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What sort of transformation and results are possible once you launch your podcast for the first time?

Dr Amy Robbins, host of the Life, Death & Space Between podcast, joins Rob Cressy one month after her first podcast launch to give an update on her results. In this episode you will learn:

* How Dr Amy Robbins received 5500 podcast downloads in the first month despite having only 300 followers on Instagram and 9 on Twitter

* How to gain more confidence as you go through the podcast launch process

* How to connect with more people and get guests to come on your podcast

* How to do more of exactly what you are meant to do

* How launching your podcast can be easy

* Why making your podcast episodes bingeable can lead to huge results

* How launching your podcast can help more people

Here is a transcription of our conversation and some of the best nuggets from it:

Rob Cressy:

And the reason I wanted to talk to you again, is I wanted to get an update on what’s been going on with your podcast since we last spoke a month ago, which was one week into your podcast launch.

Dr Amy Robbins:

So much has been going on that I can barely keep up. This has turned into a full-time job. On top of my part-time job, on top of my full-time job of being a mom. So the podcast has probably close to 5,500 downloads. I’ve reached out to some of, really, the kind of predominant people in the field of what I’m exploring, which is death, life, death, near death experiences, mediumship. And so I’m partnering with some of those people to do sort of mini-podcasts about some of the offerings they have on their sites. I’m going to New York in a couple of weeks to promote my podcast on Cheddar!

Rob Cressy:

Nice.

Dr Amy Robbins:

What else? Those are the big highlights, and then just like the every day. I mean, I just am floored. I think I talked about this last time. I only have now like 300 followers on Instagram. I think maybe I’m up to 9 on Twitter. And so this is just been a viral experience of people just spreading the word to their friends, to other people they think would be curious. And everybody’s listening to all the episodes, or it seems that way because the episodes have consistent downloads across the board. So it’s like if someone’s getting there because they were connected to the person that I’m interviewing, they’re not just listening to that podcast. They’re going and listening to all the podcasts, which shows me that there’s an interest in this topic.

Rob Cressy:

Which is fantastic. So have you started working on increasing the level of fan engagement that you can get? So now that you’ve got these interviews where people are consistently listening to them, and even though you don’t have big social numbers, I would think that the next level for this would be, you’re going to slowly start building a community of people and having people reach out to you and say, “Amy, I listened to this episode and I was inspired by this, or it made me think about this, or this was my story.”

Dr Amy Robbins:

Yes, I’m trying to. So I’m integrating some more like themed podcasts around people who have had spiritual or mystical experiences that they want to share, to either write me about them, tell me about them, get on an interview, and I will turn those into podcasts. So I’m just starting to do that because the interest has just grown and I’m trying to get feedback as to what people like, what they want to hear more about. And I think people really are loving the personal stories and the encounters that they hear other people have had that give them comfort and hope.

On the latest edition of the Hoopster Nation, Bacon Sports Founder Rob Cressy is joined by Benjamin Christensen as they jam about all things jerseys including hitting a major milestone of owning 300 Champion Jerseys.

Topics in this conversation include:

*What are our holy grail jerseys?

*What is our process for buying jerseys? Where do you go?

*What is the current market like for buying jerseys?

*Why don’t more sports brands embrace their community?

If you love all things NBA, jerseys, and throwback culture then this podcast is for you.

Connect & Feedback (I want to hear from you):

* If you are stylin & profilin at Lollapalooza make sure to snap a pic of your jersey or any awesome jerseys you see and tag/DM us @BaconSports on Instagram.

* You can connect with Rob Cressy on Twitter @RobCressy, Instagram @Rob_Cressy and on LinkedIn.

* You can connect with Benjamin Christensen on Twitter & Instagram @Shakabrodie.

* For all you jersey enthusiasts, you can listen to other episodes of the Hoopster Nation podcast HERE.

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CLICK HERE TO GET A FREE COPY of my latest eBook titled Podcast Hustle: A Step By Step Guide Of How To Create A Podcast & Grow An Audience. It will show you how easy it is to create a podcast, build new relationships, and increase your awareness.

