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Unleash Your Inner Unicorn With Unique Marketing with Regina Andler
Episode 10814th January 2025 • Creative Collaborations • Chuck Anderson
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In this episode of Collaborators Unite, host Chuck Anderson sits down with AI-empowered business strategist Regina Andler, who brings over 20 years of experience in business strategy. Regina shares her insights on how entrepreneurs can stand out in a saturated market using her Unicorn Factor methodology. She emphasizes the significance of clear communication, niche marketing, and leveraging unique skills to attract the ideal clientele. Regina also introduces her action-driven book, "The Unicorn Factor," designed to help entrepreneurs demystify their marketing content and truly differentiate themselves.

Guest Bio:

Regina Andler is an experienced business strategist and the mastermind behind the Unicorn Factor methodology. With over two decades in the business sphere, including a successful journey from a brick-and-mortar computer business to AI-empowered consulting, Regina excels in guiding entrepreneurs to carve their niche in the marketplace. Her expertise lies in crafting unique marketing content informed by personal strengths, ensuring entrepreneurs not only stand out but thrive in their ventures.

Key Points Discussed:

1. Regina's Transition to Consulting [07:15]

- Regina describes her journey from owning a computer business to becoming a business strategist, motivated by her experience in tackling client challenges.

2. Importance of Niche Marketing [15:42]

- Regina explains why narrowing down offerings and focusing on specific results helps attract the right clients without losing other opportunities.

3. The Unicorn Factor Methodology [21:05]

- Regina introduces her Unicorn Factor strategy and book, which helps entrepreneurs demystify their marketing content to stand out.

4. The Role of Clear Communication [27:30]

- Critical insights on effective communication as a tool for resolving business challenges and maximizing client relations.

5. Personal Growth and Continuous Learning [34:22]

- Regina emphasizes her personal growth journey, highlighting the influence of incremental progress on her professional success.

Main Quote:

"Unleash your inner unicorn by being authentic and unique to stand out in the market."

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Chuck Anderson,

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Hello, everybody, and welcome back to the Creative Collaboration

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Show. Chuck Anderson, I'm your host, and And this

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show is all about helping entrepreneurs,

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business owners, coaches, consultants, really

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business owners of any kind who are on a big mission

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to help the world be a better place. And you have your product.

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You have your service. You have, whatever it is that you

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do. And, you know, the the the goal

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being, how do we enhance other people's lives while

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also enhancing our own lives,

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making money for ourselves. And, you know, I've been coaching business

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owners for almost 30 years, and the one thing that

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I see that's in common with all of them is that we started our

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businesses because we wanted a better life for ourselves and

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for our families. And along the way, there are challenges,

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such as how do you start stand out

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in a crowded marketplace? There is time you know, right

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now, there's no better time to,

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engage in virtual networking. Every single day, there are,

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multiple opportunities to get the word out about what you're doing

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and network with people. And, you might

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run into people who sound a lot like you

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and seem like they're doing, what you're

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doing. And nobody really is the same, but, you know, this the challenge

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is, how do you stand out? How do you

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differentiate yourself from everyone else? So I

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wanted to bring in an expert on this. And, today, I have

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I'm I'm honored to have Regina Adler here with me today who

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is definitely an expert. She's written books. She has programs.

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She can help you, stand out. So, Regina, welcome to

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the program. Thanks for having me here, Chuck. I'm excited to be here.

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Awesome. Well, yeah, I'm excited too. And I know this is something that

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we've, we've been planning here for for the last few

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weeks, and we're we're finally here. So so

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listen. That was the light introduction. I think a great place

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to start, Regina, is tell everybody a little bit

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about, who you are, the work that you do, and and we'll go from there.

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Sure. I call myself an AI empowered business strategist,

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and what I do is I help entrepreneurs differentiate themselves

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and attract more clients using a proprietary methodology I

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created called the Unicorn Factor. And I just

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love to help, specifically coaches and consultants,

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stand out in a crowded marketplace. I've been in business

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myself for over 20 years. My first business was actually a

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computer business. It was a brick and mortar business.

