I grow brands on Insta, TikTok + Pinterest 📈 reaching over 67 MILLION impressions every MONTH for my clients 🔥 Track Record of Scaling Brands on Social | Not just your average marketer 💅

I turn ur business Insta + Pinterest into actual money

(corporate marketers hate to see me coming 💅)

I've helped multiple brands hit 7 figures without spending a penny on ads, generated over 1B+ organic impressions, and built full stack marketing funnels for over 100 brands that directly link to revenue 

it's 2026, we want MONEY from our marketing not impressions bestie!!

two ways to work with me:

💌 full social media management

content strategy, creation, posting, funnels - the whole shabang handled.

bc viral videos mean nothing if your funnel is leaking everywhere.

💰fractional CMO (application only) - CURRENTLY FULLY BOOKED

Think systems, automations, full-stack funnels, team management, metric tracking, growth charts. the whole backend built for ROI. I build the foundation so your marketing runs a compounding profit - not just technically 'managed'

(ps - I only work with brands looking to build solid foundations and boost cash flow, not those looking for viral videos and quick wins)

oh and btw if you don't hit the growth metrics we agree on?

you get your money back. simple as that 🤷‍♀️

(most agencies won't even tell you their results. I guarantee mine cos I'm that good)

8 years in. learnt most of it the hard way so you don't have to x

Danielle Theobald 🍪

surprise I made a person??

41 weeks of LinkedIn content and not ONE of you noticed

my best marketing campaign yet tbh  10 months in development
zero investor funding
100% organic growth

(his ROI is mass chaos and no sleep but I'm still obsessed with him??)

Danielle Theobald

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Photo 1: I did everything LinkedIn told me to

Photo 2: I did the opposite

In 2023 I was living my 'best life' according to social media:

- 7 fig business (yes, really)
- going gym 5 times a week
- working about 10-12 hours a day

all whilst travelling the world

I thought I was happy. I was in this 'dream life' so many people wanted, right?

WRONGGGG!

I was overweight. Unhappy. Jumping between toxic relationships. A shell of myself - I literally didn't even realise it 

It took me many (many) breakdowns to realise what actually mattered to me

Freedom. Community. Love. Wellness.

and without even intending to or focusing on it I:

lost 18kg
found God (hey bestie!)
got literally 10x more take home income
met my husband

I got everything I wanted, could ever dream of, and more 🥹

I was waking up at 10am, working 4 hours a day, reduced gym to 1-2 times per week - everything that apparently makes you 'lazy'

This is legit not some LinkedIn hook, those of you who know me in real life know this was my reality 😭

for a bunch of 'smart' and 'top 1% performers' on this app, we sure are dumb af

please please PLEASE start writing your own playbook

as a collective we need to stop following blueprints, whether it be from a 'guru', a celebrity, or God forbid a ChatGPT output 🥲

I WANT 2026 TO BE THE YEAR YOU START REWRITING YOUR OWN STORY!!!

LET IT EXCITE YOU!

YES I'M SHOUTING!!!!!!!!

the amount of competition, burnout and comparison I see on this app every. single. day. genuinely saddens me

I'll leave you with Mark 8:36 from the Bible - and religious or not I want you to sit with it for a few days:

For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?

It’s hard because you’re inexperienced, not incapable 

Keep going bestie 🕺🏼

(and whilst you’re at it, stop letting social media scare you into comparison - it’ll steal all good fruits from you)

am I the only one that’s never seen this before?? 🥹🥹🩷

Waitrose gives its employees a roll of ‘it’s on us’ stickers 

main concept = to gift items to customers they feel may need a pick me up

people who are unwell, going through tough times or someone whose day doesn’t look so fabby

I googled to see if it’s real (it is!!) and saw other cases like:

-  fish counter staff gifting fish bc the customer was hesitant to try something new

- one of Maidenhead staff gave a customer a pot of yellow roses upon learning they were supporting family arriving from Ukraine

- a gift for a young daughter who helped their mother with her wheelchair

My heart is SCREAMING rn!! 