AWESOME RESOURCES!

1. LaunchingPodcasts.com – Have you ever wanted to create a podcast but didn’t know where to start? I created a step-by-step video course to help you easily launch a podcast.

2. EasySocialStrategy.com  – Are you struggling with social media marketing, or not seeing an increase in awareness & engagement that you’d like? Then this step-by-step course to easy create a social media strategy is for you!

3. Content Creation & Marketing Newsletter – The Bacon Sports newsletter aims to inspire, educate, and provide value to the creator and doer in you that strives for greatness in everything you do!

4. Amazing Book Recommendations – If you are looking for a book recommendation on creativity, entrepreneurship, leadership, or sports then this is for you. I’m an avid reader who has read over 200 books so I’ve got some awesome recommendations.

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It’s Lollapalooza 2019 week which means it’s time for the Jersey Olympics. Bacon Sports Founder Rob Cressy is joined by Gibson Smith and Hoopstergram’s Tom Phillips as they dish about all things jerseys leading up to Lollapalooza. What jerseys are they going to be rocking to the festival? Who do they think will be the most represented player jersey?

Players and topics talked about on this episode include:

* Should Tom rock a Danny Ainge Suns jersey or Jimmer Fredette Suns jerseys?

* Gibson is going with a point guard theme this year. Which jersey should he rock among: Nick Van Exel, God Shammgod, Matt Maloney, Jeff McInnis, Jon Barry, Damon Stoudamire?

* Tom’s journey to own a Michael Dickerson jersey.

* Players talked about include: Kawhi Leonard, Paul George, LeBron James, Darius Miles, Shaq, Russell Westbrook, Kobe.

* If you had to rock a jersey of a current Toronto Raptor, who would it be?

Connect & Feedback (I want to hear from you):

* If you are stylin & profilin at Lollapalooza make sure to snap a pic of your jersey or any awesome jerseys you see and tag/DM us @BaconSports on Instagram.

* You can connect with Rob Cressy on Twitter @RobCressy, Instagram @Rob_Cressy and on LinkedIn.

* You can connect with Tom Phillips on Instagram @Hoopstergram and Twitter @TomPhillips2.

* You can connect with Gibson Smith on Instagram @Gibsoncoo.

* For all you jersey enthusiasts, you can listen to other episodes of the Hoopster Nation podcast HERE.

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CLICK HERE TO GET A FREE COPY of my latest eBook titled Podcast Hustle: A Step By Step Guide Of How To Create A Podcast & Grow An Audience. It will show you how easy it is to create a podcast, build new relationships, and increase your awareness.

AWESOME RESOURCES!

1. LaunchingPodcasts.com – Have you ever wanted to create a podcast but didn’t know where to start? I created a step-by-step video course to help you easily launch a podcast.

2. EasySocialStrategy.com  – Are you struggling with social media marketing, or not seeing an increase in awareness & engagement that you’d like? Then this step-by-step course to easy create a social media strategy is for you!

The first ever Arete Syndicate Live just went down in St Louis and it was a life changing experience. One of the lessons from the event was to take action immediately. Because of this, Bacon Sports Founder Rob Cressy decided to record a podcast episode with his guest to the event Joe Zangrilli talking about their experience. What is the one action item they are going to take immediately? Since Joe had very little knowledge about the Arete movement heading into this, what was his perception afterwards? What was the thought process behind Rob asking Ed Mylett and Andy Frisella a question in front of the 1000 people there?

Bacon Sports Mission:

* To help people achieve their dreams through a love of sports

Feedback (I want to hear from you):

* Did this podcast get you to take action in some way? Were you at Arete Syndicate Live? If so what was your experience and takeaways?  I’d love your thoughts and feedback on this conversation. You can hit me up on Instagram @Rob_Cressy, Twitter @RobCressy, and Facebook/RobCressyBiz.

* I’m always looking to connect with other like-minded creatives and entrepreneurs and/or work with forward-thinking companies. If that’s you or you know someone then drop me a line at [email protected].

