We Did it MESSY: Takeaways from the 30 Day Challenge

Speaker 1: 0:00

So that's a 343% increase on account impressions, a 209% increase on profile views, 41% increase on post engagement and a 983% increase on post impressions, 375% increase of story impressions. And I am just blown away by some of the results from you guys in this 30 day challenge. Holy crud, showing up for 30 days. Right, this is somebody who wasn't even doing it daily, who was really busy, who has a full time job and is doing photography as her side gig, building it up. And she still had these numbers just from showing up. You guys, this stuff works.

Speaker 1: 0:48

Welcome to Tried and True with the Dash of Woo, where we're all about mixing tried and true strategies that actually work with the magic of manifestation and the science of programming your unconscious mind so that you walk away feeling integrated, inspired and aligned. I'm Renee Bowen, certified life and business coach, professional photographer, middle aged wife and mom to now three grown kids. I've built two multiple six figure businesses with zero business training by digging in, learning the methods, and now I'm here to pass them all on to you, from photography and business strategies to energy healing, human design and the basics of manifestation. We cover it all here. I'm here to help you embrace your multi-passionate brains and lean in to the fastest and most efficient ways to reach your goals, whatever they may be. Whether you're a season pro or just starting out, or maybe you're just here for the woo-woo, let's dive in and explore all the exciting ways to take your life, business and self-improvement to the next level. Thanks for joining me and get ready to be inspired. I'll see you in a bit. Happy Wednesday, guys. Welcome back to Try it. And True, with the Dash of Woo.

Speaker 1: 2:03

I am your host, renee Bowen, and I have some really, really fun analytics and some takeaways for you guys today. So we just finished up our 30 day visibility challenge. It was mostly photographers we have almost 80 people in there and not everybody participated the full 30 days, but I wanted to show you what their numbers are. Like you guys, this stuff works. Some of these people are not even showing up daily and they're seeing huge, huge increases in engagement, and so I wanted to do a really special quick episode where I recap not just their number takeaways like their analytics and impressions and increases, because everybody had an increase but I also wanted to share their takeaways and some of their mindset shifts that they had to go through during this challenge and kind of where they are now. So also, obviously, filling it in with my own takeaways and input so that you guys can take this information and put it into practice in your own businesses. Okay, so, first of all, if you don't know what I'm talking about, I'm gonna go ahead and link the 30 day visibility challenge sales page for you in the show notes, just so you could kind of like look and see what people signed up for and what they got.

Speaker 1: 3:08

I wanted to do this for a long time now because a lot of the people in my community come to me for marketing. Marketing is like my love language. Yes, I'm a mindset heavy coach and I definitely believe that we should be infusing all of that into everything that we do. However, if you're not marketing, you're not gonna get clients, and literally all of you and I pull you guys all the time on Instagram, my private channel, everything all of you guys need clients right now, right? So if you need clients, you need to be marketing, and if you can't afford to run ads constantly or you don't know how to do that and your SEO isn't necessarily up to par, you're gonna have to rely on word of mouth, which is a great way to build a luxury business. It's definitely something that I teach and talk about a lot, but you're also gonna have to be showing up on social. It's free. You do have to train the algorithm. There's a lot of tips and tricks and I have other episodes all about that so you can go look.

Speaker 1: 4:05

But basically I've wanted to do this challenge for a while because so many of you guys need clients and you need accountability to continue to show up, if not daily, at least somewhat consistently every week on your social channels. So what that looks like really quickly is that for 30 days I showed up with everybody. We had a Voxer channel so everybody could come in and ask questions from anything. From what should I be posting? How can I get past this imposter syndrome? Two technical questions as well, like how do I get my sound to sync up, and all of that kind of stuff. So usually my Voxer access is only available to my one-on-one coaching clients or my higher level elevate group coaching clients, and so it is at a much higher expense, and this challenge was only $11. So it was a really rare occasion for me to show up on Voxer like this with everybody for 30 days.

