Brilliant. So you don't have to have your own phone to a home phone number for work to do this. But finding a way to send yourself a message even whenever that creative energy sparks. For me, I have notes and I use those consistently. But I don't know maybe again, maybe it's just something new. Because sometimes that happens, right? But being able to shoot myself a text message and be like, Hey, here's a brilliant idea. And then being able to go to work the next morning be like last night. Bree was brilliant and brave came up with a freaking amazing idea. I don't know, right? That's all being said. Whatever running with that creative spark looks like for you, if it's dropping things, I mean, like you know what, I am going to spend an hour stay working on this fun idea. Because what happens is that is filling your cup. Whenever you run with that creative spark, it is filling your cup for everything else that you have to do for work. And when your creative cup is bone dry, and I am telling you I have been there very recently, which is probably why I'm talking about this for so long. It made everything else in my business hard. It made writing content hard, it made recording podcasts hard, it made coaching hard, it made every little thing that I loved difficult because I was squashing my creativity and it that cup was dusty. Okay, so that all plays into monetization for your brand in 2024 because you are going to have to be creative. We are no longer in the beginning stages of this world of social media and Logging, there are ideas galore and people out there doing all the things. And if you go to a brand and pitch the same thing that 20 Other people have pitched, what is making you stand out? I'm not saying any of that to like, discourage you, I'm saying that your creativity is your superpower. And if you can harness that superpower, and lean into it, and really allow yourself to be creative, and to be passionate and to follow that, you're going to see more success in growth and monetarily in 2024. And beyond. That applies to everything we're seeing for monetizing, we're still doing advertising. We're still doing affiliate marketing, we're gonna continue to see a lot from Amazon, but also within affiliate marketing, a lot of other brands are starting to build out really great affiliate marketing programs. So I want you guys to make sure you're paying attention to this. If you felt like Amazon was it for you, or like maybe you're kind of missing in this affiliate marketing game. If you love a certain brand, checkout their direct affiliate program, because I really think that in 2024, we're going to start to see more and more brands investing more money into affiliate programming. The third thing sponsored content, it's not going anywhere. But as I said before, your engagement rate is going to be critical here, and showing your personality and your creativity. The fourth way of making money, I'm seeing product sales, selling your own products. If it's eBook, a course, merch, digital products, this is a way for you to really take earning into your own hands. And I love that, you know, I'm here for that. The other thing that I want to mention that I'm thinking is kind of like lingering has been tested a little bit people are dipping their toes into it is subscriptions or paid memberships. Look, the more creative you can be with what you're offering that is outside of the norm, you're going to attract attention. Bottom line, the biggest things that have been helpful in my business have been when I came up with an idea, and I was like nobody else is doing this. Nobody else is offering this whenever we started the podcast, there was not really a podcast out there for bloggers, I saw a need and I filled it. Whenever we started shift our high level group coaching programs for bloggers and content creators like yourselves, there's still not a program out there like this, not a program that gives you weekly feedback, weekly one on one coaching, that gives you a mastermind and all of that for less than $500 a month, it doesn't exist. So I was like, cool, we're gonna build this because this is what people need. You guys need to be able to talk to us as frequently and as often as you want and get feedback from an expert coach. So we built it. So that's what I'm saying. You have to look and see what is missing? Where can I keep running with my creative. And here's the thing, it's just a matter of being like, you know what, I'm gonna stop squashing my creativity and just opening the door. And then you're going to be washing dishes, taking a shower, going on a walk, and all of a sudden, boom, out of the blue, you're gonna be hit with a brilliant idea that you can't wait to go run home and jot jot it down, send yourself a text message, or write it in Asana, like, you're going to be so excited. It's just a matter of creating space in your brain and saying, I'm not going to squash my creativity. And the results are going to come because you're going to start to come up with ideas just by being open to it. Because sitting down and being like, all right, I'm going to be creative today. And you sit down and you stare at a blank screen and you're like I've got nothing doesn't work, right. It's incredibly frustrating. Then there hate it. But just saying I'm not going to squash it when it comes anymore. And then just let it be and things are gonna come to your brilliant brain. All right, let's continue. We've talked about a lot already in this podcast, and I still got a little ways to go. So let's crank on Okay, so we've talked about, let me just do a quick recap. Remembering we need to be mindful of our niche, building a strong online presence, engaging our audience monetization, the fifth thing, diversifying your income streams. So when it comes to picking out one of those income streams, I want you to try not to rely on a single source of income. There is nothing that scares me more. When I see creatives out there only go weighing in on one income stream, because I'm like, Oh my gosh, if if one thing changes, if two brands decide they're not doing this anymore, if we get hit with another pandemic, if X, Y and Z happen, boom, they're done, and they're looking for a job. So not to scare you. But also to just tell you don't rely on one single source of income, the more diverse your income, the more stable your financial situation is going to be. Start with two, and then as you gain experience and knowledge, and as those two find success, add as you go. Six, utilize analytics, regularly checking your analytics to understand what content works best for your audience goes hand in hand with every single thing I've been talking about in this episode, it's going to help and tailoring your content strategy. And it's going to help when you have those creative sparks. Just be mindful of what is working and what is not working. This is something that so many people don't do. And I am telling you, the ones that are going to find success and 2024 are the ones that are going to be analyzing their data, learning from it, and tailoring their strategy to it. Trust me, hit the rewind, go back 20 seconds, really listen to that, again, utilize your analytics friends, you're doing your brand, a huge, huge disservice if you're not telling you the ones that find success are the ones that are going to be doing all of that. I'm serious, hit 30 seconds, jump back and listen again. Number seven, network and collaborate. networking with other bloggers and influencers can open up opportunities for collaborations and cross promotions. I predict that we're going to get back to this more. We used to see so much of this back in 2020. And prior and it really has fizzled out a bit. I don't know why. Because it helped so many brands grow like crazy, like I can think of full time bloggers, content creators right now that are there, because they were helped out by others in the industry because they collaborated with others. I'm seeing them and I'm like you are successful because of networking. And I don't know why that's disappeared. I don't know if we got burnt out. I don't know if it didn't if it wasn't trendy anymore. I don't know what happened. I did hop on the other day. And I did see Jordan rush. She actually did a collaboration with I think her handle is the glitter gospel. And they did like this cute reel together and filmed it like back and forth. And I was like, Oh my gosh, this is exactly what I'm talking about. We're gonna start to see that more. If not, you guys are leaving it on the table.