#64: How to Raise $20k in 4 Days!

Number 1, don't stop making money because you're feeling a certain way. It's your job as a business owner to make money. You not making money is not going to help the situation or anyone around you. That's thing number 1. And in tandem with that, thing number 2 is you, for whatever reason, started a business. You have a platform, you have a mission, you have a voice. I think it's your responsibility at this moment in time to use that how you see fit.

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I'm very, very, very excited to be here and talking to you and to your audience. Because you know what, like over the last few weeks, the fundraiser that you just mentioned came about really as a fluke. Like, let me take you back to— now it's like the 20th, I don't even remember the day— basically 2-ish, 2 and a half weeks ago when the whole, you know, really terrible situation in Ukraine started, my family ended up on the other side of the border by a sheer fluke. I don't know whether it was I don't know, something divine that happened or whether it was just a really terrible coincidence. Normally everyone is in the UK. Normally, you know, we all live here and we have done for many, many years. But for whatever reason, my mom had to go back with her husband. He had to have an operation. My grandmother was there with, you know, she just finished her visa from here. My dad, who usually travels, was also in Ukraine, you know, living just outside of Kiev. Like literally the area that is now occupied. My extended family were all there. My brother was in Barcelona at the time. By a sheer fluke, he decided to fly away. I don't know, like very last minute. And it sort of ended up with myself and my little sister, who's 9 years old, at home, right? And like everyone else, we woke up on that, I think it was a Thursday. I actually woke up late. I don't know whether you have any moms in your audience, but you know how it is when you've been like looking after a little one all week long, and it's like the end of the week, and you're like, oh my God, I have half an hour to get to school, like sort of running down the stairs. And I look at my phone and I see, you know, all of these messages, all of these voicemails, and then a text message from my mom that is like, me, your granddad, and your grandmother are in the car driving to the British consulate. And just so that we're all very clear, my grandparents haven't spoken for the last 25 years. They're like badly divorced.

And now they're fleeing the country.

Yeah, they're together driving down to try and sort of save themselves. And when I read that message, I didn't need to check the news because I knew that the only way that those two individuals would ever get into a car together would be if something terrible has happened. So there's me, you know, trying to get my shoes on and trying to brush my teeth while also, you know, getting my sister's school at school and trying not to like burst into spontaneous tears, you know. And I just remember this feeling of utter helplessness, like this feeling of, oh my God, like helplessness and guilt just sort of crashing over me and thinking to myself, I don't know what to do. What can I do? I can't do anything. And I'm like, okay, flights. Okay, no, everything's bombed. Okay, cars. There's no petrol. Like there's a shortage of petrol because everyone's trying to flee. Okay, what can I do? I can't do anything. I just sort of have to sit back and, you know, stay sort of shocked. And by the way, my MOT, which is like the car tax, failed that week. So I needed to go and drop my car off.

Oh my goodness.

I'm in the car with my best friend.

Where was home for you whenever this all happened? Where is home for you?

So I live by the sea in the UK, in Brighton.

So you probably feel helpless also, like your family is there, they're in the car and like, what can you do, right? You're in the UK. I mean, I can imagine that's what's going through your head.

100%. And I think that the worst part is that you know so many people. Like, I don't know whether you, you know, whether you are you listening on the other side of this, you may be an immigrant like me and, you know, you sort of belong to two countries, right? Yes, I grew up here, but also the first year of school I did in, you know, the Ukraine.. And for me, I'm still friends with people from that first class. Like, you know, we went to Bali a few years ago together to celebrate New Year's Eve. Like, we're a tight-knit community and tight-knit group. You know, my neighbor helped my mom cross the border last week. Like, her brother drove them to the border. So, you know, it's not like, oh, you don't really live there, so you don't know anyone. It's like, you know everyone. These people helped raise you, and you don't know how to help them because all you can do is sort of sit there and refresh the news, you know, every 5 minutes.

Right, right. So much angst, so much worry from that.

Okay, so sorry, not very uplifting.

