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The Influencer's Influencer: Meet Tykori Saunders, of Tykori Saunders Designs · Mrs. PIE

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  Speaker 1: This is mrs pie.
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  Speaker 1: I'm here with my friend and we're gonna talk creativity, design and life.
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  Speaker 2: Ty Curry.
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  Speaker 2: How are you?
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  Speaker 2: Thank you so much for having me, shelly, I am doing wonderful.
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  Speaker 2: How?
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  Speaker 1: Hello, tracy.
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  Speaker 1: How are you?
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  Speaker 1: Good evening Tracy.
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  Speaker 1: So today I want to give you a little background.
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  Speaker 1: When I was thinking about how do I introduce you, it's really important that I put some context around.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, sir.
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  Speaker 1: I put some context around why I have you here, because I have traditionally on this show, I have folks who are business owners like yourself, entrepreneurs, really amazing creative minds, y'all.
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  Speaker 1: He's just like that person, so creative, everything in design and online and like everything social media streets, all of it.
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  Speaker 1: But I also wanted people to get to know you because you have just you've kind of closed out a transition.
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  Speaker 1: You're in a journey in your career and I know that there are a lot of young professionals who are kind of in the same boat.
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  Speaker 1: They might be in a position right now at a nine to five and they're trying to figure out what's next.
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  Speaker 1: Or a lot of people who were impacted by some kind of layoff and they're trying to figure out what's next and you're a success story and you're so inspirational, so I wanted to, you know, to make sure that we got a chance to talk about, like real life y'all some of the things that you've gone through and any advice or any information you can share for for those folks, you know, we're keeping it real here because they're genuinely people that need help, and also there's a lot of folks that a lot more people watch our replays and listen to our podcast.
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  Speaker 1: So for those of y'all who can't see my gorgeous friend that's on you, you should have been here.
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  Speaker 1: But at least they can hear me they can hear you, they can hear you, so okay.
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  Speaker 1: So I want to touch a little bit on, first of all, like a little bit more about who you are and what Taikori Saunders Designs is.
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  Speaker 1: So let's talk about like where you are today and then we'll go back to like how you got here.
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  Speaker 1: So tell us a little bit more about your company.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so I am Taikori Saunders.
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  Speaker 2: I'm the CEO of Taikori Saunders Designs and I am a digital marketer and designer and storyteller.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I do a little bit of everything.
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  Speaker 2: I do graphic design, I do website design, a little brand development, as well as logo designs, marketing materials, and I like to really focus on videography or event photography and employer branding too.
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  Speaker 2: Right, so I'm based out in Washington DC but I travel all over the world with this.
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  Speaker 2: I like to say Taikori Saunders Designs, we don't just design, we tell a story.
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  Speaker 2: We are here to help you troubleshoot, kind of like, where you are meeting you, where you're at, and then kind of bringing your dreams into fruition.
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  Speaker 2: So I know, not everybody has that creative spirit, not everybody has that creative mindset, and they might have a lot of ideas going all at once, but I'm here to help you kind of put those out on the table and say this is what we can do, this is how, what makes you different and this is how you can succeed, moving forward and look good while you're doing it.
• 5:37
  Speaker 1: And look fantastic.
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  Speaker 1: By the way, he is.
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  Speaker 1: I'll drop all the deets, but I do actually sock Taikori in real life and I am up in the business on the TikTok space.
• 5:49
  Speaker 1: He and I just took a trip to Europe, me being there in spirit and then me in person.
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  Speaker 1: But when he talks about a storytelling, that is really important because, again, there are a lot of businesses, various sides, that are looking to be able to tell a compelling story.
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  Speaker 1: Everybody wants to be like the one that has the one story that becomes viral, and Taikori is the only person I know who can do that.
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  Speaker 1: I'm just being serious, okay.
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  Speaker 1: So when you, when I wanted to understand, like, how did you get inspired?
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  Speaker 1: Like, how did you know this is your thing?
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  Speaker 1: Like, how did, how did you ignite the passion?
