444. Four Listener Questions Every Podcaster Can Relate To

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Good morning podcasting Morning
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Today is Thursday, January 29th,
2026, and today mail back

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Good morning again, podcasting,
Morning Chat.

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

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currently on stage with me.
We have a full house for sure.

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We have producer Ashley Feller,
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Faye, Sid Meadows, Nick Naulback
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So if somebody resonates with
you and you want to let them

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know about it, by all means, go
for it.

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And Ralph, who's on camera with
me here on Riverside.

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Ralph, I know that you made a
connection with a listener

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recently.
I did I've been really working

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my LinkedIn profile and I've
been reaching out to people

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one-on-one and I heard back from
a fellow named Josh and it was

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so great to hear from him.
He he was making comments about

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how how he's getting a lot from
PMC.

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So I just want to pass that
along to everybody.

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He felt like he was really
connecting with us.

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So that's a a big thing and and
a big take away for me is reach

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out to one person, reach out to
one person and start networking

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one by one.
We think we've always got to be

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putting out content and social
media posts, but just reach out

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to one person and you make that
connection and they make another

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connection.
So that's my big take away

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before we get started, Mark.
That's my big take away for

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today.
I love it and I'm excited for

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that.
And yeah, Josh is a big loyal

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listener, I should say, of the
podcasting morning show.

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We just read something from him
not too long ago as well.

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He has sent in feedback multiple
times and we absolutely

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appreciate it.
Thank you, Josh.

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And yeah, I agree with you,
Ralph.

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The one to one approach, I think
a lot of people avoid it 'cause

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they feel like, oh, it's just a
big waste of time.

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I have to, you know, reach out
and hope that they get back to

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me and why not just put out
content and get to the masses.

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But look, I'm a perfect example
of that.

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And a recent example of that is
the last two tickets sold for

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two hour Empowered Podcasting
Conference.

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That didn't happen for me
promoting it here.

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It happened from me making
one-on-one connections.

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People that I connected with
originally at Podfest and then

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after Podfest made connections
with them, talked with them and

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as a result they were interested
in in empowered podcasting and

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they went ahead and bought
tickets like that.

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That's the way it works.
I love that that you shared

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that.
Thank you.

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OK, so we're going to do the
mailbag.

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I don't have a sound effect, but
I have my manual sound effect.

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Get all my mail out here.
And before I dive in, I just

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want to say hello to Nick
Nolback.

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As I said, he is on stage and he
has not been here lately.

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And Nick, does this mean you've
got your power back from the big

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winter storm?
We have power.

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It took a long time.
We're finding like the house is

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finally back to like a normal
temperature.

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But I'm ready to put a wrap on
26th.

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I don't know about anybody else,
but it's been a rough January,

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yeah.
At least, at least it's time to

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put an end to January.
I'll give you that a. 100%.

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Yeah, I think there are multiple
people that would agree with

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you, and I don't know if you
heard it in my voice when I was

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doing the intro this morning.
Just saying January 29th already

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is pretty crazy.
To think that we're already a

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month through the new year is a
little nuts.

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Dr. You wanted to say something.
I wanted to ask Nick are the

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roads passable?
Because we're I'm in Nashville,

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TN and there are lots of roads
that are not even passable

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still.
At least in our area, everything

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is passable.
The day that we lost power, we

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thought it was kind of strange
because we had a salt truck come

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through our neighborhood like
early in the morning and then we

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didn't see him again.
And once we finally like went to

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go venture out, we saw like
there was a tree, a massive tree

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cut down like in the middle of
the road, like someone came

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through with a chainsaw and cut
it so that people could get

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through.
We weren't going to go venture

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out anyway, but that was a big
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And as we were kind of getting
out there to go to our friend's

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house who had power, we was just
like, trees were down

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everywhere.
It was just wild.

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Yeah, it's been crazy all over.
I'm just glad everybody's safe.

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I am too.
Thank you Alex and BCI know you

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wanted to say something and I
think I want to put a close on

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the weather discussion.
We are not a meteorologist

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podcast.
We are a podcast for podcasters.

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So I want to get to the mailbag
as I dig through and pull out

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the first item of business.
This is actually something that

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Dr. found on Reddit.
This comes from Crazy Crockett.

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I won't read the whole thing,
the whole username, just because

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I don't know if he would want us
to or not.

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So I'll just say Crazy Crockett.
And this is on posting video

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podcasts.
He says.

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I have a question.
I have an audio podcast that I

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like to air in the mornings on
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My friend though now has told me
to do a video podcast.

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However, I know that videos are
not reached by the masses until

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a certain time of day, usually
in the afternoon.

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Does it make sense?
Does it make more sense to air

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the videos later so that YouTube
can push it out at a time

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viewers will watch?
OK so my I have two questions

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here. 1 is that I'll just pose
this to everybody, is the

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podcaster correct about videos
reaching the masses at a certain

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time of day specific to YouTube?
And also, how should this

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podcaster approach scheduling
episodes, whether it's video,

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audio, or both?
I see Nick's doing a thumbs

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down.
I'm going to go to Ralph because

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I know Ralph has been very
active on YouTube and has had

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some YouTube success.
Ralph, I think what was it,

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100,000 subscribers 200,000
recently?

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So we yesterday we hit 225,000.
It continues to grow.

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Now I will answer that question
directly.

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So I think what that person's
getting to and I use Vid IQ as a

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tool to help me with the video
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There are times when they say
this is a great window to

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release something.
I don't think unless you're

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doing a live show, that's a
different story.

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If you're doing a live show,
then of course that makes sense

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to me.
But truth be told, people get

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stuff on demand when they want
to embark, you know, and take it

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in.
Now, it could be, it's possible

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that YouTube is going to promote
that if it comes out at a

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certain time.
I don't know the answer to that.

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I know with the vid IQ, when I'm
putting shorts up and things

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like that, it does tell me, hey,
here's a better window for this

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particular type of video.
But Mark, that, that's been my

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experience, Yeah.
And I've leaned into video as

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well.
And here's the thing I want the

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other thing I would say is you
don't have to do video.

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If you're totally content with
doing audio, stay in the audio

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lane.
Because if, if you listen to the

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show before, you know, I've said
this, I truly believe the

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content you put on audio and the
content you put on video needs

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to be different.
And, and that just means more

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work for you.
I'm not saying that you that

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it's not a good thing.
Like I've grown the video side

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of my content creation and I'm
happy for that, But it is a

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different mindset.
It's a different editing.

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I have a team of editing people
and we edit the audio

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differently than we edit the
video.

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So you're taking on more, you're
worried about backgrounds,

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you're worrying about cameras
and a whole bunch of other

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things that can make it more
complicated.

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So if you're loving where you
are on the audio side, don't let

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anybody tell you have to do
video because you just do not

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have to do video.
I fully agree with you there,

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Ralph.
Absolutely, especially that last

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point.
And I think when there's an

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instance like this where you
hear, yeah, there is a time of

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day that is recommended for
highest potential of reach,

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sure, you may want to think
about that.

