Because my audience love to come on the journey with me
But I always come into it just thinking like, I just want to say hello, I just want to share this thing. And also I think that the more that you do it like anything you will just become a lot more comfortable with it. Like it’s just part of what I do. So even before I jumped on this podcast, I literally did a little screen share or a little story of me on the screen going, I’m so excited. I’m about to get on the podcast. They like getting an insight into my life, they’re seeing what’s happening.
I always say that my audience helped me to reach a lot of my goals. So for example, I’ll say to them, so I’ve decided to give myself a big target that I want to get on like 50 podcasts this year, like tag anybody who you think I would be great on their podcast, or share any information with me, but we’d love your help with this. And they are all in. I think people want to be part of something, something else, they want to see somebody’s journey. And so for me, I just, once again, it’s that feedback loop. The more I did it, the more response I got, the more I loved it, the more confident I was with it. And so now, it’s really just not even something I think about.
So people share a lot of my stories, too, which is so lovely
When you think about 15 seconds in the scheme of things, it’s like, yeah, I’m just going to show you 15 seconds. I’m going to say morning, guys, it’s like, to 7:00 and I’m about to get on an interview. I’m so excited about this. And then I’ll also tell them about what else I’ve got on for the day. So I don’t story that much on the weekend, like I’ll show them what my latest Netflix obsession is. Because not that you want to but I do, do some personal probably 90% business, 10% personal. But the more you show up, the more confident you’ll get with it.
And can I just say, if you feel uncomfortable, get a filter on or just take a photo of yourself and write a caption. Like, if you feel uncomfortable doing video initially, just . I said to one of my clients, and she’s a super introvert as well. I said, just flip the camera and show us . She was a web designer. I’m like, show us some of the web designs that you’re doing or post a question somebody asked you and answer it. There’s lots of other stuff that you can do. And the more that you start to do it, then take a photo of yourself. It’s like baby steps. Yeah.
Tara McMullin: Yeah, I love that
But it’s such a massive opportunity. It’s free. It connects hugely with your audience. That’s what I’ve experienced. I just think it also gives people the opportunity to share it as well. And so I just think you’ll see the benefits of doing it. And hopefully, if you’re in that feedback loop, that will be a confidence booster for you.
Thank you so much for sharing all of that. Because I know it is something that really trips people up. I mean, I share a fair amount on stories on a regular basis and it still trips me up too. So I think like I’m trying to get myself sort of a project every month, just like we give people in the What Works network and on our theme here on the podcast. And so I think I’ve just identified what my October project needs to be. Of course, I will already be doing it once this episode comes out. But still like I think maybe this showing up first thing in the morning and saying hello, saying good morning every day, and not thinking of like just doing it, not deleting things even twice.