This podcast is brought to you by the profitable blogger society, a mentorship program that gives bloggers direction for increasing their income and growing their brand to thrive together dot blog slash Pb S to learn more and enroll today. Welcome to the Thrive Podcast. I'm Brie pare your host and blogging coach here to help you take your brand to the next level. At thrive, we're dedicated to bringing bloggers and influencers, tactics, strategies, and behind the scenes info from the best in the business. We know that you have a big vision for your brand and life. And we're here to support you with blogging and social media tutorials, workshops, a community and of course, this podcast, just head to thrive together dot blog for all the latest tools. If you're ready to grow your brand and looking for education and encouragement, then you've come to the right place. Now let's get ready to thrive. Hey, thrivers welcome back to another episode, I am so excited to have my friend Lashonda here back on the podcast, because you were on the podcast, not even gonna talk to
you in a minute. It's been a minute friends.
We're not going to talk about yours and all of that, because that just makes me sad and stressed because time has gone by to pass.
But for anybody that doesn't know who you are, can you please tell us about yourself your business? All the things that you do? Yeah,
hello, everyone. I am a tech educator, a YouTube coach and a speaker. And I have made it my mission to try to help service providers to use technology and use YouTube to increase their sales to generate passive income. And then partner with brands. My own life is like my case study. And so ultimately, YouTube has really changed my life. And I just want to help other people. So I just slide into DMS, I you know, send voice notes. I have some my friends. I'm like, Come on people, let's just do the thing. Because there is a huge opportunity happening on YouTube right now. And I just, I just want to see more people catching their coins. That's really That's my aim. Every
time I talk to you, you're like, oh, YouTube, like people need to jump on it, they need to jump on it, they're gonna miss the train. Which is wild to me, because it's I feel like YouTube is like the OG saying, like, not pre blog, but it feels like you know, the OG blogging is like the OG YouTube and yet, it's still thriving, which is wild. It
is. And I think the biggest thing for me, and I think a lot of us have begun to realize, with us using content marketing to drive sales to our business, we've all become like creators, every single business owner is a creator. And YouTube has the most respect for creators of any platform, the amount of money that people are making directly from YouTube is nowhere near the pennies, that mark will will let slip out of his pockets at Instagram and who knows what tiktoks doing. You know, and so I just think that there's, there's something special about being on a platform that respects you as a creator that really changes the content created and the people that flocked to it to use it. So I really love the community side of what's happening on YouTube. And I think that's part of why I just get so excited about it.
Hmm. Talk to me about the community side, like how so how how is connecting with like, community over on YouTube?
I think the biggest thing is like they are really into collaborations. You know, I think people talked about collaborating on Instagram as like a feature or like a hack. Yeah. But like people will literally, like go on each other's YouTube channels, and they'll co create content, and posted on each other's platforms. There's so many conferences for YouTubers, where they connect and do meetups with their audiences. And a lot of YouTubers will have memberships and things like that. And so I don't know. I mean, I think with like, I keep bashing Instagram, but it's like when you think of Instagram. It's all about creating and consumption. Yeah, right. It's not about community, not really, I think the most community you probably get is like literally in the DMS talking one on one. Like, I think the value of Instagram is the DMS you can't DM on YouTube. So I still keep it for that purpose. But outside of that, it's just nowhere near the engagement that you're getting on YouTube. And I actually they just released this feature on stream yard where you can push out your live stream to both Instagram and YouTube at the same time. And when I tell you girl it had me shocked because I'm looking at two different audiences consuming my content in real time. And I'm watching the difference and behavior I had people on YouTube that literally asked me questions about how they could buy what I was selling begging me to put the link in the chat versus really dumb comments, I needed to block on Instagram or no comments at all right? Just people popping in looking popping up. And so I just think, you know, at a certain point, when is enough enough, where people say like, I can no longer give, you know, my best fruits to something that's not working like I need, I don't have so much time. If I have to market my business, where am I gonna get the best return? And let's do more of that. And let's stop feeling obligated to do stuff that does not move the needle. Yeah,
it's that. I mean, there's so much tied into it with Instagram and just feeling like this is what I have to do. And that's just what I love to remind people of is that there's so many different ways to do things in this content creator space, your business does not have to look like everybody else's, like you can do things differently. And you can do things in a way that feels authentic and feels good. Like, that's one thing. You know, I always am hearing people, especially in our coaching groups like just hating Instagram, and wanting to bash it. And by having this love hate relationship, or just hate hate relationship with it, feeling like they still have to show up. There's no other option. Like, this is what I
know what I think is wild about Instagram, the amount of people that feel like they need to give a public service announcement about taking breaks from it like that. Just I mean, if that's not toxic behavior, it's like you feel so beholden to this, that you can't even leave without an announcement, right? Even on the way out. You're making content. Yeah, like that's, that's not healthy.