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You may want to consider, OK,
well if that's the case, then I

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want to schedule these things at
those times.

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But ultimately, I think there
are two things to consider.

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One is you can see on most
platforms when your audience is

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most active.
So I think what's more important

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is to respond to when your
audience specifically is active

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on those different platforms, if
that's the strategy you want to

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take.
Ultimately for me, you know, we

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don't have a specific time, even
though there may be an ideal

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time for us to post.
Our mission is just to get this

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live show cleaned up and out the
door for everyone to consume

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before the morning's over.
Just because I like to keep it

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real with the name, right?
If we're called the podcasting

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morning chat, I like to release
in the morning, but ultimately I

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know that people are going to
watch, listen when it's

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convenient to them.
I don't like to put too much

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weight on that strategy because
like we all know, we are an on

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demand platform.
Our content is listenable,

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watchable whenever it's
convenient to our audience.

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So I think we have to take that
sometimes with a grain of salt.

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Did anyone else want to chime in
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I would lean into the time that
he wants to post.

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So if it's a morning thing, lean
into that and make it an event

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and you can do that through
YouTube or whatever else.

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People.
Love to, to know when things are

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being released.
If your audience knows that

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you're going to release at 7:00
in the morning or, you know,

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whatever time they're going to
look for it, they'll make time

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or they'll do it on demand.
YouTube's a weird beast in the

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sense of I don't think it's a
timing issue.

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It's just a matter of just get
it out and, and get it to where

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you need it.
That's what we've been doing on

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the stuff that I've been doing
and it's been pretty successful.

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I think on the timing piece of
it, like I agree with everything

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that you, Mark and Alex have all
said about it.

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As a YouTube user, I don't think
I've ever been fed a piece of

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content as it's gone live.
I always end up catching a video

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or something like that.
You do like a day, 18 hours

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later or something like that.
I've never had myself be

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scrolling through YouTube and
then all of a sudden be like,

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oh, by the way, someone that you
follow just posted a video

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catching it like almost in the
instance that they uploaded.

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So I don't think being that
specific to say, OK, everyone's,

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you're going to be on at 11:00,
so I have to make sure I get it

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out at 11:00.
If you've set that precedent and

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your audience is looking for
your content, they're going to

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know to look for it at a
specific time.

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But as far as new people
discovering your content, I

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don't think it's going to work
quite like that.

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It's not like a TikTok and an
Instagram like they're going to

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get fed.
After YouTube's had time to

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process your video and decide
when who to distribute it to, I

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wouldn't be as concerned with
the time.

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Unless you are catering to an
audience and giving them that

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expectation, then that makes
sense to me.

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I think that's a great point,
Nick, because I don't know about

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anyone else.
In fact, Ashley, let's put up a

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poll.
Do you respond to when a podcast

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comes out?
In other words, you get a

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notification or you would just
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comes out at Tuesdays at 7:00 in
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my phone.
Do you do that, or do you just

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go look when it's convenient to
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Mark yeah, here's the answer to
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Hey Lucy, what happens at 4:30
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I watch Mariah Elizabeth, my
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There you go.
It could be a generational thing

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too.
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You know, the kids, especially
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told us this with your kid and
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TV isn't really the thing
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Now it's YouTube, right?
It's like, you know, coming home

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from school at a certain time,
your favorite cartoons coming

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on, and so you're sitting down
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after school.
We're not as structured as our

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kids.
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going back to convenience is
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podcasters have a podcast
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a solution through conversation.
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assuming that this is the goal
for the person who provided this

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comment, you know, making sure
that your title, your copy, your

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SEO, not to throw jargon in too
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making sure that you are framing
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solution.
People who are going to be

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looking for that regardless of
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whenever and whenever.
Yep, thank you BC appreciate

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that.
And Dr. oh Dr. might be cooking

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eggs at this point.
Now it's better too because I

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don't have to look at the clock
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I can see when she turns her
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That's how I know.
Actually, Riverside is not all

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of a sudden recognizing my
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I tried forever, but I am in the
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Anyway, I'm going to answer the
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If it's a short, I'll watch it
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If it is like one of those,
what's the opposite of a short

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long form?
Called the long.

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you know, find time to to see
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That's fair and it's looking
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It's still going on but as of
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I don't respond to when a
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specific release time.
I want to preface this because I

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think BC and I are in a weird
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I don't know BC.
I do a lot of movie reviews and

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stuff about TV stuff.
It is time sensitive, but as

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long as you get it out as
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That makes a lot of sense for
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So then I think we're going to
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the next question.
Let me pull it out of the

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mailbag and see.
All right, so this is a short

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and sweet one.
This is an e-mail that comes

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from Janet.
Janet wants to know, how do you

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handle writer's block when it
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new topics?
I'm assuming because literally

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that's the only question we have
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How do you handle writer's block
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So I'm assuming that's planning
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content.
How do you plan them?

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like, what do we do?
In fact, I had that moment this

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morning.
I did not plan ahead for today's

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episode because normally
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but we've since made it every
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had limited time and had to be
quick with what are we going to

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do today.
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have in using us as an example,
might be to have a few topics

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that are on standby in your
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One of those for us is the
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It makes it pretty easy to fill
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OK, we've got lots of people
that want to chime in.

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I'm going to go to the clubhouse
stage before I go to the video,

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the Riverside stage.
Let's go to Sid because I don't

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think we heard at all from Sid
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here.
So I want to hear from Sid this

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morning.
Good morning, Sid.

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Good morning, everybody.
So I think there's two things

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that I would find is Rob's block
is a real thing.

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It happens whether you're
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or writing a script for a
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I think the first thing to do is
when you feel that like you're

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stuck and you're there, it's
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Disconnect.
Go do something different.

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Go do something that brings you
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If you like walking and that
excites you, if you want to call

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a friend or go to a coffee shop
or play a video game, do

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something completely opposite of
writing.

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creative act.
So whatever you need to do to

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get into the creative juices
flowing to to write, then just I

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would just completely step away.
The other thing that I would do

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is if you're struggling with
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AI, use ChatGPT as a
brainstorming partner and like

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talk to it, tell it, Hey, I've
got writers block.

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I'm struggling with what to talk
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And if you've been using it for
a while, it knows you and it

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knows the things you like to
talk about and it will make a

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great brainstorming partner for
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So very practical and then very
like, let me get back in my

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creative mode.
Love that I practice both of

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those suggestions walking away
and also then brainstorming with

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AII think is always helpful.
And you're right it it should

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get to know you after a while.
And when it does, it does make

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that conversation much easier to
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You don't have to preface with a
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I would still say that if I'm
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like Sid said, I'll tell it.
Yeah, I'm dealing with writer's

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block.
I'm trying to come up with new

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episodes.
I'm not sure what to do.

