Executive advisor filming Instagram Reels

CASE STUDIES / PROFESSIONAL SERVICES / CALGARY

An executive advisor’s Instagram, turned toward the clients she actually sells to

A change and transformation advisor with 13.4K followers who came for parenting tips. We moved the account to one business subject and talking-head Reels. Reach grew 1,043% in 90 days, with no ad spend.

Executive change advisor

  • LocationCalgary, AB
  • TimeframeApr to Jul 2026
  • Content
  • Social media
  • LinkedIn

THE SITUATION

A solo advisor who helps leaders through the human side of change: AI adoption, restructuring and global expansion. Her clients are executives and heads of transformation at mid-sized and large companies.

Instagram was her biggest channel, with 13.4K followers and almost 800 posts. But that audience had been built on general psychology and parenting content, far from the problems her corporate clients pay to solve.

THE PROBLEM

  • The wrong audienceFollowers came for parenting and self-help, and a corporate buyer would never see themselves in the feed
  • No clear expertiseTopics changed every post, so nothing said “this is the person to call about change management”
  • Template graphicsQuote cards with watermarks, while a solo expert sells on how she thinks and speaks
  • LinkedIn out of stepThe profile where corporate buyers look did not match the new positioning

WHAT WE DID

  • One clear positioningProblemThe account talked about everything, so it sold nothing.What we didChange management for companies rolling out new systems and AI and meeting resistance from their teams.
  • Talking-head ReelsProblemQuote cards could not show her expertise.What we didShort videos of her explaining one idea at a time, 24 to 98 seconds each, on the single subject.
  • Titles that name the problemProblemViewers could not tell in a second who the post was for.What we didEvery title names the sector and the problem, such as AI adoption, resistance or leadership in change.
  • LinkedIn rebuiltProblemBuyers checking LinkedIn saw a profile that told a different story.What we didHeadline, About section and seven positions rewritten around change and transformation advisory.

THE RESULT

+1,043%Accounts reached vs the previous period
47,461Accounts reached in 90 days
59,307Views in 90 days
2,934Interactions, 86.6% from Reels

Instagram feed, before and after

Instagram feed before
Before: general psychology and parenting
Instagram feed after
After: change, leadership and AI
Instagram feed before
Before: template quote cards
Instagram feed after
After: talking-head Reels

New Reels

Reel cover
AI and change
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Leading through fear
Reel cover
Honest leadership
Reel cover
Roundtable on AI
Reel cover
Resistance to change
Reel cover
Personal growth

Insights, 90 days

Instagram views for 90 days
Views: 59,307, accounts reached up 1,043.6%
Instagram interactions for 90 days
Interactions: 2,934, 86.6% from Reels

Profiles after the repositioning

Instagram profile after
Instagram profile
LinkedIn profile after
LinkedIn profile

WHAT IT GAVE THE BUSINESS

  • The right people watching70% of interactions now come from people who do not follow her, on topics a corporate buyer recognises
  • Clear expertiseInstagram and LinkedIn tell the same story: the advisor to call about change and transformation
  • Reach without ad spendEleven times more accounts reached in 90 days, entirely organic
What stands out most is her understanding of psychology and business principles, which lets her create content that is meaningful, not just visually engaging.
The client, in a LinkedIn recommendation
Valeriia and Emiliia, founders of Syntri Labs

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