How to Market Your Podcast with Cassie Tucker | The Flow
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TLDRIn this episode, Doc Rock and Katie discuss podcast marketing with marketing strategist Cassie Tucker. The conversation explores key aspects of effective podcast marketing, such as understanding the intended audience, applying storytelling frameworks like StoryBrand, and establishing clear messaging. They emphasize the importance of community building and the benefits of incorporating video content into marketing efforts. The hosts and guest discuss practical strategies for managing and improving podcast workflows, including using digital tools like chat GPT to gain insights. Cassie shares insights from her experiences with corporate and independent podcasting, highlighting the value of audience feedback and adaptability. The episode concludes with predictions for podcast marketing trends in 2025, focusing on community engagement and seamless content creation processes. The hosts remind listeners to maintain purpose-driven goals and to regularly review and adapt their marketing strategies.
Takeaways
- 🎙️ Understanding your audience is crucial for podcast marketing.
- 🔑 Clarity in messaging helps attract the right audience.
- 🎥 Incorporating video content is becoming essential in marketing.
- 🤝 Building a community around your podcast fosters engagement.
- 🛠️ Utilize tools like chat GPT for audience insights.
- 📈 Consistency in episode releases supports audience growth.
- 📚 Storytelling frameworks like StoryBrand enhance your podcast's appeal.
- 📆 Use scheduled time blocks ("power blocks") for focused work.
- 🔄 Regularly review and optimize your marketing strategy.
- 💡 Setting a theme word can guide your yearly goals and priorities.
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- 00:00:00 - 00:05:00
The hosts introduce themselves and emphasize the informal nature of the show. They highlight feelings of pre-Thanksgiving excitement and humorously discuss American vs Canadian Thanksgiving traditions. They introduce their guest, Cassie Tucker, who is noted for her expertise in podcast marketing.
- 00:05:00 - 00:10:00
The hosts discuss the importance of understanding one's role as a marketer when creating content, especially for podcasts. Cassie Tucker advises creators to identify their podcast's purpose and audience, emphasizing the need for clarity in messaging. The conversation then shifts to the utility of AI tools like ChatGPT to understand audience needs better.
- 00:10:00 - 00:15:00
Cassie Tucker explains methods for identifying customer pain points, suggesting direct communication with the audience for insights. She stresses the importance of understanding the story brand framework for effective marketing and shares tips on creating impactful storytelling in branding, aligning it to consumer needs.
- 00:15:00 - 00:20:00
The discussion delves into the nuances of using storytelling for marketing, aligning podcast content with audience needs, and ensuring brand messaging is consistent and clear. Cassie emphasizes the significance of audience research and understanding, sharing insights on the iterative nature of content creation and marketing.
- 00:20:00 - 00:25:00
The hosts and Cassie discuss the potential challenges in podcast marketing, such as clarity in messaging and consistency across platforms. Cassie highlights the importance of maintaining presence across multiple platforms and the benefits of a well-structured website or landing page for podcasts.
- 00:25:00 - 00:30:00
Cassie offers advice on the crucial aspect of content consistency, explaining the benefits of regular publishing schedules and the impact of SEO-friendly practices. She touches upon the psychological aspects of content creation and the discouragement that can arise from unrealistic expectations due to industry myths.
- 00:30:00 - 00:35:00
The conversation addresses overcoming personal barriers in maintaining consistent marketing efforts. Cassie suggests practical time management strategies, such as regular audits and blocking time for dedicated focus, to improve efficiency in podcast marketing and content development.
- 00:35:00 - 00:40:00
They discuss the challenges creators face with tasks management and accountability, and Cassie shares tips on optimizing workflows through delegation and systemization. The hosts discuss how to stay motivated and disciplined by creating structured work environments and maintaining productivity-focused routines.
- 00:40:00 - 00:45:00
Cassie, Katie, and Doc exchange thoughts on their personal goals and strategies for 2025. They emphasize the importance of leveraging video content and the growing significance of video podcasts for audience engagement. The hosts encourage finding personal efficiency systems for workflow optimization.
- 00:45:00 - 00:52:35
The group discusses the value of authentic connection with audiences, suggesting that personality and personal storytelling can differentiate content in the crowded podcast market. The episode wraps up with reminders about utilizing current and upcoming digital tools for community building, stressing preparation and agility in content strategies.
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Who is the guest on the show?
The guest is Cassie Tucker, a marketing professional.
What is the main focus of the podcast discussion?
The main focus is on the importance of marketing for podcasters.
What tool do the hosts discuss for understanding audience better?
They discuss using chat GPT to understand their audience better.
What storytelling framework is mentioned by the guest?
The Story Brand framework by Donald Miller is mentioned.
Why is clarity important in podcast marketing?
Clarity helps listeners immediately understand what the podcast is about, which is crucial for attracting the right audience.
How do the hosts suggest using social media?
They suggest using social media to expand reach and build community by posting engaging content and video snippets.
What are "power blocks" as mentioned by the hosts?
"Power blocks" refer to scheduled time blocks dedicated to actively working on improving business activities.
What is a major takeaway regarding podcast marketing in 2025?
A major takeaway is that incorporating video and building a community will be key strategies.
What is a theme word, and how do hosts use it?
A theme word is a guiding principle for the year; hosts use it to focus their goals and priorities.
What does the show suggest about podcast episode consistency?
The show suggests being consistent with episode releases to maintain audience engagement and growth.
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- 00:00:25Aloha Flo Riders and welcome to the flow
- 00:00:29I am your co-host dog Rock along with my
- 00:00:32awesome
- 00:00:33co-host hey everyone it's Katie I I was
- 00:00:36debating saying I'm the co I'm the host
- 00:00:38I'm the host now I said host take oh I
- 00:00:43know which which stopped me see that I
- 00:00:45was like oh dog's being nice so I I
- 00:00:47won't be mean today I'm feeling it's
- 00:00:49it's pre- Thanksgiving punchiness over
- 00:00:51here I apologize in advance so
- 00:00:53Thanksgiving comes around and your
- 00:00:54American side leaks out the Canadian
- 00:00:56niceties are out the window out the
- 00:00:58window we're past Canadian thing
- 00:01:00Thanksgiving now we're thankful for
- 00:01:01being Punchy it was very good except for
- 00:01:03I was freezing anyway Katie tell
- 00:01:05everybody about our awesome guest we
- 00:01:07have
- 00:01:07today oh my goodness well let me set the
- 00:01:09stage for you because I went back um a
- 00:01:13few months ago to an incredible event
- 00:01:16called momentum in Florida and I got to
- 00:01:20hear Cassie speak and I which sounds
- 00:01:24crazy saying it like that she she talks
- 00:01:26often she speaks often but I got to
- 00:01:29actually hear her present um and she is
- 00:01:32just so fantastic we've met Cassie a few
- 00:01:34times at other you know podcasting and
- 00:01:36other different kinds of events but this
- 00:01:37was just a really great opportunity to
- 00:01:40hear her present on this particular
- 00:01:41topic and I know how important marketing
- 00:01:45is to podcasters and I think that by and
- 00:01:48large many of us are not do not have a
- 00:01:50marketing background so we are like we
- 00:01:52are content creators we are podcasters
- 00:01:54we are video people uh but our expertise
- 00:01:57is not necessarily in marketing so I
- 00:01:58think it's a really important topic I'm