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  Speaker 2: So I have always been into digital media since I was younger, I mean ever since their computers first came out.
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  Speaker 2: My grandma got me a little computer Mike's sitting in her house now of where the computer was and I would just be on there and like learning what the internet is or what digital designing is, or whether that was being on MySpace and actually coding and spending Saturdays to code my MySpace profiler, actually being in yearbook to actually to see what design and what layout looks like.
• 6:55
  Speaker 2: And you know, as I was growing up, I said this is something that I love, this is something that, like I can see that people find enjoyment with right Like I do.
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  Speaker 2: People are telling different stories in different ways and so as I was kind of growing up and seeing what social media was looking like and just kind of getting on Facebook and getting on MySpace and seeing how they were, I was seeing where that.
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  Speaker 2: But there was a gap in them where the digital age was going right, like what the storytelling looked like, how are people remaining engaged, what are people's attention span?
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  Speaker 2: So I kind of just wrote that wave and I said, okay, I know what I'm doing because I've been on it ever since the beginning, and then I was working at a nonprofit at one point and I said they're missing this.
• 7:39
  Speaker 2: And I said, well, I know it.
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  Speaker 2: And so I'm much like many stories, how can you fill in the gaps so that everybody can be a part of that process, right?
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  Speaker 2: And so that's kind of where it all started, and I've just kind of kept going.
• 7:55
  Speaker 1: I love that and huge shout out to Tatiana.
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  Speaker 2: We know her.
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  Speaker 1: We know her so glad to hear.
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  Speaker 1: So that's another thing that you do really masterfully is telling the story, and that is, I think, where a lot of, a lot of folks run into run into issues.
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  Speaker 1: So for those those of y'all who don't know, tychori is the influencers, influencer.
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  Speaker 2: So that's, why.
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  Speaker 1: I can put it so I can consider myself a micro influencer, but my influence comes from Tychori, in the way that he tells the story.
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  Speaker 1: So how do you?
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  Speaker 1: How do you do that?
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  Speaker 1: Like?
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  Speaker 1: How do you?
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  Speaker 1: What does that come from?
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  Speaker 1: Like how are you able to piece together a story?
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  Speaker 2: So I think about, kind of the beginning of it and think about you know what I would want to see.
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  Speaker 2: I've watched something real, so much real the TV.
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  Speaker 2: Back in my time I've been like I want to be on TV, I want to do this.
• 8:49
  Speaker 2: But I also think about how, like, kind of the sausage is made right, so like, how do people understand what the plot is?
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  Speaker 2: Or how do people kind of get like, oh, we see the final product, but like, maybe people want to understand how to get there.
• 9:03
  Speaker 2: And so, being vulnerable and kind of showing the people behind the products one thing you'll probably hear me say a couple of times here I want to see what's going on behind the words, because people only see the final product and there's a lot of work that goes into it.
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  Speaker 2: And so what I like to do is just show those vulnerable moments or show like, you know, this might not be as interesting, but this person has a story to tell.
• 9:25
  Speaker 2: You know, this person has, you know, a life that they are living and this is why they do it in a unique way, because I believe everybody has their own perspective and everybody has, you know, different variables that kind of go in to make their like vision unique.
• 9:38
  Speaker 2: Let's bring that out, let's talk about it and that also comes from my statistician brain of every little data point.
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  Speaker 2: So how can we put it all together to make a result?
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  Speaker 1: I love that.
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  Speaker 1: That's something that I think for those of you all who are interested in working with Tech Corey is one of the things that that he does for me personally and I'm saying this because I know for real okay that he does.
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  Speaker 1: He does help you to see things from a different perspective, because I think a lot of us are kind of gated in the way that we tell stories, especially on social media, and then what you run into is you end up a lot of us are telling the same story without you know.
• 10:17
  Speaker 1: So it's kind of vanilla, right.
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  Speaker 1: So we all sound the same, look the same, but you've always encouraged me to just be myself, that I'm the variable.
• 10:26
  Speaker 1: I'm the variable.
