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What's up, everybody?
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Welcome to the Go Happy Beauty Podcast.
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On today's episode, we have Anna Hollowell from Slay the Spray.
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We're going to talk a lot about the Slay the Spray conference that's coming up in about a month in beautiful Del Mar, California, which is right outside of San Diego, February 16th through the 18th.
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I was fortunate enough to be able to speak of this event two years in a row, once in Florida, once in LA.
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It's a great event, wonderful event put on by Kelly Callahan and her team at Slay the Spray.
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For those of you that have never heard of it, make sure you check it out.
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Slaythespray.com is a website.
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I also have a link to Anna's calendar down below.
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If you have specific questions for yourself, she'll make sure to answer those.
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We do answer a lot of those probably in the interview here.
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The whole point of this interview is to introduce you to the Slay the Spray conference.
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I show you the opportunity that's there.
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For those that haven't been or haven't even heard of it, please check it out.
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It's worth your time.
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But from the connections you make, the information you're going to learn, you're going to learn from people from all over the world, all over the map, as far as their experience and things like that.
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You're going to learn different business tactics, you know, spray tan specific things.
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You're going to learn about products and everything in between.
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It's a wonderful event.
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But for me, conferences are always great because you really get to connect with people and it takes your relationships to another level.
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Even if you haven't met anybody, maybe you're new, maybe you're an introvert like myself.
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It's really good to connect with other like-minded individuals.
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And this year, Anna was sharing that they're going to have these cool breakout events where you're going to be placed in groups that are people that are in a similar situation to you, whether that's how long you've been in business or the type of business you're in, or whatever it may be, right?
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So you're going to get to be able to be in the same groups with like-minded individuals that are probably having some of the same questions or maybe challenges that you're having.
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So you guys get to work through those together.
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So this is a really cool opportunity for you.
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Again, these events are awesome.
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Kelly and her team put on great events.
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They're fun.
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They're engaging.
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And you ultimately really you come away from it pumped up, right?
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I always do as a provider for services for some of these people.
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Some of our clients are there.
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We just come up more, we come out, I come out of it more pumped up.
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We're excited to get back to work afterwards.
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So make sure you check it out again.
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Slaythespray.com.
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Make sure to use our code STS for Slay the Spray Happy TANS again.
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STS Happy TANS a checkout.
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Make sure you do that and check it out at Slaythespray.com.
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We also have a link down to uh Anna's calendar if you want to get on a call with her.
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If you have specific questions for her about it, make sure you check it out.
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Thanks so much for tuning in on the episode.
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Thank you so much, Anna and Kelly and her team for the Slay the Spray and putting all this on.
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We know it's a lot of work and it's a lot of good for the industry.
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So thank you so much for all you do.
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I hope you all have a wonderful day.
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Take care.
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Anna Holloway, how are you doing?
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Welcome to the podcast.
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I'm good.
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How are you doing, Grant?
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Thanks for having me.
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Yeah, I'm doing awesome.
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It's good to see you again.
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We've obviously seen each other in person a couple times and also recorded a podcast, so it's good to reconnect.
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Yeah, it's been a while though.
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I think that podcast was before 2022's event.
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Was it really that long ago?
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I think it's been that long.
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Wow.
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I should have looked before.
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Wow.
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It's been quite that was my first podcast ever.
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Now I'm co-hosting another one.
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Look how much changes in just a couple years.
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Oh, what a fun little reunion.
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Yeah, absolutely.
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Absolutely.
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Well, you know, we I I'd love to chat today.
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We won't talk a lot about uh Slay the Spray here.
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It's coming up in just over a month from the time recording this, probably about a month from when this podcast will come out.
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So February 16th to the 18th in sunny, wonderful San Diego, Southern California.
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There, you can't beat the venue location, and uh it's a great place to be.
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So I'd love to to to chat about it, you know, whatever kind of information we can help people learn about it, people that haven't gone to it, I think have a lot of questions.
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I'm sure you see a lot of them as well.
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So give us kind of the lowdown, like what is what what is to be expected for this, you know, who's it for, any information you want to share, and then we can totally talk about some of the the points and obviously experience since I've been to a couple of the events uh as well.
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Yeah, yeah.
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We're looking forward to it.
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I'm personally really excited for this one being back in Slate in San Diego, because that's actually where I started my spray tanning career, believe it or not, right in Del Mar, actually.
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So we're gonna be at the Hilton Del Mar.
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So I think it's gonna be like pretty much walking distance from the first tanning salon I ever worked at, which is like crazy.
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Um, so a little fun fact there, but just uh really excited for this year's event.
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So um I've been helping Kelly Callahan host Slay the Spray for a few years now.
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Um, and it's been so much fun being behind the scenes and getting to meet all of these, you know, spray tan artists at different levels of their businesses.
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And so what we do with our Slay the Spray event, if you have never heard of it, have never been, um, it is a two to three day event, um, kind of depending on the main event, the ticket tiers, which we can get into all of that.
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But um, it's basically a two to three day business conference for spray chain artists.
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But don't roll your eyes when I say conference, because it's not a porn conference.
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We do a lot, we have lots of fun.
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Um, definitely not stuffy or corporate.
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If you know Kelly and I, you know that to be true.
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But um yeah, so we have a um a whole wide range of spray tan artists, of skill levels, um, solo artists, brick and mortars, um spray tan artists that have teams, and um even like franchise owners come.
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So a huge variety.
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We have a lot of brand owners come as well, either as sponsors, speakers, or just representing their brand and making connections in the industry.
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So it's um, like I said, a two to three day business conference for spray can artists of all levels um where we can come and make genuine connections, and then of course improve our craft through business, mindset, marketing, and technical trainings.
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Yeah.
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Yeah, this like you said, is is conference.
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Yeah, don't let that uh kind of steer you in the wrong direction because there are some conferences I've been to in the past that uh they're not the fun the little boring.
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Yeah, a little boring.
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These these are not well.
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Obviously, you guys put on a wonderful conference, it's always fun.
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The atmosphere is great, uh, and then the content obviously is exceptional.
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The speakers, you have a like you said, there's a wide range of speakers and attendees, whether a mobile business that's a solo owner or somebody with physical multiple locations, employees.
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Uh, there's just a ton to it.
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But I think you know, the the benefit you get from being there, from learning from people, connecting, obviously, I think is second to none in in any kind in any in-person event, right?
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So that is probably one of the biggest things.
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And I think you probably hear that a lot from people that have gone.
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And I know from going twice that I see some of the same people over again because they want to experience that again, see their friends, all these kind of things as well.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Yeah, we actually have a ton of new people this year, which is really exciting.
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But in the past, we kind of, you know, start to see a lot of the same names and faces.
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And I think that's just also a testament to the fact that like this event is great.
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People want to keep coming back year after year.
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They have FOMO if they don't come or if we don't host it like last year.
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Um, and so, you know, it's really been such a joy this year to see all of the new artists get excited about it, buy their tickets, um, and look forward to their first time connecting in person.
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I know it's, you know, obviously scary if you've never been to an event before, maybe if you're new to the industry, um, but really at the end of the day, nothing to be scared about.
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We're all super friendly.
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We really cultivate um an environment of collaboration and fun, connections.
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And so um, it's gonna be a really fun year, I think.
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Yeah, yeah.
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I know that it can be, like you said, it can be a little overwhelming, especially.
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I mean, I'm I'm an introvert naturally.
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So going to conferences in the past, even Slay the Spray, where I'm, you know, I spoke at a couple of them, and then I know people going there.
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You still, you know, you're going by yourself, you have this feeling of like, uh, you know, what's it gonna be like and all this?
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But it is like those, those ultimately those uh connections and those events kind of change, and obviously, from some of the testimonials from people that have been there, can literally change the path of their career and business, right?
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So it's huge, huge things can come from that.
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I think getting outside of the comfort zone is where you find all those things that you haven't quite found yet, right?
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So for sure, yeah.
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I heard um someone the other day say there's no growth in the comfort zone, and there's no comfort in the growth zone.
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And I love that.
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And so it really like I think that's that needs to be my next like little marketing promo for slay the spray.
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Get out of your comfort zone, come try it.
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Yeah, for sure.
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So you're saying a lot of new people that now the people that are coming, are they like new artists, like they just started or new to slay the spray or or mix of both?
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We have um, I think a lot of people who are new to Slay the Spray this year.
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I know we typically um we kind of do some market research before and after the event, see where people are at.
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And this year we're actually doing something really fun.
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Um, so you want to get your tickets soon because we are going to be sending out um like a market research survey.
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We are going to be doing for the first ever time, we're gonna be doing breakout sessions, like a little mastermind where you're gonna be in small groups of people who are at a similar stage in business or income level or like um mobile versus solo artists versus in studio, like people who are kind of building the same type of business and in the same kind of chapter um that you are.
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So they're gonna be groups of about 10.
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So you're definitely gonna have some time to build those stronger connections with people that just get it.
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Um, and so again, we're gonna be, you know, sending out that email shortly to get everyone's information and get you guys assigned into small breakout groups.
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And that's gonna be really fun because we'll get um a little bit more of that personal touch, which I know again, sometimes like there's great connections always to be made at Slay the Spray, but also it's very busy, there's lots of people, and sometimes we don't have all the time to just really create some deep connections and talk about like business and the struggles.
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So really excited for the breakout sessions, but yeah, there's gonna be a wide range of, I mean, definitely we have a lot of returning people as well.
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Um, so we're gonna have obviously, I know like um Audrey Lyons from Glazed.
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She was there at the last in-person event, but wasn't a speaker or sponsor, and this year she's gonna be both.
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So um, that's really exciting.
