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495 - Audience Reduction Strategy: How Fewer Listeners Can Create More Impact
This episode came from a pattern I’ve seen over and over again.
So many people come to me asking for audience growth strategies. They’ve been podcasting for a while, they feel like they’ve hit a plateau, and they...
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494 - Why Unfinished People Make The Most Trustworthy Teachers
In this episode, I share something I’ve been seeing over and over again in conversations with people who are on the verge of launching a podcast.
There’s this belief that you need to have everything figured out before...
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493 - What Podcasting Actually Did to Our Life and Family
Over the years, I’ve told my origin story in podcasting many times. I’ve shared how I got started, how things grew, and how this work eventually became my full-time career.
But what you’ve almost never heard is this...
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492 - The Decision That Comes Before the Audience
In this episode, I’m sharing a conversation with Heather Bayer who was one of the first people in her industry to launch a podcast. She didn’t wait for permission. She made a decision about who she was and who she was...
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491 - He Built a Podcast Network From Scratch. What 15 Years of Podcasting Taught Him
In this conversation, I sat down with Jason Cabassi, someone I had the privilege of helping launch into podcasting back in 2011. Since then, Jason has gone on to produce more than a thousand episodes and build an...
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490 - The Real Reason Most Podcasters Never Make Money
In today’s episode, I’m sharing a replay of a conversation I had two years ago with Alex Freeman on the UpFlip podcast. When that interview first aired, it quickly became one of the most significant entry points into...
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489 - The Long Game: How Real Thought Leaders Are Made
In this episode, I share one of the most important lessons I’ve learned from more than twenty years of podcasting and content creation. Success in this space, more often than not, comes down to two simple things:...
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488 - Why a Bigger Audience Won’t Fix Your Podcast
Have you ever felt like your podcast is a grind?
You’ve been showing up consistently. Publishing episodes every week. Doing everything people say you should do. And yet, after months or even years, it feels like...
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487 - Podcasting Has Officially Surpassed Talk Radio.
In this episode of Podcast Answer Man, I talk about a milestone moment that I never thought I’d see so soon. For the first time in history, audio podcasting has surpassed AM/FM talk radio as the most popular way...
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486 - Video Is Not the Future of Podcasting and Why Audio Still Wins
Lately, I’ve been seeing a growing narrative that video podcasting is no longer optional. That if you’re not producing high-quality video alongside your podcast, you’re already behind.
I don’t buy it.
In this episode,...
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485 - An In-Depth, Thoughtful Defense of Why RSS Still Matters
In this episode, I share a conversation that was recorded at the Cincinnati Podcast Studio with Brian Erickson.
I originally invited Brian to join me for an episode of my What Are You Creating? podcast, which I...
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484 - The Long Game of Podcasting: Lessons From 5,000+ Episodes with Guest Scott Smith
In this episode, I sit down with Scott Smith, host of The Daily Boost, for a wide-ranging conversation shaped by more than two decades of podcasting experience.
This is an honest exploration of what it actually takes...
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