20+yrs of marketing ๐ค, 40+yrs of sass ๐๐ผโโ๏ธ . Paid media fossil and crusader, with a side hustle of handmade candles and bath/body products.
@SunnyYa75593120 Magically, the loop I was stuck I got fixed. Iโm thinking enough of us were like, hey, we are stuck at this prompt showing up in the wrong step, they fixed it.
Iโve always been an independent, so I have no dog in political party infighting.
But itโs truly mind-blowing to me the side who vehemently preaches 2A rights is now โwell, butโฆโ over Alex Pretti.
He followed every rule 2A folks claim responsible gun owners do.
I finally started launching a line Iโve worked on for months and months and months.
It has so may scents, itโll take a full year to drop them out every month.
Surreal to see it exist, finally.
Twice in the last month, 2 people eached out LinkedIn with the olโ โhey! I see we are both connected to such and such,!โ
They each referred to a different person, neither of whom I had a good experience with.
I simply didnโt reply, but whew, landmine outreach tactic, folks.
I made my plans and forecasting for 2026 on the candle biz.
Purely driven by what the data is telling me.
Still scary as hell.
And I canโt wait to see what it does.
Oh you know, just wrapping up the holiday season, minding your business when you get a DM from a reporter who was gifted one of your candles and wants to interview you live.
Totally normal day.
@danavirsarria Yep. This. Itโs showing up in different ways depending on pack size/price but a consistent pattern.
I had a super aggressive 2 candle bundle at this show this week - almost no one took it except for my diehard regulars. They still only bought 1.