Oliur, a social media-savvy designer with a massive following, shares his insights on building a personal brand. He reveals key strategies for growing your online presence and the importance of consistency in content creation. Oliur delves into overcoming the cringe factor in self-promotion and how authenticity boosts audience engagement. He discusses monetizing design skills beyond traditional client work and the exciting journey of app development. With tales of accidental successes, he inspires designers to confidently share their work and forge meaningful connections.

In this episode Ali has a conversation with with web designer, content creator and entrepreneur, Oliur. Known for his polished, minimalist aesthetic online and premium tech blog Ultralinx, Oliur has built a following of over 100,000 to which he shares his tips on tech, lifestyle and financial independence. In the episode Oliur talks to Ali about his journey dropping out of school and making $600,000 from Tumblr themes, to the art of dropshipping and the lessons he has learnt from beating cancer. Some topics of conversation:Turning a hobby into a business Finding enjoyment during hard timesGetting into Dropshipping Lessons from Cancer Making your own luckAnd lots more!Connect with Oliur:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/OliurTwitter: https://twitter.com/UltraLinx?s=20 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ultralinx/?hl=enWebsite: https://oliur.com/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliur/?originalSubdomain=ukConnect with Ali:Website: https://aliabdaal.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aliabdaal/Twitter: https://twitter.com/AliAbdaalYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/aliabdaalFind any resources mentioned on the website: https://aliabdaal.com/podcastSponsored by BrilliantThis episode is kindly supported by Brilliant, the best way to learn maths, science and computer science online. Brilliant focuses on helping you learn through interactive courses that work to develop your intuition and first principles knowledge, rather than just memorising methods and facts. Sign up at https://brilliant.org/deepdive - the first 200 people will receive 20% off the annual premium subscription.📚Check out my New York Times Bestselling book Feel-Good Productivity!Amazon WebsiteLeave a reviewIf you enjoy listening to the podcast, please do leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts - even one line helps! You can also Tweet @AliAbdaal with any feedback, thoughts from the lessons you've learnt from the episodes and we can thank you personally for tuning in 🙏Watch the Episode on YouTubeCheck out the video of the episode on the Deep Dive YouTube Channel, or if you're short on time subscribe to our Deep Dive Clips Channel for bitesized snippets from the conversation.Want to start your own podcast? We use Transistor! https://go.aliabdaal.com/transistorSee privacy policy at https://transistor.fm/privacy