458. If You Had $5,000, What Would You Fix First?

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Well, good morning podcasting
morning chat.

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Today is Friday, February 20th,
2026, and today we're going into

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the mailbag again.
He pulled some real questions

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from Reddit and Facebook.
Questions about spending a $5000

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windfall interview prep without
spending hours, YouTube

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promotions, Do you need a pro
setup?

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And then we're going to talk
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Well, good morning again,

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I am your host Ralph Estep

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Junior filling in for Mark
Ronick.

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Now Mark had a successful
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great to hear.
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right now is producer Ashley,
Dr. Faye, Jonathan Howard, Sid,

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Alex, BC Babbles, Jinnade and
Nikki.

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So let's get started with
today's first question.

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I've been teasing this one for a
couple days, and this one comes

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to us from Chris from Facebook.
And Chris said this.

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He said if someone handed you
$5000 to improve your podcast

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tomorrow, where would you invest
it?

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What you do in production,
distribution, branding or paid

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growth?
And then he follows it up with

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and why?
So I will open it up to anybody

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who wants to participate and
jump right in with go ahead BCI,

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see that you've asked or you
want to make a comment.

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Yeah.
So even though being in the

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field for like 5-6 years now, I
think one of my biggest issues

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personally is that I tend to
fluctuate a lot and I never

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really know is my current
direction with my podcast the

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right direction?
Am I hitting the audience where

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I want to hit them right where I
envision hitting them?

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So I think a portion of that
would have to go to meeting up

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with a development team that can
help me focus in and 0 in on

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making sure the direction I'm
taking is accurate.

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I know the production stuff, I
handle the production stuff.

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All the creative left I'm I know
how to handle myself.

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But I need to make sure for me
that my current format, the

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current set up, the current
content focus is on topic.

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So that's my big thing.
I like that BC So what you've

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just said is the first thing
you're going to do is go find

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some, some people to help you.
So you're going to spend some

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money to go find somebody that
can assist you in building what

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you're working.
Because you're saying what?

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I've been doing this myself for
a while.

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There are some things that I
probably don't know.

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So I think that's a brilliant,
brilliant, brilliant answer.

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Tripping over my words today but
brilliant answer.

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I see that Sid wanted to talk
and then I'm going to go to

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Ashley.
I would actually, given where I

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am right now with all the work
that I've put in in the last

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several months to get this show
kind of set up for Season 7, I

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would actually spend part of
that money in advertising and

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running print ads in industry
specific magazines.

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There are several of them maybe
running digital ads on Facebook

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or Instagram, something like
that.

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But I would I would lean into a
promotional budget to drive

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listeners to the show that would
reach my audience.

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So I would be very specific and
honed in with how it's been that

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money.
I would invest the money in a

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physical space.
I would try to find a, we'll

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call it a glorified shed, and I
would insulate it and make

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somewhat of a podcast studio in
there.

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Because where I'm living now, I
really don't have a good place

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to record as much as I would
want and make it work.

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But it's really not ideal.
So if I could have some sort of

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a small building out in my yard
that was dedicated for

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creativity and podcasting, that
would really move the needle for

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me.
Great point, Ashley.

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Ashley, would it have to be like
5 or 6 nine feet up just in case

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for the storms?
I don't know.

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That's a great question.
I want to.

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Go in hurricane season.
That's why you're right, Ox.

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I want to go to Nikki and then I
want to go to Janae.

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Go ahead, Nikki.
I would probably invest in the

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production support, just, you
know, having people help me with

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getting videos out and clips and
things of that nature because

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it's difficult as a one person
show.

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And I would also likely invest
in going to conferences like,

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you know, podcasting, morning
chat stuff because I've never

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actually been to a podcasting
conference.

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I think it would be really
helpful to meet up with people

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and to take sessions and learn.
And then the third thing, I

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would probably invest in some
kind of like media training

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because I don't have.
That.

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And then my speaking skills and
my interview skills, that would

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be something I would invest in.
Tech would probably be last or

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one of the last things on my
list.

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And then ads would be directly
last for now because I would

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want to grow organically first.
Janae, I'm a go to you in one

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second, but I want to read a
comment that Tim put in the chat

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and he said he would call his
CPA and figure out how to take a

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tax advantage.
And Tim, I love that because as

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the resident financial person
here, great call.

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I love it when a client calls me
before they spend money so we

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can talk about how best to do
that.

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But Janae, go ahead.
You're next on stage here, my

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friend.
Great examples here.

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And what I would spend that 5K
is to get data.

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So what does that mean?
I want to know who's listening

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to my content, who's going to
come in and really get value

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from the podcast that I'm
creating.

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Data is the number one decider
for literally anything.

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The massive companies, they
spend a ton of money on ads so

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they can get data back.
If you all watched the Super

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Bowl, we saw hymns and hers put
a commercial out, $10 million

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commercial.
Do you know what they did for

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the past five years?
They spent a ton of money on

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ads.
And for every single ad, they

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get ton of data back.
So they know exactly who is

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purchasing their products.
So spend some money in getting

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data back on where your people
are coming from.

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And if you spend on ads for your
podcast, guess what you're going

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to get?
You're going to get a ton of

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data back and you know exactly
where to work on for your

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content strategy.
Janae, I think that's brilliant.

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So let me ask you a question,
Jay, let's follow up on that.

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What would be where would you go
to get that data?

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Janae, what are some, some top
of the line things you're

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thinking?
OK, here's what I would do right

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away because I think that would
be very valuable for everybody

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to understand where where you're
going with that because I love

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the idea.
I think you're right.

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I think if you start off with
let me see where this, let me

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get some data so I'll know where
to spend resources.

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Because that's the thing, I see
a lot of content creators in

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this.
They don't do a great job of

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measuring what's working.
Is this working?

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Is that working?
So go ahead, Janae, I mean to

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interrupt you, but I think that
that would be really useful.

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Yeah, I think these #1 places to
find providers that will run ads

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against your podcast.
For example, number one is

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Mopod.
They can spend.

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They can take your money and run
your podcast to different ad

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providers.
You can run YouTube ads or

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Facebook ads to bring traffic
back to your podcast.

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Another place is Pod Corn where
you can spend money to run your

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podcast on other podcast ads.
So those are some of the places

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that will give you some more
data back.

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Because when I go to iTunes and
I look at the data, it doesn't

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show me anything because I'm not
getting that many downloads.

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So maybe Spotify.
So again, look at those

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providers that are gonna get
your message out there as fast

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as can.
Yeah, I'll just address that

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personally and then I'll go to
anybody else that's interested.

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But I actually made a strategic
advantage or decision back about

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a year and a half ago to really
heavily invest in Overcast and

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other promotional platforms.
And it has grown my my audio

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side of my podcast immensely.
You know, I saw 10X growth in

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that.
And, and it's kind of

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interesting because then when I
go look at my, my download data,

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I don't have a ton from Apple,
but I've got a ton from the

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other platforms where I actually
advertised.

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And I've got a question later
about YouTube because I'm doing

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the same thing on YouTube and
that's really working to grow my

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channel as far as subscribers
go, but we'll talk about that as

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well.
Did anybody else want to comment

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if I?
Have a follow up question for

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you.
You said that you joined

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Overcast.
I think that's what you said.

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And Overcast has helped you grow
your audio listeners.

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Can you explain that just a
little bit?

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What, what did you do and why
Overcast?

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What's it giving you?
And I don't even know what

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Overcast is to be honest.
Sure, absolutely.

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So Overcast is a platform, a
podcast app and basically what

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you do is they have different
categories of the type of show

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you have and you can buy 30 day
blocks of promotion.

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So for example, in my daily
Christian faith one, I go into

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religion and faith and they have
a certain number of blocks that

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they offer to promote your
stuff.

