449. Stop Letting Trolls Kill Your Podcast Momentum

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Good morning, podcasting Morning
Chat.

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Today is Friday, February 6th,
2026, and today we're diving

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back into the mailbag with your
questions on handling hateful

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comments, choosing audio or
video for guest interviews, and

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wrapping up the show by sharing
our wins from this past week.

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Thanks for being here.

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Good morning again podcasting.
Morning, Ted.

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Thanks so much for being here.
I am your host Mark Ronick and

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currently on stage with me.
I'll get to why I'm giggling in

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just a moment.
We have Ralph E step producer,

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Ashley Feller, BC Babbles, Nick
Nahlbach, Dr. Face, Sid Meadows,

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Jonathan Howard and also Tide
has joined us as well.

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Tied from the audience has
joined us bright and early on

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stage.
Love that.

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Thank you for being here.
Let me make Jonathan a

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moderator.
There we go.

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Welcome everybody.
I'm giggling because now that

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more of us are on camera as we
stream live and record the

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video, we get a little dancing
during that music break there

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Dr. dancing, me dancing.
It was cracking me up watching

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that.
And you can watch us on YouTube,

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LinkedIn, Facebook.
We're streaming live.

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We share that info in the show
notes.

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And if you're listening live
here on Clubhouse, Ashley shares

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a direct link to the YouTube.
You need something in the

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morning to get your blood
pumping and this music has

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always done that for me.
Me too.

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What you guys don't know is I'm
usually dancing.

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I don't usually talk about it,
but I'm usually bouncing in my

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seat here when that music's
playing.

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Another reason from somebody who
had asked written in and asked

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us why the 32nd music interlude
there And among other things.

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Yeah, just to get the blood flow
and get a little groove on as we

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do this live stream.
Hey, by the way, a reminder.

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Oh, actually, before I get to my
reminder, I think Ralph had

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something.
Go ahead, Ralph.

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I just want to say one thing is
since we went live on camera,

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now I have to add the hair and
makeup now to the morning.

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So I'm just letting you know
you're adding a little burden to

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the Ralph's morning routine.
So I'm doing the iron pumping in

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the morning and now I've got
hair and makeup.

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So my wife is saying you're up
early all the time now.

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And now I noticed you're all
fixed and spiffy before you

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leave the house.
I said, well, I got to bring it

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to the podcasting morning chat.
So, Mark, you've added a little

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burden to me, but I hope I'm
looking all right today.

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No, I got to ask Ralph, are you
really doing makeup?

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I mean hair?
OK, I'm.

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So, so let me be honest, I'm
going to be very honest.

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What I have noticed with the
lights is I get a little bit of

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a weird Sheen.
So my daughter-in-law says you

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can use a little foundation.
So both of my boys are like,

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Dad, you are not putting on
makeup.

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I said I don't like that shine
so much.

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So not every day.
It just depends on how I'm

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feeling, Mark, But definitely
the hair, you know, I got to

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make sure the hair is before we
start taping.

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I'm looking is there any hairs
out of place and things like

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that Because I'm really trying
to bring my A game here because

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I don't have much to work to
start off with so I've got to

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make sure I Polish up what I do
have.

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And your makeup can be tax
deductible.

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See see that Dr. has the money
guy.

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I have to agree with you there.
That label seems to be sticking

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because everybody now is
referencing different financial

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things with Ralph here on stage
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All right, so the reminder I
wanted to get to is that next

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Thursday, February 12th, our
evaluation series returns and

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that's where we break down a
listener submitted podcast

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episode.
And the show we're breaking down

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is called Movies in a Nutshell.
And the episode is about the

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movie The Matrix, one of my all
time favorite movies.

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So we will put a link in the
show notes to catch that episode

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if you want to listen prior to
Thursday the 12th.

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We'll also play some clips for
you to really help you get a

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feel for what we're talking
about.

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And we're going to try to revamp
a little bit of how we do this

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series because as Nick had
shared and the listener had

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shared, it felt a little bit all
over the place.

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And I know Ralph and I had a
conversation about that earlier

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this week as well.
So we're going to try to do this

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in a way that really brings you,
the listener into this

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evaluation so that you don't
feel lost and you feel like

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you're really getting as much
out of it as the podcaster whose

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podcast we're evaluating.
So more to come on that.

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Check the show notes for links
and team, I will share a link

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with you to fill out your
evaluation form.

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I'll share that again with you
in our group chat.

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All right, so today we're going
to jump right into the mailbag.

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First, this is actually listener
feedback regarding yesterday's

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discussion specifically on
promoting your older episodes.

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That's what Sid had brought to
the table.

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And this one's from a regular
long time listener, Steven

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Koeffer, who posted yesterday in
our Empowered Podcasting

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Facebook group.
He says good episode today.

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Enjoyed the how to promote your
older episodes discussion.

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We just recorded an episode of
our show that tried to do just

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that as we are concluding the
end of our second season. 53

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total episodes.
We recorded an episode comparing

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the top and bottom 5, listened
to audio episodes and watched

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video episodes.
The audio and YouTube rankings

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were quite different.
Most of the top and bottom 5

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lists did match.
Comparing the two rankings gave

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us an opportunity to talk about
and pump up past episodes as

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well as encourage each audience
each audience to check out

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episodes they may not have
listened to or watched.

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For example, our number one
listen to episode was our number

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19 watched video.
There were other examples where

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the most viewed video episode
were on the bottom of the

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listened to list.
He finishes up here by saying

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hopefully.
We encourage each audience to

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check out episodes they may have
missed or skipped or to re

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listen.
Also encourage new listeners

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viewers to check out past
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When we drop that episode we
will re prop our social media

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reels.
I think he meant repost for

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those older episodes as well.
That was a suggestion that I had

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gave and I love this.
I love the instant feedback.

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Thank you to Steven.
It's a really smart approach, I

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think I.
Also, yeah, about Stephen, you

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know he is a long time listener
as you said and he posted

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something about four days ago
that I think we should mention.

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He says, and I'm reading from
the post, very excited to share

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that I will be bringing my
hazard identification and risk

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assessment for action sequences,
sequences class to the SAG and

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AFTRA Nevada Local Conservatory
later this year.

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Stay tuned for more details.
Stephen, I believe he is a stunt

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person.
Yeah, right he is.

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So this is something that's very
big.

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I said congratulations to him.
So just as an empowered

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podcasting group, we should all
throw a big congratulations his

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way.
Congratulations, Stephen.

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Agreed.
Congratulations, Stephen.

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And yeah, I really, the approach
that he's taken here with this

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episode that he's telling us
about, I think it's really

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smart.
And I love that he turned his

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episode data into content
instead of just letting it sit

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there.
He's comparing top and bottom

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audio episodes with YouTube
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I think that gives him a natural
and a relevant way to resurface

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those older episodes and guide
people through the back catalog

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with some intention.
I like it because he's giving

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listeners and viewers a reason
to care and a reason to explore

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as opposed to just saying, hey,
go and listen to these old

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episodes.
So kudos for Steven to Steven.

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I think that's really a a cool
approach.

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And I'm curious.
I did respond to his post and

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asked him to check in and let us
know how he feels like that

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episode goes because it's as he
said, he's going to be

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publishing it soon.
All right, so let's dig in.

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Oh, I didn't have my mailbag
ready.

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Here, let me grab the mailbag
and grab this next piece of mail

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here.
OK so this actually comes from

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Reddit podcasting Reddit and the
title.

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How do you deal with hateful
comments on your episode?

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So this person says.
We've had a few negative

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comments here and there over the
years, but nothing that was

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downright nasty or hateful.
On a recent episode 1 YouTube

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troll posted 5 comments just
being incredibly nasty telling

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telling me how annoying and
horrible I am.

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I'm fake, pretentious, I add
nothing, no one cares about me.

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I'm the annoying person everyone
has always told me I am.

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Telling me F you saying that I
tricked him into listening on

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and on.
My social media manager told me

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that the comments actually help
engagement and not only should I

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leave them but respond.
So I gave him sweet sarcasm in

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response.
Now I know people deal with and

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this is him still continuing.
Now I know people deal with the

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with way worse on a daily basis.
This person is a small sad

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excuse for a human but it still
stings.

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How do you keep from letting the
negativity under your skin?

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It does make the inner critic
start to speak up and I hate

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feeling like this.
Ashley wants to chime in first.

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Go ahead, Ashley, and then we're
going to hear from Ralph and BC.

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As someone who's done a lot of
social media management and

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reviewed a lot of mean comments,
the first thing I want to say is

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it's not personal.
It really isn't.

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More often than not, when
they're making mean comments

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like that, it's about them and
they're looking for a way to

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just go be mean somewhere.
So remember, what you're doing

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is important and valuable and
everything that those people are

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saying are not true and they're
not personal.

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I totally agree with you.
Thank you, Ashley.

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I think that a lot of times the
hateful people and hateful

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comments when they're directing
them at you the way like this

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person described.
Yeah, I think what's happening

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is that those people are getting
triggered because they're seeing

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in you what they wish they had
in them.

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Think about that for a minute.
I really genuinely believe that.

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And I would encourage you to to
yeah, I would encourage you to

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test this out for yourself.
When somebody triggers you, stop

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and think about it for a second.
Look, we all get triggered by

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people.
I say that a little bit blanket

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statement, but I do believe that
at some point we all get

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triggered by other people and
stop and ask yourself, why is

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this person getting under my
skin?

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A lot of times if you really dig
deep, it's probably because

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you're seeing something in them
that you're having a hard time

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bringing out and embracing in
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OK, I'm going to go to Ralph
next and then BC.

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Go ahead, Ralph.
So one of the other worlds I

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live in is my daily podcast is a
religious based podcast.

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And so I get this almost on a
daily basis.

