Podcast Rockstars

As an entrepreneur or a business leader, then you know how critical it is to follow up with the people you connect with as well as new potential clients. The same is true for your podcast guests. Believe it or not, following up with your podcast guest is a crucial element that can significantly affect your show.

Today, I share why you should always follow up with the guests you feature, and interview on your podcast. I explain why it’s important to ask your guests to share their interview with their social media followers and email subscribers and how it can impact not only your episode downloads but also help your guest connect with their audience on a different level. I also discuss a simple strategy you can use to motivate your guests to share their episodes with their network.

“When you’re following up with your guest, it’s okay to ask them to help you promote your episode.”

• Why it’s important to follow up with your guests
• One of the best ways to build the support of your audience
• Why getting great guests on your show is only half the battle
• What to do if you’re struggling to find guests on your show
• How to let your guests know the episode is live
• An effective way to build and maintain a relationship with your podcast guest
• How the guests on your show can stay top of mind with their audience
• Crucial elements to include in your follow-up email
• How to make it super easy for your guests to share your episode

• Episode 8: 4 Creative Strategies to Find New Guests for Your Podcast

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Yann Ilunga is a podcasting consultant who helps entrepreneurs use the podcasting medium to attract prospective clients, increase their exposure, and ultimately, increase their sales. He is a systems strategist, an international speaker, and the founder of the largest online podcasting conference - the Podcast Success Summit. He has been coined a ‘Unicorn-Level Digital Marketing Expert’ by Inc. Magazine. In addition to helping podcasters improve their podcast systems and achieve their goals, he is also the host of four podcasts which include The Podcaster Lab, 360 Entrepreneur Podcast, and The Jazz Spotlight Podcast as well as the facilitator of Podcast Growth Mindset - the ‘Podcast Community to Join’ as mentioned by Forbes.

Yann joins me today to share strategies entrepreneurs can use to improve their interviewing skills. He discusses what hosts should do to prepare for a podcast interview and why it’s important to prepare your guests for their upcoming interview. He shares tips for helping new podcast guests feel comfortable behind the mic before and during the interview, strategies to encourage your guests to share their episodes, and an interesting tip on tagging your guest in your social media posts on publishing day.  He also shares strategies new podcast guests should use to prepare for their upcoming guest appearance as well as actionable tips for entrepreneurs that are considering podcasting as a marketing strategy.

 "Guests come and go - but you, as the host, are the common denominator." - Yann Ilunga

• How Yann stumbled in the podcasting space
• How his podcast about podcasting is different from others
• Why he chose to do the post-production editing work
• How to ‘share the spotlight’ with your guests
• Why it’s important to leave room for “the unexpected” in your podcast interviews
• Why spontaneity isn’t always the best approach for interviewing podcast guests
• How to make your guest comfortable before hitting the record button
• How to increase the chances of listeners taking action after listening to your interview
• How to make it easy for your guests to share the episode with their network and social media followers
• Best practices for tagging your guest in your social media posts
• What aspiring podcasters should consider before starting a podcast

• Social Bee
• Click to Tweet

• Yann Ilunga's Website
• The Podcast Lab Podcast
• The Jazz Spotlight Podcast
• 360 Entrepreneur Podcast
• Podcast Growth Mastermind Facebook Group
• Facebook
• LinkedIn
• Instagram
• Twitter

Thanks for tuning into Podcast Rockstars - the show that helps business leaders become podcast legends. If you enjoyed today’s episode, please subscribe on iTunes and leave your honest review. Don’t forget to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn and share your favorite episodes!

Join our exclusive Podcast Rockstars Facebook group to connect with other podcast legends and legends-in-the-making to ask your most pressing questions and tell us what guests you’d love to hear on the show!

And don’t forget to join our mailing list to learn what it takes to create great show notes for your podcast as well as receive updates on our latest episodes, blog posts, and other rockin’ content!

Planning the content you want to discuss on your podcast is only the beginning of your long journey ahead. Part of this planning is knowing who you want to invite as guests on your show. While there are many places you can consider, identifying specific areas you can look into will avoid the overwhelm of thinking about where to start your search.

Today, I share some creative strategies you can use to find new guests to interview for your show. I discuss four specific places you can explore to discover talents and potential guests that could impact your audience and your show. I also share ingenious ways to meet new people and expand your network when you have already exhausted yours.

“One of the things I love most about the podcast industry is how truly helpful podcasters are towards other podcasters.”