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I might still tell it.
This is my target audience.

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I might tell it.
Here are some of the topics that

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I've talked about recently so
that it doesn't just spit out,

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regurgitate things that I've
already done and then see where

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it goes from there.
Go ahead, Ashley.

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Good morning.
Good morning.

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I've got two small things.
So the first one comes from

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Julia Cameron's concept of doing
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If you want the water to flow,
you have to remove the dam, even

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if that means by blowing the dam
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So what I would recommend is
don't try to write anything

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that's related to your podcast.
Write anything, write anything

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that comes to your mind for 25
minutes.

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Even it is it's I have nothing
to say because what this does is

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it just gets you in flow and
then eventually something will

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come and hopefully it's related
to your podcast.

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The other thing I would
recommend is if you scroll video

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sites like TikTok or Instagram,
Facebook, what have you, any

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site that has Reels, make a
folder because you can make

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collections and you can put
something you'll remember, like

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for inspiration.
That's what mine's called for

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Sunshine State inspiration.
And for any video that I see

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that I think, oh, this would be
worth talking about on the

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podcast, I just add those videos
to that collection on those

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sites.
And then when I'm trying to

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construct my episodes, I refer
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videos for inspiration.
Thank you, Ashley, love that.

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And can you repeat that quote
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That was completely off the
cuff, believe it or not, but if

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you want the river to flow,
you've got to remove the dam.

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Something like that, yeah.
OK, well that would I would

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write that down Ashley.
I like that a lot.

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Thank you for that.
And Dr. just put something in

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the chat here that I definitely
can relate to.

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She says to what Dr. Go ahead,
you share.

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Are you able to?
All right, well, she says get in

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the shower, get in the pool.
Water gets my creative juices

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flowing.
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big one for me.
I know my wife often gets

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inspiration once she's in the
shower and pops out.

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And the frustration sometimes
is, is, oh, but I got to capture

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this.
What do I do?

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I don't have, I don't have a pen
and paper right now.

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either in the shower.

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But, you know, if you've got
your phone nearby, you might be

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able to just call to your phone,
whatever name it uses.

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I'm intentionally avoiding
saying it out loud.

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But yeah, do a smart device,
talk to your smart device, leave

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it in the bathroom with you and
say, hey, make a note and tell

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it what that note is.
OK, Ralph, I'm coming to you.

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So the struggles, I do a Daily
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do and the thing that I found is
I've built a content calendar

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and that really helps me.
So because I do a seven day a

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week show, it's about a 15
minute show.

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I actually have all 365 episodes
already planned out for this

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year.
And I used a lot of AI tools to

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do that.
I've written a couple books.

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I plug the the transcript of my
books into AI and say what would

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be some good daily topics to use
for this?

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But I actually think that having
a calendar, being intentional of

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what you're going to plan and in
thinking through that process is

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the way to avoid that in the 1st
place.

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So that's just, that's just my
two cents.

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I'm a sort of an organized type
A personality guy.

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So I've got a content calendar
out there and that just that

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helps me keep it in touch with
where I need to go.

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And I don't get stuck in that,
you know that that worrisome of

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what am I going to do tomorrow.
Kind of going to ash this point

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about, you know, letting the
damn loose.

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I'm always a big fan of the word
vomiting onto a solid piece of

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paper or to a nice notes
document just to get everything

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out of your head first.
Another thing I would say is

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don't always assume a singular
topic can't flow into another

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topic.
Always keep in mind when you're

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discussing something that you've
already planned, do you notice

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whether or not any branches of
that topic starts to pivot into

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something else?
Write that down when that

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happens because that helps you
realize naturally a whole new

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thing to discuss.
And then if anything else, I

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would say if you have a good
audience that's engaging so far,

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pull it.
Ask them you know if they're

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your audience and you they know
what your endeavor is through

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your podcast.
Ask them what they would want to

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see in the future.
Fair enough, thank you BC I'll

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see if does anybody else want to
add anything to the writer's

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block conversation.
Mark, one thing I will say is

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don't put out slop content just
for the sake of putting

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something out.
And I know that might not sound

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like a popular thing to say, but
don't just put something out.

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Well, I've got to post something
this week.

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I've got to post something.
Don't do that because that's not

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a service to your audience.
And I know there's a pressure

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sometimes that I've got to put
something out and you got to

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bring remarkable content every
time.

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And don't let your quality get
lost in that writer's block

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because sometimes it's better to
skip an episode.

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And it might not be a popular
thing to say, but maybe the

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consistency needs to stop until
you're back on point with where

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you need to be.
But I've seen other content

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creators put something out.
And I'm saying that's not your

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best work.
And in fact, I've even reached

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out sometimes.
I said, you know what?

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I'm a, I'm a follower, I'm a
friend of yours.

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Can I give you some feedback?
And they said, you know what,

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Ralph?
That wasn't my best work, but I

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had to get something out because
it was Monday and it needed to

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go out.
So that's just my $0.02 worth

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there, Mark.
Thank you, Ralph.

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Yeah, absolutely.
And Dr. wanted to chime in.

450
00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:39,480
Go ahead, Dr. Yeah, I haven't
heard anyone mention pillars

451
00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:43,480
lately.
Content pillars, I swear by

452
00:23:43,480 --> 00:23:46,200
them.
They are so helpful.

453
00:23:46,560 --> 00:23:49,240
I think content pillars should
actually go on the jargon wheel.

454
00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:52,240
It's not on there now.
Put that on there.

455
00:23:52,240 --> 00:23:54,680
And if you want to know more
about content pillars, you can

456
00:23:54,680 --> 00:23:59,080
certainly look it up on YouTube
or Google it, but they're very

457
00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:01,320
helpful.
Nick, you wanted to add

458
00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:04,680
something?
One thing that I feel like we

459
00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:09,240
all as creators kind of don't
take advantage of enough or

460
00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:13,680
don't really pay much attention
to is like rehashing old

461
00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:16,040
content.
I know for me personally, I I

462
00:24:16,040 --> 00:24:18,240
would go in and create the
content and be like, OK, well,

463
00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:20,160
I've already created content
about that, so I can't create

464
00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:22,200
content about that ever again.
I've already done it.

465
00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:25,760
And you look at the creators who
are out there crushing it, like

466
00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:29,400
they are hammering their message
out that they're talking about

467
00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:34,080
the same thing day in and day
out, and they're just spinning

468
00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:36,120
it a little bit.
But the message is the same.

469
00:24:36,120 --> 00:24:39,440
The content is virtually the
same, and they still crush it.

470
00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:41,280
They're not pushing people away
because of it.

471
00:24:41,280 --> 00:24:44,840
Like it's OK to talk about
things you've already talked

472
00:24:44,840 --> 00:24:49,280
about.
Real quick heads up before we

473
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489
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All right, I want to continue
the mailbag and I think what I'm

490
00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:09,400
going to do is quickly share
something from a new listener.