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But we'll have a lot of the same names and faces, but we brought in a lot of industry mentors as well.
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So some of our past speakers and sponsors, some of this year's speakers and sponsors are gonna be leading those breakout groups as well.
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So I'm really excited for that as well.
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Yeah, that's a great idea.
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It's good to connect with people that are in similar shoes, and then you can, you know, you you don't get a chance to talk to people that are doing the same thing as you very often, you know.
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Uh yeah, it's just the way it is.
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Yeah, yeah.
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And people like your friends and family, they just don't get it.
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They never will.
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They'll get tired of hearing about it, right?
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Right.
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And they don't, yeah, they just don't understand it.
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It's different.
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So so give us a little bit of the uh what is kind of the format for that?
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It's Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, um, which is great, I think, for all spray tan artists because it's typically the slower days in the business, right?
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So give it and and it's right after Valentine's, which is nice.
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Yes, I know, not the week before, thank goodness.
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We planned that well.
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Yeah, for sure.
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So give us kind of the overview of like what are what are the are the days broken up into uh different uh you know items or or types of things, or how you how'd y'all do that?
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Yes, yep.
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So the first day, the Monday, February 16th, that is going to be a day for um small group classes.
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So those are extra.
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We have our main event on Tuesday and Wednesday, and then on Monday, there's also some small group classes that you can get for an upgrade.
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So that is going to be your shimmer, gold, or VIP slay the spray ticket.
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Um, the bronze level just comes with the main event, which is Tuesday and Wednesday.
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But if you get shimmer, gold, or VIP, you will have access to either one or both of our beginners or master's class.
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So the shimmer ticket level gets your choice of either class.
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It is a four-hour small group.
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Well, I wouldn't say small.
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I think we're gonna have about like 20 to 30 people, depending on um each each class.
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Um, but that's gonna be 8 a.m.
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to noon and then 12 to 4:30 or 12:30 to 4:30.
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We're giving ourselves a lunch break this year.
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Last last year, Cherie and Pamela did not get a lunch break.
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And I was like, I remember having to like order them pizza to have it delivered to be there right at noon.
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So, anyways, we're being a little again more intentional this year.
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But yes, so on Monday, we have our beginner's training, our master's training.
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If you've already bought your slate the spray ticket and you want to upgrade, you can absolutely do so.
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Um, head to our website.
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Um, but if um you don't get a shimmer gold or VIP ticket or want to come to one of those classes, your event starts at 8 a.m.
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on Tuesday morning, the 17th.
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So I highly recommend arriving on Monday if you have a bronze ticket level or um the Monday also starts at 8 a.m.
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So if you are planning on coming to the beginners or masters training, um get get there on Sunday so that you don't miss it.
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But yeah, so we're gonna have the small group trainings on Monday, and then Tuesday and Wednesday is the main event.
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And that goes from 8 a.m.
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to 10 a.m.
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is going to be the vendor expo on both of those days.
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So that's where you can come peruse all of the sponsors, their booths, get to know, you know, the brands, try some of their products.
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Obviously, glazed, Xtan.
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Um, well, actually, Glazed is a swag bag sponsor, so they will um have some goodies in our swag bags.
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But um, in-person booths, we are going to have the sunless store there.
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We're gonna have Xtan Sunless there, the Sunless Edit is gonna be there, V Cool Tan and Co.
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Pierced by Glow, um, and some other brands as well.
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So you get to actually connect with brand owners again, try their products, which I really love.
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And then at 10 a.m.
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starts the main event.
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So that is going to be the speakers.
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We'll have like breakout sessions again, the mastermind that is happening on Tuesday afternoon.
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So Tuesday is more of like mindset and technical skills.
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So we're gonna open it up with a manifestation expert, which we're really excited about.
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And then I'm gonna be doing a live X TAN demo.
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We have Kaylin Sisk from the Sunless store.
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Like I said, she's gonna be talking about solution maintenance um or uh equipment maintenance and equipment maintenance.
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And so um, and then some other technical speakers, and then on Wednesday, again, we're gonna do 8 to 10 a.m.
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You can come check out the vendor booths, and then we have our more um business and marketing speakers.
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So we're gonna have Gina Lopez talking about confidence on camera, showing up on social media.
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We're gonna have Maddie, Liz Tance, Maddie Orchard is gonna be there talking about websites and e-commerce, and of course, we've got some other amazing speakers lined up as well.
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So that's kind of how it's broken up as far as like each day goes.
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And then on Wednesday night, we are closing the event with a big cocktail party that I'm so excited about.
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We actually used to open the event with the cocktail party, but people didn't know each other.
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It was like everyone's first, everyone was just getting there, and so we decided to put it at the end of the event this year so that we can just celebrate, you know, the the event that we've had, the friendships that were made, and all of that.
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And so um, if you if you are in the Slay the Spray community, you might remember that after Slay the Spray 2023, we were very bold and we put out into the world that we were gonna host the next one in Nashville, which never happened because we quickly realized that getting all of our stuff from Southern California to Nashville was just gonna be too much.
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It's just really not feasible for us on our end.
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And so what we have decided to do for the cocktail party was um bring the Nashville vibes to San Diego.
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So we are doing a Nash Diego cocktail party.
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So think like if you were going to um Nashville for like a bachelorette or a bachelor party and all the sparkles, all the glitter, the western vibes, there's gonna be like country music.
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We'll see if anyone knows how to do line dancing.
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I don't know.
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Someone there is gonna know how to line dance and they're gonna teach it, I'm sure of it.
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Maybe Chrissy LaRocque, I feel like she probably knows how to line dance.
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Liz um Liz LeBlanc, I bet she knows how to line dance.
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Yeah, yeah.
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And so um, yeah, we're gonna, you know, make it a fun little cocktail party.
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If you're not into the Western thing, that's okay.
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Show up as you are, but we'll we're gonna just do that kind of denim and diamonds type theme.
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And that's included with your ticket.
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And if you happen to be local to the San Diego area, but you can't make the main event, the schedule doesn't work for you, but you want to come to the party.
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We do have tickets open for just that party.
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If you just want to come and hang out with sunless artists, so that's a really cool opportunity as well.
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You're gonna be able to, again, be in the room with 200 other spray tan artists, have a good time, dance, connect.
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Um, we have a photo booth, fun stuff.
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We're gonna be all dressed up, just gonna have a blast.
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So that is 7 to 11 p.m.
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on the 18th, which means if you are coming, do not leave until the 19th, maybe even the 20th.
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If you don't want to be on a plane after a cocktail party.
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But um, yeah, so it's gonna be a blast.
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I'm really excited for the lineup to schedule.
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Again, like I said, it's really intentional this year.
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We've done this event many times now, kind of the same way, and it worked.
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But we're trying to improve it every single year, and so we are trying new things, and I think it's gonna be amazing.
00:19:51.759 --> 00:19:56.960
Yeah, sounds like I like the idea that I remember the cocktail party, and I'm I remember the one in Florida.
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I'm trying to remember the one in uh LA, but yeah, the one in Florida there was it was at the beginning, which is cool.
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The white everybody was in all white.
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I remember that part of it.
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Yeah, yeah.
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So the LA one was the night with the stars, like this red carpet theme.
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Yeah, I remember.
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Okay, there you go.
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Well, yeah, it's a good way to do it.
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Yeah, well, it's good to do it.
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I think it makes sense to do at the end.
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So you're like that point, people have connected for a couple days, they're gonna let their guard down a little bit, have some fun after all their all their uh let their brain rest a little bit from all the learning they've done and things like that.
00:20:27.920 --> 00:20:38.079
Yes, yeah, unwind, decompress, because it's a I mean, it's not an intense few days by any means, but it's a lot of information, it's a lot of excitement.
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If you've never been before, it's like the adrenaline, the meeting new people.
00:20:41.680 --> 00:20:43.519
It is kind of like long days, you know.
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We pack a lot into your days because we want it to be super valuable, but yeah, we're just gonna cut loose and it's gonna be awesome.
00:20:51.200 --> 00:20:52.559
Yeah, yeah, no, it makes sense.
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I mean, me, like I said, me as an introvert, like after I'm around people for all day and you're talking and smiling, then you're just like, you need to relax a bit.
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So that's perfect.
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Right.
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Yeah.
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That's perfect.
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Well, yeah, I mean, so from experience too, uh you know, like I said, I mentioned earlier the the connections, I feel like is to me seems like one of the most valuable things.
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Obviously, you learn a lot from people when you're sit there um listening, even if they're artists that are at the same skill level or they've been in the industry the same amount of time as you, you know, that's something to consider.
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But you can always learn from people, it's great.
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But those connections you make, you you know, you make friends that hopefully will be lifelong friends.
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I know that's super valuable.
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So those connections and people you meet there will be uh for those that haven't gone or haven't been to a a conference like this before, those connections can be super valuable, especially because you're gonna do the breakout groups.
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That'll be a another way to add another layer of like you know, comfort comfort with those people.
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And then probably obviously you'll probably stay connected with those people as well because you'll know, hey, they're walking in similar shoes to me and things like that.
00:21:52.799 --> 00:21:53.359
For sure.
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Yeah.
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I notice um just by you know being part of the event for the last few years, it's fun to see a Lot of the connections like stay strong or like get even stronger after the event.
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Like you start little group chats or just you know, you find your business bestie, maybe even someone semi-local to you, regional, someone that you can connect with and go grab a coffee with.
00:22:14.799 --> 00:22:17.759
Um, lots of ways to keep those, you know, relationships strong.
00:22:17.920 --> 00:22:28.960
I actually just did a podcast episode with Brittany Sturgel last week, and she shouted out you um for you know, she met you in Florida at the Florida Florida event.
