If you want to know what could have prompted both of those emotions, it was the answers to a question I asked our community yesterday via email. If you answered it, thank you so much for helping me sort out some things. β The question was..."what's the first thing that comes to mind when you think of God and Gigs?"
The delightful part was all the wonderful compliments and encouraging words that our community sent me.
The depressing part?
The fact that no one said the SAME thing.
Sidenote: I'm comforted to know that even Jesus went through this, when he asked his disciples what people were saying about him, and there were varying answers.
It's a marketer's nightmare when the message isn't clear.
And while I'm so glad this platform is blessing people in several different ways, the tough part is picking ONE thing that we'll do BEST.
And I think you can see the same need in your own creative career.
One of our most highly recommended books is Jordan Raynor's Master of One (you can get a copy here) in which he explains how we all have to pick one thing that God has gifted us to do at the highest level.
It doesn't mean you can't do OTHER things.
It just means that one thing will always be your calling card.
This isn't about basing your identity in what you do.
You're a child of God, and that's the principle thing that makes you who you are.
But other people probably know you for something that you exemplify. β
So it's a good thing to know what people are saying about you.
We're gonna work together over the next few weeks on leaning into your ONE thing so we all can have true clarity in our message, mission and mindset.
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LAB WORK π¬
How Social Proof is Helping our Progress
It's no secret that EVERYONE likes getting 5 star reviews.
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Anytime someone says publicly that they love your work, it's a major boost to your mood.
The key problem is: how do you share those comments easily and without doing a ton of work to copy and paste what other people say?
One thing that is working AMAZINGLY for me is an app called Senja - and the proof is in, well, the proof.
The thing that a lot of us don't realize is that there ARE people who have already said they love your work...but you haven't been able to keep it all together.
They are posts that are lost in threads and posts that you forgot about. I was STUNNED when I realized how many people have given us good reviews online.
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The thing Senja does amazingly well is help you FIND those posts so you can share them easily and beautifully.
But let's focus first on WHY you want to share those testimonials.
Like I said, people love compliments and reviews, but what they like even better is knowing that when they search for something, there's someone else who has already checked it out.
Be honest, we all look at how many likes something got before we like it ourselves. It's just human nature.
So by collecting testimonials about your music, art, performances or business, we're making our next customer or listeners' decision EASIER.
They don't have to research you. They just read what someone else learned about you.
And that is a wonderful way to show your community that you're authentic - because you're not pumping yourself up. Other people are.
If you're interested in how we're using testimonials to help show what we do (and maybe even add your own review) head to
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