Speaker 1: 5:03

You also got access to a document on Notion. I love Notion. I'll put a link down there as well If you guys don't use Notion. Oh my gosh, so so, so awesome for organization. Anyway, you got access to my Notion document with prompts for the daily prompts of 30 days plus like a spreadsheet where you could keep track of everything, and I also sent you trends weekly what was trending in sounds and maybe cap cut and things like that. And there's a whole bunch of other things at the bottom of that Notion document, like tips for story engagements. So it's a lot. It was a pretty meaty $11 course, that I have to say, and I do plan to leave that up in the store for at least a little while. So if you did not have a chance to join us live during the challenge, you can still use the Notion document ongoing, like it has so much good information for you. So if you are struggling with your social media or anything like that, I am gonna leave it up. It's not gonna be $11, but it's still not gonna be expensive. So, again, the main reason I wanted to do this is because so many people need clients and so many people have a problem showing up For whatever reason.

Speaker 1: 6:12

A lot of it, I'm going to tell you, is mindset. A lot of it is because you don't feel like you have a place here. You don't feel like anybody cares, you don't feel like it matters. You don't want to show up on camera. You feel like people are going to judge you. You don't like to ask people for money. There's a lot of different things, right, but at the end of the day, if you don't do this for your business, nobody else is going to do it for you. No one's coming to save you.

Speaker 1: 6:36

If you want to run a business and you want to have clients and you want to have a thriving business and you want to serve these clients and do what you love because I know all of you love what you do you wouldn't be doing it if you didn't love it. This is a hard business. When you are in business for yourself as an entrepreneur of any kind, especially a creative business you pour yourself into it 24-7 and you wouldn't be here doing it and listening to this podcast if you didn't love it, with your whole freaking being. I want you to be doing it. I want you to go out and serve those clients and live fully, but you guys are so afraid to show up. This is a really, really big factor of why I wanted to run this challenge and really push you guys. I have to say I am so pleased with the results, not just from these numbers and analytics, but from the mindset shifts that have occurred. I want to share some of those with you guys right now.

Speaker 1: 7:32

Jenny says I got to a point where I mostly wasn't overthinking post-creation. I still struggle with how recently did I post an image from this session? Can I mix it up more? I typically struggle the most with the captions and I'm getting better about just getting something out there. I realized I could repost an IG post or Reel as a story with almost no effort. Exactly that's one of the things that I was going over. I don't know why I didn't do that before. It makes stories so much easier. I've also started organizing my social media images into a single folder to make it easier to pull one or more into Metricool and let it auto post. This will set me up for hiring out my social media creation at some point in the future. Wow, I should have pulled these numbers halfway through the challenge. These are super eye-opening.

Speaker 1: 8:19

I love what she mentions there about reposting to your story. This is something that I talked to you guys about here in my coaching and on the Vox where we were discussing that. You don't have to recreate the wheel. You probably already have content. You have it. You just haven't either posted it or maybe you posted it a long time ago and it's way down on the feed and no one's going to find it. You can repost the same stuff, mix it up with a new trending sound or at least share it to your story.

Speaker 1: 8:46

One of the things that I like to do is I have on my Instagram my own saved posts. I go into my posts because there's a lot of different folders I have for saved things. One of them is my own posts. It's like my core messaging, whether it's about my coaching or about my photography. I know that I can go in very quickly. I can find a post that I know converts well and I know gets that messaging across to my target audience. I can just repost that to my story if I am pressed for time and I didn't have time to actually create anything new. Stephanie says this has been really fun and it's definitely inspired me and got me out of my anti-social media rut. I'm still working on TikToks, but I am so proud to just be showing up on stories daily so that people know I exist and I've been able to share sneak peeks of the seniors I photographed so far, which is something I have not done in the last two years. That's a huge step in the right direction for me.

Speaker 1: 9:39

She pulled some quick numbers and she had reached 180% more accounts than she had done the previous month. Engaged accounts is up 146% and total followers is up by 2.5%. And Jamie's numbers are really awesome too. She reached 332% more accounts, engaged 60% more accounts and is up 2% of followers as well, and her reels are popping off. She said that she normally doesn't get more than like two or 300-ish and she's had several in the thousands, and Sharon's numbers even just from the like about the middle of the challenge. This is not even the final numbers, but accounts reached on IG is up 1,335%. She knows up 21% and so far, according to Franvens, we've reached her. Pinterest is popping off as well. She was telling us this over on Voxer and Kim replied that she also has one at over 6,090% of the other ones were at, you know, 200 to 250. So she says, during this challenge I've been really mixing it up for my own posting.