491
00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:12,520
Her name is Vanessa.
She's been chatting with me on

492
00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:18,480
LinkedIn and I met her at
Podfest and she had commented on

493
00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:22,400
one of my posts and I think it
was something encouraging,

494
00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:26,640
something positive about the
podcasting morning chat about

495
00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:30,960
the post, which was related to
an episode that we had recently.

496
00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:36,600
And I commented back and asked
her to eventually come back and

497
00:26:36,600 --> 00:26:39,240
give me some feedback, some
constructive feedback.

498
00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:42,760
She actually took that to heart
and did so and listened.

499
00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:46,880
I think my, from what I gathered
here in her answer, I think she

500
00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:50,680
basically listened to all last
week of shows and had some

501
00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:54,360
comments on it.
So here is what she says.

502
00:26:54,360 --> 00:26:57,120
I love your show.
You have a great presence and

503
00:26:57,120 --> 00:26:58,960
tone.
I was going to skip this because

504
00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:03,160
she's complimenting me and I'm
not here to get my back patted,

505
00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:05,800
but I'll, I'll continue.
You have a great presence and

506
00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:08,600
tone, dynamic range of voice,
which is great.

507
00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:11,520
Your guests are always
complimentary to you.

508
00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:14,680
Great fit.
And by guests I am assuming she

509
00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:17,800
means those of you who are here
with me on stage.

510
00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:23,000
She had some questions first.
Why the 32nd wait between the

511
00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:26,560
intro and show?
This is a thing that I have

512
00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:30,720
struggled with as far as keeping
it or removing it for years.

513
00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:34,960
In fact, in the early days of
the PMC, before we even took

514
00:27:34,960 --> 00:27:39,240
this to a podcast, that wait
time was way longer than 30

515
00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:41,760
seconds.
It was probably around 2

516
00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:43,920
minutes.
Why do I do it?

517
00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:47,720
Well, it's a live show.
Those 30 seconds are valuable to

518
00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:49,880
me.
Before we really dig in.

519
00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:54,000
It gives me the last few moments
of prep, make sure everything is

520
00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:56,960
in order.
It also gives me 30 seconds to

521
00:27:56,960 --> 00:27:58,760
invite people to the live
stream.

522
00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:02,560
If you're watching me ever in
those 30 seconds, you probably

523
00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:06,520
see me feverishly doing
something and it's all on my

524
00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:08,120
phone.
So you probably see me tapping

525
00:28:08,120 --> 00:28:11,880
because I have the phone placed
right near the camera here and

526
00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:15,120
that's what I'm doing.
I'm prepping last minute and I'm

527
00:28:15,120 --> 00:28:20,200
inviting people to the show.
Do I think it's a smart move?

528
00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:24,280
No, it's like the old parents
saying do as I say, not as I do.

529
00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:28,440
But my thought was is that, you
know, I'm doing a live show.

530
00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:31,080
So I'm probably doing things a
little bit differently than I

531
00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:35,480
would if I was doing a pre
recorded show, but it still gets

532
00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:37,400
me.
There's one thing I one idea

533
00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:41,240
I've been dancing around with,
which is during that 30 seconds,

534
00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:44,880
if I really feel it's valuables,
maybe do some kind of promo,

535
00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:48,880
some kind of ad, if you will,
but maybe promoting something

536
00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:52,280
about this show, maybe promoting
something about the services

537
00:28:52,280 --> 00:28:56,840
that I provide to my clients.
So more to come on that, but a

538
00:28:56,840 --> 00:28:59,560
really good question and I
appreciate her asking.

539
00:28:59,760 --> 00:29:03,960
She goes on the reviewing
podcast episodes, so she's

540
00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:08,640
talking about our evaluations.
Nick, listen up because you said

541
00:29:08,680 --> 00:29:11,200
the same thing recently as what
I'm about to share.

542
00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:15,200
She said that those episodes
feel a little jarring to her.

543
00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:19,680
She says maybe it's me, but I'm
lost because we're walking into

544
00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:22,440
a review of a show that we never
heard.

545
00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:26,400
Does that make sense?
Again, I don't know if there's

546
00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:30,480
something I'm missing like sound
samples I didn't hear or a link

547
00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:36,280
to the show in prior days asking
folks to listen and come for the

548
00:29:36,280 --> 00:29:39,480
review.
It's the greatest idea overall.

549
00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:43,200
I just wish as a listener I got
to hear so I could compare

550
00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:46,520
contrast.
But even then, 7 to 10 seconds,

551
00:29:46,520 --> 00:29:51,320
sound samples or an audio
summary could be near.

552
00:29:51,920 --> 00:29:54,840
So first, I would say that this
could be a result.

553
00:29:55,120 --> 00:29:58,800
I have a feeling Vanessa
listened a little bit, got

554
00:29:58,800 --> 00:30:01,840
confused and stopped listening
because it took us a minute.

555
00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:05,640
And I say that figuratively, it
took us more than a minute to

556
00:30:05,640 --> 00:30:09,840
get to the clips.
We didn't play the clips

557
00:30:09,840 --> 00:30:14,200
probably until about like 15
minutes in or so, using the last

558
00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:17,440
one as an example.
And Nick, you shared about that

559
00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:21,440
with us after the show because
you hadn't listened, but you

560
00:30:21,440 --> 00:30:25,400
came and joined the conversation
and you said you were feeling a

561
00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:27,120
little lost and a little
confused.

562
00:30:27,760 --> 00:30:30,400
I don't know if you want to add
on to that or provide a

563
00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:32,720
suggestion of some kind.
You are more than welcome.

564
00:30:33,320 --> 00:30:35,440
I know a lot of you on stage as
well.

565
00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:38,000
You're listening to the episode,
so you go in with that

566
00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:40,120
predetermined, like knowledge
like you.

567
00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:41,880
You've heard it.
You have things you're ready to

568
00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:43,880
talk about.
But yeah, we're coming in not

569
00:30:43,880 --> 00:30:45,640
knowing anything about what was
being discussed.

570
00:30:45,640 --> 00:30:48,680
It's like you hear people saying
good things about this show and

571
00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:51,440
things that they can improve on,
but you're like, there's no

572
00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:53,880
context.
For me, I just kind of

573
00:30:53,880 --> 00:30:56,920
disconnected from the
conversation because I'm not in

574
00:30:56,920 --> 00:31:00,280
the loop on what's happening.
So one of the things that I was

575
00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:05,040
thinking is like starting the
show with some sort of clip from

576
00:31:05,040 --> 00:31:09,040
the episode or maybe the intro
or something that can get the

577
00:31:09,040 --> 00:31:12,480
audience involved with the show
right from the beginning.

578
00:31:12,480 --> 00:31:15,640
Like they hear something and
what's being talked about is in

579
00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:19,040
relation to what they just heard
instead of just kind of being

580
00:31:19,040 --> 00:31:21,480
thrown in almost like getting
put into a conversation.

