The other thing is, so after you've identified Okay, cool. This is like my series topic. This is what it's going to be. You want to plan the topic, right? So we're going to break it into like individual posts, timing key points that we want to cover. So an example for us now. So I wanted to give you guys a blogger example. And then what we're doing over here at thrive. So it kind of varies for us. We have gone where we'll have a content topic for an entire month. And we've also done it where we've had a content topic for an entire week. We're changing it up and kind of trying different methods. Because that's the season we're in right now. And we're seeing what really vibes with our audience. So we've done it before where we've had a month earlier, where we've talked about email. So in February, we did a thrive and five series where we talked all about growing our email list. So we talked about what to email our list, we talked about different opt ins. And so we had a series going throughout the month of February, all about email. And we were also able to apply that series conversation in other pieces. So we had it going out in our podcast. We also talked about it in our emails that went out. We also had an email challenge happening in the month of February. So everything was really synced. And that really helped me because I knew what I was focusing on that month of February. Every piece of content everything I was talking about was about email and it helped my brain to be able to focus because I was chatting with you guys in our email challenge. I was talking here on the podcast about it. And so I was very email focused and able to like answer questions from my audience through other tools for them to try all kinds of things like that. And so it really helped me apply the topic over the entire month and apply it to posts, to our emails to social media, all of the different things that we need to create. What we're trying for the next month, is a different series per week, we're trying to kind of ramp up what we're doing over on social media. And so what we're going to start trying is having a series where we're talking about a specific thing each week, so you can have fun with it and get creative with it. But it really took the guesswork and like the focus and like the Wait, what am I talking about next week? What am I talking about tomorrow, it took all of that guesswork out of it, where I just got to focus on creating content and talking with you guys and having fun with our audience. And I really, really loved that I felt like it really reduced my stress level when it came to creating content that I knew was going to be relevant for our audience. Step three is just a few execution tips. So step one was identifying your series topics. Step two is planning your content. And step three was, is execution tips. So my biggest thing is to batch your content ahead of time. And I know this is not easy for everyone. So what I want you to think of is what pieces do I feel really good about batching. So for me, one thing that I like to do is to film B roll, as I'm going and kind of throughout my days, and so I will have my phone around me and be like, You know what, this week, I really need to get like five to 10 videos of B roll of me working or me in the kitchen or me out and about, that I can use on social media to create reels. Or you know what I don't really feel like I can batch four blog posts. But what I can feel comfortable about is outlining what I am going to do for my content, and outlining what's going to happen this week and outlining what my content is going to look like for the month. Or I do feel comfortable sitting down and writing a couple of emails. So I'm writing two or three emails at a time rather than one per week, because then I feel like I'm on this never ending hamster wheel of content creation. That's why I like batching, I really do not love when I have to just sit down and create one piece of content at a time. I feel like I am wasting so much time when I do that. And when I feel like I got to just create this to get it out today, or I have to just create this to get it out tomorrow. Instead when I sit down and I'm like, okay, you know what, let me get two weeks ahead, let me write two emails, or let me sit down and let me edit like three reels and get them in my drafts and ready to go. That relieves so much stress for me. So if you've been going like day by day, moment by moment, I really want to encourage you to try to at least do to have one thing at a time and sit down to work on it in chunks of time. Rather than just one post at a time. Give it a try this week, see how it goes. So a series can really transform your content calendar as you can kind of like grasp this. So it's going to provide less stress because you know what you're posting. And when it can also fill in any content gaps and give you like a framework for other content ideas. Plus, when you have a series that build on it, you're going to build anticipation and a loyal audience base are going to keep wanting to come back they're want to tune in and when they know when something is coming. So an example of this is have you ever posted when you go on a trip or go on vacation and been like, Man, my stories, I've just like gone up? And I'm like not even really caring about what I post. But people want to see what's going on? Because it's something a little bit different. And there's that anticipation of like, Oh, what is she going to do next? You can pull that in when it comes to content planning. It doesn't have to just be I gotta go on a trip because I needed to get my story views up, although if you need to use that as an excuse to go for it. But you can also use that tactic whenever you're using a series and having it build on itself. So they're wondering, oh, what's coming next? What is she going to teach next? Right. So when Liz is working on her office, she did a built in first and then it was like, Okay, I'm going to pick the pay. I'm going to show