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And I remember when it first
happened, Mark, it was, it was

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shattering to me.
I was like, how could somebody

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say, I mean, they would make
comments about, you know, you

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eat, you ate the screen, you
know, you're terrible, we hate

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you and all this kind of thing.
And when you first get those

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comments, it's real easy to say,
oh, why am I doing this?

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Why am I doing this?
And I've taken 2 pieces of

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things that this is the advice
I'm going to give the same

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person.
Number one, if they make

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comments, that is a beautiful
thing because that's engagement

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and YouTube, all the other
platforms love engagement.

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So if you have some knucklehead
troll that's out there throwing

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you shade or giving you negative
comments, just thank them for

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the negative comments.
Second thing is those aren't

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your people.
That's the thing you really have

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to understand is this algorithm.
These things are serving up to

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people who aren't your people,
and your people are not going to

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respond the way that you would
think that they would respond.

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Your people will give you good
comments.

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So take those good comments,
take those positive comments,

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print them out, put them in
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long you can see the things that
are the reason that you do what

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you do.
I had that happen to me a couple

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weeks ago.
Somebody wrote me a glowing

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comment about how I changed
their financial dynamic in their

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family.
Dude, you couldn't have paid me

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for that.
That's posted right here on the

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wall in my studio.
So every time I walk past, I'm

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like, that's who I'm talking to
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Not the haters, not the trolls,
not the knuckleheads are just

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looking to get a get my get my
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So that's my big take away for
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Mark, thank you.
Thank you for letting me share

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that.
Yeah, thank you, Ralph.

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Great example and yeah, great
advice.

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Thank you very much.
And I'm going to keep it moving.

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Go to BC and then I think
Jonathan has something as well.

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Go ahead BC.
Yeah I had a similar issue

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earlier last year.
Random Sunday in March, I'm

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minding my business focusing on
school and I get 12

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notifications on TikTok.
Someone who posted on 12 of my

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videos.
Nasty crap.

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And funny enough, I knew this
person but I forgot they existed

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until they commented on my
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And I'm like thanks for the
engagement to Ralph's point.

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And now go figure out why your
mom doesn't love you.

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Not my problem.
Bye.

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I'm not super nice.
I I will feed the fire a little

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bit and that's my own detriment
sometimes.

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But I was just like this is not
worth my time.

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Go figure yourself out.
Make keep your problems in your

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corner, not mine.
Feeding the fire part, that

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could be actually, whether you
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because if you are feeding that
fire first, you better have

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thick skin because the most
likely if you're going to throw

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some stuff into that fire, that
fire is going to come back and

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burn even even brighter, right?
That that that troll is probably

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going to get triggered.
I know I'm using that word a lot

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today and probably respond, but
that's just it.

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You're getting them to respond.
You're creating more engagement

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that way, so you never know, but
I think I kind of do.

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It's similarly to what you guys
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For example, my first filter.
It's basically, is this actually

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useful feedback or is it just
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If there's something
constructive buried in it, I'll

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pause and see if there's a
lesson there.

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And if it's clearly a troll, I
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the time.
It is hard not to take it

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personally even if you know it's
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It's still they hit you where it
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Just much to like what
everyone's saying, it is

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engagement.
It does help the algorithm.

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It does help push it out even
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engagement builds.
The way I try to respond is to

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just be nice.
Thank you, you know, sorry you

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feel that way.
Maybe this show isn't meant to

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speak to you anyway.
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is by replying in kindness, I
think it shows those who may

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come across those comments.
It shows them really, who's the

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troll, who's the bad guy and
who's the good guy.

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Jonathan, did you want to add
something?

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Yeah, you guys hit most of most
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ignore it to do all the things
that you got to do.

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The only thing that I would say
is check on that comment and

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does it feel like it hits a vein
with you?

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And if it does, that's something
that you can probably improve

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upon on your show.
So if it feels like it just hits

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and that you know, it hits you
in the gut or it's pinching A

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vein, maybe that's something
that you have a your own problem

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with the show.
Just like they're they're

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reflecting themselves.
Sometimes we're reflecting

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ourselves when we in our
responses to that.

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So take it, accept it, and look
to see if there's something you

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can do about it to make your
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Great point.
And also Ralph makes another

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great point in the chat here
saying that also you can ask

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other people to comment.
And I know I've shared that

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before that strategy, my old
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if we would get a negative
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often, but we would certainly,
you know, as a popular podcast,

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you're going to get haters,
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And so when that happens,
whether it's in a review or a

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comment on a Facebook post,
Instagram post, what have you, I

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ask the audience to go and leave
comments.

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I don't necessarily, I'm not
necessarily saying go and

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respond to that person, but
instead just leave lots of

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comments so we can bury the -1
and usually my audience would

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respond really well to that.
They would go in droves and

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comment, comment, comment, and
before you know it, it's hard to

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find the -1.
Another great strategy.

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OK, does anyone else want to add
anything to this part of the

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conversation?
OK, so with that, let me get out

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another piece of mail here.
All right, this one is short and

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sweet.
It comes from Nate.

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Nate posted this in our Facebook
group, the Empowered Podcasting

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Facebook group.
By the way, I'm going to pause

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here real quick and tell you
that I feel like I know that

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this might be a little counter.
Well, here's my problem.

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Calling the Facebook group,
Empowered Podcasting, having

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this group here, Podcasting
Morning chat, it feels like a

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mixed message.
So I'm thinking about changing

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the name over at the Facebook
group to Podcasting Morning

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Chat.
I know that we do have an

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Empowered Podcasting conference
community.

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I think maybe that's a new group
to start or we can just welcome

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everybody into this one place.
I don't know.

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I'm still trying to figure it
out, but I need to get my

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branding synchronized.
It's been too long the way that

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I've been doing it and it's
confusing.

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But anyway, Nate post a very
short and sweet question and I

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want to also talk about some of
the comments that he got as

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well.
Nate says, when I start having

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guests on my podcast, should I
continue doing audio or try

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video?
This is an an interesting one

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because it is that something
that you do?

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Like if it's guess that means
up, I got to do video now.

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Like are there reasons to do
video like that?

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comes down to what your

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preferred format is.
If you're doing the production

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video adds a whole other layer
of the process.

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You know this, we all know this.
So and I mean, I would think

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just let your guest know what
the format is and you may even

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come across a guest if you want
to do video that they're not

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comfortable with that.
So you may have to figure that

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out too or they just may not be
your guest.

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I would also say if you want to,
because sometimes I see that

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audio podcasts will still have
video clips of special segments,

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but the full episode is still
just audio.

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So maybe there's a hodgepodge
idea there, but for the most

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part, it's your show, your
format.

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You decide what's easiest for
you all.

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Right, fair enough.
Thank you BC I'm going to go to

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Nick and then I'm going to check
in with Ashley.

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Go ahead, Nick.
My personal opinion is to record

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the video and I'm saying this,
I, I know I've talked about this

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in the past when I started my
show, my show was primarily

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audio, but every interview I
recorded video.

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And the reason I did that is
because I didn't want to get to

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episode 50 and realize, hey, I
want to get into video now and

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I'm starting from scratch on
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I am kind of like a content
hoarder.

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Where?
I if I can have the content, I

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want to have the content, even
if I'm not going to use it right

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now, I want to have it at my
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So eventually I ended up posting
like what BC was saying, just

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clips of the episode.
I wouldn't post a full like 60

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minute 45 minute interview
video.

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I would just post clips, like
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that's kind of what got me
started into the video side of

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things.
And I wouldn't have done that

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had I not had the video already
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So I say even if you're deciding
right now that you want to go

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audio only, that's all you're
going to release right now.

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Still record the video so you
have it, and you can always go

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back to it in the future if you
want.

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Yeah, I like that, right,
Because you could just save

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those files.
A year could go by, two years

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could go by.
Whenever you start to feel

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comfortable maybe getting into
the video, you've got it there

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now.
You've got plenty of content to

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work with.
I'm with you there, Nick.

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I think that's a great idea.
OK, I'm going to go to Ashley

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and then Sid wants to chime in
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Go ahead, Ashley.
So I would first start by

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determining if you want to do
video because you feel pressured

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to or because you really believe
that it's a way that your

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podcast will get further
discovered.

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Once you've done that, I would
still continue to record video

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if you haven't already, much to
Nick's point, because just

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because you record it doesn't
mean you have to use it

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immediately.
You can save it up for something

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else, and at very least you can
use those videos to make promos

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on social media.
I've always recorded on video,

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kind of like Nick.
I never published a video on

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YouTube.
I don't know, probably episode

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30 or so.
I don't remember.

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So we're audio first with the
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So don't feel the pressure to do
video.

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I mean, do what you feel is
congruent to you and to your

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show and to your brand.
But here's what I will say.

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I think that every podcast, even
if you're audio only, should be

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recorded on video because video
gives you the ability to have a

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more engaging conversation
because you can see the person,

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you can see and react to their
facial expressions, their body

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language.
And so it's so important to

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actually be on video when you're
recording, whether or not you

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ever post the video record on
video because it'll make up for

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a better audio conversation.
Yeah, I love that.

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There is something about
building the rapport, building

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chemistry by seeing the person
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I think that is so important.
And by the way, I love what Dave

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put in the chat here, he said.
I've been able to provide the

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video of past guests that have
now passed away.

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The family loved seeing their
loved ones again and that

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actually reminds me also.
Thank you for that, Dave.

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That reminds me also, Sid, you
had a similar situation with a

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guest, right, that you wanted on
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I and I think he passed away and
then you had his son on the

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show.
So I have two two instances like

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this.
I did a pre recording that I, I

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pre interviewed that I did not
record with a father and son.

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And before we could record the
episode with them talking about

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the transition of a family
business, he passed away.

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He had cancer and he though he
was already in the process.

