Embracing Messy Beginnings and Creating Authentic Connections with Stacey Lauren

Jennie Wright [00:00:03]:

Hey, everybody. Welcome back to the Acquire podcast. I’m your host, Jennie Wright, and this is gonna be a really fun episode. We’re diving into something that is absolutely essential for everybody who’s looking to build meaningful connections in their business and actually growing it. So I’m thrilled to announce our guest for today, Stacey Lauren. Stacey, say hi.

 

Stacey Lauren [00:00:24]:

Hey, I’m so excited to be here.

 

Jennie Wright [00:00:26]:

Absolutely. Me too. We’ve had lots of like off camera conversations, so I’m really glad to get us in the Podcast, and also this is gonna be shared on YouTube so everybody will get to see your face. So, I’m gonna tell everybody a little bit about you so they know who you are. You are the founder of the Do The Thing community and podcast and a podcast business mentor, community builder, and a full on entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience helping and all The, like, helping all these wonderful people. So, it says that you’re leading one of Southern California’s largest family owned staffing companies. Crazy. Stacy’s home, the art of building strong relationships and thriving communities, and now we’re gonna get into how we build these relationships and what are these thriving communities and how other people can sort of, learn these different techniques because everybody wants to have more exposure.

 

Jennie Wright [00:01:15]:

So first, let’s start off with what are the benefits of really growing your community and creating a strong and powerful community.

 

Stacey Lauren [00:01:24]:

Yeah. So and, actually, so I led a a sapping industry, and then I exited that business. Yes. And so what I learned from what I learned from that was how important the power of community was there because when you’re, and how how important it is when it’s not there. And so as I I started to get into do the thing, I got to see just, like, the huge benefits of being able to just be in the space with other people and especially when it’s around a shared goal. Mhmm. Because that’s when you’re able to get out of your head. You’re able to get out of perfectionism and self doubt and all those things that can plague us for so long.

 

Stacey Lauren [00:02:04]:

And so to me, that’s the biggest benefit is, by being around other people that are doing the same thing as you and that have a common goal. It it it helps you take action and helps you reach your goals so much faster and with more ease. Mhmm.

 

Jennie Wright [00:02:20]:

Ease is a thing. People people often come to me and say, I want to achieve x. Like, and it’s always a monetary goal or I wanna have 50 people in my new program. I’m like, Wright. What are you doing behind the scenes that is going to facilitate that happening? And I think as we build community, it doesn’t matter where you are in your business. 1st year Wright 10 years doesn’t matter. But as as long as you’re continuously trying to either build community or replenish the areas because we all move around. Right? We all are in some communities and then we’re not in some other communities.

 

Jennie Wright [00:02:52]:

It’s as long as you’re keeping that really focused and and adding to it versus just letting it deplete, you’re going to be able to to grow, I think. Talk to me about the niche of being in the right communities. How do you know if you’re doing the right thing, if you’re around the right people, because obviously the right you know, having the right people around you or being in that right niche is gonna be better. It’s gonna help you grow more quickly or, you know, find the right kinds of customers and clients.

 

Stacey Lauren [00:03:21]:

Yeah. It’s such a great question because sometimes you might not even know it’s right. Like, there’s one group that I’m, like, in sort of, but it’s kinda over my head and I don’t even really understand it, but there’s part of me that’s fascinated by it, you know, because I wanna I wanna learn. Right? Like, if you’re only around the thing that you know, then it’s hard to, like, go outside of that. And so I’m kind of in there just sort of peaking so I can understand it better because it’s a whole another, world. And so, so I think that’s kind of one of the things that’s really great about knowing when you’re in the right room, you know, is are there people ahead of you, you know, and then are there other people that you can help? Because when you’re in the middle, like, it’s great because then you’re able to, like, learn from the other people, but then you’re able to contribute to the people that don’t know as much as you, which really helps you get the fulfillment because you’re contributing and you’re learning all in the same place.

 

Jennie Wright [00:04:20]:

What was the first community you ever built?

