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Just Grow With It with Natalie Barbu

Learning As You Go & Professional Fangirling with Crowd Surf Co-Founder Cassie Petrey

Just Grow With It with Natalie Barbu

Natalie Barbu

Education, Business, Entrepreneurship, How To

4.8982 Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Episode 190: Have you ever dreamed of working directly with the people you’ve always looked up to? What about working in an industry you have been passionate about from a young age? Well, today’s guest most definitely has and is here to share how exactly she made those dreams a reality. This week, Natalie is connecting with Crowd Surf co-founder, Cassie Petrey. From a certified Backstreet Boys fangirl to a leading social media and artist management powerhouse, she is living proof that you can truly achieve anything you set your mind to if you’re willing to grind. Tune in as Cassie and Nat dive into the reality of working in the world of music, the ever-changing presence and advantages of social media, setting your ego aside, and the importance of saying “yes” to (almost) everything. Whether you have a love for music, an interest in social media, or any passion whatsoever, you’ll be sure to takeaway practical advice to help guide you toward the career of your dreams. Today’s episode dives into: The importance of putting your ego aside when you’re just getting started in an industry and taking on any task, regardless of the complexity. Where social media platforms are headed and if a TikTok presence is a necessity for all businesses Cassie’s early days as a Backstreet Boys fangirl and the influence their community had on her career trajectory Support systems and their integral role in helping us achieve our dreams Her vast experiences in the music industry that led her to creating Crowd Surf How she can predict a social media platform’s success and how she’s used it to her clients’ advantage The travel hacks Cassie swears by Thank you so much for being a part of our podcast community! Please be sure to rate, follow, review, and of course, post to your highlight reel. Follow your host Natalie on Instagram @nataliebarbu and @therealreelpodcast. Follow @cassiepetrey and check out @crowdsurf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This podcast is brought to you by Podcast Nation.

0:04.0

Whatever the issue is, you just have to jump in and make it work I'll sit on the floor and hold up you know a teleprompter I'll get in a fight with somebody else's manager I'll do whatever I have to do to make sure that content or the music or whatever

0:25.8

we're putting together is as good as it possibly can be.

0:32.4

Welcome to the Real Real, where I take you behind the Instagram reel and into the real

0:37.7

lives of entrepreneurs, content creators, and anyone who inspires me and may inspire

0:42.4

you too. I'm your host Natalie Barboo and let's get into it.

0:49.9

Hello hello hello everybody welcome back to the the real podcast. I'm your host

0:54.7

Natalie Barboo and this is my first intro since Spotify wrapped came out. I am

1:01.2

obsessed with Spotify wrapped. I think it is so genius and I saw this meme that I'm sure everyone else has seen to but it's like

1:10.8

Spotify is the only company to track all of your data and make it sound like,

1:16.5

oh, this is so fun that I'm being tracked. And I think that's just so funny because I love seeing it wrapped up in a little package like that,

1:25.6

like being in all of the stories and seeing what I've been listening to, but Spotify has

1:31.6

Spotify wrapped for podcasters.

1:34.0

So I was actually able to see you guys, like your listening patterns.

1:37.9

So only if you're on Spotify obviously,

1:40.7

which I do think majority of my users listen to Apple music, but still Spotify is still a big percentage.

1:47.0

It's so crazy. The Real Real is one of the top 5% of podcasts, which is insane. My breakup episode got by far the most number of

1:56.2

listens over a thousand of you it was like 16 or 1700 had this podcast in your top five, which is crazy.

2:06.0

3,000 something of you had it in the top 10.

2:09.2

Like that is insanity.

2:11.8

So thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you for listening to the podcast this year. The year is not over, but I'm just so, so grateful that you guys have listened and subscribe and I just can't believe it. Like I really can't like this

2:27.8

podcast has been so fun for me and it's been I'm going on like three years now

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