493. Your Podcast Is Growing, You’re Just Not Measuring It Right

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Good morning podcasting morning
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Today is Friday, April 10th,
2026 and today invisible growth,

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Good morning again Podcasting
Morning Chat, Thanks so much for

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being here.
I am your host Mark Ronick and

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currently on stage with me my Co
hosts Dr. Faye, Ralphie Step,

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Jonathan Howard, Alex Baelish,
Sid Meadows and Nick Nolbach.

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Go check out more about them at
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chat.com/people.
And before we get into this

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discussion today, I first want
to remind you, well, listen.

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Are you looking for a free
podcast gear?

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Then you may want to listen up
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And as I keep telling you, I

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think the duo is a fine piece of
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sound polished, works really
well with all the multiple

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things you need to plug in to
play and and hear with your

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audience.
It it's let's see, it gives you

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hands on control over your live
production all in Ralph, please,

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just for a moment, share a
little bit more about that

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monetization strategy session I
was referring to.

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Oh, absolutely.
Good morning, everybody.

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Yes, what I'll do with you.
I'll sit down one-on-one.

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We'll take a look at your
content and I'll help you build

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a monetization or what I'll call
a money plan for your content so

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you can start seeing some
financial rewards to all the

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hard work you're putting into it
that's included with the duo

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giveaway.
So I look forward to working

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with somebody to help them do
just.

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That Thank you, Ralph.
Yeah.

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So, all right, so listen, here's
how you do it.

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All you got to do is it's
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All you've got to do is go to
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duo and enter to for your chance
to win Ralph's Roadcaster duo.

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It's only like 9 months old, so
it's pretty new and you can also

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go in there to that link and
sign up for multiple entries to

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increase your chances.
There's even a way you can do

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that every single day and we
give you multiple ways to get

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multiple entries.
So go check that out, increase

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your odds and see if you'll have
your opportunity to win the road

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caster duo.
OK, and let's see, do I have

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anything else for you for
housekeeping?

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Yes, I do.
One more thing, it's official.

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I'm going to change the name of
the show from podcasting morning

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chat to podcasting morning show.
I know, big change, right?

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But any change can be a big
change.

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I was very close to doing the
Good morning podcasters instead.

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I think that's what I'll do is
I'm going to still adopt that in

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one way when I do my intro,
instead of saying good morning

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podcasting, morning show, I'm
just going to say good morning

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podcasters.
So there we are.

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So it's official.
The name will change.

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I will let you know once it
really is official because

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obviously we have a little work
to do in the, but behind the

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scenes we got to, you know,
change URLs, redirect URLs,

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etcetera, so that all the old
links still work and the new

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link works moving forward.
I think my words are having a

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hard time this morning.
Dr. you can probably appreciate

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that words in the morning.
OK, cool.

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So let's keep things moving.
And look, we are going to do

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wins from the week like we
normally do on a Friday.

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But before we get into that, I
want to try something a little

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different today.
This is thanks to Ralphie

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suggested this actually last
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It's just another way to look at
how we do our Fridays, right?

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So I want to ask you something.
I want to, I want to actually, I

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want you to sit with this one
for a second.

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Does your podcast feel like it's
growing right now, or does it

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feel like you're putting in the
work and just not seeing it yet?

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Here's what I think is actually
going on for all of us.

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That was a rhetorical question,
by the way.

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We are growing.
We're just not recognizing it

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yet.
The winds are there, they're

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just invisible.
So let's find some of them

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before we do the winds from the
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What's something about your show
that's better today than it was

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30 days ago?
Maybe it's a new tool that you

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picked up that's made you
better, or a new process that

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you've been trying out.
Maybe somebody shared a tip

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recently that changed how you do
something in your production.

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And by the way, I know that
there's a few people here that

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aren't actively podcasting right
now, meaning they're not hosting

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their own shows, but they're
maybe producing other shows.

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That's OK Think about something
in your life or in that work

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that you're doing for others
that's better today than it was

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30 days ago.
And by the way, if it's not

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actually 30 days ago and maybe a
little bit more, that's OK.

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You're not going to lose points
for that.

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So let's open that up again.
What's something that about your

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show or about you that's better
today than it was 30 days ago?

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We're going to go to Dr. 1st.
And by the way, let me just say

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good morning BC Babbles has
joined us as well, so hopefully

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we'll hear from him too.
But Dr. the floor is yours.

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Go for it.
Well, OK, so as coming from the

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producers perspective, you know,
I have talked about a program

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that I use many times on this
show called Resound FM and I

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have complained that, you know,
at any minute I think that I'm

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going to get an e-mail saying,
and we're so sorry, but we are

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discontinuing because they
haven't updated anything like in

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a year and a half to two years.
But there have been in the past

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week, there has been a very
subtle tiny little changes.

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I mean so tiny that they haven't
even warranted an e-mail to us

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like hey, we just updated.
So, but it's much appreciated

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and I'm so happy that a little
bit of attention is being

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thrown, you know, in to this
program that I use and also I

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have, I know this is going to be
a shocker.

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So everyone hold on to your
hats.

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I have purchased something off
of Appsumo.

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No.
You're.

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Kidding.
OK, So if our we maybe have some

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newer listeners, Dr. has an
addiction and it is Appsumo and

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rightfully so because you can
get a lot of great apps for a

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really good price.
But Dr. is definitely our

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resident addict for Appsumo.
Go ahead, Dr. Yeah, yeah.

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Well, you know, the other day
Ralph said he has gas, which is

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what gear.
What is it?

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Yeah, what does the A stand for
it, Ralph?

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That's a gear acquisition
syndrome.

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Gear acquisition syndrome gas
and I thought Oh no that means I

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have ass which is app sumo
syndrome.

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So the new program is called new
new for me flex clip.

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So hopefully it's going to help
me do all the little shorts, the

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little vertical shorts that I do
for some clients and I just, I

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haven't had time to dig into it.
Let me ask you.

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So, yeah, let me ask you about
that.

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So how is that going to improve
things for you?

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Like what?
What is it about that app that's

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going to help you?
Well, you know, they had it a

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long time ago and it was on
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And I kept passing it up,
passing it up, passing it up.

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And when I finally went to say,
OK, I'll go ahead and get it

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because I was watching it really
closely, and boom, it

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disappeared and it came back and
I swooped.

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What was the name again by the?
Way.

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Flex Clip, FLEXCLIP and and of
course, when they were gone for

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that part of the time, they have
improved a lot with AI.

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And I just think that maybe the
clips that I do might be a

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little bit more efficient, might
look better.

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That's what I'm hoping.
For So is it like an opus clips.

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It is.
Well, cool.

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All right, Flex clip.
Cool.

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Well, cool.
So we kind of got one that has

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one thing that has improved you
over 30 days and one thing that

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you're hoping is going to
improve for you over the next 30

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days.
Got it.

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Thank you, Dr. Appreciate that.
Ralph, I know you want to share,

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but I just wanted to call out to
everyone again, please think

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about this for a second.
The past 30 days or so, what's

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something that you've been doing
that has improved you, your

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podcast, your processes,
etcetera.

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So keep that in mind.
And by the way, big shout out to

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Jackie in the audience.
Jackie is an old school

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community member that hasn't
been able to make it here in a

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while.
She's a busy mom, a busy working

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person.
She's got a lot going on.

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Her husband's running for
Congress, so she's got a lot

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going on.
And good to see you back,

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Jackie, thank you for coming and
checking in this morning.

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All right, Ralph, the floor is
yours.

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Well good morning again
everybody.

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So what I did, I mentioned
yesterday on the show that I am

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pretty much video 1st and I have
been using a shotgun mic when I

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do all my recording and I just
wasn't pleased with the audio

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quality.
So I decided about 30 days ago,

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was actually about 3 weeks ago
to go back to a mic.

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But I had to kick it up a notch
because Ralph likes shiny stuff.

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So I went out and got the Heil
Finn.

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If you check us out on the
video, you can see the Heil

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Finn, but I'm really, really hay
with the sound.

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It's taken a little bit of time
to get the sound levels where I

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want them.
I've had to operate this mic a

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lot differently than your
typical dynamic mic, but I

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really like it because I get
closer to the audio.

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I think the sound is better and
it looks very cool.

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So I can do two things.
I'm still shooting video first,

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which is cool, but I get a
little bit better audio sound.

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Not that the Shure SM7DB is a
great mic, don't misunderstand

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me, but I just think this one
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If you've ever seen The Hunger
Games, this is actually the

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microphone that they used when
they announced at the beginning

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of The Hunger Games.
Really.

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So they've got six different
models.