 

Stacey Lauren [00:04:24]:

Yeah. It’s so interesting because, like, I had The staffing company. Right? And you would think that it would have felt like community back The, and we were very, like, people oriented. But I think I’m like, I’ve been on this quest because of feeling this, like, lack also. You know? And so, really The first one, if I officially wanna say where I felt like it was my own voice, my own purpose, and I’m following, like, what I’m, like, on this earth to do. It was when I started my first, do the thing group group, which was, it started off with The singles group. I did a dating challenge, and I basically put them in a Facebook group, and I had a 100 people in there. I posted in one of the other groups I’m in.

 

Stacey Lauren [00:05:07]:

It was a Peloton singles over 40 group and said, hey, I have this idea for a fun challenge. It involves dares. Who wants to come? And a 100 people said yes. And, and then we just did dares for a couple weeks, and it was so much fun. And so that that was The community because people that were scared of, you know, even getting off their couch, honestly, and going out by themselves. Right? They went out by themselves. Or people that were, like, severely introverted and never talked to a stranger, said hi to strangers, or people that, went to a dog park to say hi to someone and pet their dog. You know? Like, it’s like they got to have this playful, spirit about what they were doing, and it connected everyone together.

 

Stacey Lauren [00:05:54]:

You know? And it’s been amazing just to kind of, like, see it grow and evolve. And I ended up after that challenge, I did another challenge, and then I eventually changed the group to a singles group specifically because I didn’t wanna just do dating. I realized it was so much more than dating. It was personal growth. And now I have several other communities where I do other things, but that was kind of, like, the starting point when I realized this was something bigger than what I had originally kind of even imagined it being.

 

Jennie Wright [00:06:21]:

That is so cool. I I can’t resist a good dare. I can’t. I’ve done some things.

 

Stacey Lauren [00:06:31]:

So curious. I’ll have to wait for my podcast for that one.

 

Jennie Wright [00:06:35]:

Oh, yeah. For sure. But it and and it I mean, it excites me because you’re like, oh, yeah, I dare you. And I’m like, oh, yeah? Well, I don’t back down. No. I’m I try I try not to do that kind of stuff, but it’s it’s dares are fun because they get you out of your comfort zone and and make you do stuff. And if you’re anybody like me, I’m I’m kinda like, yeah, if if you tell me I can’t, I probably am definitely gonna try and see if I can just approve that either I can. I mean, I’m not gonna do stupid crazy stuff, but I definitely wanna see if there’s something I can do.

 

Jennie Wright [00:07:07]:

And I think, I think dares are kind of fun. They kinda liberate you a little bit sometimes. Yeah. So mhmm.

 

Stacey Lauren [00:07:13]:

Yeah. It changes the part of your brain that says, like, oh, I can’t do it because it gives you a reason. The way I design my everything I do, it’s not like the huge scary thing. Know, it’s typically just like a micro kind of dare. Although in one of the dating challenges, I had an expert dating participants a dare of starting a podcast because he was like, that would be dating participants a dare of starting a podcast because he was like, that would be the best, you know, dating thing anyway because you’re learning how to handle rejection, connecting with people, and all this stuff. And, I mentioned it to my group. It was a bonus The because it was more scary than, like, a regular one. And, no one at the time took us up on it.

 

Stacey Lauren [00:07:59]:

But this kinda goes back to what you said earlier is how do you know you’re in the right room

 

Jennie Wright [00:08:02]:

and the

 

Stacey Lauren [00:08:03]:

right group? And I ended up starting a brand new group. That’s when my second group started because a lot of people didn’t wanna join the podcast challenge, and I just felt like really wanting to do that. But what’s been cool is because they’ve still been in my world Mhmm.

 

Jennie Wright [00:08:16]:

That a

 

Stacey Lauren [00:08:17]:

lot of them are now starting their Podcast, you know, because they’ve, like, stayed around longer. And so the people that never thought that they would even want a podcast

 

Jennie Wright [00:08:24]:

Mhmm.