And we know that you're making content even when you're not on it. You're doing it while you're taking a break. To try to catch up. I do want us to dive into you know, okay, how do we add this into our content? Creation? What right? Realistically, right? Sounds great. Yeah. Before that, though, I would love to know, just okay, the community. Other things, what are some other things that are like your favorite things about YouTube right now,
I'm addicted to live streaming. I used to live stream all the time when Periscope was a thing. Because I could I got it to the point where I knew if I live streamed at least 45 minutes, that I could make sales, it was the amount of time I would get enough people, they will watch me for long enough that I would have money in my bank account if I would stream for just at least 45 minutes. So that's all I would do, I would get on I would talk I would get off I go look at my email and there'll be you know, transactions from PayPal. And I'm like, Cool done. Live streaming is so powerful, because you can't hide behind anything. It is the most raw way to show up on the internet. And it allows people to engage with you real time. So if it's like, hey, they're two steps away from a buying decision, and they're like, man, if she would just clarify this one part like you got me well, they may not email you, they may not slide into your DMS on Instagram, but they'll put it in a comment on a live stream and when you read it, it's gonna matter to them. And I just experienced this yesterday where I had four more spots on my YouTube membership and I told my husband I'm like you know what, let me on this live stream and see if I can move these you know spots it was not my normal time to go live at all I go live Mondays at 10 That was not the case. girl tell me why they weren't begging me for the link and when I got off the call the spots were gone and so for me it's like to have something in your arsenal that's like oh crap I need to sell something happen car accident happen unexpected medical bills happen I just need a quick cash infusion What am I going to do in the past girl I would have had to do a whole rollout let me make a mini course let me do an email sequence let me all I had to do is go live I'm like this is powerful that
or like one on one services where I'm like let me go and like
oh my god I only have so much time Yeah, yeah.
That's so interesting. And you know a while but it makes me think of is Amazon lives. So I don't know if you've seen that but yes, I have for Winter's going live on Amazon. And so I feel like that kind of helped this space. Like kind of like see like as far as like influencers, bloggers like people that are selling and sharing. Amazon affiliate links consistently. A lot of listeners that do that.
I mean LuLaRoe made it famous. Remember when LuLaRoe was selling live and Facebook girl the leggings? we all we all love off leggings but I'm telling you Those girls turn Facebook live into their own little infomercials and they move some products. Well, that's
what I'm wondering. I'm like, you know why instead of doing it on Amazon's platform and limiting yourself to that stuff? Why don't we do it instead on YouTube?
I mean, I think for me, I think a lot of people were overwhelmed by the tech to go live. But like streaming, it makes us so stupid easiest, like just doing a zoom call. I mean, it's literally that simple. Amazing. So I think there's all of these misconceptions that people have about the amount of effort it's going to take to do YouTube that they like, roll it out before they tried, agree. And when I tell you the amount of time it takes me to make a carousel posts, the amount of time it takes me to edit a reel, I'm like, it's not like we're just phoning it in on Instagram, we're given them
a lot of energy.
tons of time. Like, girl, I remember that phase when people were doing outfit changes, and Instagram reels. I mean, people are taking hours. You don't ever say yeah, I'm like, they got dancing. They got a change in our clothes. And it's just like, Oh, you're
saying that? I know, for a fact there are girls listening that still do that? Oh, sorry. You know, I follow them. They're, they're my people. And I love them. But I'm like, that is so much time, a lot of effort, a lot of effort. Okay, so let's talk about then, how do we transition? What we're currently doing? What can we do to move this strategy over to YouTube?