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I've got the one that's a yeah,
I've got one that's the shiny

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Chrome with the with it
illuminates blue from the

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inside.
So you got to come check it out

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and see us on video so you can
see it.

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But that's been the big change
for me, and I've noticed that we

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haven't had to use the Scripts
Studio sound as much.

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My team is not having to use
that as much.

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Gotcha, gotcha.
Yeah, it is a fine looking mic

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and I know that you've been
struggling to get that sound

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just right and now that you have
it all right, it looks good.

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It sounds good.
And yeah, sometimes, sometimes

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something like that can just put
a little extra pep in our step

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as well as podcasters.
I appreciate your answer and did

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not know that about that mic,
that it was part of The Hunger

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Games.
And I mean, look, I will say

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this, I personally still think
the Shure SM7B or DB, I still

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think it's a better mic.
But look, you don't have to

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always have the best mic or a
better mic if it's working for

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you, if you like how it looks on
camera, if you're happy with the

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sound, that's all that matters
in my opinion.

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So, yeah, cool.
Thank you for that share, Ralph.

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Appreciate it.
And oh, he's pulling out now,

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the Shure SM7DB, so he has both
on the ready in case he wants

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to.
Switch.

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I still have this one.
I have the ready if I need to

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go.
That's right.

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Yep, very cool.
All right.

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Anyone else?
Or and if you don't, if no one

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else is going to play along,
then I'm going to just switch

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the question.
OK, cool.

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I'm glad Sid wants to play along
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Sid, what's something about you,
your show that's better today

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than it was 30 days ago?
Good morning, everyone.

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So I'm going to say the way that
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now using ecam to record and I'm
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have scenes and change between
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guests.
And so it's working really well

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and really happy with the
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We are not a we are AI am a
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component.
But it this does improve the way

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the video looks and so it gives
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experience with the show.
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and really glad I learned a new
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Yeah, very cool.
Ralph has been pushing me to try

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out ECAMM and I've heard lots of
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from Billy and from others.
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really just me getting used to
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something new.
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my back.
My next question for you, Sid.

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So are you using all of these
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switching shots?
Are you doing that all on the

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fly live?
And is that feeling like a

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distraction or do you feel like
that's been a pretty smooth

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transition for you?
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I only have one camera, so I am
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changing camera these because I
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pretty easy because there are a
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It's like me and the guest, me
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My struggle is remembering to
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other day I was recording with
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didn't go straight just to her
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But their little panel makes it
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So yeah, I mean when I.
I feel like I lost Sid there at

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the very end you did.
Because my headset dropped off.

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Can you hear me now?
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I joke and say that I am now a
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but it's kind of fun to say.
Yeah, and Nick just put in the

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chat too.
I'd always forget to switch lol.

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And yeah, that's a real thing.
I deal with that myself, even

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using Riverside, because
Riverside also gives you

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different scenes you can choose
from, and I like to keep

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changing those up, and sometimes
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Ralph, you have something.
Yeah, I just want to throw

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something out there for
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Buy a Stream Deck.
That's a Stream Deck, because

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that Sid will solve that
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I've got 1 sitting here in front
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It's got 32 buttons on it.
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really cool because you can
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you can sit there and press the
buttons and it'll change them

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from scene to scene.
I find that to be a really

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useful tool.
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out there, Mark, because it is
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funny, my clients come in
sometimes and say, what is that

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on your desk?
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from my accounting desk too.
I have two separate places and

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they're like, I was like, that's
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how does that work?
And I'm starting pushing

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buttons.
Stuff's popping up on TV's and

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they're like, that is really
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Yeah, you can use the Stream
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just seen changes in your, you
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whatever.
It works with a lot of different

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things and it is a very cool
device.

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I have one and need to plug it
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I haven't been using it.
Maybe that'll help me in this

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situation of switching.
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Appreciate your answer.
And by the way, we have somebody

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here Adam on is watching us live
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And Adam said AI tools have made
it very helpful in my podcast.

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Yeah, that can AI tools, once
you figure out which ones work

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best for you, those can save you
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of your processes very quickly.
Especially very appropriate for

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this question because it can
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over the course of just 30 days
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So, yeah, I can appreciate that
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Adam.
Thank you for watching us here

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this morning on YouTube.
And by the way, if you're

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curious how to watch us on
YouTube, just go to

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podcastingmorningchat.com/join
us and you can find all the ways

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to do that.
And by the way, and Bez,

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Shawnee, Jen, Dub, Tim, Dave
'cause I don't think I called

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you guys out officially as when
we started the show, well before

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we started the show, I called
some of you out.

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But an official.
Good morning to all of you here

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on Clubhouse listening live.
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Does anyone else want to share?
What's something about your show

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that's better today than it was
30 days ago?

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Why is everybody being so shy?
I think for me, I would say it's

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more of the planning process and
that's been thanks in part to

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Ralph who's joined me as a Co
executive producer and him

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really pushing me to work ahead
of schedule to know what we're

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doing next week and maybe even
beyond that.

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We've got our 30 day content
calendar that I use.

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I'm currently using it just to
be transparent.

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I'm currently using it more as a
guide than the gospel, right?

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It's not that I'm saying I have
to do this show next Thursday,

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but it is there for me so that
if I don't have anything

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prepared or anything new that I
want to cover, that was somewhat

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last minute, I know what I'm
going to do that day.

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And I think that just makes me
an overall better host for it.

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So that's in an area for me that
I would say is an improvement

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over the past 30 days.
By the way, I also want to say

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if you are listening live and
you have a question about your

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podcast, your processes, by all
means put it in the chat.

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Or if you're here on Clubhouse,
you can join us on the virtual

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stage.
And if you're listening as a

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podcast podcaster or as a
podcast listener, just send us

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your question.
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chat.com/contact, I believe.
If not, just go to the main

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website and you'll see the
contact button.

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Contact us, leave us a note and
let us know your question and

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we'll bring it up on the show
here.

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All right, so here's the last
thing I'll ask before we get

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into our overall wins from this
past week.

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What's something you figured out
on your own recently that you

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wish someone had told you about
sooner?

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Something that maybe you were
spinning your wheels trying to

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figure out how to improve this.
And then somebody came to you

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and said, oh, what about this?
How about this?

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I do this and you're like, mind
blown.

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I know for me this isn't
recently, but I'll give you an

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example.
For me, this was a few years ago

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with my production process,
keeping track of everything, all

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my clients where their episodes
are in our production process.

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I know that was a very tedious
process for me, doing it all

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manually, including receiving
episodes in every which way from

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my clients.
Some clients would text me,

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here's the link to the recorded
file that needs editing.

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I would have people e-mail me.
I would have people send me DMS.

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It was hard to maintain.
And then on top of that, then I

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had to hand that off to my team
to go into the production

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process.
And then I would have to kind

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of.
Blindly sit back and just say,

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OK, I hope this gets done.
And obviously that would mean

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I'd have to follow up a lot more
with my editors to make sure

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things are on schedule.
And then a friend of mine,

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Travis had, he also was in this
line of work doing production

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for clients, for podcasters.
He showed me his Trello board

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that he uses and that he
maintains all of his different

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clients.
And it works almost like an

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assembly line.
There are columns for each stage

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of the production process and
the best part was is that he

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showed me how to automate and
how to centralized my client's

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work.
So instead of DM ING and texting

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and emailing, there was one
form.

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Now that all my clients go to
fill it out with all of the

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details that we need, including
the files or links to the files.

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And when they hit submit, it
automatically gets sent over to

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Trello and goes in that first
line item, that first column,

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that first part of the assembly
line so that we can then see it,

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do something with it, and start
moving it down the production

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line.
And that has changed the way

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that I do business and it's made
it much more efficient.

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Sadly, we're going to be moving
away from Trello here soon

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because we've got a brand new
system we're using Go High

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Level, and we've basically
recreated the Trello system

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within Go High Level.
But yeah, so that would be

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something.
That's a great example, I think

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of what I'm after here right
now.

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Something that you didn't know,
you were spinning your wheels,

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just doing it because you
thought that was the best way to

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do it.
And then boom, something was

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introduced to you that really
rocked your world for the

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better.
Ralph, go for it.

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OK, I've got two things.
Thing number one is I was

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watching someone else's show.
They do a weekly live show and

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they talked about monetization
on Facebook.

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And I had no idea that there was
this little doohickey on there

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in my dashboard that I could
Click to get monetized.

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And so a week ago I clicked the
button and said go ahead and

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monetize.
So now this is very cool when I

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didn't know this would happen is
now I get paid by Facebook to

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put content up there and when
people interact with it, I get

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paid some more.
Now I'm going to be very candid

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with you.
The payment so far wouldn't buy

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a cup of tea, but it's
something.