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He, he was losing his life
already, but he did die a little

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bit suddenly.
So then that delayed the audio

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recording.
But I did have a really great

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conversation with the son.
So that's an opportunity that I

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missed there to be able to share
that with the family.

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But I didn't have the guest die
of pancreatic cancer very

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suddenly about a year after he's
upset.

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And I'm attempting to get in
touch with his wife to do

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exactly what I think whoever was
to said it to share the video so

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that his kids it's on YouTube
and it will be there.

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But I wanted to share the raw
video with his family for that

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very reason.
And I'm I'm attempting to get in

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touch with his wife for that,
for that purpose.

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Yeah, what a special gift in
those kinds of scenarios.

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Thankfully, I don't think they
happen that often, but what a

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gift to be able to provide
somebody.

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Yeah, just by doing what we
love, right?

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It's pretty powerful stuff.
Thank you for sharing that, Sid.

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And I'm going to go to Ralph.
Ralph, what do you got?

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I really have two things here.
Number one thing in BC mentioned

454
00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:45,400
this.
I think you need to make sure

455
00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:49,360
the person understands this is
going to be a video recording so

456
00:25:49,360 --> 00:25:51,280
they can get into hair and make
up like Ralph does.

457
00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:54,520
No, I'm, I'm being funny, but
this is all part of that pre

458
00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:57,200
interview thing that we talked
about week before last.

459
00:25:57,200 --> 00:26:00,440
And I just think you need to
have that conversation because

460
00:26:00,440 --> 00:26:03,240
you may deal with people who do
not want to be on video.

461
00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:06,320
They may have issues with social
media having their photos.

462
00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:08,480
I'll give you an example that my
son is in the Coast Guard.

463
00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:09,920
My oldest son is in the Coast
Guard.

464
00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:14,200
He has to be super careful about
where his image shows up because

465
00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:16,120
of operational security type
stuff.

466
00:26:16,120 --> 00:26:20,080
So just make sure you're saying
to them, hey, you should be

467
00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:23,040
doing that anyway on the audio
side, but I think it's even

468
00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:24,920
bigger to do that on the video
side.

469
00:26:24,920 --> 00:26:27,440
But then the second thing is
just talk about that during the

470
00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:29,040
pre interview.
Get an idea.

471
00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:32,360
Do they have the is it going to
be a good experience on video?

472
00:26:32,360 --> 00:26:35,440
Because unfortunately I've seen
some videos that are like, what

473
00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:37,800
were they recording through?
Did they have like mayonnaise on

474
00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:39,080
their camera or something like
that?

475
00:26:39,440 --> 00:26:43,320
And, and if your plan is this is
going to be a video release at

476
00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:45,920
the front end, that's where you
may have to step up your game a

477
00:26:45,920 --> 00:26:48,400
little bit and say to them, hey,
you're going to have to be on a

478
00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:49,760
webcam.
You're going to have to be.

479
00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:52,200
I mean, the iPhone is great.
You can even show them how to do

480
00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:54,280
that.
But just give them some coaching

481
00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:57,240
so that there's not a surprise
moment when they get into the

482
00:26:57,240 --> 00:26:59,200
interview.
So that that those are my two

483
00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:01,760
big takeaways, Mark.
Yeah, I love that.

484
00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:03,960
Thank you, Ralph.
Yeah.

485
00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:06,960
And I'm curious, did anyone else
have anything because there's AI

486
00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:09,320
want there's a Part 2 to this
that I want to get to.

487
00:27:09,320 --> 00:27:12,440
It's based on one of the
comments that that Nate had

488
00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:14,640
received, but I want to make
sure if anyone else wants to

489
00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:19,040
chime in.
OK, so one of the comments which

490
00:27:19,040 --> 00:27:21,640
I think in general, it's a it's
a great comment.

491
00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:24,640
I'm not calling this out because
I think there's a problem with

492
00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:26,640
it, but it did did make me
pause.

493
00:27:27,360 --> 00:27:30,240
OK, so this comes from a
community member.

494
00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:34,400
He actually first came into this
community in September when he

495
00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:36,640
joined us at the Empowered
Podcasting conference.

496
00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:40,840
His name is Mark and Mark's
response to Nate was stay with

497
00:27:40,840 --> 00:27:43,800
the audio only until you have
that down.

498
00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:47,880
Well, you don't want to add too
much to the learning curve and

499
00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:51,400
be overwhelmed.
So that's again, a thoughtful

500
00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:54,400
response.
And it's the reason why I pause

501
00:27:54,400 --> 00:28:01,120
now is because, well, twofold.
Is it a bad thing if you're new

502
00:28:01,120 --> 00:28:04,720
to the game of podcasting?
Is it a bad thing to just dive

503
00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:07,040
right into learning the
insurance and outs of video

504
00:28:07,040 --> 00:28:10,080
production because you're new to
the game?

505
00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:13,200
I was thinking it could make it
more challenging.

506
00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:15,760
Like if you're learning how to
do the audio and you get really

507
00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:20,000
comfortable with that, it is a
different beast to do the video

508
00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:22,800
editing.
Maybe it's a almost a

509
00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:26,640
disadvantage for some people to
start with the easier step.

510
00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:29,680
Just dive right into the video.
And, and the Part 2 to this is

511
00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:33,720
that video editing has gotten so
much easier these days.

512
00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:38,640
I mean, AI will practically do
it for you and it will do it for

513
00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:41,400
you, but you may just have to go
in and clean up some stuff a

514
00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:44,200
little bit.
But like it's almost now press a

515
00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:47,840
button and it's edited almost.
I'm wondering if maybe, again,

516
00:28:47,840 --> 00:28:50,800
great thoughtful advice, but
maybe it's starting to get

517
00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:52,680
outdated.
And I've been there too.

518
00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:55,800
I've given that advice.
So again, not a knock on Mark,

519
00:28:56,640 --> 00:28:59,480
but I feel like maybe that's
advice that we want to start

520
00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:01,440
rethinking.
So I'm curious what people think

521
00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:03,040
about that.
And I see several people want to

522
00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:05,160
chime in.
I think this is where you have

523
00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:09,720
to decide, are you an audio
first or video first show?

524
00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:12,760
If you're a video first show,
learn all the stuff.

525
00:29:13,160 --> 00:29:16,920
Invest in yourself and learn all
the on camera stuff you need to

526
00:29:16,920 --> 00:29:19,960
do, like hair and makeup, like
craft does, right?

527
00:29:19,960 --> 00:29:21,760
Learn all the editing and all
that.

528
00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:25,800
The best practices for doing a
awesome video show.

529
00:29:25,920 --> 00:29:28,680
If you're audio first show like
me, screw that.

530
00:29:28,680 --> 00:29:31,560
I'm not learning all that.
I'm just putting it out there

531
00:29:31,560 --> 00:29:33,000
because I've been asked to do
it.

532
00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:35,240
Our video channel is growing.
Don't get me wrong.

533
00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:39,040
We've had a huge increase in
subscribers and really, really

534
00:29:39,040 --> 00:29:43,160
small YouTube channel, OK.
But I'm not investing in trying

535
00:29:43,160 --> 00:29:46,760
to build that because that the
way that like Ralph's trying to

536
00:29:46,760 --> 00:29:49,800
build his because we are an
audio first program.

537
00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:53,080
So I think you got to decide
what you want to be and then

538
00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:55,720
lean into being the best at that
first.

539
00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:58,840
And once you feel like you've
really got that down, then you

540
00:29:58,840 --> 00:30:01,520
move to the next one.
Thank you, Sid.

541
00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:04,640
And I'm going to go to, I see
several of you want to chime in

542
00:30:04,840 --> 00:30:08,240
and Yvonne's joined on stage.
I like to go to our audience

543
00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:12,720
members first when they are kind
enough to come up and want to

544
00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:15,600
contribute to the conversation.
So Yvonne, good morning to you.

545
00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:16,880
What did you want to add to
this?

546
00:30:17,520 --> 00:30:23,120
Good morning and happy Friday.
You know, I started audio first

547
00:30:23,320 --> 00:30:26,960
because I was not comfortable
being on camera.

548
00:30:26,960 --> 00:30:33,480
It wasn't so much about the
editing and learning the video

549
00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:35,360
editing.
It may be a little bit, maybe a

550
00:30:35,360 --> 00:30:39,800
little bit the bear, the barrier
to entry felt a little bit lower

551
00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:44,240
for audio.
And really what needed to happen

552
00:30:44,240 --> 00:30:47,280
for me was I had to get
comfortable doing reels before I

553
00:30:47,280 --> 00:30:53,840
really wanted to go to video.
But I guess my take on this is

554
00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:59,000
do what you're called to do.
Start with what you have, where

555
00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:03,360
you are and try to get better as
you go, whatever that is.

556
00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:09,480
Like lean into what's calling
you in and where you're at and

557
00:31:09,480 --> 00:31:13,600
then expect to grow from there.
Like, you know, I'm still

558
00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:17,000
recording on Zoom.
My video is not the crispest,

559
00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:21,840
sharpest thing in the room, but
I'm doing it and I'm learning as

560
00:31:21,840 --> 00:31:24,200
I go and I'm and I'm thinking
about switching over to

561
00:31:24,200 --> 00:31:26,920
Riverside to get better on the
video.

562
00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:32,520
So start where you are and don't
stop yourself because you don't

563
00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:35,360
have the skills yet.
You'll get better as you go.

564
00:31:36,040 --> 00:31:39,640
Thank you, Yvonne.
And I see Jonathan has a similar

565
00:31:40,120 --> 00:31:43,080
response as you did, Jonathan
saying in the chat, know

566
00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:45,880
yourself and your energy first
and foremost.