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I cannot talk.
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Um, and then she said that you're helping her again, like with the website you helped her with, and now with her e-commerce and uh or course platform.
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And so really fun to see those connections, and you know, you never know when you know having that that connection would benefit you, right?
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So um your your network is your net worth, right?
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So yeah, totally.
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Yeah, and I know for us, like obviously we've worked with a lot of artists in the industry, and it's always it's always cool, and I always tell my team, like it makes it it takes it another level because you meet these people, like you just see their name on email, or even you talk on the phone, or maybe you see randomly video chat or whatever it is.
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But once you see them in person, like it makes it more real, like, oh, you're helping these people, whatever it is, right?
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It's just it's just good to have that that in-person connection.
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You can't you can't really re replicate or replace that.
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I don't feel like totally, yeah.
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And it's always fun, especially for me, is like I will like at the last event, I worked the registration table, like when people were checking in and stuff, and I would know people's like either their Instagram or their name or their face, but not all together.
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And so I'd be like, What's your name?
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And then they would say your name, and I'd be like, Oh, I know you, and I should have known you, and I feel bad.
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And I'm always like, You need to show your face on social media more because then I would have recognized you.
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Um, but yeah, it's always fun to yeah, just put the put the names to the face, to the business name.
00:23:50.880 --> 00:23:51.599
It's a lot of fun.
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Yeah, it is for sure.
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For sure.
00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:57.039
So I'm sure like you you guys have been, you know, promoting this for a while.
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I'm sure you get a lot of questions and things like that.
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What are what are the most common?
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I'm just curious, like, what are the most common questions you get from people that are kind of on the fence?
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Because I know that like it's a commitment for people, obviously, from a time perspective, obviously there's money involved.
00:24:10.240 --> 00:24:16.480
But I'm kind of curious, like, what are the common questions that that you guys are hearing from people that are on the fence?
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Yeah, absolutely.
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So um, some of the most common questions I get are really a lot about like, what am I gonna learn?
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What am I gonna take away?
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Right.
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And so that's going back to again, we we have a good mix of technical information.
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Um, and again, we really try to make this and bring in speakers and topics.
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We we don't just like let our speakers like pick whatever they want.
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It's very strategic.
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We all are working together to make sure that we are not overlapping on common like themes or topics, um, bringing some new kind of you know, information that maybe is not available elsewhere.
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So, for example, like if you know, XTAM, we're not coming in and we're teaching our beginner's course like just as is, right?
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It's a little different than what you can get from just buying a course online.
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This is like custom, you know, new information that we have created for this event.
00:25:09.359 --> 00:25:22.079
Um, and so if you're not sure about what to ex like what you're gonna learn, we do have the um tentative schedule speakers and their topics up on our website at Slay the Spray now.
00:25:22.160 --> 00:25:23.599
So you can kind of check it out.
00:25:23.759 --> 00:25:25.759
Um, we do have the virtual options as well.
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So I know one of the one of the biggest things is I either can't afford to get to San Diego, I can't take the time off, um, I can't, I don't have a babysitter or whatever.
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You just can't make it.
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Um, or even we have people from halfway across the world or all the way across the world that just don't want to puddle jump or can't puddle jump, right?
00:25:43.839 --> 00:25:46.880
So um we do have the virtual options as well.
00:25:46.960 --> 00:25:52.319
So that's a very common question was can I still, you know, be a part of the event even if I can't make it there?
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The answer is absolutely yes.
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Um so with the virtual options, you will have the option to join live February 16th or February 17th and 18th for the main event on Zoom.
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So you can see it as it's happening, but you're also gonna get access to the replays for 30 days.
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So if you can't make it live, um, and even that goes for the in-person attendees as well.
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I know the energy is gonna be high, you're gonna be taking notes, and sometimes you might want to refer back to that information um that you know was taught to you in person.
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You have those replays as well.
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So I think that's really, really valuable.
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And I know because I can see on the back end that a lot of people don't watch those replays.
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And let me tell you guys, watch the replays because you're gonna get new information every time.
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So that is a huge um value add with your ticket, is that 30 days of replay access, in my opinion.
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Um, so beyond that, I think a lot of we get a lot of questions, maybe not so much from people that haven't bought their tickets yet, but people that have bought their tickets, people are really interested in what to wear this year.
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So um I usually just kind of say business casual or whatever you are comfortable and confident in.
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There's gonna be photo ops.
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Some people like to wear their brand colors.
00:27:06.240 --> 00:27:08.240
Um, they are kind of long-ish days.
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So some people prefer to be a little bit more comfortable, um, a little more laid back, athleisure.
00:27:14.480 --> 00:27:22.480
Um, maybe just dress like you are, you know, as a spray tan artist, especially on the small group training days, because we are gonna have some hands-on, some model opportunities.
00:27:22.640 --> 00:27:27.359
So that one's a little bit more like maybe dress like you were going to do spray tanks.
00:27:27.440 --> 00:27:32.079
Uh Tuesday and Wednesday, you can either dress business casual, you can dress up, you can dress down.
00:27:32.240 --> 00:27:34.480
It's really like a come as you are event.
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We do not care what you wear, we do not care how you show up.
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We just want you to show up and we want you to be there and we want you to take in the information and the experience for all it's worth.
00:27:45.680 --> 00:27:49.519
So um I think those are probably the most common questions.
00:27:49.680 --> 00:27:58.319
And then we do get um, you know, obviously questions about pricing and ticket tiers as well, which that information is on the website at slaythespray.com.
00:27:58.480 --> 00:28:08.799
Like I said, there's a few different ticket tiers, so it really just depends on what's best for you and your business, um, because it obviously varies on where you are in your business.
00:28:08.880 --> 00:28:11.920
But like I said, that bronze ticket is the base ticket level.
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We also do have Afterpay and Klarna at checkout, or we also have our own in-house payment plan options as well.
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So if you don't want to go through, you know, a third party like Afterpay or Klarna, we have um payment plans as well.
00:28:26.880 --> 00:28:31.359
So we are willing to work with people, we want to get people there, we know the value of this event.
00:28:31.519 --> 00:28:34.799
So I'm also um taking like discovery calls.
00:28:34.880 --> 00:28:46.640
So if you guys have questions and you just want to pick your brain and you didn't get your answers from this podcast episode or online, you can book a call with me and I can just send you the link to put in the show notes.
00:28:46.960 --> 00:28:47.680
Yeah, totally.
00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:53.519
We'll definitely include that because obviously, even if the question's been answered, some people might have a specific question, right?
00:28:53.599 --> 00:28:56.319
They want to twist there that they need to know.
00:28:56.559 --> 00:28:58.480
There's lots of questions, and that is okay.
00:28:58.559 --> 00:29:00.720
We welcome questions, we want to hear your questions.
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So that's what I'm here for.
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Absolutely.
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It's a big commitment, obviously.
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People understand that, right?
00:29:04.880 --> 00:29:05.519
So you guys are there.
00:29:05.599 --> 00:29:10.799
You have it, like you said, you have looks like you have bronze, uh, bronze shimmer, gold, and then you have the VIP.
00:29:10.880 --> 00:29:12.160
So there's four different tiers.
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We won't go through all that.
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Go online and read it because there's little little differences there for that.
00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:23.759
I think you know, I would say anybody that's on the fence is probably well, you know, they're probably gonna go maybe on the bronze, I would say, just because of the cost difference there.
00:29:23.839 --> 00:29:26.720
But I mean, even if you've never been, start somewhere next time.
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You can always upgrade.
00:29:27.519 --> 00:29:28.799
You probably upgrade when you're at the event.
00:29:28.880 --> 00:29:35.200
I don't know how all that works, but I'm just saying, like, you know, don't hesitate to go and don't get too caught up in the options, right?
00:29:35.279 --> 00:29:36.160
Just get there.
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Absolutely.
00:29:37.440 --> 00:29:39.200
And yeah, that's a solid point too.
00:29:39.359 --> 00:29:45.839
We accept upgrades um up until like the week before the event, as far as coming to the beginners and masters, too.
00:29:45.920 --> 00:29:54.640
So if you just want to secure your seat and make sure that tickets, because we do have a limited amount of bodies that are gonna be able to fit into the conference room, right?
00:29:54.799 --> 00:30:01.440
So, what I always suggest is buy if you know you want to go, just buy your bronze ticket and you know you can figure out the rest later.
00:30:01.519 --> 00:30:03.519
If you want to upgrade, you just email us.
00:30:03.680 --> 00:30:06.559
Um, as long as there's seats in the class, it's no big deal.
00:30:06.720 --> 00:30:10.240
Um, we'll have a you know certificate for you there.
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You also get online access to the um or lifetime access to the online course, whether it's the beginners or masters as well on our back-end portal.
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So um, yeah, just start with the bronze ticket if you're unsure.
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Secure your seat.
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That gives you like your body is able to fit in the room, and then everything else is figure outable from there.
00:30:30.880 --> 00:30:31.119
Right.
00:30:31.279 --> 00:30:32.880
These are fire marshal laws, guys.
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Come on.
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That totally we're being serious, okay?
00:30:39.440 --> 00:30:40.720
And we always sell out.
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We always sell out.
00:30:41.839 --> 00:30:43.680
So it's like a lot of people like to wait.
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They wait, they wait, you know, like we were talking about before.
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You got to make sure schedules line up, yeah, whatever, child care, et cetera, et cetera.
00:30:50.079 --> 00:30:55.440
It's so many different things that factor in, but nevertheless, if you can get there, it's it's totally worth it uh for sure.
00:30:55.599 --> 00:31:01.759
So I guess one of the last couple questions I would have is like, let's let's let's take it from two different points of views.