- 00:02:00glad to have her on she is a podcaster
- 00:02:02she's a marketing professional she keeps
- 00:02:04chickens so she's she's cooler than the
- 00:02:06rest of us welcome welcome to the
- 00:02:09viritual stage Cassie
- 00:02:11Tucker thank you guys oh my gosh what a
- 00:02:14lovely introduction thank you so much so
- 00:02:17grateful to be here I'm so happy that
- 00:02:20you're here because yeah I was I was at
- 00:02:22momentum you and I were both speaking
- 00:02:24but I was taking all the kinds of all
- 00:02:25the copious notes in the background
- 00:02:27while you were presenting I was being
- 00:02:29one of those people that was typing and
- 00:02:30being like no no but can you send me the
- 00:02:31slides I want to my gosh I want to learn
- 00:02:34all yeah oh your session was amazing
- 00:02:37yeah it was so great I think we met for
- 00:02:39the first time all three of us actually
- 00:02:41at podfest last year and then it was
- 00:02:43such an honor to see Katie again at
- 00:02:46momentum and you did a great job Katie I
- 00:02:48loved your session right back it's funny
- 00:02:50but I always think to myself Cassie
- 00:02:53looks like the person who used to work
- 00:02:54at Disney and like just tell you hey
- 00:02:57welcome come on in like hey come come on
- 00:02:59in my God so I was gonna say my uh my
- 00:03:03background you know it's it's very
- 00:03:05disnei so yes I I did used to work at
- 00:03:08Disney
- 00:03:09surprise I know you have you have Disney
- 00:03:11princess Vibes in all
- 00:03:13the the imagineer and uh in De Cassie
- 00:03:18was in a was it is a dolphin tale a
- 00:03:20Disney
- 00:03:21movie no wait how did you know this do
- 00:03:25rock lady docs doing deep Cuts wow
- 00:03:30I was no it is not a Disney movie but
- 00:03:32yes I was I had a very small presence in
- 00:03:35Dolphin Tale 2 very good wow we'll be
- 00:03:39right back after this after this break
- 00:03:41while we all watch do Tales 2 hey she
- 00:03:44was in the movie with God AKA Morgan
- 00:03:46Freeman yes it was it was incredible
- 00:03:50yeah wow we're gonna have to shat
- 00:03:52offline about this H SL thing here doc L
- 00:03:55this is called being a podcaster you got
- 00:03:57to know some stuff you got to you got to
- 00:03:59shake guess and like let them know you
- 00:04:01know what's up so that way they can give
- 00:04:02you good answers no I'm just I love it
- 00:04:05well it works hopefully we'll see what
- 00:04:08happen see what happened I tell you
- 00:04:09honestly what happened is Katie was
- 00:04:10going to be busy but then lucky she got
- 00:04:12busy her her um appointment was done and
- 00:04:14then I was like oh my goodness I got
- 00:04:16like five minutes like I've talked with
- 00:04:18Cass before but I got like five minutes
- 00:04:20to figure this out and so yesterday I
- 00:04:22was ready to have my research and then
- 00:04:23KY goes I'm back I'm like oh thank you
- 00:04:25so then I'll have to be here by myself I
- 00:04:27made doc do uh do pan pic panic mode uh
- 00:04:31interview question Panic how dare you
- 00:04:34that is well okay it was she's making me
- 00:04:36speak third person I quit
- 00:04:41ah organized Panic organiz organized
- 00:04:45Panic organized Panic well I I want to
- 00:04:48start I think a little bit um big
- 00:04:51picture so I want to start at the
- 00:04:53beginning I think a lot of people that
- 00:04:56um watch and participate and listen in
- 00:04:57this show are people who as I said are
- 00:05:00not would not Define themselves as
- 00:05:02marketing people and they've you know
- 00:05:04they've worked hard to either get their
- 00:05:07podcast up and running or they're still
- 00:05:08in the kind of the planning phases of
- 00:05:10starting their podcast so what are the
- 00:05:13what is the first thing people should be
- 00:05:15thinking about or starting with when
- 00:05:17they are approaching marketing as a
- 00:05:20non-marketing person for a podcast or
- 00:05:23show yeah so first and foremost I feel
- 00:05:27like we talked about this at momentum a
- 00:05:29little bit but if you are any sort of
- 00:05:32Creator entrepreneur business owner you
- 00:05:35are a marketer in a way because you have
- 00:05:39the the goal to Market whatever you're
- 00:05:41doing and so a lot of those functions
- 00:05:44you take upon yourself and and try to
- 00:05:45get the word out about whatever you're
- 00:05:47creating so first things first I would
- 00:05:50encourage you just to have that
- 00:05:52perspective of I am I am capable of
- 00:05:55taking on this function and you have the
- 00:05:57opportunity to learn and marketing is
- 00:05:58such a vast
- 00:06:00world and there's so many ways to go
- 00:06:01about it and so also just be encouraged
- 00:06:04that there's not a perfect way to Market
- 00:06:06your brand or whatever you're doing um
- 00:06:09but I think first things first is just
- 00:06:12understanding why are you podcasting in
- 00:06:15the first place kind of what is that
- 00:06:16goal for your show how are you going to
- 00:06:18add value to people uh what is the
- 00:06:21solution that you're providing maybe and
- 00:06:23maybe that solution is even just a form
- 00:06:25of entertainment and getting people
- 00:06:26excited about the topic that you're
- 00:06:28you're talking about
- 00:06:30um comedy having fun making people laugh
- 00:06:32and so what is that thing that you're
- 00:06:34trying to do with your show and with
- 00:06:36that who are you speaking to so I feel
- 00:06:38like a lot of times uh people will start
- 00:06:41a show and they don't really know who
- 00:06:42they're talking to and so it's really
- 00:06:44hard to cater a message and cater
- 00:06:46content around something when you don't
- 00:06:48know what that consumer is looking for
- 00:06:51so doing some research on who is that
- 00:06:53person you're speaking to where do they
- 00:06:56live what are they looking for kind of
- 00:06:57where they at in their Journey with
- 00:06:59regards to your brand and what you're
- 00:07:02creating and then you can kind of start
- 00:07:03to create some messaging around that but
- 00:07:06really having Clarity around your
- 00:07:08message and your platform first and
- 00:07:09foremost is a really great way to start
- 00:07:12and then everything else in terms of
- 00:07:13just episode topics Etc are a lot easier
- 00:07:16to come up with when you have those
- 00:07:18elements locked down dud you know it's
- 00:07:20really fantastic um something that Mary
- 00:07:23Lou and I did was we took like
- 00:07:25transcripts from five episodes and then
- 00:07:28I saved them into a document I fed them
- 00:07:30to Chad and I was like Chad uh based off
- 00:07:33of these transcripts who would you say
- 00:07:35our customer Avatar is and yo homie
- 00:07:38nailed it like nailed it perfectly and
- 00:07:41then I said okay well let me know from
- 00:07:44this if there any gaps in the the
- 00:07:48conversation like who should I be
- 00:07:50talking to that I'm not and it was like
- 00:07:53well at this moment you know nothing cuz
- 00:07:55I think you got to cuz we say it all the
- 00:07:57time in our show I think we knew it was
- 00:07:59before we started and saying for this
- 00:08:01show we knew what it was before we
- 00:08:02started but still it's always good just
- 00:08:05to make sure that you're doing it right
- 00:08:07so if you have this idea in your head
- 00:08:09that my ideal Avatar is Cassie you could
- 00:08:13take your transcripts and run against
- 00:08:14the llm and if that doesn't sound like
- 00:08:17Cassie then you're not saying what you
- 00:08:19said you was going to
- 00:08:21say it's so true we have all these tools
- 00:08:24available to us right now and it it is
- 00:08:27amazing like I I have been doing more
- 00:08:29and more of this lately um in many in
- 00:08:32many cases because we keep talking about
- 00:08:34here on the show and I'm like well I
- 00:08:35should make sure that like I'm I'm doing
- 00:08:37the things that we're recommending and
- 00:08:38I'm trying things out and seeing kind of
- 00:08:40where those questions come and it it is
- 00:08:42amazing like we're we're pretty close
- 00:08:44but every time that I do this and I've
- 00:08:45now been doing it on a regular basis
- 00:08:47like asking asking chat GPT or Claude or
- 00:08:50you know any of these AI tools to kind
- 00:08:51of reconfirm what I believe to be true
- 00:08:54and there is
- 00:08:56always some small thing that I've missed