I think for me, what I have encouraged people to do, it's almost like when you leave a job, where it's like, okay, you know, you want to go, but you bet not tell your co workers too early. Yeah. Because you don't want to mess with your money. And so like I would say, if you want to do YouTube, then you start coming up with the concepts, you start filming stuff, you do things on the back end before you just abandon what you're currently doing. And when you've got some stuff batched up so you're not, you know, creating a YouTube channel with no content, then you start trying to get people to migrate over or at least include them in on what's happening now, I remember is has been years ago now. When Caitlyn James went on YouTube, because Caitlin's killing it on Instagram and has been for years, she expected more Instagram, please to go to YouTube. And that didn't happen. But the quality of leads on YouTube surpassed what was happening on Instagram. So they were people who were new to her a good portion. But they had a completely different relationship with her because she positioned herself as an educator. First on YouTube. We knew her as a photographer first on Instagram. And so there was just a whole different mindset. And so I think what's kind of cool about YouTube, it's almost like, you know, when a kid moves to a new high school, right? It's like, okay, these people don't know me. They don't know my baggage, they don't rebrand, I get a fresh car, you know? And so it's like, okay, well, if you as a seasoned business owner had the opportunity to basically start over without losing the foundation you had, what would that look like? And I think that is, I mean, so many people do that with Instagram, where they will abandon an account and start a new one from scratch. You know, it, this is way less dramatic than that. But I just truly, I really see because of lives because of YouTube shorts. They're making it more accessible for people to migrate over. So you see, a lot of tick talkers will repurpose tiktoks on YouTube, to what the watermark because they don't care, Rican Instagram cares, YouTube didn't care. And so if nothing else, if you're already producing vertical content, especially if you're editing it in a third party app, just repost it there and that'll get you started and eventually you can make that transition save
that real save that Tiktok to your phone and post it over on YouTube shorts. At a minimum at a minimum start that right minimum like that's like yeah, you know, we talked about like, what are some like low effort ways to do YouTube? That is like, instant right? Well, and
children are doing YouTube that's the other thing. Like the children are low effort picking up their cell phone and just telling a good story and talking to the camera. It's not that serious, we overcomplicated to death. It's really not. If you know who you're talking to. And you know, you can help them do that and you'll be fine. It'll be fun.
I also love you know what you said about how you can rebrand yourself and re you know, like reinvent yourself almost on YouTube or like, you know, what, have you maybe gotten pigeon holed into over on Instagram? They're like, I really started my brand because I wanted to do this. Can you go back to Do some of those foundation things of why you're doing what you're doing in the first place. Maybe looking at some OG blog posts, right? If like, this is why I wanted to do this. I didn't want to just like, share Amazon links 24/7. But I actually wanted to help people style what they own and feel confident in what they're wearing or take simple ingredients. Like, I think there's something there where it's like, what are some things I feel like, kind of got a little bit fuzzy in because I was burying myself started to bury myself in this constant content creation that we're doing for Instagram. Well,
and I think that's the other thing is like, people can tell when you're burnout, you don't need to announce it. No, no. And so it's like, Girl, if you're tired, if you're no longer passionate about this, you really deserve to reignite that passion, and your audience deserves a passionate creator. Like, we've got to stop just suffering for no reason. It's I mean, it's just not that serious, right? There's so many ways to market your business, find the thing that lights you up and do more of that. Yes,
absolutely. Why not? Like we're starting these businesses, because we want more freedom, whether that is more time freedom, or financial freedom, both. We want the ability to work for ourselves and create something for ourselves. Why are we doing things that are making us miserable?