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Let's look at a beginner artist and what you think they're gonna take away from it.
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And then on the other side, like somebody that's been in this business for a while and what they'll take away from it, you know, because it's easy for the beginners to, I'm assuming, to think, uh, you know, is this too advanced for me?
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Am I even there yet?
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Right?
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Maybe I'm just getting started.
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And then for people that have been in the business for quite some time, they're like, what am I going to get out of this?
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So let's let's start with the beginner and kind of say, what do you think the high, like the highlight is?
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I know we've talked, you know, about the different things they're gonna learn and stuff, but if you were a or you've probably talked to people that were beginners and came to previous events, like what did they take away from what were the big things they took away, you know, from that?
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Yeah, I think there's two things that really come to mind.
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One would be um the connecting with brands and other artists.
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Like I think when you are starting out, I think we think we're alone, right?
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And you know you're you can be in business for yourself without being by yourself.
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And that is, you know, what we are here for is to, you know, have that support that keeps you going.
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But also, again, connecting with brands is super valuable because if you are new and you're still trying to figure out like what brand of solution do I like, what machine do I like, what things like you can tangibly try it in person.
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You get to ask the owner, like Viva from AYU.
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She's gonna be there, she's gonna be talking all about sunless science, and she's gonna, you know, be able to tell you like what's in her products and you know why she believes in them.
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And you know, you can kind of figure out from there and get some samples and see what's you know good for you.
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So I think as a beginner coming to Slay the Spray, your mind is going to be just more open.
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You'll be like, oh my gosh, I didn't know that like this existed.
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I didn't know that I needed this.
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Um, and even going into the education side, it's like things that you know, again, showing up confidently on camera, that is a I cannot tell you how many times I see, I don't want to show my face on social media.
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So that's gonna be really valuable.
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Um, we have you know, Steph and Kelsey from the Glow TF up my god, I don't know if I can cut it on your podcast.
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So um from the other podcast, all of us podcasters up in here.
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Um, we should, oh my gosh, we should do a group podcast episode when we're there.
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That would be so fun.
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Um, all of us.
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So um, yeah, so Steph and Kelsey are gonna be there.
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How many people, how many artists religiously listen to that podcast every Monday morning, hang out with their sonless besties, you know?
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So being able to connect in person, but again, taking that information that you're not gonna get in a course um and just kind of again open your mind to you know how you can improve your client experience or your marketing skills.
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Um, I think it definitely, again, this event is accessible to all artists and it's made for all artists.
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So whether you we have people that have never picked up a spray tan gun that come, they go ahead and they invest in, you know, the Shimmer Gold or VIP so they can get the beginner's course, um, get the online course, start going through that, take the in-person small group training, then they're certified, then they get all this extra information and they go home and they start their business.
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So if you think you're too unexperienced, you are absolutely not.
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We have people come that are just in the beauty industry that have, again, never picked up a spray tan gun and they come and they're like, oh my gosh, maybe I want to do spray tans.
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That's how Kelsey Laverne got started.
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She went to before it was Slay the Spray, it was Wake Up to Level Up.
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So it wasn't sunless specific, but she left the event and was like, I'm gonna start doing spray tans.
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And now she, you know, she's on our team.
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So, like, there's no, in my mind, there's literally no world in which like you are not welcome at Slay the Spray.
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If you are interested in spray tanning, if you have just started your business, um, or again, if you are a more advanced artist, I think you know, I can't, I think it's undeniable that the experienced artists understand the value of these events because they keep coming back every single year.
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Liz LeBlanc, Stephanie Pierce, um, you guys, like you guys see the value of coming back year over year.
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And again, that's why we keep making it fresh and bringing in new things and new ideas um every year, new speakers, new topics, because we want it to be for everyone.
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And so we want you to be able to have the value either way.
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So I think as more advanced artists, I think in my mind, like never stop learning.
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Like if you think you know it all, like that's when you, you know, if you're not growing, you're dying, right?
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So if you think you know it all, you're just wrong, to be honest.
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And you know, you can always, if you come with an open mind and you don't come thinking like I know it all, I'm not gonna learn anything, like come with an open mind.
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There are going to be bits and pieces from different people's sessions that you are that something is just gonna click or you're gonna hear something new.
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Again, in what how many times do you have the opportunity to get into a room with so many people that have built their businesses differently, but you know, at the end of the day, they're coming to pour into you and to share those ideas that worked for them.
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So I think, you know, as far as the uh more experienced artists, again, we have people that have been in the industry for 20 years that come back year after year after year because they they they they obviously get something from the event to come back every year.
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Yeah, if nothing else, or come and reconnect with people, they're gonna be able to share knowledge with you.
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And like you said, uh for sure, you can always learn something, even somebody's hadn't been in the industry as long.
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You can still pick up stuff.
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Maybe there's new ways to do things you haven't thought of or considered.
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So keep an open mind for those things.
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And for the beginner artists, obviously, I think it would give them a ton of confidence to get started with a little bit more belief in the, you know, versus taking a virtual course online or whatever they do to get started, or even without that, like they have that kind of vote of confidence.
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Like, I sat with these people, I learned from all these people.
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Look how you know, you get knowledge from how many different people you just push yourself and you get a hopefully avoid all these mistakes other people made.
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Right, exactly.
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It's just kind of like fast tracking, like learn from the people who've already made the mistakes, have already been in the dirt, and like, you know, learn from them and hopefully save yourself some time, money, headache, energy.
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All the above.
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All the above.
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Well, Anna, this is uh this has been great.
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We'll we'll make sure to link.
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Obviously, slaythespray.com.
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The website's pretty straightforward.
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We'll link also in the email your your calendar, whatever the link is, if people do have questions.
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I would uh, you know, I would not do not hesitate to reach out.
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Anna's more than happy to answer your questions.
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Like I said, everybody's gonna probably have their own little specific twist to the questions that maybe are even answered on the website, but at least they'll give them that peace of mind to know you guys are supportive or whatever it is, right?
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So you want to make sure you have that.
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But the event, you know, from the experience of being at it twice and being fortunate enough to speak twice, it was it's always good to connect.
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Um, we have people that are our our clients are not our clients that are there, they're learning from from from us anyway, but it's always good to connect with everybody and see everybody, um, if nothing else, you know, obviously, and you know, meeting some of the people themselves, obviously, you guys and Viva and all these other people, right?
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There's so many people you have a ton of new speakers this year as well, so they'll learn a lot from that.
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So thanks uh for taking the time.
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Thanks for the effort to put it on.
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I know it's a lot of work.
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I've spoken to Kelly about that extensively, so I know it's a lot, but uh it's awesome that you all are doing and we'll make sure to to to promote this.
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And uh, you know, our vote of confidence is is very high for it because it's definitely a beneficial thing for people.
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Amazing.
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Love to hear that, and thank you so much.
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Yeah, you're welcome.
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We'll we'll link everything below.
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And if anybody has questions, they'll reach out to you.
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Sounds good.
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Thanks.
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Take care.
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What's up, everybody?
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Welcome to the Go Happy Beauty Podcast.
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On today's episode, we have Anna Hollowell from Slay the Spray.
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We're going to talk a lot about the Slay the Spray conference that's coming up in about a month in beautiful Del Mar, California, which is right outside of San Diego, February 16th through the 18th.
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I was fortunate enough to be able to speak of this event two years in a row, once in Florida, once in LA.
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It's a great event, wonderful event put on by Kelly Callahan and her team at Slay the Spray.
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For those of you that have never heard of it, make sure you check it out.
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Slaythespray.com is a website.
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I also have a link to Anna's calendar down below.
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If you have specific questions for yourself, she'll make sure to answer those.
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We do answer a lot of those probably in the interview here.
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The whole point of this interview is to introduce you to the Slay the Spray conference.
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I show you the opportunity that's there.
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For those that haven't been or haven't even heard of it, please check it out.
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It's worth your time.
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But from the connections you make, the information you're going to learn, you're going to learn from people from all over the world, all over the map, as far as their experience and things like that.
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You're going to learn different business tactics, you know, spray tan specific things.
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You're going to learn about products and everything in between.
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It's a wonderful event.
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But for me, conferences are always great because you really get to connect with people and it takes your relationships to another level.
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Even if you haven't met anybody, maybe you're new, maybe you're an introvert like myself.
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It's really good to connect with other like-minded individuals.
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And this year, Anna was sharing that they're going to have these cool breakout events where you're going to be placed in groups that are people that are in a similar situation to you, whether that's how long you've been in business or the type of business you're in, or whatever it may be, right?
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So you're going to get to be able to be in the same groups with like-minded individuals that are probably having some of the same questions or maybe challenges that you're having.
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So you guys get to work through those together.
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So this is a really cool opportunity for you.
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Again, these events are awesome.
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Kelly and her team put on great events.
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They're fun.
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They're engaging.
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And you ultimately really you come away from it pumped up, right?
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I always do as a provider for services for some of these people.
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Some of our clients are there.
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We just come up more, we come out, I come out of it more pumped up.
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We're excited to get back to work afterwards.
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So make sure you check it out again.
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Slaythespray.com.
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Make sure you do that and check it out at Slaythespray.com.
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We also have a link down to uh Anna's calendar if you want to get on a call with her.
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If you have specific questions for her about it, make sure you check it out.
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Thanks so much for tuning in on the episode.
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Thank you so much, Anna and Kelly and her team for the Slay the Spray and putting all this on.
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We know it's a lot of work and it's a lot of good for the industry.
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So thank you so much for all you do.
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I hope you all have a wonderful day.
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Anna Holloway, how are you doing?
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Welcome to the podcast.
