August 10, 2024 • 39 mins
WE ARE BACK! And talking about youtube success with Charente Carr. When interviewing Charente 2 months ago she had just hit 100,000 subscribers and is now close to half a million. Charente shares her journey, starting from her early days on YouTube in 2011, overcoming personal challenges, and reigniting her channel during the pandemic to honor her late sister. She talks about the strategies she used, including working with a mentor and utilizing various technologies to streamline her content creation process.
Throughout the episode, Charente offers invaluable advice on building a supportive community, leveraging AI tools for content optimization, and maintaining motivation through affirmations and positive reinforcement. Her story is a testament to perseverance, creativity, and the power of a supportive community.
Charente’s Website: www.CharenteCarr.com
Soda & Charente Livestream episode: https://www.youtube.com/live/Zd93oMOYtno?si=JpVaBggt_B-SJkbF
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Hello, hello, everyone. You are listening to The Success Palette,
a place to discuss everything that you were not taught in school about how to
be successful in the arts.
I'm your host Soda and today we are going to talk about YouTube growth.
YouTube is so, so important for creatives nowadays.
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And we're going to go into a little bit more detail later on why that is.
But first of all, I want to welcome our amazing guest, Sharente Carr,
who just hit 100,000 subscribers on YouTube.
Oh my goodness. Sharente, how are you feeling about this? What is going through your mind?
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My body still has the chills of gratitude. attitude.
The tears still want to pour out.
And I can say I just feel really appreciated and really loved in this moment.
100,000. That's like the huge milestone that we would all love to see.
But you you accomplished that.
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And I know it took you years, right? I mean, can you take us back to the beginning
of when you started how you were feeling when you started? What even got you started? did.
Yeah. So I started YouTube back in 2011 when I was 14 to build community with
the audience that I was writing to because I was writing fiction books at the time.
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And I just wanted to go live just so I can know more about them,
know more about the things that I wanted to put in my books.
And after that, I honestly paused because I was personally going through a lot
from my health to homelessness to all of the in-betweens, I'll just say that.
So I stopped YouTube altogether and I picked it back up about,
(01:52):
I would say, three years ago after my sister passed during the pandemic.
Because something that she and me both loved was the arts.
And we always wanted to be artists. We wanted to express our art and to be known for it.
And something that she never got to do was to be known for what she did,
from all the writing, the playwriting, the singing, the dancing. She truly was an artist.
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But all of that went with her, with seeing Wynn.
And I told myself in my spirit, I was like, to honor her memory,
I'm going to allow myself to be the artist that I know that I am.
And I'm ready to show up in the world publicly and not just privately.
And I started by actually working on TikTok first.
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And then TikTok turned into TikTok and Instagram, which turned into TikTok,
Instagram, and YouTube.
And then it went to a whole bunch of other things for me to realize that YouTube
is where I really wanted to concentrate my growth.
And this year, I took it more seriously. I hired a mentor slash coach from Creator
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Life. Her name is Brittany.
And she was already mentoring for three years for free.
And I was like, you know, I'm going to pay for her mentorship.
I'm going to get dedicated support.
And through that and signing up for her membership, she has helped coach me
on the things that work for my channel, what don't work for my channel.
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And within, I will say, one week,
actually two weeks, let me actually be honest, but looking at the analytics, it was two weeks.
I got 87,000 subscribers from one short, one.
And it's acting at 1.4 million views. And I am still flabbergasted right now
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in this moment as we're recording this, because the 100,000 subscribers happened six hours ago.
And I'm still in shock because I I think I'm at 102,000 subscribers.
And I'm just like. You worked years and years doing so many. You have a lot of videos.
I've watched quite a few of them from your, you know, motivational affirmation
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station videos and your beauty videos, your travel.
You have so many different types of videos and you've been working so hard.
And especially, you know, lately for your sister. And then, you know,
taking that risk and working with Dr.
Fashion, who is amazing, by the way, I've been following her and how it finally paid off.
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Do you feel that everything that you've worked for, how much worth it has it
been to you to really have that?
And what have you learned from doing all of those videos? videos.
So what makes me know that it's worth it is the comments that I get.
I'm gonna be honest and real with you. The comments of saying I needed that.
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Thank you. I didn't know that. Thank you.
Then making jokes in the comment section. I'm cracking up often,
but I can't put that I like it because it was very inappropriate, but it was super funny.
Then I would have liked it. I just can't hurt it and make it publicly known
that I really rocked with that because it was really That right there is what
like it just it frightens my day because especially when you're doing a lot of videos,
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a lot of people don't realize that I've done over 2000 videos,
long form and short form and live videos.
And that's only been within the past three years. And mind you,
I'm sitting on so much raw content that has not been published.
So that number is a lot higher than what I've already published in that that's
currently available out there.
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And something that I can say is that when my sister passed away,
I also had to figure out who was Jarente.
Like, who was she? Who is she without her sister, who is also my best friend?
She was the person I talked to all the time. Who was she?
And I even had a child ask me, what do you like to do for fun?
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And I cried because I don't remember the last time I had fun because I was so
absorbed in the corporate world and trying to figure that out and wearing the
persona of I have to be this perfect person that has it all together and is super high achiever.
Because if I'm not a high achiever, then I'm quote unquote lazy to then go into
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YouTube and TikTok and people not really understand my drive because they're
like, I just don't get it. I'm like, y'all, it's because I've had to hyperachieve
on everything that I've ever had to do.
And I've had to work so hard for everything that I had to do that.
It's just naturally that comes to me when I am making content.
And I can say is that that's how I got to travel.
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That's how I got to beauty. and to the reactions, because that's what I actually
was consuming on YouTube before I did it.
I was consuming reactions. I was consuming music.
I was consuming beauty content that was positive, not the body shaming,
none of those other things. I wasn't consuming that.
And I realized that I have been the motivation for a lot of people in my life.
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Why not share that with the public, because maybe they're looking for this too.
And if they can get the help that they're looking for through me,
that's going to be awesome because I would love to be a solution and not another problem.
A lot of us feel that what we have to share isn't worth it, like that we don't have value,
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especially with AI and everything going on right now that, you know,
someone else could do it better than us. So there's no point in us sharing.
Did you ever have those kinds of thoughts? And if so, how did you get over that? I'm going to be honest.
I have it where I taught someone something and then they decided to teach it,
but they didn't teach it the way that I teached it. And it was blowing over people's heads.
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And after seeing that, and they never gave me credit for it,
by the way, I was like, you know what?
F you, the thing that you sit on, the thing that you stand on,
I'm going to speak for my own self.
And when I started speaking, people understood me.
And I was like, you were never meant to teach the thing that I was meant to teach.
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So I do matter in this. I am unique and people do listen to me because I am
a solution to multiple people.
I can't say I'm a solution to everybody because I'm not.
I've learned that. I really have learned that. And I am very humbled in that regard.
But I know that my voice matters just as much as the next person because we
all have the gems in our toolbox to help somebody else.