I think again, it's because we feel like we have to. And for some reason, most women are sitting around waiting for permission slips to do a lot of things. And we just really need to get them to ourselves. And just try, yes, you know, and just try. And I think, for me, what's so rewarding about YouTube versus other platforms? It's like, I'm not starting from ground zero every day. I don't know about you, but it's like, I feel like with Instagram, it's like, okay, well, I might have gotten views yesterday. But what I did yesterday is doesn't impact today. It's a new day. Girl, you can have a real get 1000s One day, and the next day get like 20 views. And you're like, I couldn't tell you. I don't know why this has happened. Well,
and then like that negative, that negative talk starts to come in of like, what am I doing wrong? Right? What did I did? What did I take?
You assume as you you're like, Okay, well, I didn't get the results. I got him yesterday. So clearly, I messed up. Yeah. You know, and, and it really messes with your confidence. And it messes with the joy of creating and it and I think I think people don't realize how deeply it's negatively impacting them until they take those breaks. And when they're like, Okay, enough is enough. And they go, Oh, my gosh, I'm so much happier. Yeah. Oh, I don't really miss it. Oh, man. Interesting. So I think that's very telling. And when I look at the don't get me wrong, there are plenty of YouTubers who will get on crying about something. At the end of the day, I just see such a beautiful environment over there, because it is a search engine. So people come to the platform going, I'm looking for help. I'm humble enough to say, I don't know everything, I'm looking for help. They get served up, you know, some options of people who think they can help offer a solution. And then they choose the person that they think can best help them and best fits their needs. And so there's that spirit of humility from day one, to say, I'm not responding to this, because the algorithm pushed it to me or, you know, because I felt manipulated, or I was jealous or whatever is going on over Instagram. It's like, I'm just, I'm just a guy. I'm just looking for a solution. I just want to know how to tie a tie. I just want to know how to change a tire. Like I'm not trying to change the world, you know, and I think that that vibe like you don't see people, the vast majority of YouTubers are not trying to live glamorous lives to make you jealous enough to click their links. They're just not you know, they're they're CPAs trying to explain to you taxes before your tech. Like they're the most least sexy content is present on it's on YouTube simply because they're just people who want to hell, oh, maybe wasn't going to hell. And, and I think it's just precious. I think it's sweet. I think it's fun. And I love my job and I'm just really trying to get people to realize that there are other ways. If you still love Instagram, grow girl get it. But the vast majority of people who spent all this time and money growing an Instagram following are not seeing the results and it's like well, what are you going to do when the sales stop coming in? Where are you going to go?
And I want to put like two like little disclaimers out there. First of all, you guys know Well, Shawn and I are not out here telling you to drop the money and walk away from it. Absolutely not. If you're making money on over over on Instagram, we're not going to tell you just to say peace out to that paycheck, and go hope that a money tree pops up somewhere on YouTube. Right? Like, keep keep going with what you've got to figure out how to branch into something else. The other thing is that I want everybody to know that I remember you a couple years ago, maybe it was 2020. I don't know. But like you were going hard on Instagram. And you were doing these awesome reels, and you were growing, and you were seeing growth. So what hits I think,
here's the thing, I'm still posting on Instagram. Here's the thing, girl, the strategy is very interesting these days. And you have to understand, advertisers still see value. And being on on Instagram, no matter how how, yeah, it doesn't matter how you feel about it, let's let's put it that way. It doesn't matter how you personally feel they have the data. And if they still want you to post a sponsor reel, and they're willing to pay you for it. And that brand is in alignment with your values, you're not going to turn that down. So it's like, well, what do you do? So I had a situation where I had a sponsorship, that was a YouTube video and a real, and I really tried to get them to just do that YouTube video, but they're like, No, says we really want to real and I'm like, Okay, well, here we go. And so what I had to do was my little dormant Instagram, I knew I was going to have to revive it, because I knew that I could see the