How NOT to Be an Influencer

So You Wanna Be an Influencer? Step 1: Vomit Bags & Lint Rollers
Your unhinged starter pack awaits....

Ever wondered what not to do as an influencer? Kristy and Deb are here to show you—complete with emotional support lint rollers, purse confessions, and a surprisingly passionate pitch for vomit bags. This episode dives into the good, the bad, and the downright weird world of influence—whether you're chasing #sponsored dreams or just here for the caffeine wipes. It’s chaos. It’s real. It’s… oddly convincing.

🛍️ As seen in Kristy’s chaotic purse (and Deb’s judgmental side-eye):

• Puke bags that changed my life 💅
• Essential oil nose clip (lemon-lime, of course) 🍋
• Pre-moistened Q-tips... for reasons 🤷‍♀️
• Our not-sponsored-but-should-be Comfrt 🧥
• Mushroom coffee I

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Chapters

• 0:00 Intro
• 0:25 Deb (and the emotional support lint roller) are back!
• 2:45 The Pink Yeti
• 5:37 Girls of the Internet - Influencing
• 6:58 What's so great about TikTok?
• 10:22 Unpack Kristy's Bag with Us
• 15:57 Kristy Influences Us on Vomit Bags
• 19:29 More Random Things in Kristy's Bag...
• 27:34 Mushroom Coffee/Why Videos Sell Products
• 33:48 To Trust or Not To Trust Influencers?
• 38:59 Get Ready With Me Videos
• 42:59 The Algorithm is the Influencer...
• 50:21 What Should We Influence??

Transcript

do you hate throwing up same

You should have like a box of saltines in your bag I could never be an influencer I could never be serious Okay let me tell you something Let me tell you something Let me tell you something

Hello You can't hear me So it's just I'm doing a test like you're wearing headphones Oh my goodness We're calling it good I'm just going to preface this by saying I've been up since 3:30 this morning for no reason Yeah So we'll see what comes out of my mouth Okay And how fast or slow Yeah There might be a lot of buffering Yeah You know what i'm just glad that you're here with me today I'm just happy you're here and our phones are silenced and I hope Tayy shut the door My phone is always silenced I never have my ring on That That is the ongoing question of everyone in the office Who Who uh I don't know where to put this I'm just going to play with my popsocket So hopefully that doesn't I fidget I'm back with my emotional support lint roller because by popular demand everyone seemed to like that this was my uh emotional support weapon of choice You know what's funny to me is every time I've seen you lint rolling on podcast it's like you can't see the lint I know completely I've gotten those comments too Like what what is it you're lint rolling and these pants have none on it that what you guys can't see is the everything is caked in cat hair Nope Can't see it at all Maybe that's because I'm a master editor and that could be I edited it all out Maybe it's just because I need self soothing of lint rolling That that is okay I I feel like I need to hold the pillow This is just going to become my um this is going to become my signature prop I can't get comfortable Okay Oh I like this will be my uh cover art That's your prop

I'll mine can be all of the drinks that I travel with Sorry that was really bad I wasn't talking to the microphone Okay anybody need a beverage

going back to the Pink Yeti and I don't know if I've talked about this on the podcast by the way Deb's here with you today Welcome Deb So glad you're back Uh Pink Yeti story I don't know if we've talked about this before but um when we ordered Yeti for the when I ordered Yetis for the team cuz I I do everything orders all the stuff for us I do everything for this team She does Um she's amazing I I ordered all of us blue cuz point blue se blue for the team And then I was like "Hey guys so because I'm the special one I'm ordering myself alone a pink one." Everyone was on board with this Everyone was like "As you should." I will say when I saw when I was reading through the chat and I saw that you ordered a pink one my first thought was a I wish I had known that was an option It was not I was like I was very much in princess mode and I was like listen as the queen here I was very much in princess mode was like I get the I get to be the one who has the pink one Everyone else is getting blue And um so then when the order came um they gave us like four messed up ones like I forget if they were dented or scratched or something and I was like this simply will not do These were very expensive and uh they shant be messed up in messed up and anytime we get any kind of t-shirt that's messed up I go into full Karen mode as I should and I'm like nuh-uh send more fix them and everyone hates me for it and I'm not sorry and so we love her for it Yeah So I contacted them and was like "Hey pictures of your scratches dents whatever." And then because of that they one of the one of the ones that was messed up was my pink one And so they had to send us another pink one And I'm like "You know what who needs We have this other pink one Deb should have the other pink one." And I gave her the good new pink one She gave me the good one In fact the damaged one How awesome is she so I'd like to stand up here and praise myself for being so giving and loving that she gave me after I was a spoiled brat That's how you reconciled be being the spoiled brat Yes Yeah exactly The universe was like "Um no." You know who really deserves the nice pink one not you Deb And here it and and look it's like it's like it was meant to be It really was So I'm happy to share my pink spotlight with Deb That is not made for a left-handed person Yeah I will tell you that because the handle shows yourself the logo Yeah Not the world Yeah that's a good point I I wouldn't have thought of that You only think of it if you're

left-handed Lefties notice everything I guess So another another way that I'm privileged in this world Yeah I Yeah I mean I'm a right-handed white woman so I have a lot of privilege Yeah Anyway uh today we're talking about we we picked a topic that I thought would be fun for us Uh

influencing Uh this I thought would be good because I feel like as a girl of the internet who likes to shop be careful with how you say that Listen weird

