I’m Sara – 40% photographer, 40% writer, 30% business coach and 10% cake. I’m also terrible at maths.
I left my NHS day job to take a wild leap into the unknown to turn my internet passion into a business. Now, three years on, I’m travelling the world for speaking work, running a multiple six-figure business and helping other creatives to make it happen for them, too.
I was awarded runner up for Natwest’s Creative Entrepreneur of the Year Award, and won Content of the Year in the Cosmopolitan Influencer Awards in April 2018. My work has been featured in The Guardian, The Independent, Buzzfeed, Stylist Magazine, Mother & Baby and on BBC Radio 4. (You can see more of my writing and press features here.)
I live in rural Yorkshire, England with my husband and our daughter, Orla. We relocated to this little village in the hills after a lifetime in the city, hoping to slow down, simplify and stop worrying about stupid stuff.
This is my online journal; a record of thoughts, revelations, recipes, shopping lists & things I ate in cafes. I heard the internet needed more of these things.
INSTAGRAM CHANGED MY LIFE
In January 2013, on maternity leave from the NHS awaiting the birth of my daughter, I started a photo-a-day project on Instagram. By April that year I’d hit 35k followers, and continued to grow ever since.
I always considered myself a writer more than a photographer, so this blog sprang up as a place to spill all those extra words.
Since then it has evolved to become the foundation for all my online work and a springboard for some of my biggest & wildest dreams. I’m passionate about helping other women and creatives find their online voice, because I know first-hand all of the huge and brilliant changes it can bring.
Projects
- Cosmo Influencer of the Year Award - Winner, Content of the yearWithin 6 months of starting her Instagram in 2014, Sara had 35,000 followers. She now runs coaching programmes for aspiring influencers. "Find your unique visual voice online - the thing that lights you up is what attracts other people. When I started, I did a 365 day project, taking a picture every day. It forces you to create when you're not feeling creative." See Sara's blog here
- Hashtag Authentic Podcast - for small businesses, bloggers and online creativesWant to find an audience online for your creative work? Hashtag Authentic is a weekly podcast exploring the secrets to online success for dreamers, makers and creatives. With practical tips and inspiring stories, Sara Tasker of 'Me & Orla' (Instagram: @me_and_orla) guides you through the lessons and strategies she used to grow her 300k+ audience and six-figure business online. Tune in every Wednesday for analysis and interviews with trailblazing creatives, for an insider's view of all things In
- Hashtag Authentic: Finding creativity and building a community on Instagram and beyondInstagram is the fastest growing of all social media platforms, with 400 million monthly active users worldwide – half of whom are under the age of twenty-five. While some use the app as a personal networking tool, many also use it to build their creative business endeavours; whether in food and drink or fashion and lifestyle. Sara Tasker has done just that, and since setting up her account whilst on maternity leave in 2013, has become an Instagram coach, iPhoneographer and social media influen
Projects credited in
- This International Women’s Day 2019, meet 100 trailblazers redefining the creative industryDiscover our 2020 list here This International Women’s Day, we’ve launched our latest ‘10x10’ – asking 10 influential industry icons to each nominate 10 trailblazing women and non-binary people who they believe are redefining the creator landscape. The result? An incredible list of 100 trailblazers inspiring change. Our list will be accompanied by a takeover on The Dots – look out for brilliant profiles and projects on the platform as we aim to inspire, as important as ever when considering ‘88165
Skills
- Photography
- Writing