168 The Top 5 Mistakes I Made with My First Podcast
I don’t want to alarm you but, ahem, I do make mistakes. Not many. Like, maybe 5 in my whole life. But, like all entrepreneurs, I’ve learned from the ones I’ve made so in this episode, I thought I would share the ones I made when I launched my very first podcast...
167 How to Pull Stories from Your Podcast Guests that will Wow Your Listeners
Do you spend hours in conversation with your guests just to get one juicy story out of your guests? Have you ever wondered how talk show hosts and professional podcasters manage to get the best stories out of their guests in such a short time? It’s not magic. It’s...
166 How to Avoid the Annoying Podcast Mic Fade
You’ve heard of podcast fade (when eager new podcasters can’t keep up the pace and their show dies away), but I’m hearing a lot of podcast mic fade. This is when the host’s (or guest’s) voice slowly drifts off. Let’s talk about what this means to your...
165 How to be as Successful as Joe Rogan in Podcasting
Want to be the Joe Rogan of Your Niche? Here’s Your Step by Step Plan I talk to a lot of podcasters in my free 15- minute coaching calls and hands down the most common thing I hear from podcasters is that they want Joe Rogan level success in their podcasting niche. ...
164 Does Your Podcast Suck Because of the Same Old Boring Questions?
Sometimes I listen to a podcast and I can almost see the questions the podcast interviewer is asking. I picture them clutching to these questions like it’s a floating door next to the almost sunk Titanic. Somewhere, someone in the podcasting world told people to...
163 Do you Need to Rethink How you Handle Your Podcast Microphone?
Get your grubby hands off me! If your mic could talk, that’s what it would be saying. There is one time and one time only that you should be touching your mic and that is when you are setting it up at exactly the right position. Could your Mic Skills be Ruining Your...
162 Has Your Podcast Lost its Magic? This Might Be Why
There’s this thing that happens to athletes when they over train. They over-analyze every stroke, swing, or step. They start to overthink what they are doing. Their motions and reactions become too premeditated, too stiff, too awkward. The pressure to perform mounts…...
161 Case Study: How She Launched and got 30,000 Podcast Downloads
Jayna Marie’s Promotion Plan Generated Massive Downloads in the First 30 Days It’s the dream. Launch a podcast and instantly have 30,000 downloads. ‘Huge downloads’ is certainly the most common goal I hear in my free 15-minute coaching calls! The problem is, it’s not...
160 What’s the Most Effective Time in a Podcast Episode to Do a Promo?
Where do you put your promo? Are you asking for something right out of the gate? Do you like to sneak it in the middle? Or are you closing with your CTA? There are a lot of opinions about the best placement of your call to action and in this episode, I’m going to...
159 Are You Throwing Away the Most Important Part of Your Podcast?
Repetition and Consistency are Essential and Powerful Just because you’ve said it 100 times doesn’t mean someone has heard it 100 times. And it certainly doesn’t mean you can toss it away like a 2 month-old iPhone. (Apple slam!) I hear this all the time. It happens in...
158 Why Having Your Podcast Guest’s Name in the Episode Title is a Mistake
Make a sticky note and put this up in your podcast studio: The Weight is in the ‘Why’, Not the ‘Who’. Let me help you decipher this one. The weight or the value of each episode comes from why someone would listen NOT who you have on your show. Let that sink in....
157 Want a Better Sounding Podcast? Do This With Your Mic
So, you got the most expensive mic and you thought that would make you sound great. I have bad news for you. The best mic can still sound like crap if you’re using it wrong. If you want to sound great, you need to have good mic technique. I explain all about proper...
156 The 5 Mistakes I See Podcasters Make the Most
One of the best parts of what I do is getting to meet so many podcasters. I love it when they bring their problem podcast or podcast dreams to me. And, with hundreds of coaching meetings under my belt, I can see the patterns. Every podcaster or would-be podcaster is...
155 The Simple Paradigm Shift that Could Save Your Podcast
The Podcast Lesson I Learned from a Burly, Tattooed Biker You’re out there minding your own business when suddenly you come face to face with rather large, tatted up biker who forces you to see things a different way. This literally happened to me in my twenties on...