As a woman of the internet

so many things I want to say Let's just cut that So no no no We're not cutting anything Nothing's getting cut This is a brand new podcast I'm not cutting anything

Listen as a person who likes to go on the internet and shop is that better for you yes I'm easily influenced to purchase things Is that true of you Okay So I thought it'd be fun to talk about our favorite influencers And if you were an influencer what would you influence and why oh my goodness I didn't prepare thoughts for that Okay I'll go first then Um so there's this Tik Tok account that I there's a couple Tik Tok accounts I follow I'm going to just interrupt you by saying I'm not on Tik Tok Okay so this will be really good and learning experience for you I can't my my brain does not like Tik Tok Okay tell me I don't know It's just not I I'm used to how in I'm totally all about Instagram Like that's my jam That's where I spend my time I've tried Tik Tok Reals I've You're a real swiper All of it Okay All of it Okay Um I've I've downloaded Tik Tok several times spent five minutes on it I'm like I don't understand this It's because your algorithm is not set up Something about it It doesn't click with my brain and I can't figure out how to use it in a way that's doesn't make me want to throw on my phone So I I will occasionally download it and like all of Seintoint stuff that has been posted or I think and learn from her And that's really it Yeah Cuz because everyone who posts on TikTok a lot of that stuff gets transferred over to or shared on Instagram Not all of it but a lot of it does Yeah I like wasting time already in

another if I take the time to learn it then it's just going to suck my time more and then I'm going to get nothing done Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Oh it is a big time suck Yeah So tell me about Tik Tok Um well couple accounts I follow and I'm going to lead by this by saying I'm not sponsoring anybody This is just my personal like what I like what I like This is not a sponsored podcast Not a sponsor If you want us to watch this podcast comfort We should have worn comfort today Oh dang it I thought of it when I was driving here I'm like we should have worn our comfort hoodies So this is a great example We could be influencers for comfort We tried for a second but now it's going to get too warm You really can only wear them in the dead of winter around here cuz they're so heavy and hot They are Yeah they are But I love them Comfort You want to sponsor us still we would love to be influencers for you They're not just They're not just sweat clothes They have And I would love to try them They have like what looks like really soft like pajama sets and like they have stuff besides just sweat sets My hair is at a long length where it gets stuck behind me and then my my head gets stuck It's making me illuminative If you're watching I'm like for those of you who are just listening go to YouTube and watch the video and see Christy squirming in her seat If you are not watching on YouTube what are you even doing with your life doing You're wasting your time Just listen I'm getting more unhinged in the editing and we are getting more unhinged with how we're sitting in our seats Like I'm my episode with Bill I was just like Yeah Anyway um what was I saying okay Comfort sets So you were you were saying Tik Tok and Yeah Anyway um this is going to be back around We're both gonna be squirrel brains Take it back around We're both gonna be squirrel brains Um So Tik Tok I a couple of things I like on Tik Tok is the stock like stock my purse people with me So what that is is basically these girlies that are like we need to have the like every item that could possibly exist for all emergency scenarios in our purse at all times And I am obsessed with it which is why I've become that person Like do you need a pre-moistened Q-tip yep I've got it Like do you need WD40 in a miniature size i've got it Like do you need an emergency armpit sweat wipe got it Everything you could ever want is like in my purse Stuck my purse with me I would like for you to explain to me the benefit of a premoistened Q-tip because everything else you said I like Okay Okay Why can't you just have a regular Q-tip cuz if you have a water bottle with you you can moisten it yourself Oh I should have planned better and like brought all of these things Although I could get my purse right now and like unpack my purse a little bit I should do that Premoisten Q-tip first I have some I'm not using one I can tell you that right now If someone hands me a Q-tip and it's wet I want to know where it's been Okay we're gonna get unhinged with this We're getting unhinged Oh my goodness She's brought both the bags Okay here's the problem Oh boy both the bags are Here's the problem I I have I have so much stuff but I have tiny purse You have more stuff in that big bag that is about to dump all over the floor By the way I lost my emotional support It's It's stuck to your purse It's on the floor Okay let's start with time There's more in there than I ever had in like a diaper bag with a small child So I don't understand And this is for someone who comes with multiple bags everywhere This is my free Victoria's Secret tote that I got for buying bras Okay tiny purse Let's settle back in