data. And it was it was a dead account. And so I spent a good week, pushing out content and just to get Instagram to be like, Oh, wow, she's still there. And so I knew I was probably my audience. And I knew I was doing everything that I could to make sure that content performed well. But at the end of the day, it's like, again, where do you draw the line? Right, right. Because if you've got to prime an audience for a week to post one on one day, that's money, you could have just made another YouTube video, right. And so I think what I'm seeing is a lot of people, if they want Instagram, they don't want Instagram only they want a bundle. And so that's going to be the game changer. It can go both ways. These companies want YouTubers to cross promote on Instagram, and they want the Instagram girls to cross promote on YouTube. And so you're going to be able to ask for more money than if you have a YouTube channel
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And I will tell you I saw I saw I saw a guy sharing a story the other day. That was very telling. He had a single YouTube video get like one I think it's like 1.7 million views in a year. His podcast was three years old and had gotten 1.8 million listens. He's like I did in one year what it took me and I did in one year with one video. What it took me three years to do with the podcast. So all he did was start filming his podcasts. He didn't abandon the podcast just because YouTube was working. But he's like, I might as well have a YouTube channel and now he's seeing you know, huge growth in his brand. And so like the numbers don't lie, everything is shifting to video, right. And so, at a certain point, it's like okay, well, you if you're doing video on Instagram already, even if it's vertical video, there's a spot for that on YouTube. So you can use the same content in both places. And now you're reaching a larger audience, which is more beneficial to you and to the brand. So I, I'll be honest with you, the only thing that I hear that makes me go, Well, maybe YouTube isn't for you, because I get that all the time. They're like, clearly your team at YouTube, but it really isn't right for everybody. So who is YouTube not good for? And I would say, if you are not at all, a, I'm not gonna say interesting person, that's very brutal. But if you're boring, if you have no desire to be seen, you know, because here's the thing, there are YouTube channels that are faceless, that people are never seen, but they have, you know, a very interesting voice, and they're passionate about what they're talking about. So you could literally still be on YouTube without showing your face. So that's not an excuse. But if you're boring, nah, I YouTube's not really good for that. You better hide behind a graphic on on Instagram and just keep using your Canva account. So that's just a reality. If you're boring, don't go on YouTube, because they'll lay you out and then comments they will lay out. But aside from that, you will survive, you will survive.
I'm glad you said that is one of the hardest things. I will be completely honest right now, because LaShawn does on here with me, and I know she'll be like two or three, just say what you need to say. Okay, yeah, this sounds, it's very true. And it is hard. Especially when I'm reading like YouTube, or video is the thing, video is the thing. And there are certain people that just don't, I believe that anybody can get better at certain things. Like if you practice if you take constructive criticism, if you want to learn. But if that is not your thing, and you're showing your face on video, and you again, when you use your words now are boring. There's a reason your reels, your YouTube shorts, there's a reason that things aren't going to work. So it's a weird, fine line, right with like coaching somebody of like, okay, sometimes you do need to just practice and give it time and you got to build up your audience, because you're great on camera. And then other times, it's like we can tell you hate this. Right? If your audience can tell that you hate this, it is not going to work. Yeah, if
you look like you're being interrogated by the police or being, you know, filmed for a deposition, it's like,
it's like, who is torturing you on the other side of that camera,
making you film this? Don't do it, Ron. But I love what you said, of that there are things that you can do to film just using your voice or like, I mean, yeah, there's so many
YouTube videos where people are just putting Legos together. Yes. Or they're just packaging or something. I'm just touching something I'm just making. Keep pushing
the replay on this YouTube video where it's like a study with me or work with me video. It's a two hour video. I've watched it a million times because I'm like, Yeah, I would like somebody to work with. And it just shows her working in a cute little candle. With good music.