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Now it's, it's not a audio ad.
It's like down in the bottom of

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the app.
But basically what it's doing is

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it's whoever is listening to
that type of content on Overcast

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is going to see a video
rendition of an ad and you can

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put your, your, your podcast
artwork there.

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And I don't hold me to the
number of letters, but you can

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put a certain number of letters
in there.

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And then basically what it does,
Sid, is it prompts people to

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click on that.
And then when they click on

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that, you know, they can
subscribe.

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So the other thing that Overcast
gives you, and I'm not promoting

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Overcast.
There's other places to do it.

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I'm doing another one right now.
I, I can't remember what it's

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called.
It might be podcast addict.

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I don't remember.
I'm doing the same thing there.

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But what it does is it gives you
data how many views and then it

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gives you how many clicks and
then it gives you how many

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subscribers you got from it.
So as Janae was talking about,

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it gives me data because then I
can go see, OK, is this show

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resonating?
Is this show getting somewhere?

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Now?
I will tell you, Sid, the, the,

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the, the disappointing part for
me is it doesn't give you, you

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know, a good idea about
completion or any of that stuff.

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It's just saying people are
knowing I'm out there now.

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As an example, when I started
doing this, my Daily Show had

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about, I'm going to say about
3035 downloads a day.

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I'm consistently over 200 now.
So that was just a focus.

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Now I've spent quite a bit of
money on it.

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I'm going to be honest with you
because I bought month after

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month and you can buy multiple.
They have so many in each block

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and depending upon what you're
trying to go into, they could

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cost more.
They have one that's all

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podcast.
That one is more expensive.

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They have others like leisure
and fitness.

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They have a business 1.
The Business 1 tends to be a

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little bit more expensive, but
they set a certain number of

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advertisers in each of those
blocks.

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If you're interested, you go to
overcast.com, you set up an

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account with them, and then
they'll send you an e-mail.

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Hey, in your genre, there's an
ad available.

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If you don't move on that in
about 30 minutes, it's probably

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going to be gone because it is
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Now I, and I am, I'm guilty of
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I go buy 5 or 6 of them at a
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So I like steal the market,
which is intentional, right?

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It's because I'm thinking if
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business show, my, my, my, my
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bought like 4 business slots.
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they want to hear a business
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pretty face at the bottom and
I'm going to be promoting that.

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So I hope that answers your
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overcast dot FM.
I'm sorry, the podcast.

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Player at the bottom of it they
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really really specific so the
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looking at that would fit into
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right now there's like 2 spots
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guess that runs one ad for it
doesn't say how long you just

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give me the.
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with you, yeah, it's 30 days and
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because that business block, and
let me explain this Part 2 Sid.

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The way that it works on the
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available, they reduce the price
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block runs $1500.
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them anywhere from 600 to 1500.
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their product, but this is a
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up another increment.
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because I bought four or five of
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But it overcast dot FM Yeah,
it's a player.

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That was the best way to explain
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Yeah, thank you for diving down
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I'm going down that rabbit hole
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Thank you very much.
Oh, absolutely.

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I put this question today
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and and I'll and I'll move on to
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unless we have somebody else
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of us dream about hitting that
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We're like, oh, you know, if I
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do?
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this is a pretty cool question.
This guy Chris asked on

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Facebook, you know, we could all
do we could all do something

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with this.
So did anybody else want to

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comment before I move on to the
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I think this is a great question
for the simple reason, you know,

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laying out your podcast.
Just because you don't have the

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5000 right now does not mean you
can't have the nice things.

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I know you deal with this all
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It probably with the listeners
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know, we all want the best of
the best right away, but we

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don't need the best of the best
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But when you're making a recipe,
get a couple things here, a

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couple things there and then all
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something great.
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your podcast, you know, having
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important.
And it's just a fun question,

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though.
I mean who doesn't want to have

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multiple my multiple cameras
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And, and Alex, I want to speak
to that actually, because I, I

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want to share some of that
everybody.

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I had a different approach.
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build it first.
I'm going to get the studio, I'm

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going to get all the recording
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is that wasn't the best approach

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because it wasn't until about 3
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a speaking coach.
I should have done that first.

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When I look back at it now,
yeah, the tech is cool.

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I've got a cool background.
I've got great, you know,

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software and all that stuff.
But you can have all those

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things.
But if your content is not

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great, if your delivery is not
great, and that was a hard thing

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because it's almost easier to go
buy the gear, it's easier to go

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buy the tech.
It's easier to do all those

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things.
But the hard part is putting

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yourself out there.
And I'm going to come to you in

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a second, Janae.
The hard part is putting

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yourself out there and accepting
feedback and and you know, I, I

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go back and I think I mentioned
on the show before I go back and

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listen to the stuff I did at the
beginning, I sounded like an air

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traffic controller.
I mean, that's what I sound

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like.
I had the crazy headset and all

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this kind of stuff and it, it
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So in other words, Alex, to get
back what you're saying.

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Had I started differently from
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worked on the content, the
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But go ahead, Janae.
I don't want to take over what

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you're going to say there.
No, you're absolutely right.

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Because the important thing and
the hardest thing to build is

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the skill.
When you say, hey, you want to

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run for a marathon, you don't
just go start running the

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marathon.
You have to train for you got to

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put in the reps, right?
So when I started my podcast, I

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recorded on the smartphone in my
car for one year.

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The studio came about 8 years
later, like 8 years in the

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running, right?
So it, it all takes time into

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what you want to build.
We're going to find the audience

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and who's resonating with that
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It just takes time.
Everybody's going to go at a

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different direction.
But the beautiful part is we all

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get to learn the same thing over
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No time.
Thanks.

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Well said my friend.
Well let's move on to our second

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question.
This one comes to us from Reddit

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and this says how do you
actually prep for interviews

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without spending hours?
I've been paying attention to my

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own interviews lately and I
noticed something uncomfortable.

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If I don't prep, the
conversation stays surface

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level.
If I over prep it sounds like a

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script reading contest.
I'm trying to find a middle

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ground where I still feel
natural but I'm not asking basic

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bio questions everyone's already
heard 20 times.

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What's your prep process?
What What's your prep process

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look like right now?
Do you research deeply or just

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follow your curiosity?
I would say put a limit on the

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time that you've researched.
There is a study method that

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works perfect for this.
It's called the Pomodoro method,

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and the idea is that you
dedicate 25 minute blocks to the

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task, take a 5 minute break and
then go into another block.

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So what I do is I set a timer
for 25 minutes and I research

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the person.
I check out their bio.

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If they've got an electronic
press kit, I check that out

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because I interview a lot of
musicians.

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I check over any other recent
interviews they might have done,

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any press releases, and then I
take a break and then I do it

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again for another 25 minutes.
That way you kind of get that

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balance of organic conversation
and also being well prepared for

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the things that the person
you're interviewing is doing.

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Well said, but if you don't hear
anything else we say today, stop

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reading someone's bio at the
beginning of your episode.

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I'm sorry, but I'm done when I
hear that.

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Just stop doing it.
You know, if if you're, you're,

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you're, you're going to lose a
listener.

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That's Ralph's personal opinion.
I don't speak for the whole crew

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here, but stop doing that.
Because as soon as I hear that,

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I'm like, I could have gone done
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Tell me something interesting.
Tell me something that I need to

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know.
Tell me how this connects to the

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audience, because that's a
thing.

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You might land a great interview
person, but how does that

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benefit your audience?
How does that benefit your

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listener?
Stop giving me their bio if you

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want to do that at the end or
send a link of, hey, here's how

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great this person is.
You know you can do that.

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Jonathan, I'm going to go to you
and then I'm going to go to BC

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and Alex.
Go ahead, Jonathan.