567
00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:50,200
And Yvonne, you know, I'm
curious with your Zoom and you

568
00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:52,520
called out the fact that you're
still using it, that the quality

569
00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:55,640
isn't great.
And I mean, there are some

570
00:31:55,640 --> 00:31:59,680
things that you can do in Zoom
in the settings to get higher

571
00:31:59,680 --> 00:32:01,560
quality.
So I'm just curious, have you

572
00:32:01,560 --> 00:32:03,880
played with that or have you
just kind of assumed what it

573
00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:07,200
spits out is what you get?
Well, there's a lot of reasons.

574
00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:10,280
I'm, I want to move from Zoom.
It's complicated.

575
00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:13,200
Like I'm, I'm looking to get rid
of one more Subs.

576
00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:15,440
You know, I have so many
subscriptions now.

577
00:32:15,840 --> 00:32:20,440
So I'm in, I'm using the script
to edit and I'm thinking that

578
00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:24,680
Riverside can do both the
recording and the editing.

579
00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:27,640
And so I'm going to do a trial
run and see if I like the

580
00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:31,120
editing features in Riverside
and see if I like the recording

581
00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:34,040
features.
So one thing just to keep in

582
00:32:34,040 --> 00:32:37,440
mind is, again, there are
settings in Zoom that you can

583
00:32:37,440 --> 00:32:41,960
play with to improve the quality
and which would mean that maybe

584
00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:45,040
you wouldn't have to switch if
you're comfortable using Zoom.

585
00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:48,680
So if you need some instructions
just on how to improve the

586
00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:52,720
quality of Zoom, let me know and
I can send you that info just to

587
00:32:52,720 --> 00:32:54,760
give you all your options.
Yeah.

588
00:32:54,760 --> 00:32:56,200
Thank you so much.
That's awesome.

589
00:32:56,280 --> 00:32:58,520
Sure, Tide.
Did you have anything?

590
00:32:58,520 --> 00:33:00,280
Because I see you put something
in the chat.

591
00:33:00,280 --> 00:33:02,560
So I just wanted to see if you
wanted to chime in at all.

592
00:33:03,360 --> 00:33:08,040
I filmed a podcast episode last
night and I had seen a real

593
00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:11,560
posted by Buzz Sprout.
I think it was on the Zoom sound

594
00:33:11,560 --> 00:33:13,920
quality.
And that was something that Alex

595
00:33:13,920 --> 00:33:17,000
and I had spoke about in on
Clubhouse the other day.

596
00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:20,120
And I was having some really
like significant challenges with

597
00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:23,920
it because my mic was coming in
loud and clear and then other

598
00:33:23,920 --> 00:33:26,040
people's was not.
It was the whole thing.

599
00:33:26,320 --> 00:33:28,320
And so Alex gave me some great
tips.

600
00:33:28,320 --> 00:33:31,320
But then I saw the reel on Buzz
Sprout and I went into the

601
00:33:31,320 --> 00:33:34,120
settings and I did, I think it
was like 2 or three steps, the

602
00:33:34,240 --> 00:33:37,040
things that it told me to do.
So I went in and I did that and

603
00:33:37,040 --> 00:33:40,240
I filmed the episode last night
and this evening when I get home

604
00:33:40,240 --> 00:33:41,880
from work, I'm going to listen
to the recording.

605
00:33:41,880 --> 00:33:45,160
But I'm excited about the sound
quality potentially being

606
00:33:45,160 --> 00:33:47,600
better.
And then also I did on Buzz

607
00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:50,840
Sprout, I did enable the, I
think it's called the magic

608
00:33:50,840 --> 00:33:54,280
mastery feature that they have.
So I did enable that too.

609
00:33:54,280 --> 00:33:56,640
So I'm looking forward to seeing
or or hearing how it turns out

610
00:33:56,640 --> 00:33:58,840
because I'm audio only.
Awesome.

611
00:33:58,880 --> 00:33:59,440
Thank you.
Yeah.

612
00:33:59,440 --> 00:34:01,200
And please let us know how that
turned out.

613
00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:05,280
You can once it's available for
us to consume, let us know and

614
00:34:05,280 --> 00:34:07,680
we'll check it out as well.
Very cool, Thank you for

615
00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:09,040
sharing.
I'm going to jump the line for a

616
00:34:09,040 --> 00:34:11,760
second because Sid looks like he
wanted to respond to something

617
00:34:11,760 --> 00:34:14,040
as you were talking there Tide.
So go for it, Sid.

618
00:34:15,040 --> 00:34:16,280
Yeah.
Ladies and gentlemen, I just

619
00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:18,520
would like you to know that in
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620
00:34:18,520 --> 00:34:22,400
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621
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625
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626
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627
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628
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That for a mid roll ad.
That's a wonderful mid roll ad

629
00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:46,360
now.
Now you just gave me a little

630
00:34:46,360 --> 00:34:50,719
more work to do, but that's OK.
That's you proved a point and I

631
00:34:50,719 --> 00:34:54,960
think that's a really good
suggestion, subtle suggestion to

632
00:34:54,960 --> 00:34:58,560
me to do something like that.
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633
00:34:58,560 --> 00:35:01,240
instructions and put a link in
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634
00:35:01,240 --> 00:35:05,280
And yes, we will capture your
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635
00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:08,680
you we won't spam you.
All right, let me go down the

636
00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:10,960
line here, Ralph, what you got
for us?

637
00:35:11,520 --> 00:35:14,080
I just wanted to say one thing
here that we might be

638
00:35:14,080 --> 00:35:18,120
overthinking.
I released a video on YouTube

639
00:35:18,120 --> 00:35:22,240
that's gotten over 5 million
views and I recorded it in front

640
00:35:22,240 --> 00:35:24,880
of my office building on the
farm with my iPhone camera.

641
00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:29,360
I did 0 editing to it, so you
don't have to overthink this

642
00:35:29,440 --> 00:35:31,400
either.
One of the things that I'm

643
00:35:31,400 --> 00:35:35,160
seeing a lot more of is videos
that aren't super produced are

644
00:35:35,160 --> 00:35:38,080
doing better and getting more
views and getting more

645
00:35:38,080 --> 00:35:40,560
engagement than the ones that
are super produced.

646
00:35:40,560 --> 00:35:44,040
So don't feel like you've got to
have this team of video editors

647
00:35:44,160 --> 00:35:46,600
that's going to make this thing
look like the Evening News.

648
00:35:46,600 --> 00:35:50,320
You don't have to do that.
What I'm seeing, and it's my own

649
00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:51,760
thing.
I've got 5 million views on a

650
00:35:51,760 --> 00:35:53,960
particular video because I just
filmed it.

651
00:35:53,960 --> 00:35:56,960
I was wearing like overalls
working out on the farm and it

652
00:35:56,960 --> 00:35:59,600
just something that occurred to
me I wanted to say, and it

653
00:35:59,600 --> 00:36:02,120
wasn't wasn't fancy.
I just posted it.

654
00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:04,680
So you don't have to feel like
you've got to have this

655
00:36:04,680 --> 00:36:06,600
production team to go and do
that.

656
00:36:06,600 --> 00:36:08,080
Now you can hire a production
team.

657
00:36:08,080 --> 00:36:09,280
There are people out there that
do that.

658
00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:11,680
I actually have a production
team that does my stuff.

659
00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:15,360
And yeah, so you can do that,
but don't feel like that's an

660
00:36:15,360 --> 00:36:18,360
obstacle to getting that video
out there because you really

661
00:36:18,360 --> 00:36:20,360
don't have to do that.
Yep.

662
00:36:20,480 --> 00:36:22,760
Thank you, Ralph.
I'm going to keep it moving.

663
00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:27,320
Dr. What do you got for us?
Well, I think the hardest part

664
00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:31,080
is it's like the cheese stands
alone.

665
00:36:31,440 --> 00:36:35,520
You know, if you are audio 1st
and every single person around

666
00:36:35,520 --> 00:36:41,280
you is saying video, video,
video, it's hard to say no

667
00:36:41,440 --> 00:36:43,440
audio.
I really just want audio.

668
00:36:43,960 --> 00:36:49,480
So you just have to know
yourself, have strength, have, I

669
00:36:49,480 --> 00:36:53,200
guess the phrase is stand in
your truth.

670
00:36:53,880 --> 00:36:55,960
It sounds so esoteric when I'm
saying it.

671
00:36:56,000 --> 00:37:00,240
And also, you know, it's not
just about making a video.

672
00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:06,800
There is a whole strategy for
YouTube that I don't care to

673
00:37:06,800 --> 00:37:11,240
even approach.
So in my business, I have

674
00:37:11,240 --> 00:37:14,760
someone who does that.
I have someone who does that

675
00:37:15,160 --> 00:37:18,680
because I knew that I didn't
want to do that.

676
00:37:18,680 --> 00:37:23,000
And I'm talking about videos for
my clients and things for my

677
00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:28,520
clients, not me specifically.
You have to stand.

678
00:37:28,920 --> 00:37:33,520
Stand in your truth and know
what you want to concentrate on

679
00:37:33,520 --> 00:37:37,040
when it comes to strategy.
Yeah, I'm with you there.

680
00:37:37,040 --> 00:37:39,680
I wanted to do this when you
said something specific the.

681
00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:44,080
Mouse takes the cheese, the
mouse takes the cheese of the

682
00:37:44,120 --> 00:37:46,040
cheese.
I hold the dairy or the mouse.

683
00:37:47,800 --> 00:37:51,120
It didn't quite do the exact
lyrics I wanted, but that's OK.

684
00:37:51,560 --> 00:37:53,600
All right, let's go to BC and
then Alex.

685
00:37:53,600 --> 00:37:56,200
Go ahead BC.
Another thing to keep in mind

686
00:37:56,200 --> 00:37:57,520
too, it depends on your
background.

687
00:37:57,520 --> 00:38:01,200
I was I was lucky enough to come
into podcasting with a broadcast

688
00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:04,800
media undergrad, so I had been
messing with Adobe Creative

689
00:38:04,800 --> 00:38:07,080
Suite for several years going
into it.

