454. What’s Quietly Killing Your Podcast Right Now

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And good morning to Tim,
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here in the audience today.
So yes, it is Friday the 13th

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and we're going to have a little
fun with that.

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Today.
We're going to talk about what's

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quietly killing your podcast.
We also we should leave some

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time because Sid has a
podcasting technical question

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for the group and if there's
time, we'll see if there's time.

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I do want to get to Podcast
Thon, go to

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podcastthonithinkits.com.
But I should have been prepared

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for that.
But I want to talk about the

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theme well, the organization,
charity, non profit, etcetera

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that we want to support for the
Podcast Thon week.

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And last year we did it on the
state of, well, it sounds funny

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when I say the state of
Asheville, 'cause it is not a

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state, but I mean these
conditions of Asheville and

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Western North Carolina after the
big hurricane, Hurricane Helene

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coming through year and a half
ago.

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And it's podcast thon.org, by
the way.

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So we'll try to get into that as
well.

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But first, what is quietly
killing your podcast?

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It is Friday the 13th, like I've
said a a billion times.

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So in honor of that, let's talk
about the things that slowly

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drain the life out of your
podcast.

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And maybe it's your content
creation doesn't have to

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necessarily specifically speak
to your podcast because for the

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majority of us, we're creating
content outside of our podcast

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as well.
I'll give you a couple examples

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to help get the juices flowing.
You could say that someone's

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podcast is slowly going to
slowly die when they have a lack

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of clarity about who the show is
actually for.

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Sometimes the host may be super
talented, the audio might be

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solid, the video might look
great, the conversations are

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good, but it's not really clear
who the show is actually for.

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And then that confusion, I
believe will compound over time.

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That's an example and I'd love
for the group to play along and

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share Dr. wants to share 1, so
we'll go to her first.

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Good morning, Dr. Good morning.
OK, so this is regarding 2

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clients that I have taken on in
the past.

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And their big faux pas, their
big mistake was to only be on

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YouTube or on Facebook.
And during the discovery call, I

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would ask them, why are you
eliminating audio?

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You're eliminating people who
like to multitask.

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When I do dishes, I'm listening
to a podcast.

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When I drive my car, I'm
listening to a podcast.

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So you're eliminating those
people.

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And she says, oh, I'm a
multitasker.

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I said, so you've eliminated
your whole group.

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And that's what I'm thinking of
when I think of this, how

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they've sabotaged their podcast.
So what ended up happening with

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that?
Well, I got them as a client.

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I said.
I got them on on a platform,

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that's for sure.
Nice.

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I love it.
Cool.

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Thank you, Dr. And I think Ralph
has one for us.

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Ralph, what's something that's
quietly killing a podcast?

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Slowly killing?
Good morning everybody.

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So I think the biggest killer
that slowly kills me is not

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having a plan.
I think that so many content

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creators go into this sort of
seat of the pants, just jump

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into doing something.
And I truly think that is what.

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And I think it's self sabotage
to be honest with you.

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I think you've got to have a
plan because you've got to

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understand what you talked about
the beginning.

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You got to understand who you're
talking to, but bigger than

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that, you've got to understand
and you it's going to be

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repeated.
I say this all the time.

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What is your why for what you're
doing?

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If you don't have that clearly
set out at the front end, you

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are going to bumble and stumble
and you are going to be the pod

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fade poster child because you
don't know what you're trying to

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accomplish.
You don't know how you're

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measuring it and you don't know
when you will be successful,

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Mark.
So I think that and I'm a

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systems guy, you know, that's
how I live my life.

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I'm going to counting.
I'm a money guy, but I also

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think that whenever you do
anything, even if it's a

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spontaneous show, even it's
something you want to have you

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build a community around, you
still got to have a plan.

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You still got to understand who
is it you're trying to speak to.

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But bigger than that, how you
going to pay for this?

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How are you going to, you know,
measure your own success?

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So I think that is honestly, I
think that's one of the biggest

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things that I see that is slowly
killing.

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Killing is the word we're using
today, is slowly killing

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people's content.
And that's not just for

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podcasters, that's for
Youtubers, that's for tick

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tokers, anybody on any of the
platforms.

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I don't care what kind of social
media you're on, you have to

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plan.
My son is in the Coast Guard.

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He says if you fail to plan, you
plan to fail.

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And I think that is 100%
accurate.

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Yeah, it is.
And by the way, you can see

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Ralph's lovely face and some
several others as well.

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Jonathan, BC and yours truly,
you can see us live on YouTube.

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Ronic spelled with AC.
OK.

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Thank you.
And you can come see my

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beautiful microphone cover in
honor Dr. today in purple.

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Yes, that's right.
Thank you.

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Very.
Much.

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I feel like Ralph is kind of BS
ING about that but that's OK.

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I don't think it's really for
Dr. but that's OK.

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It is so shut.
Up there's much love I have for

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Dr. today and as I was looking
to the side here I said what

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color would be good today.
I got a nice bum rock and a

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black shirt like the old country
guy today and I said well how

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about a purple one for Dr.
today?

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I'll take it.
I'll take it.

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Thank you.
Yes, and thank you, Ralph.

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Planning is a big one for sure
that I feel like a lot of us

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don't do when we get started.
And admittedly, especially for

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the podcaster who doesn't have
experience in media, you know,

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they're maybe they're a business
owner, they want to do a

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podcast, but it's hard to plan
for something that because

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sometimes you don't know what
you don't know, right?

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So hopefully you're doing things
like listening to the podcasting

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morning chat, you're reaching
out to me to work with me to get

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some help planning your podcast.
Whatever it is, I think it is

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really, it's an oversight that
we see often.

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So I appreciate you bringing
that up, Ralph.

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And I'm going to jump the line
for a minute and just check in

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with Tide.
I saw Tide flashed her emoji

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while we were chatting about
this at Tide.

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What did you want to add?
I was just going to say that as

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a person who doesn't have a ton
of experience in media, if I had

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dove into podcasting fate like
Head first where?

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I'm.
Spending hours upon hours

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editing and trying to make every
single thing perfect and then

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investing thousands of dollars
in all of this equipment and

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trying to figure it out, that
would have burned me out quickly

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and definitely killed the
podcast.

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So for me, especially at the
beginning, I said I'm just going

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to forego my perfectionism and
just put things out there until

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I get comfortable enough and
learn new things along the way.

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I I appreciate that sometimes
you got to just learn as you go,

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and that is the challenge with
podcasting.

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Sometimes it's like, yeah, we
could theoretically we could

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practice, right?
We could put in those

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repetitions, just do the
recordings and never maybe put

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them out there.
But it doesn't feel complete.

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I think to a lot of us doing it
that way there, it feels like

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something might be missing.
If we're going to take the time

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to do the recording, we want to
get it out there.

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We want to share it.
I don't have a problem with

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figuring it out as you go.
I do think back to Ralph's

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point.
A little bit of planning will

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get you very far in this
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Even if it is a loose plan to
get started.

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I think that's better than no
plan at all.

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All right, I'm going to check in
with Ashley.

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Ashley, I saw you flashed your
hot pepper emoji.

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Go for it.
I would say another one is

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having unrealistic or too high
expectations in the beginning.

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I do these discovery calls in
person with people who want to

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start their podcast and when I
asked them, So what are your

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goals?
Why are you doing this?

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The answer always goes to
something like this.

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I want to be like Joe Rogan or I
want to be like Mel Robbins.

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They failed to consider that
these folks were already pretty

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well known.
Mel Robbins was an attorney.

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And of course, Joe Rogan was
already a celebrity before he

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started.
And they're just trying to put

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themselves up against something
that they really shouldn't be

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comparing themselves to, instead
of enjoying the the journey as a

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new person and as an independent
person.

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Yeah, the comparison trap is
big.

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And yet, especially like the
names you just mentioned, a lot

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of upcoming podcasters often use
those as benchmarks, the Joe

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Rogan's, the Mel Robbins.
And look, I don't ever have a

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problem with somebody aspiring
to be that, right?

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But I also think it's important
to understand the insurance and

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outs of podcasting, the
averages.

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What are, you know, 'cause these
are exceptions to the rule, the

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Joe Rogan's, the, the Mel
Robbins out there, they are

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exceptions.
We most podcasts out there

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aren't getting those hundreds
and hundreds of thousands of

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downloads to every episode.
It's a tough one.

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And by the way, Ashley, sounding
very caffeinated even though she

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is 2 weeks in without caffeine.
So kudos to you, Ashley.

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I know you said before we
started, you're still waking up,

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but you sound very well spoken
and alert this morning.

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So I just wanted to shout you
out there.

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All right, let's keep it going.
And I'm going to check in with

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Jonathan, who's joining us on
video this morning.

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Go for it, Jonathan.
We talked about this a little

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bit last a couple days ago
actually, but over committing

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and and then not being able to
deliver on that.

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I think it's definitely
something that is going to kill

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any podcast and it's going to
burn you out as well.

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Jonathan, then what do you
suggest to somebody who is who's

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doing that?
Well, much like Ralph suggested,

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have a plan and commit to what
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a month.
Like say I can put out two

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episodes in a month, then do it
every other week.

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I can put out four episodes in a
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weekly one.
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can do so that you're not
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each every week.
Yeah, that makes total sense.

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And thank you for elaborating on
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I'm going to hold the phone for
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Hold everything.
Stop everything.

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It is Friday the 13th because
Dave Campbell has joined us on

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stage.
I feel like maybe, Dave, for the

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first time ever, even though
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audience.
So good morning to you.

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What do you want to add to this?
Hey, Mark, everybody, glad to be

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here.
Actually, Mark, I'm one of your

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old school guys.
I was here back when Chuck used

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to be here from the radio all of
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So I just took a little hiatus.
But I'm not working today

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because I got a big event going
around today, but I wanted to

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come and say hi.
Love everybody here, the best

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group of people around.
I get to sit in the audience.

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You guys keep me company when
I'm driving home from work.