581
00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:24,800
Like mid conversation you're
like, I'm trying to catch up to

582
00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:25,960
speed.
Like what's going on here?

583
00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:27,400
Agreed.
I think so.

584
00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:30,200
And that's, it's funny because
that's something that has been

585
00:31:30,200 --> 00:31:33,040
on my radar.
I've noticed that I've felt like

586
00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:36,120
I've had the debate in my head.
Do I start with a clip?

587
00:31:36,120 --> 00:31:39,360
Do I wait and help set up the
show a little bit more?

588
00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:43,120
But the fact that this is two
people in a row from the last

589
00:31:43,120 --> 00:31:47,840
episode that felt a little bit
lost tells me that, yeah, I

590
00:31:47,840 --> 00:31:50,720
think maybe starting with clips
could be helpful.

591
00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:54,360
Or even maybe if the show that
we're evaluating also has a

592
00:31:54,360 --> 00:31:59,160
trailer that is maybe not
terribly long, a couple minutes

593
00:31:59,160 --> 00:32:02,160
long, maybe starting with their
trailer just so everybody gets a

594
00:32:02,160 --> 00:32:05,640
good sense of what this show is
and they feel a little bit of a

595
00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:08,200
connection.
I'm going to go to Sid, and then

596
00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:10,000
I'm going to go to Alex.
Go ahead, Sid.

597
00:32:10,240 --> 00:32:13,160
I also think it would help if we
promote the episodes that we're

598
00:32:13,160 --> 00:32:16,960
listening to that we're going to
review for a week before we

599
00:32:16,960 --> 00:32:20,360
review it.
So tomorrow share the show that

600
00:32:20,360 --> 00:32:21,960
we'll be reviewing for
everybody.

601
00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:24,480
Drop a link in there so that
everybody in the audience and

602
00:32:24,480 --> 00:32:26,840
the listening audience on the
podcast can actually go listen

603
00:32:26,840 --> 00:32:30,360
to it and just say it everyday.
As a reminder, on Thursday we're

604
00:32:30,360 --> 00:32:32,240
going to be review.
The crew will be reviewing this.

605
00:32:32,240 --> 00:32:35,040
If you would like to listen and
join the conversation, here's

606
00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:36,400
the episode that we'll be
reviewing.

607
00:32:36,800 --> 00:32:40,080
So I think the other thing is
that way at least people hear it

608
00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:43,960
and they have the option to go
and listen to the show, right?

609
00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:47,480
And being repetitive with it is
what will get people to actually

610
00:32:47,480 --> 00:32:50,840
go and click the play button.
Because I know it's like pulling

611
00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:54,720
teeth sometimes to get us to put
our our valuations in, harass

612
00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:59,360
the audience like you harass us.
The other thing that I would say

613
00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:03,760
is in the beginning, maybe,
maybe before you play Eclipse,

614
00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:08,480
give a little synopsis about
what the host said to you that

615
00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:11,280
they were looking for.
Like we received a submission

616
00:33:11,280 --> 00:33:14,800
and Ashley is looking for
feedback on Boom, Boom and Boom

617
00:33:14,800 --> 00:33:16,920
about her show.
This is who she is and what she

618
00:33:16,920 --> 00:33:18,760
does.
I'm going to jump right into a

619
00:33:18,760 --> 00:33:22,280
clip and play a clip or play
whatever you want to right after

620
00:33:22,280 --> 00:33:23,880
that.
So at least we, the audience

621
00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:29,040
gets to see what here, what we
see on the form, but maybe not

622
00:33:29,040 --> 00:33:31,040
as in detail as you put on the
form.

623
00:33:31,960 --> 00:33:33,760
Yeah, Thank you, Sid.
Great suggestions.

624
00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:37,120
I know I was getting a little
bit better about teasing

625
00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:40,040
throughout the week, the
episodes, but I think doing that

626
00:33:40,040 --> 00:33:43,080
more consistently would be
important.

627
00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:47,160
Full disclosure, we need another
podcast to evaluate.

628
00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:51,000
So tomorrow we can't even tell
you yet unless we get a couple

629
00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:53,920
of submissions today, we can't
tell you yet what we're going to

630
00:33:53,920 --> 00:33:55,680
do for the next evaluation
episode.

631
00:33:55,680 --> 00:34:00,800
We may not have it depending on
who or who doesn't apply.

632
00:34:01,080 --> 00:34:03,400
We had about, I don't know, a
dozen or so.

633
00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:05,440
There were a couple that just
weren't a good fit.

634
00:34:05,880 --> 00:34:08,880
I could go to those, but I just
don't think they're a good fit.

635
00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:11,239
So we're, we're looking for a
new batch.

636
00:34:11,239 --> 00:34:15,159
So if you're interested, by the
way, to have your podcast

637
00:34:15,159 --> 00:34:17,679
evaluated, there is a link in
the show notes.

638
00:34:18,040 --> 00:34:21,760
So you can go click that, fill
out the form and go from there.

639
00:34:21,800 --> 00:34:24,120
I want to say this before we go
it further.

640
00:34:24,400 --> 00:34:28,159
I debated whether even to go
into this because you know,

641
00:34:28,159 --> 00:34:30,400
we're kind, this is kind of
inside baseball for our

642
00:34:30,400 --> 00:34:33,080
audience, right?
You're you're hearing us go

643
00:34:33,080 --> 00:34:35,560
through the brainstorming
process.

644
00:34:35,560 --> 00:34:37,360
What do we do or what don't we
do?

645
00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:40,719
But I think that this overall is
valuable to you.

646
00:34:41,040 --> 00:34:45,000
You're a podcaster, right?
So to hear how other podcasters

647
00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:49,600
go through and breakdown, how do
I improve my own podcast, I

648
00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:51,800
think that this could be
valuable to you.

649
00:34:52,920 --> 00:34:55,840
So that's why I'm doing it and
that's why I'm going to just say

650
00:34:56,080 --> 00:35:00,280
I'm going to, I want to limit to
1 answer here and then keep

651
00:35:00,280 --> 00:35:04,520
moving.
So I'm going to go to Ralph and

652
00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:07,480
then I'm going to keep going
through this and get to maybe

653
00:35:07,480 --> 00:35:09,400
one more mailbag question.
Go ahead, Ralph.

654
00:35:10,200 --> 00:35:12,200
Yeah, Mark, while you were
talking, I had an idea.

655
00:35:12,560 --> 00:35:16,160
We could ask the content creator
to send us a one minute

656
00:35:16,720 --> 00:35:19,560
recording of what they're hoping
to gain from this.