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And in in running that business, I

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actually became a business consultant through that

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business when I was in a client's office. The the short

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version of it, the reader's digest version I was at one of my clients one

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day and I was fixing their server and I hear them in the

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background talking about all these problems they're having with their business and I'm thinking,

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wow, I have some solutions for them. So I said, hey. Can I give you

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some suggestions? I did. They implemented them and they went, wow.

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Can you help us fix our business? And I said, sure. And I instantly became

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a business consultant right then and there.

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I love how those opportunities sort of just, like, accidentally

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happen. And, you know, I've got my share of stories like that

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as well, but I love it. Like, you're in the right place at the

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right time, and you're listening. Right? You're

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paying attention to what they're saying. So,

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I love that I love that origin story. And, what

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so what was, what what was the the the challenge

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that they were that they were experiencing? Well, at the

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time, this particular company was having a challenge with their employees.

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Mhmm. And some of their employees will just say they weren't doing what

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they were supposed to be doing. And because they weren't doing what they're supposed to

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be doing, their clients were calling up and complaining.

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And having known how to I came from corporate world

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and I had to deal I was in management and corporate world way back when.

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I had to deal with HR a lot. And so I had a lot of

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HR experience on dealing with employees. And from a

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small business standpoint, it's a little bit different too. Because from a

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small business standpoint, you know, you might be a company of

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5 people. And so if you have a problem with 2 employees, you

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know, that's most of your workforce. Right? I mean, 2 out

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of 5 of your employees. And so when you think about, well, what do I

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do about this? How can I fix this issue? It becomes a

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big challenge for that company. And so I basically help them

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figure out what to do, how to, you know,

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fix the situation. 1 of the employees just didn't stay an

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employee anymore. 1 of them did. That has to happen

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sometimes. Yeah. One of them did and got the message,

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and I helped them basically provide them

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information and what to tell that employee if they wanted to keep their job and

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what they needed to do and how to approach it. So it was a whole

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bunch of communication that went into it. Part of the challenge was

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communication with the employees. So I helped them with that. So there there

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was a lot of little different pieces that went went to it, but it was

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really an employee situation. Mhmm. Well, I love

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that that start. And, you know, there's

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companies and business owners that are out there struggling with a whole lot of things,

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and, they they do need some coaching. They need some

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consulting. They need some help. And so, follow-up

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question to that is, so that's where you got your

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start. What led you to what you're doing now

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with helping, business owners, stand

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out in the crowded marketplace? So that's

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an interesting segue in because there were some many

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years in between, and we won't go into all the specifics there. That could be

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a long story. And so we'll just keep it short and say life

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happened. I ended up selling that business. And in the

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interim, while I was caretaking for my mom, I did some other businesses. I

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popped in out of a few MLMs. And if you've ever been in an MLM

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before, you know they have their convention every year. And I'll tell

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you, I saw some great speakers at conventions. I saw John Maxwell and a whole

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bunch of great people that were at conventions and learned a lot more about

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business. And after I was done my caretaking

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piece, I had decided that for my retirement career as

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I was getting older and a lot of people were like, how

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old are you? You're not that old. It was like, I'm actually 61. So,

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I said that when I'm 60, I'm going to create my

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retirement business, and I'm gonna do what I love to do the most, which

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is being that business strategist and helping other

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entrepreneurs build their businesses because I just love solving those problems.

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And I kind of, jumped in a couple years early because COVID

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happened. And when COVID happened, I was actually on the phone one day with a

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good friend of mine, and we were talking about stuff. And I started talking about

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what I'm gonna do with this retirement business. I'm gonna start it when I'm 60,

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which was, you know, a year ago. And I said, I'm gonna

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start it when I'm 60 and I'm gonna do this, I'm gonna do that. And

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he looked at me and he said, so when are you starting your business? And

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I said, well, I have a couple more years to go. And he goes, no.

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Regina, seriously, when are you gonna start your business? And I just started laughing. I

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said, well, apparently, I'm starting it now.

