Hey, I'm Maria — a personal branding coach / consultant based in Berlin. I teach founders and marketers to build personal brands that attract clients and opportunities. Lots of opportunities.

And if there's anything I learned this year about myself, it's that I LOVE TEACHING. Being useful, helping you grow & seeing the spark in my student's eyes. 

So, I've been teaching hundreds of people through workshops, events, 1:1 sessions, communities...

After working as a startup marketer for 4+ years, leading content-first growth that drive revenue, I decided to go all-in as a personal branding consultant and content creator.

Since then, I've been lucky to work with brands like Framer, Notion, Tally, Pitch, GrowthMentor, LeadShark, 12BRAVE, and many more.

If you're a marketer or founder who needs clear systems and to make your personal brand drive opportunities, clients and leads for you — you're in the right place – and I would love to help! 💜

Dm me "LINKEDIN GROWTH" and we can explore how I can support you on your journey! 👋

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I also manage two communities - Solopreneur Community in Berlin (launchanyway.com) & the Notion for Marketers community (as a Notion Ambassador) in Berlin, because I'm a people person:)

And you can find lots of free resources on my page and YouTube channel (@hellomarialeden).

Other than here you can find me at a calisthenics class, grabbing vegan lunch with friends, or co-working at one of my favorite Berlin cafés.

Day 1 at your new marketing job.

You’re full of ideas and are a bundle of nerves,

Then you're presented with a checklist that mentions a few generic tasks like:

→ “Log into Slack”
→ “Meet your team”
→ “Book intro call with IT”

And pressure to start executing and doing your "marketing magic" to bring 2030% ROI overnight.

It can be... a lot :D

You want to add value fast.
But you also know diving in without research will lead to chaos later.

I wanna show you something.

When I worked at magier, I made this in-depth 90-day onboarding dashboard.

It helped me and since then over 200 marketing leads:

→ Audit & document every digital channel in week 1
→ Ask the right questions to the founders
→ Interview the buyer personas
→ Run competitor analysis
→ Build an impactful strategy with confidence

All in one place. In Notion. If you’re starting a new role, hiring a marketer, or just want a smoother onboarding – this will save you hours.

🔥 Connect + Comment “90” and I’ll send it your way

♻ Like & Repost to skip the line or, even better, DM me (because I have 5k messages to go through, I'm working my way through!)

Maria Ledentsova

I help you build a personal brand that attracts clients & opportunities | Resources & actionable content systems | Notion Ambassador | GrowthMentor

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My first freebie post on LinkedIn got 47k impressions and 642 comments. 

So I made another one. 109k impressions, 1,937 comments.

Last week I shared one more.

HALF A MILLION VIEWS.
5,634 comments.
Countless leads.

But here's what nobody warns you about:

Suddenly you have thousands of people waiting for you to send them stuff.

At 1 AM, I was copy-pasting the link instead of sleeping.

After spending 8 hours manually responding to one post, I realised this approach doesn't scale.

Thankfully I got introduced to LeadShark.

It takes over the boring part.
People get the resource I promised, and I get my life back.

You need to automate. Or you'll burn out from the manual work.

🔥 Comment "25" & I'll send you a 25% discount for LeadShark's first 3 months, AND my free step-by-step freebie playbook for creating resources that people actually want.

♻️ Repost to skip the line ♻️

The traditional career path is broken.

And millions are choosing self-employment after mass layoffs.

Because they've lost faith in job security that never really existed.

I made that choice too.

Leaving the corporate ladder behind to build something of my own.

But here's what I'm learning first-hand:
Our entire system is unprepared for this shift.

After I left my job, I reached out to Scarlette De Gregorio for a coffee chat.
I'd seen her journey as a fractional CMO and was curious about her experience.

We clicked immediately.

Every struggle I'd faced, she'd been through too. I felt so seen.
We've been catching up regularly ever since.

And I'm incredibly proud of what Scarlette is building now:

She co-founded Fluum  together with Roberta Morelli Pedersoli.

They spent a year talking to over 3,000 solopreneurs.

What they found is this:

→ Most tools were built for traditional employment 
→ The gap between people choosing independence & existing support systems is massive
→ Millions are building careers on their own terms with zero infrastructure

Instead of just talking about the problem, they're building the solution.

Fluum is an AI co-founder for solopreneurs. It matches you to relevant opportunities that AI discovers across social media.

And this is just the beginning of their vision.

Their crowdfunding campaign ends TOMORROW 📆

These women are building the future of independent work, and they need YOUR support.
Our support.

You can back them starting at just £12.

🔥 Comment "FLUUM" and I'll send you the link to learn more and decide if you want to invest.

Or just comment some kind words for the fluum team below to boost the algorithm 🫶

P.S. Standard investment warning applies - only invest what you can afford to lose. This is a high-risk investment.

Is there ANYTHING better...

than spending the day co-working with driven, inspiring, ambitious people who work for themselves?

I don't think so 🥺

Every time I leave SO seen, thankful and happy.

Hosting launch/anyway meetups makes me feel connected, joyful and alive.

And it gives me a boost of grit to overcome challenges on my journey.

We didn't choose an easy life.
But one with heart and I am proud of us.

Thank you everyone for joining yesterday ❤️ 

Link to our luma calendar below 👇

P.S. Huge shoutout to ATworld for providing the stunning space ☀️

Talks about #design, #notion, #personalgrowth, #contentmarketing, and #digitalmarketing

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