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And I can say is that when
I started to view myself as like that treasure box that
like pirates go and hunt for and all
the things that i learn are just the beautiful coins and gems that
are just in my box i was like i have more
than enough within my box to share and i will always stay rich
within myself not just thinking
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about it from a material possession thing but thinking about it from the wisdom
that i've that i've acquired and you get to this point where you learn so much
because i'm a fellow math i love learning that you just if you don't share like
Like you can't absorb anything new because it's just sitting in you.
So I was like, how can I continue learning the way that I do,
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which is passionately, okay?
And be able to understand this information.
Well, I need to share, I need to teach it and I need to get it out so that I
have more space within myself to be able to learn more things, to teach more things.
And something that I know about me is that.
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When it comes to technology, I have a lot of people around me that have issues
with technology and I love being able to teach it to them.
And then when they finally get it, I'm like, yeah, you got it.
And I'm just I'm just so proud of you, because at the end of the day,
I really believe in that saying you lead the horse to water so it can drink
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for a lifetime and not forcing the horse to drink. Right.
When you were saying about how everyone has a way that they say things that
can affect people in different ways, what you just said, like,
I've heard it a bunch of times.
That's something about the way that you said it. Like I, I needed to hear it.
So, and I know others did too.
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And you were talking about technology.
What are some ways that some of the new tools and features that have been coming
out lately, AI tools or anything like that?
How has that helped you expand your reach?
Because I know that you could make great content, but if people don't see it, then, you know.
(10:50):
Oh, yeah. So as someone that loves for some technology, I got technology for
days, something that you guys can't see, because this is the audio podcast is
I have Off to the left of me, I have a list of all my softwares.
I have a list of what they do. I have a list of how much money they are.
And the reason I did that is because since I use so many softwares,
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when I do these type of audits, I realized that I bought the exact same software twice.
And as something when it comes to my taxes, I'm not trying to buy things twice.
So I always am looking at my tech stack to make sure it's really in alignment
for what what I want to do with the ease of use, the customization,
as well as the detailed reporting.
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Something that's about me that a lot of people don't realize is I am a businesswoman
too. So my corporate side, I am a workday systems administrator.
So I do system configurations, integrations, and all the things that you don't
want to think about, I do that for work, including analytics.
So when I was thinking about my content creation, I'm like, how can I work at
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my W2 job, that's what I call it, and be like almost a full-time content creator and be a wife,
and a dog and then still see my family and hang out with people like how can
I do all that and the word that came to me.
That I learned when I was working at MGM, which was automate efficiencies, workflows.
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So something that I first did was get a note-taking app.
I did not need to get it because KeepNotes, as well as your plain old notes
in your Apple device, those work efficiently too.
You don't need to get Evernote. I did.
I used it for a little while and I realized I didn't need that software when
I have Google Documents too.
So it's that. That was one. Two is that the second thing is what is my workflow?
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I realized because I do system configuration work, I'm going to take you guys
through what a workflow is and what I'm talking about.
A workflow is a process in which you do work in.
So how it starts for me is I have an idea and I write the idea down.
After I write the idea down, I gather requirements for that idea,
which means I do my research on the idea.
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So in this case for YouTube, I will go to studio.youtube.com,
go to analytics and go to inspiration or also known as the research tab and
look up the keywords to see what is currently the highest search result.
After I do my research, I move into creating the content that fits those keywords and my style.
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After I get that done, I have to now think about how am I going to edit it to fit my brand.
My brand is sunshine, rainbows, uplifting, educational, and affirmational.
So that is my brand. So when I'm thinking about my editing, I'm thinking about that.
After I take it from the video editing, which I use CapCut for,
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I use Canva for, I have tried DaVinci and I have tried Adobe Pro.
That is a lot. The learning curve is high. So I stopped that.
I'm I'm going to stay with CapCut until I have to use another editor.
After I finished with that, I then, because I do it on CapCut desktop,
I can convert the long form into a bunch of shorts using AI and saying I need
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it to be less than 60 seconds.
And it'll make me like 12 shorts to then upload to YouTube.
After I do that, then it's the fun part where I have to title my creation,
descript my creation, hashtag my creation, and then get promotional materials for that creation.
And I use Canva to do that. And I make a template and I use that template constantly
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so I don't have to rework the wheel.
I know it's already working on my channel, so I'm going to use the exact same thing.
I'm just going to tweak it, change the color a little bit, depending on what and who I'm talking to.
And then from there I go
into launching everything which means I'm
scheduling it out and things are going live and
then I go into hyper care which is I'm going to my comment section I'm commenting
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back to people I'm engaging with them I am talking to them but that's literally
my entire workflow per video okay yeah I gave you guys a lot but I told you
I'm going to explain to see what my workflow is.
So I use a few softwares to get a lot done. And something that helps me with
the title and description is gemini.google.com and chatGBP.
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And the prompts that I use, you might want to write this down or might want
to pause and write this down.
Okay. The prompts that I use is, I, hey, I am currently working on a YouTube
video and it's about this.
Using these key terms, and I put the key terms in quotations,
please create me SEO optimized title.
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And description with relevant hashtags to get more engagement on this video.
And then it will spit out an entire result. And it gives me three different
options to choose from if I use Gemini, which is Google's AI.
And I pick from that and then I just upload it. And that's how I do that.
That I also use Opus Clips.
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There's like, there's a lot of softwares I use, including like my regular calendar,
because I have to time block myself too, to be able to do everything that I
do and still have time for me.
I definitely need to check all of those out because I feel like I am doing so much work.
And then we get overwhelmed because as artists, we just want to create,
we want to create and we don't want to do all these extra things that we need to do.
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But there are tools that can help us. And I know that it can be a little overwhelming
to, you know, do the maybe not as artsy side of the things.
But do you like those other aspects of creating YouTube?
Or does that overwhelm you when you have to do so much extra work?
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The only thing that I can say that has been overwhelming me is video editing.
And that's only because of how long it takes, depending on how long the video is.
So when I'm making my long form, that takes me sometimes two to five hours per video.
And that's a lot of time out of my day when I, like I said, I do the most already.
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I already know about y'all. I already know about y'all. I already know. So I just can't.
So right now, I'm going to be honest and real with you, live as we speak right
now, Now, my husband's best friend's girlfriend wants to learn content creation,
so I'm teaching it to her, and she wants to learn video editing.
So, right now, I am building a video editor as we speak to help me do all of
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this because I realized early on I needed the team. I've had multiple virtual assistants.
I've had multiple social media managers. I've hired these individuals.
I've even had a branding person come in and help me out, and they did not finish
my media kit, So I had to sit down one day for six hours and work on my own media kit.
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And that was a doozy because I've never worked on a media kit before.
Now I could do it pretty much in my sleep. But something that I can say is that
I have fun creating, period.
It doesn't matter if it's with colors or it's with technology.
I like creating. So I do it in multiple forms and fashion.
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And I love that you could really think of some of these extra tasks as a way
to create. It's not like you could have fun doing the more tedious stuff,
you know, and I love that you, you really embrace that.
And you mentioned a team. And I know that you have your team that kind of helps
you build your YouTube channel that you've hired out.
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But I also know that you have a really good community.
Can you talk a little bit about how you built that community and how that community
has helped you grow on YouTube? too. Yeah.
So I'm a community builder no matter where I go.
That's just what I do. So something that happened last year around the November
time period, I was on this app.