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So I get to laugh with you guys.
I get to celebrate with you

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guys.
The one thing I encourage all

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new podcasters when they first
start out is you're going to

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build a companionship with your
audience and they're going to

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just laugh along with you.
You might not never ever hear

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from them, but when they get a
chance to speak and they get a

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chance to reach out, they will.
So Mark, I know you're wrestling

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a little bit with how you're
going to do this show in the

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future.
Do what you can, Mark, because

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we love this show and we love
what you built.

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Thank you, Dave.
That means a lot.

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So much so that I am actually
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emotion right now, which I
probably shouldn't, as my my

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personal coach would probably
say, come on, Mark, let it out.

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I'm working on that.
But thank you, Dave.

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Really, I appreciate it.
I'm so glad you came up on stage

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today because we love and
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of this community.
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again.
Awesome.

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Yeah.
Thank you, Dave, and check out

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Dave.
Where can people find a little

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bit more about you?
Because I know you're doing a

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lot of things right now, and I
know you're doing this marathon

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podcasting, and you could share
a little bit about that too.

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Sure.
Yeah, I'm right now for I have 9

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different podcasts that I host.
One of them is called the How to

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Podcast Series and I'm doing 365
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this year.
So every single day there's an

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episode today starting at 10 A
10 AM Eastern, I'm going to be

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doing 24 episodes in 24 hours,
going all the way from today at

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10:00 AM till tomorrow at ending
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We're going right into my meet
up that I've been doing for the

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last three years for podcasters.
So today is an exhausting day of

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creating content, publishing
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24 hours straight.
So just because I want to see

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what happens, Mark, that's going
to be an interesting day.

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It sounds like it, Dave.
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And I feel like maybe you should
be applying to the Guinness Book

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of World Records.
I don't know that anybody's done

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what you're doing right now.
I wouldn't advise anyone.

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I'll tell you, five days a week
is has been a heavy lift for me.

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So what you're doing sounds very
overwhelming for this guy, but I

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applaud you for what you're
doing.

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Kudos.
Thanks, Mark.

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Yep, you're welcome.
All right, who else?

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I know several people.
Let's go to BC.

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But if you're on stage here.
OK, Sid, thank you.

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I was going to say if you're on
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me if you want to share it.
Sid is definitely one of them.

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You're on deck, Sid.
Let's go to BC.

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Good morning, BCI.
Think something that's like

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slowly draining the life out of
my podcast is the fact that life

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is slowly draining out of me,
honestly.

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So being freelance right now and
I've got my eyes on, I think 6

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or 7 different brands for
socials and marketing aside from

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my own, and I want to delegate
so badly.

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I wish I could delegate, but the
revenues just not quite there to

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Commission someone to delegate
to yet.

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So doing all those things and
then just like, Oh yeah, there's

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a podcast too.
And just being like at the end

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of it is like, OK, I can keep
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Just keep trucking along.
Hopefully I'll make it.

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We'll see what happens.
I appreciate the keep truck and

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along thing, but you know, talk
about scary like that.

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That could be a recipe for
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I'm in that a little bit right
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So what else could you do
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That's a good question.
I think part of the stubbornness

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for me is that with my
broadcasting background, like

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I'm, I'm one of those crazy
people that started off video

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podcasting because I knew how to
do all the things anyway.

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So I thought, oh, I can, this
will be a bit easier for me, but

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for what else I could do in the
meantime before to try to more

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easily avoid burnout?
I haven't quite figured that

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part out yet in all honesty.
Here is where I, what I would

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tell a client and it's really to
rethink the strategy a little

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bit, even if it's temporary.
Like it sounds to me like, you

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know, look, we all have lives,
right?

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And the podcast can't get to the
point where it's taking over our

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lives.
So I think it's important to

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find a balance.
And again, whether this is for

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you, BC or somebody else may be
listening, struggling with the

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same thing, I want to give you
and others permission to pull

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back as long as you're
communicating with your audience

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and sharing what's going on
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I think the more you share the
yeah, hey gang, life is

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happening to me right now and
I've got to pull back

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temporarily.
It doesn't mean you have to stop

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altogether, but maybe it's a
revised, abbreviated schedule

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for a short period of time while
you're catching your breath.

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There's nothing wrong with.
That for sure.

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And I think to be quite honest,
I've been contemplating the past

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couple days, let's just feed all
my things into ChatGPT and have

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it spit out like a Google
Calendar template for me and

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then implement that immediately
because I'm sure that would

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greatly help me out.
And just to re clarify, it's the

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for me, it's not the podcasting
that's taking over podcast for

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me is the end game.
If I could drop everything else

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today and just live the rest of
my life podcasting and just

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updating my sub stack, I do it
in a heartbeat.

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It's the practicality that I got
to focus on that I need.

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I got to pay bills.
I got to do all these other

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crazy, lovely things that we get
settled with in this economy in

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this day and age.
So it's just balancing the

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things is is my top tier focus
right now.

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Yeah, and I appreciate that you
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like, yeah, the, the podcast
sounds like it's more of the

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passion more the thing that's
driving you.

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It's maybe then finding balance
in other areas.

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What other areas can you let go
of again, temporarily, but I, I

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know Ralph wants to chime in on
this as well.

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So go for it, Ralph.
All right, I'm sitting here

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trying not to scream through the
microphone because honestly, and

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I sympathize with you BC so
please accept what I'm getting

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ready to say.
I think the problem that so many

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of us fall into is we don't
focus on what is the most

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important thing.
And if you're a freelancer, BC

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honestly, the most important
thing is generating revenue

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because you've got to pay your
bills.

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So you've got to laser focus on
what are the activities that you

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can do to bring in revenue.
If this is a side hustle, if

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this is a hobby, it's a
different discussion.

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But if you are a freelancer, if
you're listening to this or

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watching this right now and
you're saying I'm trying to

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generate revenue, you've got to
have a different outlook.

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You've got to start looking at
things that are moving the

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needle because you might love
doing podcasting, you might love

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putting out social content, but
if that stuff is not generating

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leads for you, if it's not
generating new customers and

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clients, you've got to
reengineer what you're doing.

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You've got to start with the end
in mind.

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That's why I go back to planning
and systems.

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But BC that's what I heard in
what you were saying is that I

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want to, I have a passion for
this, which is beautiful.

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But if your passion isn't paying
your bills, you've got to pivot

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and you've got to figure out how
do I do this?

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Now that may be, hey, and like
Mark said, maybe you have a

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season where you step back from
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I respect that.
But if your goal is this is

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going to be my full time gig,
then you've got to start looking

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at every single activity that
you're doing on a daily basis

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and saying, is this activity
moving the needle?

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Is this activity moving the
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And that's not easy to do
because what I have found

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working with content creators
now everyday is that they want

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to do the stuff that's exciting
to them.

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They want to do this stuff
that's fun to them.

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But those things don't
necessarily bring revenue

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dollars in.
So you've got to know what those

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things are and then have a way
to measure those because you'll

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never know if you're not doing
well unless you're measuring

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that.
So Mark, thank you for letting

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me chime in on that because I
just think there there's

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something we've got to really
have a different mindset with if

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this is going to be a money
generating thing for you.

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And I fully admit, Full
disclosure, I think that I was

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this in 2025, one of those
creators that was leaning too

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heavily on the things that were
fun but not generating money and

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it cost me.
It cost me in 2025 probably had

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one of my, if not the worst year
financially with my business.

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And I attribute a lot of that to
exactly what Ralph is saying

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here.
And now, of course, I'm

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recognizing that and I'm
adjusting accordingly.

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And thanks to a little bit of
help from Ralph as well, because

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Ralph and I are working together
now.

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Thank you Ralph BC any do you
want to respond at all?

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I would just say that I hear
everything that Ralph's saying.

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I agree with everything he said.
I would say the one little

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nuance and I think this still
kind of comes back around to

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your point of still going to
make systems still got a laser

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focus on what actually brings
the revenue in my my background.

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The reason that this is such a
thing for me is because my

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original love is radio.
I come from a radio background

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and I am not just soapbox here
in any way, shape or form.

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But I, when I found my love for
broadcasting, found myself with

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a group of people who I to to
this day consider the group of a

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group of some of the most
ambitious and creative people

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I've ever known.
And coming going from undergrad

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to the business, the business
world for the first time.

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I'm the only one who didn't get
a radio gig.

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So I'm I'm the one who found the
passion, only one who didn't get

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ever a chance to actually live
that life.

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And so when when I moved to
podcasting, I realized, well,

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this is more under my control.
This is my creative outlet.

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This is a way for me to live
that life.

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I didn't get to ever officially
professionally live for whatever

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reason here or there.
And that's when I started

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hopping behind the mic again in
2019.

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So that's what what's why it's
so hard for me to consider.

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Maybe for a time I do have to
step back from a portion of the

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podcasting to laser focus on the
revenue building.

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But just to give a bit more
nuance there.

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I still think your point is
still kind of remains as it is.

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Still got to focus on the money,
paying the bills, building

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yourself up for sure.
But just to give a bit more of

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that kind of pathos background
to my situation.

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And I wanted to say something
along those lines too.

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And this is hard to hear, but
sometimes your passions don't

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pay the bills.
And I don't mean to be

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disrespectful or mean spirited
about that.

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00:24:43,560 --> 00:24:45,680
I would love to be a
professional football player but

449
00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:48,360
guess what?
I'm not and we have to just

450
00:24:48,360 --> 00:24:51,040
accept it.
But there may be things BC that

451
00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:55,360
you are very talented at that
can parlay into revenue for you

452
00:24:55,600 --> 00:24:58,240
that would still give you the
ability to do this passion.

453
00:24:58,240 --> 00:24:59,440
I'm going to be very candid with
you.

454
00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:02,880
Content creation in its very
nature doesn't pay my bills at

455
00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:06,200
all, but I really like it.
But I have enough skills and

456
00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:09,880
other things that that I can pay
for those things and do my

457
00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:12,120
passion.
But I think sometimes we get

458
00:25:12,120 --> 00:25:15,240
into this mindset of like if we
just work harder, if we just

459
00:25:15,240 --> 00:25:18,200
keep doing it, we sometimes
that's not going to work.