Hold on because both of my bags that I have with me today fit this conversation Not the contents but the bags themselves You go through your purse I will be right back Now when you come back will you hand me my emotional support lint roller thank you Okay I'm going to introduce everyone to my bags while you're doing that Okay Okay So because I'm nervous about this mic situation now cuz I whacked it so hard Because I have a tiny really pretentious purse I have to carry two bags because it won't all fit in tiny bag Okay But I'm prepared for all things at all times Like do you need every size band-aid that exists because I've got it Do you need an alcohol prep pad because I've got it Do you need a spray do you need a spray hand sanitizer because I've got it Um do you need bag bomb got it Um do you need some mace because I've got that Every medication that exists and Q-tips um or tissues I've got eye drops Um but on a tiny on like a um that's like practical things that everyone has I assume Sure Um in some I don't want your bags to block that camera though That's my only fear I will put them down here Okay On like a pack my purse with me situation Okay Here's like here's like Do you need a full body wipe i have packs of these They're caffeine

wipes They're energizing These are armpit wipes And how many of your Celsius have you drank before you rub yourself down with a caffeine here are my pre here are my premoistened Q-tips Here's these have come in handy so many times Okay tell me what you've used those for Okay so for instance last summer at the beach um my these like girls I had just met and this was like a really exciting way to make friends with them Um they ran into the ocean and one of them had just gotten their ears pierced and they went in the salt water and their ear was like all irritated because they had just gotten a piercing They weren't supposed to go in salt water and I was like "Girl I got you." And I had these and she was able to like clear her ear piercing with this What are they premoistened with do you know

um I don't remember That seems to be a very necessary piece of information to know what it is safe to then put them on or in Is it water is it peroxide is it alcohol is it I don't I don't You could smell it and then you would know If a stranger came up to me at the beach and offered me a premoistened Q-tip I might be skeptical I might say "I'm just going to dump some of my water bottle on my ear and call it good." Bad news They're hardly wet anymore Oh they're not

Well that's like the mom seeing like the brown something on her kid's leg and be like "Oh oh no that's chocolate." Moving on cuz you've really dein you've deinfluenced everyone for my Q-tips Okay flossers Tiny toothbrushes Important for your teeth Okay Um moving on I have so many of those So many of those Um puke bags [Laughter] Do you do you get sick often on the go no but I'm terrified of it I'm terrified of it Okay I'd like to influence you all now Is do you hate throwing up

same Is that going to stop you from throwing up though you should have like a box of saltines in your bag I could never be an influencer I could never be serious Okay let me tell you something Let me tell you something Let me tell you something

I I hate throwing up Okay throwing up in these is like a pleasure Like I hate throwing up And ever since I threw up in one of these I'm like I love it Okay So here we're going to bring you back around on influencers and who you believe and who is full of BS I mean it because I'm not making money on this There is nothing that you can throw up into that's going to make throwing up a pleasure Listen to me De See I think you're you're full of it I'm not making money on this And I'm telling you I anytime I am like I should influence these for sure Okay if I was an influencer it'd be for these puke bags because I anytime I've thrown up in these I've always been like "Wow that was the best throwing up experience of my life I mean it." And so I have these every I have one in my bedside table I have like 50 in my car I I hand them out at parties because I'm just like

I can't as a phobia of throwing up because what happens is okay the problem the problem with throwing up is the fear the smell and the Okay we're not going to get into any of this We're going to gross everybody out They're going to leave Okay I'm just like it it happens so far away from you and then it's over and then you just throw this in the trash and then it's done Okay So if or anyone throwing up next to you you don't even know what happens Buy them You'll love it You'll you will come back here Buy them Come back here and thank me and tell me I was right Okay everybody I guarantee there will be home with one of these There will be exactly zero comments that say "You are right Throwing up in that bag really was just the most joyful thing I did all day." Here's the thing I also this is I don't know how we got here but I'm going with my guest I also hate throwing up I haven't in over 20 years I just don't As my guest I would keep saltines in my bag Guess I would like to send you home today with premoistent dry Q-tips and a throw up bag That's what I'm sending you home with today Thank god she already got me the pink Yeti Moving on Um I would like to influence you on these nose clamps So what they are [Laughter] this is a really exciting um what's in my purse with me I think we're podcast Yeah And I think if people Kevin if you're still watching Okay So what these are is they're smelly and they're nose rings basically And you put them on your nose like a nose ring Can you see it It's see-through I can Oh this one's yummy This one is lemon lime What do you think it's for

i can't think of a scenario where I would put that on my nose Okay so it's essential oils So it could be anything from nausea to if you're working a smelly job or in a smelly location So like nurses okay or bus drivers or teachers or I don't know what else But I got them with the intention of nausea like in the car or I'm going to wear these on the airplane when I go to France