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  Speaker 2: We are the variable and people forget because they see the same stories.
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  Speaker 2: I always like to say you can package, or you can.
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  Speaker 2: You can have the same gift, but you can package it in different ways, right, like?
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  Speaker 2: People want to know what you have to offer and people are listening to you because you are unique, you are different, and people are hearing, wants to hear from you.
• 10:47
  Speaker 2: So be yourself.
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  Speaker 2: That's the easiest way for you to do it and like, I know it sounds cliche, but especially in this world, with people getting paid just to be themselves on TikTok, it's people want to hear from you.
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  Speaker 2: People do want to.
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  Speaker 2: So don't be, don't be afraid and know that it is okay to be afraid, but we can work together to try to get past that and so figure it like acknowledging what you're afraid of and how we can kind of push forward with it.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely, absolutely so, so, so, um.
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  Speaker 1: So now we're, we're at the.
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  Speaker 1: You know, look, my friend is very successful.
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  Speaker 1: Don't try to clone him higher, higher, Don't try to call him.
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  Speaker 1: Everybody is built for these social media streets and he is so just being for real.
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  Speaker 1: And I want to step back to how you got here and your journey.
• 11:35
  Speaker 1: So something that we talked about again for those of y'all who are coming in a little bit later is the impact and the journey that a lot of young professionals and older professionals are going through right now, with maybe a potential career change or a layoff, or maybe you just at the point of your career where you just wanna try something different.
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  Speaker 1: And so, since you've kinda come out of that experience recently, I wanted to ask what are some of the maybe, the lessons you've learned?
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  Speaker 1: Maybe something different you learned about yourself as you kinda shift into really owning.
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  Speaker 1: You're literally taking over your own stage, like Corey Saunders design, instead of just like doing that for someone.
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  Speaker 1: You're doing that for someone.
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  Speaker 1: You know what I mean, so can you share a little bit about your journey?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so I mean, I have been in a digital world for years about seven plus years now and so I started out as a nonprofit, went to a private company and then I recently got laid off in May due to COVID and everything downsizing of a company, and when I was there, I was working at the employer branding, I was in a group of marketing and I'd always been working with social media, and then I had been lucky enough for bless, I'd like to say to work with a global company that had multiple organizations under it, right, and so as I was doing it, I was doing work for multiple organizations, and then I was realizing you have to take a step back, cause I like to reflect.
• 13:03
  Speaker 2: And I like to reflect and say, huh, I can do this.
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  Speaker 2: I said, you know, when you continuously do things and you're just like I might have that posture syndrome let's not fool anyone I have had imposter syndrome many times in my life but I have to step back and really like see the results that I have, especially when you're updating your resume.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's like done.
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  Speaker 2: I like to update your resume.
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  Speaker 2: Say what have I really done?
• 13:29
  Speaker 2: I've done a lot right.
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  Speaker 1: I've done a lot of work all over.
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  Speaker 2: I've worked with many different people up connected to different organizations.
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  Speaker 2: I've been able to work in so many different ways that people you don't really think about until you put it all on a piece of paper, and so I took that time to take a break and take a breather.
• 13:47
  Speaker 2: I know I'm very young, but we work constantly, all day, every day, especially in America.
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  Speaker 2: It is just like we are living to work every single day, and so I was taking this layoff as a time to take a step back and figure out what do I want to do and how do I want to re-enter the workforce?
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  Speaker 2: And do I need to re-enter the workforce under one organization, or can I help many different people?
• 14:10
  Speaker 2: Right, because there are a lot of different projects that I like to do.
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  Speaker 2: I like to do corporate style projects that I also like to do, you know, homegrown.
• 14:17
  Speaker 2: What are community-based projects?
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  Speaker 2: What does that look like?
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  Speaker 2: How can I help my people?
• 14:20
  Speaker 2: How can I help my community that I'm in and help serve them?
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  Speaker 2: And even when I was working at those organizations, when I would volunteer my time, I would think about how could I volunteer my time in a way that wasn't just going to a soup kitchen and doing food, it was more.