657
00:35:19,560 --> 00:35:22,600
Tell us about your show.
Tell us about what you're trying

658
00:35:22,600 --> 00:35:24,720
to accomplish.
And we could actually start the

659
00:35:24,720 --> 00:35:26,480
episode with that.
It's like we received this

660
00:35:26,480 --> 00:35:28,280
submission from Ralph.
Here's Ralph.

661
00:35:28,840 --> 00:35:31,080
We were talking about content
creators, so they understand how

662
00:35:31,080 --> 00:35:33,280
to get in front of a camera, in
front of a microphone.

663
00:35:33,560 --> 00:35:36,400
So maybe that's an idea, Mark,
so they can actually lay the

664
00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:38,560
groundwork of what we're trying
to accomplish.

665
00:35:38,560 --> 00:35:40,520
Because then right from the
beginning, we're going to

666
00:35:40,520 --> 00:35:42,360
understand who they are.
We're going to understand their

667
00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:44,360
tone of voice.
We're going to understand what

668
00:35:44,360 --> 00:35:45,800
they're bringing, what they're
asking for.

669
00:35:45,800 --> 00:35:47,600
Just an idea, as we were
talking, a sort of stream of

670
00:35:47,600 --> 00:35:49,840
consciousness.
I love that idea.

671
00:35:49,840 --> 00:35:53,560
Maybe even using something like
Speak Pipe for those people who

672
00:35:53,560 --> 00:35:56,400
are submitting to, yeah,
introduce themselves and what

673
00:35:56,400 --> 00:35:59,160
they're looking for.
It's kind of a step further to

674
00:35:59,160 --> 00:36:02,000
what Sid was suggesting.
So thank you for that.

675
00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:05,080
Ralph.
Actually, you know, I was just

676
00:36:05,080 --> 00:36:07,120
going to switch into the next
mailbag.

677
00:36:07,120 --> 00:36:11,960
But I will say that Vanessa did
go on to say she loves the

678
00:36:11,960 --> 00:36:16,040
mailbag segment.
She said, I'm going to quote

679
00:36:16,120 --> 00:36:21,160
Janet from friends.
Oh my God, she said I loved that

680
00:36:21,160 --> 00:36:22,560
episode.
She's talking about the last

681
00:36:22,560 --> 00:36:25,200
time we did this a million times
over.

682
00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:30,200
Listening to people's issues and
the team or you with guests

683
00:36:30,200 --> 00:36:32,000
dissect it.
I love it.

684
00:36:32,360 --> 00:36:36,200
I'm such an AV nerd.
I was answering with you all

685
00:36:36,320 --> 00:36:38,680
lol.
Overall I can see why you are

686
00:36:38,680 --> 00:36:42,240
who you are and I'm so proud to
know you and of you.

687
00:36:42,240 --> 00:36:44,200
I hope nothing I said offends
you.

688
00:36:44,200 --> 00:36:46,240
I promise you Vanessa, it did
not.

689
00:36:46,520 --> 00:36:48,200
If it does, I blame it on
health.

690
00:36:48,680 --> 00:36:51,720
I just got home from a trip.
Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't read

691
00:36:51,720 --> 00:36:53,800
this last part.
At least I forgot about this

692
00:36:53,800 --> 00:36:56,560
last part.
I just got home from a trip to

693
00:36:56,560 --> 00:37:00,480
the ER, so I hope you feel
better Vanessa.

694
00:37:00,920 --> 00:37:04,840
And I apologize, I missed that
in our correspondence, so I

695
00:37:04,840 --> 00:37:08,080
don't even think I said anything
to her about that in LinkedIn.

696
00:37:08,880 --> 00:37:14,440
OK, this last one.
I'm going to hold this next one

697
00:37:14,520 --> 00:37:17,800
for Janae because it's more of a
an equipment question.

698
00:37:18,600 --> 00:37:23,000
Here is the question.
This comes from someone on Buzz

699
00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:28,200
Sprouts Facebook group.
It says we're a camping podcast

700
00:37:28,360 --> 00:37:31,200
and a bunch of our listeners
tend to download episodes to

701
00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:34,240
listen on their commute.
By the way, kudos.

702
00:37:34,240 --> 00:37:37,120
I love that this person knows
that about their audience.

703
00:37:37,480 --> 00:37:40,800
They go on to say, so they don't
have a screen in front of them

704
00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:43,880
to quote UN quote buy us a
coffee or whatever.

705
00:37:43,880 --> 00:37:47,480
In other words, BIOS of coffee
equals support the show

706
00:37:47,480 --> 00:37:51,440
financially donate to the show
person goes on to say, does

707
00:37:51,440 --> 00:37:54,840
anyone know of a way to offer an
app or software for our

708
00:37:54,840 --> 00:37:58,840
listeners to be able to toss a
voice command at their system to

709
00:37:58,840 --> 00:38:02,920
do the hands free version of
contributing to a podcast?

710
00:38:03,440 --> 00:38:07,520
That question is very specific,
but what I want to do is ask,

711
00:38:07,920 --> 00:38:12,080
what do you do if you know your
audience is more engaged when

712
00:38:12,080 --> 00:38:15,160
they're doing something that
they can't interact with their

713
00:38:15,160 --> 00:38:18,400
phone at the time?
How do we get them to take

714
00:38:18,400 --> 00:38:20,320
action?
Because I think also it's fair

715
00:38:20,320 --> 00:38:25,360
to say a lot of us have every
intention of doing the action

716
00:38:25,360 --> 00:38:27,080
that the host is asking us to
do.

717
00:38:27,320 --> 00:38:30,640
But then life goes on and we
forget about it or we don't

718
00:38:30,640 --> 00:38:32,600
remember which episode we heard
it on.

719
00:38:32,600 --> 00:38:35,760
So we don't know what that
action is and what the steps

720
00:38:35,760 --> 00:38:37,880
are.
And yet it's just, it's too much

721
00:38:37,880 --> 00:38:40,240
and we just decide to move on.
So what?

722
00:38:40,320 --> 00:38:42,840
What do you do, Ralph?
You've got your hand up.

723
00:38:42,840 --> 00:38:45,200
Go for it.
I think this is where we do a

724
00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:49,600
bad job of promoting ourselves.
And what I mean by that is have

725
00:38:49,600 --> 00:38:52,640
your domain slash support.
You know, if you want to support

726
00:38:52,640 --> 00:38:56,040
me and I would say that every
single episode, just make that

727
00:38:56,040 --> 00:38:58,600
part of your call to action.
You know, if you like to support

728
00:38:58,600 --> 00:39:00,600
my show, go to Bop bop Bop slash
support.

729
00:39:00,760 --> 00:39:02,320
That's a great way to connect
with me.

730
00:39:02,480 --> 00:39:04,640
And I just think you have to
reinforce it because when I'm,

731
00:39:04,640 --> 00:39:07,000
when I'm looking at other
people's content, I mean, this

732
00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:09,720
is this is stellar content, but
they haven't told me one time

733
00:39:09,720 --> 00:39:10,760
how I can get in touch with
them.

