Sharing Behind The Scenes Content

Welcome to episode 367 of Hit the Mic with The Stacey Harris. I wanna talk today about behind the scenes content. I freaking love behind the scenes content. I think it is such a fun way to connect with our audience, and so I wanna talk about what it is, why we use it, and then I wanna give some examples for some different industries on how you can use it. So stay tuned for that, 'cause this is gonna be a really cool, kind of quickie episode about a fresh way to start sharing content. So, let's get started. Number one, what is behind the scenes content? So, behind the scenes content is any content that we're looking at, photos, videos, swipe files, anything where we're showing sort of the inner workings of our business, or maybe it's businesses that we work with, whatever it is. It's sort of, and this is the first thing that comes to mind, and it's a horrible, horrible phrase for this, but it's how the sausage is made; because sometimes people do wanna know. We're kind of in a time period where people like to know where stuff comes from, right? So let's show them. So that's exactly what behind the scenes content is, it's showing them how something is created. So if you're a physical product, it's showing how your physical product is made, or what your factory looks like, or packaging, or shipping and distribution, and things like that. If you're a service based, it's behind the scenes of you working with clients, or how things are created, or websites, or whatever that is for you. For people like me, who sell digital products and information, it's showing the creation of that, it's showing building landing pages, or writing copy, and podcasting, and all those things I do to sort of make the wheels turn around here. And I love that, because it is a connection point. So really, it's just any kind of content that shows what's happening behind closed doors. And it does not mean, by any stretch of the imagination, that you're giving away trade secrets here, or you're oversharing, or you're sharing sort of the negatives of business. Sometimes ... You know, I've seen some business coaches do this really well, and we'll talk about this more in examples, but I've seen some business coaches show really well sort of the chaos and stress behind running a business. You know, the crazy messy desk or something like that, and then sort of how they move past that. That's a great example that's both behind the scenes, and also an example of moving forward. So it doesn't have to be just one thing. It doesn't have to be a video, or a graphic, or a text, doesn't have to be one of those things, it can be any of those things. It could be some combination of those things. So that's exactly what it is, it's behind the scenes, it's pulling back the curtain and showing them what's happening. Now let's talk about WHY. So, why does behind the scenes content matter, why is it valuable? Behind the scenes content is hugely valuable, because of that connection. It's your proof, it's your walk and talk, it's your taking your own medicine, eating your own dog food, whatever cliché horribleness you wanna use here, that's what behind the scenes content is. That's where, sort of the proof, it's right in front of you. "Here's what I do every day." And it also allows people to feel really connected on a human level. They're the humanity in this business, there's not sort of robots running the machine, and everything just sort of comes out magic. No, it's the day to day, it's the real life, it's the minutiae of it all. You know, a lot of times that will be, you know, good, sometimes that will be stressed, sometimes that will be celebration, and sometimes that will be like, "Here is the reality of a normal Tuesday, recording content for you guys." Okay? The reality of even that, "Here's a normal Tuesday, recording content for you guys," is, "Hey look, she sits there and takes the time, and reSend Stacey a TextSupport the show