• 14:34
  Speaker 2: So how can I make it last longer?
• 14:36
  Speaker 2: Like using my skills to really bring that out, and that was through social media or that was through, you know, graphic design and any way shape or form.
• 14:44
  Speaker 2: So, taking a step back and saying you know what, instead of me trying to do one thing full-time for one organization, why don't I work with many different organizations and spread my talents out so everybody can kind of get a piece of it?
• 14:58
  Speaker 2: Because I feel like I have a higher purpose and that's not just to be pigeon-held in one place, right, that's right.
• 15:04
  Speaker 2: You can make a difference in the world.
• 15:06
  Speaker 2: So how can I make that difference?
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  Speaker 2: And so, taking that time as you saw, this summer a couple of my best friends got married in Split, croatia and just taking that time to view different places all around the world to see how they function, to meet the different people there, and really taking advantage of this time to do the groundwork and connect with people one-on-one, not just within where I was in DC, but also in different countries, like Paris or like Croatia, or like Lisbon, you know, or in Rome, you know, like taking the chance to see how the world is viewing media all around and how people are engaging with each other and kind of make those touch points and really spread myself there, rather than solely just focusing on what the digital world is.
• 15:53
  Speaker 2: So it was kind of that bridge between, you know, reality as well as the digital reality.
• 15:59
  Speaker 1: Wow, I love that and the fact that, again, I think that that's what makes you different in terms of like for those of y'all who are looking for someone to work with on design or social media is the amount of research that you actually do.
• 16:14
  Speaker 1: You know, like on the ground, right, it's not y'all, it's not check GPT, otherwise known as Sean that's why I call it AI it's not, you know, just going to go check out Sean and see what's on LinkedIn Street Is you're actually doing research and you have a really good handle on different changes within the industry and how to really mold your craft and so thinking about you know, for again, for folks who are looking, I'm just gonna grab this comment real quick from Tracy that love your confidence in yourself, your abilities and your.
• 16:48
  Speaker 1: I mean like I said you got to.
• 16:51
  Speaker 1: You got to, you have to.
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  Speaker 2: You have to.
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  Speaker 2: You know for all exactly You've got to, because if you don't, who will right?
• 16:56
  Speaker 1: Exactly.
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  Speaker 2: If you don't, who will?
• 16:59
  Speaker 1: That's true.
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  Speaker 1: Like I said, Taikori is the influencer's influencer.
• 17:02
  Speaker 1: We're talking a whole different level here and a shout out about you making the choice to make a global difference, which is true because a lot of people are so localized or you know, focus on that tiny bubble, but you know that's not the case.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we've got expanded.
• 17:21
  Speaker 2: There's life outside of DC, there's life outside of like North America.
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  Speaker 1: There's like everywhere, right yeah.
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  Speaker 2: So we have to be able to connect with those, especially if you want to be able to hit that masses.
• 17:33
  Speaker 1: That's a great point.
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  Speaker 1: So if someone is looking to work with you, how does that?
• 17:37
  Speaker 1: Is there like a process, Like what does that process look like?
• 17:40
  Speaker 2: Yeah, so we connect.
• 17:42
  Speaker 2: And so, depending on what you're looking for, whether it's graphic design or if you're trying to do a logo creation we're going to meet.
• 17:46
  Speaker 2: We're going to meet for a 30 minute session.
• 17:48
  Speaker 2: We're going to just chat about what are your goals, what do you aspire to have, what are you looking to do?
• 17:53
  Speaker 1: And a lot of people are just like I want to do this, I want to do this, I want to do this.
• 17:55
  Speaker 2: I want to do this.
• 17:55
  Speaker 2: I was like that is wonderful and we can do it all, but let's really focus on what your budget is.
• 18:00
  Speaker 2: Yeah, right, you want to do it all and what is your timeline Right?
• 18:04
  Speaker 2: So we sit and we probably were at ties.
• 18:06
  Speaker 2: You know what we're genuinely looking for and if this can be broken down into different pieces.