Yeah, I mean, no, but it's the sheer reality of it. And I think that it's so powerful. I'm so glad that we're able to bring this to our communities because we are seeing the mainstream news. And then if we're seeking out independent stuff, it can still feel very far from us personally, at least here. Me, not you obviously, but me, very true. In the States, I really feel like I'm so detached and like my heart just— and I was Every single day I listen to Today Explained. It's by Vox. It's like an independent news source. I really like their content. So it's like every day I was like getting their new episode. I'm like listening to other phone calls from people in Ukraine. And I'm like, I wish I could do something. Like, what can I do? You know, it just feels like it was just this feeling of wanting so badly to help but not knowing how and not knowing what you can do. And then it's like, well, if I do help, will it even benefit anyone?

Yeah, it's really great to some oligarch, you know, for his beautiful beautiful mansion in Sweden somewhere.

Right, right. Am I funding, am I funding the bad guy here? You know, so it can just feel like you're helpless in a lot of ways. So, so whenever you found out that this was going on and your, your family's there and they're trying to find, they're trying to, you know, get into a safe place, were you immediately like, okay, let's do a fundraiser and raise money? No. Yeah, like how did that happen?

Of course not. I was sat on my sofa crying. Like, actually, I don't know why I brought up the car thing because my best friend was driving me around, you know, I sort of had to take the car to the garage so they could change the light, like the light in the car. I thought it was just dirty. It was like the minutiae of daily life. And this is why I bring it up, because you don't think that this is going to happen to you and you don't think you're going to have to deal with it. And I was like, okay, well, I have to fix the car because if I have to— I was thinking to myself, if I have to drive to the border to pick them up for whatever reason—

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In case their car breaks down, in case they run out of petrol, whatever, like, I have to have my car fixed. So I sort of went into action mode fixing the car. My partner, bless him, like got 3— again, like the trains were broken down south. So he had to get like 3 different trains and a bus to come down here. And I was supposed to be going on a girls retreat that weekend as well. So it's like everything happened at the same time, you know? So I sat on my sofa with my tea and I was sort of spontaneously bursting into tears for a few days. I've sort of been like walking around and then something would hit me and I just sort of crumble. And then there was this moment over that weekend where my boyfriend sent me to the bath. He was like, okay, mindset routine, go and do some tapping. Go do some tapping, go and do some tapping in the mirror. Like you'll make yourself feel better. Go and like—

Get your crap together, in other words. Like go get your crap together.

Yeah, exactly. Go and do the things that I know make you happy. Like, you go to the bathroom and you do your tapping thing. Like you come out and you're human, like go and make yourself feel better, you know? Yeah, because he's, you know, he's like, I don't know what to do with you. You never, you never cry. Why are you crying? You're crying every 5 minutes. What's going on? So I was in this bath, and I remember feeling, you know, feeling all the feelings. And, you know, I didn't even tap. I was sort of like, you know, doing this. And for those guys on the podcast, you can't see me, but I was like sort of tapping on the collarbones, which is— and it's called Emotional Freedom Technique, and it helps you process your emotions. And I'll talk about it in a bit again, I guess. But I sort of sat in the bath and I had this idea and I was thinking to myself like, okay, there has to be something that I can do. I can't just sit here and spend the next weeks plus not knowing, you know, not— I can't spend the next weeks feeling helpless like this. I don't want to be that person. And, you know, people kept messaging me and being like, what do I do? Who do I call? 'Where do I donate?' And I will tell you one more thing. The first day I reposted a bad fundraiser that I actually donated to. One of my friends messaged me and was like, 'Alisa, this is not the right fundraiser. This is a scam.' Oh no. So yeah, that made me feel even worse on that first day, but whatever, it's fine. I wasn't fleeing my home, all of these other people were. But one of the thoughts that was running through my head was, Well, if I've donated somewhere that wasn't verified and wasn't right, yeah, and I'm in this privileged position where I have everything, you know, relatively speaking. I have somewhere to live, I have a great business, I have amazing clients that are super supportive, I have an amazing, you know, community of support around me, whether it's coaches, masterminds, etc. I'm in a privileged position where I'm not thinking, oh my God, my parents don't have anywhere to live because they do, they can pay their way down to the border and, you know, figure things out. Yeah, it's scary and difficult, but what about all of these other people, my close friends, my relatives, you know, my nanny from when I was like 3 years old, who is stuck in this apartment building that is like a Soviet-era concrete block with a smelly basement. It's not a bomb shelter like everyone's been describing it, it's like a smelly sewer basically.