460
00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:21,480
And I hate to be the negative
guy here, but sometimes it just

461
00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:23,280
doesn't work.
I'd love to go out there and

462
00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:24,920
look at my car and say you're a
Ferrari.

463
00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:27,920
It's not a Ferrari and we just
have to accept that.

464
00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:29,760
Now, that doesn't mean we don't
give up our passions.

465
00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:32,560
It doesn't mean we don't
continue to chase our dreams.

466
00:25:32,560 --> 00:25:35,080
Look, I'm a Christian guy.
I think living in your dreams is

467
00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:36,520
a beautiful thing.
I think there's hope.

468
00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:38,320
There's there's all kinds of
great things like that.

469
00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:41,440
But then we also have to have a
reality check because what I see

470
00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:45,320
on the inside of this is it
destroys marital relationships

471
00:25:45,320 --> 00:25:47,800
because there's tension.
There's not money coming in.

472
00:25:47,920 --> 00:25:50,600
It destroys inner family
relationships because there's so

473
00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:53,280
much pressure and tension.
So at sometimes we got to say,

474
00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:54,760
yeah, we have a passion for
this.

475
00:25:54,880 --> 00:25:57,840
So BCI, hope you get it, dude.
IA 100% am behind you.

476
00:25:58,280 --> 00:26:00,120
But there has to be a reality
check.

477
00:26:00,120 --> 00:26:01,880
Sometimes I say, but this isn't
working.

478
00:26:02,120 --> 00:26:04,880
So we've got to pivot and see
what will work until we can get

479
00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:08,080
to a season where we can where
we can explore our passions.

480
00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:10,240
Oh yeah, for sure.
And let me let me just say,

481
00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:11,840
Ralph, you're not coming off
negative to me at all.

482
00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:15,400
If there's a practicality that I
fully believe we all have to

483
00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:19,760
realize within the realm of
podcasting, both in how to

484
00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:24,120
balance it with our with our
lives are, you know, bringing in

485
00:26:24,120 --> 00:26:28,440
money and also expectations.
So 100% I'm agree with that.

486
00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:32,440
The problem that I have, having
been in this podcasting room for

487
00:26:32,440 --> 00:26:36,280
a little while now, there are a
ton of money hustlers out there.

488
00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:39,880
These knucklehead coaches who
are promising all kinds of you

489
00:26:39,880 --> 00:26:42,640
will get rich overnight.
You can be a TikTok sensation.

490
00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:47,640
They are full of crap.
You've got a 110th of a percent

491
00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:50,440
chance of being that person.
I'm sorry, if you're listening

492
00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:53,320
to this right now and you're one
of those coaches, stop doing it

493
00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:56,600
because you're selling a bag of
goods that nobody is going to be

494
00:26:56,600 --> 00:26:58,680
able to buy.
Yes, you're going to make money.

495
00:26:58,840 --> 00:27:00,120
You're the one that's going to
make money.

496
00:27:00,120 --> 00:27:01,840
They're not.
And they're going to hate you

497
00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:04,280
till the day they die because
they're going to spend 10s of

498
00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:06,880
thousands of dollars chasing
after a coaching program that is

499
00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:08,240
not going to deliver for them.
I'm sorry.

500
00:27:08,240 --> 00:27:10,480
I'm getting a little passionate
about this because I've seen

501
00:27:10,480 --> 00:27:13,320
what people are spending and I
see the dreams that it's

502
00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:15,280
destroying and I see the
families it's destroying.

503
00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:18,520
So stop doing that.
It takes hard work.

504
00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:21,240
It takes dedication.
It takes building an audience.

505
00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:24,760
It takes 345 years to do what
we're talking about doing here.

506
00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:27,000
You are not going to be the next
Joe Rogan.

507
00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:29,600
Maybe you will be.
You probably won't be.

508
00:27:30,080 --> 00:27:31,960
So I apologize.
I'm on my soapbox.

509
00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:34,240
That's OK.
It just, it gets under my craw

510
00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:36,120
because I see it every friggin
day.

511
00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:39,200
These people sending out these
spam emails about get rich

512
00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:42,440
overnight and they just lie to
people and they think, well, if

513
00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:45,080
you keep putting out a weekly
podcast, you can, you can live

514
00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:47,000
your dreams.
You probably won't.

515
00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:53,000
If I'm looking for a coach, for
example, in any area of my life,

516
00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:57,440
one of my filters is usually I
filter out the ones that are

517
00:27:57,440 --> 00:28:02,160
making those big promises I want
to, I want to work with the ones

518
00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:05,480
that are being that are sharing
more practical advice.

519
00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:10,440
They're the ones that I tend to
at least as A at a first pass.

520
00:28:10,440 --> 00:28:12,520
They're the ones that I believe
1st.

521
00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:15,800
And by the way, Jonathan saw you
grinning ear to ear the whole

522
00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:18,680
time Ralph was sharing.
Because I know you share a

523
00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:20,480
similar message.
I'm sorry, I want, I want to

524
00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:22,520
address something real quick
because I may have stepped on

525
00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:24,480
some toes and I didn't mean to.
No, not at all.

526
00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:27,240
There are there are very good
coaches out there.

527
00:28:27,680 --> 00:28:29,640
I work with some very good
coaches.

528
00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:32,200
But the filter needs to be what
Mark just said.

529
00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:35,520
If your coach is promising you
something other than personal

530
00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:38,120
development, other than here is
the hard work you're going to

531
00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:39,600
put in.
Like I just started working with

532
00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:42,240
a speaking coach and she told me
from the front, this is going to

533
00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:43,760
be the hardest thing you ever
do.

534
00:28:44,560 --> 00:28:47,320
She said, because you're going
to undo 53 years of the way you

535
00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:48,600
think.
You need to talk to people.

536
00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:50,840
Those are the coaches that are
successful.

537
00:28:50,960 --> 00:28:52,640
Those are the people you need to
chase after.

538
00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:55,160
But stop chasing after these
people that promise you this big

539
00:28:55,160 --> 00:28:59,080
bucket of wonder and joy.
Thank you, Ralph.

540
00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:01,160
Wow.
OK, who knew?

541
00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:04,400
I guess it's just that it's
Friday the 13th spirit.

542
00:29:05,720 --> 00:29:08,840
Here's what I'd like to do.
I'm going to go to Sid twice in

543
00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:12,960
a row because I'm going to 1st
ask Sid to share his answer to

544
00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:16,280
what quietly is killing your
podcast.

545
00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:20,040
And he also had a question for
the group outside of this

546
00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:22,280
particular part, this particular
segment.

547
00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:25,480
So first, Sid, did you want to
share one of your examples?

548
00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:28,480
Good morning, everybody.
I do think that one of the

549
00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:31,800
things that could potentially be
quietly killing your podcast is

550
00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:36,320
trying to be all the places,
trying to be on Clubhouse and on

551
00:29:36,320 --> 00:29:39,800
Chatter and on Instagram and on
LinkedIn and on, you know,

552
00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:42,760
Snapchat and on.
This keeps going on, right?

553
00:29:42,760 --> 00:29:46,200
And you need to really be
focused and you do not need to

554
00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:49,080
be all the places.
Yeah, I'm with you there.

555
00:29:49,080 --> 00:29:52,760
It can again, talk about
overwhelm if you're somebody

556
00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:56,400
that does get overwhelmed with
all the different things you

557
00:29:56,400 --> 00:29:58,640
have to learn.
Yeah, let's start small.

558
00:29:58,640 --> 00:30:00,920
It goes back to what similarly
what we were talking about

559
00:30:00,920 --> 00:30:03,480
earlier.
Just pick something, pick one,

560
00:30:03,640 --> 00:30:05,840
learn how to use it, get
comfortable with it.

561
00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:09,200
And especially when it comes to
social media, yes, they all have

562
00:30:09,200 --> 00:30:13,440
their own thing, their own way,
but there's usually a lot of

563
00:30:13,440 --> 00:30:16,320
similarities too.
So if you're getting used to an

564
00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:19,760
Instagram platform, you're going
to find some similarities with

565
00:30:19,760 --> 00:30:25,520
TikTok and it'll be a lot easier
of a transition once you've

566
00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:29,360
mastered one of these platforms.
Just using that as an example.

567
00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:32,440
Yes, BC.
Yeah, I would say a colleague of

568
00:30:32,440 --> 00:30:35,560
mine who's a coach, people love
working, working with her out of

569
00:30:35,560 --> 00:30:38,840
Charlotte, one thing she will
say is, yeah, to your point, say

570
00:30:39,520 --> 00:30:41,400
pick one to three.
That's the sweet spot.

571
00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:44,200
One to three social media
platforms, learn to work them

572
00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:47,920
well, learn those algorithms
perfectly and you'll see a lot

573
00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:51,720
more momentum more consistently
and reliably.

574
00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:55,600
But if you do want to be that
person who hits eight different

575
00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:58,920
social media platforms plus
every single day, consider

576
00:30:58,920 --> 00:31:02,440
investing into a a scheduler.
I will harp on that till the day

577
00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:04,680
I die.
You know, use there are so many

578
00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:06,760
out there.
I've got recommendations, but

579
00:31:06,760 --> 00:31:09,040
use a scheduler.
They will help you consolidate

580
00:31:09,040 --> 00:31:13,400
the process so much more and you
can actually handle the workload

581
00:31:13,400 --> 00:31:16,840
that that is if that is your
particular chosen direction of

582
00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:19,120
activity.
Thank you, Ralph.

583
00:31:19,800 --> 00:31:21,920
Anyone else want to chime in on
that?