I can I can see that Yeah Are you influenced you can't share them You shouldn't share them We're stating the obvious You should not share them You shouldn't share them They're a little expensive I think they're worth trying They come in a pack of four with different scents Okay I'm not a good influencer I'm learning that Well I think so Here's here's what do you have criticism for me you need to consider is how much do people really need what you're trying to share with them if you're going to take the most obscure thing to be used in very specific scenarios like hey if you're ever on the beach and you accidentally go in the salt water and you've just pierced your ear yeah yeah then you will need this but if you don't fall into that category which is probably over 99% of the population ever that's not going to speak to them Okay You need to know your audience and what do more of them want that I think you know a lot more about influencing than you've let on Um well this is the thing when you said while you while you repack your bag Well I I'm not done unpacking She's not done Do we want to see more i just have a couple more things I have Okay you finish first I have a prettier pepper spray Nice

I have these are little travel boxes This is where the girls would be all tippy tappy on them Yeah if you're into the ASMR crap Um they're very good for holding things as you can see like a tide pen or a mascara or some trash or a nail file or some lip cream or some um perfume or some more mascara or nail glue Lots of nail glue That's good for that Um good to keep the nail glue contained I will give you that Yeah Yeah And I do like having like organizational things Here's the thing I think if I had been prepared for this knowing this was going to happen I would have organized this neater I want you guys to not judge me and know I'm normally much more organized but I wasn't prepped for this However I will die I will die on the hill of the vomit bag that this is the best product ever made And I will say I don't think anyone's judging the lack of organization in that bag They may be critical of some of the contents

Please comment I'm begging you Oh my goodness Oh my gosh Please comment I'm begging you So here was my thought when you told me yesterday we're going to be talking about influencers I don't follow influencers was my first thought because I don't follow people who are influencers just for the sake of influencing Like that's all they do Yeah I have the accounts I like to follow and I have the podcasts I like to listen to and a lot of them have ads and they have their whatever That's the kind of Yeah And I have 100% bought from companies based on what if it's if it's a person

that is real normally like I know them to be not just buy this product like right right because you can spot that So if you're going to be an influencer that's important talk good and bad I whatever even about the product you're you're sharing like hey this is this is who it's great for This is maybe who it's not great for Okay Well then I know if I fall into that category you know what I mean mhm What I'm learning from this conversation is I should be influencing vomit bags cuz people can trust me

If that's what you want to take from this conversation Christie I support you I feel like they're useful to everybody at some point in their lives You know when you have a kid No no no no no no no no But I'll tell you when you have a kid literally like throw up in your hands cuz you don't have a mom and me and then you don't know what to do Well you know what yes that would have been handy in my car Oh I really hope people have not left because this conversation is disgusting But listen this is literally my worst Like I have more stories I'm not going to share them I spare you I do I do too But like even just this past weekend my niece left my house and my brother called me the next morning It was like she threw up on in the car on the way home and I'm like I should have sent you home with a vomit bag So here's here's how you can change your approach Okay New approach Newach Okay Marketing I can see the benefit of having them I have thought that I should have some in my car and I don't But if you lead with it is going to be the most pleasurable vomiting experience of your life That's where people think you're full of crap You know what though you'll agree with me You'll agree with like share the convenience of it a situation where maybe that would have been handy like like handy literally caught in hands and like I could have used one That would be something that would make people think "Oh I can see a scenario where I would use this It's still going to stink." No it's not Oh no Because you have the nose thing with the essential oils Oh my gosh I can do both I can do both My whole brand can be those two things I'm so excited Thank you You're good at marketing You are good Guys would you like to buy things from me i could sell things I think gross things probably just depends on how you what's your angle You just got to think about the angle and speak to people So So on that note going back to what influences me So the the um the You're right cuz on the pack my purse with me thing all this crap that I just buy for no reason it's because it's always like "Oh that will come in handy." And like that caffeine wipe I've never used in my life It's probably dry because that actually makes me happy that you haven't used I worry about that As you drink your brush I'm guessing Yes Yeah Yeah Yeah I'm like I could use some energy in the form of a body wipe Explain to people who are not from New England and don't know the Aroma Joe's What is a rush it's an energy drink Just like a Celsius or a Red Bull with just like syrupy flavors in it Mhm So it's all the caffeine and all the sugar Yeah No this is a sugar-free one Oh I'm sorry All the chemical sugars Chemicals Aspartane It's 100% aspartane Oh that makes me sadder that you're drinking that Oh it's killing me faster which I love So I'll just drink my my mushroom coffee Um speaking of buying things off the internet influence us I've heard about mushroom coffee So a lot of it tastes like dirt I don't recommend it Okay Cuz my friends have gi I've tried it from my friends and I didn't love it I've tried different kinds They are not all the same So the one that I'm drinking today is by everyday dose They are not a sponsor but I So here's the thing I like coffee Mhm It doesn't always like me and I always have to do decaf because I get anxiety with too much caffeine Yeah So this does have some caffeine but it's much lower than what regular coffee is but it's more than just decaf Yeah And I need all the brain help I can get Yes So it's got the mushrooms in it and all that stuff So and this one in particular dissolves well It's not gritty It tastes the closest to coffee I even had my husband try it who is not one to drink supplemental type things like that and he actually was like huh this isn't bad and he's like been drinking coffee since he was like 13 probably I don't know so but I I can show you the thing it's just the same yeti we'll see we need to just put the table next to I'm gonna next episode I'm gonna move we'll slide this over and so so yeah but that I don't know that that is if it was an influencer thing like I get a lot of the ads but I watch them a lot and like I'll see ads from like different people that are influencing for the brand So that's what ends up happening Okay I've tried lots of things where it's not necessarily someone I follow Yeah The algorithm knows me Yes Really well The algorithm is the influencer The algorithm is the ultimate influencer Wow We just created something Look at that It absolutely is deep cuz I will see like and then if you look something up outside of Instagram or wherever your Tik Tok and you go to the website well now that's all the ads you're going to see Yes And you're going to see it from a bunch of different people talking about why they love it I get I'm I'm getting all the supplements I'm getting I'm getting all the bra ads and like just all all the things