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That that was his subtle way of going. Yeah. I I don't understand why you're

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waiting for 60. Why don't you just start your business? And I said, you know

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what? That's a really good idea, so I did. Isn't it great

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when friends, give you such strong encouragement, to

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go for it? Oh, it was it it was awesome, you know, because I I'm

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it wasn't that I was hemming and hawing. I just had it. For whatever reason,

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I had it in my head. It's my retirement business. I'm gonna start it when

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I'm 60, and we're gonna go from there. So it just was locked in my

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head until he basically unlocked it and went, yeah.

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No. Now is now is a good time to start. I

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love that. You know, and and and, you

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know, the origin story of, you

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know, again, having that strong encouragement from a friend, I

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remember, when I started my consulting, it

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was a dare from a friend because I've been I'm like, oh, I really

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wanna do these seminars and events to

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help, people with their businesses. And he's like, you've been talking it

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for a long time. I dare you to do it next month.

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Perfect. So I can totally relate to to what,

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to to what you, shared there. And it's nice to to have

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that kind of support. As well, let's talk a

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little bit about standing out in the marketplace. So did you start

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off working there, or did that sort of evolve? And,

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because and and, you know, who you know,

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let's kinda unpack a little bit who you're serving and what

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some of the challenges are that they are experiencing.

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Sure. So when I talked about that really early origin story, that was, like,

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in 2003. So that was Mhmm. Over 20 years ago now.

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And that happened back then. I don't help people.

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Just just for the record, I don't help people with their HR issues

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anymore. I mostly

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work with with someone else. If you have an HR issue, we'll connect you with

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someone else. I do know people who do that, so I can refer people

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up. And, as I was doing more business

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consulting for people, I was doing different pieces of it. As I grew

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into my business, I actually originally started in personal

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development. And I started that because a lot of the

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business owners that I knew, a lot of the professional people that I knew, that

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was their biggest place. It was a kind of a work life balance thing. And

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so I was doing personal development to help them basically

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create more success in their life and business.

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Well, as I was working with a bunch of clients in that area,

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it just seemed to be that every time I turned around, I was solving their

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business problems for them or I was helping them work through things or helping

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them strategize what their next move was. And so

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I was actually working with my mentor one day, and I said, yeah. I'm thinking

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about this new program, and it was a professional development one. And she just

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looked at me and stopped and kind of the same thing that my friend had

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done way back then. She goes, Regina, just stop. And I

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said, what? She goes, you're a business consultant.

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Just own it. And because I was doing personal

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development instead of business consulting. And so I was like, you know what? It it's

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like I I keep ending up in that same spot. And so I

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started doing more business consulting. And as I started doing that,

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it was more of finding out where people were. And

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I started really, really paying attention to all

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of the business people that were out there. Now if you get emails every day,

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which I'm sure you do, if you're on social media every day, which you probably

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are, you'll see that there's people out there

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that they look like mini mes. You could

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probably if you know who the big gurus are for training,

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for business training, you could probably spot them go, oh, this person was

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trained by that person. This person was trained by that person because they're all little

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mini mes. They're all doing the same thing. They're sharing the same types of

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content, using the same templates, using the same modeling the same

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formats. They all sound the same. And

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the thing is is that with the 100 of

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thousands of entrepreneurs out there, if you sound the same

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as everybody else, then the only

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thing that people are doing when they look at you and you happen to show

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up in their world as somebody who might be able to help them

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is, are you the cheapest? Because if you all sound the

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same, they're going with whoever charges the less.

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So the thing was is that how do you stand out in

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that marketplace? And so I really started focusing in on

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what do you do to stand out in the marketplace. And

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in doing that, I started with me because I said, well, what makes me different?

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I was like, okay. You're a business consultant. There's 100 of thousands of

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business consultants out here. What makes you different?

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And one of the tools that I use that I'll share is one

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of the first things I have every single one of my clients do is a

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mind map of of their skills. So if you've ever done a

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mind map before, you just put a circle in the center of a piece of

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paper, and I tell them write skills right in the middle there. And

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then out of that circle, write everything that you know.