584
00:31:22,760 --> 00:31:25,360
OK, well, I will.
I will go back to Sid in a

585
00:31:25,360 --> 00:31:27,520
moment.
I think one of the other areas

586
00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:32,800
which I'm sharing, because this
is an area that I think I have

587
00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:36,680
to work on, I have to improve,
it's avoiding promotion because

588
00:31:36,680 --> 00:31:41,400
it feels uncomfortable.
I don't do it enough.

589
00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:46,040
And thankfully, Ralph has been
in my ear a lot reminding me of

590
00:31:46,040 --> 00:31:49,400
that.
Hosts who believe their work

591
00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:51,880
should speak for itself.
That's me.

592
00:31:53,080 --> 00:31:55,480
And then they just create
consistently.

593
00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:57,600
But their message isn't being
amplified.

594
00:31:57,760 --> 00:32:02,040
We got to get more comfortable
as creators sharing what we do

595
00:32:02,040 --> 00:32:04,000
if that's our mission with our
podcast.

596
00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:07,040
Again, like Ralph mentioned
earlier, if you're a hobby

597
00:32:07,040 --> 00:32:09,880
podcast, then then what I'm
saying doesn't apply to you.

598
00:32:09,880 --> 00:32:15,480
But if you have the expectation,
the hope, the goal to monetize,

599
00:32:16,480 --> 00:32:19,360
to make this a revenue stream,
then yeah, I think that's really

600
00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:23,640
important to think about.
Be OK with sharing your

601
00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:27,680
products, your services.
Yeah, you don't want to just do

602
00:32:27,680 --> 00:32:31,160
a whole infomercial the entire
time, but it is important to

603
00:32:31,160 --> 00:32:35,000
stop once in a while and remind
people that you do offer a

604
00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:37,440
service, especially for this
audience.

605
00:32:37,440 --> 00:32:40,880
It's it applies most to your
target audience if you're doing

606
00:32:40,880 --> 00:32:42,640
it right.
Go ahead, Jonathan.

607
00:32:43,440 --> 00:32:44,960
I'm actually at the end of my
mastermind.

608
00:32:44,960 --> 00:32:48,400
And one of the things that
really I discovered is I was

609
00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:50,640
doing pretty much everything
right except for talking about

610
00:32:50,640 --> 00:32:53,360
what I was doing.
And that causes a problem

611
00:32:53,360 --> 00:32:55,760
because you can't reach people
when you don't talk about what

612
00:32:55,760 --> 00:32:58,120
you're doing at the end of like
four months.

613
00:32:58,640 --> 00:33:01,040
That's my conclusion, and it's
hard sometimes.

614
00:33:01,040 --> 00:33:04,040
I've got to send those DMS that
I don't want to send because

615
00:33:04,040 --> 00:33:06,240
it's really uncomfortable, but
you got to do them.

616
00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:08,360
That is one of the things that
holds Saul back, I think.

617
00:33:08,640 --> 00:33:11,000
Yes.
And Jonathan, I do applaud you.

618
00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:13,360
I see what you put out there on
social media.

619
00:33:13,640 --> 00:33:16,760
I've heard you on your podcast.
You, whether you're

620
00:33:16,760 --> 00:33:19,800
uncomfortable or not, it's hard
to say from our side of things

621
00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:23,320
because you do a great job of
promoting what you do.

622
00:33:23,840 --> 00:33:27,520
I applaud you for that.
So I have a question, not really

623
00:33:27,520 --> 00:33:29,880
a question, but a question to
this.

624
00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:32,000
And it's not really a question
that should be answered

625
00:33:32,080 --> 00:33:35,520
necessarily.
But if you don't promote your

626
00:33:35,520 --> 00:33:38,800
product or your services, who's
going to, If you don't share

627
00:33:38,800 --> 00:33:41,560
them with the world, who's going
to do it for you?

628
00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:43,760
You're waiting for somebody to
come and do it for you.

629
00:33:43,760 --> 00:33:45,200
You're going to be waiting a
really long time.

630
00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:48,680
So you absolutely have to,
whether it's directly,

631
00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:52,360
indirectly, subtly, or in your
face, you have to promote who

632
00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:54,840
you are, what you do, what your
experience is, what your gift

633
00:33:54,840 --> 00:33:58,000
is, and how you help people.
Because if you don't, nobody's

634
00:33:58,000 --> 00:34:00,760
going to know.
Exactly, Sid, Thank you.

635
00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:04,240
Thank you.
OK, so I think we're good with

636
00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:07,120
the Friday the 13th segment
today.

637
00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:10,280
I do want to leave a little bit
of time because we have a, well,

638
00:34:10,280 --> 00:34:13,280
we'll get into our mailbag
quote, UN quote segment right

639
00:34:13,280 --> 00:34:18,040
now with Sid and then we'll
leave a little bit of time for

640
00:34:18,159 --> 00:34:21,080
wins.
But before I do jump to Sid, I

641
00:34:21,080 --> 00:34:24,239
just want to check in with
Janae, who is on stage, make

642
00:34:24,239 --> 00:34:27,040
sure he gets to say whatever he
wanted to share this morning.

643
00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:29,440
Janae, welcome.
Did you have anything specific

644
00:34:29,440 --> 00:34:30,920
or are you just here for the
conversation?

645
00:34:31,520 --> 00:34:35,000
I'm here for the conversation,
I'm here for the the preaching

646
00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:36,800
moments that we just had
earlier.

647
00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:39,320
So thank you, Ralph.
I love it.

648
00:34:40,560 --> 00:34:41,440
Cool.
Thank you, Janae.

649
00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:45,080
All right, Sid, so you have a
mailbag question, go for it.

650
00:34:45,080 --> 00:34:47,560
It's your own question.
Well, I'm always going to have

651
00:34:47,560 --> 00:34:49,480
questions.
I'm a newbie podcaster.

652
00:34:49,480 --> 00:34:56,639
So on a daily basis I started a
new segment in my podcast.

653
00:34:56,960 --> 00:34:59,760
And oh, by the way, Dr. this is
your 20 minute countdown for

654
00:34:59,760 --> 00:35:02,560
your wins, by the way.
But I started a new segment on

655
00:35:02,560 --> 00:35:04,120
my podcast and it's going really
well.

656
00:35:04,120 --> 00:35:07,320
And when I recorded the first
segment, I wasn't really happy

657
00:35:07,320 --> 00:35:11,400
with the way the recording did
because I got the picker wheel

658
00:35:11,400 --> 00:35:14,360
and I'm spinning the wheel and
we're randomly answering the OR

659
00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:16,880
we're answering these random,
random questions.

660
00:35:17,480 --> 00:35:21,840
And so the video looks crappy
because it's appropriate genates

661
00:35:21,840 --> 00:35:25,960
here because when I share the
screen, because I use Zoom to

662
00:35:25,960 --> 00:35:29,880
record, when I share the screen,
it puts me and the guests over

663
00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:32,520
on the other on one side, really
small up in the top.

664
00:35:32,520 --> 00:35:34,400
And the wheel is for the
prominent picture.

665
00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:37,360
And that doesn't make the video,
I don't think very attractive.

666
00:35:37,360 --> 00:35:39,800
It also doesn't make the video
where we can reuse it and make

667
00:35:39,800 --> 00:35:41,640
clips because all you see is the
wheel.

668
00:35:42,240 --> 00:35:46,520
And so I'm looking for an
alternative to record without

669
00:35:46,520 --> 00:35:49,440
breaking the bank.
I already pay for Zoom and I'm

670
00:35:49,440 --> 00:35:51,680
one of these people that I'm
going to use what I've got.

671
00:35:51,680 --> 00:35:55,520
And so Zoom may not be every
podcasters favorite, but it

672
00:35:55,520 --> 00:35:57,720
works for me and it has worked
for seven years.

673
00:35:57,720 --> 00:36:01,160
And so I'm not really interested
in changing, but I am looking to

674
00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:06,480
up level just a little bit the
way this particular video looks.

675
00:36:06,520 --> 00:36:10,400
And so I've tried Ecam in the
past and I know you do all these

676
00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:12,440
settings with Ecam, but Ecam's
expensive.

677
00:36:12,440 --> 00:36:15,080
I heard that Riverside may be
able to do this and it's really

678
00:36:15,080 --> 00:36:17,840
cheap.
So I just was, and Zoom does

679
00:36:17,840 --> 00:36:20,360
have screen settings, but it
doesn't have screen settings

680
00:36:20,360 --> 00:36:23,520
where you can put somebody on
the left, somebody on the right,

681
00:36:23,520 --> 00:36:25,680
and the screen share in the
middle, which is really what I'm

682
00:36:25,680 --> 00:36:27,880
looking for.
So I thought I would ask this

683
00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:30,680
group if you had any suggestions
that aren't going to break the

684
00:36:30,680 --> 00:36:34,560
bank.
So I don't use Zoom for podcast

685
00:36:34,560 --> 00:36:39,640
recordings anymore, but I do
know that Zoom does allow you to

686
00:36:39,640 --> 00:36:44,520
do independent tracks for all
the different speakers.

687
00:36:44,520 --> 00:36:46,800
Audio.
When I'm talking about audio, I

688
00:36:46,800 --> 00:36:49,040
don't know if it does it for
video or not.

689
00:36:49,760 --> 00:36:51,600
If it did, that would help.
It doesn't.

690
00:36:51,600 --> 00:36:53,600
OK, you're sure it doesn't?
Yeah, yeah.

691
00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:58,360
Because I talked to Simone about
this inadvertently and she said

692
00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:00,560
you can't do it in Zoom, you can
do it into scripts.

693
00:37:00,560 --> 00:37:04,200
So she's giving us a way to
because we, my editor edits in

694
00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:07,120
the script, but we do record on
separate tracks.

695
00:37:07,120 --> 00:37:09,480
The real issue to me is just the
way the video looks.

696
00:37:10,040 --> 00:37:11,320
OK, gotcha.
All right.

697
00:37:11,320 --> 00:37:14,200
Jonathan has his hand up and
Janae, you're on deck even

698
00:37:14,200 --> 00:37:16,800
though you haven't put your hand
up yet because I'm sure you have

699
00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:19,600
some insight to offer as well.
Go ahead, Jonathan.