 

Stacey Lauren [00:08:25]:

Like, are now literally, like, at their 100th episode, which is, like, really the coolest thing. You know, when you say Spanish

 

Jennie Wright [00:08:30]:

Absolutely. Absolutely. My gosh. Getting to your 100th episode is a big milestone.

 

Stacey Lauren [00:08:37]:

Doctor. Amy Bhattacharya: Yeah.

 

Jennie Wright [00:08:37]:

Doctor. Amy Bhattacharya: Totally.

 

Stacey Lauren [00:08:38]:

Doctor. Amy Bhattacharya: Yeah. Doctor.

 

Jennie Wright [00:08:38]:

Amy Bhattacharya: So, talk to me about podcasting. Obviously, you’re on a Podcast, Like, how meta can we be about this? But you’re on a podcast. Talk to me about the sort of, like, the power that podcasting can bring to sort of building your authority, building your community? And what’s your focus? Like, what are you helping people with?

 

Stacey Lauren [00:08:55]:

Yeah. So it started with, I was dissecting a formula for what, led people to success. Like, how did they really overcome their challenges, right, and got them to success? And so every interview, it’s kinda cool because The people in it if they listen to my first, like, 80 interviews, they’ll hear me real time, like, uncovering the person’s formula where I’m like, oh, that’s where you use mindset. And that’s where you surrounded yourself with people with The shared goal. And so all the things that are now that you do the thing formula are really, like, kinda played out in those first 80 episodes. And so, that’s what it started off being uncovering the formula. And then all of a sudden, boom, 80th episode, it, like, totally became clear what the formula was. And, for a while, it was just, like, kind of, like, the words.

 

Stacey Lauren [00:09:40]:

And then all of a sudden, I put the in the words on index cards on my table, and then an acronym appeared. So it’s a it’s it’s I’m game is what it stands for. So each piece, of the formula, each letter stands for another piece. And then that’s when I did my first group because I wanted to test the formula, and then that’s where the my people part of it came out, which is what the community piece that I’m so passionate about. But, yeah, that’s what the podcast was. And then since then, honestly, I don’t even know what it is. It’s like it’s like I’m just having fun talking to people. Like, that’s what it is.

 

Stacey Lauren [00:10:11]:

I I go live in my I I don’t really have a strategy around it. It’s like I go live in my community, and I upload that on my podcast, which is great. Right? Not always, but a lot of times I’ll take that episode, and then I’ll I’ll take that and put it into an episode. And then a lot of times, I celebrate my community members. I when I meet someone that’s, like, really fascinating, you know, and I’m, like, really wanting to hear their story, I’m, like, interviewing them. Honestly, I’m trying to even do it less because my time is more limited. You know, I used to be able to do it all the time, and now I’m, like, being, I’m I’m trying to to just make sure it’s dialed into what I’m doing and now, which is helping people get out of their head, grow their audience, really make an impact, you know, in the world. But at the bottom core of all of it is finding your voice.

 

Stacey Lauren [00:10:57]:

And so that’s I like talking to people when I know they’re, like, following their their true passion, and they’re really tapped into who they are, and they’re able to speak to that. That’s that’s something I always am wanting to to do, and so that’s a lot of it on the podcast because I think that was the other thing. I I was originally starting it because I wanted to help people reach their goals and get to success. And then all of a sudden, I realized, wait. I’ve been doing this this whole time, but I haven’t really tapped into, like, what I wanted. Right? And so it’s been an evolution where, find your voice has also been kind of, like, the underpinning of everything that I’m doing.

 

Jennie Wright [00:11:34]:

I I applaud that. That is huge. Finding your voice is massive, I think. And tell me if you think I’m if I’m right with this. I think we go through different iterations of our voice with online entrepreneurs. I don’t know about you, but mine’s changed in, like, over 12 years. It’s it’s definitely had an evolution.

 

Stacey Lauren [00:11:54]:

Yeah. A 100%. Like, different phases, at different things. And it’s not just even finding your voice as an entrepreneur. Like, first, I have them find their voice as a human, you know, and, and really kinda, like, uncovering all those things that we’re doing for others and what do we really want, you know, and what what’s, like, at the deepest part of ourselves. And then it’s like, great. Now you’ve figured that out. Now let’s let’s figure out what we wanna put into the world.