She doesn't even talk. I mean, like, what's hard about that? What is hard about Berkeley, and those people are sitting with a lot of money malati
they are all their summer, it's
the same people, the same people replay it, and it's part of their work routine, put in another tab and move on with their lives. So I think I think honestly, at the end of the day, we just had to rack our brains for what can I create? Not should I be on YouTube? Yeah, you should grow. You should. But like, but what what are you going to make? Like, we should probably figure that part out. And
don't feel like you have to like, Okay, I gotta listen to this. And I go jump on it in two seconds. Like, give yourself it'll
be there. And honestly, of all the social platforms. i It's got longevity. So it'll be there. It'll be there next year. If that's better for you. Yes.
But I mean, 2024 Why not? Go for it?
Like, get your money? It's
okay. We need to talk about your YouTube membership. Because I feel like this is like the perfect thing of like, okay, breeze talked about it a couple times, like YouTube is in the air. All of my coaching groups. No, I'm like, you guys, at least need to be posting your reels over on YouTube shorts, at a minimum at least do that. But a lot of us, myself included, are still a little intimidated by YouTube. Even though I have a YouTube channel and I post some videos and stuff. It's still a little intimidating just because it's new and you have created and you alluded to it a little bit earlier about this YouTube membership. So what is that? What do you do and also you said there was only four spots. So like, Is it closed? Can we get in tell me everything
I tell you, girl, this community is about to be a lady lit lit. Okay? Because here's the problem. I mean, if I got too much, I got too much time on my hands. That's really the problem. So I'm about to light because you know, I have a background in community management. I freakin love it. This is like the perfect storm. It's like mama Shonda loves community. She's in love with you, too. She wants you to win. And here's a way we can all do it. So essentially, what I realized is so many service providers who want to do you to feel alone and unmotivated to actually make it happen, right? It's like, well, who's going to help me fill my content? Who's going to help me edit it? What do I need to post? Nobody else is doing this. I feel all alone. i Yeah. Okay. So literally, this is what we're doing. We're doing monthly content planning parties. So like, from the very beginning, I'm talking to people about like, what are your financial goals? What are your content goals? Like? How are we leveraging YouTube to be a part of your funnel? Like, where does this fit in? Is it top of funnel? Is it a way to validate your expertise? Is it value added? Like? Let's talk through that. So because the strategy part is what I get jazzed up about right? Then I'm doing a private podcast to keep them up to date on all the YouTube updates. So the first podcast episode was about how the algorithm works. I just told him girl, I just freaking tell him. I watched the two hour interview from an employee at YouTube. And I'm like, Yeah, I literally know how it works. So here you go. Does our amazing. So did that. Um, buddying up everyone based on their season in business and their season in YouTube. So they have an accountability, buddy. So I have a spreadsheet of everyone talking about, I'm not new to business, but I'm new to YouTube. I'm seasoned on YouTube, but I'm new to Business Girl, girl when I tell you en, and I'm bringing in some of my brand partners, and affiliate marketing partners to talk about what are you promoting and q2? How can we help push this out? So our links get more traffic? When I tell you, the folks are gonna catch the coins and say nobody, no one's like me. It's ridiculous. And so all it is, is people pay a monthly rate to keep me showing up on Zoom calls. And so it's just okay, I'm good. I'm paid recurring income. And so I'm just coming up with creative things. I'm literally working on giving them a Mad Libs sheet for shorts. Like where to place the content, the format, because there's a girl who is like the queen of shorts, she did an interview and literally gave her script outline out on the on the interview. So girl, I screenshotted that whole thing, and I'm gonna turn it into a template. So it's just going to be amazing. And people are so excited. And the networking, I mean, I have members who are Forbes 30, under 30 People who sold their businesses, but like millions of dollars before they turn 30 who just want to do YouTube, so just the members interacting alone. It's insane. So I I'm obviously thrilled. And
if you guys aren't watching the video on on YouTube, because I'm gonna upload this. I'm like, take my money. Take my money.