* If you are looking for custom merchandise then check out Rowboat Creative. They are awesome.

Check out previous episodes of Building Bacon HERE.

SUBSCRIBE To The Bacon Sports Podcast:

BONUS!

CLICK HERE TO GET A FREE COPY of my latest eBook titled Podcast Hustle: A Step By Step Guide Of How To Create A Podcast & Grow An Audience. It will show you how easy it is to create a podcast, build new relationships, and increase your awareness.

AWESOME RESOURCES!

1. Bacon Sports Content Creation Newsletter – Our newsletter aims to inspire, educate, and provide value to the creator and doer in you that strives for greatness in everything you do!

2. Amazing Book Recommendations – If you are looking for a book recommendation on creativity, entrepreneurship, leadership, or sports then this is for you. I’m an avid reader who has read over 200 books so I’ve got some awesome recommendations.

3. Subscribe to The Sports Marketing Huddle – A podcast that takes a look at the hottest sports marketing topics in bite sized episodes.

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This week was crazy as I had the opportunity to work on an awesome Game of Thrones campaign. On the thirteenth episode of Building Bacon in 2019 Bacon Sports Founder Rob Cressy talks about how he learned to prioritize whats important, even at the expense of something he is committed to. He also talks about graduating from the 10x Stages course, plus an upcoming conference he’s attending that’s going to be incredible. 

Books:

* Iron Cowboy by James Lawrence

Podcasts:

* Sports Marketing Huddle: Storytelling and Content with Megan Wells

Projects/Clients:

* Pop-A-Shot: the original arcade basketball game* Fangirl Sports Network: Where fans get a knowledgeable, passionate & humorous look at their favorite pro teams.* Launching Podcasts: a step by step guide for how to easily launch a podcast.* Easy Social Strategy: do you have a written social media strategy?

Bacon Sports Mission:

* To help people achieve their dreams through a love of sports

Feedback (I want to hear from you):

* Did this podcast get you to take action in some way? Tell me about what you are working on from a personal development standpoint. I’d love your thoughts and feedback on this conversation. You can hit me up on Instagram @Rob_Cressy, Twitter @RobCressy, and Facebook/RobCressyBiz.* I’m always looking to connect with other like-minded creatives and entrepreneurs and/or work with forward-thinking companies. If that’s you or you know someone then drop me a line at [email protected].

Check out previous episodes of Building Bacon HERE.

SUBSCRIBE To The Bacon Sports Podcast:

BONUS!

CLICK HERE TO GET A FREE COPY of my latest eBook titled Podcast Hustle: A Step By Step Guide Of How To Create A Podcast & Grow An Audience. It will show you how easy it is to create a podcast, build new relationships, and increase your awareness.

AWESOME RESOURCES!

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Who are some of the best “brothers” in sports? This week, it’s the Lopez twins, the Barber twins, Bret Boone, and Tim Hasselbeck’s birthday…That is some serious brotherly love! To be on the list of SUPER SPORTS BROTHERS or the best brother combos both brothers should be at least all-stars in the sport, right? So we have some honorable mentions, Super Sports Brothers, incredibly dominant sisters, brother sister combos, and so much more! Tune in for another episode of Epic Week covering Sports Birthdays and Anniversaries from April 1st through 7th!  

Show Notes:

0:00-1:30 Intro: Welcome to Epic Week by Bacon Sports. I’m haircut recipient Tom Pellegrino along with my podcast tag-team partner and bleacher bum Nick Schwietering. Epic Week looks at the Sports Birthdays and Anniversaries for a week in sports. This week, we are talking about April 1st through 7th.

1:31-8:03 Main Event: Who are some of the best “brothers” in sports? This week, it’s the Lopez twins, the Barber twins, Bret Boone, and Tim Hasselbeck’s birthday…That is some serious brotherly love! To be on the list of SUPER SPORTS BROs or the best brother combos both brothers should be at least all-stars in the sport, right? So we have some honorable mentions, Super Sports Brothers, incredibly dominant sisters, brother sister combos, and so much more!