 

Stacey Lauren [00:12:22]:

And, you know, what it comes down to is we all have this mask sometimes. Right? That’s, like, covering up who we are. And The we’re attracting Wiehler we’re dating, whether we have friends or business partners or whatever, and we’re attracting the person that’s at that mass level. We’re not attracting the people that are, like, when we take the mask off. And I look at audience I look at audience the same way. Like, if you’re gonna wear a mask on and you’re gonna have to do all the things and have to show up a certain way, you’re gonna attract the person that’s coming to your mask, not to your core. And that’s what I like to help people do. Yeah.

 

Jennie Wright [00:12:57]:

Seriously? You just said that. Wow. Okay. That that was a very cool point, actually. That made me kinda think. Oh, boy. Yeah. I I mean, who hasn’t shown up as an I mean, I definitely know what that means, and I think a lot of people are gonna resonate with you saying that because we kinda put on air.

 

Jennie Wright [00:13:17]:

Sometimes we put on up a different persona depending on what it is that we’re doing. But when we show up authentically and we’re actually our true self, you know, I think that’s so much better. I mean, I stopped I used to show up for podcasts, like all done up and everything because I knew they were The v the video was gonna get used, but that’s not authentically me. Right? And Yeah. It doesn’t you know? And then the other thing is some people, you know, some people have a an air of uncomfortable, like, uncomfortableness with when it comes to putting themselves out The, and it causes anxiety and whatnot. How do you help people who feel like that find their true voice if their true voice is really timid?

 

Stacey Lauren [00:14:02]:

Yeah. Yeah. It’s, it’s people. It’s community because when you get to see yourself so, like, for example, I have a find your voice challenge. And if I’m if I’m putting people in through this container of that challenge, they’re doing these dares, and they’re sharing it in this, like, private space. Right?

 

Jennie Wright [00:14:19]:

Okay.

 

Stacey Lauren [00:14:20]:

And when they’re able to just, like, talk, you know, and Mhmm. Basically just say, like, one of the prompts it’s nothing crazy. Like, it’s like, if you were gonna write a book, what book could you Wright? Write? You know what I mean? And then they’re, like, showing up. They could go live. They could do a video. They could type. It’s sometimes it’s, like, different layers. I I like to help people through those comfort circles.

 

Stacey Lauren [00:14:41]:

It’s like, what are you, like, comfortable with? And then just go an inch, you know, outside of that. And, and then they’re seeing what other people are showing up as. You know? And then that’s what, like, really gets it going because you’re seeing we all have the same excuses. Right? And maybe that’s what it is. My dare free dare that I do for every challenge, any program. It’s what are your excuses and how are you gonna overcome The? And once people see that we’re all the same, we all have, like, the same fears, you know, and they just show up in different ways, it really it really just, like it makes them feel not alone. You know? And so so that’s really how I help them do it, and I help them do it by showing it too. So, like, if I am like I mean, there’s this one dare I had people do, which was some wrestle a stranger.

 

Stacey Lauren [00:15:25]:

You know?

 

Jennie Wright [00:15:27]:

The, how did that go over?

 

Stacey Lauren [00:15:29]:

I gave them an option for the people that didn’t wanna, like, hold the hand, and I was like, you could also rock, paper, scissor. I gave The dare, and I had never done that before. And I’m like, okay. I guess I’m gonna have to thumb wrestle a stranger. Right? So then I would go thumb wrestle the stranger, show them, and then and then they would do it. And so, yeah. So there was that. And then I think I shared this with you with the podcast challenge.

 

Stacey Lauren [00:15:49]:

This is when I think I really tapped into my voice because I used to be that Jason. That was when I was, like, CEO of that staffing company, I was really rigid and timid, and I would not go outside of my little safety zone of my company and speak to anyone. Like, I was very, like I was definitely hiding. I would talk to my company, but that was kinda, like, my safe space, and I’d also didn’t like it, either. And so I really tapped into my message and who I was during the podcast challenge. And what it was was I got to see these amazing people and, like, who they were and, like, they were sharing their lived experience. And then all of a sudden, like, people started, like like, they’re I’m seeing them all dressed up, and it was almost, like, too much. It was, like, too fancy.