Girl, girl, I'm just, I'm just so excited. So is it oh, can people it. So this is this is what happened. I did 25 members at 25 a month, because I knew I could manage 25 people. I thought it would take me a month to sell that I sold it in a week. So I said after the first 25 It's going up to $50 a month because I'm going to need to hire a community manager and pay for more software to manage that. I had a phone call the other day with a company that heard what was going on. Girl I'm building an app for the membership. I'm gonna be fine. We'll be fine. We have add on, you know, Community Manager, I have an app. So $50 a month will be what it'll be until further notice, girl
Come on now. That's cool. That's all you guys know.
I'm on in the room.
I've got a link because I had time to get it out of the Shonda before this podcast got published. So you know I've got and it's gonna be in the show notes. It's gonna be in all the places.
Oh, last thing. Last thing. Last thing. And the members are my affiliate program so they get 30% commission off of things they promote that belong to me. Just saying brilliant. 30% Brilliant. There you go. Um,
you know, one thing I love you guys. I have known Lashonda for a while and her and I need to reminisce on the OG days but seeing you. So just your lighting up about this, and just how excited and happy you are is completely contagious. And I know it is coming across in podcast form as well. And I know it's getting people excited. And what I want to tell you guys, is the best moves that I have ever made for my business. And LaTanya is probably for you too is when you feel that excitement and feel that like I need to do this. Like there's something here I need to jump on this and I need to run with this creative spark that I am feeling has been the best thing every single time that I ever do for my business, versus when I have shut it down and been like no, I can't right now because I need to, I gotta go do my to do list. I gotta go and do X, Y, and Z. And there's a time for that. But too often than not, especially for myself personally, recently, I've been like, Nah, I don't have time for that creativity. I need to go do this. And I am switching that in 2024. I'm like, No, you know what, I need to stay in that creative flow. Because when I am in that creative flow, it shows up differently for our audience. Like we've said so many times on this episode of like, your audience can tell, your audience can tell when you're excited, your audience can tell when you're being interrogated to be on a video instead of enjoying it. So if there is something in this episode that is pulling you and saying this is lighting me up, this is getting me excited. Don't squash it. That's all well,
I owe you some affiliate income girl.
Oh my Gosh, seriously, I just to be able to share the connections that I've made. And to help people to work less and live more. It just, it feels illegal. But it's not like me, it makes me so happy is so much easier. It is so much easier than what I've been doing. And I've been in business for over 10 years. I know the hustle. And to be able to work 20 hours a week to have double my income to be just freakin happy girl. I've lost 25 pounds since August. I'm like, I'm thriving, y'all. I'm freaking Robin. And I just need y'all to see it and know that I'm willing to help you do it too, because I'm just in a better place. And it's just because I have a system that is simple. And that actually converts, it just makes life so much easier. Which
was what every single person listening once we just want things to work. We just want our content to work because we put so much time and energy into it. So oh my goodness. Okay, well, I'll let you guys all go. Let everybody run and go click on those links and go check it out and join me in the membership because you know, I'm gonna be over there. We'll be there. Yeah, I'm in it. I'm in it. Let's go. Because it's giving me that creative spark. And I'm like, Yep, this is the thing. Let's go. So you guys, all the links will be in the show notes. But leshawna Just tell us where to find you. Where should they go? If they're typing in their phone right now? What should what links should they go to?
Just go to Lashonda brown.com. I completely rebuilt my site. It makes so much more sense now. Yeah, everything you need is on that site. So check it out and make yourself at home.
Perfect. All right, you guys, we'll we're gonna wrap this up. We'll see you back here in just a few days because we've got two episodes a week. I don't know if you saw that girl. We have to wait. So excited. Here on Tuesday with a brand new episode Lashonda thank you so much for coming on the show. No problem. Happy to be here. Thanks so much for listening. You can find all of the notes from today's podcast at thrive together dot blog slash podcast. Make sure you connect with us over on Instagram at thrive together blog and join our Facebook community to get supported by like minded bloggers and influencers. Just search Thrive blogger community on Facebook. And if you're loving this podcast, be sure to share it with a friend. Hit that subscribe button and leave us review so even more bloggers can get the support they need to grow. Until next time, keep thriving.
