Are you thinking about the end of the year… or even into the NEW year? Well… have I got a treat for you to refresh your podcasting experience. 3 treats actually! 

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1 - This is from Tom Webster at Sounds Profitable, episode is #450 “Better Podcast Marketing and The Curiosity Gap” - And you should go listen to it because Tom lays it out better in 9 minutes than I will here. When you tell someone about your show (or write your show description) or post on social, are you igniting the curiosity of the human you are speaking with? 

2 - Open your calendar. This one was inspired by Shannon Weinstein from Keep What You Earn. Episode 683 - The Best Way to Get Out of a Business Funk.

Go to your calendar. Ask how you can redesign your schedule to optimize for more energy-efficient time management — or as I would say, allow for more flow?

3 - Get honest with yourself and your team (if you have one.) What is the ONE thing you want your podcast to help you do in the next 12 months? 

Megan Dougherty from The Company Show has created a framework that outlines 5 primary show blueprints based on what they are designed to do.

Learn more in my interview on The Creative Impostor with Megan.

Or better yet, get her book, Podcasting for Business.

Which one of these activities will YOU try to reignite your podcasting spark? I’d love to know — email me: [email protected]

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I am humbled at the feet of my 7-year-old-niece who taught me a big marketing lesson this month! Maybe this applies to you too...

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We are FINALISTS in the 2024 Signal Awards for Sounds Current with Del Sol Quartet!!! Our category is Artists & Designers Shaping Culture. Please support us by voting for Listener's Choice here: https://bit.ly/signal24ci

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Key Change with the Santa Fe Opera (Signal Award Winner!!!)

EMAIL ME! If you want to get on my calendar to talk about whether a podcast strategy building or ideation session might be right for YOUR current or future podcast. I'm looking for 3 organizations, businesses or independent podcasters who are using media to make a cultural impact to work with me this fall at an introductory rate.

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Welcome to a crossover episode of a different sort. But first: How are you doing? No, really? I ask because May is Mental Health Awareness Month. So many of us, myself included, struggle to articulate how “off” we feel right now, a cruel joke given that the good folks and orgs behind this month’s observance urge us to check in with our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. 

I’ll go first (yikes!): The only way I can describe my current state of mind is fragile. Can you relate? If you’re an entrepreneur, an educator, a corporate employee, a HUMAN, I bet you can.

You’re okay. I acknowledge and honor your struggle.

This episode isn’t about mental health per se. It’s about creating a secure and attentive environment for guests to feel supported, understood, and willing to engage in vulnerable conversations. The high schoolers behind Power Your Story, my student mentee podcast, beautifully illustrate my point. Their cohort-led interview with Peer Support Specialist and Mental Health Advocate Ashley Scott showcases subtle practices anyone can incorporate to become a better listener and, thus, better podcast host.

Co-hosts Elvis, Emerie, Jules, and Alejandro facilitate a space where Ashley feels supported to speak more candidly about her mental health. That safety is mutual: Ashley’s comfort leads the students to go off-script, to ask more meaningful follow-up questions, and to add personal observations that make for a more engaging conversation.

You can talk about podcasting for marketing, sales, audience growth, or business all day, but this genuine exchange is why I love podcasting; this is where your audience will find value.

The last few episodes of Podcast Envy have focused on hosting and content strategies guaranteed to make your show a repeat listen. By creating a safe, intimate container where you and your guests can discuss important topics, you’re signaling to the audience that they, too, are seen and heard. I appreciate that not everyone’s format is conducive to exploring tough conversations. Still, anyone can follow the Power Your Story lead, regardless of your show’s POVs, by remaining present and reflecting back to each guest.

For Mental Health Awareness, check out all of this month’s related Power Your Story episodes: 

Insomnia & Dreaming of a Better Night’s Sleep with Leonardo & Dewayne; 

The Journey to Self-Empowerment: Mindfulness,Law of Attraction with Hysan & May; 

Heavy Metal & Mental Health with Justin Bowling by Leslie, Carlos, Essence & ChuYing and produced by Aldo;

Advocating for Mental Health & Peer Support with Ashley Scott

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PEP106 - Awesome Podcast Host Featuring Karen Yates

Power Your Story

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In university parlance, a 101 class forms the foundation for sustainable proficiency in a particular subject. It’s fitting then that this one-oh-one episode of Podcast Envy is an installment of “Hey Andrea!” where I answer questions posed by real-life podcasters about creating a successful, satisfying podcasting experience for themselves, their business, their brand, or an organization. 

Today’s question comes via the She Podcasts Facebook group from Jeannette Bonner, producer and host of Hashtag Single. Jeannette asks, “How do I get over podcaster’s block?” 

Ugh! Is there a more universal dilemma in all of podcasting? 

Fortunately... I've got some tried & true strategies for you!

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

Libsyn - hosting

SquadCast - recording

Descript - editing

ConvertKit - email 

Headliner - audiograms for social media

Flash Forward

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Episode 001! Welcome to Podcast Envy, helping you make your show the envy of everyone else! 

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