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Oh I was just going to say I
prepped for my interview.

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Now granted I'm a little bit
crazy but I take 10 minutes to

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look at their bio and I pick out
what questions like 2 questions

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that I want to ask them about
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Now I have a very short show,
but two questions that I want to

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ask him about the topic that
they really were pushing.

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That works for my audience.
I find those two questions, I

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get them, you know, ready to go.
I review their bio and and I'm

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good to go.
I actually don't introduce.

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I said I was going to record
intros after.

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I don't, I don't even do that
anymore.

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We just get into the
conversation.

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It just makes more sense to
actually give the things that

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benefit the audience.
So find 2 questions how I do it?

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Jonathan, I just want to
interject something.

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I was on Jonathan's show a
couple weeks ago and that's

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exactly what you did and I
thought it was super effective.

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Jonathan, you know, you didn't
read a bio, you just went right

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to it.
Here's the value for my my

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listeners, but go ahead BC
you're up.

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This is why I hold or discuss
holding discovery calls and pre

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interviews for this exact
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I like getting past the surface
level.

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What's your favorite color
questions?

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You know, I want to figure out
how to take this persons

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background and figure out the
great actionable topics we can

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use to create a conversation
that provides in that moment

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ready to use insights for the
audience.

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Also, this also goes back to
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listening intently to a guest.
During the interview is a

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developed skill that can really
pay off once you hone it down.

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If you ask them the right
open-ended questions, get them

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to start rattling off a longer
answer, and you listen intently

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to what they're saying, you'll
find innumerable opportunities

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to pivot into different
directions and really expand and

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take one question that provides
A20 plus minute answer segment.

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And so that's a lot of great
content for the show.

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So I think balancing those two
things can really help you out.

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Go ahead, Nikki.
I was just going to say that for

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me, I used, since my company is
called TIDE, like TIDE tutoring.

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One thing that I did is I went
to ChatGPT and I said ChatGPT.

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Can you develop a framework for
my podcast?

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It'll benefit listeners with the
acronym TIDE.

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And right now I can't remember
what all the letters stood for,

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but basically the idea that
ChatGPT gave me was start with

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the theme and then move into the
insight.

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And the DI believe was
distillation.

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So once you get the insight,
then go, then distill it a

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little bit more, break it down a
little bit more.

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And then I forget what the E
was, but it was something like

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emotional resonance or something
like that where you're

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connecting directly with the
listeners.

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So I kind of follow that.
I try to, I don't do it, I don't

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do it perfectly, but I try to
follow that format.

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And then as far as preparation
for the interview, one thing

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that I will do is of course look
at the BIOS and stuff and I'll

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ask ChatGPT to generate 100
different questions for

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different themes that I want to
explore with the person.

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So I may have like 400 to 500
questions that I'm pulling from

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and then in preparation for the
interview.

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So it only takes like a minute
or two to generate those

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questions and I'll copy and
paste them, you know, put them

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in a Google doc, whatever.
So it doesn't take me long at

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all.
But when I get to the the

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portion where we're not
recording yet, but I'm with the

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guest via Zoom, I will talk to
them and say, OK, this is kind

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of the theme or the plan of what
I'm going the direction that I'm

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thinking about going in.
So if we're talking about the

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evolution of a mother or the
evolution of a woman or

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something like that, I'll break
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have some of those questions
ready.

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And I also do send the questions
to the guests so that they can

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anchor their answers and stuff.
Doesn't take me anything more

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than 10 to 15 minutes to do all
of that.

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Cuz shot GBT is amazing, but I
try to keep it within that

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framework of tide.
And it may be a good idea to

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look at your own business, look
at your own podcast name, and

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see if Chat GPD can develop a
framework that breaks it down

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for you so that you can kind of
stay on track in your interviews

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and make sure that your podcast
doesn't stay surface level.

451
00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:39,800
On my show, my guest, I
researched them.

452
00:22:39,840 --> 00:22:44,520
I mean I seek them out. 99% of
them I invite them to be against

453
00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:47,880
my show means I have found their
content somewhere.

454
00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:52,200
I've heard them speak in person,
I've met them so I'm seeking

455
00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:54,600
them out or I know about them,
I'm seeking them out.

456
00:22:54,880 --> 00:23:00,080
I do a pre call with them and
after I have my Otter AI

457
00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:02,360
assistant take notes in the pre
call.

458
00:23:03,360 --> 00:23:07,240
And then I started doing this
like 2 weeks ago and as a test

459
00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:10,880
and I just love this part.
I worked with chat TPT to

460
00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:15,280
develop a show framework and I
had put into it a couple of

461
00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:18,760
examples of what I had created
as kind of a run of show if you

462
00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:22,600
will.
And then I did a test and I

463
00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:27,600
uploaded the Otter summary and
told it to take the summary of

464
00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:32,000
this conversation with this
guest and make me a run of show

465
00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:36,480
or a yeah, a run of show for
this episode with this guest.

466
00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:39,360
And it did.
It took a couple of tries for it

467
00:23:39,360 --> 00:23:43,360
to remember it and it actually,
and I did another one and it

468
00:23:43,360 --> 00:23:45,640
didn't do it the same way.
And so I said, hey, you're not

469
00:23:45,640 --> 00:23:47,560
doing this the same way you did
before.

470
00:23:48,120 --> 00:23:49,840
Here's the link.
And it came back to me and said,

471
00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:55,320
I can't read the link, but tell
me to do it like I did #172

472
00:23:55,560 --> 00:23:57,200
because I had mentioned that in
my chat with it.

473
00:23:57,200 --> 00:24:00,840
And so now when I do that, say
make a framework for this

474
00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:05,480
podcast episode based on this
Otter summary, This is the guest

475
00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:09,200
based on what you did for
episode 172 within, I don't

476
00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:11,120
know, a minute.
I get the doc, I get the

477
00:24:11,120 --> 00:24:15,600
information, I copy it to a
Google Doc, and then I go in and

478
00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:18,360
read it and change a few things.
It gives me 10 questions, which

479
00:24:18,360 --> 00:24:21,320
is what I ask it to do.
It gives me a little header that

480
00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:24,440
I read at the beginning.
It gives me a sentence and a

481
00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:26,920
half about the guest.
So no bio route, but it gives me

482
00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:28,680
a sentence and a half about the
guest.

483
00:24:29,040 --> 00:24:32,760
It puts in my canned intro like,
hey, I'm your host, Sid Meadows,

484
00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:35,000
welcome to the trend report puts
my canned outro.

485
00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:37,720
So it took me a little bit of
work to get it to do it that

486
00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:40,480
way.
It saves me hours now because I

487
00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:43,400
would take the Otter, I would
read it, I would write the

488
00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:45,720
questions out.
I would create all this and what

489
00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:49,640
was taking me hours now takes
maybe 15 minutes from beginning

490
00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:51,680
to end.
Oh, that's great.

491
00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:53,520
And Dave put in the chat.
I wanted to read some of that.

492
00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:55,960
I'm going to go to Janae if I
can keep my phone from falling

493
00:24:55,960 --> 00:24:57,600
over.
Dave says I don't script my

494
00:24:57,600 --> 00:25:00,040
questions.
I just see an, I just said an

495
00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:02,640
intent and a goal for the
conversation.

496
00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:05,080
And I think that is very well
said, Dave, because that's where

497
00:25:05,080 --> 00:25:08,080
you can get yourself in trouble.
If you've got this scripted,

498
00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:11,440
this set of questions that's
going to remain surface level

499
00:25:11,440 --> 00:25:12,720
because you're not going to
listen.

500
00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:14,800
You have to be active in
listening to the person you're

501
00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:17,560
interviewing and move with them.
But go ahead, Janae, I know you

502
00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:20,960
want to make a comment here.
Yeah, it really helps to have a

503
00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:23,760
structure for how you want to do
your show.