Where you—

where we as kids were told never to go because like the boogeyman lived there.

Yeah.

And now all of these people in these concrete block apartments are— I was just sort of overwhelmed with this feeling. And you know, as I was sat in this bath, I kept hearing this word like bundle, bundle, and I was just like, you know, sort of like a fly, you're like, what can I do?

What's that?

What is that? What is that? Why am I sort of thinking about this? And, you know, the word kept coming back to me and I thought to myself, okay, well, if I can ask a few of my clients, maybe like my mentor or two, maybe they'll say yes. Maybe it'll be like 5 to 10 people max that I could convince them out of sheer goodwill to come, you know, and donate a product. Cut to basically a week later, we have 50+ contributors who I absolutely, you know, I know the majority of them personally. I have got, you know, surprise magical beings like you who I didn't know personally before this experience.

Yeah, we were connected. That was the thing though, it's like we were connected on Facebook somehow. So I don't know how we've connected or where we met, but it's like we were just magically connected. And yeah, so absolutely.

And you know, now we have people literally upset being like, why can't you feature me in this thing? And I'm like, because it's closed.

We've done it.

Yeah. Yeah, it was explained. There is a cap, you know. We have 50 people, like, thank you so much for wanting to be part of it, but like any more and my brain will actually explode and my tech girl will actually kill me, you know. Right.

There are so many moving pieces. I have been— I mean, we are fully supported as the contributors of it. We've been so fully supported and just having that, you know, these swipe files and like all of these marketing tools that just make our job so much easier to promote it. The emails and things like that. So I know, I know there's been so much hard work from your team and from you all pulling it together. It was easy for me as a contributor. Cool, I'll hand you my product. I got you a special login. Here you go. Put it in the bundle. And then we just kind of sat back and waited. And then your team, poof, here's the magical links for everyone. And it's just been really, really, it's been really such a smooth process. So again, I just want to say thank you for that. Thank you to your team. What was it like kind of pulling all those pieces together? Did you feel like frazzled or were you just really catapulted by the thought of helping people in need?

A little bit of both. I think there's just spontaneous crying happening at various points of the process. I will say this, that I felt so overwhelmed by the support from people who just donated their time. People who I was like, hi, I can't get this together in a day. Like, I don't know what I was thinking when I said, oh, this will be ready in a day. Does anyone want to help me with this? You know, in a previous life, before I started helping coaches become coaches, I used to be a funnel designer. You know, I used to write copy and I used to create funnels for people. So for me, creating a funnel is not a headache process. It's easy. It's one of my genius zones, if you like. Right. Creating copy again wasn't necessarily so hard, but I just couldn't really concentrate. Yeah. So I put it all together. One of my best friends, the girl that we were supposed to go on a girl retreat with, it was her birthday that weekend. She came back from the girls' trip. I obviously didn't go. And she was just like, let me help you organize yourself. And she sat down with me for like an hour and a half. And I already had like a spreadsheet that was just, you know, Can I swear? I don't know. Can we swear on this podcast? It was just a shit show. It was just like, you know, here's a column here, here's a column there. Like, here are just some thoughts that I had. And bless her, she like filtered it and it's color-coded and it's beautiful. And I was just like, I could cry with happiness seeing all of the beautiful organization. So shout out to Casey, who is incredible at doing that.

Shout out to Casey!