700
00:37:20,200 --> 00:37:27,240
Sid, you can put that wheel into
a Canva graphic and then use

701
00:37:27,240 --> 00:37:30,120
that as your backdrop.
And just when you spin it, you

702
00:37:30,120 --> 00:37:33,960
can have that as your backdrop
and it'll be behind you in your

703
00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:37,360
in your video.
So it's behind me but but it

704
00:37:37,360 --> 00:37:40,240
doesn't spin and the question
doesn't appear.

705
00:37:40,480 --> 00:37:43,600
Your your slide will because
you're going to put it on.

706
00:37:43,600 --> 00:37:46,120
If you put it on this canvas
slide, you'll be able to do

707
00:37:46,120 --> 00:37:48,760
whatever you need to do with
that there with the link.

708
00:37:49,360 --> 00:37:51,840
I think I understand this is
something that a ton of post

709
00:37:51,840 --> 00:37:54,840
production work, is that right?
It's a little extra.

710
00:37:54,840 --> 00:37:57,520
I wouldn't say a ton, but it is
extra work.

711
00:37:57,520 --> 00:38:00,480
Yes, for sure.
All right, I'll hand it to

712
00:38:00,480 --> 00:38:02,400
Janae.
And then I see Billy's on stage

713
00:38:02,400 --> 00:38:05,560
ready to probably ruffle some
feathers with Sid.

714
00:38:06,440 --> 00:38:09,520
Go for it, Janae.
Jonathan, don't do that.

715
00:38:10,040 --> 00:38:12,760
You don't like that idea?
No, I do not like that because

716
00:38:12,760 --> 00:38:14,760
I.
Wouldn't use zoom, but you know.

717
00:38:14,960 --> 00:38:18,520
But here's the thing, right?
So Zoom does have ISO video if

718
00:38:18,520 --> 00:38:21,720
you use it through another
platform like Ecamm, right?

719
00:38:21,720 --> 00:38:25,640
So sure, Ecamm might be a little
expensive, but you get a clean

720
00:38:25,640 --> 00:38:28,920
video feed for every single
person that's on your Zoom.

721
00:38:29,400 --> 00:38:32,520
So that's what I use.
And I use Ecamm because then I

722
00:38:32,520 --> 00:38:38,520
can set up the stage, set up the
theme on how I want it for the

723
00:38:38,520 --> 00:38:41,240
world to see.
And when you're done with

724
00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:45,320
spinning the wheel, you can
switch back to your full screen.

725
00:38:45,320 --> 00:38:49,600
And then you still get the full
video of your guest and yourself

726
00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:53,120
untouched by any of the extra
stuff that's on there.

727
00:38:53,160 --> 00:38:56,000
And then you can bring it back
into the script to make it even

728
00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:58,000
prettier.
But that's what I use, and

729
00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:00,680
that's what I've done for the
past 200 episodes, and

730
00:39:00,680 --> 00:39:02,320
everything is very clean, very
sharp.

731
00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:03,840
That's what I do.
Thanks.

732
00:39:04,600 --> 00:39:07,360
Thank you, Janae.
Admittedly, here on my end, I

733
00:39:07,360 --> 00:39:11,560
had some Internet trouble, so I
didn't get personally to hear

734
00:39:11,560 --> 00:39:15,600
all of Janae's answer, but we
did capture it thanks to our one

735
00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:18,360
of our backups.
So our audience, our podcast

736
00:39:18,360 --> 00:39:21,920
audience knows no different, but
just wanted to call that out.

737
00:39:22,120 --> 00:39:24,760
Thank you.
Janae, let me check in with

738
00:39:24,840 --> 00:39:27,080
Billy.
Billy, what do you got for Sid?

739
00:39:27,200 --> 00:39:29,640
Be gentle.
Well.

740
00:39:29,640 --> 00:39:32,400
Mark, I'm gonna kick his ass off
the stage.

741
00:39:32,800 --> 00:39:34,920
I.
Hope you hear what I'm about to

742
00:39:34,920 --> 00:39:37,640
say.
Sid lives on a lake and he's

743
00:39:37,640 --> 00:39:40,160
over here like it's expensive.
Stop being a cheap ass.

744
00:39:40,520 --> 00:39:43,640
Invest in your business.
Let me reframe this for you Sid,

745
00:39:43,640 --> 00:39:46,320
stop being cheap.
It's not because he cams

746
00:39:46,320 --> 00:39:48,920
expensive.
It's because Sid doesn't want to

747
00:39:48,920 --> 00:39:52,280
take the time to learn it.
So that's the reframe, Sid,

748
00:39:52,280 --> 00:39:58,400
that's the challenge.
So much, so much.

749
00:39:58,440 --> 00:40:00,560
I got so much to say right now,
but I'm going to be nice.

750
00:40:00,560 --> 00:40:03,800
It's Friday.
So that.

751
00:40:03,960 --> 00:40:06,720
We have to do a GoFundMe.
For SIDS, that's right.

752
00:40:07,040 --> 00:40:12,240
Yeah, quality video.
Thank you, Billy.

753
00:40:12,240 --> 00:40:14,960
All right.
So Sid, aside from Billy, do you

754
00:40:14,960 --> 00:40:17,920
feel served or do you would you
like a little us to go a little

755
00:40:17,920 --> 00:40:19,680
deeper?
Go ahead, Alex.

756
00:40:19,680 --> 00:40:23,160
Oh, yeah, sorry, Alex.
You can be a cheap ass all you

757
00:40:23,160 --> 00:40:26,040
want, but you can do it.
I do it all the time with the

758
00:40:26,040 --> 00:40:30,960
celebrity interviews we did.
What you do is you copy the the

759
00:40:30,960 --> 00:40:34,760
video into itself.
We've done it all the time.

760
00:40:34,960 --> 00:40:40,400
And then you just make just that
person in that video there.

761
00:40:40,480 --> 00:40:46,120
You shut off all the other sound
except for one one thing sound

762
00:40:46,520 --> 00:40:50,080
and it is perfect if you really
wanted to do it.

763
00:40:50,240 --> 00:40:54,680
But I'm along with Billy, don't
be a cheap ass and just don't.

764
00:40:54,760 --> 00:40:56,000
You don't need to buy the
script.

765
00:40:56,160 --> 00:40:57,600
You don't need to do all that
other stuff.

766
00:40:57,800 --> 00:41:01,520
You can just do it inside and
you could do it in Canva or

767
00:41:01,520 --> 00:41:06,400
whatever else and and just copy
and paste it into Canva and you

768
00:41:06,400 --> 00:41:09,560
have all three.
You use one sound and it's done

769
00:41:09,760 --> 00:41:11,880
and you can make it look however
you want.

770
00:41:12,680 --> 00:41:16,600
It's a little time consuming but
it is possible to do in zoom

771
00:41:16,800 --> 00:41:20,320
within Canva.
But ecam, that's what it does.

772
00:41:20,320 --> 00:41:22,840
Go ahead, Janae.
You just need one more sponsor

773
00:41:22,840 --> 00:41:24,680
Sid.
That's it bro, do it.

774
00:41:25,960 --> 00:41:28,760
Yeah, that GoFundMe for the
sponsorships, it's going to be

775
00:41:28,760 --> 00:41:31,960
tough for them.
In my heart, the gut, I knew

776
00:41:31,960 --> 00:41:36,880
that the answer to this question
was to do something like ECAM.

777
00:41:37,720 --> 00:41:39,440
I knew that, but Philly's not
wrong.

778
00:41:39,440 --> 00:41:42,400
I did buy Ecam a few years ago
and could never figure out how

779
00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:45,000
to use it, though somebody did
commit to me that would help me

780
00:41:45,320 --> 00:41:47,840
figure out how to use it and
would never actually own up to.

781
00:41:47,840 --> 00:41:50,520
That.
But but.

782
00:41:51,200 --> 00:41:54,080
EPS customer service bro.
Plenty of resources.

783
00:41:54,520 --> 00:41:57,720
Junaid can help you.
I mean Sid, you're so cheap.

784
00:41:57,720 --> 00:42:00,600
I bet you your yard with a pair
of scissors, don't you?

785
00:42:00,600 --> 00:42:01,880
And that's what I'm thinking
about right now.

786
00:42:03,480 --> 00:42:05,720
Oh my goodness.
But I mean, the end of the day,

787
00:42:05,720 --> 00:42:08,200
this episode has become really
popular.

788
00:42:08,760 --> 00:42:11,800
And in the short, I mean, it's
something about a week yet and

789
00:42:11,800 --> 00:42:14,080
it's become really popular,
gotten all kinds of messages

790
00:42:14,080 --> 00:42:17,440
about it.
And so I think I have stumbled

791
00:42:17,440 --> 00:42:18,960
into something that's really
cool.

792
00:42:18,960 --> 00:42:22,120
And I just want to lean into
making it better and making it

793
00:42:22,120 --> 00:42:25,680
better for people to want to
watch on YouTube and better for

794
00:42:25,680 --> 00:42:30,000
us to promote with clips that
will actually work and where the

795
00:42:30,000 --> 00:42:34,800
Zoom clips don't actually work.
By the way, Mike Short in the

796
00:42:34,800 --> 00:42:39,960
clubhouse audience, he has said
to follow Doc Rock on YouTube.

797
00:42:40,520 --> 00:42:44,400
He teaches ECAMM and he works
for them now as well.

798
00:42:44,400 --> 00:42:47,600
So maybe there's one place you
could go sit if that is the

799
00:42:47,600 --> 00:42:52,960
route you decide to go.
All right, so with that, let's

800
00:42:52,960 --> 00:42:56,640
jump into wins from this past
week.

801
00:42:57,160 --> 00:43:00,440
This is the time for you to
shine, and it doesn't matter.

802
00:43:00,440 --> 00:43:04,000
I don't want to hear your
judgement that my win isn't

803
00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:06,120
nearly as big as that last
chair.

