Courtesy of Gillian Tietz
- Gillian Tietz is the founder of Sober Powered Media and the host of the "Sober Powered" podcast.
- The seven shows in her network bring in about $15,000 in ad revenue and 400,000 downloads a month.
- To get started, she chose Instagram as her platform and filled in the gaps she saw from other shows.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Gillian Tietz, the 32-year-old founder of Sober Powered Media in Boston. Her revenue has been verified with documentation by Insider. The following has been edited for length and clarity.
I used to be a biochemist who aimed to stay on top of developments in my field and advancing my career. I was also on a desperate journey to learn to control my drinking. When I was 29, I accepted the fact that I could never touch alcohol again, but I was still trying to figure out why.