• The first and most familiar place to look for potential podcast guests
• How to connect with other podcasters within your niche
• The perks of listening to podcasts within your industry
• How to maximize the potential of connecting with other podcasters
• A smart way to get an idea on what your audience wants to hear on your show

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Thanks for tuning into Podcast Rockstars - the show that helps business leaders become podcast legends. If you enjoyed today’s episode, please subscribe on iTunes and leave your honest review. Don’t forget to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn and share your favorite episodes!

Join our exclusive Podcast Rockstars Facebook group to connect with other podcast legends and legends-in-the-making to ask your most pressing questions and tell us what guests you’d love to hear on the show!

And don’t forget to join our mailing list to learn what it takes to create great show notes for your podcast as well as receive updates on our latest episodes, blog posts, and other rockin’ content!

Kate Astrakhan is an audio engineer, technical podcast producer, and the founder of Podcast Network Solutions, a post-production company that helps podcasters and networks deliver amazing audio sound through post-production and podcast support services. Kate has over 30 years of experience in radio and broadcasting and has a love for storytelling. She fell in love with the podcast industry and its ability to give everyone a voice. Her company currently produces over 1,300 episodes per month.

Kate joins me today to share strategies on how to launch your podcast effectively. She discusses the basic tools you need to start a podcast as well as how to build your credibility, relationship, and trust with your audience. She also shares several ways to promote your show before its launch as well as helpful recommendations for your launch to get good traction, good subscription rates, and - more importantly - a good listening duration.

“You don’t want to launch with one show. That’s like a drop of rain in an ocean.” - Kate Astrakhan

• How Kate pivoted from radio to the podcast industry
• The different types of services and packages she offers to podcast networks
• The difference between audio editing and content editing
• How to create a huge impact using social media
• Why you need to promote your podcast guest before his or her interview
• The back-end work during the pre-launch of your show
• The number of episodes a new show should launch with and why
• Why you should ignore charts and New & Noteworthy for at least the first 3 months
• How long your podcast launch episodes should be
• The more important metric you need to have more than your downloads
• How much time to devote to planning and producing your podcast
• When to find sponsors and when to promote your own products and services

• Sennheiser microphones
• Behringer Xenyx 302USB
• Apple MacBook
• Zoom
• Audacity

• Podcast Network Solutions Website
• Facebook
• Twitter
• Instagram
• Email: [email protected]

Thanks for tuning into Podcast Rockstars - the show that helps business leaders become podcast legends. If you enjoyed today’s episode, please subscribe on iTunes and leave your honest review. Don’t forget to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn and share your favorite episodes!

Join our exclusive Podcast Rockstars Facebook group to connect with other podcast legends and legends-in-the-making to ask your most pressing questions and tell us what guests you’d love to hear on the show!

And don’t forget to join our mailing list to learn what it takes to create great show notes for your podcast as well as receive updates on our latest episodes, blog posts, and other rockin’ content!

Sigrun Gudjonsdottir is the host of The Sigrun Show, a business podcast for female entrepreneurs. She is a lifestyle entrepreneur that has successfully established a seven-figure lifestyle business helping women across the globe build their dream businesses. She is a business mentor and international speaker and has been named the “female James Bond of Online Marketing.”

 Originally from Iceland, Sigrun enjoys traveling the world while helping other women entrepreneurs, all while living her dream of having a location-independent business. Her motto is: Be Inspired, Think Big, and Take Action and through her podcast, she has helped thousands of women follow their passion - and turn that passion into a profitable business.

Sigrun joins me today to share how she launched her podcast with 100 episodes in 100 days. She explains why she decided on a 100-episode launch, how she got into podcasting as well as the inspirations that motivated her to create her own show. She also shares her secret for getting 180,000 downloads in the first year and a half of her podcast launch as well as some practical tips for those considering podcasting as part of their marketing strategy for their business.

“It’s easier to launch a podcast if you have an audience. It doesn't need to be big but have an audience before you start.” - Sigrun Gudjonsdottir

• The marketing strategies Sigrun used before she started her podcast
• How she leaped from doing webinars to podcasting
• What made her decide to do 100 episodes in 100 days when she launched her show
• How Sigrun came up with episode ideas for her 100-episode launch
• The challenges she encountered before and during the podcast launch and how she overcame them
• A glimpse of her behind-the-scene processes before recording an episode
• How launching 100 episodes in 100 days impacted her business

• The Sigrun Show Episode 3: How to Start Your Podcast the Easy Way with Kate Erickson
• The Sigrun Show Episode 5: How to Become Known in 30 Months or Less with Mark Schaefer
• The Sigrun Show Episode 12: Behind The Scenes of a Podcast Launch With 100 Episodes in 100 Days
• The Sigrun Show Episode 100: Lessons from 100 Podcast Episodes in 100 Days
• Zapier
• Google Sheets

• Website
• The Sigrun Show Podcast
• Facebook
• Twitter
• Instagram

Thanks for tuning into Podcast Rockstars - the show that helps business leaders become podcast legends. If you enjoyed today’s episode, please subscribe on iTunes and leave your honest review. Don’t forget to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn and share your favorite episodes!