Thank you, Casey, for organizing my frazzled brain. Honestly, I found it so surprising how easy it was to ask for help. I think as women in general, it's a very difficult line to toe. I think we feel like we have to be superwomen. We have to do it alone. Asking for help is like the last thing that I would probably ever do. I would try and do it alone like the majority of my clients too. A lot of the time that we spent coaching, I find our clients, particularly if you're in the marketing space, it is like, how do you open yourself up? How do you get more into your feminine? How do you, you know, how do you open yourself up to the possibilities of everything around you? And for me, I didn't really have a choice here in that, like, there was no way in this universe that I was going to be able to get this out by myself. So I had to delegate more. I had to trust my team to do the things that, you know, I wouldn't usually necessarily trust them to do so easily, right? And yeah, sure. There were things that I, you know, I went in and fixed and there were like bits and pieces that weren't the way that I would do them. And, you know, even like the swipe file, I would have added like different things there, but you know what? Like launching it dirty and just letting the people use the copy that was written by an incredible copywriter who, again, I never knew, she just volunteered her time. Grabbing the graphics from one of my former clients who was just like, hey, I'm in Canada. Is there anything I could do to help? I'd literally message her at like 11 o'clock at night and I'd wake up and all these graphics were done. And it was the most magical feeling in the world.

Wow. And the graphics are beautiful. BTW, like all of the graphics, it's just so beautiful. Yeah, I need to get in touch with that graphic designer.

I'll send you her link. Absolutely. I'm like, shout out to everyone. They were so, so, so amazing and instrumental in helping me put this together. And I think, you know, the message that I want I want everyone to take away from this is that sometimes when you're clear on the destination, and I knew that I wanted to raise as much money as possible using the networks that I have available to me. And like, I don't have a 7-figure business yet. You know? My business is a relatively small coaching company in comparison to all these like really big mega superstars who have 7-figure launches and, you know, who I absolutely love and adore. I'm not there yet. And I think sometimes when you're at this level where, you know, you're making your comfortable 6 figures and you're doing the things and you're launching and you're building your community, and sometimes I think it feels like, well, I can't do anything to help anyone because my business isn't at that level yet. And even though my values are freedom and my values are service and my values are impact, I think a lot of us with smaller businesses, feel like, oh, but you know, these things are important to me, but I'm not making enough money yet.

Or I can't take the time out of doing my own launch and doing my own business to do that, you know, because my livelihood depends on it even, right? Or I'm lacking in power, quote unquote. I don't have the team, I don't have the resources to pull it together. So I love that, that we've touched on that, that you literally asked for help. Like you put it— I remember post on Facebook and it was like, I need help. Who can do these things? Like, I'm taking volunteers. And it was just, there's vulnerability in that and asking for help, especially as a woman. There is vulnerability in leading, like, messily, like you are willing to get it wrong, right? Like you're willing to be wrong so that you can get it right. And so that you can, like, stay true to the vision, which was raising as much money as possible for the people that need it the most. And there's so much power in that. So thank you. Yeah, I mean, that's just phenomenal. That you were able to do that and to stay true to that, you know, and yeah, so it's just, it's so crazy. We still have another, what, week left of this and already above $20,000 that's been raised. If anyone wants to purchase, if you're like, all right, I'm in, I'm sold, the website, I just had it and you probably have it memorized. What is the URL for us?

Yeah, sure. It's alisa-kkay.com.

/actlouder.

That's right. And the reason for the name is that we, you know, I made a note on my iPhone with all the different names and I screenshot it and sent it to like my, you know, whatever mastermind buddies, like the girl that helped me run my Facebook ads last launch, a few of the people that I really know and trust. And I was like, what do we think about these? And they were like, oh, I like something about acting, right? Because we kept seeing collectively everyone saying like, what can I do to help? How can I act? What is it that I can, you know, take action on? And, you know, this for me, the sentiment of people like sending prayers or sending love or like sitting in group meditation, all important things that probably make you feel better but don't make people on the ground feel better. You know what I mean? For me, I really wanted to create something that would help people act, that would help people either share the link with all of the people that you know if for whatever reason you can't donate $97, or feel free to donate $97, or there is an option to donate more. Um, the charities that we've chosen are verified. I've worked with them before. I personally know the hospitals that we're donating to. You know, I'm looking for a charity specifically for feminine health because that's something that I'm really passionate about. Um, I just really wanted to make sure that the money that people are, are so generously donating is actually going to good causes and it's not building, you know, Peters in Sweden. And, you know, my mom and I were laughing about this. We were like, do we really want to talk to people about like donating scams? And I was like, yes, because it's important for people to understand that the top-level people do generally, you know, take some of that money away.

