of touch; we studied TV and billboards, which is now a bit outdated.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t She lived across Europe, Asia and settled in Vietnam for a while, in the beautiful cities of Hanoi and the picturesque Hoi An. In Vietnam she fell in love with Social Media Marketing after a\u00a0<\/span>Vietnam backpacker hostel<\/span><\/a>\u00a0hired her as their Social Media Marketing Manager. \u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p> Upon returning to New Zealand as she missed her country and family, Holy attempted to continue her career in digital marketing. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p> \u201cI fell in love with travelling when I was in Vietnam.\u00a0I worked as a travel agent for a little bit.\u00a0\u00a0My goal within the travel company was to start as an agent and then I wanted to eventually get into the marketing team.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p> Things didn\u2019t go to plan as COVID disrupted the travel industry, leaving Holly desperate for a job. She took a job with an insurance company, which “just wasn’t [her] passion.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p> She wanted to get back to\u00a0social media marketing, but knew she needed to upskill to score a job in New Zealand. \u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p> \u201c[Digital Marketing in] New Zealand is quite competitive compared to Vietnam, I need\u00a0to study and I need to further my degree. And that’s why I decided to study a <\/span>Diploma in Digital Marketing<\/span><\/a> at NZIE – so that I’m qualified and a standout candidate for jobs.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\tPrevious Study<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>
At 18, Holly moved overseas <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>