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So I wasn't aware of that and it
was simply go to a particular

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thing, hit monetization and I
did that and next thing you

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know, cha ching, cha ching, cha
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So that's number one, number two
thing, and I think we all can

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lean into this.
I started looking for other ways

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to measure success besides
downloads.

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And I really started to think
about what else does that look

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like?
And I started to think about,

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well, you know, it's also real
watches, it's YouTube watches,

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it's interactions with people
sending stuff to me.

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And when you start to think
about, because it's real easy to

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feel discouraged when you look
at that download number, you go,

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why aren't people downloading my
content?

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Why aren't people doing this?
And when I started to move away

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from that and look at other
things, other matrices of how to

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measure that, I've actually got
my team now building a

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spreadsheet where we're looking
at the different interactions,

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the ways we see our brand out
there.

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That's really changed the
dynamic of how I feel about what

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I'm doing.
And I'm sure a lot of people

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feel.
Sometimes it's like, you know, I

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feel like I'm speaking to this
void, but you're not speaking to

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a void.
And you've really got to look at

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where else your message is
touching people.

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And that was really a big thing
that I wish I had thought about

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Mark six months ago, a year ago,
because it would have made me

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feel a little bit happier in my
content creation.

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So I appreciate, let me share
that because I think a lot of us

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can learn from that is it's not
just your downloads.

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You are making an impact on
people.

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You just might not even see it
right now.

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The Bible, I'm going to wax a
little prophetic here.

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The Bible talks about a lot of
us just throw seeds out there

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and we never know where they're
going to grow and when

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something's going to happen.
And I just really embrace that.

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And the season of my life is
that I'm just casting seeds

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everywhere.
And if this seed takes over

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here, this seed takes over here,
I think there's a huge amount of

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value to your audience when that
happens.

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Thank you, Ralph.
Appreciate that little words of

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wisdom too.
Yeah, I'm with you there.

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Thank you, Ralph.
And by the way, I want to since

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I asked for questions from the
audience, I'm going to pause

448
00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:30,560
here for a second because Adam
over on YouTube just asked a

449
00:24:30,560 --> 00:24:32,400
question.
He said, since you mentioned the

450
00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:36,240
contact page on your website, do
you allow people to leave an

451
00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:39,320
audio message?
I find that it makes it easier

452
00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:42,400
for some people to record a
message rather than type.

453
00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:45,360
The answer is yes.
The Podcasting morning chat does

454
00:24:45,360 --> 00:24:46,760
have that feature.
If you go to

455
00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:50,640
podcastingmorningchat.com, at
the bottom right hand side,

456
00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:55,680
there's a little microphone
icon, circular blue icon, and if

457
00:24:55,680 --> 00:24:58,320
you click that, yeah, you can
leave us a voice message.

458
00:24:58,320 --> 00:25:02,680
That is a feature that Pod Page
offers its users.

459
00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:07,560
And if you are interested in Pod
Page, interested in that feature

460
00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:11,080
and some of the other awesome
features, you can go to the link

461
00:25:11,080 --> 00:25:13,680
in the show notes here.
That's my affiliate link.

462
00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:16,760
So if you sign up, I get a
little, I get a little tiny

463
00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:20,440
kickback of that.
So you're supporting me in that

464
00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:23,160
effort.
So yeah, go check that link out

465
00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:25,280
and you can add that feature
over there.

466
00:25:25,280 --> 00:25:29,400
And by the way, Pod Page, a
proud partner of the Empowered

467
00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:33,840
Podcasting Conference coming up
this August 2026, just had a

468
00:25:33,840 --> 00:25:36,800
conversation with Dave Jackson
yesterday about that as we were

469
00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:40,520
preparing for the partnership.
So go check them out.

470
00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:43,840
They're a big support, by the
way.

471
00:25:43,840 --> 00:25:47,640
I also want to remind you while
we're chatting here that Monday

472
00:25:47,640 --> 00:25:50,960
is our Obsession Worthy podcast
series.

473
00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:53,120
It's back.
And so is Jonathan Howard

474
00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:58,120
leading that charge for us.
It's a popular series that we do

475
00:25:58,120 --> 00:26:01,600
here every other Monday.
Jonathan, will you share a

476
00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:03,920
little bit about the show we're
going to dig into?

477
00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:06,600
Well, it's going to be about a
dog in a trench coat telling

478
00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:09,800
kids to fight crime.
So it's actually the name of the

479
00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:13,680
show is Decoder Decoder Ring and
the episode is the Mcgruff Crime

480
00:26:13,760 --> 00:26:16,880
Dog episode 1.
So we're going to be diving into

481
00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:18,840
that 1.
So it's a part one or two.

482
00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:21,440
OK, cool.
Well, I am I, you've got my

483
00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:22,960
attention.
I'm very curious.

484
00:26:23,120 --> 00:26:26,920
I know the Mcgruff character
very well and I'm very curious

485
00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:30,200
to hear more about it.
And also an easy to digest

486
00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:31,880
episode.
In other words, I think you told

487
00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:33,680
me, Jonathan, it's like 1/2 hour
long.

488
00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:36,560
Yeah, it's about 32 minutes I
think.

489
00:26:36,600 --> 00:26:40,000
OK, cool.
So the team will hopefully,

490
00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:43,520
fingers crossed, will listen to
this 30 minute episode over the

491
00:26:43,520 --> 00:26:48,200
weekend and we will prepare some
clips for everyone to hear on

492
00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:51,000
Monday so we can really give you
some context and breakdown.

493
00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:55,440
What makes Decoder Ring such an
obsession worthy show?

494
00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:59,480
Why are so many people so into a
show like that?

495
00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:03,560
We will break that episode down
and give our opinions as to why

496
00:27:03,560 --> 00:27:06,520
we think so.
So come yes, go ahead.

497
00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:10,440
Do we have an audit scheduled
for next week or no?

498
00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:15,800
Yes, next Thursday it will also
be the return of our obsession.

499
00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:20,560
I'm sorry, of our evaluation
series and the one we're going

500
00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:22,320
to do.
I know Ralph is going to throw

501
00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:25,240
you off because I picked a
different one because the one we

502
00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:28,200
were planning on doing, I did
not have a link for them.

503
00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:30,840
So I just made called it and
said, all right, I'm going to do

504
00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:33,280
a different show 1st and come
back to that one.

505
00:27:33,480 --> 00:27:34,640
Little behind the scenes for
you.

506
00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:40,080
So salvage it says here in his
words, it's about historic ocean

507
00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:45,040
events, ocean stories, real
people and fatal decisions.

508
00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:47,800
So this should be interesting.
And I listened to just a minute

509
00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:55,440
or two of it and it seems like
it's a narrative style show and

510
00:27:55,480 --> 00:27:58,760
I love the guy's accent.
I think he is.

511
00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:02,560
I'm thinking he's either
Scottish or England or Irish if

512
00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:04,440
I'm not mistaken.
Probably Scottish.

513
00:28:04,760 --> 00:28:07,360
He said he's from the UK.
That's all I know.

514
00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:12,200
I got the Braveheart vibes when
I was listening to his voice, so

515
00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:15,440
I'm thinking it's Scottish.
So anyway, look up Salvage.

516
00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:18,560
We'll put a link to the show
that show as well.

517
00:28:18,760 --> 00:28:22,600
So we're giving our audience
some more listening assignments,

518
00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:24,120
but I think you'll we'll enjoy
both.

519
00:28:24,120 --> 00:28:27,880
So go check that out.
OK.

520
00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:31,120
And with that, the really the
better sound, not the whoosh,

521
00:28:31,120 --> 00:28:37,800
but the better sound.
It's time for wins of the week

522
00:28:37,840 --> 00:28:41,040
or from the week I think is what
they used there, our peanut

523
00:28:41,040 --> 00:28:43,760
gallery who chanted the wins
from the week.

524
00:28:44,040 --> 00:28:47,480
So this is where we share with
one another, we celebrate with

525
00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:49,800
one another.
Anything that went on this week

526
00:28:49,800 --> 00:28:52,520
that's worth celebrating to you,
right?

527
00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:54,400
I don't want you to judge your
win.

528
00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:56,960
I don't want you to think, oh
man, Mark's win was so much

529
00:28:56,960 --> 00:28:59,240
better than mine.
How can I follow that up?

530
00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:01,720
It doesn't matter.
It's a big win in your world.

531
00:29:01,720 --> 00:29:04,480
That's all that counts.
And we're happy to celebrate

532
00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:08,880
that with you, no matter how big
or small you think that win is.

