Did you hear that I was on the Fox 9 Morning Show this week? That was such an amazing experience! I got an email from one of their producers right after the article in the St. Paul Pioneer Press was released. I assumed that is where they got the lead. Turns out I was wrong. The producer is a UW-River Falls alumni and a community member that I don’t even know passed the lead to her. She was very excited to promote her alma mater’s town.
I had a lot to do to prepare. Carrie (the producer) asked me for a list of questions that I would like to be asked. Based on advice from Robbie at Rush River Brewing, I started with the answers and then worked backwards to what the questions would be. From there, I staged my clothes (ironing and pantyhose!), wrote down Carrie’s cell phone number, cued up the navigation on my phone, and packed up my purse with everything I would possibly need. I wanted to be able to roll out of bed and get to the studio without having to rely much on my brain. The studio was an hour away from River Falls and I had to be there bright and early, after all. And I wasn’t going to let rush hour traffic get in my way, either. I had my friend Tony on standby to help me clear my head that night and right before.
As I was driving to the studio Wednesday morning, I had my note cards with my questions and answers on them. I recited my answers to the rear view mirror. I arrived at the studio in Eden Prairie, MN an hour early so I found a little nature sanctuary and changed out of my heels into my boots and took a walk through a prairie to a pond and focused on being “in the moment” (kind of hard for me these days with so much going on). Then I got to the studio and asked how long my interview was going to be. The woman replied “Three minutes”. I laughed and thanked her. You can see the results in the video below. It also includes the footage that we took last week out at Johnson’s Mann Valley Farm here in River Falls. The pictures are all up on our facebook page as well. Click here to connect with us on facebook
You can see where we are at. Things always continue to move forward. I have been meeting with potential investors and will continue to do that until the money is raised. I am a badger at heart and I don’t have it in me to stop short of the goal, so be assured you are on a winning team! There are only 5 days left on the campaign, so share this video and website generously and encourage people to contribute. My phone team and I have some time set aside on Tuesday and Thursday to be putting effort into raising the dollars, so expect to see some big jumps in numbers. And let me know if you want to be a part of that. We have scripts and phone lists!
857 youtube views, $2238 indiegogo, 59 indiegogo funders, 2427 indiegogo views, 5 indiegogo favorites, 143 fb fans, $2,000 private loans, $4,238 total funded