 

Stacey Lauren [00:16:34]:

You know? And I’m thinking, like, you’re gonna mess it up for everyone else that just wants to, like, show up. You know? So that was the day I, like after I got out of the shower, I had my shower cap on, and I, like, just had no makeup. And I’m, like, doing this live, and I’m, like, Jason. No one cares. Like, no. No. If you guys are gonna not follow me because I have my shower cap on and I have my makeup on, then we’re not in the right space. Right? So that’s how the person that, like, needs to hear what you have to say feels.

 

Stacey Lauren [00:17:01]:

They don’t care about your intro. They don’t care about your, you know, about your anything. You know? Just get started, and then that’s how it’s gonna get out there. And so that was the moment though because I never would have done that before. That was the moment that I, like, found my voice. You know? And so, that’s the other thing is the private. I don’t know if I would have done it if it wasn’t in my private group, and I think there’s something to that. A lot of people think they have to do it on Instagram or somewhere else.

 

Stacey Lauren [00:17:25]:

And you could start in a really private space. And whether that’s your podcast and and just say, no one needs to hear this, or it could start in a private community. You know, either way, it’s it’s a winning situation because you’re not, like, putting it out everywhere yet.

 

Jennie Wright [00:17:39]:

Definitely. Just that first little step helps. Right? Yeah. Something to move that needle and to to be able to kinda get an inch closer. I think, you know, especially with entrepreneurship, it’s all it’s all I mean, I’m gonna quote every given Sunday. It’s one of my favorite films actually, but it’s, you know, it is a game of inches. Right? Everything that we do is just a little bit of an impact forward, and it changes the trajectory on what we’re doing Wiehler positively or sometimes even negatively, and we have that happen all of us. And as long as you are continuing to make some sort of forward movement, as long as you’re, you know, continuing to engage with people and trying to reconnect or network or whatever it is, I think you’re still making those attempts to move it forward.

 

Jennie Wright [00:18:24]:

And then you, I feel like you get to a tipping point when you’re when you’re within your authentic voice, you’re reaching out to people, you’re having those conversations. I think you hit a tipping point where things just start to compound. I don’t know if you’ve had that in your life. Mhmm. I know I have. Does that happen for your clients as well?

 

Stacey Lauren [00:18:43]:

A A 100%. Yeah. It’s totally compounding because, people wonder, like, how they get so much results from just, like, 14 day challenge. Right? And it’s because because it’s so little time and it’s little movement. It’s little micro, steps. But because of the, when you when you put inches together Yeah. Over 14 days, like, it it does compound, and then you have the magnification of the community. So, yeah, they 100% feel that.

 

Stacey Lauren [00:19:13]:

And that’s why it’s shocking. Like, one of the girls, or women, I love her. She’s like, she’s like, I don’t get it. I joined to date. Now I have a podcast. And, like, she’s just like and now she’s starting a community. And she’s like, I don’t even know what happened. Like, where did this even like, you you get to start to do things that you didn’t even know was possible.

 

Stacey Lauren [00:19:33]:

And then another one another woman was like, she’s like, I don’t know. Everyone else was doing it. I thought I should do it too. Right? It’s like you don’t even know what’s possible until you’re with the people that are that are also have the similar values as you want the same things, you know, and then there it helps you see what’s possible, basically.

 

Jennie Wright [00:19:50]:

Do you think it’s gonna change? Do you feel like community is changing? What do you see happening? Like, how are you going to continue to to sort of evolve this and grow it?