Speaker 1: 10:45

I usually post mid-afternoon to evening and the other day I posted at 5am and it hit 600 within an hour. And this week my late nights are hitting better. So she says try mixing it up drastically and see if you can break that ceiling. And that's really really cool advice because a lot of times you know we just kind of figure, well, it just must be my content, but it could be another variable. It could definitely be the time of day. You could just try and shake up the algorithm a little bit. And a lot of this is experimentation, because really we just kind of forget that we need to be practicing some stuff right, putting it out there. You're not going to get any data unless you're putting something out there and yeah, it could fail, it could not work, but that's going to give you some data as well. There's no failure, there's just feedback. We also did our take on that trend out there right now where you take one raw file and various photographers edit it, and I posted it on my TikTok and my Reels and that was really fun to participate in.

Speaker 1: 11:39

So going forward in Elevate, which is my $49 a month membership for photographers, where we talk a lot about marketing and a lot about mindset, and you get coaching from me. We're going to start doing monthly challenges going forward. So maybe some like this, maybe different ones. The idea is to keep us creative, keep us accountable, because, again, that's usually the main issue that I see with you guys is that you know what you need to do but you're just not doing it, and so I understand that you need accountability, and that's one of the reasons I created Elevate. So right now, what I'm doing is going through the final numbers, looking at everybody's self reports and then also checking my own stuff, because you know we follow the hashtag and so I can kind of go through and see when everybody posted. Someone is going to win $300 as a big, big prize if they posted every day on Instagram and TikTok, and then there's some other prizes that I'm going to be giving out as well, including coaching with me and some of my courses, and, you know, money and Starbucks gift cards.

Speaker 1: 12:36

So, overall, I thought this was really fun. Yes, am I really busy? Did I have the capacity to actually host a 30 day challenge right now? No, absolutely not, but I did it anyway, because I knew that this was going to push you guys. And at this time of year, when you're super, super busy, that's when this stuff really counts, because this is when you guys fall off that wagon every single year. This is when I see all of this feast or famine stuff happening. Okay, you get really busy and I totally understand that I'm busy too, but then you stop marketing and then you get to January and you're super, super stressed and I don't want that happening. So this is one of the reasons I wanted to do it at this time of year.

Speaker 1: 13:18

So, guys, if you're listening to this podcast and you need clients and you are stressed out, please show up for your business in some way. It doesn't mean you have to be there every single day. Some of these people the numbers that I shared most of them were not doing this every single day. So even just showing up on their stories daily was making a huge difference, because it's a phenomenal way to engage your current audience. A lot of times, you just have to remind people that you're there and, like I said, this does not take the place of all your marketing. I don't want you just focusing on social media. This is part of your strategy. You have to have a strategy, a marketing strategy based on your target client, your purpose, your why, your resonance, and it really should be a multifaceted strategy that includes emailing your clients, nurturing them in some way, as well as your SEO strategy, as well as your outreach, your outbound engagement and also in-person marketing, 100%.

Speaker 1: 14:17

So why does a challenge like this work? We see these a lot. People do five-day challenges. 10-day, 30-day challenge, I think, is far more effective because it's longer, it takes us a lot longer to build a habit and it also pushes you. So you could pretty much do a whole lot for a week. You could do anything for a week, and most people, when they joined, that first week was really, really good. They showed up, they tried and then they started falling off.

Speaker 1: 14:51

So a lot of this tells me. First of all, no matter what I do, no matter how available I am to you, no matter how much I show up and help you and prompt you, you still have to do the work. But if you do show up, you do get the results. It's just like anything else, you guys, I mean January 1st, everybody's at the gym, everybody's trying some new fitness regime or diet program or whatever, and studies show that within I think it's not even 30 days, but definitely within the first 90, most people don't even go back to the gym.