Join our exclusive Podcast Rockstars Facebook group to connect with other podcast legends and legends-in-the-making to ask your most pressing questions and tell us what guests you’d love to hear on the show!

And don’t forget to join our mailing list to learn what it takes to create great show notes for your podcast as well as receive updates on our latest episodes, blog posts, and other rockin’ content!

As an entrepreneur or a small business owner, you know the importance of creating a plan. Strategic planning helps you challenge your views and biases and help you acquire new insights into your business. Whether it’s mapping out your blog content for six months or jotting down your to-do list for the day, planning plays a crucial role when creating a content strategy for any aspect of your business - especially your podcast.

On this episode, I share how to create a content strategy and production schedule for your podcast for easier content planning and collaboration. I discuss four key elements of creating a content strategy for your show as well as some crucial questions you need to ask yourself before hitting the record button. I also share an effective way to organize your ideas as well as the tools that can help filter your thoughts so you can start being what your audience expects you to be - a podcast rockstar.

“Having a proper plan in place is critical to get from point A to point B in anything related to your business.”

• The benefits of planning ahead
• Why it’s important to identify your show’s overarching goals
• How identifying your listener avatar - your target audience - helps you create a content strategy for your show
• Why it’s important to think about your release schedule when creating a content strategy
• The importance of thinking about your podcast as a marketing strategy
• How to use the Brain Dump Strategy when planning your content
• Tools to help you create a brain dump list

• Episode 2: The Biggest Mistakes Podcasters Make and How to Avoid Them
• Asana
• Trello
• Google Sheets
• Evernote

Thanks for tuning into Podcast Rockstars - the show that helps business leaders become podcast legends. If you enjoyed today’s episode, please subscribe on iTunes and leave your honest review. Don’t forget to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn and share your favorite episodes!

Join our exclusive Podcast Rockstars Facebook group to connect with other podcast legends and legends-in-the-making to ask your most pressing questions and tell us what guests you’d love to hear on the show!

And don’t forget to join our mailing list to learn what it takes to create great show notes for your podcast as well as receive updates on our latest episodes, blog posts, and other rockin’ content!

Your systems and processes are crucial for getting things done in your podcast production. How do you gather information from your guests? How do you send them reminders about their upcoming interview?

Knowing which tools you need and the right ones for your processes make the difference between getting things done and thriving as a podcaster and getting burnt out and lead to podfading.

Today, I share the tools in my ‘podcasting toolbox’ that help me be productive. I discuss the features of each app as well as how each one saves me time and effort from doing repetitive tasks. I also share the benefits of using the apps as well as how these tools help streamline podcasting processes.

“These tools have saved me countless hours - not to mention stress.”

• Important features I looked for when choosing a booking app and the app I decided to use
• How automation tools help you save time and lessen your stress and the tool we recommend
• My preferred social media management tool and the features I love the most

• Acuity Scheduling
• Dropbox
• Zapier
• Buffer
• Hootsuite
• Later
• Zoom

Thanks for tuning into Podcast Rockstars - the show that helps business leaders become podcast legends. If you enjoyed today’s episode, please subscribe on iTunes and leave your honest review. Don’t forget to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn and share your favorite episodes!

Join our exclusive Podcast Rockstars Facebook group to connect with other podcast legends and legends-in-the-making to ask your most pressing questions and tell us what guests you’d love to hear on the show!

And don’t forget to join our mailing list to learn what it takes to create great show notes for your podcast as well as receive updates on our latest episodes, blog posts, and other rockin’ content!

Jo Dodds is the host of the POWER to Live More Podcast as well as the co-host of Engage for Success Radio. She is a consultant, speaker, and trainer on Employee Engagement and works on the core team at Engage for Success. She works with home-based coaches and consultants, helping them do more of what they want to do instead of what they should do through her program POWER to Live More. She helps them unleash their POWER within by improving their productivity, organization, wellbeing, energy, and resilience. Her POWER to Live More show explores these topics with guest interviews and a dash of storytelling.