 

Stacey Lauren [00:20:00]:

Oh my gosh. It’s easier. It’s so much easier. That’s why I think my program is so popular because, like, everything’s so AI, automation, all of The. And I love that stuff. There’s a place for it. I do it at certain times, but it’s not taking away from the relational part of it. And it’s like we’re getting back to, like, the basic human need that we have is of connecting, you know, and of of being on this shared journey, and so, it’s actually making it better, especially with all the kinda, like, spammy, you know, kind of stuff that’s out there right now, and it it just takes it to a really human experience place, which is great.

 

Jennie Wright [00:20:40]:

So you just mentioned the spammy stuff. What’s happening that you feel is, like, the spammy stuff that people should avoid?

 

Stacey Lauren [00:20:46]:

Yeah. I it’s like the whole, like, want this me thing. You know, like the Yeah. Like, you know, it’s just I’m just kinda like it’s I see it maybe because I’m in this world now, and I just because before my business was brick and mortar, so I’m still relatively new in the The space. So it’s only been, you know, a couple years. And the 1st year and a half, it wasn’t even on I wasn’t helping people build their audience. I was building my audience, you know, and, and community. And so I wasn’t seeing it all.

 

Stacey Lauren [00:21:14]:

But now that I’m, like, in this audience building mode, then you’re in all those groups. You see all the stuff out there. So it’s, like, more, you know Yep. More and more and more of the same same thing. Right? Like, I’m even gonna have a master class, and I’m like, I don’t even wanna call it a master class. Like, I can’t even use the word. You know? Like No.

 

Jennie Wright [00:21:29]:

I know. They’ve ruined it. The pro marketers and the spammy markers have ruined it for us, haven’t they? Oh my gosh. So I’m

 

Stacey Lauren [00:21:34]:

like, yeah, I’ve gotta just use the word training or some I just need it. And I did use action class, but I don’t even like that anymore. Like, I’m just gonna say it’s the training. So it just I think it’s just all the same stuff. And I just

 

Jennie Wright [00:21:44]:

Yeah.

 

Stacey Lauren [00:21:45]:

I just wanna be new and different, and I wanna see new and different. And, I think that’s what I’m saying. It’s just, like, I get it. Like, I love modeling. I love The, but there’s people that take modeling to a whole another place of copying. You know? Mhmm. And you gotta be able to, like, take what’s working The someone’s doing and then put it into your own voice, into your own way. Right? And that’s what I that’s what I’m really encouraging people to do.

 

Stacey Lauren [00:22:09]:

But you don’t have to, like, think of what it is on your own. You could just have a community. You can ask them what they want. And then from there, you’re able to to I’m calling it people generated. You’re able to create people generated everything. You know? Like, you could title whatever training you’re doing from whatever they’re saying they want. You know?

 

Jennie Wright [00:22:28]:

It’s like A 100%. A 100%.

 

Stacey Lauren [00:22:29]:

So easy.

 

Jennie Wright [00:22:30]:

Yep. That’s why validating your offer is so key. And something that you and I, touched on in a conversation before Wiehler did the podcast was all about validating your offer before you go and spend all the, you know, the money or whatever and trying to, like, build out the funnel and build the product. Because if you do that, what do you like, what are what’s happening to people if they’re kind of reversing that sort of process and they’re not doing it in the right way?

 

Stacey Lauren [00:22:56]:

Yeah. Like, I like using a Facebook group as a funnel, you know, because then it’s just you could just be messy. So what happens is when you’re creating the funnel burst is you’re stuck, and you can’t, like, do anything until the funnel is done. And if you’re good at funnels, then that’s fine. I think do it, you know, because that maybe takes you an hour. But for someone else, like someone like me, you know, you’re gonna be stuck in there for, like, weeks because you’re gonna be figuring out what’s the copy that I wanna do or, like, what’s the perfect opt in of

 

Jennie Wright [00:23:28]:

I’m the I’m the person that takes an hour with that funnel, by the way. Just saying. So

 

Stacey Lauren [00:23:32]:

yeah. So perfect. Yeah. And so Mhmm. Whereas, like, for me, like, I’d much rather now I wanna use a funnel after I validated. Now funnel me up. You know, like, I’m evergreen. Like, please do that.