- 00:08:58or like some some small like Behavior or
- 00:09:02like audience um Persona like you know a
- 00:09:06fact of the audience Persona that maybe
- 00:09:08I wasn't thinking of or like or it will
- 00:09:11tell me like you know these are the
- 00:09:12these are the pain points of this
- 00:09:13audience or these are the things that
- 00:09:14this audience really cares about and
- 00:09:16it's like I've done episodes on two of
- 00:09:18the three but not as much on the third
- 00:09:20topic so it is I think a helpful
- 00:09:22practice to even when you know your
- 00:09:24audience and even when you know kind of
- 00:09:26your mission and why you're why you're
- 00:09:28doing the show why doing creating this
- 00:09:30content I think just using these tools
- 00:09:33is almost like a sounding board to be
- 00:09:34like hey am I hitting the mark with this
- 00:09:37and where am I not hitting the mark with
- 00:09:38this is a really smart way to take
- 00:09:40advantage of of a lot of the AI tools
- 00:09:42out there see you know what Cassie I
- 00:09:44have a question for you so I in our in
- 00:09:47my group right we just call Seth the
- 00:09:49goat because he is my hero and Seth says
- 00:09:52marketing is the generous Act of like
- 00:09:54helping someone solve their problems so
- 00:09:57how do you find what are the pain points
- 00:10:01for your clients to solve for their
- 00:10:04marketing people customer people
- 00:10:06whatever you know what I'm trying to
- 00:10:08say yeah yeah yeah they're customer
- 00:10:11people in the morning over
- 00:10:13here yeah I know I know for sure shoot
- 00:10:17it's early for me it's like 12 o'clock
- 00:10:19and I'm my brain's just waking up here
- 00:10:22um yeah so this is this is a loaded
- 00:10:25topic here and I was I was going to
- 00:10:26mention I loved your guys's idea just
- 00:10:28about kind of going to chat GPT and
- 00:10:30having a conversation there chat is like
- 00:10:33my go-to virtual assistant so just being
- 00:10:35able to have a conversation and think
- 00:10:37about some of those things that I have
- 00:10:38not considered before is has been huge
- 00:10:41in my process but I personally love the
- 00:10:44story brand framework so I kind of use
- 00:10:46an iteration I use an iteration of it
- 00:10:49and the cool thing about chat GPT is you
- 00:10:51can train chat GPT to think about that
- 00:10:55framework um and so that takes just a
- 00:10:57little bit of time to kind of train it
- 00:10:59and that way and you can use that as a
- 00:11:01as a process just for any uh podcast
- 00:11:04you're coming up with any client that
- 00:11:06you're working with but specifically the
- 00:11:08pain point so that takes a bit of
- 00:11:10research uh for sure and so one of the
- 00:11:13things that I'll do is yes I'll tap into
- 00:11:16chat GPT that's a huge part of my
- 00:11:17process just literally asking the
- 00:11:19platform hey this is the person that I'm
- 00:11:21speaking to what do they struggle with
- 00:11:24in and coming up with this
- 00:11:25transformation or going through this
- 00:11:27transformation that I'm offering them
- 00:11:28with my product or service um one way to
- 00:11:32do it to you can kind of work backwards
- 00:11:33so thinking about your solution and the
- 00:11:36thing that you offer what are some of
- 00:11:38the uh pain points that someone has when
- 00:11:40it comes to that solution or that would
- 00:11:43cause them to seek the solution that
- 00:11:45you're offering uh so that can be one
- 00:11:47way to look at it too but really for me
- 00:11:50the other thing that I always suggest
- 00:11:51people to do is just speak directly with
- 00:11:53your target market have conversations
- 00:11:55with them almost do a survey and just
- 00:11:58ask them hey what are you facing what
- 00:11:59are you struggling with right now and
- 00:12:02why would you go to seek this product or
- 00:12:04solution that I'm offering uh what is
- 00:12:06some of the messaging that resonates
- 00:12:08with you what doesn't resonate with you
- 00:12:10what transformation are you looking to
- 00:12:12go through uh in order to get out on the
- 00:12:15other side positively so for me the
- 00:12:17biggest thing that I found is just
- 00:12:19having those direct conversations
- 00:12:20because a lot of times Katie you kind of
- 00:12:23mention this but the way that we think
- 00:12:25something should be messaged a lot of
- 00:12:27times is a little bit off from what our
- 00:12:29consumer might be looking for or might
- 00:12:31resonate with them and sometimes it just
- 00:12:33takes a quick optimization or tweak in
- 00:12:37our messaging but until we actually have
- 00:12:39conversations with those consumers to
- 00:12:41really understand what they're thinking
- 00:12:43about and what they're looking for it
- 00:12:45could just be a matter of a of a couple
- 00:12:47things or a couple different ways to
- 00:12:49look at uh that messaging or that
- 00:12:52problem and how we're providing a
- 00:12:54solution to them nice yeah absolutely
- 00:12:57can you talk a little bit just I'm sure
- 00:12:59that some people who are watching or
- 00:13:01listening may not be familiar with that
- 00:13:03framework can you talk a little bit
- 00:13:04about the details of it and what it
- 00:13:05looks like um we have a saying in New
- 00:13:07York get
- 00:13:09familiar let's all get familiar together
- 00:13:11with this framework yes oh I'm a I'm a
- 00:13:15huge fan of it so for me just a little
- 00:13:17bit of background I worked at Disney
- 00:13:19storytelling is like my thing I love
- 00:13:22storytelling it's also it's also proven
- 00:13:25to work well in in a marketing sense um
- 00:13:29and so one of the things that Donald
- 00:13:30Miller the creator of this framework
- 00:13:32talks through his book story brand which
- 00:13:35I highly recommend reading if you have
- 00:13:37not is the power of story and why it
- 00:13:39works and kind of tapping into Hollywood
- 00:13:41and how uh the sequence of a movie is
- 00:13:43created and how people are attracted to
- 00:13:46that kind of Storytelling and how we can
- 00:13:48Infuse that into our brand so the story
- 00:13:51brand framework uh they have a free
- 00:13:53framework worksheet available online so
- 00:13:56that's something you can uh download and
- 00:13:57kind of take a look at but in a nutshell
- 00:14:00it talks through uh the consumer who is
- 00:14:03the hero of your story and the problem
- 00:14:05that they are facing and how you can
- 00:14:07walk them through that problem to get
- 00:14:09them to the other side aka the
- 00:14:11transformation that you're offering uh
- 00:14:13so it goes into detail of who is that
- 00:14:16hero who is that consumer um where do
- 00:14:19they live what are they looking for what
- 00:14:20are those demographic or psychographic
- 00:14:23uh details who are you as the guide in
- 00:14:25the hero's Story You're you as the brand
- 00:14:28are walking them through again that
- 00:14:30story of transformation so what are the
- 00:14:32details of your brand how do you
- 00:14:34empathize with the consumer uh how do
- 00:14:37you have authority in your space so
- 00:14:39tapping into some of those accolades and
- 00:14:41your past experience um and then what
- 00:14:43does that transformation look like so
- 00:14:45when someone comes out on the other side
- 00:14:47what does their life look like how is it
- 00:14:49better because they have uh worked with
- 00:14:51you as the service provider and then if
- 00:14:53they don't work with you what does that
- 00:14:56negative outcome look like and so after
- 00:14:59completing that story brand framework
- 00:15:00for your brand you kind of have this
- 00:15:03overall guide or skeleton for messaging
- 00:15:06that you can use for your website for
- 00:15:09email marketing for social media Etc but
- 00:15:12it really gets you into a really good
- 00:15:13mindset for how you should be speaking
- 00:15:15to your consumer again I kind of use a
- 00:15:18version of it so again I talked about
- 00:15:20how in in marketing there really isn't a
- 00:15:22perfect way to Market so kind of taking
- 00:15:25some of these tools and using it as a
- 00:15:28foundational gu sideline to just kind of
- 00:15:30step forward and you'll learn over time
- 00:15:32what works what doesn't and a lot of
- 00:15:34times you'll learn that through having
- 00:15:35those conversations with your consumers
- 00:15:37over time yeah listen people I want you
- 00:15:40guys to really pay attention to this