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I think I'm a fan base and I was at a point where I was done with it because
they kept talking about the exact same toxic stuff every day.
And as someone that stays as positive as I can be,
I know I can't be around negativity and toxicity for
a long time without me then becoming that and I
was and that made me do a
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serious process I was like that's happening my
goals are not getting completed I am sick again like this is just this is not
it for me so what I decided to do is there's I I've always been quote-unquote
the plug every time I go to a new community they call me the plug they call
me the secretary or they call me the CEO to one of these three titles can't
make this up so since anyone know, may I have a plug?
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I decided to do what I do and make a telegram group. It was called Renaissance Visionaries first.
And it was just to help a lot of people at one time, like different resources,
talks, as well as like business funding and all the in-betweens.
And then I was like, no, I need something more dedicated. I need something more focused.
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So I then created a group called the Creative Squad,
which is my own pretty much talent agency that I've built where I help content
creators with their content, their mental health, as well as helping them with
getting monetization on multiple platforms.
And it started with me and four others.
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One of them is no longer within the group and that's because they were not executing
and they chose to gracefully bow out because something about me is when it comes to my my community,
it has to be in a place and space that's going to nourish me to get my goals done.
And if it's not a place and space that's going to nourish me to get my goals
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done, I have chosen to not allow myself in those spaces where I'm not even appreciated.
And I can say is that it was through that and also going to Brittany's First
Vegas Creative Collective for YouTube out here in December that got me connected
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with the Creator Life community and getting to meet her in person from just
listening to her on the Wisdom app.
It was a totally different experience. And I was like, I can actually see myself working with them.
Then she gave me this audit and the
way that she delivered the feedback to me was it
a way that I could understand it without it being a
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very nasty criticism and pretty much judgment I can't do judgment in my performance
evaluations no matter what it is corporate artistry I just can't because I wish
a mother effa would okay that's just where I'm at in my artistry I'm not gonna lie to you so So,
but the way she gave it to me was such a loving way that I was like, I want more of that.
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And then I was telling her some of my goals. Like, I wanted to go to CES.
So, I want to go to VidCon. I want to do these things.
She's like, oh, I can get you to CES. And I was like, what? She's like,
yeah. I was like, and then she did.
And we went. And it was fun. And then I joined.
Her for an Adobe event. That was fun. And then I went to her content house one
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day where I got to meet Percy or Diabeast Kitchen.
And he got to teach me new things. And that's where I actually,
I bought my laptop from him, the one that I'm now currently editing all my videos
on from him, because I knew I needed a laptop because my current position at
the company I'm working for is dissolving.
So I was like, there's no way I can do my content creation on my work computer.
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Or one that's if that shouldn't be happening in the first place and two i need
another lap because the last laptop i had i gave it
away to another artist because his laptop went to
footsies and i was like you have a six figure contractor clothes
so i'm only just i'm just gonna give you this laptop so i
was really happy to be able to get another one and
from there it just sprouted off and the
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community that i'm surrounded by and the country groups
i'm surrounded by they don't have the number they didn't
have the numbers i had they had like millions per
platform and i was like i'm just in the
group like hi i'm just gonna be quiet i'm still absorbing
the information i'm just here i'm just here okay
i'm gonna ask you a question about this okay i'm gonna ask you a
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question about this and the reason i can say i apply a
reply to almost all of my comments at least i do my best to
is because keep up radio keep
up radio also known as wet me who is
a really popular tiktoker and a really popular youtube gamer streamer who told
me sure and say even the ones that decide you're going to be not so kind you
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can still reply back to those in a kind way because some of the times you don't
realize that that kindness like will get to them and then they'll say, I'm sorry.
I didn't mean to say it like that. That wasn't my intention.
And then you gain a new subscriber. And I was like, okay. So that's what I can
say about building community.
And I can also say when my community that I built turned toxic, I have pulled away.
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When it got to where it feels like I was being used, I pulled away.
I pulled back because I realized I was helping everybody else create their dreams,
but I stopped creating mine. and I was able to reach 100,000 subscribers when
I pulled back from my group.
And I don't like to say that, but it's the honest truth because sometimes some
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people, the analysis paralysis, they get that and it sets in.
And if you're around that long enough and you're around people that are bashing
their own selves, you start picking up those tendencies without you realizing
and you're you're wondering why you're calling yourself that and you're shaming
yourself in the mirror. And that's what I was experiencing.
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And now I'm at this place and space where I'm clear. I'm back to my positive self.
And it feels good to be the introvert that I really am. I know you'll be like,
no, Sharenti, you can't be an introvert that many videos.
Y'all don't realize I truly am an introvert. I really am.
I really like just to keep by myself, to myself, by myself. I'm happy in my own presence.
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It's just, I'm not. I am the exact same way. So I get that. Yeah.
So that's what I will say about the building of community. It was building,
but also build to the point where you sometimes will have to pull back.
Because if you're not being appreciated, and you're not being nourished,
and you need to get that from somewhere, unless you're just going to be an empty
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cup, and you're going to have a hole in you.
And what's the point of that when we, when we, our creativity comes from us
having a full cup to be able to create.
That was such a beautiful message because so many of us, we don't realize our
worth, like what we were talking about earlier.
And we'll either let people who are toxic kind of diminish us or we're scared
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to be in a room with people like what you were saying, people with millions of subscribers.
We feel that we aren't worthy to be around them, even though they're like,
no, I would love to help you.
So you are able to go on these lives and be super bubbly and super confident.
And how did you get that confidence? Because going live for me is terrifying.
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Like, of course, when I went with you, you just made me feel very welcome.
So I felt okay. OK, but in general, like going live is pretty scary for a lot of us.
How did you get over that and exude that confidence that you have?
Two things. So one, I practice on the TikTok, you know, the platform that I
really don't care as much as that.
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Okay, where the trolls can live and I'm fine if they stay. So that's the first thing.
Going live, even for like 10 minutes on TikTok, scared the bejesus out of me
when I was first doing it.
Bejesus. Please know that. Bejesus. That's not even a word, but it scared the bejesus out of me.
And I started doing it more and more, longer and longer.
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Then I started getting affirmations from people saying, I needed you to show
up. Thank you so much for showing up.
That kept me getting motivated to stay on. Two is Affirmation Station Show.
That actually was a live show on the Wisdom platform that I was doing.
And it was pretty much completely scripted except for when the guests came up.
And I had to learn how to navigate just on audio only to then go to TikTok for
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video, to then transfer that to Instagram for a brief moment,
to then transfer that into YouTube. too.
And I realized that majority of the time I'm having a conversation with myself.
I'm going to be honest. And I'm cracking jokes with myself. And then sometimes
the people will catch up on everything and then they'll have their own little
two cents and then I'll shout them out in the comment section.
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And then that sparks more conversation because I'm still trying to figure out
how I did like a three hour live. And I still don't know what I talked about.
Can I be real? I don't even know what I talked about in that live,
but it did like 4,000 views. And I'm like, I don't remember.
I just know that when I'm there, I am your friend. I am that listening ear.
I am that person that's just going to show up. And anytime that I'm showing
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up in a relationship, my passion and my confidence naturally come out.