8:04-9:05 Stupid Fast Family-Themed Roll Call: Randy Orton, Charlotte Flair.

9:06-14:51 Also Receiving Votes: This week is a 50th Anniversary of the “Save” stat in baseball! We love the drama and tension that the save adds to the game, both in real life and of course in fantasy baseball. Closers are complete badasses, some have mustaches, some have beards, glasses, all have gasses!

14:52-15:38 Outro: That’s all for the show today. Please check out Bacon Sports on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @BaconSports. Be sure to subscribe to this podcast and rate us (preferably George Brett number of stars 5) Follow me on Twitter @BaconSportsTom and Nick @SweetsCincy. If you like this podcast, share it with your sports fan friends, and tell them it’s awesome. If you hate this podcast, share it with your sports fan friends, so they can laugh at how bad it is! It is also The Late Marvin Gaye’s birthday this week so we are sending you out to Let’s Get It On! Make it an Epic Week!

Feedback (We want to hear from you):

* You can connect with Tom Pellegrino on Twitter @BaconSportsTom.

* You can connect with Nick Schwietering on Twitter @sweetscincy and on Instagram Sweetscincy

* Did we skip over a Birthday or Anniversary you would have liked to hear covered? We’d love your thoughts and feedback on our conversation so hit us up!

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BONUS!

CLICK HERE TO GET A FREE COPY of Rob Cressy’s latest eBook titled Podcast Hustle: A Step By Step Guide Of How To Create A Podcast & Grow An Audience. It will show you how easy it is to create a podcast, build new relationships, and increase your awareness.

AWESOME RESOURCES!

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One way to live a life by design is to better understand how you are spending your time. On the twelfth episode of Building Bacon in 2019 Bacon Sports Founder Rob Cressy talks about lessons learned from the Audit Your Time Challenge. What improvements can you see by writing down everything you do during the day minute by minute? What stood out to him while he was taking part in it? Rob also talks about the impact the 21 Day Good Vibes Challenge is having on him, as well as the new books he’s reading, and additions to his routine.

Books:

* Leader Shift by John Maxwell

* Iron Cowboy by James Lawrence

Podcasts:

* Sports Marketing Huddle: How To Become A Content Expert with Jeremy Kohm

Projects/Clients:

* Pop-A-Shot: the original arcade basketball game

* Fangirl Sports Network: Where fans get a knowledgeable, passionate & humorous look at their favorite pro teams.

* Launching Podcasts: a step by step guide for how to easily launch a podcast.

* Easy Social Strategy: do you have a written social media strategy?

Bacon Sports Mission:

* To help people achieve their dreams through a love of sports

Feedback (I want to hear from you):

* Did this podcast get you to take action in some way? Tell me about what you are working on from a personal development standpoint. I’d love your thoughts and feedback on this conversation. You can hit me up on Instagram @Rob_Cressy, Twitter @RobCressy, and Facebook/RobCressyBiz.

* I’m always looking to connect with other like-minded creatives and entrepreneurs and/or work with forward-thinking companies. If that’s you or you know someone then drop me a line at [email protected].

Check out previous episodes of Building Bacon HERE.

SUBSCRIBE To The Bacon Sports Podcast:

BONUS!

CLICK HERE TO GET A FREE COPY of my latest eBook titled Podcast Hustle: A Step By Step Guide Of How To Create A Podcast & Grow An Audience. It will show you how easy it is to create a podcast, build new relationships, and increase your awareness.

AWESOME RESOURCES!

1. Bacon Sports Content Creation Newsletter – Our newsletter aims to inspire, educate, and provide value to the creator and doer in you that strives for greatness in everythin...