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It could be I'm an excellent communicator. I'm a great listener.

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I know I know how to fix a car. I know how to,

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I I'm really good at networking. I can fix a computer.

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I'm really good at solving problems. Whatever it is, all of

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the skills that you have, put them on that mind map. And then what we

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do is we look at that. And I can guarantee you there are

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never ever ever 2 mind maps that are alike

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because inside that mind map is your unique

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features that help you stand out. And very few people

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actually utilize that in order to make themselves stand apart

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from the crowd. Yeah. You know, because you

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hear it all the time and you and I have, you know, crossed paths at,

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many virtual networking events where we see person

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after person get up there and share, oh, I'm a

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relationship coach, or I'm a, you know, marketing consultant,

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or I run our mastermind on business growth, or, you know

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and we can go on and on. Health and wellness,

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you know, coach. They're and these are some of

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the common ones that we hear, and we hear the same

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thing over and over over again. And so

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I love what you're saying is like, okay. Well, take

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inventory of all of the, you know,

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all of the things that you know how to do. So so then what so

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then from there because because I always hear from people go, okay.

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Well, you know, that's all well and good. I know how to do all

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of these things. But at the end of the day, I'm still calling myself

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a relationship coach or a health and wellness coach or a bit

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a marketing consultant. And so, you know, how do how do they take

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that to the next level where they don't just sound like everyone else?

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Well, the number one thing that you need to do in your business

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to get any kind of a client or to bring in any prospects or to

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create a community is using marketing

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content. Marketing is how people find you,

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whether it's a website, your social media page, if you're writing a

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blog, if you're have an email list. It doesn't matter

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what the content is, but that content

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is how people are attracted to you. And, again, if you sound like a mini

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me and you're copying content, the format that everybody else is

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using, you know, people get very desensitized

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to what they're seeing on these things. After they see the same kind of

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format over and over again, they just stop looking at it and you end up

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in their junk mail or you end up just they just scroll right by you

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and don't pay any attention to you whatsoever. When you

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understand those unique skills, those unique qualities and

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find your unique voice, now you can create

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unique content that doesn't sound like everybody else.

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It looks different. It sounds different. It attracts

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the right people in a way that makes

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you stand out. And when you stand out and become the expert,

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now it's it's not about a price thing. So it's you don't look like everybody

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else, so it's not a who's the cheapest. It's the, oh, wow. She's really

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an expert in this. I don't care what she's charging. I'm I'm I'm going

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into her program because I know she's gonna provide the result that I'm looking

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for. So it's that marketing content that

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you create and the consistency of that marketing content that sets you

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apart from the crowd. In order to get there, you

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need to know those unique qualities of yourself and then you

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need to know that unique audience. You need to identify who is that

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specific person that I want. And then you create that

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content utilizing those unique skills that other people

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aren't talking about in your unique authentic voice

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so that you can then pull in the right people and bring them into

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your world. Mhmm. I love that.

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And I wanted to ask a follow-up question because this is something that, you

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know, again, comes up a lot. And I notice

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it a lot. Being the cohost of a of a networking,

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group, we I get to hear all of the all of the

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pitches. And one of the things that I have

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noticed with some, they've obviously done some form

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of that exercise of mind mapping, and here's all the things

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that I can do and do well. And

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then they take it, and that's what they put on their

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website. It's like, oh, do you need help fixing your car? Do you

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need help losing weight? Do you need help, doing this? Like and I see

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this. It's it's epidemic in the in the coaching world where it's

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like, what do you need help with? I can help with anything.