You know, for sure. Yep, absolutely. Such a good point. Okay, so let's touch on, let's touch on Oh, let's even talk about that. Where, where are, like, what are some of the charities that the money's going to? Um, like, have you already said, like, I just, let's talk about that.

Yeah, let's talk about the money, honey.

Right, so the money. Yeah, show me the cash.

Show me the cash. Um, I know my Stripe account is like loving, loving life right now.

Um, but it's like, I mean, you're gonna be like, Alisa, what is going on?

Yeah, I know, my accountant's like, hi, we're actually talking equals, right? Are you aware that you have to pay tax on like these specific accounts? And I was just like, no, I'm not aware on this, thank you for letting me know. But, you know, all of the admin aside, so the money is going to the Red Cross, a portion of it is going to the Red Cross, because I don't know about you, but I've never heard the Red Cross ever scamming anyone. Like, for me, the Red Cross I've volunteered with the Red Cross. I know they're doing good work. But again, if you hear some shady business, please come to me. I would love to know. And then we're donating to two specific hospitals. One of them is in Kharkiv, which is heavily bombed right now. They just experienced more heavy losses overnight last night. My dad's from there, you know, so it's heartbreaking. But the money is going to a really good cause in that we're supporting the people who are essentially you know, on the front lines and the people that are suffering the most. We actually donated yesterday to the maternity ward in Mariupol that was really heavily, terribly bombed a few days ago, 2 days ago. I don't even remember now. And then the third place, the third hospital that we're donating to is the hospital in Poltava, which is where I'm from. And the reason we're doing that is because the majority of the people that will get sent from Kharkiv will go to Poltava. So it's sort of like the front line and then the backup. And I personally know a lot of elderly that were sent home after major operations because they were making space in those hospitals. So what they need right now is the support so that they can get like on-call doctors to go home and to go to the homes of these people and check on them. You know, like amputees that literally had surgeries 2 days ago that were sent home and they were like, well, I'm really sorry, but can't do anything for you, you know, room for the new injuries and wounds and, and yeah, casualties. Exactly.

It's awful. Yeah. Wow. Oh, it's, it's like heart-wrenching to even like put that into perspective of like where that money is going to and why it's going there. And it's like, I hate that we're in this situation, obviously, but I'm so glad that we're able to come together and create some good from it and— or to create some good to contribute to it, you know. Hopefully we won't have to send donations in much longer, right? Like, optimistic, and let's cross our fingers that something miraculous happens, you know, and that, and that this comes to a stop soon, you know. So, and I would— and Elisa, is your family okay? Like, were they all able to find safety? Are they safe? Hey gang, it's Lindsey. If you enjoyed today's show, it would mean so much for you to take 1 to 2 minutes and leave us a review right here on your podcast platform. You can click directly on the link to our podcast page, scroll to where it says reviews, and leave us a 1 to 5 star review, 5 star preferably. To really be the gold star student, you can share with us what episode or what episodes you've enjoyed most and what you'd want to hear more of. I personally read every single review and I would love to be able to share your review on one of our next episodes. So thank you so much for listening and I will see you in the next episode.

So they're relatively safe. My mom and my grandmother made it over the border. We picked them up last week. They were detained here in the UK because my grandmother didn't have a visa. So they were sort of sat on the border for 8 hours, which was not a fun experience for anyone, but Thank you to the British government for sorting their paperwork out. My grandmother is safe upstairs. My mum is home too. She's back at work. My stepfather sadly wasn't allowed to leave and neither was my dad or his family.

So they are currently in the country, right?