734
00:39:11,080 --> 00:39:12,720
I'm not going to read their show
notes.

735
00:39:12,720 --> 00:39:14,120
I'm not going to go check that
stuff out.

736
00:39:14,120 --> 00:39:16,320
I mean, show notes are great,
but I don't know if anybody ever

737
00:39:16,400 --> 00:39:19,560
actually looks at those.
But if you reinforce it in the

738
00:39:19,560 --> 00:39:21,800
content, they start to hear it
and they're like, Oh yeah, you

739
00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:23,120
know what?
Slash support.

740
00:39:23,120 --> 00:39:25,200
That's what Ralph said to do, go
to slash support.

741
00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:27,000
I think we just have to, I'm
going to use a funny word.

742
00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:29,920
You got to pimp yourself out a
little bit, Mark, and just put

743
00:39:29,920 --> 00:39:32,480
it out there and be consistent
with it because it's all about

744
00:39:32,480 --> 00:39:35,280
repetition with advertising.
How many times have they heard

745
00:39:35,280 --> 00:39:36,560
that?
If they hear it every single

746
00:39:36,560 --> 00:39:38,160
time, after a while, they're
going to be like, I'm going to

747
00:39:38,160 --> 00:39:40,000
give them some support because I
want to hear it anymore or

748
00:39:40,080 --> 00:39:43,520
you're just going to do it.
Yeah, thank you, Ralph and

749
00:39:43,520 --> 00:39:45,080
Ashley, you had something.
Go ahead.

750
00:39:45,360 --> 00:39:49,120
I just wanted to add on to and
say everything that Ralph said,

751
00:39:49,120 --> 00:39:54,000
but see if you can provide some
kind of incentive along with

752
00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:55,520
that.
I don't know what that would be.

753
00:39:55,520 --> 00:39:58,760
It might depend on, you know, if
you're a business person, what

754
00:39:58,760 --> 00:40:00,360
your services are.
For example.

755
00:40:00,360 --> 00:40:04,960
I don't know if you're a
hairdresser, you can offer 20%

756
00:40:04,960 --> 00:40:07,400
off your next haircut, just as
an example.

757
00:40:07,880 --> 00:40:09,400
Yeah, I'm going to keep this
moving.

758
00:40:09,400 --> 00:40:11,880
Thank you, Ashley.
Let's go to Alex.

759
00:40:12,160 --> 00:40:14,040
I don't know how you would do
this.

760
00:40:14,560 --> 00:40:18,640
If you could do something with
Siri, or you could say Siri, buy

761
00:40:18,640 --> 00:40:21,360
a cup of coffee, whatever it is.
That's one way.

762
00:40:21,360 --> 00:40:23,440
But again, yeah, unfortunately
you got to pick yourself out

763
00:40:23,440 --> 00:40:25,960
like Ralph said.
The challenge with your

764
00:40:25,960 --> 00:40:30,280
suggestion is we were will then
be asking our listeners to do

765
00:40:30,280 --> 00:40:34,240
some kind of setup to make that
happen because I think there are

766
00:40:34,440 --> 00:40:37,560
ways you can do that with the
iPhone, for example, but there

767
00:40:37,560 --> 00:40:40,600
are it's a little bit of a
tedious process to do that.

768
00:40:40,600 --> 00:40:42,800
Then I don't believe an audience
is going to.

769
00:40:42,960 --> 00:40:47,200
What I want to say about this is
that for a first, I love that

770
00:40:47,560 --> 00:40:50,400
this person's thinking about
making it easier for their

771
00:40:50,400 --> 00:40:54,800
listeners to support them.
Here's a thought that might

772
00:40:54,800 --> 00:41:00,480
spark something.
What if what if we just said

773
00:41:00,480 --> 00:41:04,520
instead of waiting for buy me a
coffee, you know, hey, buy me a

774
00:41:04,520 --> 00:41:08,720
coffee and here's what you do Go
to this website, click this

775
00:41:08,720 --> 00:41:10,200
link, do this and that and the
other thing.

776
00:41:10,200 --> 00:41:15,960
Instead, just say something
like, hey Siri, remind me to

777
00:41:15,960 --> 00:41:21,240
support the podcasting morning
chat when I get home, or remind

778
00:41:21,240 --> 00:41:27,520
me to support them at, you know,
10:00 PM or remind me, remind me

779
00:41:27,520 --> 00:41:30,840
to support them when I arrive at
my location.

780
00:41:31,400 --> 00:41:34,120
Something like that, I think
could go a long way.

781
00:41:34,120 --> 00:41:36,720
Sure, we're still asking them to
do something.

782
00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:41,120
We're asking them to take steps,
we're asking them to do it after

783
00:41:41,120 --> 00:41:43,880
the show.
But I think even encouraging

784
00:41:43,880 --> 00:41:49,360
them to tell their smart device
to remind them later could go a

785
00:41:49,360 --> 00:41:51,520
long way for you.
That's how I would do it.

786
00:41:51,880 --> 00:41:54,080
Anyone else want to?
The only other thing along that

787
00:41:54,080 --> 00:41:57,080
same lines, you could probably
try to.

788
00:41:57,080 --> 00:42:00,640
If they're campers, there's
probably a point at where they

789
00:42:00,640 --> 00:42:04,040
finish one project, whether it's
put up a tent or whatever else.

790
00:42:04,800 --> 00:42:08,640
When they're in that one moment,
get them to try to train

791
00:42:08,640 --> 00:42:11,560
themselves.
OK, now that you're all done and

792
00:42:11,560 --> 00:42:14,200
you've listened to the show and
you've put your tent up, that's

793
00:42:14,200 --> 00:42:15,560
when you can think about us
again.

794
00:42:15,560 --> 00:42:18,720
Or I, I, you know, I don't know
how you mark it, but Janae just

795
00:42:18,720 --> 00:42:19,600
came in.
I know we got.

796
00:42:20,120 --> 00:42:20,880
That's true.
Yeah.

797
00:42:21,200 --> 00:42:26,000
That just gave me an idea, you
know, maybe that this podcast

798
00:42:26,120 --> 00:42:30,600
would benefit from doing some
camping merchandise, something

799
00:42:30,600 --> 00:42:34,440
that's something that, you know,
a camper who's setting up camp

800
00:42:34,880 --> 00:42:36,720
needs.
Maybe it's a mallet.

801
00:42:36,840 --> 00:42:40,880
Maybe it's a mallet for the
steaks and it's got your podcast

802
00:42:40,880 --> 00:42:43,920
logo on it.
A coffee mug, Yeah.

803
00:42:43,920 --> 00:42:45,240
Or a coffee mug, right?
Yeah.

804
00:42:45,240 --> 00:42:47,480
Camping coffee mug, Something
like that.

805
00:42:47,760 --> 00:42:50,280
Because then now they're going
to hopefully use that.