504
00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:27,400
And I love what Sid shared is,
you know, he worked with Chad.

505
00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:32,280
He worked with the tools that he
already was using to create that

506
00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:36,520
format so that it makes sense
for him and how he wants the

507
00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:39,400
outcome to be.
Again, having that end in mind

508
00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:42,280
is super, super more, you know,
hey, this is what the ending

509
00:25:42,280 --> 00:25:46,200
that you want it to look like.
And you don't have to skip.

510
00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:49,080
You do have to stick to that
script either.

511
00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:50,760
You don't have to stick to those
questions.

512
00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:54,000
You want to go deeper into that
conversation and that's where

513
00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:56,960
you you started shine and not
the the question.

514
00:25:56,960 --> 00:26:00,200
So that's what I've been doing
for the past 300 episodes,

515
00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:03,680
taking that bio from the guest
that has shared or, you know,

516
00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:06,840
taking that intro call that I
did with him and feeding all of

517
00:26:06,840 --> 00:26:11,240
that to chat based on the
template that I created.

518
00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:13,920
Now initially I was doing 45
minute episodes and I was like,

519
00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:16,760
you know, let's break it up
after I saw somebody else doing

520
00:26:16,760 --> 00:26:19,720
that.
So now I have two different

521
00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:22,720
episode parts and they they're
both templated.

522
00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:28,200
But then I always do my best to
keep listening and go deeper

523
00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:31,040
into the questions or go a
totally different route that's

524
00:26:31,040 --> 00:26:33,960
not even in the script.
So it keeps that conversation

525
00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:36,200
natural and still brings that
value out.

526
00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:37,640
Thank you.
Go ahead, Alex.

527
00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:41,520
When it comes to scripting, I
script all my interviews and the

528
00:26:41,520 --> 00:26:45,000
reason being is I have a
different set of constraints.

529
00:26:45,520 --> 00:26:50,800
When we're doing these junkets
we have 7 minutes and every

530
00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:54,560
minute counts.
And you're also, yes, you want

531
00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:57,280
to do what BC says, which is
give them an open-ended question

532
00:26:57,280 --> 00:27:00,840
that they can go and run on but
they can't run too fast.

533
00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:05,480
I might have 7 questions in and
we're lucky to get 3 in at the

534
00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:07,400
same time.
You know, you want to see where

535
00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:11,360
the conversation goes and we do
a lot of research when we do

536
00:27:11,360 --> 00:27:15,680
those because it might take us a
week just because we're

537
00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:19,080
reviewing their previous
podcast, I mean their previous

538
00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:21,400
interviews.
Plus we're looking towards the

539
00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:23,680
new season.
When I did the podcast, we went

540
00:27:23,680 --> 00:27:25,120
week to week.
So we really don't know what

541
00:27:25,120 --> 00:27:29,200
happens except for maybe one
week's worth of episodes that

542
00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:34,040
they've done in their show.
So I'm not doing any spoilers.

543
00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:37,320
And then we always try to give
him a interesting stump

544
00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:39,320
question.
Not when I say stump, not stump

545
00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:41,400
in the sense of something a
little deeper.

546
00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:43,120
So.
For.

547
00:27:43,120 --> 00:27:46,160
Seven or five questions.
It does take a long time.

548
00:27:46,320 --> 00:27:49,200
I probably could use more tools,
but that's just what we did.

549
00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:51,400
Thank you, Alex.
I'm going to go on to our next

550
00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:53,520
question because I want to leave
enough time for some wins of the

551
00:27:53,520 --> 00:27:54,920
week.
And there's our next question,

552
00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:58,600
this one's coming to us from
Joseph from Facebook.

553
00:27:59,120 --> 00:28:02,440
And Joseph asked this, is there
really significant value in

554
00:28:02,440 --> 00:28:05,560
having and what he called a
positional setup when all you

555
00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:08,960
need is a microphone and a
recording device, is the quality

556
00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:11,120
gained by a pro setup worth the
money?

557
00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:13,920
Do any of y'all think that's
really the difference between

558
00:28:13,920 --> 00:28:16,120
what you're doing and what's
professional full time

559
00:28:16,120 --> 00:28:19,040
podcasters are doing?
And I thought that was a really

560
00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:21,480
good question, but what does
everyone think about that?

561
00:28:21,880 --> 00:28:24,000
There are a couple of questions
within that question.

562
00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:27,920
I think the first one is about
just the the aesthetic.

563
00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:30,360
It sounds like, and I think
that's based totally on with or

564
00:28:30,360 --> 00:28:32,960
not you're going to start off
doing audio or video first.

565
00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:37,000
If it's audio first, podcast
doesn't matter, you just need

566
00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:39,520
the microphone.
But kind of going back to what

567
00:28:39,520 --> 00:28:42,720
we were talking about earlier
with comparing mine and Alex's

568
00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:45,600
background to Janae's, who has
the multiple cameras, the really

569
00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:47,000
nice lighting, all the good
things.

570
00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:50,000
But I think when you do have a
set up that you're proud of for

571
00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:54,280
like a video podcaster, it can
help kind of subconsciously

572
00:28:54,280 --> 00:28:58,960
prompt you to perform better in
the recording, which I think is

573
00:28:58,960 --> 00:29:00,960
always very helpful.
Little tricks like that.

574
00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:05,160
I think the other question here
is regarding quality of the

575
00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:07,800
equipment.
I'm a big believer and I have

576
00:29:07,800 --> 00:29:12,440
been for for years now, that if
you know what you're doing,

577
00:29:12,760 --> 00:29:15,920
especially on the post
production side of it, you don't

578
00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:20,480
need a $300 sure microphone.
They're nice.

579
00:29:20,480 --> 00:29:22,440
I love it.
It also causes me kind of a

580
00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:24,640
headache every now and then.
If you know what you're doing on

581
00:29:24,640 --> 00:29:29,120
the post production side of it,
then you can have a OK quality

582
00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:32,360
microphone and still produce a
really good quality content.

583
00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:36,440
And I learned this first person
coming to my undergrad when I

584
00:29:36,440 --> 00:29:40,360
had nothing more than a Marantha
recorder and I had to create a

585
00:29:40,360 --> 00:29:44,480
whole new segment and I was able
to impress my then audio

586
00:29:44,480 --> 00:29:47,880
production teacher.
And this guy is professional

587
00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:50,760
network includes the sound
designer for Game of Thrones.

588
00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:54,440
So that's not a low bar in any
way, shape or form.

589
00:29:55,120 --> 00:29:57,040
So that's my that's my Ted Talk
on that all.

590
00:29:57,160 --> 00:29:58,560
Right.
I want to go to Sid and then

591
00:29:58,560 --> 00:30:00,040
Jonathan.
So go ahead, Sid.

592
00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:05,040
I just recently did this in 175
episodes.

593
00:30:05,040 --> 00:30:09,200
I have no real background other
than my office, no set up, no

594
00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:13,520
nothing on screen or anything.
And so when I started my new

595
00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:16,960
series Tend to Win and I did my
first one, I realized that there

596
00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:18,800
are some things about it I
needed to do differently.

597
00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:25,320
So invested in Ecamm.
I created the scene for it and

598
00:30:25,320 --> 00:30:28,120
got four different scenes for it
so I can zoom in on the guests.

599
00:30:28,120 --> 00:30:30,520
I can see the wheel spinning.
Janae helped me with a lot of

600
00:30:30,520 --> 00:30:33,880
this positioning stuff.
And then while I was in there

601
00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:37,200
doing it, I thought, well, if
I'm going to do this for this

602
00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:39,440
series, why not do it for all
the interviews and make the

603
00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:43,160
YouTube videos better?
And so I created backgrounds.