And I know it's also because I have an inner knowing. So when I'm talking to
that person, I understand them from a way in place that they don't even realize
I understand them because I can feel them.
And so I say the questions or the answers that they thought in their head out
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loud like they actually spoke it out loud. So that's two.
And the last thing I will say when it comes to lives is that my confidence is
there's a thing called NLP, which is like a hypnosis that you can do on yourself. self.
And for me, I have an anchor.
And how I anchor myself to get ready to do a performance,
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a talk, a conversation is I put my index finger and my thumb together,
like a circle, like a kind of circle. And then I take a deep breath.
And then I say on, I literally turn myself on.
And then I the confidence is there automatically, the funniness is there automatically.
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And it's It's just, I go into that version of myself that is very outgoing.
And then after I'm done, I go back into my introverted self and say,
you know, it's time to go to sleep.
Good night. And I go to sleep.
I actually did episode about using hypnotherapy to be more creative and confident.
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And I kind of want to do another one about it because it's like my most downloaded episode.
So people are definitely interested in that.
But yeah, I love all of that advice. That is awesome.
I appreciate all those tips. And what are some final kind of for the artists,
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the creatives who are feeling stuck, who maybe aren't getting that confirmation of others like,
oh, I needed to hear this or anything like that, that really keeps you going
when you aren't hearing that, when you don't have that kind of feedback, that support,
how do you keep going when
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you aren't getting those fuse okay so y'all
Durante has ADHD tendencies I've
never been diagnosed but I have ADHD tendencies I'm gonna be honest I'm gonna
be real with you so something that helps me besides binaural beats and frequency
music is high vibrational music that have a nice beat to it so some artists
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I listen to is Mellow Will,
Kristen Peave, Hika, Sharara Wise, Herbie.
Who else do I listen to?
Connor Price, Forest Frank. Forest Frank, the song Good Day,
that's a really good song because it's just, it brightens my day up and it keeps
me like positive and moving and flowing because Because music is honestly one
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of the many ways that I use to transform myself.
But also to be mindful of what music I'm listening to.
Because if it affirms me, it pours into my cup. But if it's more of that...
Mind you, y'all, I love The Weakest Link, and please know I love the song Not
Like Us by Kendrick Lamar. Okay, I just have to say that.
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But I can't listen to this trap all the time because it pours in stuff that
I don't want poured into me that can take away from my goal that I set for myself.
So I'm mindful to pour myself in by, one, Soda can see this,
but I have affirmations behind me, including a painting with the affirmation above me.
I have literally affirmations all around my house. So everywhere that I walk,
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I am getting affirmed. I listen to music.
And in addition to that, on my phones, I actually don't have traditional backgrounds.
I normally have backgrounds where it's motivational.
And there's this app called, oh my God, I think it's called like I Am.
I have it on my Android and I have it on my iPhone.
And it's just an affirmation app. So every time I'm swiping through,
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there's a new affirmation that's giving me motivation just with all my phone.
And this is where strength gets a little bit extra. all of my folders are actually affirmation names.
So I am literally getting affirmed everywhere that I go because I forget sometimes
to pour into my cup naturally.
So I've had to put some precautions in place to
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help me stay motivated because I realized that I deserve to show up in the world
as my full authentic self just as much as you because your voice is so unique
and it is part of this masterpiece and this symphony that we call this world.
And we need your chords to be able to sing.
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And if you don't show up, then we can't strike beautiful melodies or harmonies
because it's going to be destroying it because you're not there.
Like that's how important your presence and your voice and all of who you are,
your story, your fails, your triumphs, all of of those things make up of who we are.
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And I can say is that you're enough, you matter, and I'm proud of you for all that you've been doing,
all that you will do, because at the end of the day, you have always been the
solution and you've never been the problem.
Oh, that like, got me a little teary eyed right there. That was beautiful.
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What are some final takeaways, final tips? Where can people find you too?
Because I'm sure that everyone is curious and wants to see what kind of content
you make, and they'll want to follow along in your journey as you grow even more. Mars.
So I'll do the where to find me in my last tip. So where to find me?
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I am Charente Carr everywhere.
So that's C-H-A-R-E-N-T-E-C-A-R-R. Or you can head to CharenteCarr.com where
you'll see all of my things that are me.
I can say is that if you're looking to like, you don't even know where your
visioning is. And you're like, I don't even know what I want in my life.
I have a workbook. if I'm not
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mistaken it's free and it's all available
on storeandtakeheart.com within my beacon store I
want you to download it I want you to evaluate all areas
of your life and make the vision write it
down not in your phone but write it down with a pen and paper and watch how
it comes to reality because when I finally wrote down I'm going to get a hundred
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thousand subscribers I have it right here girl I'm gonna show it to you so you
can see it you see this right here Yep, it's a note. It's a note.
It says 100,000 subscribers.
So I wrote this note last week. Within a week of writing this note, it happened.
There's something about writing things down. You gotta write it down,
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okay? Make it plain to yourself.
And even if you forget where that sticky note is, you forget where that notebook
is, you wrote it down, which means that it's going to now happen.
And you write it in present tense.
You don't write it in past tense. You don't write it in, I wish for,
I hope for. No, you already have it.
In this moment, in this now, you already have it.
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So write it like you already have claimed it because it was already yours and
nothing that is truly meant for you will pass you by.
And if they don't wanna pay, then they gotta go, okay?
And I say this because I'm also doing brand deals now and there's a lot of people
that don't wanna play ball.
They don't wanna pay you. No, you have to pay me. I have to wear 17 hats.
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You will pay me for my 17 hats. I'm not done taking gifted collaborations because
I think that's actually a good compensation when I know people are out here
making six figures from one brown deal and they don't have the following at all.
They have a thousand people, but they're making six figures.
What? No. So if they don't pay, they got to go, baby.
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But if you need to get like your portfolio up and ready, go ahead and take a
couple of gifted collaborations and do it if it makes sense for you and your
house. But like, hey, they're going to give me an unlimited supply of toilet tissues.
Do it because during the pandemic, they ran out of those so fast.
So whatever it is, if it works for you and your family, do it.
But if it doesn't, don't do it don't say yes to
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everything use your no liberally just
as much as you use your yes there should be a
healthy balance for you between your yeses and
your no's and you deserve i'm gonna say this for the people in the back i'm
gonna say this one more time you deserve to get paid for the work that you do
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you deserve it you deserve it you deserve it if you need to replay play this
section of this entire podcast, I'm going to say it one more time.
You deserve it.
You are worth it. Your feelings may change, your finances may change,
but your worth has never changed because you've always been worth it.
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I felt the tingles. You're just giving me all sorts of tingles today.
Well, thank you so, so much again for coming on.
I know that you are are busy with your your 17 hats or you do a lot of work.
So I am grateful that you were able to share all this wisdom because a lot of
us really need to know it because it can be so discouraging when you're starting
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out on your YouTube journey and just seeing someone like you and seeing you accomplish your goals,
especially for your sister and yourself and your whole community.
It is an and inspiration for others.
So thank you again. And yeah, I will put all the links down below for everyone to check out.
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And thank you for listening to this week's episode of the Success Palette.