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First of all, what do you say to that? And, also, how do you help

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them to narrow it down so that it's it's

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not like this this shopping list of it's not I

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always tell people it's not like a a menu at McDonald's. Right? Like, it's not

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a menu. Like, what is it that you do,

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for people? So, yeah, weigh in on that and let let me know. Like, how

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do you help them to narrow it down? So so there's a lot of pieces

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in there. And the the first one is and and you've probably heard it

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before, everyone is not your client. So you wrap

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you really need to identify that ideal client that is

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that's that perfect client for you. And that is the person that

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you're talking to. The other thing that you said was, oh, I help people with

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this. I help people with this, and I do this. I do that. I tell

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them all about my skills. Well, you know what? Here's the thing that

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sometimes is a little hard to hear, a little hard to digest,

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but nobody cares about you. Nobody cares about your brand. Nobody cares about your

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logo, your company name, all of your stuff. They don't care about that. They care

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about, can you provide me the result that I'm looking for? If you

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can, I'm gonna listen to you. At that point, yeah, your

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your logo, your brand, you know, things come into play.

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However, when you're out there, your ideal client

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isn't that person you already know. The people that you already know, you already have

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a relationship with, you could probably call them on the phone and say, hey. I'm

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starting this new program. I think it would be perfect for you. What do you

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think? And they're gonna give you an honest answer because you already know them. You

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have a relationship. The people that you're working on connecting with are

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people who don't know you yet. And if you sound like everyone

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else, they're just gonna move on. If you start talking about you,

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they're gonna move on. If you start talking

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about the result that you can give them in their words,

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now you've got their attention. And so finding that

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unique avatar, so that ideal client that is specific to you,

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that's, you know, one result that you're providing people. What is the main

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result? I help people differentiate themselves and attract more

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clients. That's what I do. How do I do it?

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I have bunches of different ways that I that I do that. Do I talk

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about that all the time? No. Why? Because that will confuse people

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like crazy. Because if I start going into all kinds of different things,

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it's kinda like it it's that it's that McDonald's menu. Right? It's like

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if if you've ever walked in or looked at a restaurant menu and you were

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like, I don't even know what to pick here. It all looks good.

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Yep. A confused mind does nothing. So the

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key with standing out is also being consistent in your

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message, and it's a clear concise message to that

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specific audience so that you actually

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start attracting in the right people. It'll still draw in other people from

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other places. The biggest thing that I get all the time from people is like,

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well, if I narrow down that audience and I only talk about this one thing,

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I'm gonna lose all this other stuff because I can do so much more stuff.

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And I was like, just because you narrow it down, you're literally narrowing it down

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for your marketing message. As you bring people in,

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other people are gonna go, well, can you help me too? I need this. You're

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gonna be like, yeah. Sure. I can. So it's all in how

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you do that. So there's lots of pieces in there, but it all starts with

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what are your skills? Who is that ideal avatar? And

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and what is that one result that they're really looking

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for? My clients are all saying, you know

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what? There's thousands of health coaches. How do I stand out in

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my marketplace? I can help you with that because

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that's what I specialize in. I specialize in differentiation in the

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marketplace. So that's what you wanna do. You wanna pull yours in.

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Right there, you're leading by example because you just said it right

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there. You're specializing in that. Like, look. You know, at the end of

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the day, we're all marketing consultants or business consultants of one

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form or another. My specialty happens to be affiliate

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programs and joint venture partnerships. And so,

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game changer, actually. You know, we're talking about this now,

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but it really and I've been doing that for almost 3 decades. But it

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was that light bulb only went on for me about two

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and a half years ago where I decided, you know what? I can't

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be marketing consultant anymore, because

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now everybody is. And so what what what's

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the specialty? And, you know, it sounds a little cliche, but I'm

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gonna say it. And that is in marketing, we have a

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golden rule. And that is if you're marketing to everyone,

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you are marketing to no one because they can't

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tell who, you know,

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what what you can help them with. And so by

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and I love what you mentioned here because it's there's this

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definite fear that if I

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narrow my focus down to this one thing, that I'm

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leaving all of these other potential clients,

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on the table? And how are they possibly gonna choose me

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if I say I'm only good at this, one thing? What is

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your what is your biggest advice to people who say

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that? Stop thinking that because it's not true.

