Perdita Andrews is a Professional Speaking Coach, based in Paris, specialising in working with influential women and non-native speakers who struggle with communicating with confidence and ease. Guiding and championing her clients along the way, she has watched them: 

• get their dream jobs through her interview preparation
• land new clients (even over Zoom!) 
• captivate audiences on podcasts
• and conquer the arena speaking at international industry conferences through her public speaking sessions

Perdita gives her clients the tools they need to raise their visibility at work, earn higher salaries, captivate their audiences on a global scale and achieve their highest success through the spoken word.

In this episode we talk about:

• Speaking with confidence
• The importance of speaking with authenticity
• How to deal with stage fright
• If it’s possible for someone afraid of speaking to get to the point where it’s something they enjoy

• Glossophobia is the fear of speaking and it’s one of the biggest phobias
• There isn’t a single person in their daily conversation who doesn’t use some kind of a filler word. That is our reality. So when you seen somebody in a context where they’re trying to present themselves as casual with zero crutch words it has the opposite effect.
• Authenticy trumps everything. Be as authentically you as you can.
• Looking foolish and not communicating what they want to communicate are the biggest concerns Perdita’s clients have about speaking
• We all need a little bit of stage fright to remind us that we actually care about what we’re doing

Communication not perfection

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Connect with Perdita Andrews at www.perditaandrews.com and download a copy of her Core4 Principles for Successful Speaking.

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In this episode you'll learn about the benefits of a podcast interview strategy, what's involved in getting booked as a guest on podcasts, how to maximise your interviews and what it looks like to work with a podcast booking agency.

Book your free podcast guesting strategy call here.

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In today's episode of the podcast we're joined by that British Podcast Guy, Mark Asquith. Mark shares his thoughts on Online Gurus, Podcasting and Star Wars.

• Most people who say they are gurus are chasing the passive income dream. So do you really think they’re going to give you time and attention?
• A lot of people who quit working for people quit because they don’t want to have a boss but what you do is that you get 10 clients and you end up with 10 bosses.
• You can always make money. There’s always ways to make money.
• If you are working as a business person or a freelancer you have the right to push back.

• My one piece of advice is don’t copy other people. Don’t put ‘preneur’ at the end. Let Chris have that with Youpreneur. Don’t put ‘on fire’ at the end. Let John have that. 
• Second piece of advice – just be overly yourself. Be almost too much you. 

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In this episode you'll learn 10 ways you can repurpose your podcast interviews to really maximise your investment in this strategy and leverage your time.

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Today we’re joined by Niki Hutchison who specialises in audience growth. Niki shares her top tips for growing your audience without paid ads.

Niki has been developing effective strategies to grow businesses for over twenty years. As well as creating impactful marketing campaigns for agencies and clients, she has also managed and grown businesses, achieving huge increases in turnover. She’s built two of her own service-based businesses from scratch and has over ten years experience as an entrepreneur. There are not too many business scenarios that Niki hasn’t experienced!

• Since the pandemic it’s been really important to create a strong audience of people who love what you do.
• There is so much that you can and should do before you invest any money in Facebook Ads otherwise you’re likely to waste a lot of money:

1. Make sure you’re really great at what you do
2. Social media – Make sure you’re in the place where people you want to attract are spending time.
3. It’s key to optimise your presence on social media 
4. It’s important to grow your email list so you’re not reliant on social media to reach your audience
5. Create a freebie that you know is going to appeal to your audience to grow your email list
6. Go detective mode – Learn as much as you can about your audience. Install some kind of analytics
7. Ask for reviews and share them
8. Attend networking events or host your own
9. Work with influencers. Invite them to your events.
10. Be a joiner – join that membership or Facebook group. You really do get out what you put in. Join as many things as you can and them remove yourself from the ones that aren’t the right fit for you.
11. To cultivate an engaged audience it’s about communication, consistency and clarity
12. Speaking on podcasts can really shorten the lead time in which it takes for someone to become your client.

Download Niki’s Tip Sheet: 25 Ways to Grow Your Audience Without Paying for Ads 

Learn more about Niki’s Audience Growth Club

Listen to The Audience Growth Club Podcast

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In today’s episode of the podcast we welcome Amy S Peele, award-winning, best-selling author of CUT and MATCH, medical mysteries with a mission and a side of humour.

Amy S. Peele RN, is the award-winning, best-selling author of Cut and Match, medical mysteries with a mission and a side of humor.

Before becoming a writer Amy enjoyed a fascinating 35-year career in the organ transplant field which provides an authentic backdrop to her books.

She learned early on in her medical career that humor was an important survival skill and studied improvisation at the world premier school, Second City, in Chicago.

Amy currently resides in San Francisco, close to the Golden Gate Bridge, where she loves to swim, teach chair yoga and meditate. 

• Make your password to your computer at work the name of one of your characters so that even if your work is all consuming you are connected to your story 
• Knowing how to be playful is important for survival when you’re one of five siblings 
• A development editor keeps you on track with your writing and what moves the plot forward 
• If you’re a new author looking for a press find out if they help you with your marketing and social media 
• To market your book you need to put your business hat on and if you can’t find somebody who can help you
• Simple twists in your chair are really good for your spine 
• You can write a beautiful book but if you get up in front of a group and you’re nervous and scared they won’t hear the story and who you are. If you can relax, deliver and be purposeful and calm they’re just going to want more.

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In this episode we talk about, do podcast guests get paid? This question often crops up when people are considering embarking on a podcast interview strategy and are not sure where their ROI is going to come from.

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In today's episode we welcome original spice girl, abuse survivor and founder of La Vie Refresh Health and Wellness, Verna Haywood.

Verna Haywood fled an abusive relationship in Trinidad with just £100 and a suitcase and came to the UK in 1997 determined to be the voice for women in similar situations who have yet to find their own strength.

At La Vie, Verna uses the seven pillars of health and wellness to Rebalance, Restore and Renew women to enable them to live a life of wholeness. Verna’s method combines a holistic approach to re-establish harmony between body, mind and soul. It draws on the principles she learned growing up on the island of Grenada, in the Caribbean, using nature and seasonal produce to feed, sustain and medicate to ensure a healthy, balanced life.

• Women are powerful. We have everything we need inside of us
• Don’t let concerns about money stop you
• Don’t go into a relationship thinking you can change the other person 

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Imagine speaking on 70 podcasts to find only one yielded results. This is completely avoidable and in today’s episode we share how to get results as a podcast guest.

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In today’s episode we welcome Jeremy Enns, the CEO of podcast marketing agency Counterweight Creative and creator of Podcast Marketing Academy. Jeremy talks to us about how to succeed with podcasting from both sides of the mic.

Jeremy Enns is the CEO of podcast marketing agency Counterweight Creative and creator of Podcast Marketing Academy, a high-intensity, cohort-based course for creative mavericks looking to grow a raving base of brand evangelists.

He’s spent the past 5 years traveling full time, once bicycled across Europe, and will always look back on the day he finally saved up enough money to buy the Millennium Falcon Lego set as one of his proudest achievements.

•  It’s beneficial to guest on shows with adjacent audiences
• It’s important to listen to a show before pitching and find something to connect with a host
• Let a host know what’s in it for them if they interview you
• It’s not so much about how you market your podcast but making sure you are creating a really good podcast in the first place
• Don’t get hung up about your audio. Choose an external mic and move on. The quality will be so much better than your inbuilt mic

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