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I'm good.
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How are you doing, Grant?
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Thanks for having me.
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Yeah, I'm doing awesome.
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It's good to see you again.
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We've obviously seen each other in person a couple times and also recorded a podcast, so it's good to reconnect.
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Yeah, it's been a while though.
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I think that podcast was before 2022's event.
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Was it really that long ago?
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I think it's been that long.
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Wow.
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I should have looked before.
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Wow.
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It's been quite that was my first podcast ever.
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Now I'm co-hosting another one.
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Look how much changes in just a couple years.
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Oh, what a fun little reunion.
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Yeah, absolutely.
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Absolutely.
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Well, you know, we I I'd love to chat today.
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We won't talk a lot about uh Slay the Spray here.
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It's coming up in just over a month from the time recording this, probably about a month from when this podcast will come out.
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So February 16th to the 18th in sunny, wonderful San Diego, Southern California.
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There, you can't beat the venue location, and uh it's a great place to be.
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So I'd love to to to chat about it, you know, whatever kind of information we can help people learn about it, people that haven't gone to it, I think have a lot of questions.
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I'm sure you see a lot of them as well.
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So give us kind of the lowdown, like what is what what is to be expected for this, you know, who's it for, any information you want to share, and then we can totally talk about some of the the points and obviously experience since I've been to a couple of the events uh as well.
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Yeah, yeah.
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We're looking forward to it.
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I'm personally really excited for this one being back in Slate in San Diego, because that's actually where I started my spray tanning career, believe it or not, right in Del Mar, actually.
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So we're gonna be at the Hilton Del Mar.
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So I think it's gonna be like pretty much walking distance from the first tanning salon I ever worked at, which is like crazy.
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Um, so a little fun fact there, but just uh really excited for this year's event.
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So um I've been helping Kelly Callahan host Slay the Spray for a few years now.
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Um, and it's been so much fun being behind the scenes and getting to meet all of these, you know, spray tan artists at different levels of their businesses.
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And so what we do with our Slay the Spray event, if you have never heard of it, have never been, um, it is a two to three day event, um, kind of depending on the main event, the ticket tiers, which we can get into all of that.
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But um, it's basically a two to three day business conference for spray chain artists.
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But don't roll your eyes when I say conference, because it's not a porn conference.
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We do a lot, we have lots of fun.
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Um, definitely not stuffy or corporate.
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If you know Kelly and I, you know that to be true.
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But um yeah, so we have a um a whole wide range of spray tan artists, of skill levels, um, solo artists, brick and mortars, um spray tan artists that have teams, and um even like franchise owners come.
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So a huge variety.
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We have a lot of brand owners come as well, either as sponsors, speakers, or just representing their brand and making connections in the industry.
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So it's um, like I said, a two to three day business conference for spray can artists of all levels um where we can come and make genuine connections, and then of course improve our craft through business, mindset, marketing, and technical trainings.
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Yeah.
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Yeah, this like you said, is is conference.
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Yeah, don't let that uh kind of steer you in the wrong direction because there are some conferences I've been to in the past that uh they're not the fun the little boring.
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Yeah, a little boring.
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These these are not well.
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Obviously, you guys put on a wonderful conference, it's always fun.
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The atmosphere is great, uh, and then the content obviously is exceptional.
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The speakers, you have a like you said, there's a wide range of speakers and attendees, whether a mobile business that's a solo owner or somebody with physical multiple locations, employees.
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Uh, there's just a ton to it.
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But I think you know, the the benefit you get from being there, from learning from people, connecting, obviously, I think is second to none in in any kind in any in-person event, right?
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So that is probably one of the biggest things.
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And I think you probably hear that a lot from people that have gone.
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And I know from going twice that I see some of the same people over again because they want to experience that again, see their friends, all these kind of things as well.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Yeah, we actually have a ton of new people this year, which is really exciting.
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But in the past, we kind of, you know, start to see a lot of the same names and faces.
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And I think that's just also a testament to the fact that like this event is great.
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People want to keep coming back year after year.
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They have FOMO if they don't come or if we don't host it like last year.
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Um, and so, you know, it's really been such a joy this year to see all of the new artists get excited about it, buy their tickets, um, and look forward to their first time connecting in person.
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I know it's, you know, obviously scary if you've never been to an event before, maybe if you're new to the industry, um, but really at the end of the day, nothing to be scared about.
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We're all super friendly.
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We really cultivate um an environment of collaboration and fun, connections.
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And so um, it's gonna be a really fun year, I think.
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Yeah, yeah.
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I know that it can be, like you said, it can be a little overwhelming, especially.
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I mean, I'm I'm an introvert naturally.
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So going to conferences in the past, even Slay the Spray, where I'm, you know, I spoke at a couple of them, and then I know people going there.
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You still, you know, you're going by yourself, you have this feeling of like, uh, you know, what's it gonna be like and all this?
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But it is like those, those ultimately those uh connections and those events kind of change, and obviously, from some of the testimonials from people that have been there, can literally change the path of their career and business, right?
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So it's huge, huge things can come from that.
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I think getting outside of the comfort zone is where you find all those things that you haven't quite found yet, right?
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So for sure, yeah.
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I heard um someone the other day say there's no growth in the comfort zone, and there's no comfort in the growth zone.
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And I love that.
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And so it really like I think that's that needs to be my next like little marketing promo for slay the spray.
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Get out of your comfort zone, come try it.
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Yeah, for sure.
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So you're saying a lot of new people that now the people that are coming, are they like new artists, like they just started or new to slay the spray or or mix of both?
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We have um, I think a lot of people who are new to Slay the Spray this year.
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I know we typically um we kind of do some market research before and after the event, see where people are at.
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And this year we're actually doing something really fun.
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Um, so you want to get your tickets soon because we are going to be sending out um like a market research survey.
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We are going to be doing for the first ever time, we're gonna be doing breakout sessions, like a little mastermind where you're gonna be in small groups of people who are at a similar stage in business or income level or like um mobile versus solo artists versus in studio, like people who are kind of building the same type of business and in the same kind of chapter um that you are.
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So they're gonna be groups of about 10.
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So you're definitely gonna have some time to build those stronger connections with people that just get it.
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Um, and so again, we're gonna be, you know, sending out that email shortly to get everyone's information and get you guys assigned into small breakout groups.
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And that's gonna be really fun because we'll get um a little bit more of that personal touch, which I know again, sometimes like there's great connections always to be made at Slay the Spray, but also it's very busy, there's lots of people, and sometimes we don't have all the time to just really create some deep connections and talk about like business and the struggles.
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So really excited for the breakout sessions, but yeah, there's gonna be a wide range of, I mean, definitely we have a lot of returning people as well.
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Um, so we're gonna have obviously, I know like um Audrey Lyons from Glazed.
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She was there at the last in-person event, but wasn't a speaker or sponsor, and this year she's gonna be both.
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So um, that's really exciting.
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But we'll have a lot of the same names and faces, but we brought in a lot of industry mentors as well.
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So some of our past speakers and sponsors, some of this year's speakers and sponsors are gonna be leading those breakout groups as well.
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So I'm really excited for that as well.
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Yeah, that's a great idea.
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It's good to connect with people that are in similar shoes, and then you can, you know, you you don't get a chance to talk to people that are doing the same thing as you very often, you know.
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Uh yeah, it's just the way it is.
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Yeah, yeah.
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And people like your friends and family, they just don't get it.
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They never will.
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They'll get tired of hearing about it, right?
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Right.
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And they don't, yeah, they just don't understand it.
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It's different.
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So so give us a little bit of the uh what is kind of the format for that?
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It's Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, um, which is great, I think, for all spray tan artists because it's typically the slower days in the business, right?
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So give it and and it's right after Valentine's, which is nice.
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Yes, I know, not the week before, thank goodness.
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We planned that well.
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Yeah, for sure.
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So give us kind of the overview of like what are what are the are the days broken up into uh different uh you know items or or types of things, or how you how'd y'all do that?
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Yes, yep.
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So the first day, the Monday, February 16th, that is going to be a day for um small group classes.
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So those are extra.
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We have our main event on Tuesday and Wednesday, and then on Monday, there's also some small group classes that you can get for an upgrade.
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So that is going to be your shimmer, gold, or VIP slay the spray ticket.
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Um, the bronze level just comes with the main event, which is Tuesday and Wednesday.
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But if you get shimmer, gold, or VIP, you will have access to either one or both of our beginners or master's class.
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So the shimmer ticket level gets your choice of either class.
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It is a four-hour small group.
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Well, I wouldn't say small.
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I think we're gonna have about like 20 to 30 people, depending on um each each class.
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Um, but that's gonna be 8 a.m.
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to noon and then 12 to 4:30 or 12:30 to 4:30.
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We're giving ourselves a lunch break this year.
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Last last year, Cherie and Pamela did not get a lunch break.
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And I was like, I remember having to like order them pizza to have it delivered to be there right at noon.
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So, anyways, we're being a little again more intentional this year.
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But yes, so on Monday, we have our beginner's training, our master's training.
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If you've already bought your slate the spray ticket and you want to upgrade, you can absolutely do so.
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Um, head to our website.
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Um, but if um you don't get a shimmer gold or VIP ticket or want to come to one of those classes, your event starts at 8 a.m.
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on Tuesday morning, the 17th.
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So I highly recommend arriving on Monday if you have a bronze ticket level or um the Monday also starts at 8 a.m.
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So if you are planning on coming to the beginners or masters training, um get get there on Sunday so that you don't miss it.
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But yeah, so we're gonna have the small group trainings on Monday, and then Tuesday and Wednesday is the main event.
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And that goes from 8 a.m.
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to 10 a.m.