- 00:15:42because anybody that's been around here
- 00:15:44imagine this concept right there's a
- 00:15:46reluctant hero who has this power within
- 00:15:50them that they need to get out and they
- 00:15:52try and try and try but they can't
- 00:15:54really find it cuz they don't really
- 00:15:55realize they have this power and then
- 00:15:57they me some 700 year old green Jedi
- 00:16:01that talks to them in weird language and
- 00:16:03then eventually they put out a show that
- 00:16:06crushes it my story brand is freaking
- 00:16:09Star Wars I've been doing it effectively
- 00:16:11for years and absolutely freaking
- 00:16:13crushing
- 00:16:14it I can see I can show you the Jedi
- 00:16:17there are Jedi in the chat right now
- 00:16:19Paul
- 00:16:20Duncan reluctant hero ran into the 700
- 00:16:24year old wise person that talks in
- 00:16:26circles and then all of a sudden they
- 00:16:28out here running things ladies and
- 00:16:29gentlemen I me introduce you Jedi Paul
- 00:16:33Duncan it is that actually is a really
- 00:16:35great way to to think about it DOC like
- 00:16:38I is we could go on a list Marshall uh
- 00:16:41and you could think about like but you
- 00:16:44could think about like your putting your
- 00:16:48your business your show into the lens of
- 00:16:52some of your favorite movies and seeing
- 00:16:54like what like what story lines work or
- 00:16:56don't work because I I think we all go
- 00:16:57through these phases of like you know we
- 00:17:00learned something new maybe you've just
- 00:17:01heard about this particular framework
- 00:17:02and you're trying to process like okay
- 00:17:04how do I you know apply that to me and
- 00:17:07my personal show and I think what's
- 00:17:09great about this specific one is that
- 00:17:12almost everyone has seen a movie almost
- 00:17:14everyone has a favorite movie in some
- 00:17:16way or another right or a series of
- 00:17:17favorite movies so this this actually is
- 00:17:20probably one of the easiest ones to
- 00:17:21approach because storytelling is so
- 00:17:24Universal and you know and Hollywood is
- 00:17:26so kind of immediately identifiable and
- 00:17:28what they do and how they do it that I
- 00:17:30think even if you're like even if you
- 00:17:32don't want to go through the practice of
- 00:17:34like creating Your Own Story you could
- 00:17:36definitely as doca just swipe one of the
- 00:17:38other ones and see how the pieces fit in
- 00:17:40and what pieces you might be missing so
- 00:17:41I think great the Tim of saving this
- 00:17:44show for today is kind of perfect
- 00:17:46because Cassie's here and everybody's
- 00:17:48going to have some time for the weekend
- 00:17:50and your family's going to get your
- 00:17:51nerves and you need to go some hide
- 00:17:52somewhere Donald Miller the inventor of
- 00:17:55story brand Donald Miller is a very
- 00:17:57prolific Creator so he's all over
- 00:17:59YouTube and a lot of people like Cassie
- 00:18:01talking about his method on YouTube the
- 00:18:03uh was it Dennis merant Merchant
- 00:18:05whatever this the Pixar method also
- 00:18:08heavily heavily talked about so you can
- 00:18:10study up on those two or you can cheat
- 00:18:12and just tell uh llm uh no notebook LM
- 00:18:16here's here's the story book PDF here's
- 00:18:18a couple of the articles I found uh
- 00:18:20teach me story method in a couple give
- 00:18:23episode and and it will it will generate
- 00:18:25you something that you can listen to
- 00:18:27while you hide from your family in the
- 00:18:28backyard with a sippy whiskey um like
- 00:18:31the book is skinny enough that if you
- 00:18:33order it on Prime today you can get it
- 00:18:35by Thursday and you can have that book
- 00:18:37read by Friday it's like yo big but it
- 00:18:40is very brilliant so Cass thank you for
- 00:18:43for like putting people onto that
- 00:18:44because it is a big one it's one of my
- 00:18:46favorite books absolutely yes it is and
- 00:18:49the cool thing about it too it not only
- 00:18:51walks you through the framework but it
- 00:18:52also it's been a minute since I've read
- 00:18:54the book however I believe it also tells
- 00:18:56you kind of their website framework that
- 00:18:58they recommend and everything so it's a
- 00:19:00very actionable book you can kind of go
- 00:19:02through it almost like a workbook itself
- 00:19:04and follow the steps you know pause
- 00:19:05reading it make an iteration on your
- 00:19:08website or whatever and then keep moving
- 00:19:09forward it's it's amazing highly
- 00:19:13recommend what you see timing is good
- 00:19:15for it what do you see is like maybe the
- 00:19:18biggest gap for the majority of the
- 00:19:21people trying to Market their
- 00:19:24podcast oo that's a great question got
- 00:19:28that see that we had this conversation 3
- 00:19:30weeks ago if I can make the guest say
- 00:19:33that that's that's what you're looking
- 00:19:34for stop stop affirming stop stroking
- 00:19:36dark's ego I'm just saying hey we did
- 00:19:39this episode on how to ask questions and
- 00:19:41that is the reaction you're looking for
- 00:19:43we did it's true one one on Cassie yes
- 00:19:47okay so the biggest Gap when it comes to
- 00:19:50marketing your podcast okay so man so
- 00:19:54there's a couple things I think number
- 00:19:56one Clarity of your m messaging across
- 00:19:59the podcast channels is is so incredibly
- 00:20:03important and obviously there's an SEO
- 00:20:05element with keywords and everything for
- 00:20:07the platforms so making sure that's
- 00:20:09included um I know a lot of times we get
- 00:20:11really clever with our podcast names and
- 00:20:14that's cool but if if you have a clever
- 00:20:16podcast name have a tagline or something
- 00:20:19that just clarifies exactly who that
- 00:20:21shows for kind of what you're doing what
- 00:20:23the goal of that is so people know you
- 00:20:25know when they're scrolling their
- 00:20:26platforms immediately okay this show is
- 00:20:29about XYZ I need this let me start
- 00:20:31listening so that from the ground up is
- 00:20:34is really important just Clarity overall
- 00:20:37I think really just being as present on
- 00:20:39a number of different platforms as
- 00:20:41possible if you have the means to
- 00:20:43develop a website or at least a landing
- 00:20:45page on your Brand's website for uh your
- 00:20:48podcast that's really important uh put
- 00:20:51together blog post for each of your
- 00:20:53episodes again discoverability online is
- 00:20:56huge and so have a little bit of uh
- 00:20:58extended content for people to read as
- 00:21:01they're consuming your show have a
- 00:21:02podcast player on there um social media
- 00:21:06is another thing and I am speaking to
- 00:21:08myself when I talk about this because I
- 00:21:11need to get better at my social media
- 00:21:12marketing for my podcast however social
- 00:21:15is a really good way to expand your
- 00:21:18reach and start to build community
- 00:21:19around your podcast so pull out some of
- 00:21:22those video Snippets you know use eam
- 00:21:24create some video content around your
- 00:21:26show and post those onine line give
- 00:21:29people kind of a teaser and something to
- 00:21:30look forward to with that episode use a
- 00:21:32hook at the beginning of those short
- 00:21:34video clips to kind of reel them in and
- 00:21:37and share some value uh through those
- 00:21:39and get them to want to listen more um
- 00:21:41so consistency across channels and I
- 00:21:44think this is something uh our friend
- 00:21:46Lum Melo talks about all the time but
- 00:21:48allowing people to have a place to
- 00:21:50connect uh outside of the podcast as
- 00:21:52well so he has an amazing uh Facebook
- 00:21:55group uh but there's a number of
- 00:21:56different channels that you can do to uh
- 00:21:59Foster those connections and it gets
- 00:22:02people starting to talk internally even
- 00:22:04outside of you needing to be a part of
- 00:22:06those conversations and that's a really
- 00:22:08beautiful thing when you get to the
- 00:22:09point where your community is literally
- 00:22:11growing on its own without you having to
- 00:22:13be a part of that um but there's a
- 00:22:16number of different things I think
- 00:22:17consistency just of your podcast
- 00:22:19episodes is another one if you have the
- 00:22:21ability to post- weekly do it obviously
- 00:22:24don't overwhelm yourself too much pod
- 00:22:26fade is very real and the number one