Speaker 1: 15:27

So this is a mindset shift. This is all about how strong your mindset is and how willing you are. It's not about willpower, but how willing you are to continue to try and show up and how capable you are after you fall to get back up, because you are going to fall off the wagon. You are going to have these grand plans and life is going to happen, okay, but what matters is that you continue to try again, and it's easier to do that when you have support, when you have other people holding you to some kind of standard and you have like prompts and things like that, like I gave you guys in this challenge, because then it takes the thinking out of it. So if you don't have me around inside of you know Elevate or whatever you're going to have to have some kind of system set up for yourself so that you make it easier. Something like what Jenny was talking about in the beginning when I went over. Her feedback is that she is starting to create systems for herself, whether it's like a folder on your phone or a saved thing like I was talking about.

Speaker 1: 16:40

Make your life easier so that you don't have to, you know, hit that roadblock. If you know what your roadblocks are, then you can remove them. And that is completely relevant to every part of your business, right? If you know what your roadblocks are, if you know that you are your own worst enemy or you have a distracted brain or you have a hard time doing, you know X, y and Z, whatever that is then you know you can identify that, okay, let's figure out a strategy so that you can work around it, work through it and get past it. But you have to be able to do the work to do that Okay.

Speaker 1: 17:19

And I hear a lot, a lot of people you know telling me in my DMs or even inside of coaching on discovery calls for that matter saying that they are their own worst enemy. They know that they're in their own way and yet they don't sign up for coaching or they don't join my programs, or they don't join anyone's programs and they stay stuck. I watch their stuff. Years later, they're still doing the same thing. You've got to do a pattern interrupt.

Speaker 1: 17:45

If you want to be somebody different, you have to literally be that now, and that's why these types of challenges work, or working with the coach works is because you are literally rewiring all of this programming. You are implementing new habits, because a habit is just a belief that you believe over time. And you're rewiring all of it and you have someone there who is going to kind of crack the whip on you a little bit and tell you, not just when you're doing something that could be improved, but who's going to help you stay positive, help you stay looking forward Instead of looking in the rear view mirror. You can never get where you want to go if you're constantly looking in the rear view. Now, I wish I could say that this is a lifelong change. That is just automatic and magical. That happens after you do a program like this or you work with me for three months or six months in coaching, and unfortunately that is not the case.

Speaker 1: 18:47

Okay, a lot, a lot of my clients in fact I would say probably 85% of my one-on-one clients go on to continue to work with me inside of a group because they know they need the ongoing support and without it they fall right back off of that wagon and that's okay. I'm not saying that that is a character flaw. That is like super, super common. We really need accountability in each other. I mean, we're human beings, we're made for this. So I'm not saying that them falling off the wagon is a bad thing, in fact, them having the self-awareness to know that that's going to happen, and so they just, you know, sidestep that, they remove that roadblock and they stay in a program that they know is going to keep them moving forward, moving toward the direction they wanna move in, and that is growth mindset. And that's why they're gonna be successful and that they are successful.

Speaker 1: 19:41

You know, we all have our own ideas of how we define success, okay, and of course, it can't just be about the money. It can't just be about the money. Yeah, money's amazing and I want you to be profitable and I love making money. I'm 100% here for everyone, all of us living in our abundance, because I do truly believe that there is enough to go around and all we have to do is believe that and step into it and align with it and be open to receiving it. But it's not just about the money, it can't just be about the money. It's about who we're becoming on the way to this goal that we've set up for ourselves. It's who we become on the way. It really is truly. You know the journey, right? That stupid hokey saying you know it is. It's really about the journey and that's why people say that, guys, I think there's a reason. Who are you becoming on the way to who you want to become? Okay, that is our end goal.

Speaker 1: 20:36

But for me, the way that I define success is gonna look different than maybe how you do. For me, I know that it's all about a feeling. If I feel freedom, if I feel free in what I'm doing, and it feels expansive and it feels like in alignment, it lights me up, it's a hell yes, that defines success to me. That's how I know that I am successful. That is how I identify success. Okay, so if I and that could be anything, it could be anything in my personal life, anything in my business life If it lit me up, if it made me feel expansive and more and more right and it brought abundance in other ways and, yes, money, but also in feeling. And if I felt freedom in that moment, if I felt freedom in what I was doing and I felt like, yes, I feel lit up, that is successful. That is what I am after Also, yes, I do know that there is a lawnmower or a leaf blower or some kind of thing that is in the distance. If you can faintly hear that, I do apologize, but this is just how it is.

