Noelle Francisco - The Football Blog.

What's going on people! Welcome to my website. I must admit this has been something I've wanted to do for a long time, and now, here it is. Woo hoo!

Years ago, I started a blog on BlogSpot which was just me posting about deals I found online, customized boots & random little articles.

Then, I started focusing on YouTube & Instagram and ventured off into different projects along the way, such as GIRLSWITHGAME but I thought my next step is to make a website where I can share my thoughts further, give advice, review things, etc, etc, etc.

My life has been pretty fun since I started posting about football all those years ago. I have actually become an (I hate this word)….. INFLUENCER!

I hate the word because, its thrown around as some sort of joke. People tend to make fun of you about it. Bloggers & Influencers has been given a terrible name, but that is because some of these figures have used their voice to lie to their followers, and dupe them into buying things like a Tea, that makes you Skinny, for example. I won't go into too much detail on this, but those people have caused quite a stir in the online world.

Thankfully, my niche is FOOTBALL and promoting a drink that tastes like poo is NOT something I would be interesting it posting about.

Anyway, back to the dreaded word, INFLUENCER;

How I got noticed?

I was posting pictures of my football boots (I bought pairs regularly) & pictures of me playing football on Instagram and I started to gain more followers. These followers were mostly football fans. One day I noticed ProDirect Soccer had followed me! After freaking out for a few hours, I calmed down, Only to find that they had shared a picture of me playing football to their 1 million followers. I was stunned and freaked out for a few more hours.

A couple of weeks later, ProDirect had sent me a private message! They asked if they could send me something for me to post about. I couldn't believe it! I replied with a big fat YES of course and that's how it all began!

Fast forward to right now - I have a combined following of over 100,000 followers on my 3 Instagram accounts. Over 3,000 Subscribers on YouTube (which isn't much I know) and a sexy new website! *Seal Clap*

Anyway, that's enough for now. I hope my story has inspired you in some way if you want to get into the industry.

YouTube Growth - Recently I have joined the Blame Football team as a Presenter, where I discuss all the hot topics in the footballing world. I also guest appear on the popular channel Full Time Devils regularly, which is funny because I use to watch those videos and now, I am on them, expressing my opinions.

I have one piece of advice - Never give up. If you want it, go get it! Don't let anyone stop you or hold you back. Don't listen to begrudgers. Don't let anyone make you feel embarrassed for being passionate about something you love! Don't feel disheartened if its taking too long or you haven't gotten the support you would have liked. Keep going, you'll get there eventually.

Thanks for reading,

Noelle.

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