You may have noticed that this podcast has been on pause for the last two months.
I did start a new full-time job that's been very, very time consuming and pretty
draining physically and emotionally,
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but I'm starting to get back into the rhythm of things and do plan on posting episodes weekly.
We have some fantastic topics coming up, so you will definitely want to stay tuned for that.
And if you want to get in touch or follow along on social media,
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feel free to go to thesuccesspalette.com.
Thanks for your support and let's work together to make this week a successful one.
Hello, hello, everyone. You are listening to The Success Palette,
a place to discuss everything that you were not taught in school about how to
be successful in the arts.
I'm your host Soda and today we are going to talk about YouTube growth.
YouTube is so, so important for creatives nowadays.
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And we're going to go into a little bit more detail later on why that is.
But first of all, I want to welcome our amazing guest, Sharente Carr,
who just hit 100,000 subscribers on YouTube.
Oh my goodness. Sharente, how are you feeling about this? What is going through your mind?
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My body still has the chills of gratitude. attitude.
The tears still want to pour out.
And I can say I just feel really appreciated and really loved in this moment.
100,000. That's like the huge milestone that we would all love to see.
But you you accomplished that.
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And I know it took you years, right? I mean, can you take us back to the beginning
of when you started how you were feeling when you started? What even got you started? did.
Yeah. So I started YouTube back in 2011 when I was 14 to build community with
the audience that I was writing to because I was writing fiction books at the time.
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And I just wanted to go live just so I can know more about them,
know more about the things that I wanted to put in my books.
And after that, I honestly paused because I was personally going through a lot
from my health to homelessness to all of the in-betweens, I'll just say that.
So I stopped YouTube altogether and I picked it back up about,
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I would say, three years ago after my sister passed during the pandemic.
Because something that she and me both loved was the arts.
And we always wanted to be artists. We wanted to express our art and to be known for it.
And something that she never got to do was to be known for what she did,
from all the writing, the playwriting, the singing, the dancing. She truly was an artist.
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But all of that went with her, with seeing Wynn.
And I told myself in my spirit, I was like, to honor her memory,
I'm going to allow myself to be the artist that I know that I am.
And I'm ready to show up in the world publicly and not just privately.
And I started by actually working on TikTok first.
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And then TikTok turned into TikTok and Instagram, which turned into TikTok,
Instagram, and YouTube.
And then it went to a whole bunch of other things for me to realize that YouTube
is where I really wanted to concentrate my growth.
And this year, I took it more seriously. I hired a mentor slash coach from Creator
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Life. Her name is Brittany.
And she was already mentoring for three years for free.
And I was like, you know, I'm going to pay for her mentorship.
I'm going to get dedicated support.
And through that and signing up for her membership, she has helped coach me
on the things that work for my channel, what don't work for my channel.
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And within, I will say, one week,
actually two weeks, let me actually be honest, but looking at the analytics, it was two weeks.
I got 87,000 subscribers from one short, one.
And it's acting at 1.4 million views. And I am still flabbergasted right now
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in this moment as we're recording this, because the 100,000 subscribers happened six hours ago.
And I'm still in shock because I I think I'm at 102,000 subscribers.
And I'm just like. You worked years and years doing so many. You have a lot of videos.
I've watched quite a few of them from your, you know, motivational affirmation
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station videos and your beauty videos, your travel.
You have so many different types of videos and you've been working so hard.
And especially, you know, lately for your sister. And then, you know,
taking that risk and working with Dr.
Fashion, who is amazing, by the way, I've been following her and how it finally paid off.
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Do you feel that everything that you've worked for, how much worth it has it
been to you to really have that?
And what have you learned from doing all of those videos? videos.
So what makes me know that it's worth it is the comments that I get.
I'm gonna be honest and real with you. The comments of saying I needed that.
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Thank you. I didn't know that. Thank you.
Then making jokes in the comment section. I'm cracking up often,
but I can't put that I like it because it was very inappropriate, but it was super funny.
Then I would have liked it. I just can't hurt it and make it publicly known
that I really rocked with that because it was really That right there is what
like it just it frightens my day because especially when you're doing a lot of videos,
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a lot of people don't realize that I've done over 2000 videos,
long form and short form and live videos.
And that's only been within the past three years. And mind you,
I'm sitting on so much raw content that has not been published.
So that number is a lot higher than what I've already published in that that's
currently available out there.
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And something that I can say is that when my sister passed away,
I also had to figure out who was Jarente.
Like, who was she? Who is she without her sister, who is also my best friend?
She was the person I talked to all the time. Who was she?
And I even had a child ask me, what do you like to do for fun?
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And I cried because I don't remember the last time I had fun because I was so
absorbed in the corporate world and trying to figure that out and wearing the
persona of I have to be this perfect person that has it all together and is super high achiever.
Because if I'm not a high achiever, then I'm quote unquote lazy to then go into
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YouTube and TikTok and people not really understand my drive because they're
like, I just don't get it. I'm like, y'all, it's because I've had to hyperachieve
on everything that I've ever had to do.
And I've had to work so hard for everything that I had to do that.
It's just naturally that comes to me when I am making content.
And I can say is that that's how I got to travel.
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That's how I got to beauty. and to the reactions, because that's what I actually
was consuming on YouTube before I did it.
I was consuming reactions. I was consuming music.
I was consuming beauty content that was positive, not the body shaming,
none of those other things. I wasn't consuming that.
And I realized that I have been the motivation for a lot of people in my life.
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Why not share that with the public, because maybe they're looking for this too.
And if they can get the help that they're looking for through me,
that's going to be awesome because I would love to be a solution and not another problem.
A lot of us feel that what we have to share isn't worth it, like that we don't have value,
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especially with AI and everything going on right now that, you know,
someone else could do it better than us. So there's no point in us sharing.
Did you ever have those kinds of thoughts? And if so, how did you get over that? I'm going to be honest.
I have it where I taught someone something and then they decided to teach it,
but they didn't teach it the way that I teached it. And it was blowing over people's heads.
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And after seeing that, and they never gave me credit for it,
by the way, I was like, you know what?
F you, the thing that you sit on, the thing that you stand on,
I'm going to speak for my own self.
And when I started speaking, people understood me.
And I was like, you were never meant to teach the thing that I was meant to teach.
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So I do matter in this. I am unique and people do listen to me because I am
a solution to multiple people.
I can't say I'm a solution to everybody because I'm not.
I've learned that. I really have learned that. And I am very humbled in that regard.
But I know that my voice matters just as much as the next person because we
all have the gems in our toolbox to help somebody else.
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And I can say is that when
I started to view myself as like that treasure box that
like pirates go and hunt for and all
the things that i learn are just the beautiful coins and gems that
are just in my box i was like i have more
than enough within my box to share and i will always stay rich
within myself not just thinking
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about it from a material possession thing but thinking about it from the wisdom
that i've that i've acquired and you get to this point where you learn so much
because i'm a fellow math i love learning that you just if you don't share like
Like you can't absorb anything new because it's just sitting in you.
So I was like, how can I continue learning the way that I do,
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which is passionately, okay?
And be able to understand this information.
Well, I need to share, I need to teach it and I need to get it out so that I
have more space within myself to be able to learn more things, to teach more things.