690
00:38:07,080 --> 00:38:10,040
So I hopped into podcasting as a
video podcaster.

691
00:38:10,400 --> 00:38:14,680
And even though I'm I'll be the
first one to mention to people

692
00:38:15,600 --> 00:38:18,880
without that background, video
adds a whole other layer to the

693
00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:21,000
process.
If you're producing, consider

694
00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:23,520
that part of it.
But I've also been doing it for

695
00:38:23,960 --> 00:38:26,520
20 years.
So if you have a constant

696
00:38:26,520 --> 00:38:29,000
creation background, you might
be able to hop in and find that

697
00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:32,160
video podcasting is for you
because of what you've been

698
00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:34,000
dedicating yourself to
previously.

699
00:38:34,280 --> 00:38:38,600
A lot easier than typical.
Thank you BC let me check in

700
00:38:38,600 --> 00:38:40,800
with Alex and we got to get to
wins from the week.

701
00:38:40,800 --> 00:38:43,080
So Alex, I'm going to probably
give you the final word.

702
00:38:43,080 --> 00:38:45,840
Go for it.
I think this is all a new point

703
00:38:45,840 --> 00:38:49,920
because if you look at the
stage, this is a lot of seasoned

704
00:38:50,120 --> 00:38:55,280
people and I think people coming
up are used to video in their

705
00:38:55,280 --> 00:38:58,160
daily life.
And it's not that audio is going

706
00:38:58,160 --> 00:39:01,520
to go away, because it's not.
I think people are just going to

707
00:39:01,520 --> 00:39:06,080
be recording in video more than
ever and then they're going to

708
00:39:06,080 --> 00:39:07,880
either use it or they're not
going to use it.

709
00:39:08,040 --> 00:39:09,520
And I think that's the main
thing.

710
00:39:09,800 --> 00:39:11,680
But I know Ashley did have her
hand raised.

711
00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:13,880
That's the only reason why.
Yeah, I think Ashley has a quick

712
00:39:13,880 --> 00:39:15,480
editing tip.
Go ahead, Ashley.

713
00:39:16,160 --> 00:39:18,960
Yeah, I just wanted to say, I
know Descript does this, but I

714
00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:23,480
believe Cap Cut and maybe even
Final Cut Pro do this is you can

715
00:39:23,480 --> 00:39:26,880
actually merge.
Like for example, if you record

716
00:39:26,880 --> 00:39:30,560
your audio on a separate device
from your video, which really

717
00:39:30,560 --> 00:39:35,480
would be ideal, you can join
your audio and video clips

718
00:39:35,480 --> 00:39:40,160
together and edit them as if
they were one, meaning that

719
00:39:40,160 --> 00:39:43,520
they're all one thing.
What happens in the audio

720
00:39:43,760 --> 00:39:46,680
happens in the video and they
don't fall out of sync.

721
00:39:47,240 --> 00:39:48,840
Yeah, but it's the script.
Who cares?

722
00:39:50,320 --> 00:39:55,160
Alex, not a fan of the script.
Thank you Ashley, great tip.

723
00:39:58,960 --> 00:40:02,640
It's time for wins from the week
and Dr. looks very distraught

724
00:40:02,640 --> 00:40:08,800
all of a sudden unprepared.
Dr. is very distraught right

725
00:40:08,800 --> 00:40:11,720
now.
All right, fine.

726
00:40:11,720 --> 00:40:15,520
DRI won't go to you first even
though I know pre show Sid has

727
00:40:15,520 --> 00:40:18,720
suggested we do.
You had enough time but I guess

728
00:40:18,720 --> 00:40:19,640
you forgot.
That's OK.

729
00:40:22,040 --> 00:40:24,160
All right, so here's what we'll
do.

730
00:40:24,160 --> 00:40:26,800
You know what, I'm going to
start today and then we'll go

731
00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:29,600
down the line and let me first
encourage you, if you're in the

732
00:40:29,600 --> 00:40:32,360
audience, come up, come share
any win.

733
00:40:32,360 --> 00:40:36,760
We don't care if you think it's
a small win, it's a win and it

734
00:40:36,760 --> 00:40:39,600
deserves to be celebrated.
So anything, even if it's just

735
00:40:39,600 --> 00:40:43,280
that you got out of bed every
day this week and started your

736
00:40:43,280 --> 00:40:47,080
day and made made it happen as
best you could, we'll take that

737
00:40:47,080 --> 00:40:48,960
as a win and celebrate that with
you.

738
00:40:48,960 --> 00:40:54,720
So bring it my win for this
week, although I do have several

739
00:40:54,720 --> 00:40:59,640
I'll share 21 is that I started
and I shared this earlier maybe

740
00:40:59,640 --> 00:41:03,320
yesterday, started working with
Ralph this week on getting my

741
00:41:03,320 --> 00:41:07,120
business and my business
finances in order so I can take

742
00:41:07,120 --> 00:41:11,200
it to it being the business to
another level.

743
00:41:11,760 --> 00:41:16,840
It's time to level up and I feel
like especially after this past

744
00:41:16,840 --> 00:41:21,120
year dealing with ADHD and no
medication and struggling

745
00:41:21,160 --> 00:41:24,560
through that, I got to step
things up now.

746
00:41:24,560 --> 00:41:28,320
And Ralph has been wonderful
already to work with and I'll

747
00:41:28,320 --> 00:41:32,360
explain one of the reasons why
with my second win.

748
00:41:32,960 --> 00:41:36,760
I had a couple days ago a
discovery call with a very

749
00:41:36,760 --> 00:41:40,960
established podcaster who hosts
most multiple shows.

750
00:41:41,600 --> 00:41:45,360
One of them has done literally
millions of downloads and he's

751
00:41:45,360 --> 00:41:49,040
built a massive online community
in his niche, which

752
00:41:49,040 --> 00:41:53,280
coincidentally is ADHD and
autism.

753
00:41:53,800 --> 00:41:57,360
He came to me because even at
that level, he felt like his

754
00:41:57,360 --> 00:42:00,600
podcast wasn't fully aligned
with the rest of his business

755
00:42:00,600 --> 00:42:03,320
and he wanted to grow it in a
more intentional way.

756
00:42:04,200 --> 00:42:08,880
So after the call, instead of
defaulting to my usual coaching

757
00:42:08,880 --> 00:42:12,640
package that Ioffer to
podcasters to help them with

758
00:42:12,640 --> 00:42:16,240
whatever area of podcasting
they're looking to improve or

759
00:42:16,240 --> 00:42:19,960
grow, I instead of going with
that coaching package, I

760
00:42:20,120 --> 00:42:24,720
eventually trusted my expertise,
my experience, and proposed an

761
00:42:24,720 --> 00:42:28,800
ongoing consulting partnership
that matched the actual scope of

762
00:42:28,800 --> 00:42:31,760
what this particular client
needed.

763
00:42:32,640 --> 00:42:35,840
And that's thanks to the
encouragement of both my wife

764
00:42:35,840 --> 00:42:39,400
and Ralph.
I should say I tend to sell

765
00:42:39,400 --> 00:42:44,560
myself short when it comes to
charging a client based on what

766
00:42:44,560 --> 00:42:49,320
I believe is my value.
I tend not to value my expertise

767
00:42:49,320 --> 00:42:54,040
and my services highly enough.
But after talking that through

768
00:42:54,040 --> 00:43:00,040
with my wife, with Ralph, I sent
the e-mail with this revised

769
00:43:00,040 --> 00:43:03,400
approach.
And yes, I definitely

770
00:43:03,400 --> 00:43:07,120
experienced moments of nerves,
hesitated to press that send

771
00:43:07,120 --> 00:43:12,440
button, but ultimately I did.
And within I'd say 12 hours, he

772
00:43:12,440 --> 00:43:15,560
accepted immediately without any
hesitation.

773
00:43:16,320 --> 00:43:20,400
So my win this week is trusting
my value, not negotiating

774
00:43:20,400 --> 00:43:24,480
against myself, and remembering
that even very successful

775
00:43:24,480 --> 00:43:29,480
creators still want clarity,
partnership and support.

776
00:43:30,160 --> 00:43:33,040
And I am thrilled because I do
feel like I've been in somewhat

777
00:43:33,040 --> 00:43:35,360
of a dry spell with new
business.

778
00:43:35,560 --> 00:43:39,760
And what a what a great way to
break that streak with something

779
00:43:39,760 --> 00:43:43,560
that feels very significant,
very exciting to be a part of.

780
00:43:43,800 --> 00:43:46,920
So that's my win.
All right, now I'm going to go

781
00:43:46,920 --> 00:43:50,720
down the line.
I see plenty of people in the

782
00:43:50,720 --> 00:43:53,920
audience, but nobody heeding the
call to come up here.

783
00:43:54,400 --> 00:43:55,880
So I'm going to encourage you
again.

784
00:43:55,880 --> 00:43:57,320
Come on up.
Let's share.

785
00:43:58,120 --> 00:44:01,760
Thank you, Tim.
Appreciate you bringing you up

786
00:44:01,760 --> 00:44:03,160
right now.
I'll start.

787
00:44:03,160 --> 00:44:05,400
Yeah, There you go.
So let's start with Tim and then

788
00:44:05,400 --> 00:44:07,760
we'll go to Yvonne and then
we'll hear from the rest of the

789
00:44:07,760 --> 00:44:09,080
crew.
Tim, good morning.

790
00:44:09,080 --> 00:44:10,840
Please share a win or two with
us.

791
00:44:11,840 --> 00:44:15,800
My win today is literally the
reason I was late today.

792
00:44:15,920 --> 00:44:18,360
Echocardiogram.
I'm fine.