- 00:22:29reason I I think people stop podcasting
- 00:22:31is because it is a ton of work um so
- 00:22:34iterate and optimized over time but
- 00:22:36consistency of messaging Clarity of
- 00:22:38messaging consist consistency excuse me
- 00:22:41of content um and then just overtime
- 00:22:43growth will continue to gain from there
- 00:22:46but it takes time so have patience with
- 00:22:47yourself and have patience with your
- 00:22:49content too but don't uh don't be afraid
- 00:22:52to just change and grow and iterate over
- 00:22:55time the way that you launch your
- 00:22:56podcast at the very beginning the way
- 00:22:58that you Market it at the very beginning
- 00:23:00does not have to be that way forever so
- 00:23:02don't be afraid to try new things and
- 00:23:04just test yeah I think that's so huge
- 00:23:07and I'm I'm totally G to um I will speak
- 00:23:10generally because I cannot remember the
- 00:23:11specific the specific numbers but um but
- 00:23:14Lou had presented at momentum which is
- 00:23:17his event that we've been talking about
- 00:23:19um the the actual like metrics on
- 00:23:22podcast like downloads and listens and
- 00:23:25it I think what really gets to a lot of
- 00:23:27people present company included is that
- 00:23:30there are all of these different metrics
- 00:23:32that we're using to judge whether or not
- 00:23:34our show is successful but a lot of them
- 00:23:37are incredibly deceiving like we have a
- 00:23:40number in the back of our head whether
- 00:23:42or not we want to be honest about it we
- 00:23:44have a number in the back of our head
- 00:23:46that we think other shows are hitting
- 00:23:48and we're like and we feel as though
- 00:23:50there's a huge Chasm between where we
- 00:23:51are and where these other shows are and
- 00:23:53I will find the I will ask Lou to send
- 00:23:55this to me and I will I will share these
- 00:23:57numbers with you because because I it
- 00:23:59was really staggering even for me to see
- 00:24:01that like my my just for fun personal
- 00:24:04podcast was performing like as well as
- 00:24:08like in the same kind of bucket of like
- 00:24:10good well performing shows and I never
- 00:24:13would have guessed that like I the the
- 00:24:14numbers I the update is but it used to
- 00:24:17be if more than 178 person listen to an
- 00:24:20episode you are in the top 2 3% of
- 00:24:24podcasts right wow yeah it's a really
- 00:24:26low number
- 00:24:28ER than you think yeah which is crazy so
- 00:24:30it I think it's like everything you just
- 00:24:32said Cassie is really important that
- 00:24:34like it's it's okay to make changes and
- 00:24:37it's okay to kind of take you know take
- 00:24:38a look at what's working and not working
- 00:24:40and you be focused on your original
- 00:24:42goals but I just want to also say to
- 00:24:44everyone that uh I think a lot of the
- 00:24:46like whether or not we've written it
- 00:24:48down like a lot of the internal feelings
- 00:24:50that we have around some of these goals
- 00:24:52may not actually be accurate so so it's
- 00:24:55really important to like accept those
- 00:24:57small wins and that small movement
- 00:24:59forward like and you know and keep it
- 00:25:02keep track of those cuz you're right I
- 00:25:03think just consistently being there
- 00:25:06putting in the work growing that
- 00:25:07audience growing that Community uh and
- 00:25:10showing up is all hard work and it does
- 00:25:12pay off but it pays off over time and
- 00:25:15the percentage of growth is probably a
- 00:25:17lot lower than you think is successful
- 00:25:19and that's not true you are wi you
- 00:25:21winning and you just don't even realize
- 00:25:23it that's so true and I think that's
- 00:25:26also important to your point Point Katie
- 00:25:28of having this like greater purpose
- 00:25:31around why you're doing what you're
- 00:25:32doing because you know numbers income
- 00:25:37all this stuff it will come and go it
- 00:25:39will go up and down all the time and if
- 00:25:41we use that as kind of a benchmark for
- 00:25:44whether or not to keep going or to quit
- 00:25:46or not I mean we're going to fade real
- 00:25:48fast and so for me I'm going to be
- 00:25:50honest like it's it's been hard over the
- 00:25:53last three years of doing my show
- 00:25:54there's been a lot of ups and downs
- 00:25:56there's been a lot of questions I've had
- 00:25:57to ask myself about you know is this the
- 00:26:00right thing or whatever but 99% of the
- 00:26:04time I go back to thinking about the
- 00:26:06people that I'm able to help and impact
- 00:26:08and that keeps me going like I no
- 00:26:10question I'm like okay like it's all
- 00:26:13good stuff past it's fine and exactly I
- 00:26:16just got to say Cassie you are winning
- 00:26:19all the points today like I don't know
- 00:26:21I'm sending this Christmas gift all I
- 00:26:23ever scream at these people the B is
- 00:26:25figure out what your purpose is
- 00:26:26otherwise you're spinning wheels
- 00:26:27everybody like oh go with your passion
- 00:26:29passion was my ex we thought it was cool
- 00:26:31I don't even like we don't talk to each
- 00:26:33other you know what I'm saying passions
- 00:26:34go away purpose is real like purpose is
- 00:26:38real right and I keep all I tell them
- 00:26:40look you got to figure out your purpose
- 00:26:41well I don't know what it is well figure
- 00:26:42it out well how do you do that you know
- 00:26:45if it was that simple bro I would sell
- 00:26:46it like if it was that simple I would
- 00:26:48sell it I would be zerber but seriously
- 00:26:50you can you can do the work and you can
- 00:26:52figure out what your purpose is and it
- 00:26:53hits you like a ton of bricks once you
- 00:26:55know and then it's glorious all right so
- 00:26:57James asked the question question and I
- 00:27:00got James wants to know what insights
- 00:27:02have you learned while hosting the
- 00:27:04Universal Studios podcast that could
- 00:27:06translate to us early stage
- 00:27:09podcasters great question James deep
- 00:27:11Cuts deep Cuts that's a great question
- 00:27:14yes oh man okay so I'll preface that
- 00:27:18obviously a very corporate podcast is
- 00:27:21quite different from what we creators do
- 00:27:23right um however I think the biggest
- 00:27:27thing that I have learned from that is
- 00:27:29really paying attention to what the fans
- 00:27:32want uh Universal has a bunch of fans uh
- 00:27:36there's a ton of part goers each year
- 00:27:38and so we the way that we think about a
- 00:27:41topic that we're diving into is very
- 00:27:43different from what a consumer talks uh
- 00:27:45is thinking about we kind of already
- 00:27:46talked about this but um really engaging
- 00:27:49the consumers and the fans in asking for
- 00:27:52questions asking for feedback what do
- 00:27:54you want to hear what question do you
- 00:27:56have about Universal Epic Universe
- 00:27:58opening next year uh because again we
- 00:28:00are so uh deep and thick in the woods of
- 00:28:03a topic that some things that a a new
- 00:28:07consumer to the brand may think about is
- 00:28:09something we would never consider and so
- 00:28:11allowing them to be a part of that
- 00:28:13process and helping to shape that
- 00:28:15content um and then I think the other
- 00:28:17thing too is just what we already talked
- 00:28:19about as well is just optimizing and
- 00:28:21iterating over time this show has gone
- 00:28:24through so many different iterations and
- 00:28:26it's all because we have put something
- 00:28:27out out there we've listened to the fans
- 00:28:30we've listened to the data we've looked
- 00:28:32at the insights and we've been able to
- 00:28:34use that as a way to shift and move
- 00:28:36forward and I think just being open and
- 00:28:38transparent about those shifts so you
- 00:28:41don't have to tell people too much about
- 00:28:43what's happening behind the scenes but
- 00:28:44letting them know hey look out for this
- 00:28:46change or look out for this new style of
- 00:28:49content we're putting together or
- 00:28:50whatever so I think just humanizing the
- 00:28:53brand as much as possible it's a lot
- 00:28:54harder from a corporate level podcast
- 00:28:57but just allowing people to be a part of
- 00:28:59the process with you uh growing that
- 00:29:02connection with them and that's that's
- 00:29:04really the biggest things I've taken
- 00:29:06away you know we heard you it's simple
- 00:29:08we heard you and now we're going to do
- 00:29:10this like people love to hear that they