533
00:29:09,040 --> 00:29:13,040
OK, so I see people are already
here lined up and people are

534
00:29:13,040 --> 00:29:15,400
jumping up on the clubhouse
stage as well.

535
00:29:15,400 --> 00:29:18,240
So thank you all for diving
right in.

536
00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:23,200
We're going to go to BC first.
BC, good morning, we missed you

537
00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:26,080
yesterday.
Please share a win from your

538
00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:29,000
week.
So I got reached out to by a

539
00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:32,720
local developer.
They're building a new complex

540
00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:35,720
here in Charlotte, but they also
want to put in a podcasting

541
00:29:35,720 --> 00:29:38,480
studio as an amenity for their
residents.

542
00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:41,320
And he's got no background in
podcasting.

543
00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:45,120
And after a presentation
yesterday, he is super excited.

544
00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:47,720
Potentially going to have me
come on with him to design the

545
00:29:47,720 --> 00:29:51,240
studio, help him develop it, and
potentially be kind of an

546
00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:55,040
exclusive production consultant
partner if all goes well and he

547
00:29:55,040 --> 00:29:57,560
gets the approval from his upper
management.

548
00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:01,600
So that is my and this came from
a random call too.

549
00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:04,360
This was not like I reached out.
This was a random call.

550
00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:07,440
He was looking for help and this
is what it's evolved into.

551
00:30:07,440 --> 00:30:10,320
So that's my random win of the
week.

552
00:30:10,520 --> 00:30:13,600
That's awesome.
What kind of facility is it?

553
00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:16,600
It is a luxury apartment complex
and so he wants to add the

554
00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:19,600
studio as an amenity for his
residence.

555
00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:22,840
That is so cool.
My daughter lives in an

556
00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:25,800
apartment building kind of
similar to at least what I'm

557
00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:27,520
envisioning you you're
describing.

558
00:30:27,520 --> 00:30:30,040
Although not I wouldn't
necessarily call it luxury, but

559
00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:33,800
it's a nice place.
But they have a sound studio in

560
00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:36,040
the apartment as well.
But not really really.

561
00:30:36,040 --> 00:30:37,680
I wouldn't call it a podcast
studio.

562
00:30:37,680 --> 00:30:40,440
I think it's more probably the
intention was more for

563
00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:43,120
musicians, but which is perfect
for her because she's a

564
00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:46,640
musician, but also a great space
for podcasting because it's all

565
00:30:46,640 --> 00:30:48,960
soundproof.
I mean, and it's Nashville of.

566
00:30:48,960 --> 00:30:50,280
Course.
Well, there you go.

567
00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:54,080
That's why, yes.
BC that is an awesome, awesome

568
00:30:54,080 --> 00:30:55,400
win.
Thank you for sharing that.

569
00:30:55,400 --> 00:30:58,440
That is really exciting and
please keep us posted.

570
00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:00,080
That's really cool.
What do you think you're going

571
00:31:00,080 --> 00:31:01,800
to know more?
Well, you know what?

572
00:31:01,800 --> 00:31:04,560
Yesterday at the end of my
presentation, he went ahead and

573
00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:08,200
asked me if he gave me like a
certain budget range, if that

574
00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:10,240
would all work.
So you've got to get upper

575
00:31:10,240 --> 00:31:13,320
management to get the OK on it.
I'm hoping within the next week

576
00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:15,800
we hear from him because they
have most of the building done,

577
00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:18,240
but they're really trying to
finish up like the main lobby

578
00:31:18,240 --> 00:31:21,040
area and this Co working
podcasting space.

579
00:31:21,040 --> 00:31:22,880
So I think it'll be coming up
here soon.

580
00:31:23,040 --> 00:31:24,640
I love it.
Congratulations.

581
00:31:24,640 --> 00:31:29,280
And by the way, I used to be a
don't count your chickens before

582
00:31:29,280 --> 00:31:32,800
they hatch, and I've changed
that mentality.

583
00:31:32,880 --> 00:31:36,320
I believe that there's such a
thing as the power of positive

584
00:31:36,320 --> 00:31:40,440
thinking, and I believe in
acting as if.

585
00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:44,720
And I think that when we do act
as if when we do believe that

586
00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:47,760
thing is going to happen, I
believe that puts that the

587
00:31:47,760 --> 00:31:50,480
proper energy out there into the
world and instead you.

588
00:31:50,480 --> 00:31:51,840
Know what?
I agree.

589
00:31:51,920 --> 00:31:53,800
Yeah.
It's time to invoke the power of

590
00:31:53,800 --> 00:31:55,760
the spirit of the secret.
OK, let's do it.

591
00:31:56,560 --> 00:31:58,200
It's my Friday wedding.
Good, good.

592
00:31:58,200 --> 00:31:59,680
I love it.
Well, then I'll take that as a

593
00:31:59,680 --> 00:32:02,560
win myself, because if I just
convinced you of that, that's

594
00:32:02,560 --> 00:32:03,880
something I'll celebrate.
Yeah.

595
00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:06,800
I think it's important that we
believe those things that we

596
00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:10,080
really want to come into
existence in our lives.

597
00:32:10,560 --> 00:32:14,600
I believe that if you think the
way you want it to go, the

598
00:32:14,600 --> 00:32:17,960
chances increase greatly.
You know what?

599
00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:22,640
I believe a little bit of both.
Like I grew up in the theater.

600
00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:27,360
I did a lot of musical theater
and so a ton, a ton of auditions

601
00:32:27,560 --> 00:32:31,680
were in my life.
And I never ever, ever told

602
00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:35,840
anyone in my family or my
friends that I was auditioning

603
00:32:35,840 --> 00:32:38,000
for something.
Because if I didn't get it, I

604
00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:39,800
hear my mother saying.
Oh, why?

605
00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:42,040
Why didn't you get it?
Why didn't they like you?

606
00:32:42,040 --> 00:32:44,680
Come on, let's do it again.
I mean, I could hear her, you

607
00:32:44,680 --> 00:32:46,840
know?
So I never, ever, ever said

608
00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:49,520
anything.
And in the background I was

609
00:32:49,520 --> 00:32:52,600
like, I got this, I got this, no
problem.

610
00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:56,240
I got this.
And so I acted as if, but I

611
00:32:56,240 --> 00:33:00,000
didn't say anything until it
was.

612
00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:02,880
Yeah.
And you know what I believe in

613
00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:07,720
also something my wife taught
this to me, most beneficial

614
00:33:07,720 --> 00:33:09,760
outcome.
And what do we mean by that?

615
00:33:09,760 --> 00:33:13,800
We mean that sometimes when we
think we want something in our

616
00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:18,400
life or need something in our
life, it may not actually be the

617
00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:20,880
best thing for us in that
moment.

618
00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:25,600
And maybe or maybe there is a
most beneficial outcome that

619
00:33:25,600 --> 00:33:30,360
involves other people and this
particular instance doesn't fit

620
00:33:30,360 --> 00:33:33,200
that bill, right?
It's not benefiting, it's not

621
00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:37,200
the most beneficial outcome for
myself or others, etcetera.

622
00:33:37,360 --> 00:33:41,560
So I just try to choose to think
that maybe something else is out

623
00:33:41,560 --> 00:33:45,640
there that I meant to do instead
of that thing that I thought I

624
00:33:45,640 --> 00:33:48,240
needed in my life.
And look, it's not a perfect

625
00:33:48,240 --> 00:33:49,840
science.
I'm a human being.

626
00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:53,560
Sometimes I get wrapped up in my
own head at maybe more often

627
00:33:53,560 --> 00:33:57,240
than I'd like to admit, but
those are the practices I work

628
00:33:57,240 --> 00:34:01,320
on to live a more positive life.
Yes, Janae, did you want to

629
00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:03,360
chime in?
You're absolutely right, Mark

630
00:34:03,440 --> 00:34:07,320
then and the mutual beneficial,
most beneficial outcome is an

631
00:34:07,320 --> 00:34:11,080
excellent philosophy for sure.
And sometimes we don't know what

632
00:34:11,080 --> 00:34:12,840
it is.
And of course, good morning,

633
00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:13,880
everyone.
Good morning.

634
00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:16,159
And same thing happened to me
last year.

635
00:34:16,159 --> 00:34:20,679
We were hoping to secure this
podcast production for George

636
00:34:20,679 --> 00:34:24,320
Mason University, starting a new
podcast that didn't go through.