Um there have been a few times I've like influences go ary and it's not really an influencer and you get some weird thing from China that takes three weeks to get to you and it's not at all what they said it was I have had that happen like Jeff a couple of times Jeff is a great example Jeff is a great example That was a trick Yep But we love him Y we're grateful he's here Um there So I'm going to show you my bags Yeah My my story with my bags So one ad that popped up several years ago was it's this company and they do purses I love a good bag Um and I have too many of them but they're they're not expensive bags I don't do expensive bags because you want to have quantity over quality over no over brand name Like I want it to be a decent quality but I don't care about brands and I'm not going to spend stupid money But anyway um I love the ones where they like they would show have these videos where they showed their different purses and like all the things they could fit in them Yes Show me how big the thing is and what can realistic because when you look on Amazon you can't tell Is this backpack this big Is it this big so it's the video that really sells So the video Yeah I like the videos and they show what's in it So there's one that I was obsessed with This is not purchased from the company though because it was really it was more than I wanted to spend on the bag But it's like a little backpack purse and I have all sorts of junk in here I don't need to share it Um but I really like the bag But I was looking I'm like do I want to spend that much on the bag i'm like I don't know like let me just see sorry company that will not be named if they have a similar bag on Amazon Yeah So I search or if they sell on Amazon and if I could get a good deal So I look on Amazon and I see the this bag and all of the comments were this is such and such company's bag Like this is this is like the exact same bag and it was less than half the price So I ordered it on Amazon and I've been using this for like several years I love this bag Um then I still see their ads and I had never bought anything directly from the company until they did They wanted you to So they keep they keep pushing show and and I will every now and then click through look on the website and like oh how much is this bag and blah that they're showing me fits this all of this stuff in it and whatever And I was looking for something nicer for we're going to Texas to visit one of our clients uh next month And I'm like I want a nicer like carry-on bag for the plane and I saw this one which yes it's very similar I like a good backpack I hate things falling off my shoulders when I'm going to be walking around in a store or through an airport or whatever So this is actually from the company because it was on clearance and it was only $17 by my bag and I got even a free strap for letting them email me Wow So like and it is it's really nice quality It's very similar I can see how what you're saying like they look they do This is definitely more heavy duty It's a little bit bigger More this is more heavy duty than I would use on like a daily basis My computer just barely fits It's made for a smaller one but I can get it to fit But anyway it was the videos and like how they showed the item and how they

demonstrate people with their like seeing it on and whatever Yeah Yeah Yeah Um but that's I don't know if that counts I mean I guess a lot of those videos are influencers They're not influencers that I follow necessarily It's certainly marketing marketing psychology too Yeah Um there was one that came to mind and she's not someone who started out as an influencer Um I don't know if you've ever heard of Shelene Johnson So she was originally a well back when it was called Beach Body but she was like a workout Yeah trainer like person And I had done her workouts for years and and whatnot And I had been kind of following like as she left that industry and got into marketing and then it was around the time like I was starting my own business So I was like following her and she just had a track record of being very real Yeah Sharing good and bad about whatever And she's like a wicked researcher So I knew anything that she was sharing she had like she's got ADD too So she'd hyperfocus and like do all the research and give you all the information good and bad on anything So then once I got to know like how she approaches things that she is going to promote um I knew that like stuff she's saying is good Yeah Pretty reliable Reliable That is going to be decent So if she's recommend if she if I'm looking for something a certain type of thing a certain type of supplement a certain type of whatever I might think like oh what was it that she recommended on her podcast like I'm going to check that one out And I have tried some of the stuff she's recommended and liked it Yeah Good Yeah It was exactly what what she said Well and I think that's a good point is like if if at that point you try stuff and it ends up not being reliable that person loses credibility Absolutely So now you're going to question everything that they recommend Everything And you're going to stop listening to the podcast You're definitely not going to buy from them again And so that's kind of the careful line for people who are doing that kind of thing You can't just be like this this this this this and this Because people will catch on Yeah And lose trust

