Welcome to the Expert Focus Podcast hosted by the amazing Claire Dowdall. During this weekly business/entrepreneurial podcast you can expect amazing tips and stories from successful experts from every walk of life. Claire is a great interviewer and gets to the heart of the matter at hand.

In this episode, Claire delivers her first episode without a guest. Claire takes some time to review her favorite episodes and look back on the last six months since launching Expert Focus in September of 2018.

 

Top Ten guests: sorted by popular listens/total unique downloads on Libsyn

• Episode 13 - Solving Problems Through Storytelling and Visual Punctuation with John DeMato
• • Connection and understanding audience
  • Created written content for his target market
  • • Not just speaking about photographs/photography
  • Telling a story through images
• Episode 18 - Making Money Every Time You Email Your List with Chris Orzechowski
• • How he built his business on the side
  • How he quit his teaching job
  • Strategies for consistently writing and communicating with people
  • Why write every day
• Episode 09 - Creating a Proper Narrative Using Story with Mark Whitehand
• • Friend and mentor
  • Story Telling Entrepreuers on Video
  • Set the precedent for storytelling
• Episode 14 - The Power of Conversation and Asking The Right Questions with Beth Turner
• • Network marketing
  • • Life-changing
    • How powerful this skill can be
    • Beth brings humor and the human side
• Episode 23 - Being Limitless and Defining Your Success with Laura Gassner Otting
• • Powerhouse
  • Motivational and encouraging
  • Defining success in your life
  • Define your own path
  • Order Laura's book Limitless
• Episode 1 - Online Sales and Leadership with Jessica Lorimer
• • Smart Leaders Sell Podcast

 

• Epsidoe 21 - Being Funny and Honest Will Get You Anywhere with Jon Buchan

 

• • Drunken email results in a major contract
  • Why humor works
  • Communications
• Episode 20 - Exactly What to Say In Sales with Phil Jones
• • Word choices
  • Better conversation, better sales
  • Order Phil's book Exactly What to Say
  • Presenting online
  • The hustle
  • The Cupcake Principle
• Episode 27 - Communities are More Than A Sales Funnel with Matt Mecham
• • The reality of Facebook groups vs Forums
  • Benefits of Forums
  • Promotion across all platforms
• Episode 12 -  Bridging the LinkedIn Gap to Get Clients with Helen Pritchard
• • Online visibility
  • Consistent
  • Effective use of LinkedIn
  • Leveraging LinkedIn
  • How to get leads with fast results

 

Top Five Lessons of Podcasting:

1. Who is your audience
2. Know how you want your podcast episode to flow and feel
3. Know your stats - Patterns of growth
4. Type of content
5. Make sure you have an objective - Batch recording

 

"It's about capturing the moment."

"What I really love about my guests is you get to hear not just about the thing they're an expert in, but other things about them and their life."

"I get to learn from all of my guests."

"You don't have to do it the way everyone else does."

"What do I want to do? Not what do I think other people expect, think, or want me to do."

"You want to make your listeners comfortable listening. If it sounds awkward they'll turn off."

"Building relationships with your guests can open yours and their businesses to new audiences."

"Celebrate successes when your client wins."

"Don't be obsessed with your stats to begin with."

 

More of Claire:  

Claire's LinkedIn Profile

The Expert Focus Facebook Group

The Expert Focus podcast on iTunes

 

Progress Report - Facebook Live - Claire and Scott

 

Mentions:

John DeMat's Website

Chris Orzechowski's Website

Mark Whitehand's LinkedIn Profile

Beth Turner's Facebook Profile

Laura Gassner Otting's Website  

Jessica Lorimer's Website

Jon Buchan's Website Charm Offensive

Phil Jones' Website

Matt Mecham's Invision Communities Website

Helen Prichard's LinkedIn Profile

Scott Doucet's Website - Podcast Bay Productions