Speaker 1: 21:48

Today, guys, we're doing it a little bit messy, which really kind of fits along with the theme of this whole 30 day challenge, because I wanted people to do it messy. I constantly was in there talking about please, let go of this perfection, please stop thinking that you have to be perfect at everything, because this is not gonna. It's keeping you down, it's keeping you stuck, and you know it. So let's move through that, and that's another reason why I wanted to do it is I wanted to throw people into the fire of that. So If you are, you know, first of all thinking about how you define success, I'd love to hear how you guys define success and if you don't know that, maybe ruminate on that and meditate on that a little bit today and see where that takes you. I'd love to hear from you over on Instagram at Renee Bowen. Shoot me a DM and let me know what comes up for you when you, you know, think on that and where that thought process takes you, and I'd love to hear your perspective on that as well.

Speaker 1: 22:40

Well, in addition to doing it messy I'm a really big believer on this I do not think that you have to have everything laid out, and this goes from like whether you were just starting a photography business to maybe, if you are trying to, you know, develop online courses or you're doing another new side gig or whatever it is, you can start before you're ready, and I think that you absolutely should, because most of us creatives have this like deep down need to be perfect. It comes from, you know, old programming and childhood, and it's tied to codependency and people pleasing and all of that stuff, and so one of the best ways to move through it is to actually just do it messy. Once you sort of throw yourself into the fire like that, then you can start getting data and feedback and then you can start refining your processes. Okay, and then go back and listen to last week's podcast episode the 20 blunders you're probably doing on Instagram and how to fix them, because a lot of you guys don't know that there are really simple, simple fixes for some of the things that you're doing. That could really, really, you know, up your engagement and get you more clients. I had a lot, a lot of good feedback from that last podcast episode, like tons of downloads. You guys really, really, really enjoyed that one. I also wanted to share it really quickly because I don't think I've shared it here on the podcast during this challenge.

Speaker 1: 24:01

One of the things that came up on the Voxer thread that I think could be really valuable to all of you guys, especially if you do have the Notion document and you see some of the prompts, because in the prompts, you know, I'm kind of just giving you an idea, and Kim, specifically, had asked a question like okay, I'm kind of stuck thinking like what we can insert into these hooks, these prompts that I gave them to make it about senior photography right so, such as like why senior photographers gatekeep this secret or, you know, you can't get what you want because of these three things, all of these types of like you know different types of prompts that I had put in there for people, and I understand that that can be a really, really hard thing to come up with from a perspective of photography, so sometimes you just need to tweak it to make it work. I always suggest starting backwards. All right, that usually helps me.

Speaker 1: 24:54

So, like what is the ultimate reason someone would want you to be their photographer? Why would they want to shoot with you? It could be anything from your style, the way that you make people feel, the poses that you're famous for, your archival products that you offer. So pick one. And so for this example, let's just say it's your style. So why are senior photographers gatekeeping this secret? That's the hook, okay. And then you would continue. You can't get photos in a style you love that represents you, because of these three things.

Speaker 1: 25:26

Number one you want non-traditional photos, but you also want them to look good, well-exposed, well-lit and not like your friend shot them on their phone. Number two your friends all went to somebody in town, but you don't vibe with that photographer. And you also don't want to look like everybody else. You want to be different and stand out. And number three you might feel limited in what kind of clothes you want to wear. Maybe you can't afford a whole new wardrobe, but what if you found a professional photographer who specializes in experiences? That's when you realize you can get all of this and more, and here's how.

Speaker 1: 26:00

Number one as a pro, I know the way to light you with the sun and or other natural light sources, or also off-camera flash. Most newbie photographers don't really understand this, and your friend with a camera definitely doesn't. We want to see your face right. We want that to show up, but not be blown out and overexposed either. I shoot on manual mode and I know my camera better than I know myself. Number two maybe the photographer your friends went to is good, but you want to stand out, okay, so let's talk about how you want your session to look.