637
00:34:24,480 --> 00:34:29,320
But what I did happen is that I
had more time to work on Pod

638
00:34:29,320 --> 00:34:32,719
Glue, and now that's something
that's a reality, which was a

639
00:34:32,719 --> 00:34:34,400
dream for four years.
Yeah.

640
00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:36,920
Thank you, Janae.
I appreciate what you're sharing

641
00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:39,719
there.
Yeah, my wife and I say, MBO,

642
00:34:39,880 --> 00:34:43,199
that's what we just call it out,
even if it hasn't happened yet,

643
00:34:43,199 --> 00:34:44,600
right?
We'll say this is what we're

644
00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:47,280
hoping for, this is what we're
manifesting.

645
00:34:47,679 --> 00:34:51,880
But MBO, that's what we say.
OK, Thank you, gang.

646
00:34:51,880 --> 00:34:54,719
Let's keep things moving with
wins from the week.

647
00:34:54,920 --> 00:34:58,280
Ralph, I see your hand is up
here on the Riverside screen.

648
00:34:58,280 --> 00:35:00,880
Go for it.
So little bit of a celebration

649
00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:03,920
this week for an accountant.
I have a weekly sermon show.

650
00:35:03,920 --> 00:35:07,960
I hit 10 million views on
YouTube this week.

651
00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:10,200
That's accumulation since I
started that.

652
00:35:10,200 --> 00:35:15,400
That show started last June, so
we are at almost 350,000

653
00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:18,080
subscribers.
But to hit 10 million views was

654
00:35:18,080 --> 00:35:22,360
really humbling for me because I
don't have any theological

655
00:35:22,360 --> 00:35:23,840
training.
I'm not somebody that went to

656
00:35:23,840 --> 00:35:25,520
divinity school or anything like
that.

657
00:35:25,800 --> 00:35:29,200
I just speak from the heart and
things that I feel like are true

658
00:35:29,200 --> 00:35:31,480
and the way we battle some
cultural things that I would

659
00:35:31,480 --> 00:35:32,920
say.
But it was really a humbling

660
00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:37,040
thing to see that pop up and say
10 million times something has

661
00:35:37,040 --> 00:35:39,680
clicked on this.
So thank you for letting me

662
00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:41,840
share that.
Yeah, congratulations, Ralph.

663
00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:45,920
That's pretty awesome.
Yeah, 10 million views.

664
00:35:45,920 --> 00:35:47,600
Very cool.
And Ralph has shared a little

665
00:35:47,600 --> 00:35:50,800
bit before about some of his
strategies, how he's built that

666
00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:54,480
audience relatively quickly.
And I wish I had that episode

667
00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:57,560
off the top of my head, but I
will try to find it and put it

668
00:35:57,560 --> 00:36:00,280
in the show notes for you.
It's I just broke my own rule,

669
00:36:00,280 --> 00:36:03,200
'cause I hate referencing.
I hate when podcasters reference

670
00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:06,040
episodes and then they don't
link back to them.

671
00:36:06,040 --> 00:36:08,240
So I'm breaking my own rule.
Janae, did you?

672
00:36:08,360 --> 00:36:10,240
Do you have something?
You're off mic, Janae.

673
00:36:10,480 --> 00:36:11,720
Yeah, sorry.
That's OK.

674
00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:14,640
The episode name was the Jesus
is the Real King.

675
00:36:14,760 --> 00:36:16,600
That's what really kicked it off
for Ralph.

676
00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:18,560
Wait, but that's not one of our
episodes.

677
00:36:18,600 --> 00:36:20,120
I'm talking about one of our
episodes.

678
00:36:20,280 --> 00:36:22,600
No, that's one of Ralph's
episode on his.

679
00:36:22,720 --> 00:36:25,160
But yes, you're right, you
probably mentioned something.

680
00:36:25,240 --> 00:36:27,840
Yes, yeah, we did.
Ralph, what's the name of that

681
00:36:27,840 --> 00:36:30,040
show, since we've got the
episode title and if people want

682
00:36:30,040 --> 00:36:32,360
to go look it up.
Yeah, it's called Truth Unveiled

683
00:36:32,360 --> 00:36:34,200
with Ralph.
I would love to have you over

684
00:36:34,200 --> 00:36:35,160
there.
Just take a listen.

685
00:36:35,480 --> 00:36:38,800
Thank you and thank you, Janae
for at least giving us something

686
00:36:38,800 --> 00:36:42,200
where now our listeners can go
and listen after I had a hard

687
00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:44,920
time coming up with whatever
episode that was here on the

688
00:36:44,920 --> 00:36:48,400
PMC.
OK, I let's see more wins from

689
00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:49,680
the week.
Who would like to share?

690
00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:51,880
Let's or I'm just going to do
it, Sid.

691
00:36:52,200 --> 00:36:53,320
Go for it.
And then we're going to hear

692
00:36:53,320 --> 00:36:56,600
from Yvonne, Janaid and Sambaza
who are on stage.

693
00:36:56,600 --> 00:36:58,400
Go ahead, Sid.
Yeah, I'm going to say my win

694
00:36:58,400 --> 00:37:01,560
for the week is I started with
the new coaching client this

695
00:37:01,560 --> 00:37:03,760
week and it was a really great
kickoff session.

696
00:37:03,840 --> 00:37:07,280
He's a young guy, just moved to
a new city to start a new job

697
00:37:07,280 --> 00:37:10,560
and really excited to help him
understand the world of office

698
00:37:10,560 --> 00:37:12,760
furniture and to be able to
watch his career grow.

699
00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:16,440
I was just going to ask you what
kind of specifically, I know you

700
00:37:16,440 --> 00:37:19,240
do a lot of coaching and
business coaching that I didn't

701
00:37:19,240 --> 00:37:21,440
realize it was actually within
your own industry.

702
00:37:21,440 --> 00:37:25,160
That's cool, very cool.
Yeah, it's a it fails coaching,

703
00:37:25,160 --> 00:37:28,360
I guess is what I would call it.
I'm helping him understand his

704
00:37:28,360 --> 00:37:31,600
role in a new market and how to
grow the business and things of

705
00:37:31,600 --> 00:37:34,520
that nature.
And honestly, 90 plus percent of

706
00:37:34,520 --> 00:37:37,480
my clients are from the office
furniture industry.

707
00:37:37,760 --> 00:37:39,080
Very cool.
Thank you.

708
00:37:39,080 --> 00:37:41,760
Congratulations to you Sid as
well.

709
00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:47,000
And by the way, let's pause here
and share Adam's wins here on

710
00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:50,120
YouTube.
Adam says my wins this week is

711
00:37:50,120 --> 00:37:52,920
that I have made great
connections, including a

712
00:37:52,920 --> 00:37:56,400
collaboration with someone over
on Sub Stack.

713
00:37:56,400 --> 00:38:00,040
Congratulations to you, Adam.
Yeah, those collabs definitely

714
00:38:00,040 --> 00:38:02,720
feel like wins to me.
Whenever I get a new collab

715
00:38:03,080 --> 00:38:04,680
there, it's always fun and
exciting.

716
00:38:04,680 --> 00:38:07,400
At least so far in my
experience, it's always been fun

717
00:38:07,400 --> 00:38:09,360
and exciting.
And kudos.

718
00:38:09,360 --> 00:38:13,000
Congratulations to you, Sir.
All right, let's check in with

719
00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:16,640
more of our community and go to
Yvonne.

720
00:38:16,640 --> 00:38:19,200
Yvonne, good morning to you.
Welcome back.

721
00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:23,320
Please share any wins with us.
Good morning well, I'm hopping

722
00:38:23,320 --> 00:38:28,800
on a plane tomorrow morning to
go to Santa Fe where I'm going

723
00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:33,680
to be there for a four day
women's conference where I'll be

724
00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:37,400
the event photographer and on
top of that, on the last day of

725
00:38:37,400 --> 00:38:39,760
the event I will be 1 of the
speakers.

726
00:38:39,880 --> 00:38:45,480
I'm doing an aha story and so
I'm very excited about that.

727
00:38:45,560 --> 00:38:50,800
But even more so, I got a random
text yesterday morning from a Co

728
00:38:50,800 --> 00:38:55,280
worker, a former Co worker and I
had done she first of all, she

729
00:38:55,280 --> 00:38:59,520
reached out because my episode
this week, she wanted to tell me

730
00:38:59,520 --> 00:39:02,400
how much she loved the episode
this week was about a woman who

731
00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:06,040
published her first novel at 88.
And then she said, hey, you

732
00:39:06,040 --> 00:39:09,320
know, I don't know if you
remember taking this picture of

733
00:39:09,320 --> 00:39:12,760
my dog at this photo session we
did 10 years ago.