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is going to be the vendor expo on both of those days.
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So that's where you can come peruse all of the sponsors, their booths, get to know, you know, the brands, try some of their products.
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Obviously, glazed, Xtan.
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Um, well, actually, Glazed is a swag bag sponsor, so they will um have some goodies in our swag bags.
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But um, in-person booths, we are going to have the sunless store there.
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We're gonna have Xtan Sunless there, the Sunless Edit is gonna be there, V Cool Tan and Co.
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Pierced by Glow, um, and some other brands as well.
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So you get to actually connect with brand owners again, try their products, which I really love.
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And then at 10 a.m.
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starts the main event.
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So that is going to be the speakers.
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We'll have like breakout sessions again, the mastermind that is happening on Tuesday afternoon.
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So Tuesday is more of like mindset and technical skills.
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So we're gonna open it up with a manifestation expert, which we're really excited about.
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And then I'm gonna be doing a live X TAN demo.
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We have Kaylin Sisk from the Sunless store.
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Like I said, she's gonna be talking about solution maintenance um or uh equipment maintenance and equipment maintenance.
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And so um, and then some other technical speakers, and then on Wednesday, again, we're gonna do 8 to 10 a.m.
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You can come check out the vendor booths, and then we have our more um business and marketing speakers.
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So we're gonna have Gina Lopez talking about confidence on camera, showing up on social media.
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We're gonna have Maddie, Liz Tance, Maddie Orchard is gonna be there talking about websites and e-commerce, and of course, we've got some other amazing speakers lined up as well.
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So that's kind of how it's broken up as far as like each day goes.
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And then on Wednesday night, we are closing the event with a big cocktail party that I'm so excited about.
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We actually used to open the event with the cocktail party, but people didn't know each other.
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It was like everyone's first, everyone was just getting there, and so we decided to put it at the end of the event this year so that we can just celebrate, you know, the the event that we've had, the friendships that were made, and all of that.
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And so um, if you if you are in the Slay the Spray community, you might remember that after Slay the Spray 2023, we were very bold and we put out into the world that we were gonna host the next one in Nashville, which never happened because we quickly realized that getting all of our stuff from Southern California to Nashville was just gonna be too much.
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It's just really not feasible for us on our end.
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And so what we have decided to do for the cocktail party was um bring the Nashville vibes to San Diego.
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So we are doing a Nash Diego cocktail party.
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So think like if you were going to um Nashville for like a bachelorette or a bachelor party and all the sparkles, all the glitter, the western vibes, there's gonna be like country music.
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We'll see if anyone knows how to do line dancing.
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I don't know.
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Someone there is gonna know how to line dance and they're gonna teach it, I'm sure of it.
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Maybe Chrissy LaRocque, I feel like she probably knows how to line dance.
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Liz um Liz LeBlanc, I bet she knows how to line dance.
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Yeah, yeah.
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And so um, yeah, we're gonna, you know, make it a fun little cocktail party.
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If you're not into the Western thing, that's okay.
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Show up as you are, but we'll we're gonna just do that kind of denim and diamonds type theme.
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And that's included with your ticket.
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And if you happen to be local to the San Diego area, but you can't make the main event, the schedule doesn't work for you, but you want to come to the party.
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We do have tickets open for just that party.
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If you just want to come and hang out with sunless artists, so that's a really cool opportunity as well.
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You're gonna be able to, again, be in the room with 200 other spray tan artists, have a good time, dance, connect.
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Um, we have a photo booth, fun stuff.
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We're gonna be all dressed up, just gonna have a blast.
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So that is 7 to 11 p.m.
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on the 18th, which means if you are coming, do not leave until the 19th, maybe even the 20th.
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If you don't want to be on a plane after a cocktail party.
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But um, yeah, so it's gonna be a blast.
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I'm really excited for the lineup to schedule.
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Again, like I said, it's really intentional this year.
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We've done this event many times now, kind of the same way, and it worked.
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But we're trying to improve it every single year, and so we are trying new things, and I think it's gonna be amazing.
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Yeah, sounds like I like the idea that I remember the cocktail party, and I'm I remember the one in Florida.
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I'm trying to remember the one in uh LA, but yeah, the one in Florida there was it was at the beginning, which is cool.
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The white everybody was in all white.
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I remember that part of it.
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Yeah, yeah.
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So the LA one was the night with the stars, like this red carpet theme.
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Yeah, I remember.
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Okay, there you go.
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Well, yeah, it's a good way to do it.
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Yeah, well, it's good to do it.
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I think it makes sense to do at the end.
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So you're like that point, people have connected for a couple days, they're gonna let their guard down a little bit, have some fun after all their all their uh let their brain rest a little bit from all the learning they've done and things like that.
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Yes, yeah, unwind, decompress, because it's a I mean, it's not an intense few days by any means, but it's a lot of information, it's a lot of excitement.
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If you've never been before, it's like the adrenaline, the meeting new people.
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It is kind of like long days, you know.
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We pack a lot into your days because we want it to be super valuable, but yeah, we're just gonna cut loose and it's gonna be awesome.
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Yeah, yeah, no, it makes sense.
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I mean, me, like I said, me as an introvert, like after I'm around people for all day and you're talking and smiling, then you're just like, you need to relax a bit.
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So that's perfect.
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Right.
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Yeah.
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That's perfect.
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Well, yeah, I mean, so from experience too, uh you know, like I said, I mentioned earlier the the connections, I feel like is to me seems like one of the most valuable things.
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Obviously, you learn a lot from people when you're sit there um listening, even if they're artists that are at the same skill level or they've been in the industry the same amount of time as you, you know, that's something to consider.
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But you can always learn from people, it's great.
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But those connections you make, you you know, you make friends that hopefully will be lifelong friends.
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I know that's super valuable.
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So those connections and people you meet there will be uh for those that haven't gone or haven't been to a a conference like this before, those connections can be super valuable, especially because you're gonna do the breakout groups.
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That'll be a another way to add another layer of like you know, comfort comfort with those people.
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And then probably obviously you'll probably stay connected with those people as well because you'll know, hey, they're walking in similar shoes to me and things like that.
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For sure.
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Yeah.
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I notice um just by you know being part of the event for the last few years, it's fun to see a Lot of the connections like stay strong or like get even stronger after the event.
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Like you start little group chats or just you know, you find your business bestie, maybe even someone semi-local to you, regional, someone that you can connect with and go grab a coffee with.
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Um, lots of ways to keep those, you know, relationships strong.
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I actually just did a podcast episode with Brittany Sturgel last week, and she shouted out you um for you know, she met you in Florida at the Florida Florida event.
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I cannot talk.
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Um, and then she said that you're helping her again, like with the website you helped her with, and now with her e-commerce and uh or course platform.
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And so really fun to see those connections, and you know, you never know when you know having that that connection would benefit you, right?
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So um your your network is your net worth, right?
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So yeah, totally.
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Yeah, and I know for us, like obviously we've worked with a lot of artists in the industry, and it's always it's always cool, and I always tell my team, like it makes it it takes it another level because you meet these people, like you just see their name on email, or even you talk on the phone, or maybe you see randomly video chat or whatever it is.
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But once you see them in person, like it makes it more real, like, oh, you're helping these people, whatever it is, right?
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It's just it's just good to have that that in-person connection.
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You can't you can't really re replicate or replace that.
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I don't feel like totally, yeah.
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And it's always fun, especially for me, is like I will like at the last event, I worked the registration table, like when people were checking in and stuff, and I would know people's like either their Instagram or their name or their face, but not all together.
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And so I'd be like, What's your name?
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And then they would say your name, and I'd be like, Oh, I know you, and I should have known you, and I feel bad.
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And I'm always like, You need to show your face on social media more because then I would have recognized you.
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Um, but yeah, it's always fun to yeah, just put the put the names to the face, to the business name.
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It's a lot of fun.
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Yeah, it is for sure.
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For sure.
00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:57.039
So I'm sure like you you guys have been, you know, promoting this for a while.
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I'm sure you get a lot of questions and things like that.
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What are what are the most common?
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I'm just curious, like, what are the most common questions you get from people that are kind of on the fence?
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Because I know that like it's a commitment for people, obviously, from a time perspective, obviously there's money involved.
00:24:10.240 --> 00:24:16.480
But I'm kind of curious, like, what are the common questions that that you guys are hearing from people that are on the fence?
00:24:17.119 --> 00:24:18.160
Yeah, absolutely.
00:24:18.319 --> 00:24:23.920
So um, some of the most common questions I get are really a lot about like, what am I gonna learn?
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What am I gonna take away?
00:24:25.119 --> 00:24:25.200
Right.
00:24:25.359 --> 00:24:30.000
And so that's going back to again, we we have a good mix of technical information.
00:24:30.079 --> 00:24:34.720
Um, and again, we really try to make this and bring in speakers and topics.
00:24:34.880 --> 00:24:38.559
We we don't just like let our speakers like pick whatever they want.
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It's very strategic.
00:24:39.839 --> 00:24:51.519
We all are working together to make sure that we are not overlapping on common like themes or topics, um, bringing some new kind of you know, information that maybe is not available elsewhere.
00:24:51.759 --> 00:24:58.799
So, for example, like if you know, XTAM, we're not coming in and we're teaching our beginner's course like just as is, right?
00:24:58.880 --> 00:25:03.440
It's a little different than what you can get from just buying a course online.
00:25:03.680 --> 00:25:09.200
This is like custom, you know, new information that we have created for this event.
00:25:09.359 --> 00:25:22.079
Um, and so if you're not sure about what to ex like what you're gonna learn, we do have the um tentative schedule speakers and their topics up on our website at Slay the Spray now.