And something that I know about me is that.
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When it comes to technology, I have a lot of people around me that have issues
with technology and I love being able to teach it to them.
And then when they finally get it, I'm like, yeah, you got it.
And I'm just I'm just so proud of you, because at the end of the day,
I really believe in that saying you lead the horse to water so it can drink
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for a lifetime and not forcing the horse to drink. Right.
When you were saying about how everyone has a way that they say things that
can affect people in different ways, what you just said, like,
I've heard it a bunch of times.
That's something about the way that you said it. Like I, I needed to hear it.
So, and I know others did too.
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And you were talking about technology.
What are some ways that some of the new tools and features that have been coming
out lately, AI tools or anything like that?
How has that helped you expand your reach?
Because I know that you could make great content, but if people don't see it, then, you know.
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Oh, yeah. So as someone that loves for some technology, I got technology for
days, something that you guys can't see, because this is the audio podcast is
I have Off to the left of me, I have a list of all my softwares.
I have a list of what they do. I have a list of how much money they are.
And the reason I did that is because since I use so many softwares,
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when I do these type of audits, I realized that I bought the exact same software twice.
And as something when it comes to my taxes, I'm not trying to buy things twice.
So I always am looking at my tech stack to make sure it's really in alignment
for what what I want to do with the ease of use, the customization,
as well as the detailed reporting.
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Something that's about me that a lot of people don't realize is I am a businesswoman
too. So my corporate side, I am a workday systems administrator.
So I do system configurations, integrations, and all the things that you don't
want to think about, I do that for work, including analytics.
So when I was thinking about my content creation, I'm like, how can I work at
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my W2 job, that's what I call it, and be like almost a full-time content creator and be a wife,
and a dog and then still see my family and hang out with people like how can
I do all that and the word that came to me.
That I learned when I was working at MGM, which was automate efficiencies, workflows.
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So something that I first did was get a note-taking app.
I did not need to get it because KeepNotes, as well as your plain old notes
in your Apple device, those work efficiently too.
You don't need to get Evernote. I did.
I used it for a little while and I realized I didn't need that software when
I have Google Documents too.
So it's that. That was one. Two is that the second thing is what is my workflow?
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I realized because I do system configuration work, I'm going to take you guys
through what a workflow is and what I'm talking about.
A workflow is a process in which you do work in.
So how it starts for me is I have an idea and I write the idea down.
After I write the idea down, I gather requirements for that idea,
which means I do my research on the idea.
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So in this case for YouTube, I will go to studio.youtube.com,
go to analytics and go to inspiration or also known as the research tab and
look up the keywords to see what is currently the highest search result.
After I do my research, I move into creating the content that fits those keywords and my style.
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After I get that done, I have to now think about how am I going to edit it to fit my brand.
My brand is sunshine, rainbows, uplifting, educational, and affirmational.
So that is my brand. So when I'm thinking about my editing, I'm thinking about that.
After I take it from the video editing, which I use CapCut for,
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I use Canva for, I have tried DaVinci and I have tried Adobe Pro.
That is a lot. The learning curve is high. So I stopped that.
I'm I'm going to stay with CapCut until I have to use another editor.
After I finished with that, I then, because I do it on CapCut desktop,
I can convert the long form into a bunch of shorts using AI and saying I need
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it to be less than 60 seconds.
And it'll make me like 12 shorts to then upload to YouTube.
After I do that, then it's the fun part where I have to title my creation,
descript my creation, hashtag my creation, and then get promotional materials for that creation.
And I use Canva to do that. And I make a template and I use that template constantly
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so I don't have to rework the wheel.
I know it's already working on my channel, so I'm going to use the exact same thing.
I'm just going to tweak it, change the color a little bit, depending on what and who I'm talking to.
And then from there I go
into launching everything which means I'm
scheduling it out and things are going live and
then I go into hyper care which is I'm going to my comment section I'm commenting
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back to people I'm engaging with them I am talking to them but that's literally
my entire workflow per video okay yeah I gave you guys a lot but I told you
I'm going to explain to see what my workflow is.
So I use a few softwares to get a lot done. And something that helps me with
the title and description is gemini.google.com and chatGBP.
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And the prompts that I use, you might want to write this down or might want
to pause and write this down.
Okay. The prompts that I use is, I, hey, I am currently working on a YouTube
video and it's about this.
Using these key terms, and I put the key terms in quotations,
please create me SEO optimized title.
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And description with relevant hashtags to get more engagement on this video.
And then it will spit out an entire result. And it gives me three different
options to choose from if I use Gemini, which is Google's AI.
And I pick from that and then I just upload it. And that's how I do that.
That I also use Opus Clips.
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There's like, there's a lot of softwares I use, including like my regular calendar,
because I have to time block myself too, to be able to do everything that I
do and still have time for me.
I definitely need to check all of those out because I feel like I am doing so much work.
And then we get overwhelmed because as artists, we just want to create,
we want to create and we don't want to do all these extra things that we need to do.
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But there are tools that can help us. And I know that it can be a little overwhelming
to, you know, do the maybe not as artsy side of the things.
But do you like those other aspects of creating YouTube?
Or does that overwhelm you when you have to do so much extra work?
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The only thing that I can say that has been overwhelming me is video editing.
And that's only because of how long it takes, depending on how long the video is.
So when I'm making my long form, that takes me sometimes two to five hours per video.
And that's a lot of time out of my day when I, like I said, I do the most already.
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I already know about y'all. I already know about y'all. I already know. So I just can't.
So right now, I'm going to be honest and real with you, live as we speak right
now, Now, my husband's best friend's girlfriend wants to learn content creation,
so I'm teaching it to her, and she wants to learn video editing.
So, right now, I am building a video editor as we speak to help me do all of
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this because I realized early on I needed the team. I've had multiple virtual assistants.
I've had multiple social media managers. I've hired these individuals.
I've even had a branding person come in and help me out, and they did not finish
my media kit, So I had to sit down one day for six hours and work on my own media kit.
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And that was a doozy because I've never worked on a media kit before.
Now I could do it pretty much in my sleep. But something that I can say is that
I have fun creating, period.
It doesn't matter if it's with colors or it's with technology.
I like creating. So I do it in multiple forms and fashion.
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And I love that you could really think of some of these extra tasks as a way
to create. It's not like you could have fun doing the more tedious stuff,
you know, and I love that you, you really embrace that.
And you mentioned a team. And I know that you have your team that kind of helps
you build your YouTube channel that you've hired out.
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But I also know that you have a really good community.
Can you talk a little bit about how you built that community and how that community
has helped you grow on YouTube? too. Yeah.
So I'm a community builder no matter where I go.
That's just what I do. So something that happened last year around the November
time period, I was on this app.
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I think I'm a fan base and I was at a point where I was done with it because
they kept talking about the exact same toxic stuff every day.
And as someone that stays as positive as I can be,
I know I can't be around negativity and toxicity for
a long time without me then becoming that and I
was and that made me do a
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serious process I was like that's happening my
goals are not getting completed I am sick again like this is just this is not
it for me so what I decided to do is there's I I've always been quote-unquote
the plug every time I go to a new community they call me the plug they call
me the secretary or they call me the CEO to one of these three titles can't
make this up so since anyone know, may I have a plug?