734
00:39:13,040 --> 00:39:16,160
It's a family favorite.
Well, her dog passed away, and

735
00:39:16,160 --> 00:39:19,360
she sent me a picture of a
little, like, shrine that they

736
00:39:19,360 --> 00:39:23,800
had put together for her dog
with my picture of her dog.

737
00:39:23,840 --> 00:39:28,080
And so it was like she hit me on
all the levels with just.

738
00:39:28,480 --> 00:39:32,360
It's why I do photography.
It's like that's when things

739
00:39:32,360 --> 00:39:35,600
become precious to people.
You know, that's happened to me

740
00:39:35,600 --> 00:39:38,240
when people have, you know,
their dad's been sick or

741
00:39:38,240 --> 00:39:40,240
something.
And, you know, it just is.

742
00:39:40,800 --> 00:39:42,080
Yeah.
Crazy.

743
00:39:42,280 --> 00:39:45,160
Yeah, that is crazy.
And sorry for your friend's

744
00:39:45,160 --> 00:39:47,040
loss.
I know how hard that can be

745
00:39:47,320 --> 00:39:48,720
losing.
Yeah, yeah.

746
00:39:50,440 --> 00:39:53,520
It was a real, it was such a fun
session that I did with her and

747
00:39:53,520 --> 00:39:55,960
her husband when they became
empty nesters.

748
00:39:55,960 --> 00:39:59,160
And I will say it was one of my
favorite sessions ever.

749
00:39:59,160 --> 00:40:02,040
That picture of her dog, I was
so thrilled with it.

750
00:40:02,040 --> 00:40:03,960
So anyway, yeah.
And.

751
00:40:04,320 --> 00:40:07,480
By the way, check out Yvonne's
podcast, Late Bloomer

752
00:40:07,480 --> 00:40:09,840
living.com.
Thank you.

753
00:40:09,920 --> 00:40:10,560
You're.
Welcome.

754
00:40:10,560 --> 00:40:14,240
Congratulations, Yvonne and
yeah, send our condolences to

755
00:40:14,240 --> 00:40:17,520
your friend as well.
Janae, good morning again to you

756
00:40:17,520 --> 00:40:19,920
Sir.
Please share any wins with us

757
00:40:19,920 --> 00:40:21,120
from your week.
Good morning.

758
00:40:21,120 --> 00:40:23,960
It's been a pretty awesome week
overall.

759
00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:27,040
My wife is travelling, but I got
to spend more time with the

760
00:40:27,040 --> 00:40:29,080
kiddos.
We went to the Lego store on

761
00:40:29,080 --> 00:40:30,040
Monday.
Nice.

762
00:40:30,320 --> 00:40:34,880
Picked up some sets, some
organization devices to store

763
00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:36,880
the hundreds of categories of
Lego sets.

764
00:40:36,880 --> 00:40:38,640
So that was one win.
Second win.

765
00:40:38,640 --> 00:40:42,480
Just yesterday I discovered a
new open source project that's

766
00:40:42,480 --> 00:40:46,480
put out by Jojovic.
Yes, the same Mila from The

767
00:40:46,480 --> 00:40:50,440
Fifth Element in Resident Evil.
She's been working with a

768
00:40:50,800 --> 00:40:56,480
developer and they've built a
memory system for AI agents.

769
00:40:56,480 --> 00:41:00,160
Now, this memory system is
better than anything that's out

770
00:41:00,160 --> 00:41:03,240
there and it's open source, so
you can actually install it on

771
00:41:03,240 --> 00:41:08,240
your machine for your system so
that a you can remember all the

772
00:41:08,240 --> 00:41:10,920
conversations that you've had
over the years.

773
00:41:10,920 --> 00:41:15,040
So I've been playing with it and
it's really fast how quickly it

774
00:41:15,040 --> 00:41:18,840
can go through transcripts and
find stuff for you on what you

775
00:41:18,840 --> 00:41:20,160
talked about.
So that was pretty awesome.

776
00:41:20,160 --> 00:41:22,000
Thank.
You, you're welcome.

777
00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:25,840
Thank you, Janae.
Congratulations to you as well.

778
00:41:25,840 --> 00:41:28,880
And yeah, getting a little bit
of that family time with the

779
00:41:28,880 --> 00:41:32,360
boys going to the Lego store.
I'm sure that's always worth

780
00:41:32,360 --> 00:41:36,400
celebrating a win like that.
Congratulations to you, Janae

781
00:41:36,840 --> 00:41:38,680
and Yvonne.
Did you have something?

782
00:41:39,000 --> 00:41:42,000
No, you know what?
I was just like, wow, Mila

783
00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:45,320
Jovovich go like it's just a
spicy idea.

784
00:41:45,320 --> 00:41:48,120
Sorry, I didn't mean to do the
spicy I need to say something

785
00:41:48,120 --> 00:41:48,640
thing.
No.

786
00:41:48,880 --> 00:41:52,120
That's OK.
Yes, worth acknowledging again

787
00:41:52,120 --> 00:41:53,320
too.
Thank you, Yvonne.

788
00:41:53,880 --> 00:41:58,080
And all right, I'm going to go
to some baza and then Jackie has

789
00:41:58,080 --> 00:42:00,840
joined us on stage.
Really excited to hear that

790
00:42:00,840 --> 00:42:03,240
voice again.
But first, I'm also excited to

791
00:42:03,240 --> 00:42:05,160
hear some baza.
Go for it, some baza.

792
00:42:05,320 --> 00:42:07,960
Hey, thank you.
Good morning, everyone and nice

793
00:42:07,960 --> 00:42:11,320
to be around this morning.
Oh, Mark, she's not here today.

794
00:42:11,360 --> 00:42:13,240
She's run away.
I made sure she's not in the

795
00:42:13,240 --> 00:42:16,560
kitchen with me today.
That's a call back from the last

796
00:42:16,560 --> 00:42:20,200
time he shared, yes.
Wins of the week.

797
00:42:20,200 --> 00:42:22,600
We had two wins now I'll start
with the first one, which is

798
00:42:22,600 --> 00:42:24,840
kind of minor.
We actually are trying to get

799
00:42:24,840 --> 00:42:28,320
into sub stack.
When I say we, Jen and I, so we

800
00:42:28,320 --> 00:42:31,240
had our first sub stack
collaboration yesterday, playing

801
00:42:31,240 --> 00:42:34,440
around with sub stack to see how
it is because of what I'm seeing

802
00:42:34,440 --> 00:42:37,160
sub stack is giving out there.
So we're just learning sub

803
00:42:37,160 --> 00:42:38,640
stack.
So we played around with sub

804
00:42:38,640 --> 00:42:42,560
with the show and did like a 20
minute thingy, but that was one

805
00:42:42,560 --> 00:42:45,600
of the great things.
So learning as we go along as

806
00:42:45,600 --> 00:42:48,560
podcast.
Now, the other thing that I'm

807
00:42:48,560 --> 00:42:51,680
happy about for this weekend,
actually, we're going to say,

808
00:42:51,680 --> 00:42:54,880
I'm going to say we are proud of
and was surprised was that a

809
00:42:54,880 --> 00:42:59,760
little while ago Jen got an
e-mail from somebody and she

810
00:42:59,760 --> 00:43:03,080
said, oh, this guy from our
town, Saint Louis, and he called

811
00:43:03,080 --> 00:43:05,960
in and he not calling, but he
sent an e-mail and I'm going to

812
00:43:05,960 --> 00:43:08,560
move it forward.
And So what happened was when we

813
00:43:08,560 --> 00:43:12,360
found out who he was, it was
like, wow, this guy, he had been

814
00:43:12,360 --> 00:43:15,280
interviewed by Gayle King and
others.

815
00:43:15,720 --> 00:43:19,520
Now the story goes, he was
somebody who was caught up in

816
00:43:19,560 --> 00:43:23,960
something, a crime, and the
judge locked him up for 241

817
00:43:23,960 --> 00:43:29,000
years and after that tried to
get the guy out of jail, which

818
00:43:29,000 --> 00:43:31,040
he managed.
But there's a whole story about

819
00:43:31,040 --> 00:43:33,080
him online.
And he became an author.

820
00:43:33,080 --> 00:43:35,320
And we got to interview him on
Thursday.

821
00:43:35,560 --> 00:43:37,760
And we had a great time with the
show.

822
00:43:37,760 --> 00:43:42,640
Guy was very nice and very
humble, but the one thing that

823
00:43:42,880 --> 00:43:46,000
I'm going to take out of this is
that just because you are

824
00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:49,400
podcasting out there and you
just a small podcast doesn't

825
00:43:49,400 --> 00:43:50,800
mean that people are not seeing
you.