604
00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:44,440
We have a standard background
that we use.

605
00:30:44,440 --> 00:30:48,000
It's got furniture pieces in it.
I put my logo on the screen.

606
00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:51,520
I'm interviewing next week my
one of my sponsors for my gold

607
00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:53,720
sponsors.
I've got his logo on the screen

608
00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:57,240
for that episode so that I can
kind of promote him a little bit

609
00:30:57,240 --> 00:30:58,960
more.
So I'm doing this.

610
00:30:58,960 --> 00:31:02,080
I haven't recorded any yet.
I got my first recording today

611
00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:03,640
and I tend to win with the new
setup.

612
00:31:03,880 --> 00:31:05,960
Excuse me, not tend to win,
sorry in the hot takes with the

613
00:31:05,960 --> 00:31:07,880
new setup.
So I'm doing this.

614
00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:09,920
I'm excited about it.
I'm excited about the way it

615
00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:11,720
looks.
It feels really good.

616
00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:14,520
It feels very much on brand with
the rest of the podcast.

617
00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:18,600
And so if it helps me up level
my YouTube version of my show,

618
00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:21,960
which is secondary that and it
brings more people into YouTube,

619
00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:24,160
then that's great.
I just like the way that it

620
00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:27,000
looks.
When I first set up my studio, I

621
00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:28,840
was really worried about the
audio sound.

622
00:31:29,080 --> 00:31:32,160
So I took and I put moving
blankets all around me and I

623
00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:35,520
came into what was like a cave.
And for the first year

624
00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:38,760
recording, I would come into
this dark, dank cave.

625
00:31:39,280 --> 00:31:41,640
And about seven months ago I
said I got to get out of The

626
00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:44,000
Cave.
And it was so amazing that when

627
00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:46,680
I took the blankets down, yes, I
spent some money on audio

628
00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:49,440
treatments for the walls and
panels and all that, but what

629
00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:51,800
had changed in me was my mental
change.

630
00:31:52,080 --> 00:31:55,520
It was definitely a, oh, wow, I
want to go into this space now.

631
00:31:55,520 --> 00:31:57,520
I'm not going into this cave
where I hide.

632
00:31:57,920 --> 00:32:00,840
And I think that we just want to
make sure that it has to be

633
00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:03,240
pleasing space to you as a
person too.

634
00:32:03,240 --> 00:32:06,720
Because if it doesn't please
you, maybe the word is Zen.

635
00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:09,720
If it's not Zen the way you want
it to be, you're not going to

636
00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:11,760
want to go in there and you're
not going to give your best

637
00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:13,160
effort.
So I just want to interject

638
00:32:13,160 --> 00:32:15,120
that, But go ahead, Jonathan.
I know you want to make a

639
00:32:15,120 --> 00:32:16,520
comment as well.
Yeah.

640
00:32:16,560 --> 00:32:19,080
I just wanted to say if, if this
gentleman, I think it was

641
00:32:19,080 --> 00:32:21,880
gentleman is starting his
podcast, He doesn't need

642
00:32:21,880 --> 00:32:26,040
anything more than an iPhone.
You can record your podcast on

643
00:32:26,040 --> 00:32:29,520
an iPhone and get started and
then you can grow.

644
00:32:29,720 --> 00:32:33,760
You don't need anything special
to just get started.

645
00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:39,200
And I find that when people
think they need the the cameras

646
00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:42,200
and the, you know, then they
don't ever get started.

647
00:32:42,520 --> 00:32:44,960
I need a camera, I need a road
caster, I need a mic, I need all

648
00:32:44,960 --> 00:32:46,880
this stuff.
They don't ever get started.

649
00:32:46,880 --> 00:32:49,560
They get all the equipment and
then they don't know what to do

650
00:32:49,560 --> 00:32:51,680
with it and then they don't get
started.

651
00:32:52,320 --> 00:32:55,520
Start with your iPhone.
And I know people like Sinead

652
00:32:55,520 --> 00:32:58,120
are going to kill me for this
one, but start with your iPhone.

653
00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:00,360
If you want to get started, just
do it.

654
00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:04,360
So, Janae, are you going to kill
Jonathan about starting with the

655
00:33:04,360 --> 00:33:05,800
iPhone?
Let's start there.

656
00:33:06,240 --> 00:33:08,560
No, not at all.
Because at the beginning of this

657
00:33:08,560 --> 00:33:11,480
conversation, we sat, we asked a
question, where are you going to

658
00:33:11,480 --> 00:33:14,080
spend 5K?
And I said I would spend on

659
00:33:14,080 --> 00:33:16,040
data.
We all talked about where we're

660
00:33:16,040 --> 00:33:18,680
going to spend the money.
And I also said that I started

661
00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:22,240
my podcast on an iPhone.
It wasn't video, but it was an

662
00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:25,120
audio podcast.
But again, you're absolutely

663
00:33:25,120 --> 00:33:26,840
right, Jonathan, they got to get
started.

664
00:33:26,840 --> 00:33:30,080
They got to put the shoes on and
get out the door to start

665
00:33:30,080 --> 00:33:32,040
training for that marathon,
right?

666
00:33:32,040 --> 00:33:35,120
You're thinking that you want to
get this $500 shoes, you want to

667
00:33:35,120 --> 00:33:39,280
get these $600.00 clothes that
are going to keep the wind off

668
00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:41,240
your back.
None of that's going to work if

669
00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:45,440
you don't even have the stamina
to go and run outside.

670
00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:48,040
So yes, please use whatever you
have.

671
00:33:48,040 --> 00:33:51,640
But that's why in my book, some
stages I talk about your first

672
00:33:51,640 --> 00:33:55,200
thing is the phone, the the work
that you need to do is not

673
00:33:55,200 --> 00:34:00,320
spending money on gear, is
spending time on yourself and

674
00:34:00,320 --> 00:34:01,640
building that muscle.
Thank you.

675
00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:04,920
Now I think that's a brilliant
point and DRI want to ask you

676
00:34:04,920 --> 00:34:08,239
because I know you do editing
work and I know I just started

677
00:34:08,239 --> 00:34:11,239
you here, but so let me ask you
the question as an editor.

678
00:34:11,639 --> 00:34:16,000
So if somebody doesn't have a
pro setup, how do you deal with

679
00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:18,400
that situation?
Because BC said, Hey, you don't

680
00:34:18,400 --> 00:34:20,360
have to have a great mic.
You don't have to have a great

681
00:34:20,360 --> 00:34:22,120
setup.
But then I'm thinking about all

682
00:34:22,120 --> 00:34:24,960
the editors who are listening
right now or may listen to this

683
00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:28,520
later and they're all going, but
wait a second, you know, I'm

684
00:34:28,520 --> 00:34:30,360
going to, I'll give you a great
example of that.

685
00:34:30,360 --> 00:34:33,760
Yesterday when I recorded the
show, my stuff was all jacked up

686
00:34:33,760 --> 00:34:35,880
and I felt so bad.
I sent it over to Ashley and

687
00:34:36,199 --> 00:34:38,639
then she was very nice about it.
She says, Ralph, we got to

688
00:34:38,639 --> 00:34:41,440
change some things around.
But the DRI wanted to ask you,

689
00:34:41,719 --> 00:34:44,560
what do you think from the the
perspective of an editor?

690
00:34:45,120 --> 00:34:50,840
Adobe Enhance is a great tool
and I want to preface this by

691
00:34:50,840 --> 00:34:55,760
saying the paid version, not the
free version, definitely the

692
00:34:55,760 --> 00:35:00,320
paid version because you can
adjust all the levers and

693
00:35:00,320 --> 00:35:02,960
everything.
I think the free version is on

694
00:35:02,960 --> 00:35:06,640
100 and that's that's not good,
that's horrible.