- 00:29:12got H right and and I like this great
- 00:29:14with kid and Glenn is you guys will ask
- 00:29:16for a feature and they'll put it out
- 00:29:19just say hey we heard you guys and uh
- 00:29:20you guys requested this this is where
- 00:29:22we're going to put in and we didn't even
- 00:29:23think about it you know like give them
- 00:29:25the the credit or the response that you
- 00:29:27know are listening and we are going to
- 00:29:29give you what you're asking for and then
- 00:29:31they're in like they're in like Flynn so
- 00:29:34that's quite very good very good we're
- 00:29:37winning today
- 00:29:39yeah said I love love love this episode
- 00:29:43Punchy days are the best kind of days
- 00:29:45well I have um I I was joking before we
- 00:29:47jumped on that I I only ever bring
- 00:29:49people on to ask my own questions so
- 00:29:51that I get selfish interview host so in
- 00:29:54the phase of selfish interview host I
- 00:29:56feel like I often know the right things
- 00:30:00to do but default when I get busy down
- 00:30:04to just checking boxes and getting stuff
- 00:30:06done and it particularly when it comes
- 00:30:09to um probably a little bit more on the
- 00:30:11social media side than on than in other
- 00:30:14marketing channels but it's very
- 00:30:17difficult for me to kind of battle the
- 00:30:20um just come and listen to my show just
- 00:30:21come and watch my show just like you
- 00:30:24know just come back and and listen to it
- 00:30:26so I guess my question is is do you have
- 00:30:29any tips or tricks on trying to get out
- 00:30:33like get out of that habit or you know
- 00:30:35or to figure out what ways would be
- 00:30:38successful so that you can get into like
- 00:30:40a better routine of creating better
- 00:30:44content yeah so this and this is
- 00:30:47something I've definitely faced too
- 00:30:49Katie so you are not alone in this I
- 00:30:51know I'm not alone in this yeah yeah um
- 00:30:54I so I think for me is I've had to kind
- 00:30:59of schedule regular check-ins with
- 00:31:01myself of just kind of sitting down
- 00:31:04analyzing okay this is the current
- 00:31:06production process this is how I'm
- 00:31:07currently marketing the show this is how
- 00:31:10I'm currently building Community
- 00:31:11literally every function Under the Sun
- 00:31:14that you currently have with your show
- 00:31:15schedule regular check-ins like I will
- 00:31:17literally block my calendar off for a
- 00:31:20whole entire day and dedicate it to
- 00:31:22doing an audit of what I'm currently
- 00:31:24doing and coming up with a plan forward
- 00:31:27I think the other thing that makes that
- 00:31:29a little bit easier too is documenting
- 00:31:31literally everything so I'm a big sop
- 00:31:34fan standard operating procedure so I'll
- 00:31:37write down literally this is the current
- 00:31:39way that I am producing promoting Etc a
- 00:31:43episode and so when I'm able to kind of
- 00:31:45sit down and do those regular audits I
- 00:31:48can look at that uh sop and make you
- 00:31:51know iterations and whatnot to that um
- 00:31:54but I think that's the biggest thing for
- 00:31:56me specific ially I'm a calendar person
- 00:31:59so if it is not scheduled it is not
- 00:32:01going to happen and so I have had to be
- 00:32:05very intentional about blocking that
- 00:32:07time and kind of sitting with um the
- 00:32:10current scope and and Outlook of
- 00:32:13something and being able to kind of like
- 00:32:14fully focus on that for and it doesn't
- 00:32:17have to be a day it could be you know
- 00:32:18two hours or whatever but just um
- 00:32:21scheduling that in has been the biggest
- 00:32:23thing and not being too married to the
- 00:32:28current way things are um I know we all
- 00:32:31like love what we're building and
- 00:32:33everything and I think there's certain
- 00:32:34things at least for me that are
- 00:32:35non-negotiables but also being open to
- 00:32:38changing and uh everything like that but
- 00:32:41I think just making sure it happens
- 00:32:43being very intentional about that
- 00:32:45treating your podcast um for example as
- 00:32:48a client like literally putting the
- 00:32:51amount of intention into your show and
- 00:32:53what you're building as you would with a
- 00:32:55client or someone that's paying you I
- 00:32:56know a lot of times like we're not
- 00:32:58making money podcasting yet um you can
- 00:33:01get there however even if it's not
- 00:33:03making money yet still treating it as a
- 00:33:05very very important priority and setting
- 00:33:08the time aside to work on that and to
- 00:33:11create that social content post it you
- 00:33:13know try new things uh Etc yeah I think
- 00:33:17that's hugely important you and I sound
- 00:33:18very similar if it's not on my calendar
- 00:33:20it's not getting
- 00:33:22done this is really hard to explain
- 00:33:24super fast but it's something that I've
- 00:33:26been teaching to my people and I I kind
- 00:33:28of just started go on Apple calendar and
- 00:33:31make three brand new calendars and
- 00:33:32you're going to name them power recovery
- 00:33:35and honesty okay because I have a thing
- 00:33:38that I call block it lock it and rock it
- 00:33:40right you block that time you lock it in
- 00:33:42you make it non-negotiable and you rock
- 00:33:44it you do the work right then that's it
- 00:33:46you have to do this if you don't your
- 00:33:48family your friends your chicken
- 00:33:50somebody will get in your way okay so
- 00:33:53yeah in the power block is when you're
- 00:33:55actively working on your business you're
- 00:33:56doing something that imp proves your
- 00:33:58business right the recovery block is the
- 00:34:01time you just take for yourself like and
- 00:34:03you have to put them in so that consider
- 00:34:04sleep going to the gym walking reading a
- 00:34:07book doing whatever teny sipping whiskey
- 00:34:09dispensary whatever your swag is and
- 00:34:12then the honesty block is where Cassie
- 00:34:13just said where you do your recovery and
- 00:34:15your check-in and you be absolutely
- 00:34:17honest with yourself and you actually
- 00:34:19keep score of how many times you took
- 00:34:21away from your power block to do
- 00:34:23something that wasn't in the power block
- 00:34:26and then all you do with those is you
- 00:34:28draw them on the calendar you don't have
- 00:34:30to put any event you just take that
- 00:34:31block and you literally just label it
- 00:34:34honesty and you drag it out and you
- 00:34:37that's where you sit down for that time
- 00:34:38you say to do your review in your power
- 00:34:40block that's where you put in anything
- 00:34:42you're doing for work any marketing in
- 00:34:44this show right here where you'd be
- 00:34:45guesting that's all in your power block
- 00:34:46because that's all improving your
- 00:34:47business and then in your recovery
- 00:34:49blocks I started at sleep so you can
- 00:34:51even start paying attention to your
- 00:34:53sleep so I bought a sleep tracker and I
- 00:34:54was like oh those are stupid no they're
- 00:34:55not because I'm actually sleeping better
- 00:34:57now
- 00:34:58you know what I mean it's not really
- 00:35:00about the stats or your oxygen or
- 00:35:01whatever it's like I I'd like to see me
- 00:35:04close the circles and it's dumb as it is
- 00:35:06I would go to bed at a normal time now
- 00:35:09instead of staying up to 3:00 in the
- 00:35:10morning vegging on something really
- 00:35:13crazy and then Katie's like oh you got
- 00:35:15to do this thing at five huh what yeah
- 00:35:19so yeah and I I as I Define it more I
- 00:35:22will turn it into like a PDF all you
- 00:35:24people who insist on having it hard but
- 00:35:26it's literally draw colorful boxes in
- 00:35:28your calendar a paper calendar is good
- 00:35:30for this because you can use highlighter
- 00:35:32and washi tape also works the one the I
- 00:35:36love washi tape you're speaking my
- 00:35:37language but the one thing that I I
- 00:35:39would add to that and this was I was
- 00:35:41doing a a training with um with cat Mill
- 00:35:43so shout out to cat because this this
- 00:35:45one part blew my mind I realized that
- 00:35:47I'm the person that I will always uh
- 00:35:51screw myself over when it comes to
- 00:35:53blocking time like if I've blocked time
- 00:35:55off and it's just me on my count
- 00:35:57calendar I totally give myself
- 00:35:59permission to be like well I'm going to
- 00:36:01check my emails instead or do this other
