As you look at your content, I want you to understand that I am not buying a cake. I am buying a

piece of a baker. When I am buying a course, I am not buying a course. I'm buying a piece of the

teacher. When I am buying lemonade, I am not buying the lemonade. I am buying the child who has a

lemonade stand in front of my neighborhood. We have to understand that people don't buy photographs.

They buy a piece of the photographer. Welcome to the Jasmine Star Show where we talk about business,

mindset, and all about you. Your questions. That is what we're doing today. I have to tell you,

I absolutely love when I have the opportunity to see what people are doing, how they're watching this show,

how they're listening to the show when you're walking the dog, when you're making dinner,

when you're working out. So as a big thank you to you for people who are tagging me

specifically on Instagram, I went to Instagram and I asked for business Q&A. So here we're

going to do a flashfire business Q&A session.

We're going to cover the gamut, and I hope it serves you really well. I also said a big shout

out to the people who gave generously of their time for these questions. Let's start off with

Meg and Morrow. Is it inappropriate to ask for testimonials from past clients if it's been

years? The answer is no.

The only thing you have to lose is quite honestly nothing. Maybe your ego gets a little bit bruised

if a client doesn't want to respond or want to give a testimonial three or four years after you

rendered the work. No problem. But in my mind, you have nothing to lose and everything to gain.

It is always an

opportunity for somebody to give you a positive review or explain about it so that you can use it

in current day marketing. And guess what? Ask, have no attachment. Whatever they give back to you

is going to be a total win. I want to get into another one of our questions. And shout out,

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