793
00:44:18,560 --> 00:44:22,880
But it's just proof that I do
have a heart health is doing

794
00:44:22,880 --> 00:44:24,720
great.
So that's my win for today.

795
00:44:24,720 --> 00:44:28,680
I know it's not anything to do
with podcasting, but it allows

796
00:44:28,680 --> 00:44:33,720
me to make sure that I can be in
top condition for Empowered

797
00:44:33,720 --> 00:44:36,440
Podcasting conference in August.
Of this year.

798
00:44:36,560 --> 00:44:39,120
Thank you, Tim.
And glad you're healthy.

799
00:44:39,120 --> 00:44:41,960
Congratulations on a good
result.

800
00:44:42,280 --> 00:44:45,080
And yeah, that's OK that it's
not a podcasting win

801
00:44:45,080 --> 00:44:47,760
specifically.
You're a podcaster and you're

802
00:44:47,760 --> 00:44:50,400
part of this community.
Yes, Dr. OK.

803
00:44:50,560 --> 00:44:54,320
Someone yesterday, because we
were talking about Empowered

804
00:44:54,320 --> 00:45:00,880
Podcasting conference for 2026,
Someone yesterday asked when can

805
00:45:00,880 --> 00:45:04,120
you put in for a speaker
position?

806
00:45:04,120 --> 00:45:06,560
Yeah.
Yeah, that was actually me.

807
00:45:07,600 --> 00:45:09,400
Oh, OK, there you go.
So it was Tim.

808
00:45:09,600 --> 00:45:14,760
We are having weekly meetings
and we just had one on Wednesday

809
00:45:14,960 --> 00:45:18,680
and we decided it will be
sometime in March, so stay

810
00:45:18,680 --> 00:45:20,760
tuned.
Sometime in March, that's when

811
00:45:20,760 --> 00:45:23,520
we will start accepting speaker
applications.

812
00:45:23,520 --> 00:45:27,120
We'll tell you when and where
and to be continued.

813
00:45:27,120 --> 00:45:30,640
So yeah, thank you for bringing
that up, Dr. All right, I'm

814
00:45:30,640 --> 00:45:33,640
going to go to Yvonne and then
Ralph, you're on deck.

815
00:45:33,720 --> 00:45:35,320
Go ahead, Yvonne.
Share a win with us.

816
00:45:35,320 --> 00:45:37,880
I.
Have to say it's on the side of

817
00:45:37,920 --> 00:45:39,520
you know, I got out of bed this
week.

818
00:45:39,520 --> 00:45:42,840
There is definitely some
challenging things going on

819
00:45:42,960 --> 00:45:47,280
Personally, I lost a good a good
friend this week passed away.

820
00:45:47,640 --> 00:45:53,840
But on the upside of that, this
week was filled with deep, rich

821
00:45:53,840 --> 00:45:59,640
conversations with old friends
and people who are going to be

822
00:45:59,640 --> 00:46:05,840
guests on the podcast, where the
Just the Discovery call was rich

823
00:46:05,840 --> 00:46:09,000
and deep and very proud of this
week's episode.

824
00:46:09,000 --> 00:46:12,800
And it's been about human
connection this week.

825
00:46:12,800 --> 00:46:17,040
That's what my win has been.
Congratulations on your win.

826
00:46:17,040 --> 00:46:19,760
And I think, yeah, human
connection, especially when you

827
00:46:20,200 --> 00:46:23,720
lose somebody close to you, I
think human connection is the

828
00:46:23,720 --> 00:46:27,120
best medicine dealing with the
grief.

829
00:46:27,120 --> 00:46:31,120
So I'm I'm glad you got that
love and support and made those

830
00:46:31,120 --> 00:46:32,880
great connections at the same
time.

831
00:46:32,880 --> 00:46:34,520
Yvonne, thank you for sharing
that.

832
00:46:34,520 --> 00:46:37,120
I appreciate it.
All right, Ralph, you're up.

833
00:46:37,480 --> 00:46:41,640
Please share some wins with us.
So my win of the week is Mark's

834
00:46:41,640 --> 00:46:44,080
win of the week.
And I'm going to, I'm going to,

835
00:46:44,120 --> 00:46:45,880
I'm going to frame it a little
differently because there's two

836
00:46:45,880 --> 00:46:48,840
components to this.
Number one is I found it a win

837
00:46:48,840 --> 00:46:52,480
that Mark and I have built up a
level of trust because one of

838
00:46:52,480 --> 00:46:55,280
the things if you do coaching,
if you do trying to help people,

839
00:46:55,280 --> 00:46:58,480
the first thing you've got to do
is build up trust.

840
00:46:59,080 --> 00:47:02,440
And so Mark, I just want to say
awesome job, dude.

841
00:47:03,240 --> 00:47:06,000
You and I have developed a trust
relationship, which is just

842
00:47:06,000 --> 00:47:08,320
fantastic.
The other thing of this is at

843
00:47:08,320 --> 00:47:11,320
the end of the call, I asked
Mark for some feedback.

844
00:47:11,320 --> 00:47:13,640
I said to Mark, I said I would
like you to give me some

845
00:47:13,640 --> 00:47:18,280
feedback and I was put my own
vulnerability out there because

846
00:47:18,280 --> 00:47:20,640
Mark had been vulnerable with me
and I had to return the favor.

847
00:47:20,640 --> 00:47:22,960
And he said something.
I said what was one thing you

848
00:47:22,960 --> 00:47:24,960
could work on and he told me
something I could work on.

849
00:47:25,520 --> 00:47:30,360
And Mark, you don't even know
this, but you made a huge impact

850
00:47:30,360 --> 00:47:34,560
on me because you said something
about how I always clarify Tran

851
00:47:34,760 --> 00:47:38,040
things before I say them.
And I went back and asked some

852
00:47:38,040 --> 00:47:40,120
other people and I'm like, crap,
you do that all the time.

853
00:47:40,360 --> 00:47:42,160
And they said you don't have to
do that.

854
00:47:42,520 --> 00:47:46,000
And Mark, that was huge for me.
Major win for me.

855
00:47:46,160 --> 00:47:49,600
So thank you so much for
trusting me #1 to help you with

856
00:47:49,600 --> 00:47:51,760
your business and secondarily
for you.

857
00:47:51,760 --> 00:47:54,920
And I haven't built a really
cool friendship to where we have

858
00:47:54,920 --> 00:47:57,280
this trust with each other that
you can say something to me that

859
00:47:57,440 --> 00:48:00,240
might have been hard to say, but
I just want to say thank you for

860
00:48:00,240 --> 00:48:01,760
saying it.
Mark you, thank you so much.

861
00:48:02,040 --> 00:48:03,800
You're welcome and thank you for
sharing that.

862
00:48:03,800 --> 00:48:06,560
And would you would you be open
to me getting a little more

863
00:48:06,560 --> 00:48:09,760
specific to that feedback so
people understand what you were

864
00:48:09,760 --> 00:48:10,400
saying?
OK.

865
00:48:11,080 --> 00:48:13,800
So, yeah, the feedback that I
had for Ralph is I had been

866
00:48:13,800 --> 00:48:16,320
noticing more so in our private
conversations.

867
00:48:16,320 --> 00:48:20,080
But sometimes even here on the
the morning chat, I, I noticed

868
00:48:20,080 --> 00:48:23,440
that sometimes Ralph will like
to preface what he's going to

869
00:48:23,440 --> 00:48:26,840
say by saying I don't mean this
in a negative way.

870
00:48:26,840 --> 00:48:30,320
Now, he says that in a variety
of ways, but he often starts by

871
00:48:30,320 --> 00:48:33,640
saying, I don't mean this to be
offensive.

872
00:48:33,640 --> 00:48:35,440
I don't mean this to hurt your
feelings.

873
00:48:35,440 --> 00:48:38,400
This isn't going to sound like
it, you know, don't take this

874
00:48:38,400 --> 00:48:41,840
the way it's going to sound.
And my advice to him was to try

875
00:48:41,840 --> 00:48:45,240
to pull back on that because
even though the intention is

876
00:48:45,240 --> 00:48:49,920
pure, you're planting a seed of
negativity.

877
00:48:50,040 --> 00:48:53,080
You're basically saying, don't
think of a white elephant,

878
00:48:54,080 --> 00:48:55,560
right?
And that what you can't help but

879
00:48:55,560 --> 00:48:57,080
think of a white elephant,
right?

880
00:48:57,080 --> 00:49:02,120
So when you say don't take this
negative negatively that, that

881
00:49:02,120 --> 00:49:04,760
you're, you're setting up the
person to think, oh, this is

882
00:49:04,760 --> 00:49:07,640
going to be maybe perceived as
negative.

883
00:49:08,560 --> 00:49:12,840
So instead, either don't lead at
all with that or maybe find a

884
00:49:12,840 --> 00:49:16,800
way to say it more positively.
There's a time and place for

885
00:49:16,800 --> 00:49:17,920
that.
Sometimes I think that's

886
00:49:17,920 --> 00:49:20,600
appropriate, right?
But I, I was just noticing that

887
00:49:20,800 --> 00:49:23,840
a little too much from Ralph and
I thought that would be helpful.

888
00:49:23,840 --> 00:49:25,680
And since he asked for feedback,
I gave it to him.

889
00:49:26,160 --> 00:49:27,520
So I'm glad that was helpful,
Ralph.

890
00:49:27,920 --> 00:49:30,200
Yeah, and Mark, it was super
helpful because it made me go

891
00:49:30,200 --> 00:49:33,800
and examine why I do that.
And that opened up some things

892
00:49:33,800 --> 00:49:35,600
that I'm going to have to that
I'm going to have to deal with.