00:25:22.160 --> 00:25:23.599
So you can kind of check it out.
00:25:23.759 --> 00:25:25.759
Um, we do have the virtual options as well.
00:25:25.920 --> 00:25:34.880
So I know one of the one of the biggest things is I either can't afford to get to San Diego, I can't take the time off, um, I can't, I don't have a babysitter or whatever.
00:25:34.960 --> 00:25:36.079
You just can't make it.
00:25:36.160 --> 00:25:43.680
Um, or even we have people from halfway across the world or all the way across the world that just don't want to puddle jump or can't puddle jump, right?
00:25:43.839 --> 00:25:46.880
So um we do have the virtual options as well.
00:25:46.960 --> 00:25:52.319
So that's a very common question was can I still, you know, be a part of the event even if I can't make it there?
00:25:52.400 --> 00:25:54.160
The answer is absolutely yes.
00:25:54.480 --> 00:26:03.920
Um so with the virtual options, you will have the option to join live February 16th or February 17th and 18th for the main event on Zoom.
00:26:04.079 --> 00:26:10.160
So you can see it as it's happening, but you're also gonna get access to the replays for 30 days.
00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:14.720
So if you can't make it live, um, and even that goes for the in-person attendees as well.
00:26:14.880 --> 00:26:22.319
I know the energy is gonna be high, you're gonna be taking notes, and sometimes you might want to refer back to that information um that you know was taught to you in person.
00:26:22.400 --> 00:26:23.680
You have those replays as well.
00:26:23.839 --> 00:26:26.880
So I think that's really, really valuable.
00:26:28.000 --> 00:26:32.400
And I know because I can see on the back end that a lot of people don't watch those replays.
00:26:32.480 --> 00:26:37.039
And let me tell you guys, watch the replays because you're gonna get new information every time.
00:26:37.119 --> 00:26:43.839
So that is a huge um value add with your ticket, is that 30 days of replay access, in my opinion.
00:26:44.079 --> 00:26:56.799
Um, so beyond that, I think a lot of we get a lot of questions, maybe not so much from people that haven't bought their tickets yet, but people that have bought their tickets, people are really interested in what to wear this year.
00:26:57.119 --> 00:27:02.559
So um I usually just kind of say business casual or whatever you are comfortable and confident in.
00:27:02.640 --> 00:27:03.920
There's gonna be photo ops.
00:27:04.079 --> 00:27:06.160
Some people like to wear their brand colors.
00:27:06.240 --> 00:27:08.240
Um, they are kind of long-ish days.
00:27:08.319 --> 00:27:14.319
So some people prefer to be a little bit more comfortable, um, a little more laid back, athleisure.
00:27:14.480 --> 00:27:22.480
Um, maybe just dress like you are, you know, as a spray tan artist, especially on the small group training days, because we are gonna have some hands-on, some model opportunities.
00:27:22.640 --> 00:27:27.359
So that one's a little bit more like maybe dress like you were going to do spray tanks.
00:27:27.440 --> 00:27:32.079
Uh Tuesday and Wednesday, you can either dress business casual, you can dress up, you can dress down.
00:27:32.240 --> 00:27:34.480
It's really like a come as you are event.
00:27:34.640 --> 00:27:38.000
We do not care what you wear, we do not care how you show up.
00:27:38.160 --> 00:27:45.440
We just want you to show up and we want you to be there and we want you to take in the information and the experience for all it's worth.
00:27:45.680 --> 00:27:49.519
So um I think those are probably the most common questions.
00:27:49.680 --> 00:27:58.319
And then we do get um, you know, obviously questions about pricing and ticket tiers as well, which that information is on the website at slaythespray.com.
00:27:58.480 --> 00:28:08.799
Like I said, there's a few different ticket tiers, so it really just depends on what's best for you and your business, um, because it obviously varies on where you are in your business.
00:28:08.880 --> 00:28:11.920
But like I said, that bronze ticket is the base ticket level.
00:28:12.160 --> 00:28:20.240
We also do have Afterpay and Klarna at checkout, or we also have our own in-house payment plan options as well.
00:28:20.400 --> 00:28:26.799
So if you don't want to go through, you know, a third party like Afterpay or Klarna, we have um payment plans as well.
00:28:26.880 --> 00:28:31.359
So we are willing to work with people, we want to get people there, we know the value of this event.
00:28:31.519 --> 00:28:34.799
So I'm also um taking like discovery calls.
00:28:34.880 --> 00:28:46.640
So if you guys have questions and you just want to pick your brain and you didn't get your answers from this podcast episode or online, you can book a call with me and I can just send you the link to put in the show notes.
00:28:46.960 --> 00:28:47.680
Yeah, totally.
00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:53.519
We'll definitely include that because obviously, even if the question's been answered, some people might have a specific question, right?
00:28:53.599 --> 00:28:56.319
They want to twist there that they need to know.
00:28:56.559 --> 00:28:58.480
There's lots of questions, and that is okay.
00:28:58.559 --> 00:29:00.720
We welcome questions, we want to hear your questions.
00:29:00.880 --> 00:29:02.000
So that's what I'm here for.
00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:02.480
Absolutely.
00:29:02.559 --> 00:29:03.839
It's a big commitment, obviously.
00:29:03.920 --> 00:29:04.799
People understand that, right?
00:29:04.880 --> 00:29:05.519
So you guys are there.
00:29:05.599 --> 00:29:10.799
You have it, like you said, you have looks like you have bronze, uh, bronze shimmer, gold, and then you have the VIP.
00:29:10.880 --> 00:29:12.160
So there's four different tiers.
00:29:12.319 --> 00:29:13.279
We won't go through all that.
00:29:13.359 --> 00:29:16.400
Go online and read it because there's little little differences there for that.
00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:23.759
I think you know, I would say anybody that's on the fence is probably well, you know, they're probably gonna go maybe on the bronze, I would say, just because of the cost difference there.
00:29:23.839 --> 00:29:26.720
But I mean, even if you've never been, start somewhere next time.
00:29:26.799 --> 00:29:27.440
You can always upgrade.
00:29:27.519 --> 00:29:28.799
You probably upgrade when you're at the event.
00:29:28.880 --> 00:29:35.200
I don't know how all that works, but I'm just saying, like, you know, don't hesitate to go and don't get too caught up in the options, right?
00:29:35.279 --> 00:29:36.160
Just get there.
00:29:36.640 --> 00:29:37.279
Absolutely.
00:29:37.440 --> 00:29:39.200
And yeah, that's a solid point too.
00:29:39.359 --> 00:29:45.839
We accept upgrades um up until like the week before the event, as far as coming to the beginners and masters, too.
00:29:45.920 --> 00:29:54.640
So if you just want to secure your seat and make sure that tickets, because we do have a limited amount of bodies that are gonna be able to fit into the conference room, right?
00:29:54.799 --> 00:30:01.440
So, what I always suggest is buy if you know you want to go, just buy your bronze ticket and you know you can figure out the rest later.
00:30:01.519 --> 00:30:03.519
If you want to upgrade, you just email us.
00:30:03.680 --> 00:30:06.559
Um, as long as there's seats in the class, it's no big deal.
00:30:06.720 --> 00:30:10.240
Um, we'll have a you know certificate for you there.
00:30:10.319 --> 00:30:18.480
You also get online access to the um or lifetime access to the online course, whether it's the beginners or masters as well on our back-end portal.
00:30:18.720 --> 00:30:23.119
So um, yeah, just start with the bronze ticket if you're unsure.
00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:24.559
Secure your seat.
00:30:24.640 --> 00:30:30.640
That gives you like your body is able to fit in the room, and then everything else is figure outable from there.
00:30:30.880 --> 00:30:31.119
Right.
00:30:31.279 --> 00:30:32.880
These are fire marshal laws, guys.
00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:33.599
Come on.
00:30:35.839 --> 00:30:38.240
That totally we're being serious, okay?
00:30:39.440 --> 00:30:40.720
And we always sell out.
00:30:40.880 --> 00:30:41.759
We always sell out.
00:30:41.839 --> 00:30:43.680
So it's like a lot of people like to wait.
00:30:43.759 --> 00:30:45.759
They wait, they wait, you know, like we were talking about before.
00:30:45.920 --> 00:30:50.000
You got to make sure schedules line up, yeah, whatever, child care, et cetera, et cetera.
00:30:50.079 --> 00:30:55.440
It's so many different things that factor in, but nevertheless, if you can get there, it's it's totally worth it uh for sure.
00:30:55.599 --> 00:31:01.759
So I guess one of the last couple questions I would have is like, let's let's let's take it from two different points of views.
00:31:01.839 --> 00:31:05.039
Let's look at a beginner artist and what you think they're gonna take away from it.
00:31:05.119 --> 00:31:15.839
And then on the other side, like somebody that's been in this business for a while and what they'll take away from it, you know, because it's easy for the beginners to, I'm assuming, to think, uh, you know, is this too advanced for me?
00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:16.720
Am I even there yet?
00:31:16.799 --> 00:31:16.960
Right?
00:31:17.039 --> 00:31:18.000
Maybe I'm just getting started.
00:31:18.079 --> 00:31:23.119
And then for people that have been in the business for quite some time, they're like, what am I going to get out of this?
00:31:23.200 --> 00:31:27.680
So let's let's start with the beginner and kind of say, what do you think the high, like the highlight is?
00:31:27.759 --> 00:31:39.200
I know we've talked, you know, about the different things they're gonna learn and stuff, but if you were a or you've probably talked to people that were beginners and came to previous events, like what did they take away from what were the big things they took away, you know, from that?
00:31:40.079 --> 00:31:43.119
Yeah, I think there's two things that really come to mind.