695
00:35:06,880 --> 00:35:11,400
And if you pay for it all like
it in a one year block, it comes

696
00:35:11,400 --> 00:35:15,680
out to be a little over $8 a
month, you know, to average out

697
00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:20,360
$8 a month.
So that can cover up a multitude

698
00:35:20,360 --> 00:35:22,040
of sins.
I use it.

699
00:35:22,040 --> 00:35:27,480
It's in my regular workflow.
So I am a big proponent of Adobe

700
00:35:27,640 --> 00:35:31,400
Voice and I think it's called
Adobe Voice Enhance and they

701
00:35:31,400 --> 00:35:33,800
have improved on it since I
first joined.

702
00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:38,600
They have version 2 out now and
also I still put it through a

703
00:35:38,600 --> 00:35:41,800
phonic as well.
I think it's like $14.00 a month

704
00:35:41,800 --> 00:35:44,720
if I'm not mistaken.
Now I would like to get rid of a

705
00:35:44,720 --> 00:35:50,960
phonic and exchange it for one
of my favorite lifetime things

706
00:35:50,960 --> 00:35:55,800
that I get from at sumo, but so
far nothing has come down the

707
00:35:55,800 --> 00:35:59,360
Pike that I consider better than
offonic.

708
00:35:59,680 --> 00:36:05,520
It's just so satisfying when you
download that final result and

709
00:36:05,520 --> 00:36:09,280
everything is so beauty.
It looks like someone came

710
00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:12,360
through with some scissors and
just cut the straight line.

711
00:36:12,360 --> 00:36:15,000
It's so satisfying.
Thank you.

712
00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:17,760
DRI want to go to Billy next
because Billy has joined us and

713
00:36:17,760 --> 00:36:19,240
then I'm going to go to BC and
Janae.

714
00:36:19,240 --> 00:36:21,280
Go ahead, Billy.
Good morning, hope everybody's

715
00:36:21,280 --> 00:36:24,240
doing good.
So I wanted to jump in a little

716
00:36:24,240 --> 00:36:29,080
bit because I get this question
as an Amazon influencer from

717
00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:31,200
other Amazon influencers.
Like should I be shooting on my

718
00:36:31,200 --> 00:36:36,440
phone, my camera, whatever, and
I'm always of like, get started,

719
00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:39,040
do it, do it dirty, whatever.
Like build a plane on the way

720
00:36:39,040 --> 00:36:42,880
down.
However, I do think a plan to

721
00:36:42,880 --> 00:36:45,920
level up your game sooner than
later, depending on your long

722
00:36:45,920 --> 00:36:49,560
term goals.
Because I've done 4300 brand

723
00:36:49,560 --> 00:36:51,960
deals.
The number one piece of feedback

724
00:36:51,960 --> 00:36:55,360
I get is wow, your content looks
so much better than everyone

725
00:36:55,360 --> 00:36:57,960
else's.
And brands and companies and

726
00:36:57,960 --> 00:37:02,600
sponsors, they want to be
associated with quality content

727
00:37:02,600 --> 00:37:06,000
and quality, you know, video,
audio, all that kind of stuff.

728
00:37:06,280 --> 00:37:09,520
And then also on the other side,
on the production side alone,

729
00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:12,480
it's like I can build a house
with a screwdriver and a hammer,

730
00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:16,720
but why would I do that when I
can get a drill and a nail gun?

731
00:37:16,720 --> 00:37:21,080
It's like there's it's just a
different game when you can sit

732
00:37:21,080 --> 00:37:25,200
down confidently.
I spent $1000 on a piece of gear

733
00:37:25,520 --> 00:37:27,840
and the reason why I did that is
because now my cameras don't

734
00:37:27,840 --> 00:37:30,200
flicker, my Cam links don't go
out.

735
00:37:30,560 --> 00:37:33,120
Most people look at that and go
that's crazy, why would you do

736
00:37:33,120 --> 00:37:35,000
that?
Because now I can make 6 more

737
00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:38,320
videos in the time that was be
fiddling around with the stupid

738
00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:41,760
camera that doesn't work.
And then also in the beginning,

739
00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:44,040
if you want to level up your
quality, but you don't have the

740
00:37:44,040 --> 00:37:49,000
resources people around you do.
My first 25 episodes of a live

741
00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:53,000
stream that I was doing for that
turn into a podcast, I borrowed

742
00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:56,160
gear from three different people
every single week.

743
00:37:56,520 --> 00:38:00,160
And you would be shocked at how
many people have crap and DSLR

744
00:38:00,160 --> 00:38:03,840
cameras and lights just chilling
that they don't use that.

745
00:38:03,840 --> 00:38:06,840
You can just go up to them and
say, look, doing a podcast, I'm

746
00:38:07,120 --> 00:38:09,640
trying to get my feet wet, can I
borrow some of your stuff?

747
00:38:09,800 --> 00:38:13,240
And they will let you do that.
And I did that for 25 episodes

748
00:38:13,240 --> 00:38:14,840
before I ever bought a piece of
gear.

749
00:38:15,520 --> 00:38:17,240
Thank you, Billy.
And I think that's a good point.

750
00:38:17,240 --> 00:38:21,360
I love the community part of
podcasting and I have met so

751
00:38:21,360 --> 00:38:24,000
many great people and BC I'm
going to go to you and Janae and

752
00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:27,200
Alex, but I have met so many
great people who are just

753
00:38:27,200 --> 00:38:29,840
willing to help who I like.
I give you a great example.

754
00:38:29,840 --> 00:38:32,200
This last night I was stressing
because I couldn't get this

755
00:38:32,200 --> 00:38:35,200
thing to work with the live in
Riverside and a guy I met

756
00:38:35,200 --> 00:38:37,920
through another place, he says
to me says hey, I'll jump on a

757
00:38:37,920 --> 00:38:39,520
call.
I said dude, I got a late night.

758
00:38:39,520 --> 00:38:42,040
It's tax season.
You know, he says, fine, I'll do

759
00:38:42,040 --> 00:38:45,640
it at 8:00 and then Alex this
morning he joined me super early

760
00:38:45,640 --> 00:38:48,120
so we could test things out.
So that's the thing I love about

761
00:38:48,120 --> 00:38:51,160
podcasting and Billy, you just
now is reach out to people and

762
00:38:51,160 --> 00:38:53,280
ask them for for a little
assistance.

763
00:38:53,280 --> 00:38:55,200
But go ahead be see Janae and
then Alex.

764
00:38:55,920 --> 00:38:59,520
I do want to clarify it real
quick that the direction I'm

765
00:38:59,520 --> 00:39:03,200
coming from is also from the
from the producer perspective

766
00:39:03,240 --> 00:39:05,520
and and I come from a
broadcasting background.

767
00:39:05,840 --> 00:39:10,080
And the reason I, I wanted to
really kind of push the idea of

768
00:39:10,680 --> 00:39:15,240
knowing post production is
because, and I had a better way

769
00:39:15,240 --> 00:39:19,720
of saying this before now, but
when it comes to quality or lack

770
00:39:19,720 --> 00:39:23,960
of quality equipment, recording
a show for the first time and

771
00:39:24,200 --> 00:39:26,560
you're thinking about
production, especially looking

772
00:39:26,560 --> 00:39:29,240
for producers to help.
For me it's like if a producer.

773
00:39:29,240 --> 00:39:33,520
If a producer doesn't know noise
reduction, normalization,

774
00:39:33,520 --> 00:39:37,800
compression, then probably not a
great producer in that sense.

775
00:39:38,320 --> 00:39:40,600
Audio is absolutely the number
one thing.

