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After getting laid off in December, Elly left her corporate career to go all in on content creation, but was burning out trying to grow her account. That’s when she started using Stanley for Instagram growth<\/a>, which connects to her account. Stanley helped Elly identify her top-performing formats and turn existing B-roll into a 16M-view post that doubled her following to 112K in one week.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Elly Walton<\/a> is a 43-year-old skater, mom, and multi-passionate Creator who spent 20 years in corporate. When she was laid off from her software developer role a few months ago, she decided to leave her corporate career and go all in on content creation. She’d already launched her Instagram account a year ago and had grown it from zero to over 40K followers, but she was struggling to keep momentum without burning out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s when she discovered Stanley Instagram<\/a>\u2014the AI coach that could amplify her voice, not replace it. She began working with Stanley regularly in February and set a goal to hit 50K followers. But in the weeks since, Elly has blown past that\u2014hitting 112K followers and 16 million views in one week<\/strong> thanks to a video Stanley helped her create.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s how she did it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Skater Mom Who Turned A Layoff Into Leverage<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Elly launched her account last spring thanks to encouragement from a friend, initially creating fitness content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n “I always wanted to start, but I thought it was too late,” she shares. “Getting started was really intimidating. I had zero direction.” <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n

After a few months, she realized sharing workouts and trying to maintain a picture-perfect aesthetic just wasn’t her vibe. Instead, she embraced her real life as a mom of two who loves to skateboard, surf, and share video editing tutorials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In doing so, she carved out her own niche and built a community of fellow millennials who relate to her<\/em>\u2014not just a specific topic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When she was laid off in December, it hit hard. But she decided this was her moment to bet on herself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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