804
00:43:06,120 --> 00:43:08,720
And how do I follow up with that
one?

805
00:43:08,880 --> 00:43:12,440
It doesn't matter.
This is your journey, these are

806
00:43:12,440 --> 00:43:15,760
your wins and they mean
something to you.

807
00:43:16,280 --> 00:43:19,280
So we and we want.
That's right, celebrate.

808
00:43:19,280 --> 00:43:21,440
They mean something to you.
That's right.

809
00:43:21,440 --> 00:43:25,720
So no judgy wudgy on on my win.
Well, see, but you're doing it

810
00:43:25,720 --> 00:43:28,960
right now by judging yourself.
You just did it, Dr. You judge

811
00:43:28,960 --> 00:43:31,640
yourself because you're thinking
about others, how they're going

812
00:43:31,640 --> 00:43:35,120
to respond to this because you
make might be thinking, oh, this

813
00:43:35,120 --> 00:43:37,560
isn't a big deal to them, it
doesn't matter.

814
00:43:37,560 --> 00:43:38,920
Who cares?
Who cares?

815
00:43:38,920 --> 00:43:40,120
OK.
Ashley cut that out.

816
00:43:40,480 --> 00:43:41,920
No, don't cut it out.
That's fine.

817
00:43:41,920 --> 00:43:44,640
Leave it.
All right.

818
00:43:44,640 --> 00:43:47,840
So with that, let's see, we have
a little bit of time.

819
00:43:47,840 --> 00:43:52,720
So let me check in with our
audience who joined us on the

820
00:43:52,720 --> 00:43:55,520
stage first.
And by the way, if you are in

821
00:43:55,520 --> 00:43:58,760
the listening audience, come
join us on stage and share a win

822
00:43:58,760 --> 00:44:01,840
from your week Tide.
We're going to come to you

823
00:44:01,840 --> 00:44:03,600
first.
Please share a win with us.

824
00:44:04,240 --> 00:44:08,800
One win was that I made $38 off
of my podcast and I will mic

825
00:44:08,800 --> 00:44:11,280
myself because I'm at school and
it's very loud.

826
00:44:11,680 --> 00:44:13,280
OK.
But real quick, how did you make

827
00:44:13,280 --> 00:44:16,880
the $38?
I was through Podmatch, and so I

828
00:44:16,880 --> 00:44:20,000
guess that when you link up with
people who are paid subscribers

829
00:44:20,000 --> 00:44:22,480
on Podmatch that you get a
Commission.

830
00:44:22,480 --> 00:44:24,560
And then I also became a legacy
member.

831
00:44:24,560 --> 00:44:27,920
Alex invited me to do that so I
can also, you know, post my

832
00:44:27,920 --> 00:44:29,680
affiliate links and things like
that.

833
00:44:29,680 --> 00:44:32,400
So that was pretty cool that he
saw something in me and saw that

834
00:44:32,400 --> 00:44:34,320
I was active on the platform.
Yeah, excited.

835
00:44:34,720 --> 00:44:36,320
That's awesome.
Congratulations.

836
00:44:36,320 --> 00:44:39,720
And yeah, good for good for you.
I think that's a really cool

837
00:44:39,720 --> 00:44:42,440
thing about Podmatch that I
don't hear people talking a lot

838
00:44:42,440 --> 00:44:47,240
about or enough about.
Yeah, you can get paid for using

839
00:44:47,240 --> 00:44:49,320
Pod Match.
Yeah, that's very cool.

840
00:44:49,320 --> 00:44:51,040
Thank you, Tide.
All right, I'm going to keep it

841
00:44:51,040 --> 00:44:52,840
moving.
Congratulations to you, Tide.

842
00:44:53,120 --> 00:44:55,120
Dave, you want to share a win
with us?

843
00:44:56,000 --> 00:44:58,480
Sure.
I think my win really, Mark is

844
00:44:58,480 --> 00:45:01,640
just being up on the stage with
these amazing people as I've

845
00:45:01,640 --> 00:45:04,040
been listening for years to you
guys.

846
00:45:04,440 --> 00:45:06,280
I've seen people come, I've seen
people go.

847
00:45:06,600 --> 00:45:08,960
I love watching Billy and Sid go
at it.

848
00:45:08,960 --> 00:45:13,000
I love hearing DDR talk about
Android versus Apple.

849
00:45:13,000 --> 00:45:16,040
I love when Nick comes in the
room and shares all these

850
00:45:16,040 --> 00:45:18,240
amazing AI tools.
I have no idea what he's talking

851
00:45:18,240 --> 00:45:22,480
about coming in here and just
being the kindest, gentlest

852
00:45:22,480 --> 00:45:24,520
person you're ever going to
meet.

853
00:45:24,760 --> 00:45:28,560
Like, and then I've seen Ralph
develop in this group in such a

854
00:45:28,560 --> 00:45:33,120
short amount of time, Ashley
being the one person that's like

855
00:45:33,120 --> 00:45:36,200
the common for everything who
makes everybody sound awesome.

856
00:45:36,600 --> 00:45:40,240
Jonathan with his hat.
Come on, like everybody here,

857
00:45:40,240 --> 00:45:42,720
just the best people you're ever
going to meet.

858
00:45:43,000 --> 00:45:45,760
So as you're listening to this
later, which I do at work

859
00:45:45,920 --> 00:45:48,680
because I work overnights and
you guys help me at the end of

860
00:45:48,680 --> 00:45:51,560
my shift when I get in my car,
you guys are the first thing I

861
00:45:51,560 --> 00:45:54,080
listen to.
As you listen to this later,

862
00:45:54,080 --> 00:45:56,600
everyone, I want you to come and
check out this group.

863
00:45:57,000 --> 00:45:58,560
These are the nicest people
they're ever going to meet.

864
00:45:58,560 --> 00:45:59,880
This is my win.
So thanks, Mark.

865
00:46:00,280 --> 00:46:02,040
Dave, thank you so much.
Really.

866
00:46:02,080 --> 00:46:05,880
That's my that's my win for the
week for sure is Dave's kind

867
00:46:05,880 --> 00:46:09,200
words and positive feedback
about this fine group.

868
00:46:09,200 --> 00:46:13,240
And I couldn't agree with you
more about all of these awesome

869
00:46:13,280 --> 00:46:15,040
people.
Thank you for saying that, Dave.

870
00:46:15,320 --> 00:46:17,880
Speaking of awesome people,
let's go to Janae.

871
00:46:17,960 --> 00:46:19,720
Janae, do you want to share a
win with us?

872
00:46:20,240 --> 00:46:21,960
Absolutely.
Thank you, Dave.

873
00:46:22,040 --> 00:46:25,800
I got to see Dave yesterday and
the Baltimore podcasters meet

874
00:46:25,800 --> 00:46:27,000
up.
That was pretty cool.

875
00:46:27,120 --> 00:46:30,400
So I guess that's my win because
outside of all of the other

876
00:46:30,400 --> 00:46:32,960
things that I'm doing, I got to
see Dave and you know, we got to

877
00:46:32,960 --> 00:46:37,440
talk and I got to share like the
topic yesterday was really

878
00:46:37,560 --> 00:46:41,040
poignant and what we're doing,
what are at least what I'm

879
00:46:41,040 --> 00:46:43,600
working on.
So they talked about all of

880
00:46:43,600 --> 00:46:46,200
these things like how are people
using AI for and I was like, you

881
00:46:46,200 --> 00:46:48,760
know what, I'm building
something that does all of these

882
00:46:48,760 --> 00:46:51,560
things for you.
So that's my win.

883
00:46:51,560 --> 00:46:58,320
I'm 80 to 90% done with the
first beta and I'm super excited

884
00:46:58,320 --> 00:47:00,440
to, you know, launch this out to
the world.

885
00:47:00,480 --> 00:47:04,960
April 4th is the launch date.
So that's my big win as I truck

886
00:47:04,960 --> 00:47:08,880
along and, and build this
amazing tool for myself and

887
00:47:08,880 --> 00:47:11,080
whoever else wants to come check
it out.

888
00:47:11,080 --> 00:47:12,240
Thanks.
Awesome.

889
00:47:12,240 --> 00:47:14,680
I'm really excited.
I'm meeting up with Janae later

890
00:47:14,680 --> 00:47:18,200
today to see a little.
He's going to take me for a test

891
00:47:18,200 --> 00:47:22,800
drive of this new software, this
new app that he's working on.

892
00:47:23,240 --> 00:47:26,160
Congrats, Janae.
I'm going to go to Billy next.

893
00:47:26,160 --> 00:47:27,680
Billy, please share a win with
us.

894
00:47:28,320 --> 00:47:34,560
This week I passed 4400 uploads
on the Amazon platform, so it

895
00:47:34,760 --> 00:47:41,240
was a little here with only 600
uploads over the last 12 months.

896
00:47:41,520 --> 00:47:43,720
I think the connection was
getting a little screwy there,

897
00:47:43,720 --> 00:47:45,560
but I think I got the gist of
it.

898
00:47:45,560 --> 00:47:47,920
And congratulations to you,
Billy.

899
00:47:48,440 --> 00:47:51,680
Tim, welcome to the stage.
Thanks for coming on up and

900
00:47:51,760 --> 00:47:54,720
please share a win with us.
So two wins.

901
00:47:55,040 --> 00:47:59,120
One, I am feeling like a human
being because earlier this week,

902
00:47:59,160 --> 00:48:04,800
Oh my gosh, I was so sick.
It was dizzy, it was horrible.

903
00:48:05,160 --> 00:48:09,640
But I'm feeling like a human
today, so I'm grateful for that.

904
00:48:10,120 --> 00:48:14,480
And then my second win was.
I've been working with this guy

905
00:48:14,480 --> 00:48:16,800
named York Campbell out of
Canada.

906
00:48:16,800 --> 00:48:19,880
He has a podcast called Welcome
to Earth Stories.

907
00:48:20,520 --> 00:48:24,480
He's used me as a voice actor
many times, many times.