• 18:12
  Speaker 2: One thing about me when I was with organizations I'm a realist and so I like to be realistic with people.
• 18:17
  Speaker 2: I like to go and be creative as possible, but then I also like to reel it back into reality.
• 18:22
  Speaker 2: So we get the creativity out, but then we also figure out where we can actually place that creativity and so I say, okay, we have a certain amount of time, we have a few months, this is what we can do and this is what we can do once I'm gone Right.
• 18:35
  Speaker 2: So I like to prepare people for, if I'm not there, that they are instilled with the tools that they need to move forward.
• 18:41
  Speaker 2: So it's sustainable.
• 18:42
  Speaker 2: It's not just a temporary fix or a band aid fix.
• 18:45
  Speaker 2: These are like tools that you can use and you can like learn and grow with so that you can advance yourself.
• 18:51
  Speaker 2: My goal is to not just hold people so that they just need me.
• 18:55
  Speaker 2: It's to really build them up so that they can like have that launchpad off, to like continue and growing.
• 19:01
  Speaker 1: I love that and this is where you there's such a difference between, like working with you, hiring you as a business, versus y'all going on Fiverr to try to find somebody across the seas to cheat.
• 19:12
  Speaker 1: Okay, it's the level of the attention to detail and the level of support that you get that is so important, because once you close out the Fiverr contract, then you're kind of stuck with something you don't need.
• 19:25
  Speaker 1: You know, you don't know what to do and then you're kind of starting all over again.
• 19:29
  Speaker 1: So, this is, I think, where you know.
• 19:31
  Speaker 1: This is where I really encourage people to make sure that you're hiring an actual professional who has, who has some real wins in the field, not just saying it yeah, and I love I get to.
• 19:43
  Speaker 1: I love how Taquari actively listens to potential clients and help them develop realistic goals, which is true because there's a lot of you know, folksy contract and they're just trying to sell you what's in their basket case.
• 19:54
  Speaker 2: They don't care what you got.
• 19:56
  Speaker 2: Yeah, they don't care, they're just trying to get your money.
• 19:57
  Speaker 2: And my goal isn't just to get your money and then you leave.
• 20:00
  Speaker 2: You're just like, well, I didn't know what to do.
• 20:01
  Speaker 2: All this is just like, okay, so what's next?
• 20:04
  Speaker 2: So I want you to be able to have a successful business, and that's why I work, because I work with a lot of people who are building their business or own businesses, that who are venturing out or making that transition, that business, career transition and, you know, maybe having their own business.
• 20:19
  Speaker 2: How can I help you uplift yourself Right?
• 20:21
  Speaker 2: How can I instill you with the skills?
• 20:24
  Speaker 1: I love that.
• 20:24
  Speaker 1: Do you have a favorite project?
• 20:28
  Speaker 2: I actually I've had a favorite project from a former company that I worked for which I'm actually going to hop back on and do another project with them too.
• 20:36
  Speaker 2: But they have a fellowship for African American lawyers and said there's African American and consortium and we will HBCU consortium and it helps black and brown law students really help try to really dismantle the legal system.
• 20:55
  Speaker 2: And it's been cool because I was able to kind of watch them kind of grow throughout the project and kind of showcase and share that and then help kind of really pull them up as influencers within the legal community, right.
• 21:09
  Speaker 1: So there's a lot of students.
• 21:10
  Speaker 2: They don't know how to kind of really get their grasp in, and so when they leave the program and they not only have you know they're printed, they're published right, but they also have you know skills on social media marketing.
• 21:23
  Speaker 2: They also know how to personal brand themselves.
• 21:25
  Speaker 2: I've seen some great success cases from it and then also been able to do a culmination video.
• 21:30
  Speaker 2: So it was one of those projects where, like, I feel like I'm making a difference in the world, which I always wanted to do in some way, shape or form, and when I was younger I always wanted to be a lawyer, but I didn't love doing that much readings.