If you are a fellow Baconator, then you will likely agree that there is nothing better than when Sports and Music Collide! Whether it’s NBA All-Star Weekend, the latest and greatest music videos, or in fashion and sneaker releases, there are so many great examples of sports and music in collaboration and the entertainment value is amazing! This week’s list of birthdays was no exception, chalked full of awesomeness in both the athlete and musician categories, so we thought we would have some fun with it! For our Main Event we have matched up some tunes with hard hitting questions surrounding this week’s birthday boys and girls! Happy Birthday to all of these Superstars: Tracy Chapman, Danica Patrick, Elton John, Luke Walton, Von Miller, MC Hammer, Lady Gaga, Geno Atkins, Celine Dion, Big Sean, Matt Harvey, Mariah Carey, John Stockton, Jerry Sloan, Fergie, Chris Sale, Jay Rock, Derek Carr, Steven Tyler and many more!

Show Notes:

0:00-1:29 Intro: Welcome to Epic Week by Bacon Sports. I’m bracket-busted Tom Pellegrino along with my podcast tag-team partner and a future hip-hop mogul Nick Schwietering. Epic Week looks at the sports Birthdays and Anniversaries for a week in sports. This week, we are talking about March 25th through 31st.

1:30-15:00 Main Event: What is better than when sports and music collide? This week was chalked full of awesome birthdays in both the athlete and musician categories, so we thought we would have some fun with it! For the Main Event we have matched up some tunes with hard hitting questions surrounding this week’s birthday boys and girls! Happy Birthday to all of these Superstar musicians and athletes: Tracy Chapman, Cale Yarborough, Danica Patrick, Elton John, Luke Walton, Jason Garrett, Von Miller, MC Hammer, Lady Gaga, Geno Atkins, Celine Dion, Big Sean, Matt Harvey, Mariah Carey, John Stockton, Jerry Sloan, Fergie, Chris Sale, Jay Rock, Tom Glavine, Diana Ross, Derek Carr, Steven Tyler.

13:45-14:30 Why Should I Care: Happy Birthday to Mister Tarjeta (Mr. Cards) Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos, who gets more cards than an instagram model on Valentine’s Day!

14:31-16:32 Also Receiving Votes: 3/26/1979, The first meeting between Magic and Bird during the 41st NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship, and 3/29/1984 the Baltimore Colts move to Indianapolis OVERNIGHT!

16:33-17:17 Outro: That’s all for the show today. Please check out Bacon Sports on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram at Bacon Sports. Be sure to subscribe to this podcast and rate us (preferably Johnny Bench number of stars 5; Follow me on Twitter @BaconSportsTom and Nick @SweetsCincy. If you like this podcast, share it with your sports fan friends, and tell them it’s awesome. If you hate this podcast, share it with your sports fan friends, so they can laugh at how bad it is! It is also Eric Clapton’s birthday this week so we are sending you out to Cream’s White Room! For Nick Schwietering, I’m Tom Pellegrino, make it an Epic Week.

Feedback (We want to hear from you):

* You can connect with Tom Pellegrino on Twitter @BaconSportsTom.

* You can connect with Nick Schwietering on Twitter @sweetscincy and on Instagram Sweetscincy

* Did we skip over a Birthday or Anniversary you would have liked to hear covered? We’d love your thoughts and feedback on our conversation so hit us up!

 

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If you want to grow your brand, every opportunity is a good opportunity to create a positive brand interaction, including on St Patricks Day. On the eleventh episode of Building Bacon in 2019 Bacon Sports Founder Rob Cressy shares a story about his creative St Patrick’s day hustle, plus the mindset and execution behind it all. He also talks about a new project he is working on called Easy Social Strategy.

Books:

* Leader Shift by John Maxwell

Podcasts:

* Sports Marketing Huddle: The Journey Of A Content Creator with Matt B Davis

* Launching Podcasts: a step by step guide for how to easily launch a podcast.

* Easy Social Strategy: do you have a written social media strategy?

Bacon Sports Mission:

* To help people achieve their dreams through a love of sports

Feedback (I want to hear from you):

* Did this podcast get you to take action in some way? Tell me about what you are working on from a personal development standpoint. I’d love your thoughts and feedback on this conversation. You can hit me up on Instagram @Rob_Cressy, Twitter @RobCressy, and Facebook/RobCressyBiz.