776
00:39:40,600 --> 00:39:43,800
You are doing a podcast, you are
trying to get your message

777
00:39:43,800 --> 00:39:46,120
across.
Yes, we do have the amazing

778
00:39:46,120 --> 00:39:50,040
software now, but in the past we
didn't have it and producers and

779
00:39:50,040 --> 00:39:54,160
editors would have to spend a
ton of time fixing your audio.

780
00:39:54,440 --> 00:39:56,920
And I had that one experience
with a gentleman.

781
00:39:56,920 --> 00:40:02,080
He was recording an episode with
some big celebrity and the audio

782
00:40:02,080 --> 00:40:03,440
was so bad.
So I had to spend.

783
00:40:03,680 --> 00:40:07,240
Two hours fixing that audio.
Number one thing that you want

784
00:40:07,240 --> 00:40:12,000
to do as a starting podcasters,
please spend $150.00.

785
00:40:12,280 --> 00:40:16,440
Get a good microphone.
No matter how many tools there

786
00:40:16,440 --> 00:40:20,840
are out there to make your audio
better, putting the audio in

787
00:40:20,840 --> 00:40:24,560
cleanly the first time around is
better than trying to fix in

788
00:40:24,560 --> 00:40:26,080
post.
Producer will also say, oh,

789
00:40:26,080 --> 00:40:29,120
we'll fix it in post, but that's
not the case over here.

790
00:40:29,120 --> 00:40:30,400
You know, you you don't have
that money.

791
00:40:30,680 --> 00:40:33,920
So again, save some time for Dr.
so she doesn't have to spend

792
00:40:34,080 --> 00:40:36,360
extra money on that Absuma
products, right?

793
00:40:36,560 --> 00:40:40,720
If you give them good audio,
good source material, boom,

794
00:40:40,720 --> 00:40:41,920
you're golden.
Thank you.

795
00:40:42,360 --> 00:40:45,240
And, and Janae, I want to
trumpet that because you don't

796
00:40:45,240 --> 00:40:48,760
have to have a fantastic set up.
You go to a closet, go into a

797
00:40:48,760 --> 00:40:53,360
quiet closet with a decent
microphone and just and focus on

798
00:40:53,360 --> 00:40:54,920
that.
Everybody's, you know, got to

799
00:40:54,920 --> 00:40:57,080
have this great, you know, video
podcast.

800
00:40:57,400 --> 00:40:59,920
I love what you said, Janae.
You're like focus on the audio

801
00:40:59,920 --> 00:41:03,400
because even on the video side,
and this is going to sound kind

802
00:41:03,400 --> 00:41:06,040
of harsh, but I see so many
videos that the audio is

803
00:41:06,040 --> 00:41:08,120
terrible.
And I guess they get through it

804
00:41:08,120 --> 00:41:11,160
because there's video out there,
but man, it's not good for the

805
00:41:11,160 --> 00:41:13,120
consumer.
So I want to go to Wednesday the

806
00:41:13,120 --> 00:41:15,760
week, but Jonathan, do you want
to preview what we're going to

807
00:41:15,760 --> 00:41:18,320
talk about on Obsession Worthy
Podcast on Monday?

808
00:41:18,800 --> 00:41:23,960
So Monday we are taking a look
at Radiolab is going to be the

809
00:41:23,960 --> 00:41:26,720
podcast and the episode is
called Colors.

810
00:41:27,200 --> 00:41:29,680
So we're going to be breaking
down that episode to see why

811
00:41:29,680 --> 00:41:34,400
it's truly obsession worthy and
it's an interesting show and I

812
00:41:34,400 --> 00:41:36,800
hope you take a listen to it and
enjoy it.

813
00:41:36,800 --> 00:41:39,360
So it's Radiolab and the episode
is called Colors.

814
00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:41,880
We'll ask Ashley to put that in
the show notes.

815
00:41:41,880 --> 00:41:44,240
I'm assuming we can do that.
So that'll be out there.

816
00:41:44,240 --> 00:41:45,840
So make sure you join us on
Monday.

817
00:41:45,840 --> 00:41:47,400
But let's get to our wins of the
week.

818
00:41:47,680 --> 00:41:49,320
So I want everybody to
participate.

819
00:41:49,320 --> 00:41:51,920
The more wins, the better.
I'm going to start because the

820
00:41:51,920 --> 00:41:54,720
win of the week was that audio
and video work today.

821
00:41:55,240 --> 00:41:57,640
So I was stressing about that
all night.

822
00:41:57,640 --> 00:41:59,000
My wife is like, you're stressed
today.

823
00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:01,920
I'm like a little bit.
So that's my win of the week and

824
00:42:01,920 --> 00:42:04,280
my other win is just being in
being a part of this community.

825
00:42:04,280 --> 00:42:06,560
This has been great.
I consider you all friends and

826
00:42:06,560 --> 00:42:09,280
it's been great to be here.
So I'm going to be quiet now and

827
00:42:09,280 --> 00:42:11,480
I'm going to go to who wants to
share their win of the week

828
00:42:11,480 --> 00:42:12,920
next.
I got my money.

829
00:42:12,920 --> 00:42:16,800
For those of you who don't know
I had, I got a team that does

830
00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:19,120
all the creative look for a
client that I have and her

831
00:42:19,160 --> 00:42:22,400
podcast just launched and a
honey book, which I use for my

832
00:42:22,400 --> 00:42:24,480
CRM did not have the money right
away.

833
00:42:24,480 --> 00:42:27,560
They gypped it on my account and
it took a while to get here, but

834
00:42:27,560 --> 00:42:29,600
it got here this morning.
We're all good now.

835
00:42:29,800 --> 00:42:32,400
Go ahead, Sid.
As of yesterday, we're scheduled

836
00:42:32,400 --> 00:42:36,240
through June with people and to
shows and stuff.

837
00:42:36,240 --> 00:42:41,840
But yesterday everything loaded
into Buzz Sprout with the

838
00:42:41,840 --> 00:42:45,800
landing pages done and the show
notes done and everything done

839
00:42:46,160 --> 00:42:50,280
for every episode, all five of
them through the month of March.

840
00:42:51,000 --> 00:42:55,080
And by the end of the day today,
we'll have all the other assets,

841
00:42:55,080 --> 00:42:57,600
emails, blogs, social media
assets all done.

842
00:42:57,960 --> 00:43:02,240
And it just feels really, really
good to be 5 weeks ahead with

843
00:43:02,240 --> 00:43:04,600
things so that now we can pull
back and start.

844
00:43:04,600 --> 00:43:06,360
We've been trying for a couple
of months to get ahead and so

845
00:43:06,360 --> 00:43:09,760
now we're five weeks ahead and
so that can all sit there and

846
00:43:09,760 --> 00:43:12,080
get ready to go out while we
work on other things.

847
00:43:12,080 --> 00:43:14,040
So that's, that's a great
accomplishment.

848
00:43:14,440 --> 00:43:16,960
Sid, what a great accomplishment
and an accounting lingo we would

849
00:43:16,960 --> 00:43:20,680
call that you now have margin
and margin is a great thing.

850
00:43:20,680 --> 00:43:22,920
So congratulations, Sid.
Let's go to Jonathan.

851
00:43:23,040 --> 00:43:27,320
I was getting ready to upload my
episode for next Monday and I

852
00:43:27,320 --> 00:43:30,360
popped into my Buzz Sprout and
saw that I have one episode.

853
00:43:31,040 --> 00:43:33,840
It's been trucking along, doing
quite well, but hit 500

854
00:43:33,840 --> 00:43:36,520
downloads.
So I am happy for my little a

855
00:43:36,520 --> 00:43:39,480
brand new little podcast having
that 500 downloads on that one

856
00:43:39,480 --> 00:43:40,800
episode.
So that's a win.