908
00:48:24,760 --> 00:48:28,040
And he's starting up a brand
new.

909
00:48:28,560 --> 00:48:32,960
Well, a brand new season.
He wrote a script with me in

910
00:48:32,960 --> 00:48:36,760
mind and I just got done
recording it yesterday, sent it

911
00:48:36,760 --> 00:48:39,240
off to him and he's really happy
about it.

912
00:48:39,240 --> 00:48:40,600
So I can't wait till that comes
out.

913
00:48:40,600 --> 00:48:43,000
So that's my win.
That's really cool.

914
00:48:43,000 --> 00:48:45,200
I see Dr. is really impressed
over here.

915
00:48:45,200 --> 00:48:49,040
I'm watching her on camera.
And yeah, congratulations, Tim.

916
00:48:49,040 --> 00:48:50,680
That is awesome.
Very cool.

917
00:48:51,600 --> 00:48:54,120
All right, some baza is also on
stage.

918
00:48:54,120 --> 00:48:55,880
Some baza.
Please share a win with us.

919
00:48:55,880 --> 00:48:58,480
And now are we going to get now?
Usually when I come to you, we

920
00:48:58,480 --> 00:49:01,600
end up hearing your microwave or
somebody doing something in the

921
00:49:01,600 --> 00:49:05,240
kitchen distracting you.
No, not today.

922
00:49:05,440 --> 00:49:07,440
Not today.
OK, wow, it's the first.

923
00:49:08,920 --> 00:49:12,080
Everybody is asleep, they have a
day off so early in the morning.

924
00:49:12,800 --> 00:49:16,800
I want to say yesterday was
Africa Podcast Day, and with it

925
00:49:16,800 --> 00:49:20,120
being Africa Podcast Day, there
was a celebration worldwide and

926
00:49:20,240 --> 00:49:24,080
I got to see a lot of the
African podcasters, you know,

927
00:49:24,680 --> 00:49:28,560
getting together and speaking
about Africa podcasting.

928
00:49:28,960 --> 00:49:34,000
I did manage to do a show on
Substack, which was my first and

929
00:49:34,000 --> 00:49:38,080
I did a solo where I spoke about
Africa's gain in podcasting,

930
00:49:38,680 --> 00:49:42,160
which was really scary, but I
don't know if it I did look

931
00:49:42,160 --> 00:49:45,760
scary, but I did manage.
That's the biggest win.

932
00:49:45,760 --> 00:49:49,040
I've never done it before and
that was a great celebration for

933
00:49:49,040 --> 00:49:51,960
me and a win for me.
So looking forward for more

934
00:49:51,960 --> 00:49:53,760
things to happen in the near
future.

935
00:49:54,560 --> 00:49:55,920
Yeah.
Thank you for sharing that.

936
00:49:55,920 --> 00:49:58,040
First of all, I hadn't, I had no
idea.

937
00:49:58,040 --> 00:50:00,000
So thank you.
This is something I will add to

938
00:50:00,000 --> 00:50:04,880
my calendar that February 12th
is Africa Podcast Day.

939
00:50:04,960 --> 00:50:06,480
Very cool.
And Mark, congratulations.

940
00:50:06,480 --> 00:50:08,840
Yeah.
I was posting it yesterday, I

941
00:50:08,840 --> 00:50:11,520
don't know if you saw it, I was.
I kept on posting it the day

942
00:50:11,520 --> 00:50:14,840
before it started and yesterday.
Maybe you didn't catch it on the

943
00:50:14,840 --> 00:50:16,960
chats?
No, I probably missed it if you

944
00:50:17,000 --> 00:50:19,160
put it on the chats.
Yeah, because I am terrible at

945
00:50:19,160 --> 00:50:20,960
keeping up with the chats.
I just can't.

946
00:50:20,960 --> 00:50:22,920
There's so many moving parts for
me.

947
00:50:23,680 --> 00:50:25,160
All right, we'll celebrate it
next year.

948
00:50:25,160 --> 00:50:28,120
Yes, I, we will.
And please, next time, if I

949
00:50:28,120 --> 00:50:32,320
don't remember or if as we lead
up to it next year, remind me,

950
00:50:32,320 --> 00:50:34,800
reach out to me personally.
Certainly I will.

951
00:50:34,800 --> 00:50:36,360
Yeah, congratulations.
Some baza.

952
00:50:36,360 --> 00:50:38,200
OK, thank you.
Yeah, you're welcome.

953
00:50:38,520 --> 00:50:42,000
All right, so now let's hear
from the rest of the crew who

954
00:50:42,000 --> 00:50:44,360
would like to share.
All right, we'll start with you,

955
00:50:44,360 --> 00:50:46,440
Ralph.
Share a win with us.

956
00:50:47,040 --> 00:50:50,160
So I've been really leaning into
YouTube as I've talked about on

957
00:50:50,160 --> 00:50:55,920
the show and I will hit 250,000
subscribers in my sermon channel

958
00:50:55,920 --> 00:50:58,360
probably in the next day or two,
which is cool.

959
00:50:58,360 --> 00:51:01,040
But the even bigger thing is I
launched the Content Creators

960
00:51:01,040 --> 00:51:06,160
show back in December and as of
right now, I'm at 82,947

961
00:51:06,160 --> 00:51:09,560
subscribers.
So I've really focused that

962
00:51:09,560 --> 00:51:12,000
content on YouTube.
That's the audience I'm trying

963
00:51:12,000 --> 00:51:14,360
to speak to.
So you can do it.

964
00:51:14,360 --> 00:51:16,000
I'm going to say that I'm just
an accountant.

965
00:51:16,000 --> 00:51:19,480
I, I am not an eloquent speaker.
I'm not, I don't have training

966
00:51:19,480 --> 00:51:23,520
in in media.
So just chase your dreams, live

967
00:51:23,520 --> 00:51:25,520
in that and you can accomplish
that too.

968
00:51:25,520 --> 00:51:27,240
So I just want to thank
everybody who supported me in

969
00:51:27,240 --> 00:51:28,600
that, especially the folks here
on the show.

970
00:51:28,600 --> 00:51:31,960
So thank you, Mark.
So Ralph, congratulations and

971
00:51:31,960 --> 00:51:35,480
today you've said you're not a
football player and you're just

972
00:51:35,480 --> 00:51:39,760
an accountant and something that
you casually slipped in to a

973
00:51:39,760 --> 00:51:41,240
private conversation with the
group.

974
00:51:41,240 --> 00:51:44,640
Yesterday you were a SEM semi
pro baseball player.

975
00:51:44,960 --> 00:51:46,640
Yeah, I played one season here
in Delaware.

976
00:51:46,640 --> 00:51:48,160
It's called Northern Delaware,
Big League.

977
00:51:48,440 --> 00:51:50,200
I could throw a baseball pretty
fast.

978
00:51:50,200 --> 00:51:52,760
I had terrible accuracy because
I was constantly hitting people

979
00:51:53,320 --> 00:51:55,600
so I could hit the ball well and
I could throw the ball fast.

980
00:51:55,600 --> 00:51:58,400
So I did a little relief
pitching, but I took one year

981
00:51:58,400 --> 00:51:59,680
and did that.
It was a lot of fun.

982
00:51:59,960 --> 00:52:03,160
I realized I was never going to
be the Pete Rose or the other

983
00:52:03,320 --> 00:52:06,200
the big names of baseball.
But I have my my day of got

984
00:52:06,200 --> 00:52:09,360
actually got paid for a game.
So I can say I was quote semi

985
00:52:09,360 --> 00:52:10,680
pro.
So that was a cool thing.

986
00:52:10,880 --> 00:52:13,480
Very cool.
And you and Nick have something

987
00:52:13,480 --> 00:52:16,280
in common because Nick was, I
think was an aspiring

988
00:52:16,280 --> 00:52:19,320
professional baseball player and
he played in college and that

989
00:52:19,320 --> 00:52:21,640
and I had reached out to him
yesterday when I saw you

990
00:52:21,640 --> 00:52:23,920
commented about that and to tell
him that.

991
00:52:24,280 --> 00:52:27,120
So, yeah, now you guys can have
some some more to chat about if

992
00:52:27,120 --> 00:52:29,040
you'd like.
All right, Congratulations

993
00:52:29,040 --> 00:52:32,440
again, Ralph.
And let's go to Ashley.

994
00:52:32,440 --> 00:52:36,640
Ashley share a win with us.
My win for the week is I started

995
00:52:36,840 --> 00:52:40,480
a songwriting and poetry
challenge and accountability

996
00:52:40,480 --> 00:52:42,480
group.
It's called Songs and Poems from

997
00:52:42,480 --> 00:52:46,840
a Hat, but really it could be
any creative medium.

998
00:52:46,840 --> 00:52:49,320
It could be a podcast.
The whole idea is that we get

999
00:52:49,320 --> 00:52:52,400
together once a month and
everybody contributes A1 word

1000
00:52:52,400 --> 00:52:54,840
prompt.
We pull that prompt out of a hat

1001
00:52:54,840 --> 00:52:58,240
and then you have a whole month
to create something, whether

1002
00:52:58,240 --> 00:53:01,400
that's a song, a poem, a
podcast, a painting, a

1003
00:53:01,680 --> 00:53:05,720
collection of photos, whatever.
It is all based on that theme

1004
00:53:06,240 --> 00:53:09,680
and we have a meeting in between
when you get the prompt and when

1005
00:53:09,680 --> 00:53:11,600
you share what you've made from
that prompt.

1006
00:53:11,960 --> 00:53:14,400
And there's an online group, but
if anybody would like

1007
00:53:14,400 --> 00:53:17,040
information on that, I've got
that for you.

1008
00:53:17,440 --> 00:53:20,920
And then just one other little
win is yesterday after PMCI like

1009
00:53:20,920 --> 00:53:22,840
to go outside and sit in the
sun.