• 21:43
  Speaker 2: So I don't really like being a lawyer, but it was a way for me to kind of really figure out my skills and how I can apply that to still help people within the law.
• 21:53
  Speaker 1: Oh, wow.
• 21:53
  Speaker 1: What advice would you give for folks who are maybe afraid, especially especially, I find, with business owners who are a little bit older than me?
• 22:03
  Speaker 1: So I'm in my fifties y'all.
• 22:05
  Speaker 1: For those of you who can't see me, I can tell I can't look it.
• 22:08
  Speaker 1: I'm sorry Y'all just the same going back anytime soon.
• 22:16
  Speaker 2: It doesn't.
• 22:17
  Speaker 1: It doesn't crack it off, it doesn't.
• 22:19
  Speaker 1: But those who are, like, afraid of technology or they're afraid of social media, I actually I'm actually talking people off the ledge, off of display, if they're still afraid of using Facebook.
• 22:31
  Speaker 1: Like, come on Facebook of all places.
• 22:32
  Speaker 1: Like, what advice do you have for folks who are in that, in that fear?
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: You know fear.
• 22:38
  Speaker 2: Hop on, hop on and hop on and hop onto a space where you feel comfortable.
• 22:43
  Speaker 2: Maybe you are hopping on and you're creating a blank profile and you're just seeing what's going on first, right, or maybe you hop on and you just want to reshare what, something that you might see, especially when it comes to LinkedIn, and then slowly but surely builds up what you're looking at and what you're looking for.
• 23:00
  Speaker 2: It's not like.
• 23:02
  Speaker 2: One thing I like to tell my clients is it's okay to fail, it's okay to put something out there and then say I was wrong.
• 23:11
  Speaker 2: I think I think the biggest issue that we have in today's society is that people do not want to admit that they're wrong.
• 23:17
  Speaker 2: And it is okay to be wrong and it is okay to say I have learned new information and actually this is what's right.
• 23:25
  Speaker 2: And I think what people forget is like we're all human, it's okay to make mistakes and people want to see people grow with that journey, because that's what makes it relatable, right, that's what makes you feel like, oh, I can connect with this person.
• 23:36
  Speaker 2: This is like, oh, I thought this, or oh, I was doing this, but something changed.
• 23:41
  Speaker 2: And like this isn't right, like it's okay, you know it's okay.
• 23:45
  Speaker 2: And so if you can admit that and just start out slow and say, hey, I have this article that I want you all to share, or maybe just you know, hey, I was, you know, walking along one day and I was just wanting to share my thoughts, share those thoughts, and it doesn't have to be super intimate, you know, like I said, you can start out really, you can start out really small but just like re sharing things, but slowly, as you build up your courage, you'll be able to share a lot more and just be free with it and feel more natural.
• 24:16
  Speaker 1: Yeah, and I think that's so here.
• 24:18
  Speaker 1: Hey, hey, I love being wrong.
• 24:23
  Speaker 2: It looks like you grow from it.
• 24:25
  Speaker 2: It's okay.
• 24:25
  Speaker 2: You know, like you learn experiences from failing and people don't want to fail because people just want to accolades and that's just hard to grow.
• 24:33
  Speaker 2: That's just not how you grow and I'm always about learning and growing.
• 24:37
  Speaker 2: In order to learn and grow, you have to be wrong sometimes and people like you know people like humble people.
• 24:42
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I love that and I've learned so much from failing as a business owner.
• 24:45
  Speaker 1: I'm thankful for those and for those who are listening.
• 24:48
  Speaker 1: I'm reading comments in the room Y'all so um.
• 24:51
  Speaker 1: So I want to ask a couple more questions.
• 24:53
  Speaker 1: I was gonna cope with like an over question, because that's how I roll.
• 24:58
  Speaker 2: We love our upper bone.
• 25:04
  Speaker 1: It might be more Katie correct than over.
• 25:06
  Speaker 1: No shade of Katie correct.
• 25:08
  Speaker 1: I love her.
• 25:09
  Speaker 1: So, um, so, in this, this part of your, your, your life, like where do you see you know, where do you see yourself going?
