Write with Nishtha

I became a full-time writer and a solopreneur in July 2023, before which I had been writing part-time and on the side for almost a decade.

As of now, I do the following:

- Ghostwrite books for CXOs
- Ghostwrite newsletters
- Run my flagship course "The Art of Corporate Communications" to help people new in the workforce understand how to communicate yourself well, be more confident and not take workplace stress home

For myself, I am a content creator on LinkedIn, Twitter (okay X), my newsletter Raw and Real (rawandreal dot substack dot com) and my daily blog nishtha.blog

On LinkedIn, I write about work life wisdom I have gained in the corporate sector for almost a decade.

On Twitter, I share my process on my current journey and life lessons.

On Raw and Real, every Saturday I share real conversations that we should have more often, but we don't

On my daily blog, I share random musings and anything I felt on that day, mostly less than 100 words.

Writer

I freelanced as a writer, after writing my two books (search "Nishtha Gehija" on Amazon), daily blog for ~5 years, sending several newsletters and creating content on Instagram for some time.

Categories I freelanced in:
- Blogger
LOVED it. 
The ability to write long form and capture audience's attention where everyone wants quick dopamine, was one of the most fulfilling parts of my job.

- Social media captions
I am great at one liners. Even my Mom testifies for it :D

- LinkedIn Personal Branding for founders and CEOs
To understand what goes inside a CEO's head, do that for two people at the same time, along with your full-time job - was the joy pro max. More so, because we got results better than we had expected.

Late August 2022, I stopped freelancing to give myself a break, and focus 100% on the job.

Only to know, that in less than a year, I'd jump to full-time writing and solopreneurship :)

Raw and Real

I write my weekly newsletter Raw and Real - daily life conversations no one talks about.

Delivered every Saturday at 8.30 AM IST, the 4-minute issue contains:

1 Raw and Real conversation
2 One-liners (because they hit the nail)
3 Tiny Gratitudes (because gratitude brings plentitude)

PS: Readers LOVE them. So would you :))

wariCrew

After initially working as Content Writer of the brand, I moved on to managing the entire content that went on various channels of the brand Ankur Warikoo, and its machinery.

Few things I did
1. Ghostwrote "Do Epic Shit" in 2021 which went on to become a bestseller, generating a royally of 10Mn INR+ in the first year. Fun fact: I wrote it in 11 days!! 

2. Ghostwrote "Get Epic Shit Done" in 2022 which again went on to become an instant bestseller. Fun fact: I wrote it in 50 days only :)

3. Lead the Content of the brand Ankur Warikoo, from ~1Mn followers in March 2020 to 9.1Mn+ in June 2023 - an 800% + increase over 3 years

4. Created and lead content of the Brand wariCrew channels single-handedly - that included Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter channels from September 2022 to March 2023, and lead to 2X numbers for these channels, with huge growth rates on LinkedIn and Twitter.

5. Created a workflow system for processes of the entire content team on Asana - that lead to project efficiency, minimal to nil follow-ups, and clear designation of responsibility and accountability

6. Hired, groomed and worked directly with all team members of the content team - full-times, interns and partners.

7. Directly curated LinkedIn content of Ankur Warikoo LinkedIn channel - till May 2023, which grew to 2.1 Mn followers till then

8. Reviewed all final content that went live on all Ankur Warikoo channels - YouTube, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube shorts, Facebook and newsletter

9. Coordinated with clients directly for sharing of final content, carrying out edits (if any) and making sure all sponsored content pieces went live as agreed.

10. Coordinated with all agencies for their content delivery as well as their interaction with the team, for smooth sailing between agencies and the internal team

11. Managed agencies and partner payments

12. A personal milestone hit during this stint of mine at wariCrew was to create a "no work on weekend" culture despite working from home.

Content Manager

Joined as the first six few hires of the brand, and worked as a part-time content writer, before moving on to take the full-time role.

Responsibilities during this time included:
- Coming up with ideas for Instagram and LinkedIn 
- Curating Ankur Warikoo LinkedIn content from scratch to finish
- Coming up with captions for all content pieces
- Writing daily blogs on ankurwarikoo dot com website
- Binding up content of the entire team together and keeping it ready to be posted for the next week onwards

Lessons learnt during this internship phase:

1. You can change careers at any time AND be successful and happy at it.
2. The skills of your old career come to help you in your new career. The skills of managing work in previous jobs led me to becoming the "sutradhar" of the team aka bonding the entire team together.
3. Life's good when you do what you love - in my case, writing :)

Content & Copywriting

Blue Dart

Internal Auditor

Kotak Mahindra Bank

Joined as Manager, Internal Audit in April 2015 - for auditing Retail Liabilities of various branches of Kotak Mahindra Bank.

Got promoted as Senior Manger in April 2017, and continued to work in the position, till my resignation in 2018.

CA turned writer sharing corporate wisdom | Ghostwriter of 2 bestselling books | Follow me for actionable advice and mindset on enjoying your corporate job

I am a CA who writes. 

Here's my fun backstory:

I discovered the joy of writing in 2014, and wrote my first book after giving CA Final exams in November 2014.
Two months later I cleared CA and writing became a side gig, while I continued to write my blog daily.

Worked as an Internal Auditor from April 2015-May 2020.

Early in 2020, I quit my safe job as a CA to take a plunge in freelance writing. 

Meanwhile, I also got an opportunity to try my hands at full-time job again, to be the Content Manager for brand warikoo.

In July 2023, I moved to being a solopreneur after leading Content of Ankur Warikoo for 3+ years.  

As of now, I've been writing a daily blog for 8+ years, writing "Raw and Real" newsletter every Saturday and sharing corporate success tools and tips on LinkedIn. 
Also, I'm the author of 2 books, 5+ eBooks and ghost writer of 2 best selling books, among others.

In the year 2024, I am writing one book every month.
You can be a part of the bookwriting journey and BTS, all on theyearofwriting (dot) com.

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Here's how I could help you:

If you are an individual:

I ghost write books for CXOs (I've ghost written Do Epic Shit and Get Epic Shit Done by Ankur Warikoo, and several others books - names can't be disclosed publicly because of agreement).

If you are company:

I'd deliver exclusive print versions of my eBooks to corporates + deliver a talk on the topic. You can check out all eBooks so far on theyearofwriting.com. I'm reachable on writer@nishtha.blog.

Thanks for reading. Means a lot! :)

PS: I hope you found what you were looking for. If you did, it would be good to be working together. 

PPS: More than that, I do hope you have fun in your work life (and outside of it), even if we do not end up working together.

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