Navigating the Nuances of Founder Brand Engagement | 4min snip from The Founder-Led Marketing Show

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Well, we can't wait to talk to Steve and then Veronica smiles at Gary and agrees to Saturday. Gary says he'll see her then and gives her a wink as he leaves. Corey and Topanga, congratulate Sean. He's got a date. Sean's nervous. I have nothing to wear. And I love this. I love how now it's just so quickly.
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All of the fears and all of the anxieties about being a woman, the insecurities, just and all your mannerisms were like, we're perfect at the time. You're like fiddling with your fingers and that was great. It
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was great. It was really well done. Yeah. We go to a commercial break and then we come back at the wilderness store. It's now after hours. Eric and Lonnie, she's back in her crop top flannel that makes so much sense.
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They're practicing her approach with sitting in the warm, but show that belly button. Of course.
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Your boobies are warm, but your
Speaker 1
belly button is cool. Exactly. And I've got the cool sleeves rolled up. I was like, well, Eric looks pretty
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cool. Yeah. Eric creates a scenario where he's a guy named Dave. And when Lonnie sees him at the club, she wants him to avoid detection and stay with the hunting metaphor. She crouches down and walks slowly toward Eric, slightly placing herself right next to him at the bar. Eric tells her to make eye contact and smile. So she gives him a big grin and enthusiastically says, I want that one. And she pokes him on the nose. Eric admires her single mindedness. But no, he says that if she gives a guy a compliment, he will be hers for the rest of her life. Apparently.

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