Because the men are not allowed to leave the country. Yeah. Even if you have a different nationality, if you're on Ukrainian soil and you were born there, you're technically a dual national. So you can't leave. So that sucks, frankly. But you know what? I think if you're sort of feeling the doom and gloom in the situation, the thing that I really want everyone to hear is that even with a tiny, small, little idea of tiny bit of impact, I thought to myself, okay, well, if I can get these 50+ people have contributed, if I can get either of them themselves to buy this bundle, Yeah, or I can get one of the people that follow them to buy the bundle. That's already $5,000, and I'll be a happy, you know, happy camper. And that money will really affect change. And, you know, for me, I feel really privileged in that my family are not in the hot zone anymore. They're sort of on sort of the border side, right, that is relatively calm right now. They're still getting, you know, sirens, and they're still sleeping in basements. But they're not in the hot zone just yet, and hopefully it stays like that. The thing that I'm really focusing on right now is what about all of the other people that are not and that don't know how to leave, that can't, you know, sources, they don't have the resources to leave, you know. Yeah, and even if they do, there's no way, like, there are— the trains are overpacked, the, the buses, you know, you have to pay an extortionate amount of money. My best friend's been trying to leave, uh, Port Arthur for the last week. You know, there are 2-day-long queues outside. People are in the snow waiting outside of a train station to get on a train that they're not sure will get there. You know, so it's really harrowing and really sad. But at the same time, I feel like we as individuals who are on the other side of things can actually affect some real change. You can use your business for good. You can use your voice, can use your platform. And, you know, it's just as tiny. It's a little thing that we can do. To actually make a little bit of impact and a little bit of good out of this terrible situation.

Yeah, yeah, absolutely.

I agree.

And if you can't donate, if you're not in the position to, you can share it. You can share it and you can use your voice, use your platform, and you can use your community, right? Because I think that that's— you mentioned your values, and I think that a lot of us come into business because of our values of freedom or alignment or wanting to help people, right? So if you can donate, please do. Please, please do that. But if you cannot, for whatever reason, share it, share it, put the message out there, share it with your people, you know, and be the voice behind it. Use that platform for good. So yeah, thank you so much for sharing on that around about your family, Elisa. I know that's tough to go there and to speak about so publicly and vulnerably. So thank you for that. And of course, my thoughts and prayers and love and stuff is still being sent, right? And we're acting.

Thank you so much. Thank you so much for the thoughts and prayers. I, you know, I say the thing about the thoughts and prayers more of a sort of a jest gesture, if you like, because it really is— sometimes it just pisses you off when you're in this like state of survival mode and people are sending— they're trying to be helpful, but it's not helpful, if you get what I mean. And but at the same time, I think we as leaders have to explain to the people around us like what is appropriate and what isn't appropriate, you know? And what will piss you off and what won't piss you off. I'm like, don't send me thoughts and prayers, please. Ask me how I am. Ask me, send me a frickin' Spotify playlist versus, you know, prayer heart emojis. I personally would find that helpful. However, like, on the other side of the thing, of the border, maybe people do want thoughts and prayers. That's totally fine too. I think we as leaders have to just explain our positioning and explain why we're feeling the things that we're feeling and how to navigate that. Because, you know, I had to sit down and tell my clients like, hey guys, you know, here are the new boundaries, right? This next month is gonna be crazy. I'm not gonna get back to you within 24 hours like I usually will. I'm not gonna give you feedback on Fridays like I usually would. Like I'm not gonna edit your copy 'cause my brain is mush right now. And like little bits and pieces like that of communicating expectations, whether it's through a fundraiser, you know, that makes $20K in 4 days, or whether it's in your business or in your life, I think a lot of the time it's about communication. And it's about asking those people around you, what can you do to help? I think it's a way better question or a way better statement to say to someone, hey, you know, my thoughts and prayers are with you, but please let me know what I can do to actually help.

What do you need from me right now? How can I serve you? I help you. Yeah, absolutely. Such a good point. And it's up to us as the leaders, right, to communicate it and to not expect it, right? Because that's where resentment comes in, or like anger or frustration whenever we don't communicate it, though. It's like we have to communicate, we have to tell people, we have to ask for help. So such a powerful, powerful reminder on that. So thank you so much, Elisa. Is there anything else that you want to add or anything else that, that you want people to know before they leave today?