you guys what pay I'm going to use and so everybody's like, Oh, I gotta keep going back to her story to see what color paint and she's like I'm also going to use this paint floor to see Like baseboards, everything is gonna be one color throughout the entire office. I was I was glued, I'm like, I gotta see when I'm like, keep going back to her stories and like refresh refresh, When is she going to share the paint color, right. And so it builds that anticipation with your audience. So when you keep building on stuff, you can give yourself a bit of that boost that like going on a vacation or going on a trip would be. So feedback from your audience, and is also something that can also really help boost all of this. So when you talk to your audience, and really use them to help guide your content, it's going to perform better. Now, here's the thing, here's kind of a little trick there. Okay. You want to get them involved in planning your content, but you've already have your content planned. Okay. So for example, let's say that you have two reels in your draft, and you're like, I know, I'm going to post both of these reels this week, it doesn't really matter to me, which one goes first, but they're on two slightly different topics. So let me pull my audience. And let me see which one they want to see first, your audiences and voting, which is engaging in your content and boosting the algorithm to like your content more, and then they're going to be coming back to see, okay, well, I'm invested, now I voted. Now I want to see that reel or that piece of content that she was talking about. So they're coming back the next day, to then see or later that day to then see the reel or the post or whatever it may be because they voted on it. And now they're invested. So you want to get them involved in a way that you already have an idea of what's going to happen. But letting them feel like oh, they get to like choose a little bit and they get to kind of guide the journey in which the content is released. The other tools that you can use to kind of help with like your content planning and execution other than like, I'm going to help my audience help me figure out which one I'm going to post today type of thing is, you know, serving your audience. So again, doing polls, saying like, Okay, this month, we're going to talk about meal planning. Now, what kind of recipes do you guys want to see in asking more concrete questions? So like this week? Do you guys want to see more salad or more pasta based recipes this week? Do you guys want to see a mocktail or a dessert recipe? Right and kind of having them guide so you already have an idea like this month, I already know. There's four weeks, I know that one week I'm going to focus on salads. One week, I'm gonna focus on pasta. One week, I'm going to focus on mocktail, and one week I'm going to focus on desserts. But you're asking your audience to help guide you. The other thing is, then if you're planning for a future month be like awesome. Next month, we're going to talk about meal. Let's continue with the meal planning, right? Pull them, ask them questions be like, what's your biggest meal planning pain points? What recipes? Do you want to see? What vegetables do you love? What vegetables do you hate? What is your favorite dessert? Right? So then you're able to pull all of those things from your audience and be like, okay, cool. I it's easy for me to plan, like meals, because that is your niche. And that's what you're awesome at. So then you can take the content that you got from your audience and be like, Okay, I got so many requests for like, chocolate dessert recipes. I got so many people saying that they were bored with salads. And can you help spice that up, I got so many people saying that they really wanted to see smoothie bowls. So I'm gonna throw in a whole week of smoothie bowl recipes, right? So you're able to take content that they've given you, and plug it into the series that you have planned for the next month, and let that guide how you're create the series. Then, when they come back, they're super invested, because they responded to your polls and your surveys. And they also want to see those recipes that they said like I really told her I wanted to see a chocolate dessert recipe she better bring that. So they're gonna come back and keep refreshing and keep looking to see if you've got that recipe app. So that's how we like survey our audience, get them involved with planning our content, while creating consistency with a series. So it's all reducing stress for you. And it's getting your audience involved. Everybody's always complaining about my engagement is low. My engagement is low, my engagement is low, but are you involving your audience in this way to boost your engagement in a fun way for you? So to take this one step further, before we wrap this up, use call to actions as you're doing this. So if you are doing a meal planning month, for the month of April, and you're gonna have all of these different things What kind of calls to action do you have? Can you create some freebies around this? Can you create a meal planning sheet that you refer to every single week, multiple times a week in your content to get people to sign up for your email list? Can you take that one step further and create a $9 digital product that you sell as an upsell to that freebie, so you have a tripwire set up, they fill it out, you get a thank you page for getting the free download. Before you go, do you want to buy this $9 thing and now you've created a series that you love. That reduces stress for you, you're engaging with your audience and upping your engagement on all platforms. And you're growing your email list and making some extra money through a digital product. That is how we create this full circle and I need to create a graphic now that I'm saying this, I'm gonna get my pen out. I'm going to create a graphic that shows all of this because this is going to help so so much in just keeping this wheel going.