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I decided to do what I do and make a telegram group. It was called Renaissance Visionaries first.
And it was just to help a lot of people at one time, like different resources,
talks, as well as like business funding and all the in-betweens.
And then I was like, no, I need something more dedicated. I need something more focused.
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So I then created a group called the Creative Squad,
which is my own pretty much talent agency that I've built where I help content
creators with their content, their mental health, as well as helping them with
getting monetization on multiple platforms.
And it started with me and four others.
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One of them is no longer within the group and that's because they were not executing
and they chose to gracefully bow out because something about me is when it comes to my my community,
it has to be in a place and space that's going to nourish me to get my goals done.
And if it's not a place and space that's going to nourish me to get my goals
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done, I have chosen to not allow myself in those spaces where I'm not even appreciated.
And I can say is that it was through that and also going to Brittany's First
Vegas Creative Collective for YouTube out here in December that got me connected
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with the Creator Life community and getting to meet her in person from just
listening to her on the Wisdom app.
It was a totally different experience. And I was like, I can actually see myself working with them.
Then she gave me this audit and the
way that she delivered the feedback to me was it
a way that I could understand it without it being a
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very nasty criticism and pretty much judgment I can't do judgment in my performance
evaluations no matter what it is corporate artistry I just can't because I wish
a mother effa would okay that's just where I'm at in my artistry I'm not gonna lie to you so So,
but the way she gave it to me was such a loving way that I was like, I want more of that.
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And then I was telling her some of my goals. Like, I wanted to go to CES.
So, I want to go to VidCon. I want to do these things.
She's like, oh, I can get you to CES. And I was like, what? She's like,
yeah. I was like, and then she did.
And we went. And it was fun. And then I joined.
Her for an Adobe event. That was fun. And then I went to her content house one
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day where I got to meet Percy or Diabeast Kitchen.
And he got to teach me new things. And that's where I actually,
I bought my laptop from him, the one that I'm now currently editing all my videos
on from him, because I knew I needed a laptop because my current position at
the company I'm working for is dissolving.
So I was like, there's no way I can do my content creation on my work computer.
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Or one that's if that shouldn't be happening in the first place and two i need
another lap because the last laptop i had i gave it
away to another artist because his laptop went to
footsies and i was like you have a six figure contractor clothes
so i'm only just i'm just gonna give you this laptop so i
was really happy to be able to get another one and
from there it just sprouted off and the
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community that i'm surrounded by and the country groups
i'm surrounded by they don't have the number they didn't
have the numbers i had they had like millions per
platform and i was like i'm just in the
group like hi i'm just gonna be quiet i'm still absorbing
the information i'm just here i'm just here okay
i'm gonna ask you a question about this okay i'm gonna ask you a
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question about this and the reason i can say i apply a
reply to almost all of my comments at least i do my best to
is because keep up radio keep
up radio also known as wet me who is
a really popular tiktoker and a really popular youtube gamer streamer who told
me sure and say even the ones that decide you're going to be not so kind you
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can still reply back to those in a kind way because some of the times you don't
realize that that kindness like will get to them and then they'll say, I'm sorry.
I didn't mean to say it like that. That wasn't my intention.
And then you gain a new subscriber. And I was like, okay. So that's what I can
say about building community.
And I can also say when my community that I built turned toxic, I have pulled away.
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When it got to where it feels like I was being used, I pulled away.
I pulled back because I realized I was helping everybody else create their dreams,
but I stopped creating mine. and I was able to reach 100,000 subscribers when
I pulled back from my group.
And I don't like to say that, but it's the honest truth because sometimes some
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people, the analysis paralysis, they get that and it sets in.
And if you're around that long enough and you're around people that are bashing
their own selves, you start picking up those tendencies without you realizing
and you're you're wondering why you're calling yourself that and you're shaming
yourself in the mirror. And that's what I was experiencing.
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And now I'm at this place and space where I'm clear. I'm back to my positive self.
And it feels good to be the introvert that I really am. I know you'll be like,
no, Sharenti, you can't be an introvert that many videos.
Y'all don't realize I truly am an introvert. I really am.
I really like just to keep by myself, to myself, by myself. I'm happy in my own presence.
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It's just, I'm not. I am the exact same way. So I get that. Yeah.
So that's what I will say about the building of community. It was building,
but also build to the point where you sometimes will have to pull back.
Because if you're not being appreciated, and you're not being nourished,
and you need to get that from somewhere, unless you're just going to be an empty
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cup, and you're going to have a hole in you.
And what's the point of that when we, when we, our creativity comes from us
having a full cup to be able to create.
That was such a beautiful message because so many of us, we don't realize our
worth, like what we were talking about earlier.
And we'll either let people who are toxic kind of diminish us or we're scared
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to be in a room with people like what you were saying, people with millions of subscribers.
We feel that we aren't worthy to be around them, even though they're like,
no, I would love to help you.
So you are able to go on these lives and be super bubbly and super confident.
And how did you get that confidence? Because going live for me is terrifying.
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Like, of course, when I went with you, you just made me feel very welcome.
So I felt okay. OK, but in general, like going live is pretty scary for a lot of us.
How did you get over that and exude that confidence that you have?
Two things. So one, I practice on the TikTok, you know, the platform that I
really don't care as much as that.
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Okay, where the trolls can live and I'm fine if they stay. So that's the first thing.
Going live, even for like 10 minutes on TikTok, scared the bejesus out of me
when I was first doing it.
Bejesus. Please know that. Bejesus. That's not even a word, but it scared the bejesus out of me.
And I started doing it more and more, longer and longer.
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Then I started getting affirmations from people saying, I needed you to show
up. Thank you so much for showing up.
That kept me getting motivated to stay on. Two is Affirmation Station Show.
That actually was a live show on the Wisdom platform that I was doing.
And it was pretty much completely scripted except for when the guests came up.
And I had to learn how to navigate just on audio only to then go to TikTok for
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video, to then transfer that to Instagram for a brief moment,
to then transfer that into YouTube. too.
And I realized that majority of the time I'm having a conversation with myself.
I'm going to be honest. And I'm cracking jokes with myself. And then sometimes
the people will catch up on everything and then they'll have their own little
two cents and then I'll shout them out in the comment section.
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And then that sparks more conversation because I'm still trying to figure out
how I did like a three hour live. And I still don't know what I talked about.
Can I be real? I don't even know what I talked about in that live,
but it did like 4,000 views. And I'm like, I don't remember.
I just know that when I'm there, I am your friend. I am that listening ear.
I am that person that's just going to show up. And anytime that I'm showing
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up in a relationship, my passion and my confidence naturally come out.
And I know it's also because I have an inner knowing. So when I'm talking to
that person, I understand them from a way in place that they don't even realize
I understand them because I can feel them.
And so I say the questions or the answers that they thought in their head out
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loud like they actually spoke it out loud. So that's two.
And the last thing I will say when it comes to lives is that my confidence is
there's a thing called NLP, which is like a hypnosis that you can do on yourself. self.
And for me, I have an anchor.