154 Are You Ignoring The Best Podcast Episode Topic Ideas?
Do you ever feel like you are running out of things to talk about in your podcast? You are not alone. I hear this challenge from a lot of podcasters. The good news is that there’s gold hiding in your past episodes! I’ve talked before about how to use past topics to...
153 Want a Podcast with Long Term Impact?
Do you ever feel like you’re talking into a great empty void? Like your podcast is out there floating around and nobody is listening? It can be so demoralizing! In this week’s episode, I share a blast from the past to help you see that what you’re...
152 Want to Have a #1 Podcast? It’s Easy!
Don’t Fall Prey to the Lure of False Metrics Who doesn’t want to have the number one podcast? Pretty much every podcaster, right? That’s why marketers keep promising it to you. But, you shouldn’t bite. I’ve been seeing a lot of ads lately offering you up a guaranteed...
151 How to Manage Your Podcast Music Like a Pro
The Top Mistakes Podcasters Make Using Music Have you ever been at a bar or party where the music is really loud and it’s a struggle to have a conversation? It’s annoying but part of the party experience. When it’s part of a podcast experience it’s just annoying....
150 The 5 Key Pieces of a Powerful Podcast Description
Is Your Podcast Description Helping or Hurting? Here’s How to Fix It. Remember way back when you started your podcast and you wrote your description. That was a crazy time! You were launching your podcast, everything was new and let’s face it, there was a bit of...
149 The Simple Technique that Will 10x the Authority of Your Podcaster Voice
Get Big Air Behind the Mic As a podcaster, you want your voice to convey certain things. You want you listeners to instantly feel like they can trust you because you know what you are talking about. You want them to be listening and nodding in agreement. This doesn’t...
148 Want to Nail Your Podcast Guest Intro Every Time? Do This!
You’ve heard it before. Hopefully on someone else’s podcast… The host boots around the guest intro so bad that the guest either has to awkwardly say something about it. Or, there needs to be a whole conversation about it – “Did I say your name right?…” ...
147 How to Make Your Podcast Better in the New Year
hat would make your podcast better next year? Here are my top 4 tips on how to reflect to get better results from your podcast. You want results, right? Okay, then let’s get into it. I released this episode right before the end of 2021… but don’t lump me in with...
146 The Top 5 Ways to Pack Your Podcast with Great Content
You Can’t Serve Your Listener with Crappy Podcast Content Do you want a podcast that is so great your listeners can’t wait for the next episode to drop? And do you also want that podcast to help your listeners see you as an authority and be dying to work with you or...
145 The 5 Best Tech Tips for a Better Podcast
In the past few years, starting a podcast has never been easier. That’s a problem. You say, starting a podcast may be easy but sounding good, well, that takes a bit more effort. And so, we now have a giant steaming pile of crap sounding podcasts. Is yours one of...
144 The Top 5 Ways to Improve Podcast Performance
You’ve got a great show idea, valuable information to share or insightful guests to interview but your show isn’t quite up to the caliber of your brand. You need a performance overhaul! Good news, I’m sharing my top 5 tips for improving your podcast performance as...
143 My Top 5 Podcast Marketing Tips to Grow Your Audience
So, the whole build it and they will come podcasting approach hasn’t quite panned out. I hate to be the one to break it to you but in a sea of podcasts, you’re going to have to put some signals out if you want to be found. And that means marketing! It’s one of the...
142 Do You Need a Podcast Editor (and How to Find a Good One)?
We get it. You’re capable. You learned how to edit your podcast and that’s great. But, ask yourself should you be editing your podcast? Or, should you hire a podcast editor? And, how do you hire the right editor? How much does a podcast editor cost? There are a lot...
141 What the Heck is a ‘Podcast Producer’ (and Do I Need One)?
You’ve probably heard of a producer. And, you probably know that there are a lot of different types of producers – especially in the world of media. You have an executive producer, a line producer, a technical producer, an associate producer… the list goes on. ...
140 What’s a Podcast Coach (and Why Should You Hire One)?
Hello, I’m a podcast coach. A what? A Podcast Coach. Well, what the hell is a podcast coach? This conversation doesn’t happen as much now as it used to but that doesn’t mean people aren’t wondering about it. And if they’re podcasters, they are often also thinking, ‘Do...