1010
00:53:23,160 --> 00:53:25,200
And I did that yesterday.
I went outside inside of my

1011
00:53:25,200 --> 00:53:29,920
patio and a beautiful white
tailed buck was just in my yard

1012
00:53:29,920 --> 00:53:32,800
like a few feet away and I
caught him on video.

1013
00:53:32,800 --> 00:53:36,320
He saw me, I saw him and he
hopped the fence and that's my

1014
00:53:36,360 --> 00:53:38,200
Instagram if anybody wants to
check that out.

1015
00:53:38,200 --> 00:53:40,000
Oh yeah, I definitely want to
check that out.

1016
00:53:40,400 --> 00:53:42,120
And congratulations, Ashley,
please, I've.

1017
00:53:42,120 --> 00:53:43,680
Got a question for Ashley?
Yeah.

1018
00:53:43,680 --> 00:53:46,680
And let me just say, Ashley,
please put that link to your

1019
00:53:46,680 --> 00:53:49,200
community that you're building
in the show notes so that people

1020
00:53:49,200 --> 00:53:52,920
can join if they're interested.
Go ahead, Dr. Ashley, have you

1021
00:53:52,920 --> 00:53:56,040
seen this person keeps coming up
in my TikTok feed.

1022
00:53:56,320 --> 00:53:59,240
There's a guy that come goes out
to where all the animals are,

1023
00:53:59,240 --> 00:54:03,040
like to zoos, and plays the
guitar and sings very gently and

1024
00:54:03,040 --> 00:54:05,040
all these animals come up to
him.

1025
00:54:05,400 --> 00:54:07,680
Have you seen that?
Because that's exactly what it

1026
00:54:07,680 --> 00:54:10,240
reminded me of when you when you
gave us that story.

1027
00:54:10,760 --> 00:54:12,280
Have you seen that, Ashley?
I've seen that.

1028
00:54:12,880 --> 00:54:15,160
Oh yeah, I have seen that.
And I've actually thought about

1029
00:54:15,160 --> 00:54:18,440
this, taking my flute or my
penny whistle and playing for

1030
00:54:18,440 --> 00:54:20,000
the animals.
I used to do that up in

1031
00:54:20,000 --> 00:54:22,480
Pennsylvania and they'd come
right out of the woods.

1032
00:54:22,800 --> 00:54:24,560
Oh, that's so cool.
Yes, please do that.

1033
00:54:24,560 --> 00:54:28,600
That would be fun to watch.
And Dr. since you have the mic.

1034
00:54:29,360 --> 00:54:34,280
So my win for today is that most
people here know that I'm into

1035
00:54:34,280 --> 00:54:42,640
the whole networking thing, but
I have now a paid, I'm starting

1036
00:54:42,720 --> 00:54:46,920
to network with a paid platform.
It's brand new, but they've

1037
00:54:46,920 --> 00:54:53,560
already sent me several,
several, like so far like 12

1038
00:54:53,560 --> 00:54:57,960
emails with names that I'm
setting up meetings with people

1039
00:54:57,960 --> 00:55:01,200
have I've gotten to my schedule
and set up meetings with.

1040
00:55:01,600 --> 00:55:06,360
And it's a, it's kind of a
different take on networking.

1041
00:55:06,720 --> 00:55:11,920
It's not who you're meeting
with, it's who they know, who

1042
00:55:11,920 --> 00:55:15,200
they can set you up with.
OK, kind of like a pod match but

1043
00:55:15,200 --> 00:55:16,880
for networking more
specifically.

1044
00:55:16,880 --> 00:55:18,960
Yeah, I guess so.
It's really interesting.

1045
00:55:18,960 --> 00:55:22,400
It's pretty expensive, so I'm
going to give it three months,

1046
00:55:24,080 --> 00:55:25,200
but that's my win.
Thank you.

1047
00:55:25,480 --> 00:55:27,440
Congratulations.
Yeah, congratulations.

1048
00:55:27,680 --> 00:55:29,800
Awesome.
Good job, Dr. Appreciate that.

1049
00:55:29,800 --> 00:55:32,440
All right, listen for the rest
of the game who haven't shared,

1050
00:55:32,640 --> 00:55:35,560
is there anybody that would
really like to share a win with

1051
00:55:35,560 --> 00:55:38,720
the community before we wrap up?
Let's go to Sid.

1052
00:55:38,800 --> 00:55:42,000
Go ahead, Sid.
My win is my new podcast episode

1053
00:55:42,000 --> 00:55:46,000
series called Hot Takes.
And I just, it was an idea that

1054
00:55:46,000 --> 00:55:51,120
I had to do something fun and
short and hopefully engaging.

1055
00:55:51,120 --> 00:55:54,280
And the messages I've got about
this is just like blowing me

1056
00:55:54,280 --> 00:55:56,360
away.
It's like really exciting to see

1057
00:55:56,920 --> 00:56:00,600
that I tried something new and
my audience is really liking it

1058
00:56:00,600 --> 00:56:03,080
and enjoying it.
And so it feels really good to

1059
00:56:03,080 --> 00:56:07,040
be able to put something new out
there and it be received so

1060
00:56:07,040 --> 00:56:08,600
well.
So that's my win for this week.

1061
00:56:08,840 --> 00:56:10,080
Love that.
Thank you, Sid.

1062
00:56:10,080 --> 00:56:13,360
Yeah, Following the passion,
following the idea all the way

1063
00:56:13,360 --> 00:56:17,120
through and seeing where it
goes, that's sometimes can be

1064
00:56:17,120 --> 00:56:19,240
scary for a lot of us.
So thank you for being an

1065
00:56:19,240 --> 00:56:23,400
example and showing us that it
can really work out for you if

1066
00:56:23,400 --> 00:56:26,440
you put that time in it, that
love and passion into it.

1067
00:56:26,440 --> 00:56:29,760
And I really believe that
wholeheartedly about all the

1068
00:56:29,760 --> 00:56:33,000
things that we can can do in our
lives.

1069
00:56:33,000 --> 00:56:35,480
I think whether it's podcasting
or something else, I think it

1070
00:56:35,480 --> 00:56:39,080
when you feel passionate about
something, it's worth pursuing.

1071
00:56:39,960 --> 00:56:42,000
Jonathan, you wanted to share?
Go for it.

1072
00:56:42,760 --> 00:56:47,320
First wanted to thank Tide for
saying pod match, because I went

1073
00:56:47,320 --> 00:56:49,000
there and I had a $40 payment.
So.

1074
00:56:49,160 --> 00:56:52,360
And secondly, I just wanted to
say that I had three.

1075
00:56:52,360 --> 00:56:53,440
I'm getting an echo.
Sorry.

1076
00:56:53,880 --> 00:56:58,280
So I had three people who
actually got really good wins

1077
00:56:58,280 --> 00:57:01,200
out of my program this week and
came to me and that and I was

1078
00:57:01,400 --> 00:57:03,000
thrilled.
So their wins are my wins.

1079
00:57:03,000 --> 00:57:05,920
I'm happy about that.
So congratulations, Jonathan.

1080
00:57:05,920 --> 00:57:09,360
That's awesome.
Yeah, whenever our work, our

1081
00:57:09,360 --> 00:57:13,200
service can benefit others and
we see that in action, that is

1082
00:57:13,200 --> 00:57:16,200
absolutely a win to enjoy.
So kudos to you.

1083
00:57:16,200 --> 00:57:18,560
Congratulations.
Anyone else want to share a win?

1084
00:57:18,600 --> 00:57:22,280
OK, well then I will quickly
share that my win is, is that I

1085
00:57:22,280 --> 00:57:26,120
am pushing through the
discomfort both professionally

1086
00:57:26,120 --> 00:57:29,360
and personally.
I am.

1087
00:57:29,560 --> 00:57:32,880
I fully admit I'm struggling.
I'm just struggling in general.

1088
00:57:33,280 --> 00:57:37,320
And Despite that, I am pushing
through.

1089
00:57:37,320 --> 00:57:39,160
I am working with people like
Ralph.

1090
00:57:39,160 --> 00:57:44,240
I've got a personal coach.
I am actually also I've that new

1091
00:57:44,240 --> 00:57:46,800
client I might have mentioned
last week.

1092
00:57:47,080 --> 00:57:51,200
The new client actually is
somebody who has a practice here

1093
00:57:51,200 --> 00:57:55,120
in Asheville that works with
people with ADHD, autism and

1094
00:57:55,120 --> 00:57:58,960
other areas as well.
But he himself has autism and

1095
00:57:59,120 --> 00:58:03,080
ADHD and he's created quite a
practice here locally.

1096
00:58:03,080 --> 00:58:06,520
I'm going to and they take my
insurance, so I'm going to also

1097
00:58:06,520 --> 00:58:10,720
follow up with that as well.
So my win is, is that I'm doing

1098
00:58:10,720 --> 00:58:16,440
the hard work to better myself,
to improve, to feel good about

1099
00:58:16,440 --> 00:58:18,400
all the different things that
I'm doing.

1100
00:58:20,040 --> 00:58:22,640
OK.
So with that, we are not back on

1101
00:58:22,640 --> 00:58:25,520
Monday because Monday is a
holiday here in the US It's

1102
00:58:25,520 --> 00:58:29,160
President's Day.
And I will have more

1103
00:58:29,160 --> 00:58:31,960
announcements about the upcoming
schedule of the podcasting

1104
00:58:31,960 --> 00:58:35,400
morning chat in the days ahead.
So stay tuned there.

1105
00:58:35,400 --> 00:58:39,600
But we are back next week,
Tuesday through Friday, 7:00 AM

1106
00:58:39,600 --> 00:58:42,560
Eastern, live on all the
different streaming platforms.

1107
00:58:42,560 --> 00:58:44,520
If you want that information,
just go to

1108
00:58:44,520 --> 00:58:49,040
podcastingmorningchat.com until
Tuesday.

1109
00:58:49,680 --> 00:58:52,080
Make it a great long weekend,
everybody.

1110
00:58:52,120 --> 00:58:52,600
Take care.