 

Stacey Lauren [00:23:44]:

Right? But if funnel me up, I don’t know if that’s a thing. Well, that’ll be my tagline, I guess. Funnel me up. But, anyway

 

Jennie Wright [00:23:50]:

That’s what we’re gonna title this podcast episode, I think, is funnel me up.

 

Stacey Lauren [00:23:54]:

Front stays even do the thing. But, yeah. So but, yeah, I think, but when you’re first launching something and you’re still figuring it out, then, like I mean, literally, I have a I just created it, like, 5 minutes ago. Like, it’s a job Wright, and it’s, like, first name, last name. Why do you wanna join? I didn’t even know the The. I was gonna call this training. And I’m, like, sharing it today at the launch party that I’m having for the collaboration group. And, I know what The product is.

 

Stacey Lauren [00:24:19]:

I just didn’t know, like, what all the other stuff around it. But the point is is it’s okay to be messy when you’re still figuring out, like, what you’re doing. And and as long as you know what you’re gonna deliver, like, your intentions for the result are good, then what you take to get there doesn’t really matter. And you know what I loved? I’m doing a, challenge right now with, Melissa Gilbert, Little House on the Prairie. She has a company called Modern Prairie, And, she got, where me and Laura Kearney, the person that she’s an author that I, partnered to do the, do the thing bucket list challenge within January. She saw what we were doing, and we’re doing a challenge for her community. And what was so cool is she got people to join the challenge with the job form. And I’m like, oh my gosh.

 

Stacey Lauren [00:25:10]:

Like, really? There is something to this people. You know, when you have a warm group of people that are, like, ready for whatever you have going, they don’t care what it looks like. Right? And then once it’s validated, then break it in chunks, and then do the funnel and then figure out the I don’t know all the words. That’s The group I’m in. I was telling you about that. I think you’re in that group. Yeah. The I’m, like, still figuring out what it is, but, like, the upsell and the downsell and blah blah blah, all that stuff that I don’t know yet.

 

Stacey Lauren [00:25:33]:

But, anyway, that’s stuff I I wanna know all that stuff eventually, but I’m still figuring out what I’m doing. You know what I mean?

 

Jennie Wright [00:25:39]:

Yeah. Yeah. I I I love how freeing it sounds. I I don’t know. I mean, I did it the other way. I did it the other like, I I grew it differently. And The sounds really freeing. I think if I was to do things over, I’d be messy.

 

Jennie Wright [00:25:54]:

But I I guess through my own personality or through anxiety or whatever it was, doing it messy felt too scare like, too scary.

 

Stacey Lauren [00:26:06]:

Yeah.

 

Jennie Wright [00:26:06]:

Right? And I I kind of experienced that before I had a choir I was on I had another podcast with another Jason, and that person that person had no fear. Right? So The could just show up 2 seconds before we hit record, and it was, like, free as a bird. No problem. And me, I’m, like, I’m at my desk 15 minutes before. I’ve got everything ready. I’ve got questions. I’ve got bio. I’ve got it all.

 

Jennie Wright [00:26:30]:

And such a, like, such a difference between, these like, the 2 of us. And I’ve always tried to embrace a little bit more of that, you know, being more free. And I think I think, obviously, people say, you know, done is better than perfect, which I I’ve taken to heart. It’s taken me a long time. Yeah. But I think if we could encourage people to to do it your way, like to be a little bit more free, a little bit more messy, and sort of just enjoy the process, it would be a lot more fun.

 

Stacey Lauren [00:27:00]:

Totally. Oh, yeah. I’m like, hear you talk, and it’s so cool because, like, people need what you’re doing, right, so badly. And it’s so great that you’re an expert at this because when they need it, you’re there. You know? But there’s part of me that’s screaming this, so I’m just gonna say it. It would be so fun just to play around with The 10 episode podcast for you where it’s, like, acquire, like, the the messy, you know, or something. Like, it’s like a whole separate Podcast.

 

Jennie Wright [00:27:30]:

We gotta talk about that. Yeah.