806
00:42:50,280 --> 00:42:52,200
And that's just that reminder.
Oh, yeah.

807
00:42:52,200 --> 00:42:55,800
They asked me to support them
and I meant to do that in your

808
00:42:56,240 --> 00:42:59,320
that they just needed that
little reminder with the logo.

809
00:42:59,640 --> 00:43:04,680
On it supported somehow it's a
supported you know this coffee

810
00:43:04,680 --> 00:43:07,800
supported by you know or powered
by.

811
00:43:08,240 --> 00:43:12,520
Absolutely, Yeah, I think that
this is a good place to stop.

812
00:43:12,520 --> 00:43:15,760
I think that Janae, yes, Janae,
we called out your name because

813
00:43:15,760 --> 00:43:18,320
earlier we were holding a
question that is a more

814
00:43:18,640 --> 00:43:21,920
technical question.
It's about podcast setup and

815
00:43:21,920 --> 00:43:26,400
equipment, but it that will take
more than approximately 8

816
00:43:26,400 --> 00:43:29,880
minutes that we have left.
So I think that what we're going

817
00:43:29,880 --> 00:43:31,560
to do is 1st I'm going to go to
Ralph.

818
00:43:31,560 --> 00:43:34,720
Ralph, you're going to take over
the show tomorrow for me because

819
00:43:34,720 --> 00:43:37,600
I'm traveling.
I do some work with a nonprofit

820
00:43:37,600 --> 00:43:43,520
organization called CMTA.
CMT is a disease that one of my

821
00:43:43,520 --> 00:43:47,240
closest friend suffers from, or
I hate to use the word suffer

822
00:43:47,240 --> 00:43:49,360
because he certainly doesn't
suffer from it.

823
00:43:49,360 --> 00:43:53,640
He presses forward, but it is a
disease that he deals with every

824
00:43:53,640 --> 00:43:57,320
single day.
I go for one week at in the

825
00:43:57,320 --> 00:44:01,160
summer to a summer camp for kids
that have that disease.

826
00:44:01,440 --> 00:44:06,760
And this weekend we're doing a
retreat to plan for next summer.

827
00:44:07,000 --> 00:44:09,400
So that's where I'm going to be.
Ralph's going to take over and

828
00:44:09,400 --> 00:44:11,840
Ralph, what are you guys going
to be talking about tomorrow?

829
00:44:12,800 --> 00:44:15,320
Tomorrow I want to talk about
how to be good with your

830
00:44:15,320 --> 00:44:17,320
interviewing.
And specifically I want to lean

831
00:44:17,320 --> 00:44:21,000
into the idea of a pre interview
and how you can set the table

832
00:44:21,000 --> 00:44:23,320
for your audience.
How to prepare for that with

833
00:44:23,320 --> 00:44:25,400
things to look out for, what
questions to ask.

834
00:44:25,640 --> 00:44:29,200
Because I am really a believer
that we got to do pre interviews

835
00:44:29,360 --> 00:44:32,080
because we need to understand
what somebody's bringing to our

836
00:44:32,080 --> 00:44:33,560
audience.
We need to set the table for

837
00:44:33,560 --> 00:44:35,120
that.
We need to understand their

838
00:44:35,120 --> 00:44:38,520
audio quality, their video
quality, what's their space look

839
00:44:38,520 --> 00:44:39,760
like?
And I, I do a lot of

840
00:44:39,760 --> 00:44:42,000
interviewing through Pod match
and Mark, I know you have an

841
00:44:42,000 --> 00:44:43,560
affiliate for that if you want
to mention that.

842
00:44:43,560 --> 00:44:46,880
But the benefit to that is you
really understand what they're

843
00:44:46,880 --> 00:44:49,880
bringing to the table.
And honestly, at this point, I

844
00:44:49,880 --> 00:44:52,840
don't even take interviews if
they don't have a pre interview.

845
00:44:52,840 --> 00:44:55,440
So that's what I want to talk
about tomorrow is what have you

846
00:44:55,440 --> 00:44:56,800
learned through the pre
interview process?

847
00:44:56,880 --> 00:44:58,800
What works for you?
What doesn't work for you?

848
00:44:58,800 --> 00:45:02,440
Because it's real easy to get
frustrated when somebody shows

849
00:45:02,440 --> 00:45:05,640
up with bad audio or they're not
prepared or they just don't

850
00:45:05,640 --> 00:45:08,960
understand what they're doing.
And you've got an obligation to

851
00:45:08,960 --> 00:45:12,160
your audience to make sure that
this person is bringing value.

852
00:45:12,160 --> 00:45:13,760
So that's exactly what I want to
talk about tomorrow.

853
00:45:13,760 --> 00:45:15,360
I encourage everybody to join
us.

854
00:45:15,360 --> 00:45:18,240
I'll talk a little slower, I
promise, but that's exactly what

855
00:45:18,240 --> 00:45:19,720
we're going to talk about
tomorrow on the show.

856
00:45:20,080 --> 00:45:22,480
I love it and that's near and
dear to my heart.

857
00:45:22,480 --> 00:45:26,200
I am in the camp of pre
interviews and I know that there

858
00:45:26,200 --> 00:45:30,480
are podcast out podcasters out
there that don't believe in the

859
00:45:30,480 --> 00:45:32,920
pre interview.
And I encourage you to come

860
00:45:32,920 --> 00:45:36,520
listen if you are one of those
people too, because I just think

861
00:45:36,560 --> 00:45:39,280
it's important at least to
understand both sides of the

862
00:45:39,280 --> 00:45:43,680
coin and how it might benefit
you from doing a pre interview.

863
00:45:43,680 --> 00:45:45,640
And if you already do them, I
think this is going to be

864
00:45:45,640 --> 00:45:49,160
helpful just to hear how
different podcasters are doing

865
00:45:49,160 --> 00:45:52,200
those pre interviews, what
they're looking for, what

866
00:45:52,200 --> 00:45:54,280
they're hoping to accomplish,
etcetera.

867
00:45:54,280 --> 00:45:57,120
So come join us tomorrow, 7:00
AM Eastern.

868
00:45:57,160 --> 00:45:59,680
I will try to pop in in the
morning.

869
00:45:59,680 --> 00:46:03,200
I don't think I'll be doing
anything specific at 7:00 AM,

870
00:46:03,200 --> 00:46:07,080
but I won't be equipped to do a
full show.

871
00:46:07,080 --> 00:46:10,440
So join us tomorrow, 7:00 AM
Eastern and every Monday through

872
00:46:10,440 --> 00:46:14,160
Friday at 7:00 AM Eastern live
on all the platforms that you

873
00:46:14,160 --> 00:46:16,960
can find in the show notes or
just go to

874
00:46:16,960 --> 00:46:21,840
podcastingmorningchat.com.
So until tomorrow, make it a

875
00:46:21,840 --> 00:46:23,880
great day everybody take care.