Hmm, it's a great question. I want everyone to know that no matter where you're at in your life and where you're at in your business, the best thing that you can do right now is use your voice and use your platform. I don't care whether you have just your mom following you or whether you have 100,000 million people looking at what you're doing. I want you to, number one, don't stop making money because you're feeling a certain way. It's your job as a business owner to make money. You not making money is not going to help the situation or anyone around you. That's thing number one. And in tandem with that, thing number two is you, for whatever reason, started a business. You have a platform. You have a mission. You have a voice. I think it's your responsibility at this moment in time to use that how you see fit. We are no longer in an age where it's okay to be apolitical. You know, a lot of people are like, I don't talk about politics. I'm like, sorry, can you really not talk about the issues that are happening right now? We're at the societal cusp right now where everything is changing, whether it's, you know, a cause like Ukraine that you feel passionate about, or it's, you know, things like Black Lives Matter. I don't think it's enough for us as business owners to stay silent anymore, turn the other cheek, and to stay silent and to be complicit on it.

Yeah, absolutely. I agree with that 1000%. We have to speak up if we want to call ourselves a leader. And as a business owner, you are ultimately a leader. You have to speak up and you have to use that. Yeah, such a good reminder. Again, I just like, you're like dropping wisdom bombs in here. Like, oh, so good. Yes, thank you for sharing on that. Because ultimately, the politics are moving around us anyways, like it's happening anyways. So what we have to do something, we have to speak on it, we have to share, like we have to do something. So such a good, good reminder of that. Thank you so much, Elisa. If you all want to purchase the bundle, elisa-k.com/actlouder.

Yes, that is, that is the link.

Yep. There are over 50 products in there, digital courses. There's like a sword fighting course, right?

There is a sword fighting course in there. I have not dug into it.

There are email swipes, email templates. I get asked all the time, Lindsay, do you have like an email sequence template, like a swipe file there. There are like several of those in there. My own personal daily CEO workflow, the checklist that I followed to grow my business to 6 figures is in there. There are so many phenomenal products in this bundle and you are getting like way, way, way, way above your money's worth. So if you're thinking about getting the bundle and donating 100% of the proceeds, go, go. We don't get a dime of it. We get nothing. I get the email subscriber because you're technically opting into the bundle. Cool. But like, there's no money coming to us. It's all going to, to the Ukrainians who are in need right now and to the organizations and the hospitals. So, and you're going to get so much value in that bundle. So if you're listening, grab it, Elisa-K/ActLouder. There you go. So thank you so much, Elisa. For the people on the podcast, since they can't see us, where can they come? Where can they follow you? Where are you most active if they want to come and just soak up your energy. I think you've delivered such a great, a great time today and really dropped some knowledge with us. So where can they find you? Absolutely.

So I'm @alisa_k_coaching across all the platforms of social media. I'm most active on Facebook. So if you find me on there, my Facebook group is called Decoding Social Media. I'm most active there. And I will be launching my podcast. It was supposed to be happening like in a few weeks' time, but we're gonna delay it slightly, but it will, it will be happening. So maybe I can come back and talk to you more about social media.

Yeah, let's do that.

Absolutely.

Do you know what your podcast name will be, or do you, or is it like a surprise?

Like, do you have a surprise? Actually, I love surprises. I can't just drop that here. My, my people, come and join me in my Facebook group and you'll get first dibs. My people will come at me with pitchforks, you know.

All right, Decoding Social Media Facebook Facebook group. We'll go find you there. Um, thank you so much, Elisa. I have enjoyed it. I've enjoyed this. Y'all go grab your bundle. Uh, share the links. The cart is open until March 20th. Yep, 20th. Okay, March 20th. It's a Sunday. Um, so jump in, grab it while you can.

Thank you so much.

Awesome. Thank you, Elisa. Hey gang, it's Lindsey. If you enjoyed today's show, it would mean so much for you to take 1 to 2 minutes and leave us a review right here on your podcast platform. You can click directly on the link to our podcast page, scroll to where it says reviews, and leave us a 1 to 5 star review, 5 star preferably. To really be the gold star student, you can share with us what episode or what episodes you've enjoyed most and what you'd want to hear more of. I personally read every single review, and I would love to be able to share your review on one of our next episodes. So thank you so much for listening, and I will see you in the next episode.