Speaker 1: 26:32

I don't ever do the same thing twice. Even if I'm shooting at a location I've been to a million times I can make it look entirely different. And number three I got you when it comes to prepping you. And no, you do not need to buy a whole new wardrobe. You've got lots of options Borrow something from my style closet, go thrifting, borrow from a friend, or maybe buy one to two pieces that will go with other things you already have. I'm going to walk you through all of this and more, because I want you to show up looking like you and feeling amazing. So no more gatekeeping. I got you.

Speaker 1: 27:02

Let's talk about how we can make your photos look professional but fun and, like you, I love a good editorial shoot, so check out some of my faves here, and then you would link to your blog posts or different social posts and things like that, so you could also, as a side note, put something like this into chat GPT. Okay, I'm going to do a whole episode on chat GPT coming up soon because I have coaching sessions with chat GPT. I think that it is a phenomenal tool to get you started. I definitely do not recommend copying and pasting everything that it tells you right Cause no, we're not doing that but it is a great way to spark ideas and your prompts actually make a big difference. Now I pay for the version, like the professional version. I forget what they call it, I think it's plus. It's like 20 bucks a month because I use it very, very, very often.

Speaker 1: 27:54

So I put that question into chat GPT and some of the things it came up with were why are senior photographers keeping this secret? Unveil the magic of capturing unforgettable moments. You can achieve picture perfect senior portraits because of these common misconceptions. When you understand the power of lighting, your mind is blown. Elevate your senior photography game If you want seniors to shine in their portraits. Here's the secret sauce to unlock their true potential. And are you making these senior photography mistakes? Learn how to turn them into stunning successes.

Speaker 1: 28:28

Now, obviously, those are kind of you know. You can tell that a computer generated some of those, but those are starting points. So what I would do from there is I would choose one right that I liked and I would ask it to do it again. I would say, okay, that's cool, but you sound like a computer. You need to sound like me. I want you to have it more conversational and don't use unlock or uncover, because that is like truly the first sign that somebody used ChatGPT. So, yeah, you're not gonna wanna copy and paste it, but you can refine it and, honestly, it takes like under five minutes to get the result that you really are looking for. So if you're not using some kind of AI to help generate some ideas, I think that that would be really useful for you, and Canva has a built-in tool for it as well now. So, overall, I really love that I did this challenge. I'm glad I did it.

Speaker 1: 29:17

People have been asking me if I'm gonna do it again, maybe like in January, and I don't know. It's possible, but probably not just because I am gonna be shifting a lot of things in my business. Just like a little side note update For me, I am probably gonna be retiring some of my programs, including level up, possibly. So if you have been wanting to coach with me and get access to level up which is my very, very deep dive senior photography course and it's a hybrid because you get coaching with me as well If you've been wanting to do that, you need to go ahead and reach out soon, because I do think, going into 2024, I'm gonna be either retiring it or breaking it up into three different programs for beginners, intermediates and advanced photographers. Obviously, there would still be a bundle there, but yeah, the price is gonna change. It's gonna go up as well.

Speaker 1: 30:15

So things are shifting in my world and I really, really love working inside of groups. I really love that. I feel like I can be. I love working one-on-one. Don't get me wrong. I really, really do and I'm not gonna stop doing one-on-one work. But my one-on-one coaching is going to increase. It is going to shift a little bit going into 2024. My groups are gonna shift as well.

Speaker 1: 30:38

I'm not 100% sure what that looks like just yet, but, like I said, my Elevate group. That's $49 a month. It's called Elevate Foundation. I really want to lean heavily into developing that into a very, very robust program, not like anything else you can really find, because I still am available to you for coaching inside of that. Even at that $49 level, there are a lot of you guys who need help and I know a lot of you can't afford a much higher investment. I totally get that.

Speaker 1: 31:13

I do think that investing in your business is extremely important and I feel like that it is. Probably it should be at the very high top of your list if you have decided to take your business seriously. However, I get that it may not be the right time just yet to invest heavily. So Elevate Foundation is a fantastic way to get in, get some really good training, because there's a lot of content in that portal and when you join you get access to the portal that I've been curating and adding to every month, so it's ongoing.

