How Jessica Scheer Helped An Indigenous Spiritual Leader Grow A 550K Community On TikTok: Bridging Ancient Wisdom and Technology
Jessica Scheer is a business strategist and world traveler working to bridge ancient wisdom to the modern world. Jess is the co-founder of Dream World, an online education platform sharing Amazonian dreaming wisdom through online courses and social media.
Jess is back on the podcast to talk about the incredible growth of Dream World and how she helped the Sapara Nation Indigenous Leader Manari Ushigua grow his TikTok to over 550K followers.
We discuss:
- How an indigenous leader’s “Can you help me with my Instagram?” led Jess on a wild journey
- Co-creating The Dream World Program with Manari Ushigua sharing Amazonian dreaming wisdom
- How an online course has become an incredible income stream for the indigenous Sapara Nation in Ecuador
- How they grew Manari’s email list from under 1,000 to 8,000 in less than a year
- Why consistency is the magic sauce for social media growth
- What Manari thinks of having become an “influencer”
- Why she has chosen to invest her online business and marketing skills into other leaders and not her personal brand so far
- How Jess helped grow Manari’s TikTok account to 550K followers
- The most important components of building successful social media presence
- How to respectfully create content to support indigenous knowledge and wisdom keepers
- Connecting with the eagle and condor medicine
- Honoring the ritual side of creation just as much as the implementation
- How Jess makes ceremonial cacao anywhere she goes as a digital nomad
- The magical moment of exchanging knowledge between the Mayans and the Sapara nation
- What it was like to film the Dream World course in the Ecuadorian jungle with Manari
- Rituals around the creation of the Dream World course, particularly sacred use of tobacco
- Sapara Nation’s relationship with cacao (it’s not what you’d expect)
- A spiritual message from Manari
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About Jessica Scheer:
Jessica Scheer is a business strategist and world traveler working to bridge ancient wisdom to the modern world. Jess is the co-founder of Dream World, an online education platform sharing Amazonian dreaming wisdom through online courses and social media. Jess has worked in the online business world for nearly 10 years, supporting leaders in the wellness and spirituality space to share their message online. For the last 4 years, Jess has spent most of her time in Latin America, exploring and learning from indigenous communities. Follow along at @sayyeswithjess.