857
00:43:40,960 --> 00:43:42,760
That is fantastic.
Go ahead, Ashley.

858
00:43:43,040 --> 00:43:46,760
My win for the week is I had a
great time writing with a lot of

859
00:43:46,760 --> 00:43:48,920
other great writers.
We have a community writing

860
00:43:48,920 --> 00:43:52,040
night where we all just get
together and we respond to

861
00:43:52,040 --> 00:43:55,800
various prompts and my other one
is I'm playing with the band

862
00:43:55,800 --> 00:43:57,920
tonight.
Go ahead, Janae, my one of the

863
00:43:57,920 --> 00:44:00,280
week.
Is I got to be on stage all

864
00:44:00,280 --> 00:44:04,520
through the day to the today's
episode and got to contribute as

865
00:44:04,520 --> 00:44:05,880
well.
So that was my great win.

866
00:44:06,280 --> 00:44:11,160
And my second win is I've
finished ten guides for my pod

867
00:44:11,160 --> 00:44:12,920
glue platform that I'm putting
together.

868
00:44:12,920 --> 00:44:15,520
So those are going to be
published very soon.

869
00:44:15,520 --> 00:44:17,160
And I'm bringing in beta
testers.

870
00:44:17,160 --> 00:44:21,360
So I'm super excited for that as
it as I, you know, come close to

871
00:44:21,360 --> 00:44:25,080
that production.
And then the last one is I've

872
00:44:25,200 --> 00:44:30,000
also finished a manuscript on my
book that's in coincides with

873
00:44:30,520 --> 00:44:33,040
the app.
Should I share the name of the

874
00:44:33,040 --> 00:44:34,400
book?
Good, good.

875
00:44:34,600 --> 00:44:39,960
So I'm calling this book PRM
Podcast Relationship Management.

876
00:44:39,960 --> 00:44:43,560
We've all over CRM.
We've all heard of CMS, but PRM

877
00:44:43,560 --> 00:44:46,480
sits right in the middle of it
and it's essentially a new

878
00:44:46,480 --> 00:44:50,880
category that I'm creating
because it didn't exist before.

879
00:44:50,880 --> 00:44:52,280
So there we go.
Thank you.

880
00:44:52,720 --> 00:44:54,120
Thank you, Janae.
Let's go to Tim.

881
00:44:54,120 --> 00:44:56,520
Tim, thanks for joining us and
let us know your win of the

882
00:44:56,520 --> 00:44:58,800
Week.
So this one's going to get you

883
00:44:58,800 --> 00:45:01,920
really excited.
I am the financial Wellness guy

884
00:45:01,920 --> 00:45:05,560
for custom Border Protection,
the national program manager for

885
00:45:05,560 --> 00:45:09,880
that.
We just launched our FDIC Money

886
00:45:09,880 --> 00:45:14,080
Smart for Adults program.
So I'm teaching that and I'm

887
00:45:14,080 --> 00:45:18,200
also training a bunch of people
on how to train that.

888
00:45:18,200 --> 00:45:21,280
So it's not just one person
against 66,000.

889
00:45:21,720 --> 00:45:25,200
I have my little minions going
about, so I know it's not

890
00:45:25,200 --> 00:45:28,520
podcast stuff, but I know it's
financial Wellness stuff, which

891
00:45:28,520 --> 00:45:31,920
is right up your alley.
And then my podcast one of the

892
00:45:31,920 --> 00:45:36,560
week is I am starting a new
series for my podcast, Create

893
00:45:36,560 --> 00:45:41,360
Our Podcast.
And I've got all of March pre

894
00:45:41,360 --> 00:45:46,120
recorded loaded up ready to go
and I'm excited to get this new

895
00:45:46,120 --> 00:45:48,640
series kicked off.
So that's what I got for you

896
00:45:48,640 --> 00:45:50,560
guys this week.
Tim, congratulations.

897
00:45:50,560 --> 00:45:53,040
And yes, I think that's awesome
what you're doing with the

898
00:45:53,040 --> 00:45:55,560
financial Wellness.
We don't do a great job of that

899
00:45:55,920 --> 00:45:58,800
and especially people in the
Armed Services and Border

900
00:45:58,800 --> 00:46:01,040
Protection, all that.
That is a fantastic thing and

901
00:46:01,040 --> 00:46:02,600
we've got to do a better job of
that.

902
00:46:02,600 --> 00:46:04,160
So we're getting ready to wrap
up.

903
00:46:04,160 --> 00:46:07,440
Does anybody else have a win of
the week they want to share?

904
00:46:08,200 --> 00:46:10,520
I'm happy to hear them.
We always like to champion those

905
00:46:10,520 --> 00:46:14,120
wins of the week.
Hey, Ralph, on my Amazon side of

906
00:46:14,120 --> 00:46:16,320
stuff, I've been trying a new
strategy this year, which I'm

907
00:46:16,320 --> 00:46:21,240
happy to report it's producing
31 more dollars per day, which

908
00:46:21,240 --> 00:46:23,240
that sounds odd, but if you're
in the business, you know,

909
00:46:23,240 --> 00:46:26,960
that's a huge increase on
average on the on the semi

910
00:46:26,960 --> 00:46:28,640
passive stream.
I don't believe in passive

911
00:46:28,640 --> 00:46:31,120
stream of revenue, but semi
passive stream of revenue.

912
00:46:31,400 --> 00:46:34,280
But then also on the podcasting
side, I went, I've kind of

913
00:46:34,280 --> 00:46:37,280
retired the host side, been
doing a lot of guesting.

914
00:46:37,680 --> 00:46:42,560
And so I've seen a huge increase
in my community because of my

915
00:46:42,560 --> 00:46:46,560
podcast guest placements.
So that's been a fun strategy to

916
00:46:46,560 --> 00:46:48,560
kind of test out.
And so that's working really

917
00:46:48,560 --> 00:46:50,600
well.
If anybody's looking to grow

918
00:46:50,600 --> 00:46:53,960
your audience or your community,
being a guest is huge.

919
00:46:54,480 --> 00:46:56,480
Billy, thank you so much for
sharing that.

920
00:46:56,960 --> 00:46:58,760
Dr. Do I see you want to share
1?

921
00:46:59,360 --> 00:47:03,720
For the past two years, I've had
a client that is constantly

922
00:47:04,200 --> 00:47:09,600
giving me her files to edit and
get out on a Tuesday.

923
00:47:09,600 --> 00:47:13,640
She gives me the files on, you
know, a Sunday or a Monday.

924
00:47:14,000 --> 00:47:18,480
And it's been rough.
And I have a problem with

925
00:47:18,480 --> 00:47:20,800
boundaries, to be perfectly
honest with you.

926
00:47:20,800 --> 00:47:24,400
She's my very first client.
And so there's that kind of

927
00:47:24,760 --> 00:47:32,000
layer on top of it, and we are
now 5 episodes ahead of time.

928
00:47:32,200 --> 00:47:33,840
I don't even know what to do
with myself.

929
00:47:33,840 --> 00:47:37,160
It's fantastic.
And that's my win.

930
00:47:37,280 --> 00:47:39,640
Yay.
That's great work, the art.

931
00:47:39,960 --> 00:47:42,360
All right, everybody.
Well, thank you for joining us

932
00:47:42,360 --> 00:47:45,040
today and I want to wish
everybody a great weekend.

933
00:47:45,040 --> 00:47:47,480
Make sure you come back and join
us again Monday morning for the

934
00:47:47,480 --> 00:47:50,800
Obsession Worthy podcast and
make it a great weekend, my

935
00:47:50,800 --> 00:47:51,720
friends.
Thanks again.

936
00:47:51,720 --> 00:47:52,320
Have a great one.