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Areeya Cheong | Social Media Manager & Content Strategist

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Photo by Areeya Cheong | Social Media Manager & Content Strategist on June 28, 2026. May be an image of one or more people and text that says 'AboutMe I'm α 26-year-old Social Media Manager currently based in Bangkok, Thailand. I'm half Thai, half Chinese and spent my childhood living in 3 different countries: Macao, Thailand, and the U.S. Shoutoutt to all the TCKs... we really hao no choice A'.

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Photo by Areeya Cheong | Social Media Manager & Content Strategist on June 28, 2026. May be a graphic of book, magazine, poster and text.

Photo by Areeya Cheong | Social Media Manager & Content Strategist on June 28, 2026. May be an image of magazine and text that says '1Yearlnto Into Freelancing, I've Signed and retained clients with no website or social presence. Just a PDF portfolio and cold outreach. Raised my rates 5x in under a year without changing my scope. Worked with clients across New Zealand, the U.S., the UK, and Asia without niching down. Co-hosted α webinar alongside aclient with 200+ registrants. Expanded into consulting as a new revenue stream for small business owners. Attended 2 client work trips, locally and internationally.'.

Photo by Areeya Cheong | Social Media Manager & Content Strategist on June 28, 2026. May be an image of text that says 'HAVE BEEN My goal has always been to build a business on my own terms. I grew up in a household where pushing through stress was called hard work, so doing it differently felt wrong at first. But built my freelance business in α year without the burnout, the late nights, or running myself into the ground. Not because worked less. Because I stopped equating exhaustion with effort.'.

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Posted On: June 28th 2026, 02:00 pm

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kateareeya

hi friends! I’m areeya (or you may know me as kate. yes, I go by both 🤍)

from red carpets in LA to creative agencies in bangkok, I left my last 9-5 in november 2024 and have been growing my freelance business ever since! after a year of building behind the scenes with no website or social presence, I figured it was finally time to share a little more of it here.

you can expect bits of life, content ideas that make posting feel a litttlee less overwhelming for small biz owners, and the honest ins and outs of freelancing for anyone who wants to build something on their own terms 🧚‍♀️

follow along as I build a business that supports my life, not the other way around 🤍

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