00:31:43.359 --> 00:31:48.559
One would be um the connecting with brands and other artists.
00:31:48.720 --> 00:31:54.880
Like I think when you are starting out, I think we think we're alone, right?
00:31:55.279 --> 00:32:01.599
And you know you're you can be in business for yourself without being by yourself.
00:32:01.680 --> 00:32:06.880
And that is, you know, what we are here for is to, you know, have that support that keeps you going.
00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:19.599
But also, again, connecting with brands is super valuable because if you are new and you're still trying to figure out like what brand of solution do I like, what machine do I like, what things like you can tangibly try it in person.
00:32:19.680 --> 00:32:22.880
You get to ask the owner, like Viva from AYU.
00:32:22.960 --> 00:32:31.920
She's gonna be there, she's gonna be talking all about sunless science, and she's gonna, you know, be able to tell you like what's in her products and you know why she believes in them.
00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:37.359
And you know, you can kind of figure out from there and get some samples and see what's you know good for you.
00:32:37.519 --> 00:32:42.000
So I think as a beginner coming to Slay the Spray, your mind is going to be just more open.
00:32:42.079 --> 00:32:44.880
You'll be like, oh my gosh, I didn't know that like this existed.
00:32:45.039 --> 00:32:46.559
I didn't know that I needed this.
00:32:46.720 --> 00:33:00.319
Um, and even going into the education side, it's like things that you know, again, showing up confidently on camera, that is a I cannot tell you how many times I see, I don't want to show my face on social media.
00:33:00.400 --> 00:33:02.160
So that's gonna be really valuable.
00:33:02.400 --> 00:33:08.640
Um, we have you know, Steph and Kelsey from the Glow TF up my god, I don't know if I can cut it on your podcast.
00:33:08.720 --> 00:33:13.599
So um from the other podcast, all of us podcasters up in here.
00:33:13.920 --> 00:33:19.279
Um, we should, oh my gosh, we should do a group podcast episode when we're there.
00:33:19.359 --> 00:33:20.400
That would be so fun.
00:33:20.559 --> 00:33:21.440
Um, all of us.
00:33:21.599 --> 00:33:24.640
So um, yeah, so Steph and Kelsey are gonna be there.
00:33:24.720 --> 00:33:31.759
How many people, how many artists religiously listen to that podcast every Monday morning, hang out with their sonless besties, you know?
00:33:31.839 --> 00:33:44.960
So being able to connect in person, but again, taking that information that you're not gonna get in a course um and just kind of again open your mind to you know how you can improve your client experience or your marketing skills.
00:33:45.119 --> 00:33:53.359
Um, I think it definitely, again, this event is accessible to all artists and it's made for all artists.
00:33:53.519 --> 00:34:15.119
So whether you we have people that have never picked up a spray tan gun that come, they go ahead and they invest in, you know, the Shimmer Gold or VIP so they can get the beginner's course, um, get the online course, start going through that, take the in-person small group training, then they're certified, then they get all this extra information and they go home and they start their business.
00:34:15.199 --> 00:34:20.320
So if you think you're too unexperienced, you are absolutely not.
00:34:20.480 --> 00:34:28.320
We have people come that are just in the beauty industry that have, again, never picked up a spray tan gun and they come and they're like, oh my gosh, maybe I want to do spray tans.
00:34:28.400 --> 00:34:30.079
That's how Kelsey Laverne got started.
00:34:30.159 --> 00:34:33.199
She went to before it was Slay the Spray, it was Wake Up to Level Up.
00:34:33.280 --> 00:34:38.639
So it wasn't sunless specific, but she left the event and was like, I'm gonna start doing spray tans.
00:34:38.719 --> 00:34:40.400
And now she, you know, she's on our team.
00:34:40.559 --> 00:34:50.159
So, like, there's no, in my mind, there's literally no world in which like you are not welcome at Slay the Spray.
00:34:50.239 --> 00:35:08.480
If you are interested in spray tanning, if you have just started your business, um, or again, if you are a more advanced artist, I think you know, I can't, I think it's undeniable that the experienced artists understand the value of these events because they keep coming back every single year.
00:35:08.719 --> 00:35:16.880
Liz LeBlanc, Stephanie Pierce, um, you guys, like you guys see the value of coming back year over year.
00:35:17.039 --> 00:35:29.440
And again, that's why we keep making it fresh and bringing in new things and new ideas um every year, new speakers, new topics, because we want it to be for everyone.
00:35:29.519 --> 00:35:32.480
And so we want you to be able to have the value either way.
00:35:32.559 --> 00:35:38.559
So I think as more advanced artists, I think in my mind, like never stop learning.
00:35:38.639 --> 00:35:43.280
Like if you think you know it all, like that's when you, you know, if you're not growing, you're dying, right?
00:35:43.440 --> 00:35:47.840
So if you think you know it all, you're just wrong, to be honest.
00:35:48.079 --> 00:35:56.000
And you know, you can always, if you come with an open mind and you don't come thinking like I know it all, I'm not gonna learn anything, like come with an open mind.
00:35:56.159 --> 00:36:04.559
There are going to be bits and pieces from different people's sessions that you are that something is just gonna click or you're gonna hear something new.
00:36:04.719 --> 00:36:19.840
Again, in what how many times do you have the opportunity to get into a room with so many people that have built their businesses differently, but you know, at the end of the day, they're coming to pour into you and to share those ideas that worked for them.
00:36:19.920 --> 00:36:35.039
So I think, you know, as far as the uh more experienced artists, again, we have people that have been in the industry for 20 years that come back year after year after year because they they they they obviously get something from the event to come back every year.
00:36:35.440 --> 00:36:39.840
Yeah, if nothing else, or come and reconnect with people, they're gonna be able to share knowledge with you.
00:36:39.920 --> 00:36:44.719
And like you said, uh for sure, you can always learn something, even somebody's hadn't been in the industry as long.
00:36:44.800 --> 00:36:45.599
You can still pick up stuff.
00:36:45.679 --> 00:36:48.239
Maybe there's new ways to do things you haven't thought of or considered.
00:36:48.320 --> 00:36:49.920
So keep an open mind for those things.
00:36:50.079 --> 00:37:03.679
And for the beginner artists, obviously, I think it would give them a ton of confidence to get started with a little bit more belief in the, you know, versus taking a virtual course online or whatever they do to get started, or even without that, like they have that kind of vote of confidence.
00:37:04.000 --> 00:37:06.320
Like, I sat with these people, I learned from all these people.
00:37:06.400 --> 00:37:14.800
Look how you know, you get knowledge from how many different people you just push yourself and you get a hopefully avoid all these mistakes other people made.
00:37:15.440 --> 00:37:16.400
Right, exactly.
00:37:16.480 --> 00:37:29.519
It's just kind of like fast tracking, like learn from the people who've already made the mistakes, have already been in the dirt, and like, you know, learn from them and hopefully save yourself some time, money, headache, energy.
00:37:30.239 --> 00:37:31.440
All the above.
00:37:32.000 --> 00:37:32.800
All the above.
00:37:32.960 --> 00:37:34.800
Well, Anna, this is uh this has been great.
00:37:34.960 --> 00:37:36.320
We'll we'll make sure to link.
00:37:36.400 --> 00:37:38.079
Obviously, slaythespray.com.
00:37:38.159 --> 00:37:39.199
The website's pretty straightforward.
00:37:39.280 --> 00:37:44.239
We'll link also in the email your your calendar, whatever the link is, if people do have questions.
00:37:44.960 --> 00:37:48.320
I would uh, you know, I would not do not hesitate to reach out.
00:37:48.480 --> 00:37:50.400
Anna's more than happy to answer your questions.
00:37:50.480 --> 00:38:00.079
Like I said, everybody's gonna probably have their own little specific twist to the questions that maybe are even answered on the website, but at least they'll give them that peace of mind to know you guys are supportive or whatever it is, right?
00:38:00.159 --> 00:38:01.199
So you want to make sure you have that.
00:38:01.280 --> 00:38:07.440
But the event, you know, from the experience of being at it twice and being fortunate enough to speak twice, it was it's always good to connect.
00:38:07.599 --> 00:38:24.079
Um, we have people that are our our clients are not our clients that are there, they're learning from from from us anyway, but it's always good to connect with everybody and see everybody, um, if nothing else, you know, obviously, and you know, meeting some of the people themselves, obviously, you guys and Viva and all these other people, right?
00:38:24.159 --> 00:38:28.400
There's so many people you have a ton of new speakers this year as well, so they'll learn a lot from that.
00:38:28.480 --> 00:38:30.239
So thanks uh for taking the time.
00:38:30.320 --> 00:38:31.519
Thanks for the effort to put it on.
00:38:31.599 --> 00:38:32.320
I know it's a lot of work.
00:38:32.400 --> 00:38:40.000
I've spoken to Kelly about that extensively, so I know it's a lot, but uh it's awesome that you all are doing and we'll make sure to to to promote this.
00:38:40.079 --> 00:38:45.440
And uh, you know, our vote of confidence is is very high for it because it's definitely a beneficial thing for people.
00:38:46.000 --> 00:38:46.639
Amazing.
00:38:46.800 --> 00:38:48.559
Love to hear that, and thank you so much.
00:38:48.800 --> 00:38:49.519
Yeah, you're welcome.
00:38:49.599 --> 00:38:50.800
We'll we'll link everything below.
00:38:50.880 --> 00:38:52.960
And if anybody has questions, they'll reach out to you.
00:38:53.599 --> 00:38:54.400
Sounds good.
00:38:54.559 --> 00:38:54.960
Thanks.
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Take care.