- 00:36:02thing instead because I'm not
- 00:36:04accountable to anyone but myself but if
- 00:36:07I was to block that time off and put Doc
- 00:36:09or Cassie on the calendar invite then
- 00:36:11like I am I like I 95% of the time I'm
- 00:36:15going to show up for them right like
- 00:36:16unless something super urgent has
- 00:36:17happened I'm going to be there to show
- 00:36:19up for the person because I'm a people
- 00:36:21pleaser right I need to be there I need
- 00:36:22like I want to be held accountable soil
- 00:36:25yeah guilt Canadian guilt um so I I have
- 00:36:28been thinking more about in those like
- 00:36:30power block times as as doc was phrasing
- 00:36:33it actually adding an accountability
- 00:36:35partner to that invite like so for me
- 00:36:37I'm like I work from home a lot my
- 00:36:39husband also works from home a lot so
- 00:36:40I'm like even if I just put him on that
- 00:36:42calendar invite so when he walks by he
- 00:36:45could say like hey what like grabbing a
- 00:36:47coffee was your power
- 00:36:50blocked yeah so someone someone have
- 00:36:53boss me around because I actually think
- 00:36:54that that would make a really big
- 00:36:55difference in like in what I'm doing cuz
- 00:36:58I am very easily distracted so that's
- 00:37:00that was my big take away from that so
- 00:37:02I'm going to actually mix that with
- 00:37:03Doc's Doc's time blocking idea and I
- 00:37:06think that will work really well CU
- 00:37:07everybody always talked about time
- 00:37:09blocking but no one ever really
- 00:37:10explained it because it's it is so
- 00:37:12self-explanatory that it's easy to do it
- 00:37:14wrong and no I was just saying you're
- 00:37:17guilt I'm saying I'm guilty of that too
- 00:37:19like no but I have guilt no I have and
- 00:37:22I'm pretty sure I'm pretty sure um
- 00:37:24Disney Universal over there has the same
- 00:37:26problem because we we all try to make
- 00:37:28folks happy like that was the that was
- 00:37:30the the cross we got bared or whatever
- 00:37:32that Satan statement is yes yes I will
- 00:37:36I'm very guilty of that like if to your
- 00:37:39point Katie if it's a solo thing and
- 00:37:41someone asked me hey can you meet
- 00:37:42tomorrow at two and I'm like oh but my
- 00:37:44like personal thing is blocked here I'm
- 00:37:46like sure problem yeah exactly because
- 00:37:50there's food or coffee involve them out
- 00:37:52I'm going to help yes exactly a fun
- 00:37:55treat whatever for me to this is like
- 00:37:58more of a mental thing that I'll I'll do
- 00:38:00as well like when I'm looking at my
- 00:38:01calendar and I'm considering moving
- 00:38:03something I'll kind of take a minute and
- 00:38:05I'll think about what is the what is the
- 00:38:10the pain or the negative side effect of
- 00:38:13me moving this for example I know that
- 00:38:15sounds kind of dramatic but like for
- 00:38:17example if if tomorrow I have a solo
- 00:38:20episode recording it's just me like I
- 00:38:22have to pop on and and record something
- 00:38:24myself if I'm like oh I could do that
- 00:38:26you know next Friday or whatever
- 00:38:28if I don't get an episode out this week
- 00:38:29my community is not receiving the
- 00:38:32content that they were promised when I
- 00:38:34originally started the show so just kind
- 00:38:37of taking a minute and asking yourself
- 00:38:39like if I do decide to put this task off
- 00:38:42like what is going to happen as a
- 00:38:44circumstance of that and that's kind of
- 00:38:46an easy quick like selft talk for me to
- 00:38:49be like okay never mind like I'm not
- 00:38:51going to move this because XYZ is gonna
- 00:38:53happen and it's going to be bad and you
- 00:38:55know all that so yeah that's a good
- 00:38:57that's a good tip too that um what if
- 00:39:00you pay yourself stop moving so fast
- 00:39:02okay so you make a separate account and
- 00:39:04you pay yourself your hourly rate for
- 00:39:06the time you take yourself out of
- 00:39:07working on your business oh so like it
- 00:39:11it actually becomes painful to you and
- 00:39:13then that money goes to charity or your
- 00:39:16kids or you know somebody else so that's
- 00:39:19a hey I tell you what I bet you start
- 00:39:21messing with folks wallet they'll stop
- 00:39:23cheating themselves
- 00:39:25yeah like cost me $150 to hang out with
- 00:39:29Chris never mind Chris sorry Chris I'm
- 00:39:31just use all these this is great yeah
- 00:39:35setting those like yeah ramifications
- 00:39:37whether it's thoughts or money I think
- 00:39:40yeah it definitely goes one of those
- 00:39:41things it's it's on us and it's so easy
- 00:39:44to pass that time up and want to you
- 00:39:46know like I just want to help these
- 00:39:47folks out but it can get in your way and
- 00:39:49it happens all the time you know so it's
- 00:39:52def definitely it the new camera fund
- 00:39:55exactly yeah the new camera fund now on
- 00:39:57purpose that would be like I'm not doing
- 00:39:59it here's
- 00:40:02150 oh my gosh oh that's so all right so
- 00:40:082025 I'm gonna ask both of you guys and
- 00:40:10then I'll give you mine I want to know
- 00:40:13what is going to be the
- 00:40:15biggest like winfall for marketing
- 00:40:20specifically marketing podcast in 2025
- 00:40:23cuz I got a heater oh my goodness oh you
- 00:40:26got a heater competitive I was Kati do
- 00:40:30you have one I need to think about this
- 00:40:32for a second I can give you m first and
- 00:40:34then I'll give you something think
- 00:40:36about slam the door okay listen so Cass
- 00:40:40mentioned early in the episode that
- 00:40:41Community is big and she's 100% correct
- 00:40:44you guys are here you know what it is
- 00:40:46YouTube is adding Community to their
- 00:40:50channels so you're going to be able to
- 00:40:52do a lot of the things that are sort of
- 00:40:53Facebook page or disb thisbook Discord
- 00:40:56oriented Direct ly in YouTube so you
- 00:40:59don't have to send people off the
- 00:41:00platform so if you haven't listened to
- 00:41:03the last uh 94 episodes of the flow you
- 00:41:07need your podcast to be video and you
- 00:41:09need it to be on YouTube and you need to
- 00:41:11do it this weekend because when it rolls
- 00:41:14out you're going to be behind the
- 00:41:16eightball the number one reason why you
- 00:41:18want your podcast on YouTube is like
- 00:41:21Cassie was saying doing an art a Google
- 00:41:23article or sorry a Blog article for
- 00:41:25every version of your podcast that's
- 00:41:26automat with YouTube to the SEO Bots or
- 00:41:30the Geo Bots which I'm not going to
- 00:41:32start that conversation in this show the
- 00:41:33Geo Bots are even more important than
- 00:41:35the SEO Bots at this point and y'all
- 00:41:37don't even know what the hell Geo is so
- 00:41:39I'm gonna leave you hanging on that
- 00:41:40until next year but my crew knows cuz I
- 00:41:43told them already you need to be ready
- 00:41:45for this so if you've been thinking
- 00:41:47about it stop thinking stop drinking
- 00:41:49make that podcast get it out there and
- 00:41:51make it a YouTube video
- 00:41:54podcast oh man
- 00:41:58that's good yeah that was
- 00:42:01mine same team Katie same
- 00:42:03team well I know I know I me I mean I
- 00:42:07like I guess I don't know i' I've been
- 00:42:09thinking about a lot of these things
- 00:42:10kind of maybe more person like
- 00:42:12personally and how it applies to ecam I
- 00:42:14think you're right I think like YouTube
- 00:42:16and and video are going to continue to
- 00:42:20be big players particularly in the in
- 00:42:23the content marketing space whatever
- 00:42:25that means for you and for your business
- 00:42:28I I'm just on this like I keep calling
- 00:42:30it a mission I'm I'm going to keep
- 00:42:31calling it a mission I'm on a mission to
- 00:42:33try to get in front of people and let
- 00:42:35them know how to make the V video
- 00:42:40creation process much easier and more
- 00:42:43seamless so that they can uh then
- 00:42:46streamline all of the other processes
- 00:42:48that go in and around that because I
- 00:42:50think what ends up happening is creating
- 00:42:52the video feels big and daunting and
- 00:42:56like too much and they're overthinking
- 00:42:58that experience and then all the other
- 00:43:00work whether that's editing
- 00:43:02repurposing all the marketing other
- 00:43:05stuff to it then feels like even more
- 00:43:08big and so then the whole thing you end
- 00:43:09up getting it caught in this spiral of