And I have even seen in her example like when she finds a product that's better than she's previously she'll share that too Oh good Like this is what she's It's like and maybe I don't I don't listen to her as regularly now but I'll be like "Oh she's promoting this brand She used to promote that brand." Yeah So there was never a falling out There was never a problem but it's like you Well you discover something better You discover something better So she'll share that too even though she's promoted one of their Yep Yep Yeah That's cool Um Yeah So I feel like Yeah Yeah No I that's similar to how I feel like I shop online too I think the only times I've gotten I've boughten I have boughten bought bought I've bought I've boughten so many that sentence is weird no matter which way you say it I'm not the word I'm not the word good person So yeah Uh I have purchased purchased I have purchased That's better I have purchased so many things off the Tik Tok shop And I feel like probably three4ers of them have been good Yeah Buys But I have noticed about myself I'm quick on the draw to see something and be like I want that And I have to slow myself down and be like whoa whoa whoa whoa I am easily influenced marketing works really good on me I see something and someone's just like "This changed my life transformed my whole body and like fixed my whole family I just ru it just fixed my life." And I'm just like the most vomiting experience I have ever had And I'm like "Sold buy now Buy now." I would work on myself And so I have to take a step back and be like "Hang on." You know it's funny The times that I've been quick on the draw are the times I get stuff like "This isn't what I wanted." Like "What is this garbage?" I have to add to cart and walk away and come back later with anything It doesn't matter if it's Amazon It doesn't matter if it's Tik Tok Doesn't matter if it's Teemo It doesn't It does not matter where I am I have to add to cart and come back later And um one of the reasons I do that is simply because of a cart abandonment I hope that they send me a coupon or something By the way did you know that works cart abandonment is a thing It sure does And if you walk away from your cart often times companies will send you coupons because they really want you to go through with the sale That's just a side note But anyway um my problem is that I don't necessarily walk away from the cart I keep it in a tab open on whatever device I found it So then I have like 100 tabs with stuff in carts and it's and then it's like "Oh it's a good thing I didn't pull the trigger on all of this because I wouldn't be able to pay my mortgage this month if I had." Yeah Right Slow your roll Yeah Well and often times I'll find like you said a better a better deal Like sometimes I will even forget to do that I will just be like I want this right now And I'm like hang on maybe it is cheaper at Walmart Maybe it is cheaper on Amazon Maybe it is cheaper somewhere else like or I can just go physically in person go get it like it just and I don't maybe I don't need it at all or like you said I don't need the name brand I can go find something that's a little different but um when it comes to influencing specifically like sometimes there's like things that I can find that are practical for my life but there's like one girl I follow on I do she does her like kind of get ready with me in the morning thing and I just like it's very like comfort videos to watch She'll just do her whole get out of bed and go put on her makeup and her shower and her make her breakfast thing get ready for work to film or to watch To watch It's very like aesthetic and just like I don't know it you know what it does in my brain is it helps me be like this is how I should be romanticizing my mornings instead of like when I wake up I want to just like die Like I wake up and I'm just like and I want to get ready for the day Like my first thoughts in the morning are like "Okay I just need to get up to my coffee machine That's like my first step." Like and instead like those types of videos help me to be like "I just need to enjoy my morning slowly I just need to like enjoy putting on my skin care." And like it just puts it into a little bit happier place in my brain None of them have kids do they uh I don't know because your morning changes very much so when that when that happens Yes that's a good point that's now happening at like 5 in the morning so that you can eat the kids right now Granted I have a 13-year-old now so there's no disruptions in the morning but she was always an early riser when she was little And it's like and I find like I this is this is how I wake up I wake up and I find what podcast am I going to listen to because I have to be productive with my time while I make my coffee and wake myself up which isn't necessarily a positive thing Maybe it is maybe it isn't I don't know But that's what works But that's what I do So just watching someone just like No no no That's not when I watch it But it's not when No but watching someone like that that's how they wake up That would annoy me Like Oh get the wing Do something Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah No I hear what you're saying But those but bec but but in those videos there is a lot of product placement So for instance like oh I love that outfit she's getting dressed in today I want that And um like it gives