 

Stacey Lauren [00:27:32]:

Yeah. And it’s like you doing, like, little little The minute just, like, talking things, like, with from your phone. And it’s just like a 10 episode thing, you know, that I just think it’d be kinda cool just to mess around with it a little.

 

Jennie Wright [00:27:44]:

That sounds fascinating. And if you dare me, I’ll do it.

 

Stacey Lauren [00:27:47]:

Oh my gosh. I dare you. I dare you.

 

Jennie Wright [00:27:51]:

There you go. Done. As soon as you dare me, I’m gonna say yes. Too Yeah. Fricking funny. Okay. Oh my gosh. Okay.

 

Jennie Wright [00:27:58]:

To

 

Stacey Lauren [00:27:58]:

the Acquire the Messy Podcast. Video. Yeah.

 

Jennie Wright [00:28:01]:

We’re gonna have to put out a 10 I’m gonna have to put out a 10 episode, messy podcast style, see what happens. Yeah. Just kinda go with that. Oh my God. My anxiety just went right through the roof on that one. Okay. We’ll be fine. We’ll be fine.

 

Jennie Wright [00:28:14]:

It’ll be okay. All will be well. Oh my gosh. Okay, Stacey, so tell us where people can connect with you, find you, listen to all the good stuff that you have to talk about, and also your, your group.

 

Stacey Lauren [00:28:26]:

Yes. Thank you. So I’m on Instagram, and I’m on YouTube. So do the thing formula is where I am there, and I am working on my YouTube channel. It’s eventually gonna be next, so please subscribe to that. But where I live the most is in the Do The Thin community, which is on Facebook at this moment. So, do the thing collaboration.com, is my new group, which is why I couldn’t remember the name, but do the thing collaboration.com. You can get there that way.

 

Stacey Lauren [00:28:53]:

And then I have the do the thing challenge group, which is just do the thing community.com. So Mhmm.

 

Jennie Wright [00:28:58]:

And at the time we’re recording this, in, what, a couple hours, it’s gonna be sort of like your kinda launch party, which is really exciting. I’m gonna be there. I’m part of that group. And, Yeah. I’m really excited for what you’re doing. We got introduced by, the people at CapShow. That’s how we kinda found each other, which is really cool. And I’m just excited to sort of sort of play in your world, see what you’re doing, and live vicariously through you and get dared apparently to create a whole new thing.

 

Jennie Wright [00:29:27]:

Alright. My brain’s already trying to figure it out, and I’m trying to say no. Just don’t figure it out. Like, just just stop trying to figure out all the ins and outs, and and it’ll figure itself out somehow. Crap. Okay. Don’t know what I signed up for people, but we’ll figure it out. Awesome.

 

Jennie Wright [00:29:42]:

Oh, my gosh. Stacey, thank you so much for being on the podcast. Really appreciate it. And we’ll get everything into the show notes that, you talked about so that people can find you and hear more about you. And I just wanna say thanks so much. It’s been really amazing, getting to know you better and also just having you as a really special guest.

 

Stacey Lauren [00:30:00]:

Aw. Thank you so much. This is so much fun.

 

Jennie Wright [00:30:02]:

Yeah. I love it. I love this I love this platform. I get to meet amazing people. I get to do really cool things and have good conversations. And, and and yeah. I I absolutely love it. This podcast has been since August of 2023, And I wasn’t sure if it would continue.

 

Jennie Wright [00:30:19]:

It just wasn’t a 100%. Yeah. But I love it. And I’m really I’m just really kind of enjoying the groove that’s coming with it and the growth, which is awesome. So yeah. And to that end, if you are listening and you like the podcast and you wanna hear more, make sure that you are subscribing, liking, commenting, leaving a review wherever it is. This thing is everywhere. It’s on YouTube.

 

Jennie Wright [00:30:39]:

It’s on all the different platforms. So go and do that and make sure that you stay tuned. I’ve got some great episodes coming up with some pretty cool guests and also some really cool solo episodes where I get to just kinda like spill the tea about marketing, which I love to do. So we’ll talk to y’all soon. Thanks so much.