- 00:43:11just not not doing any of it or not or
- 00:43:14being on autopilot and doing the wrong
- 00:43:16things because you just want to check
- 00:43:17the boxes and being done so I think like
- 00:43:20I think I don't know in my mind I feel
- 00:43:21like 2025 is going to be the year of
- 00:43:24people finally figuring out what their
- 00:43:28workflow what their system is and and
- 00:43:31finding ways to to get really clever
- 00:43:34about this those are the people that are
- 00:43:35going to win going forward so I
- 00:43:38long-winded probably not perfect answer
- 00:43:40but I'm going to go with it I think it's
- 00:43:41figuring out how to figuring out how
- 00:43:43what your systems and your workflow is
- 00:43:46and how to think video first to kind of
- 00:43:49simplify that entire process is going to
- 00:43:50be really important particularly I like
- 00:43:53it save yourself stress time energy
- 00:43:56money
- 00:43:57system save time energy money that's
- 00:44:00another dock Rock professional use you
- 00:44:02could have it yes yeah and the video is
- 00:44:05huge too because it serves as a macro
- 00:44:07form of content to create small social
- 00:44:10Snippets so instead of thinking about I
- 00:44:12individually have to create a podcast
- 00:44:15episode and I also individually have to
- 00:44:16create social media content start with
- 00:44:19the podcast first record via video and
- 00:44:21then create social content from there
- 00:44:23and it's it the process is just very
- 00:44:25streamlined um
- 00:44:27I will third the video importance I
- 00:44:30think that is huge I think more and more
- 00:44:32people want to see other people face to
- 00:44:34face and that's a great way to connect
- 00:44:35with your audience um but kind of
- 00:44:38piggybacking off of that too I'll
- 00:44:40encourage you this is something I've
- 00:44:42kind of dealt with over the years is
- 00:44:43don't be afraid to let your personality
- 00:44:45just shine I know we we say that all the
- 00:44:48time but I feel like a lot of times when
- 00:44:50we start to record something we feel
- 00:44:53almost crippled by the video camera
- 00:44:55being turned on and we're like oh have
- 00:44:57to be this buttoned up like perfect
- 00:44:59non-real version of myself and number
- 00:45:03one that's not sustainable like you it's
- 00:45:05it doesn't work and also more and more
- 00:45:07as you start to connect with your
- 00:45:09audience in person you want that
- 00:45:10personality to flow over your human
- 00:45:14connections and also I think about some
- 00:45:16of the biggest podcasts in the world SL
- 00:45:18the podcast I personally gravitate
- 00:45:20towards they're fun I feel like I know
- 00:45:22the person as a friend and so entering
- 00:45:25those uh episodes as I'm just going to
- 00:45:27be me I'm GNA share my viewpoint and
- 00:45:30opinion and yes I'll have kind of a goal
- 00:45:32for this episode and what I want someone
- 00:45:33to learn from it but don't be afraid to
- 00:45:35put your own spin on it and I think
- 00:45:37that's really what's going to stand out
- 00:45:39in 2025 is there are a lot of podcasts
- 00:45:42out there but what's going to make you
- 00:45:43different yes is the value and yes the
- 00:45:45solution you provide but the way you
- 00:45:47talk about a topic and the fun unique
- 00:45:49personality that you put on it nice nice
- 00:45:53love it love it okay so we been talking
- 00:45:57about this a lot something that I've
- 00:45:58done for the last two years I learned it
- 00:46:01from I believe it oh man which one of
- 00:46:04our creator one of our creators started
- 00:46:06it and then oh it was Sally Sally
- 00:46:08cousins with her laughing s um Sally put
- 00:46:11me on the theme word for the year and so
- 00:46:13like two years ago her her theme word
- 00:46:15was ecam and so she got heavy in ecam
- 00:46:17and now she's killing it so Katie's been
- 00:46:20recently into the theme word so what is
- 00:46:22going to be your theme word for 2025
- 00:46:25Katie uh mine can so I've been rocking
- 00:46:28it through 2024 I'm going to carry it
- 00:46:29into 2025 mine is simplify yep love it
- 00:46:32love it and so my theme word last year
- 00:46:34was Grace uh my theme word this year is
- 00:46:37going to be
- 00:46:40no I am really bad at no I'm like yeah
- 00:46:43okay I got it yeah okay I got it good
- 00:46:45now good be like hey can you do this no
- 00:46:48okay You' be surprised a lot of times
- 00:46:51the people would say love that Sally's
- 00:46:53was ecam though yeah it was I got good
- 00:46:57yeah sometimes we like we take this like
- 00:46:59word word challenge and we try to figure
- 00:47:02out like a big thing and I love that she
- 00:47:04was like n I'm a learn the software
- 00:47:06that's why it is the Cornerstone of her
- 00:47:08business she produces three podcasts a
- 00:47:10week they're video podcasts two of them
- 00:47:12are live streams and she was like I've
- 00:47:14been fumbling for too long so she hit me
- 00:47:16up like the first week in January I like
- 00:47:18can I have an hour of your time and I'm
- 00:47:19like yeah and she like can you come on
- 00:47:21my show and I was like yeah now she be
- 00:47:23can come on show and be like no I'm just
- 00:47:24joking she was cool because after I help
- 00:47:27and I did her episode she sent me a ball
- 00:47:28of Glen le2 people you want to know how
- 00:47:30to get me on your show send me whiskey
- 00:47:32so simple anyway but now she crushes
- 00:47:35ecam she no longer ask questions like
- 00:47:37she just does her thing she actually
- 00:47:39spent the time over the course of the
- 00:47:41year to learn a little bit every you
- 00:47:43know so often and it works so Cass if
- 00:47:45you have if you do a theme word if you
- 00:47:47do that what would it be for 25 yeah oh
- 00:47:50man I a lot come to mind but I think one
- 00:47:53that I would choose is delegate so the
- 00:47:55reason I'm choosing that is delegate to
- 00:47:58other people delegate to systems so
- 00:48:01Katie you were talking about all these
- 00:48:02amazing platforms that we have available
- 00:48:04to us so really looking at process what
- 00:48:07do I do on a regular basis um if you
- 00:48:10feel like you have to like track your
- 00:48:11time for a week and just see where
- 00:48:13you're spending your time how can you
- 00:48:14reduce that time by uh optimizing using
- 00:48:17a great system that helps uh streamline
- 00:48:20efficiency or do you need to bring in
- 00:48:22someone to help with that stuff because
- 00:48:24I I love doing all the things but don't
- 00:48:27need to be doing all the things so for
- 00:48:29me I need to uh next year kind of figure
- 00:48:32out where can I kind of reduce my time
- 00:48:35spent on tasks that can be uh placed
- 00:48:38into other people's hands or other
- 00:48:40systems or software's hands so I can do
- 00:48:43my best in the things that I do best so
- 00:48:46see you heard it first Katie's GNA be
- 00:48:48gone Paul you got more work to
- 00:48:52do Cassie set you up so you know who to
- 00:48:55talk to
- 00:48:57oh my gosh y well thank you so so much
- 00:49:01for hanging out with us I knew we were
- 00:49:03going to learn a ton I think I learned
- 00:49:04even more than I thought we would so I
- 00:49:06really too I really you guys are awesome
- 00:49:10I I love this I love what you guys do
- 00:49:12and this is so wonderful and thank you
- 00:49:13for teaching me a couple things this has
- 00:49:15been don't worry and we'll see you in
- 00:49:17like a month and two
- 00:49:19weeks yeah we'll see you in a little bit
- 00:49:21at podfest if you're uh if you're
- 00:49:23listening and it's still before January
- 00:49:26we are going to podfest we will be there
- 00:49:28in Orlando uh we're actually built sneak
- 00:49:30peek you heard it here first we're
- 00:49:32building out an entire ecam recording
- 00:49:35space on site at the event so you will
- 00:49:38not be able to give us the excuse like
- 00:49:40I'll record that later I haven't started
- 00:49:42my podcast yet we're we're going to be
- 00:49:44in your face ready to help you take that
- 00:49:47next stop and get your recordings done
- 00:49:48on site um and hopefully make it really
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- 00:49:53if you're local or if you're going uh
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- 00:50:03Cassie listen that was just that was
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