893
00:49:35,600 --> 00:49:39,000
But Mark, because you said that
to me, I could have turned it

894
00:49:39,000 --> 00:49:39,800
off.
I just said, well, this guy

895
00:49:39,800 --> 00:49:42,520
doesn't always talking about I,
I don't want to hear that, but I

896
00:49:42,520 --> 00:49:45,160
was willing to hear it.
And so Mark, congratulations,

897
00:49:45,160 --> 00:49:47,400
Joel Ren, and thank you for
giving me one as well.

898
00:49:47,400 --> 00:49:49,160
Dude, I really appreciate.
It you're welcome, Ralph.

899
00:49:49,480 --> 00:49:50,960
All right, I'm going to keep
things moving.

900
00:49:50,960 --> 00:49:53,280
Go to Ashley.
Ashley, you want to share wins

901
00:49:53,280 --> 00:49:56,000
with us?
Absolutely and I'm really proud

902
00:49:56,000 --> 00:49:57,880
of this.
This is going to sound kind of

903
00:49:57,880 --> 00:50:01,560
different.
I've gone one week with decaf

904
00:50:01,600 --> 00:50:06,080
only coffee.
Caffeine has been a huge crutch

905
00:50:06,080 --> 00:50:10,240
in my life since I was about 12
years old and I'm middle-aged

906
00:50:10,240 --> 00:50:12,600
now.
Said to have gone a whole week

907
00:50:12,600 --> 00:50:15,560
and gotten all the things done
and actually maybe have even

908
00:50:15,560 --> 00:50:19,600
been a little more productive is
that's really big for me.

909
00:50:20,320 --> 00:50:24,120
My other win is I had an in
person discovery call with a

910
00:50:24,120 --> 00:50:26,800
lady named Marianne.
She's a singer-songwriter and a

911
00:50:26,800 --> 00:50:30,320
musician.
She's about 70 years old and she

912
00:50:30,320 --> 00:50:32,560
had a large music void in her
life.

913
00:50:32,840 --> 00:50:36,240
But now she wants to get back
into playing festivals, house

914
00:50:36,240 --> 00:50:39,200
concerts, dinner gigs, those
kinds of things.

915
00:50:39,840 --> 00:50:43,880
And she had seen a post I made
about electronic press kit

916
00:50:44,160 --> 00:50:46,080
assembling.
And that's one of the things I

917
00:50:46,080 --> 00:50:49,240
do.
And she contacted me and we met.

918
00:50:49,240 --> 00:50:52,760
And those meetings, I do those,
you know, just those as a

919
00:50:52,760 --> 00:50:54,920
courtesy to see if people are
interested.

920
00:50:55,440 --> 00:50:58,160
I was not expecting that.
She gave me a $50 tip.

921
00:50:58,160 --> 00:51:01,120
So that's another win.
Yeah, congratulations on both

922
00:51:01,200 --> 00:51:03,400
those wins.
Hey Ashley, how's your partner

923
00:51:03,400 --> 00:51:05,200
doing?
He's OK.

924
00:51:05,480 --> 00:51:08,120
The reason I ask is you went off
of caffeine.

925
00:51:08,120 --> 00:51:11,240
I just want to make sure that
I'm just doing a safe, well

926
00:51:11,240 --> 00:51:14,400
chat.
I was wondering where you're

927
00:51:14,400 --> 00:51:15,600
going with that.
Now I get it.

928
00:51:17,360 --> 00:51:19,080
Yeah.
Congratulations Ashley.

929
00:51:19,080 --> 00:51:22,880
I know it's not easy for many of
us to get off the caffeine,

930
00:51:22,880 --> 00:51:25,080
especially that coffee in the
morning.

931
00:51:25,080 --> 00:51:27,880
But yeah, the decaf I guess
serve its purpose.

932
00:51:27,880 --> 00:51:30,920
But yeah, it doesn't give you
the energy like the caffeinated

933
00:51:30,920 --> 00:51:32,600
one does.
So kudos to you.

934
00:51:32,600 --> 00:51:36,120
And very cool story about that
older musician.

935
00:51:36,200 --> 00:51:39,480
Very cool.
Thank you Ashley BC you are up.

936
00:51:40,320 --> 00:51:43,400
Yes, so great news.
Got my final grades back and I

937
00:51:43,400 --> 00:51:46,520
passed everything.
So your boys officially a

938
00:51:46,520 --> 00:51:49,160
Masters of Science in digital
Marketing and I'll be getting my

939
00:51:49,160 --> 00:51:51,280
diploma here in the next few
weeks.

940
00:51:51,280 --> 00:51:53,640
Congratulations.
Very excited to bring that to

941
00:51:53,640 --> 00:51:56,480
whomever is smart enough to hire
me in the future, and we'll see

942
00:51:56,480 --> 00:51:58,680
what happens here going on soon.
Awesome.

943
00:51:58,680 --> 00:52:02,720
Get a job.
Yeah, I think he's ready.

944
00:52:04,120 --> 00:52:08,320
Congratulations, BC Love that.
All right, Dr., You better have

945
00:52:08,320 --> 00:52:14,840
one for us.
I woke up on time and I did my

946
00:52:14,840 --> 00:52:22,680
blueberries and my Grape Nuts in
the morning and I'm I'm regular.

947
00:52:26,640 --> 00:52:31,320
Wow, congratulations on that.
All three of those wins.

948
00:52:31,480 --> 00:52:35,560
That is fantastic.
I'm so glad you're regular Dr.

949
00:52:37,200 --> 00:52:39,600
So glad we're flowing here today
at the morning chat.

950
00:52:39,600 --> 00:52:42,560
Yes, we are all right.
We will keep it moving.

951
00:52:42,560 --> 00:52:46,400
Congratulations Dr. and Sid,
what do you got for us?

952
00:52:46,880 --> 00:52:48,840
Not really sure how I follow
that mark.

953
00:52:49,280 --> 00:52:51,360
No one can.
So I have two wins of the week.

954
00:52:51,360 --> 00:52:55,320
First off, just we are ahead and
it feels really good.

955
00:52:55,320 --> 00:52:58,000
We've got lots of recordings
done, but we have all the rest

956
00:52:58,000 --> 00:53:00,280
of the episodes for the month of
February because we're on a new

957
00:53:00,280 --> 00:53:01,560
schedule.
We're on a weekly schedule

958
00:53:01,560 --> 00:53:03,920
rather than a bi monthly
schedule or bi weekly schedule,

959
00:53:03,920 --> 00:53:06,160
sorry, whatever it's called
every other week.

960
00:53:06,560 --> 00:53:09,080
So we got all the episodes,
they're processed, they're done,

961
00:53:09,080 --> 00:53:11,280
they're loaded and buzzed route
ready to go, which gives my

962
00:53:11,280 --> 00:53:15,200
marketing person the opportunity
to get ahead and get emails

963
00:53:15,200 --> 00:53:17,840
created and blogs created and
social media assets done.

964
00:53:17,840 --> 00:53:20,400
So it feels really good to
finally be ahead.

965
00:53:20,400 --> 00:53:23,720
We made it through the 1st week
of publishing the first episode

966
00:53:23,720 --> 00:53:25,880
of season 7 with lots of great
feedback.

967
00:53:25,880 --> 00:53:29,000
So you know, that's really good.
So feeling great about where

968
00:53:29,000 --> 00:53:30,680
we're headed there.
And then my second win for the

969
00:53:30,680 --> 00:53:34,960
week is, you know, I have a big
birthday coming up and I've been

970
00:53:34,960 --> 00:53:37,600
dealing with a little bit of
high blood pressure, which I

971
00:53:37,600 --> 00:53:39,840
have no symptoms of.
But I've been going to the

972
00:53:39,840 --> 00:53:42,880
doctor and having blood work
done and all this work done.

973
00:53:42,880 --> 00:53:48,360
And I went for a review of the,
all the, the labs yesterday and

974
00:53:48,600 --> 00:53:50,360
basically said, I don't have
anything to tell you.

975
00:53:51,600 --> 00:53:52,840
I'm not really sure what's
causing your high blood

976
00:53:52,840 --> 00:53:54,360
pressure.
We're going to keep looking to

977
00:53:54,360 --> 00:53:56,440
find it.
But the rest of it like, you're,

978
00:53:56,440 --> 00:53:58,680
dude, you're super healthy and
you're in a great place.

979
00:53:58,680 --> 00:54:02,360
And so that actually felt really
good to, you know, get that kind

980
00:54:02,360 --> 00:54:06,640
of report from the doctor as I
approach this big milestone

981
00:54:06,640 --> 00:54:10,080
birthday.
I'm surprised at turning 30 that

982
00:54:10,080 --> 00:54:12,120
you have high blood pressure
already said.

983
00:54:12,800 --> 00:54:15,800
I wish I was 3030.
Oh my God.

984
00:54:16,040 --> 00:54:17,760
It's really weird though.
I went to the doctor and they

985
00:54:17,760 --> 00:54:20,120
took it and it was high.
And then I went to the dentist

986
00:54:20,120 --> 00:54:21,200
and they took it and it was
high.

987
00:54:21,200 --> 00:54:22,680
And I'm like, OK, I need to
track it.

988
00:54:22,680 --> 00:54:25,840
So my wife bought me a machine
and I've been tracking it and I

989
00:54:25,840 --> 00:54:28,200
switched from the right arm to
the left arm and tracking it and

990
00:54:28,200 --> 00:54:32,000
damn, it's still running high.
And they don't know exactly why.

991
00:54:32,000 --> 00:54:35,080
My kidneys look great.
My liver panel looks great.

992
00:54:35,080 --> 00:54:38,080
So they're going to give me a
test for sleep apnea because

993
00:54:38,080 --> 00:54:40,120
that has the opportunity to
impact your blood pressure.

994
00:54:40,120 --> 00:54:42,960
So we'll see.
But All in all, you know,

995
00:54:42,960 --> 00:54:46,480
they're trying to figure out the
cause of my high blood pressure

996
00:54:46,480 --> 00:54:49,200
to treat the cause rather than
the symptom, which I really

997
00:54:49,200 --> 00:54:51,520
appreciate because, you know,
once you go on high blood

998
00:54:51,520 --> 00:54:53,920
pressure medicine, it takes a
while to get off of it.