826
00:43:51,160 --> 00:43:54,640
People are listening to you and
somebody somewhere would come

827
00:43:54,640 --> 00:43:57,480
out and say, hey, I want to do a
podcast with you.

828
00:43:57,840 --> 00:44:00,440
So that was what we celebrated
yesterday.

829
00:44:00,720 --> 00:44:03,120
If you guys want to go catch on
the show, you can either check

830
00:44:03,120 --> 00:44:06,640
it out on some other podcast or
also check it out one walk by

831
00:44:06,640 --> 00:44:09,840
accident with Big Gen. as the
shows are running on both

832
00:44:10,120 --> 00:44:11,800
locations.
And thank you so much much for

833
00:44:11,800 --> 00:44:13,600
allowing me to speak.
Yeah, thank you for that.

834
00:44:13,600 --> 00:44:15,920
And by the way, Yvonne, did you
mean to come off a mic?

835
00:44:16,280 --> 00:44:19,520
OK, No, she didn't.
OK, no problem.

836
00:44:19,840 --> 00:44:23,320
Simbaza, thank you for those.
Also words of wisdom.

837
00:44:23,320 --> 00:44:26,440
You never really know who's
listening.

838
00:44:26,560 --> 00:44:30,560
And that's why we encourage
people keep going, keep going

839
00:44:30,560 --> 00:44:34,880
and stay consistent because,
yeah, it feels lonely sometimes,

840
00:44:35,120 --> 00:44:38,520
but sometimes the biggest of
names that you would never

841
00:44:38,520 --> 00:44:42,320
expect might be listening.
That's what it's not all about.

842
00:44:42,320 --> 00:44:47,080
But that's one one reason why we
do this thing is to try to reach

843
00:44:47,080 --> 00:44:51,120
people and surprising sometimes
who's actually listening.

844
00:44:51,120 --> 00:44:52,880
Thank you, Sambaza, thank you
for sharing that.

845
00:44:53,120 --> 00:44:56,040
I have wins and I'm going to.
I just wanted to say please

846
00:44:56,040 --> 00:44:58,760
stick around because I want to
share a couple of wins that I'm

847
00:44:58,760 --> 00:45:03,320
excited to celebrate with you.
But first, Jackie, welcome back

848
00:45:03,320 --> 00:45:05,000
to the stage.
It's been a minute since I've

849
00:45:05,000 --> 00:45:08,520
said that and please share any
wins with us.

850
00:45:08,680 --> 00:45:11,240
Good morning.
Hello everybody.

851
00:45:11,480 --> 00:45:13,720
Oh my goodness, can you hear me?
We can.

852
00:45:14,080 --> 00:45:17,360
OK, yeah.
So when as obviously being here,

853
00:45:17,520 --> 00:45:21,040
Oh my God, it's been so long.
I've been lifing life, life,

854
00:45:21,040 --> 00:45:22,440
life.
Do want to get everything

855
00:45:22,440 --> 00:45:25,960
together.
That old I got, Should I call it

856
00:45:25,960 --> 00:45:26,560
old?
I don't know.

857
00:45:27,040 --> 00:45:29,720
I thought of doing it because
it's been over a year now.

858
00:45:30,000 --> 00:45:34,320
For a year later, I've just been
so Dang busy with the kids and I

859
00:45:34,320 --> 00:45:38,240
know all the excuses, right?
But full circle, I don't know if

860
00:45:38,240 --> 00:45:41,160
you guys remember a long time
ago when I started podcasting,

861
00:45:41,160 --> 00:45:43,560
one of my goals was to become a
public speaker.

862
00:45:43,760 --> 00:45:48,640
OK, now, thank you, husband.
He's running for Congress, and

863
00:45:48,640 --> 00:45:52,640
when he meets with women's
groups, guess who's introducing

864
00:45:52,640 --> 00:45:54,560
him?
Guess who's talking about all of

865
00:45:54,560 --> 00:45:58,640
the things that he has done for
me is a woman and his whole

866
00:45:58,640 --> 00:46:02,240
mental health side of things.
So it comes true manifest,

867
00:46:02,240 --> 00:46:04,640
manifest.
But yeah, just wanted to give

868
00:46:04,640 --> 00:46:06,240
you that quick update.
My win.

869
00:46:06,320 --> 00:46:08,360
Absolutely hearing all your
voices again.

870
00:46:08,360 --> 00:46:10,000
I miss you guys so much.
I hope you're all.

871
00:46:10,000 --> 00:46:11,440
Doing well, Great to have you
here.

872
00:46:11,440 --> 00:46:15,960
Congratulations to you and your
husband both for the way that

873
00:46:15,960 --> 00:46:19,080
all worked out specifically, but
also for the fact that he has

874
00:46:19,080 --> 00:46:23,400
decided to run for Congress.
That's no easy feat to do

875
00:46:23,400 --> 00:46:26,880
something like that.
So kudos for doing that and so

876
00:46:26,880 --> 00:46:30,800
glad that you showed up here.
Jackie, I know I commented on

877
00:46:30,800 --> 00:46:34,680
that post you put in our
Facebook group and I encouraged

878
00:46:34,680 --> 00:46:37,120
you to come visit, and I'm glad
you did and glad you shared

879
00:46:37,120 --> 00:46:39,080
today.
Dr. Did you have something?

880
00:46:39,440 --> 00:46:42,400
I was going to share a win.
Go for it, OK?

881
00:46:42,520 --> 00:46:44,720
But first, let me just say
again, Jackie, thank you for

882
00:46:44,720 --> 00:46:47,520
coming and please come anytime
you'd like to join.

883
00:46:47,800 --> 00:46:49,520
Please.
So it doesn't matter that you're

884
00:46:49,520 --> 00:46:52,040
not podcasting right now.
You're welcome to be a part of

885
00:46:52,040 --> 00:46:54,480
these conversations so.
Interesting that he's running

886
00:46:54,480 --> 00:46:56,320
for office.
That's so it came.

887
00:46:56,320 --> 00:46:58,080
Out of the blue.
For me it was crazy.

888
00:46:58,400 --> 00:47:02,080
Anyway.
OK so my win stick with me gang.

889
00:47:02,360 --> 00:47:09,000
OK, so tomorrow my husband is
having a contractor come in to

890
00:47:09,000 --> 00:47:14,120
redo my entire bathroom.
We have separate bathrooms and

891
00:47:14,120 --> 00:47:16,560
This is why we've been together
for 20 years.

892
00:47:16,880 --> 00:47:22,280
And I mean, it really needs it.
But in all sincerity, I would

893
00:47:22,280 --> 00:47:24,720
really rather have a Ninja
Creamy.

894
00:47:24,880 --> 00:47:27,520
It's a little ice cream maker
that you can make your own ice

895
00:47:27,520 --> 00:47:30,640
cream.
I'd really rather have it so.

896
00:47:31,280 --> 00:47:33,920
So you got that?
I don't have.

897
00:47:33,920 --> 00:47:36,560
It I mean.
My birthday's coming up in a

898
00:47:36,560 --> 00:47:41,480
couple months and so if it has
to be something I can live with

899
00:47:41,480 --> 00:47:44,920
a crappy bathroom, but I really
I can't live without this Ninja

900
00:47:44,920 --> 00:47:46,640
creamy.
I really want this so bad.

901
00:47:46,880 --> 00:47:50,080
All right, there you go.
OK, can it make dairy free ice

902
00:47:50,080 --> 00:47:51,640
cream?
Because as much as I love ice

903
00:47:51,640 --> 00:47:55,240
cream, it hurts me.
Can yes it?

904
00:47:55,280 --> 00:48:00,720
Can OK cool cool awesome.
Thank you DRI had something I

905
00:48:00,720 --> 00:48:03,920
wanted to ask you and now I
forgot but Oh well there we go

906
00:48:03,920 --> 00:48:06,960
I'm sure it'll pop in my head
after the show ends but

907
00:48:07,160 --> 00:48:11,920
congratulations to you Dr. on
your win for me my wins.

908
00:48:12,320 --> 00:48:16,880
We've signed on more sponsors
for empowered podcasting.

909
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So I mean, we are already way
more successful for EPC three

910
00:48:21,560 --> 00:48:25,560
than we are than we were for EPC
2, especially at this point in

911
00:48:25,560 --> 00:48:29,040
time in the planning process.
We have a commitment for a

912
00:48:29,160 --> 00:48:32,920
silver title sponsor.
Some of you know Ralph and

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00:48:32,920 --> 00:48:37,280
content creatorsaccountant.com
is our gold title sponsor, the

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one and only in that category.
But we have now somebody who's

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00:48:41,040 --> 00:48:44,560
committed or a company who's
committed to for a silver title

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00:48:44,560 --> 00:48:48,560
sponsorship, we have strong
interest from another company

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00:48:48,560 --> 00:48:51,000
that wants to be a silver
sponsor.