Jo joins me today to share the systems and processes she established to be a productive podcaster. She discusses the challenges she faced as well as the inspirations that paved the way to the creation of her current personalized system. She also shares how she learned a strategy to find better quality guests to feature on her show as well as how she tweaks her processes to suit both her personality and her needs.

“Just go for it. Just get on with it. Just start it because things will evolve as you go along.” - Jo Dodds

• The hurdles Jo encountered as she started her podcast
• How a UK radio program she loves listening to influenced the format of her show
• The processes she put in place when she started recording her show
• How to get a better quality of guests for your show
• Strategies she suggests to other podcasters regarding simplifying processes
• Why she outsources her show notes
• The automation tools she uses as well as the list of things she wants to outsource
• Why done is better than perfect

• Asana
• Audacity
• TimeTrade
• GoToMeeting
• Missinglettr
• Zapier
• Pocket

• Power to Live More
• Podcast
• LinkedIn
• Facebook
• Twitter

Thanks for tuning into Podcast Rockstars - the show that helps business leaders become podcast legends. If you enjoyed today’s episode, please subscribe on iTunes and leave your honest review. Don’t forget to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn and share your favorite episodes!

Join our exclusive Podcast Rockstars Facebook group to connect with other podcast legends and legends-in-the-making to ask your most pressing questions and tell us what guests you’d love to hear on the show!

And don’t forget to join our mailing list to learn what it takes to create great show notes for your podcast as well as receive updates on our latest episodes, blog posts, and other rockin’ content!

There is a saying that goes, “Try and try until you succeed.” Many podcasters have tried various approaches and executed different strategies in their podcasting journey. If you are new to podcasting, an aspiring podcaster, or a solopreneur who wants to create a podcast as a part of your marketing strategy, then you have the advantage of saving time, effort, and money as you learn about the mistakes other podcasters have made - and how you can avoid them.

On this episode, I share three key mistakes new podcasters make when starting a podcast. I share some critical questions to help you get started as well as how to keep your audience engaged and excited. I also share tips on how to avoid making these mistakes to ensure you start your podcast with the right foundations so you can achieve not only your podcasting goals but also your full potential as a podcaster and business owner.

“If you’re thinking about launching a podcast this year, NOW is the time to start planning your vision, goals, and strategy for your show.” - Dawn Lidwell

• The foundational elements you should consider when planning your podcast
• The essential questions to ask yourself that will define the direction of your show
• A crucial podcasting element that is as important as the guests you want to interview
• The key to seeing conversions from your hard work
• A mistake that solopreneurs and early-stage entrepreneurs usually make
• What happens when you try to do everything in your podcast
• Why many podcasts fade out quickly

Thanks for tuning into Podcast Rockstars - the show that helps business leaders become podcast legends. If you enjoyed today’s episode, please subscribe on iTunes and leave your honest review. Don’t forget to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn and share your favorite episodes!

Join our exclusive Podcast Rockstars Facebook group to connect with other podcast legends and legends-in-the-making to ask your most pressing questions and tell us what guests you’d love to hear on the show!

And don’t forget to join our mailing list to learn what it takes to create great show notes for your podcast as well as receive updates on our latest episodes, blog posts, and other rockin’ content!

Welcome to Podcast Rockstars - the show that teaches new and aspiring podcasters and business leaders how to expand their reach, grow their audience, and increase their revenue through podcasting.

I'm so excited you decided to join us!

In this episode, I share who I am, why I decided to launch Podcast Rockstars and the kind of content you can expect to receive from each episode. I share the backstory on how Lidwell Writing Services got started as well as the value we will bring each week through the show. I also share what you can expect from each powerhouse business leader we interview and the lessons they have learned throughout their podcasting journey.

So, grab a cup of coffee, sit back, and enjoy.

• How Lidwell Writing Services got started.
• Why we decided to launch the Podcast Rockstars show.
• What you can expect from each episode.
• Our goals, plans, and dreams for Podcast Rockstars.
• How each episode will help you - our amazing listeners!

Thanks for tuning into Podcast Rockstars - the show that helps business leaders become podcast legends. If you enjoyed today’s episode, please subscribe on iTunes and leave your honest review. Don’t forget to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn and share your favorite episodes!

Join our exclusive Podcast Rockstars Facebook group to connect with other podcast legends and legends-in-the-making to ask your most pressing questions and tell us what guests you’d love to hear on the show!

And don’t forget to join our mailing list to learn what it takes to create great show notes for your podcast as well as receive updates on our latest episodes, blog posts, and other rockin’ content!