I’m sorry to interrupt ur feed of formulas and growth hacks

but this is honestly what business is about for me 🥲

making someone’s day, giving back, using your time and resources for GOOD

sure ROI is nice

a viral post makes u feel good

money in the bank makes us feel accomplished

but THIS for me is true fulfilment and so so inspiring from Waitrose & Partners  

so in honour of Waitrose, I want to spend today + this weekend giving on LinkedIn

comment with what would make your day, and I’ll help as many people as possible 🩷

(maybe u need money to buy that book you’ve been debating, or could really do with some free marketing advice - whatever it is, business or not, I want to help as many people)

Niall Cleaver

Documenting the journey of crafting a timeless coffee cup brand | CEO & Founder of Cupsly

My story isn’t about a polished entrepreneur. My journey hasn’t been traditional. I left school without an English qualification, uncertain of what the future held. 

That failure shaped me, it forced me to think differently, fall into business, and ultimately embrace creativity, resilience, and the belief that change is possible, even when doubted. Fast forward to today, I’m growing and scaling businesses while sharing the real lessons that come from it.

Founder

Are you struggling to grow an engaging community for your business or personal brand.

Stop right there, I think I have you covered ⬇️

This is me (Niall), I'm a 22-year-old who is fascinated by growing communities in the online space. Actual communities that have meaning and purpose. 

The services we provide at Social Library 

➡️ Personal Branding (LinkedIn)

➡️ Guidance & support consulting


Drop me a message to discuss your social media strategy, review how well your current socials/posts are doing, and research how we can build your community and gain you more followers and leads.

or you can email us @

hello@sociallibrary.co.uk

Execution will humble you in more ways than advice ever could.

And this, by far, has been my best realisation.

It's actually scary how much advice is in the world we live in. And normally, it's not the correct advice. The truth is, advice that will improve your business is hard to come by because everyone is sharing an opinion online.  

But there's one thing that beats any advice:

Saying you'll do something and actually doing it.

In my teens, I told myseIf was going to go all in on business, and that meant learning many things I once never knew. How? Real experience.

Less talking, more doing.

I didn't have a background in marketing, I learned.
I didn't have a background in brand, I learned.
I didn't have a background in R&D, I learned.

And here's what I found out...

When you start facing real situations, real problems, and real outcomes, you quickly see who’s telling the truth and who isn’t.

You learn who to trust.

Advice has its place. But execution is what changes things.

Growing @thistlescientific and sharing the lessons while I do

I’ve just landed back from a week in the mountains.

And it reminded me how easy it is to forget what really matters.

I know I talk a lot about business because it's something I'm passionate about, but let's be real, it will never be as important as family. 

Scaling a business takes a lot out of you, early mornings, late nights, and missing certain celebrations. It's honestly brutal sometimes. 

Because it never stops!!!

You always have something that needs implementing, changing or improving, but what I've realised is that time away with your family allows you the space to think, enjoy and realign. Never take this for granted.

Honestly, had the best couple of days... now super exctied to get back and execute on the plan we've set out over the past couple of months.

We did it!!! Thistle is rebrand ready...

Over the past few months, we've completed a full rebrand at Thistle Scientific, one that has pushed, tested, and shaped the new direction we're heading in. These will be the months I'll remember forever, but...

I want to talk about what goes into a rebrand:

The late nights thinking decisions through.
The transition phase throughout the organisation.
The alignment through the internal team and external partners.

They all hit you! But in a good way.

Because eventually, you see all the pieces of the puzzle coming together, and you appreciate all the details and hard work that went into every part of it.

But this whole process got me thinking about one thing, "change", and how so many of us are nervous about it. This is a good feeling to have. 

It means you're pushing yourself.

Take it all in!!!

The most important skill of an entrepreneur is to do the basics first.

I used to fight this idea because it sounded too simple.

