Page 43 of A Home for Harmony
“I’d like us to be in some kind of communication,” she said, angling her head. “Text or phone calls, but I don’t think you’re big on those things.”
He wasn’t.
“I’ll try,” he said.
“Then there you go. We have a plan. I bet that makes you feel better.”
She was smiling. It did, but he wasn’t sure how it madeherfeel.
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WORKED IT OUT
“Harmony, I don’t know why I didn’t think of that before,” Felicity said Monday morning. It wasn’t even seven yet, but Felicity was five hours ahead of her and on her lunch hour.
“Sometimes you just need another person to point it out. You’re doing a great job with your content. I love the video of you and the kids with your new puppy.”
“Thanks,” Felicity said. “It took a lot of editing to get Freddy to stop yelling at the puppy to play with him. I don’t need my followers to say I’m abusing the dog.”
“Freddy is four,” she said. “He wants to play just like your puppy does.”
Felicity laughed. “He does, but the puppy needs to nap and my son doesn’t understand that a small puppy can’t do the things he wants.”
“Puppies aren’t all about the good fun things,” she pointed out.
But she knew it’d fall on deaf ears because Felicity had dollar signs in her eyes and wanted to earn money on social media. Shehad a way to go to get to that point so she was investing money to see what she could improve on.
Unfortunately, Felicity’s life was pretty suburban and not in a good way. More like a stable, reliable one that didn’t always draw the numbers to bring in revenue.
“I thought for sure getting Jack would help with views. Bringing the puppy home from the shelter worked. I even tried to have it emulate what went viral for you.”
And there was the forced smile on her face.
So many people tried to do that and it never worked.
Sometimes the harder you tried, the more viewers saw right through it.
“It’s hit or miss,” Harmony said. “Keep trying. But focus more on keeping things tight.”
“I know,” Felicity said. “It just burns me that Margo got so many views on her puppy videos eight months ago.”
“Margo?” she asked.
“Margo’s Madness,” Felicity said. “She has four kids and got two puppies at the same time. She talks about the madness in her house. It’s never clean. You can see it in the background. Her kids are often fighting or yelling too.”
Harmony smirked. “She’s showing real life,” she said. “Sometimes that is more attractive to other mothers. Did you think about that? I know there is a large population out there that wants to live through someone else who they think has the perfect life. But there is also a large number who want to know that they aren’t alone. It’s just a thought.”
“So you think I should change my image?” Felicity asked.
This was where things got touchy.
She never promised to make anyone successful. They were on their own for that and signed enough forms that Harmony was only instructing them on content—that may or may not attract more views—or how to better make it visible.
Trends even to look for.
“I think you should be yourself,” she said. “Or you should ask yourself what you want to accomplish with your videos.”
“I want to make money off of them,” Felicity said bluntly. “But I’m not sure how to do it.”
