Howdy all! Welcome to The Solopreneur Hour Friday Q&A. Glad to have you back for today’s show.
Today I cover how to give a speech, cover what I’m doing in my surgery, how I upgraded the studio, what has whacked my finances lately, and of course, answer your questions with my answers.
Have a listen to episode 285 and hear for yourself!
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If you haven’t participated in one of our weekly Q&As jump on over to the Proudly Unemployable Facebook group and look for my post asking for your questions. Typically I record these shows for Friday so I’ll ask for your Q’s either the Wednesday or Thursday, and then you can hear the answers on the Friday.
Speaking of your questions, before I jump into those on this episode we have a chat about why I’m going under the knife and how grateful I am for the time freedom to do so without missing a beat on the show here with you! We (and by we I mean the Royal We or me) also talk about how Dexter is doing and who’s gonna care for him while I’m recovering.
But instead of giving you the summary let’s just dig into your questions and my answers, shall we?
Adrien Hd Gamory
Q: What kind’ve surgery are you undergoing?
A: If you’ve listened to the show before you’ve probably heard our ever-present co-host, my cough. After countless doctor visits they suggested I get my deviated septum repaired, put stints in my nose and trim my uvula. It’s a painful recovery, especially the uvula portion. I’m not looking forward to that, please send well wishes!
Q: How to mentally get away from the overly saturated anonymous salesmen of buying into every tom, dick, and harry that sends a million dollar dream into your email, and how to effectively find the one’s you need to listen to before you invest a ton of money on diluted products or advice that amount to nothing for your personal and business value.
A: The best way to figure out who you want to coach with is to consume their content. Figure out if you like their style and you like how they deliver then sign up with them. Check out the next episode, 286, for more on this.
Jonny Keeley
Q: Hey Michael. You’ve shared your journey and what exactly goes into creating a very professional podcast. Two questions what is your take on narrative podcasts – “serial”, gimlet media’s podcasts, etc. Also what goes into producing such a produced show?
Thanks and hope all will be well with your surgery.
A: I’ve been saying for a year and a half that the pros are coming. Right now it’s easy enough to get a podcast out there so everyone thinks they can do it. But not everyone is going to have the success that John Lee Dumas has, but depending on your skill set and what you create you might find success.
Now the pros are here and I think narrative podcasts can be great and very successful. But they are a TON of work! Go back and listen to episode 200. It took me 18 hours to edit, and I didn’t utter one word. It’d be hard for an amateur to do it and get traction. That being said I think they are cool and narrative storytelling requires a pro.
Parvinder Nijjar
Q: Who will be looking after Dexter while you’re recovering?
A: I’ll be with him, and depending on my recovery Jessica and Lara will help out if needed.
Daryl Ramage
Q: Take care.
A: Thank you, much appreciated!
Mark R. LePage
Q: What’s the next project for the 911?
A: Good timing Mark.