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It's it's it's not it's not true. And and and I've

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got multiple people including myself that's proof positive of that. And

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you you too. You know, Chuck, I've known you, for a while

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now out in our networking groups and everything, and you and I had a

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conversation recently before this. And I said, I know you as

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the affiliate guy because that's what you do. You do other

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stuff, and that's great. I

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know you as the affiliate guy and, you know, that that joint

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venture guy because that's what you specialize in, and I know you can

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help with other stuff. And so that's the message that you

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want to send out. You want to create that so that people

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have that that single focus to come to

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and it also invites curiosity to

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say, well, hey, you do that. Do you do this too? And

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you're like, well, yeah. I do that too. If you're helping me with

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affiliate marketing, you probably know something about marketing. Right?

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Can you help me with my other marketing stuff? Sure. I can. Of course, I

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can. You know? So it's it's how you word it.

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There's nothing to be afraid of. When you narrow down the niche,

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it's literally to attract the right

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clients. So especially if you're out there saying, you

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know, 2025, this is what I want. I want more

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clients. Well, great. Then

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start focusing on getting that client,

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that one specific client that you want and then build

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out from there. Yeah. And like you said, market

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yourself with that one thing. Get that client in the door to

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establish a relationship, then you can help them

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with the other things. And you don't have to try to hit them with

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it all up front. It's too overwhelming.

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The this it'd be so easy for us to spend hours unpacking all of

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this, and, of course, we're trying to pack this into a a short

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episode here. Couple things I wanna make sure that we

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get in. First of all, I know you have the book, The Unicorn

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Factor. Tell everybody about that. And then if they anyone

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listening in, that is struggling with standing

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out in the marketplace and, could use your

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help, what is the next best step in terms

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of connecting with you? Sure. So as far as the book's concerned, the

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book is called The Unicorn Factor, Demystifying Marketing

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Content to Set You Apart from the Crowd, and it focuses

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on that marketing stuff. And it actually starts with your core genius,

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finding out who that audience is because you can't create that

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unique content unless you have that stuff set. So it actually walks

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you through and it has practical exercises. It's actually an action based

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book, so there's actually exercises inside of it for you to fill

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out to actually make it happen. And my my

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big thing on there is, you know, when it comes to differentiation, it's find your

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inner unicorn. Let that inner unicorn free. You know?

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So it's find that thing that makes you unique and then

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use that in your marketing. And so, let's

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see. The second piece of that was How do what's the

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next step in in in for people that wanna connect

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with you or really need your help? So I there there's a few

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ways that people can connect with me. The best way to find me is just

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to go to my website. So I do have a link tree,

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and I'm not sure if you have show notes or anything that you have posted.

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Definitely do. I'm gonna put all the links beneath this video or in the podcast

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show notes. And I know you have a free gift on there as well, so

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go ahead and tell me about that. So so I would say that the best

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way to get a hold of me is go to my website. It's

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www.autumnassent.com. And, autumn as in, you

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know, fall. Autumn, ascent, a s

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c e n t.com. And on there, you'll

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actually see there's a button on there that sends you to a free 5 day

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email course that I have that teaches you how to create

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unique Facebook content. So it's it's specifically

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for Facebook content. It's called the Facebook content blueprint. And it's

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it's delivered over 5 days via email. So each

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day you get a new email with the next

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lesson in it with an exercise that goes with it so you can actually put

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it into action and see how it works for you.

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Awesome. Well, if you're listening to this, or watching this on

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video, look just beneath the video. All of Regina's links

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are there. Everything that we've talked about there today. And

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if you're listening to this on podcast, just look in the on your

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phone and or your mobile device there. And and in the show

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notes for this, podcast, all her links are there

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as well. Go ahead and, reach out to Regina. Get

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her book. Get her free gift. Talk to Regina.

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Time well spent, for sure. So we're

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almost out of time, but, you know, again, we've

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unpacked so much or scratched the surface on so much, really. I

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mean, we could do a deep dive on any one of these things for a

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full day workshop, I'm sure. So but,

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what I wanted to talk to you a little bit about before we sign

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off is, you know, the personal growth side,

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of being a business owner. And, I

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was you know, you and I chatted before this, and I know that you're a

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personal growth enthusiast as I am. And a big part of

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my journey has been, what I've learned from books.