me ideas for office outfits or whatever Um even if I don't buy the exact outfit she's wearing it's like "Oh that's how I could pair like those shoes with that with pants like that with a sweater like that for work or something instead of just like Pinterest boarding outfits or something." And so there's been a couple times where I have bought the exact shirt she's wearing Oh that's so funny Uh and hated it and regretted it I'm like she does not have the same body as me Uh she must be a foot taller than correct I'm like she's so much taller than me and this looks stupid on me and I wore it one time and hated it So but then there's been a couple times when I have bought things that I'm like yes this worked out really good Um so you know there's pros and cons to watching influencers It is interesting though because that just makes me think like there's so many there's people that you could find influencers in any genre or what for any like you look at that and it's like oh this is helping me to like try to be more mindful with my mornings and oh I really like that outfit Meanwhile I'm watching like videos on homeschoolers talking about curriculums in the morning and they're like promoting whatever and giving me idea Like it's like you're watching things that are relative to where you're at Yes You know so it's like how your influence might be different given what stage you're in or Right Like Bill's Bill's probably on influency ones about traveling or I see nothing about traveling because I don't go anywhere Yeah And so I'm not going to I'm not I'm not big into that So I'm not going to watch those or you know parenting videos or like whatever it is And that might prompt you to buy something whatever Yeah Some brain supplement for all the ADHD videos that you watch or the permenopausal videos or the homeschooling curriculum Yeah It's like whatever you're looking at elsewhere that's what you Yes The algorithm is the influencer That's That's the bottom line That's what it is And right now I'm my influencer algorithm is all about like uh workouty things like I can't get away from the stair steppers like buy at home stairsteppers I already have one I already have one like just a step like this um or is it the machine it's like a tiny little um elliptical I already have one It was like 50 bucks and I love it But I already have one of those I already have a walking pad and I use them both like I just got a walking pad but I'm still there there's a new like elliptical one that has like the arm things and it folds up like a ladder and you just put it against the wall and I'm like maybe I need that one too like like I don't I already have one but it keeps appearing Are you old enough to remember when it was all about infomercials yes Because I can tell you before the social media influencing yes I don't even know how many things I bought off infomercials I was an infomercial junkie growing up My mom was a QVC junkie Like it it's just it's the same thing just in a different format Now it's now it's right here in our pocket all day long Like well and the marketing I remember being a kid and watching them and like the marketing of it was like you have buy now and there's a there was a counter on the screen that was like you have two minutes You act now you get a second set for free You have to act now Giving this stuff away You have to act now It's amazing And it was it was panicking I had a Total Gym that was a big one I think was it Chuck Norris that was the the sponsor of the Total Gym too I I'm pro I could be wrong I don't remember I had one of those like in my 20s Like all sorts of stuff I didn't have the laundry things that you could get to completely fix your laundry I was always buying the workout stuff That was my thing then Yeah Everything for your kitchen I would get pots and pans and knives and Yep What about like the home parties the Tupperware parties all that stuff I had all those part We did all that stuff too Yep Yep All influencers Yeah It's just a different way of influencing now because it's all right on our phone and you just your credit cards right there You just literally buy now I know You don't even have to get up and get your wallet and it's like you don't have to enter your shipping address It's just like literally it remembers it by now Yeah That makes it as easy as possible so that you will just purchase purchase purchase Right And so I think for like on the end of if you're selling or if you are the consumer you really have to like on a consumer end slow down slow on the if you want to be an influencer brand a lot of uh strategy on how you market it but be real be real be real when you're marketing it I do want to go back to say I am being real that it's the best speaking experience of your life Listen what I didn't say what I did not say is that puking is enjoyable What I said was if you must it is the best puking experience of your life I guess if you're going for shock value to get people's attention I am all about shock value That's my whole that is Christy Billingsley's whole brand I am all about shock value Yeah I'm not I'm boring I'm mom boring But I was always mom boring My mom boring Before you were a mom dad was five years old and mom boring I was It was sad But we're not going to unpack childhood trauma on this episode Oh my word Oh my word So if you had to influence something what would it be oh my