• 25:19
  Speaker 1: You know, not just as a business owner, but as a designer, as a creative, like where do you see yourself going?
• 25:26
  Speaker 1: What is, what is your vision for yourself?
• 25:28
  Speaker 2: look like I see myself going to the stars, I see myself really expanding so far and bringing all of my friends, all of my family members and all of my community like together and really just like uplifting everybody under one big, you know entity.
• 25:50
  Speaker 2: You know I have people who are working for these big corporations and I said I tell my friends all the time.
• 25:56
  Speaker 2: I said we can pull ourselves together.
• 25:58
  Speaker 2: I said we can be our own agency, right.
• 26:00
  Speaker 2: I said you do accounting, we got HR over here like we can really help others grow, and so what I see myself is really traveling around the world.
• 26:12
  Speaker 2: I don't really think I can see myself in one spot, but I would say traveling around the world genuinely does helping others, and so small businesses just really lift themselves up Every single day.
• 26:26
  Speaker 2: No matter where I go, no matter what I do, I'm like how can I make a difference and touch at least one life?
• 26:32
  Speaker 2: Right, I like to say, like I can, I can be that person to say something in the room.
• 26:37
  Speaker 2: I say I don't care if there's there can be 99 people in the room that I touch, and I just want to be able to make that difference.
• 26:46
  Speaker 1: So that's why I love you.
• 26:49
  Speaker 1: That's so hard right there.
• 26:51
  Speaker 1: Just, yeah, we just genuinely, genuinely, and that's your heart, and I think that's why People love working with you.
• 26:57
  Speaker 1: Y'all.
• 26:57
  Speaker 1: Um, I'm trying to get my coins together so you can just be working with me, mind your business.
• 27:03
  Speaker 1: Okay, I try to get it together so he'll just be mine, but in the meantime, y'all come bar him for a short season.
• 27:10
  Speaker 2: Yes, you should man.
• 27:15
  Speaker 1: Oh my god, this has been so awesome.
• 27:18
  Speaker 1: Again, I'm genuinely we're gonna hang out in the back room and for the after party, but I'm genuinely grateful that you gave, gave your time, um, and all of your, your counseling and your guidance because, like I said, there's a lot of people and if we could just help one person and feel inspired and encouraged and we did what we came here to do so y'all who are for everybody who's on the social media streets, please again make sure you like the video on your way out, tell you, tell your friend, tell your mama, tell your papa and your co-worker that you you met taikori.
• 27:48
  Speaker 1: Huge shout out again.
• 27:51
  Speaker 1: Yeah and I'm so.
• 27:52
  Speaker 1: Thank you so much.
• 27:53
  Speaker 1: And then, um, also shout out to parade deck TV live y'all again, thanks for all you guys who are watching live Uh across the world on that wonderful, wonderful network.
• 28:03
  Speaker 1: I appreciate it y'all.
• 28:04
  Speaker 1: Please make sure you connect with my friend, accord.
• 28:06
  Speaker 1: We'll give you all the info if you need to reach him.
• 28:08
  Speaker 1: I have it.
• 28:09
  Speaker 2: So, um, I'll let you tell the people good night before we, before we do that, oh well, if y'all need to contact me or reach out to me or just have any questions, feel free to reach out to me.
• 28:20
  Speaker 2: Um, at info at site quarry dash somers dot com, or go to my website, which is like quarry dash somers dot com.
• 28:27
  Speaker 2: Um, what will?
• 28:28
  Speaker 2: You'll find the quarry sander's designs, and you can find me at our quarry s on all platforms.
• 28:32
  Speaker 2: Um, so thank you so much for taking your time Um with me today, shelly, and having me on, and I'm excited to see what the future holds.
• 28:40
  Speaker 1: Oh yes, all right, thank you all for watching and, um, we'll hang out in the back.
• 28:44
  Speaker 1: Thanks, thanks, everybody.
• 28:46
  Speaker 2: Okay, bye everyone.