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And I always tell people, I said, look. Your business will never grow

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beyond the extent that you grow yourself, and

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books have been a big part of my journey. So I wanted to ask you,

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has there been a book that was, instrumental

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in your growth or maybe, led to a pivotal

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moment that we can add to our must read book

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list? Yeah. So funny enough, I knew you were gonna ask that question,

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so I actually pulled it out of my bookcase. And it's a book that I

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read a while ago. It is called The Slight Edge by Jeff

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Olson, and it looks just like this. And

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it's the slight edge, Jeff Olsen. And the thing that I liked about it is

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way back when when I was first starting

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my newer business doing the consulting, I was

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on the on the jump both feet in first and, you know,

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just see how far I sink. And, you know, you get overwhelmed and burnt out

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really quick doing that. It's just my personality, the way I was.

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And what I needed to do is I needed to stop and take things in

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little pieces and just get a little bit further ahead, a little bit further

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ahead. The slight edge, that's what it is. It's the slight edge.

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Do one little thing, then move on to the next, then move on to the

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next. For me, that was a challenge originally

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because I'm like, I'm a microwave girl. I'm like, I want it done

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in 30 seconds. I don't wanna wait a 2 weeks or wait a month or

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wait a year for something to happen. I want it done now. And so I

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needed to tamp back and take those little baby

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steps, that slight edge, and create the success. And

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I'll tell you, that book was pivotal for me.

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Yeah. What a what a great book. And I I

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remember sitting in on some of Jeff's seminars

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back in the mid nineties, and, you know, already he was

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talking about that same thing. This was before the book, but he was

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talking about that same thing because people were getting overwhelmed thinking about the big

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picture all the time or wanting to manifest

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a quantum leap. And

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quantum leaps are possible, but they're usually because of the

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foundation that you built along the way.

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And, and so it is taking

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those incremental steps every single week. In my group coaching

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program, I tell people that all the time. I'm like, you know, what is it

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what is one small piece that you wanna accomplish in the next 7 days?

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Go out there and do that. If you do that, it's done.

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Now what's the next thing that you're going to do? And the next thing and

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the next thing, and before you know it, you get there. And, and

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so I love this book recommendation for so many reasons,

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but, I I appreciate that. Well, I'm gonna go ahead and

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put the links to that right next to your book. I recommend

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that people get both. If you're watching this on video, the links are all there.

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On podcast, it's in your, mobile device. Regina,

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thank you. This has been amazing, and, I know we could

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definitely spend a lot more time unpacking this. But I think

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that I hopefully, we've inspired people today, especially if they

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are having trouble standing out in the marketplace. We've given you some

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things to think about. We've given you some steps that you can take. We've given

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you some resources. I mean, connect with Regina. Get her

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book. Go and download the, the free,

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email course. You know, there's there's there's

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definitely actions that you can take today. And I would

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like you to choose one action step that you

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heard us talk about here today and take that step

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today, and that's gonna be your, incremental progress.

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That's gonna be your slight edge in your business as well.

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Regina, thank you. If you were to leave our audience here

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today with with one pie final, piece of advice or

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words of wisdom, what would you say to them? Well, first off, thank you for

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having me. This has been so much fun. And that one piece of advice,

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go out and unleash your inner unicorn. Stop trying to be like everybody

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else. Be authentically you. Show up as you

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wherever you go. The people, the world, they

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need the real you. And when you do, trust me, that alone

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will make you stand out in the crowd. Beautiful words to end this

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episode by. Regina, thank you. To our audience, thank you as

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well. And, hopefully, this has been helpful for you,

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on your big mission, your vision to build and grow your

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business and stand out in the marketplace. And remember, there's no

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obstacle that is too big to overcome. You might be

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just one collaboration away from solving that and

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experiencing the the big growth in your business and making that big

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impact in the world that you wanna make. So keep moving

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forward. Always look for solutions. Always look for people to collaborate

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with, and we will see you on the next one. This has been the Creative

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Collaboration Show with Chuck Anderson, and we'll see you soon again

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soon. Thanks, everyone.

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