goodness I don't I don't know or like or like genre of product if not a specific product Well clearly I like bags Yeah Um you like cups i do I Yeah but I get cheap ones like this Yeah Kids at the dance studio So I teach dance as well Um they're like "Oh you have a Stanley?" No I don't have a Stanley I'm not spending $50 on a water bottle I have a $7 timu But that's exactly why by influencing it might be better It's like are you sick of spending your life savings on a cup buy all for finding a good deal You should not have to give away your hard-earned money Instead buy this cup in bulk every color and now you've made 10 sales I think what I would be an influencer of would depend on what my latest hyperfixation was at the moment Like I'll tell you what I'm drinking in this cup In addition to my my mushroom coffee cup this cup I started I have a friend who I went over to her house and she's like "Would you like some coffee or some tea?" I'm like "I would love some tea." Expecting her to have a couple varieties of tea She opens to like a cabinet She's got like loose leaf tees in mason jars all perfectly labeled How are you feeling what do you need like um I don't even know where to start She's like well let's see We'll give you a little bit of this and a little bit of this And she mixed me up this like custom tea and it was delicious And I'm like and everything is good for something Hibiscus and lemon balm and wow holy basil and all this stuff that I've always like had an interest in I'm like this just feels like too much and I don't have the brain power for this right now Well I have been ordering TE's on Amazon My friend influenced me Wow I actually I'll have to send you a picture I have a picture of my cabinet Oh we'll put it on the screen We'll put it on the screen My cabinet with my little mason jars I don't have as much space to devote to it as she does So literally I'll tell you a funny story I was making myself some tea the other day and I'm like mixing stuff up based like have a blend that I've been liking and my husband's watching me like scoop of this sp thing thing of leaves this thing of leaves he's like what are you a witch you're becoming a little witch like no like it's helping like and I do find like because the stuff I'm using is to kind of keep anxiety at bay help with focus all things that I'm like struggle with lately and I'm noticing the difference So I'm like "Wow." Okay maybe not today because again 3:30 a.m wake up time for no good reason Yeah But you're on your way But yeah so what I would see have I just influenced you to go on Amazon and look up organic looseleaf tees you can chat GPT what tees are good for what things so you can know what you need Yeah And you know what if these people don't walk away with some kind of influence from this episode I'll be furious I would and then we're going to pick which thing What would you like us to influence what would you like us to sponsor what do you think that What do you think we are the most likely to earn income from for this i would love to see because Christiey's selling faux fur We should Yeah I feel like we should almost have like a We should just go for multiple things and see which which does the best or put up a poll Let's put up a poll I'm putting up a poll on Spotify I think uh for this episode Puke bags or tea Get the tea so that you don't need the puke bag in the first place Buy both But the hope is that maybe you will want them to experience I want them to experience I would be happy to have one of those available I would love to never experience it Have to use it I have an issue with that You're going to call me someday and I'm sorry that I'll tell you off camera so I won't Someone's going to have to have used it in your car and you are going to be thanking me Yes The car is the worst That's where this happened Mhm in the car like I'm so sorry to our audience Sorry Subjective I'm even saving I'm saving the really bad story I'm not even we shouldn't have come back around to that Be real Be real That's what we are here on the Free Podcast The Free Dog podcast And if you're still here we love you so much So I feel like we've pretty much wrapped Yes this all up Yes This was probably long Sorry about that I love So I love that you've been here I please I this more often Yes this is fun I feel like I haven't gotten here I know much lately It's all the car drama and just everything Stupid drama It's always drama It's always drama Life is just This is why we're here This is safe space where we can come and laugh Silliness and empty our bags Yeah And emotionally supportive lint rollers Keep coming back for that Next time we'll be more prepared with all the stuff we've purchased online Yeah Yeah we should do a Oh Oh I have more things with me that Oh I have one more thing And I hope that um there's enough time cuz I didn't set my timer Okay We're new new quick segment um that we've decided This is a surprise for Deb that she doesn't know about So we're going to start a new game every episode and it's going to be get to know the team members So we're gonna ask Dev a question to guess the team member with this question So I have to guess the team member Guess the team member I'm going to give you a question and you have to guess who this is about Ready and the audience will learn in the process Okay Okay And I feel like you're going to know the answer to this one Okay Okay We'll see Who on the team which member of the team has a twin

i know this but I'm going through the list of people Can we cut the pause as I look at the list of names because

I'm I know that I know but maybe I don't know Okay let me see Manage me Okay let's see We're letting her cheat Well it's just so I remember names Oh Oh I know See I just Christina This was a trick question Oh my goodness Because that Christina is correct but there's actually another answer There is another answer Is it Amanda okay So so Christina and Amanda are twins They're sisters that work here There is another answer There's another per Oh yes Mark Mark is also twin That's why I'm like I know that this has come up in several conversations So there's So there's actually three technically cuz Christina and Amanda are twin sisters Yes And then Mark is also a twin Yes I was literally going through like who's physically here right now and I'm like it's no one that's here and then Yeah Yeah Like good job You got it So yeah we're going to start doing this as a end of podcast game I like that you weren't asking anything about me No Okay So no but we're going to need we're going to need Dub facts to use on other people Okay Um and we're going to end the podcast with little Okay me I like that Um yeah So we're going to need little Deb facts to use on other people Oh the camera's dying So this happened last time A Okay so we're going to So we're going to end here Bye everybody Love you so much Love you