918
00:48:51,280 --> 00:48:54,240
And then we have another
commitment for a bronze title

919
00:48:54,240 --> 00:48:57,640
sponsor.
And also someone from our EPC

920
00:48:57,640 --> 00:49:01,720
community has signed on for our
creator partner sponsorship

921
00:49:01,760 --> 00:49:04,160
program.
That's a program that we do

922
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specifically for people in our
community here that we've

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created a, an affordable way to
promote your podcast, your

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products, your services with US
within our community.

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And if you're interested in
that, let me know, Go to

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00:49:19,520 --> 00:49:23,480
empoweredempoweredpodcasting.com
and contact us there.

927
00:49:23,680 --> 00:49:27,920
Also.
Let's see, I vibe coded for the

928
00:49:27,920 --> 00:49:32,160
first time yesterday.
I'm finally got tired of hearing

929
00:49:32,160 --> 00:49:34,080
what everybody else is talking
about.

930
00:49:34,080 --> 00:49:38,680
They're making with Claude Code
and I have always felt like I

931
00:49:38,680 --> 00:49:41,360
just don't know where to start
what I even want to make.

932
00:49:41,800 --> 00:49:44,400
But so I just said, you know
what, I'm just going to go in

933
00:49:44,440 --> 00:49:46,920
and I'm going to try to make
some kind of video game.

934
00:49:47,080 --> 00:49:49,600
So and I wanted to make it
really easy.

935
00:49:49,720 --> 00:49:54,800
So I told it to make the old
original video game pong, but I

936
00:49:54,800 --> 00:49:57,880
told it to do it in a Star Wars
theme.

937
00:49:58,200 --> 00:50:00,640
And so it and that was really
all I told it.

938
00:50:00,640 --> 00:50:05,040
I said make a Pong game Star
Wars themed just to see what it

939
00:50:05,040 --> 00:50:07,320
would do, and it did a pretty
good job.

940
00:50:07,320 --> 00:50:10,920
It was definitely leaning more
toward Pong than Star Wars, but

941
00:50:10,920 --> 00:50:13,680
it, you know, it had instead of
just a black background, it

942
00:50:13,680 --> 00:50:18,200
looked like it was in space.
But as I kept going, I kept

943
00:50:18,200 --> 00:50:20,960
getting ideas right, like I
would play it and say it'd be

944
00:50:20,960 --> 00:50:23,000
cool if it did this.
It would be cool if it did that.

945
00:50:23,200 --> 00:50:25,800
And every time I got a new idea,
I would just go in just like you

946
00:50:25,800 --> 00:50:28,960
would with say, ChatGPT or
regular clawed.

947
00:50:29,200 --> 00:50:32,240
And I would just say, you know
what, I want you to add this or

948
00:50:32,240 --> 00:50:35,440
I want you to get rid of that.
And by the end of it, I have

949
00:50:35,440 --> 00:50:38,440
this really fun Star Wars theme
ponged game.

950
00:50:38,440 --> 00:50:41,360
It has all the real sound
effects from Star Wars.

951
00:50:41,560 --> 00:50:44,840
The paddles for each pong are
actually lightsabers.

952
00:50:45,040 --> 00:50:48,760
The good guy lightsaber and the
bad guy lightsaber, the ball is

953
00:50:48,760 --> 00:50:52,160
like a blaster ball, like you
would see from the their guns

954
00:50:52,160 --> 00:50:54,920
that they'd shoot.
It has some power up things like

955
00:50:55,200 --> 00:50:58,800
it is just the coolest thing and
I can see how and why.

956
00:50:58,800 --> 00:51:02,360
It's very addictive.
And I'm doing this so that I can

957
00:51:02,360 --> 00:51:06,280
start to just get my mind
wandering and learn it so that I

958
00:51:06,280 --> 00:51:09,800
can learn more about how I can
use this for more important

959
00:51:09,800 --> 00:51:12,600
things like my work.
So, Mark, can I ask you a

960
00:51:12,600 --> 00:51:15,600
question about this?
Yeah, the vibe coding.

961
00:51:15,600 --> 00:51:20,440
I have also heard it all over.
I didn't know what it was about.

962
00:51:20,440 --> 00:51:25,320
Is it like if I want to make a
website a landing page I can

963
00:51:25,320 --> 00:51:26,960
make?
What can I do with?

964
00:51:26,960 --> 00:51:30,520
It any of that?
So is it going to replace

965
00:51:30,640 --> 00:51:33,800
ChatGPT?
That's, well, I think it's AI

966
00:51:33,800 --> 00:51:36,600
mean ChatGPT has their own
coding thing too.

967
00:51:36,600 --> 00:51:39,040
I just haven't tried it yet.
I hear better things about

968
00:51:39,040 --> 00:51:42,640
Claude, but you know, it's
really like a tool within the

969
00:51:42,640 --> 00:51:45,960
tool, right?
Like I think at least as of now,

970
00:51:46,280 --> 00:51:50,760
we're going to still always have
the the regular ChatGPT style

971
00:51:50,760 --> 00:51:53,760
thing where we ask it something,
it gives us information, we ask

972
00:51:53,760 --> 00:51:56,280
it to write something, it writes
us, it writes it for us.

973
00:51:56,280 --> 00:52:01,560
But this is more where the AI is
doing is building an app for

974
00:52:01,560 --> 00:52:03,840
you.
And you can have it also do

975
00:52:03,840 --> 00:52:07,120
things like besides just making
apps, making websites, you can

976
00:52:07,120 --> 00:52:11,640
have it work within your on your
own computer and organize your

977
00:52:11,640 --> 00:52:15,200
files or run some kind of
programming within your computer

978
00:52:15,200 --> 00:52:18,600
itself to help your processes
and procedures, etcetera.

979
00:52:18,840 --> 00:52:19,880
Free is.
It.

980
00:52:19,880 --> 00:52:22,280
Yeah, no, well, it's part of
their $20.00 a month

981
00:52:22,280 --> 00:52:23,920
subscription.
Got it.

982
00:52:24,040 --> 00:52:27,520
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And Adam in the YouTube chat

983
00:52:27,520 --> 00:52:31,360
says check out Google AI Studio,
you can prompt to make your apps

984
00:52:31,640 --> 00:52:33,480
and visually see it.
Great tool.

985
00:52:33,480 --> 00:52:36,840
Yes, I've heard that too.
And Claude Code does the same

986
00:52:36,840 --> 00:52:41,200
thing, Adam, I'm able to see the
thing on, see the app that I

987
00:52:41,200 --> 00:52:44,760
make right there on the screen
that I've built it on with

988
00:52:44,760 --> 00:52:47,200
Claude Code.
So anyway, those are my wins.

989
00:52:47,200 --> 00:52:50,200
I'm very excited about them.
Also have a couple of great

990
00:52:50,200 --> 00:52:52,760
client calls as well with some
newer clients.

991
00:52:52,760 --> 00:52:55,680
So it was a great week.
I'm definitely celebrating this

992
00:52:55,680 --> 00:52:58,160
week and glad to celebrate it
with you all.

993
00:52:58,160 --> 00:53:01,800
And thank you all for sharing
your wins from this week.

994
00:53:01,800 --> 00:53:04,520
And a reminder, we're back on
Monday breaking down our

995
00:53:04,520 --> 00:53:07,480
obsession worthy podcast of the
week.

996
00:53:07,880 --> 00:53:10,880
We will do that.
And of course, all week long,

997
00:53:10,880 --> 00:53:14,640
Monday through Friday, 7:00 AM
Eastern, we talk all things

998
00:53:14,640 --> 00:53:16,400
podcasting.
And by the way, if you want to

999
00:53:16,400 --> 00:53:18,560
support this show, how can
people do that, Ralph?

1000
00:53:18,840 --> 00:53:20,080
Wonderful.
They can go to

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00:53:20,080 --> 00:53:25,440
podcastingmorningchat.com/support.
Again, that's podcasting morning

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00:53:25,440 --> 00:53:28,120
chat.com/support.
We would love for you to reach

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out and support the show.
Thank you, Ralph.

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00:53:30,280 --> 00:53:33,320
So until Monday, make it a great
weekend.

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00:53:33,320 --> 00:53:34,520
Everybody take care.