Lady makes over N400m in one day teaching Excel on TikTok; quits her job

A 28-year-old woman, Kat Norton aka ‘Miss Excel’, has narrated how she quit her job after making over N400m in one day by teaching Excel on TikTok.

According to CNBC News, Kat said she was affected greatly by the COVID-19 pandemic and had to move in with her family. “After a few months, though, I grew bored and restless. I wanted something different; my job was getting me by financially, but it wasn’t lighting me up,” she said.

She revealed that an idea came to mind while discussing side hustle projects with her friend and she decided to use the knowledge of teaching Excel for four years as a consultant on TikTok. “I posted my first video on TikTok in June 2020, then began posting once a day. I didn’t tell a soul other than my mother and my boyfriend. But things caught on fast. A video where I explained Excel’s new data-searching XLOOKUP feature to DMX’s song “X Gon’ Give It to Ya,” surpassed 100,000 views in just a few days.

My followers increased and the CEO of an IT company sent a message saying he loved my fun teaching style and wanted to pay me to create Excel training videos for his clients. Next thing I knew, I was in business.”

Kat noted that she had to quit her job when she became an internet sensation and went ahead to become a full-time content creator. “Since leaving my job, I’ve made more than $1 million in sales. And in October 2021, I crossed a major milestone: I made $100,000 in sales — in just one day,” she said.