Another Friday Q&A solopreneur coaching hour! I love doing these for you guys: reading your questions live on air and then answering them. Whether it’s a question about business, friendships, relationships, travel I answer it.

On today’s episode we talk about recording a podcast on the road, following your gut, and actively marketing on Instagram. Plus a whole lot of audio equipment talk!

There’s loads of great content on this one, so dig in and enjoy episode 261 of The Solopreneur Hour.

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Now let’s get into some questions from you dear listener!

Alexa Williams Meisler 

Q: What is the easiest way to record a podcast on the road with a Zoom? Exactly what else do I need to bring with me?

A: You need a Zoom of course. I’ll bring with me my Zoom H6, my two new Heil PR35s which I just recently received from Michelle of Heil. Plus I’ll bring two really short XLR cables. I’ll line it into my iPad and record with BossJock. We hold the mics and record a conversation; I’ll have compression on the Zoom H6 which blocks out external noise and that’ll give us studio quality sound. And bring extra batteries!

Parvinder Nijjar 

Q: When is the Rich Franklin episode coming out?

A: It came out April 29th and you can listen to it here. He’s a really bright dude and he dropped some major bombs! He’s at the top of his profession and he’s incredible.

Q: Do you think the free content model like Pat Flynn does with SPI is a good idea?

A: He gives great content to build his audience as large as he can, then shares some of the things he uses in hopes of getting a commission.

Or he creates a product and offers it to them. It’s something called the “fremium model”, and yes I absolutely think it’s a good idea. The more you give to someone the more they will feel inclined to give back to you (in the form of buying from you).

Sean Gilgore 

Q: How do you define a friendship vs a partnership and how do you open the conversation when you want to do business with friends or make someone you do business with a friend? Also when a friend says no to your business proposition, or worse backs out, how do you handle it?

A: You can go the “don’t get into business with friends route” or you can go buy the book and delineate everything as though you were working with a stranger. Schedule time to work together and have friendship time outside of that.

Mark R. LePage 

Q: What is the single biggest change in your life since launching SoloHour?

A: My life is less chaotic and I’m not chasing the next dollar. I’m more self-aware and truly a better conversationalist now then when I started this show.

Zach Houk 

Q: SoundCloud just opened it’s full podcasting features for everyone, rivaling Libsyn. Previously, their features were limited, but now it seems to be cheaper and possibly more features than Libsyn. What do you think of using SoundCloud for podcasting hosting?

A: If it’s cheaper and has more features then I feel pretty good about it!

Q: What makes a great logo? What examples of logo designs do you love?

A: A logo needs to tell a story in one glance. You need to feel the narrative of the company just by looking at the logo. Go to Google and type in logo inspiration 2015. Switch to images or look at the articles. These will give you some ideas of great logos. Personally I love when the concept is integrated into the logo like the “o” in the TSH logo is a clock.