* I’m always looking to connect with other like-minded creatives and entrepreneurs and/or work with forward-thinking companies. If that’s you or you know someone then drop me a line at [email protected].

Check out previous episodes of Building Bacon HERE.

SUBSCRIBE To The Bacon Sports Podcast:

BONUS!

CLICK HERE TO GET A FREE COPY of my latest eBook titled Podcast Hustle: A Step By Step Guide Of How To Create A Podcast & Grow An Audience. It will show you how easy it is to create a podcast, build new relationships, and increase your awareness.

AWESOME RESOURCES!

1. Bacon Sports Content Creation Newsletter – Our newsletter aims to inspire, educate, and provide value to the creator and doer in you that strives for greatness in everything you do!

2. Amazing Book Recommendations – If you are looking for a book recommendation on creativity, entrepreneurship, leadership, or sports then this is for you. I’m an avid reader who has read over 200 books so I’ve got some awesome recommendations.

3. Subscribe to The Sports Marketing Huddle – A podcast that takes a look at the hottest sports marketin...

To celebrate the anniversary of the Stanley Cup which was originally commissioned on 3/18/1892 by Lord Stanley of Preston to promote hockey, Tom and Nick discuss some of the wild and crazy Stanley Cup stories involving players celebrating in various ways with the Cup! You won’t believe what it’s been through! This weeks Roll Call is full of heavy hitters, and pitchers, including Clayton Kershaw, Carlos Carrasco, Pat Riley, Bobby Orr, Sting, J.J Watt, Kyrie Irving, Gordon Hayward, and The Undertaker. On the latest edition of Why Should I Care, Nick thinks you should care about Ronaldinho, and Tom makes his case for Moses Malone! Tune in for another episode of Epic Week covering March 18th through 24th!

Show Notes:

0:00-1:30 Intro: Welcome to Epic Week by Bacon Sports. I’m grade school shot put and discus coach Tom Pellegrino along with my podcast tag-team partner and Fantasy Baseball Draft Prepper Nick Schwietering. Epic Week looks at the sports Birthdays and Anniversaries for a week in sports. This week, we are talking about March 18th through 24th.

1:31-8:03 Main event: To celebrate the anniversary of the Stanley Cup which was originally commissioned on 3/18/1892 by Lord Stanley of Preston, then-Governor General of Canada, to promote hockey Tom and Nick discuss some of the wild and crazy stories involving players celebrating in various ways with the Cup! You wouldn’t believe what it’s been through!

8:04-15:23 Roll Call: Clayton Kershaw, Pat Riley, Bobby Orr, Sting, Carlos Carrasco, J.J Watt, Kyrie Irving, Gordon Hayward, The Undertaker.

15:24-20:00 Why Should I Care: Happy Birthday to soccer super star Ronaldinho whose career included winning everything in style while making Nike and other sponsors hundreds of millions if not billions of dollars. He starred in the first YouTube Video to ever reach one million views! Also Happy Birthday to the Late Moses Malone,”The Chairman of the Board, a forgotten legend of the ABA and NBA!

20:01-21:16 Outro: That’s all for the show today. Please check out Bacon Sports on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram at Bacon Sports. Be sure to subscribe to this podcast and rate us (preferably Jason Kidd number of stars (it is his birthday this week) 5; Follow me on Twitter @BaconSportsTom and Nick @SweetsCincy. If you like this podcast, share it with your sports fan friends, and tell them it’s awesome. If you hate this podcast, share it with your sports fan friends, so they can laugh at how bad it is! It is also William Shatner’s birthday this week so we are sending you out to his insane spoken word rendition of Elton John’s Rocket Man! For Nick Schwietering, I’m Tom Pellegrino, make it an Epic Week.

Feedback (We want to hear from you):

* You can connect with Tom Pellegrino on Twitter @BaconSportsTom.

* You can connect with Nick Schwietering on Twitter @sweetscincy and on Instagram Sweetscincy

* Did we skip over a Birthday or Anniversary you would have liked to hear covered? We’d love your thoughts and feedback on our conversation so hit us up!

 

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