999
00:54:53,920 --> 00:54:57,040
So hopefully we can avoid that.
But you know, it still feels

1000
00:54:57,040 --> 00:55:02,960
really good to, you know, at
this milestone get a really good

1001
00:55:02,960 --> 00:55:04,960
clean bill of help from the
doctor, so.

1002
00:55:05,240 --> 00:55:08,640
So I also would highly recommend
as somebody who's been dealing

1003
00:55:08,640 --> 00:55:12,520
with high blood pressure, I
would recommend working with a

1004
00:55:12,520 --> 00:55:16,480
holistic nutritionist.
It's really, it did wonders for

1005
00:55:16,480 --> 00:55:18,120
me.
I mean, my blood pressure isn't

1006
00:55:18,120 --> 00:55:21,080
perfect, but it's certainly has
gone down considerably.

1007
00:55:21,560 --> 00:55:25,160
And sometimes supplements and
diet can be make all the

1008
00:55:25,160 --> 00:55:27,160
difference when it comes to high
blood pressure.

1009
00:55:27,160 --> 00:55:30,760
So I would recommend that.
All right, Alex, once again,

1010
00:55:30,760 --> 00:55:33,360
final word, you're going to wrap
us up with wins from the week.

1011
00:55:33,960 --> 00:55:38,080
Now that we got done the
nutrition corner between Dr. and

1012
00:55:38,080 --> 00:55:41,720
Sid and you, I had actually
three kind of wins this week.

1013
00:55:41,720 --> 00:55:46,520
I popped into the clubhouse on a
non powering podcasting room,

1014
00:55:46,520 --> 00:55:47,760
which I haven't done in a long
time.

1015
00:55:48,040 --> 00:55:50,760
And I was talking to Tide and we
had a really great conversation

1016
00:55:50,760 --> 00:55:53,920
about podcasting and we were
talking to a bunch of people

1017
00:55:53,920 --> 00:55:58,680
about just this, this room and
people like they still didn't

1018
00:55:58,680 --> 00:56:00,960
even know we exist, which I
think is really kind of

1019
00:56:01,080 --> 00:56:05,000
interesting in the sense of, you
know, people have their whatever

1020
00:56:05,360 --> 00:56:08,200
they do and, and we got a chance
to talk about editing and

1021
00:56:08,200 --> 00:56:10,720
everything else.
But my other two wins have to do

1022
00:56:10,720 --> 00:56:14,040
with people in this community. 1
I had a great conversation with

1023
00:56:14,040 --> 00:56:16,480
Ralph and we're, we might be
doing some business together.

1024
00:56:16,720 --> 00:56:22,400
And then I had a chance to speak
with Amanda for about an hour

1025
00:56:22,400 --> 00:56:25,840
and a half and she's amazing.
She's doing well, the chickens

1026
00:56:25,840 --> 00:56:30,240
are doing great.
And she just really gave me some

1027
00:56:30,240 --> 00:56:33,680
great advice, both business as
well as content creation.

1028
00:56:34,120 --> 00:56:37,120
And it was just great to hear
her voice and her perspective.

1029
00:56:37,360 --> 00:56:40,840
And, you know, she's doing such
a great job with her small

1030
00:56:40,840 --> 00:56:44,560
little town in Michigan.
And, you know, as the content

1031
00:56:44,560 --> 00:56:47,880
creator or want to be content
creator, if you're looking for a

1032
00:56:47,880 --> 00:56:53,720
way to kind of, you know, see
how it's grassroots, you should

1033
00:56:53,720 --> 00:56:56,120
check out her stuff.
I mean, because she went from

1034
00:56:56,120 --> 00:57:01,080
like a realtor that was getting
laughed at for doing Instagram

1035
00:57:01,080 --> 00:57:05,680
or TikTok stuff to now she's,
you know, she's put, she's put a

1036
00:57:05,680 --> 00:57:08,240
little town on the map and she
started a business.

1037
00:57:08,240 --> 00:57:11,400
So that's why I reached out to
her just to kind of get some

1038
00:57:11,400 --> 00:57:15,120
ideas because I was a little
stuck because I lost my, my

1039
00:57:15,120 --> 00:57:17,760
social media person.
So I'm kind of having to do it

1040
00:57:17,760 --> 00:57:20,480
on my own kind of stuff.
It's very easy to do until you

1041
00:57:20,480 --> 00:57:22,680
have to do what kind of stuff.
So that's where it's at.

1042
00:57:23,280 --> 00:57:26,280
Congratulations, Alex, on all
those wins.

1043
00:57:26,280 --> 00:57:29,440
And I'm also particularly
excited to hear that you and

1044
00:57:29,440 --> 00:57:32,400
Ralph might be working together.
And you know, I don't know the

1045
00:57:32,400 --> 00:57:35,720
details, but I will say there
was something I wanted to add

1046
00:57:35,720 --> 00:57:40,320
earlier, just that I want to
recognize that if somebody else

1047
00:57:40,320 --> 00:57:43,920
might be listening right now,
that might need some help with

1048
00:57:43,920 --> 00:57:46,320
their finances.
Again, I said this yesterday,

1049
00:57:46,320 --> 00:57:49,680
content creators and finances
don't always go hand in hand

1050
00:57:49,680 --> 00:57:54,440
very well, right?
And I will say it was very

1051
00:57:54,440 --> 00:57:58,440
vulnerable for me to sit down
with Ralph, not because I didn't

1052
00:57:58,440 --> 00:58:02,840
feel comfortable with him, but I
didn't feel comfortable sharing

1053
00:58:02,920 --> 00:58:05,160
all of my financial situation
with Ralph.

1054
00:58:06,160 --> 00:58:11,760
It felt like I said vulnerable,
especially because I, you know,

1055
00:58:11,760 --> 00:58:16,040
I've gotten to know Ralph first.
So now it feels like it feels

1056
00:58:16,040 --> 00:58:18,560
extra vulnerable because I'm not
just sitting down with a

1057
00:58:18,560 --> 00:58:22,920
stranger who has the experience,
expertise, doing it 30 years

1058
00:58:23,200 --> 00:58:25,480
right now.
It's all of that and it's

1059
00:58:25,480 --> 00:58:30,480
somebody I know and that feels
really, really vulnerable.

1060
00:58:30,640 --> 00:58:34,240
But I will tell you, it's once
you do sit down and you

1061
00:58:34,240 --> 00:58:37,240
breakthrough that it gets
easier.

1062
00:58:37,920 --> 00:58:40,840
It's just a matter of really
breaking, breaking through that

1063
00:58:40,840 --> 00:58:44,160
discomfort.
And that's at least for me.

1064
00:58:44,160 --> 00:58:46,800
And we've got, we've got way
more to go here.

1065
00:58:47,200 --> 00:58:50,720
But now, you know, I'll admit, I
was kind of dreading sitting

1066
00:58:50,720 --> 00:58:53,200
down with Ralph for the first
time again, not because of

1067
00:58:53,200 --> 00:58:57,800
Ralph, but because of me.
But once I did, it really opened

1068
00:58:57,800 --> 00:59:00,640
things up for me.
So if you're hesitating because

1069
00:59:01,000 --> 00:59:04,880
you're you're feeling shy or
ashamed or embarrassed, I

1070
00:59:04,880 --> 00:59:08,560
encourage you to try to work
through that because if we don't

1071
00:59:08,560 --> 00:59:13,720
understand our business and our
finances, it's destined to fail.

1072
00:59:14,280 --> 00:59:17,760
Sure, you might learn a lot of
lessons along the way and you

1073
00:59:17,760 --> 00:59:20,440
can learn a lot of lessons too,
by working with with, with

1074
00:59:20,440 --> 00:59:23,560
people that are experienced in
these different areas that you

1075
00:59:23,560 --> 00:59:28,240
may need help with.
OK, So with that, we are back

1076
00:59:28,360 --> 00:59:31,440
next week Monday, 7:00 AM
Eastern Time.

1077
00:59:31,600 --> 00:59:36,320
We will be doing on Monday our
Obsession Worthy podcast series

1078
00:59:36,720 --> 00:59:40,560
hosted by Jonathan.
Of course, also me as well, but

1079
00:59:40,560 --> 00:59:42,640
Jonathan leads the charge on
those.

1080
00:59:42,880 --> 00:59:44,720
I've shared a link here on
Clubhouse.

1081
00:59:44,720 --> 00:59:45,920
We'll share it in the show
notes.

1082
00:59:45,920 --> 00:59:49,120
We are going to be doing
covering the show Two Birds.

1083
00:59:49,240 --> 00:59:54,160
No, I'm sorry, it's hyper fixed
is the name of the show and the

1084
00:59:54,160 --> 00:59:57,000
episode is Two Birds, 100
stones.

1085
00:59:57,000 --> 00:59:59,160
Is that right?
Did I get it the right way or

1086
00:59:59,160 --> 01:00:01,200
did I reverse the title and
episode?

1087
01:00:01,400 --> 01:00:03,960
Well, you'll find out in the
show notes when we include the

1088
01:00:03,960 --> 01:00:07,000
link there.
So check that out.

1089
01:00:07,000 --> 01:00:10,560
Join us next week, all all week
long, Monday through Friday,

1090
01:00:10,560 --> 01:00:12,960
7:00 AM Eastern.
You can learn how to get in

1091
01:00:12,960 --> 01:00:18,400
touch with us at Podcasting
Morning chat.com until Monday.

1092
01:00:19,040 --> 01:00:20,760
Make it a great weekend,
everybody.

1093
01:00:20,920 --> 01:00:21,400
Take care.