And how I anchor myself to get ready to do a performance,
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a talk, a conversation is I put my index finger and my thumb together,
like a circle, like a kind of circle. And then I take a deep breath.
And then I say on, I literally turn myself on.
And then I the confidence is there automatically, the funniness is there automatically.
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And it's It's just, I go into that version of myself that is very outgoing.
And then after I'm done, I go back into my introverted self and say,
you know, it's time to go to sleep.
Good night. And I go to sleep.
I actually did episode about using hypnotherapy to be more creative and confident.
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And I kind of want to do another one about it because it's like my most downloaded episode.
So people are definitely interested in that.
But yeah, I love all of that advice. That is awesome.
I appreciate all those tips. And what are some final kind of for the artists,
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the creatives who are feeling stuck, who maybe aren't getting that confirmation of others like,
oh, I needed to hear this or anything like that, that really keeps you going
when you aren't hearing that, when you don't have that kind of feedback, that support,
how do you keep going when
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you aren't getting those fuse okay so y'all
Durante has ADHD tendencies I've
never been diagnosed but I have ADHD tendencies I'm gonna be honest I'm gonna
be real with you so something that helps me besides binaural beats and frequency
music is high vibrational music that have a nice beat to it so some artists
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I listen to is Mellow Will,
Kristen Peave, Hika, Sharara Wise, Herbie.
Who else do I listen to?
Connor Price, Forest Frank. Forest Frank, the song Good Day,
that's a really good song because it's just, it brightens my day up and it keeps
me like positive and moving and flowing because Because music is honestly one
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of the many ways that I use to transform myself.
But also to be mindful of what music I'm listening to.
Because if it affirms me, it pours into my cup. But if it's more of that...
Mind you, y'all, I love The Weakest Link, and please know I love the song Not
Like Us by Kendrick Lamar. Okay, I just have to say that.
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But I can't listen to this trap all the time because it pours in stuff that
I don't want poured into me that can take away from my goal that I set for myself.
So I'm mindful to pour myself in by, one, Soda can see this,
but I have affirmations behind me, including a painting with the affirmation above me.
I have literally affirmations all around my house. So everywhere that I walk,
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I am getting affirmed. I listen to music.
And in addition to that, on my phones, I actually don't have traditional backgrounds.
I normally have backgrounds where it's motivational.
And there's this app called, oh my God, I think it's called like I Am.
I have it on my Android and I have it on my iPhone.
And it's just an affirmation app. So every time I'm swiping through,
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there's a new affirmation that's giving me motivation just with all my phone.
And this is where strength gets a little bit extra. all of my folders are actually affirmation names.
So I am literally getting affirmed everywhere that I go because I forget sometimes
to pour into my cup naturally.
So I've had to put some precautions in place to
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help me stay motivated because I realized that I deserve to show up in the world
as my full authentic self just as much as you because your voice is so unique
and it is part of this masterpiece and this symphony that we call this world.
And we need your chords to be able to sing.
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And if you don't show up, then we can't strike beautiful melodies or harmonies
because it's going to be destroying it because you're not there.
Like that's how important your presence and your voice and all of who you are,
your story, your fails, your triumphs, all of of those things make up of who we are.
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And I can say is that you're enough, you matter, and I'm proud of you for all that you've been doing,
all that you will do, because at the end of the day, you have always been the
solution and you've never been the problem.
Oh, that like, got me a little teary eyed right there. That was beautiful.
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What are some final takeaways, final tips? Where can people find you too?
Because I'm sure that everyone is curious and wants to see what kind of content
you make, and they'll want to follow along in your journey as you grow even more. Mars.
So I'll do the where to find me in my last tip. So where to find me?
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I am Charente Carr everywhere.
So that's C-H-A-R-E-N-T-E-C-A-R-R. Or you can head to CharenteCarr.com where
you'll see all of my things that are me.
I can say is that if you're looking to like, you don't even know where your
visioning is. And you're like, I don't even know what I want in my life.
I have a workbook. if I'm not
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mistaken it's free and it's all available
on storeandtakeheart.com within my beacon store I
want you to download it I want you to evaluate all areas
of your life and make the vision write it
down not in your phone but write it down with a pen and paper and watch how
it comes to reality because when I finally wrote down I'm going to get a hundred
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thousand subscribers I have it right here girl I'm gonna show it to you so you
can see it you see this right here Yep, it's a note. It's a note.
It says 100,000 subscribers.
So I wrote this note last week. Within a week of writing this note, it happened.
There's something about writing things down. You gotta write it down,
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okay? Make it plain to yourself.
And even if you forget where that sticky note is, you forget where that notebook
is, you wrote it down, which means that it's going to now happen.
And you write it in present tense.
You don't write it in past tense. You don't write it in, I wish for,
I hope for. No, you already have it.
In this moment, in this now, you already have it.
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So write it like you already have claimed it because it was already yours and
nothing that is truly meant for you will pass you by.
And if they don't wanna pay, then they gotta go, okay?
And I say this because I'm also doing brand deals now and there's a lot of people
that don't wanna play ball.
They don't wanna pay you. No, you have to pay me. I have to wear 17 hats.
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You will pay me for my 17 hats. I'm not done taking gifted collaborations because
I think that's actually a good compensation when I know people are out here
making six figures from one brown deal and they don't have the following at all.
They have a thousand people, but they're making six figures.
What? No. So if they don't pay, they got to go, baby.
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But if you need to get like your portfolio up and ready, go ahead and take a
couple of gifted collaborations and do it if it makes sense for you and your
house. But like, hey, they're going to give me an unlimited supply of toilet tissues.
Do it because during the pandemic, they ran out of those so fast.
So whatever it is, if it works for you and your family, do it.
But if it doesn't, don't do it don't say yes to
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everything use your no liberally just
as much as you use your yes there should be a
healthy balance for you between your yeses and
your no's and you deserve i'm gonna say this for the people in the back i'm
gonna say this one more time you deserve to get paid for the work that you do
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you deserve it you deserve it you deserve it if you need to replay play this
section of this entire podcast, I'm going to say it one more time.
You deserve it.
You are worth it. Your feelings may change, your finances may change,
but your worth has never changed because you've always been worth it.
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I felt the tingles. You're just giving me all sorts of tingles today.
Well, thank you so, so much again for coming on.
I know that you are are busy with your your 17 hats or you do a lot of work.
So I am grateful that you were able to share all this wisdom because a lot of
us really need to know it because it can be so discouraging when you're starting
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out on your YouTube journey and just seeing someone like you and seeing you accomplish your goals,
especially for your sister and yourself and your whole community.
It is an and inspiration for others.
So thank you again. And yeah, I will put all the links down below for everyone to check out.
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And thank you for listening to this week's episode of the Success Palette.
You may have noticed that this podcast has been on pause for the last two months.
I did start a new full-time job that's been very, very time consuming and pretty
draining physically and emotionally,
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but I'm starting to get back into the rhythm of things and do plan on posting episodes weekly.
We have some fantastic topics coming up, so you will definitely want to stay tuned for that.
And if you want to get in touch or follow along on social media,
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feel free to go to thesuccesspalette.com.
Thanks for your support and let's work together to make this week a successful one.
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