Speaker 1: 31:46

There's no commitment. You don't have to stay for any length of time. Obviously, I would want you to stay because the longer you stay, the more content you're going to get, and I cater it to whoever is in the group. So that means if you have a specific issue that you're dealing with and you really want help with a specific marketing problem or you wanna revise something in your strategy, we're gonna workshop that in the free group that you get access to and then, on the once a month Zoom call with me, we can do like a hot seat coaching. So that's the beauty of it. And also, when you're in a group like that, no matter where you are in your journey, you're gonna learn something from that other person asking those questions. Even if it's not relevant to you right now, it's gonna be probably at some point right. So that is so much more efficient. I think it's.

Speaker 1: 32:35

When you show up, you help the other people, and that's the other cool thing about this challenge I wanted to mention and one of the prizes that I give out is for the support. They all supported each other. That's one of the other reasons why their engagement was really great is because they were all out there commenting on each other's posts. They were lifting each other up. They were helping the algorithm know that this content is valuable. So please don't stop doing that for each other, okay, but also be aware of who you're engaging with. You have to also make time to engage with your actual senior clients or your clients. If you're not a senior photographer, you wanna be out there engaging with your clients. I definitely wanted to mention that as well. But that's what my elevate people do for each other. They are super supportive inside the group, but also outside the group and online and on social media, and they're forming their own cohorts and friendships.

Speaker 1: 33:29

And I was a part of a group years ago and it was through Seniors Ignite and it's when Jenna and Nancy gave me a platform. Basically, they saw something in me and decided that I should be teaching, which was really really amazing, cause I would probably have never, I would probably have never done it on my own had they not sort of pushed me, especially Jen, like kind of throwing me into the fire, and I love her for it, because she really helped show me this side of myself and where I wanted to go with my business, and I'm truly grateful for it. But the group that we had for you know we are the scene through Seniors Ignite was amazing and you know, some of you guys are still really good friends to this day because of that group, because of that cohort and that kind of stuff. You can't put a price on, and that's another reason why I love what I do, because I'm seeing it happen inside of my groups and I love being able to see future leaders as well and help them step into those roles, if it's something they are called to do. So if you wanna join us, I would love to have you.

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Inside of Elevate In the show notes there's a link, a direct link, to your first month only 20 bucks, but you have to use it before Friday, october 27th, so don't sleep on it. So your first month is only gonna be 20 bucks and then the subsequent months will be regular rate at $49. But I would love to have you guys in there. Okay, I wanna build a really strong, positive, high vibe community within our industry and, as some of you guys know, there can be a lot of I've seen it a lot over the years and I think it definitely has gotten better but a lot of mean girl mentality out there and some of the groups too some of the free Facebook groups are like brutal and I don't want that. You know I don't have any room for that in my life and I know you don't either, and if you're listening to this podcast. Chances are you're on that level. You know you vibe with that, so I think that it would probably be a phenomenal resource for you. I know it would and I think that it really is probably very timely. So if that speaks to you, hit the link below. You can get it for 20 bucks your first month and then you can stay with us for as long as you like. All right, guys, we're gonna go ahead and wrap up today.

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I wanted to just do this quick recap. I hope it was valuable for you, as always. If it is, let me know Head over to ratethispodcastcom slash. Renay Bowen. Leave me a quick review, and I love reading these online. In fact, I'm gonna read one right now. Brittany says Renay gives you new perspectives and learning to reframe your mindset to help grow your business, and I love the human design stuff too. I love it too. I will continue to do that kind of content for you guys, but I'd love to, you know, hear from you and get some feedback from you as well.

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I created a private channel on my Instagram, so if you go to atrenaybowen, you'll see that I have a private channel and I'd love to have you there, because I have been doing some polls and some questions and you know seeing how I can help you guys in that thread. If you wanna be a part of that chat thread, just go ahead and join it, and I'd love to, you know, hear your feedback as well. It's a great way for me to like really get a better understanding. I've also created a free group for you guys everyone. This is gonna be off-platform, meaning off Facebook.

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This is through my educational platform. It is a community that's built on the platform called Vibly, but it's within my own education portal. So it is free and we're gonna have lots of different circles of discussions there. You know everything from photography to mindset, to human design, to all kinds of different things, but it is free and I'd love to have you join us there as well. So I'm gonna link to that as well in the show notes and, as always, I hope you guys have a really amazing week. I love you and stay safe, and I'll see you next time. Good luck.