Sticking to a routine 
Doing the things you promised.
Being open-minded to the problems. 
Interacting directly with your customers.
Executing the plan you set out with your team.

It really is simple!!! 

At the start of this year, I told some of my closest friends what I was going to do. Less talking and more just focusing on what creates the moment. 

And I can already feel it. It hasn’t been anything out of this world, it's just been staying focused on what matters most in the buisness. And normally, these are the tasks you repeat.

You've got to understand that most people will dislike doing the basics over and over again, becasue it can become boring and not fun. But these are the tasks that create the difference that changes your life and business. 

It may be boring, but it works.

3 years ago, navigating a merger, improving systems, and building a stronger foundation.

Since then, Thistle Scientific has grown year on year, hired across multiple countries, and deliberately focused on scale. Why?

Equipping scientists around the world requires collaboration, obsession, and teamwork. It’s understanding what will help each researcher improve the work they’re doing.

But there’s an even bigger reason…

Scaling allows us to support even more researchers, and the better support they get, the more impact their work can have on the rest of the population.

Any researchers here... would love to chat with you.

One of the best decisions I've made as a 25-year-old growing a biotech business was to... spend time with people who have already done it.

Not people who're trying to sell you something.
Not people who shut down your ideas every five minutes.

But the people who have lived and breathed the problems you are facing.

The real operators. And what I've noticed is that they don't try to sell you online they are heavily focused on real outcomes. They have this credibility where they've been there and done it. You can just feel it!!!

So, if you're going to surround yourself with successful people:

Do your due diligence
Ask the important questions
Don't waste your time and especially theirs.

That's where real change is created.

Evean, now I've got so much to learn and it's so important to remember that the moment you think you've understood it all will be the moment you stop making progress.

We had a chance to showcase our new design in Thailand.

I pulled it... You only get one first impression.

We had an opportunity to move fast on some new design work. It would've lined up perfectly for our ASIA distributor meeting in Thailand next month, so I pushed for it. 

I thought it would be:

Great to share the new innovation.
Great to share the new Thistle identity.
Great to share our new direction with them.

But I was chasing speed over execution.

The lesson wasn't "slow down". I still believe in moving fast.
The lesson was "speed" without clarity is just expensive.

Coming straight out of a rebrand, it’s easy to chase momentum. But when you do that, you can lose the bigger picture and that costs you.

Growth never happens when you move without clarity. You only get one chance at a first impression, so we are making sure ours is worth it.

"TEST THE LIMIT"  that's what our rebrand was built on.

When we started to plan our rebrand, we didn't view ourselves as successful. We saw ourselves as a challenger brand. A brand that wanted to do things differently from others in our industry.

This was our starting point.

From the first conversations I had with our team, they were all open-minded to it and wanted to be aligned on the bigger picture, but there was something I noticed more special. 

They all wanted to be a part of it.  Contributing, debating, and just being fully curious. Through my years of learning business, I've noticed that one of the best traits in any business is the team being curious. They like to get stuck in. And here's what I've seen:

They adapt quickly to problems and solutions.
They build better products and services.
They spot opportunities others ignore.
They make better decisions.

Being curious is lethal (in a good way)

There's something special about being around an open-minded team. A team that wants to play an even bigger part in this journey. It's pretty cool.

Very proud to announce the next chapter of Thistle Scientific.

Thistle has expanded a lot over the years as a team, company and scientific partner.

Today, we’re updating our entire visual system to convey a clearer, bolder expression of who we are and the purpose we stand behind. Now the time feels right to step into our next chapter and announce the rebrand of Thistle Scientific.

One that will demonstrate the connection and deeper understanding we have for researchers and global organisations who are changing the world for good.  

Just like research, brands must evolve too. We must listen, adapt and strengthen. That's what we're here to do. Committed to the direction we're heading, and that's to equip scientists to be relentless in changing the world for good. 

One hypothesis at a time. 

Welcome to Thistle 2.0

Because science is never done. So, neither are we.

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