Episode 34

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Published on:

20th Nov 2024

Podcast Strategies for Coaches: Tools and Tips for Coaches

The Ultimate Guide to Starting and Leveraging Podcasts for Coaches

Summary

In this engaging episode, John and Angie explore the booming world of podcasting and its relevance for coaches. They delve into the benefits of being podcast guests versus starting one’s own show, emphasizing the importance of strategy, preparation, and niche topics. John, a seasoned podcaster, offers insights on the tools and platforms to get started, such as Facebook groups, Matchmaker.fm, Podmatch and Interview Valet. They also highlight the significance of quality content, audience engagement, and consistent effort for podcast success. This episode is a must-listen for coaches considering podcasting as a valuable vertical for their business growth.

Keywords

podcasting, coaching, podcast guest, podcast strategy, podcast voice, audience engagement, podcasting tips, podcast growth, podcasting for coaches, podcasting journey, podcasting, titles, marketing, value, networking, niche, guest appearances, coaching, content creation, audience engagement

Takeaways

Podcasting is increasingly popular and can be beneficial for coaches.

Being a guest on podcasts is a great way to gain exposure.

Starting your own podcast requires significant effort and strategy.

It's essential to understand your audience and tailor your content accordingly.

Avoid overwhelming yourself with multiple projects at once.

Podcasts can serve as evergreen content, remaining relevant over time.

Establishing a clear purpose for your podcast is crucial.

Investing in quality equipment can enhance the listening experience.

Engagement is key; find a balance between personality and topic.

Authenticity in your voice will attract the right audience. The title of your podcast is crucial for attracting listeners.

Creating a hook is essential to engage your audience.

Value and entertainment are key components of a successful podcast.

Time management and resource allocation are important in podcasting.

Networking through podcasting can enhance your professional connections.

Finding a niche can differentiate you in a crowded market.

Starting as a podcast guest can provide valuable experience.

Utilizing tools and services can streamline the podcasting process.

Engaging content can lead to better promotion and visibility.

Building a loyal audience takes time and consistent effort.

Sound Bites

"Should I start a podcast?"

"Starting your own show is a lot of work."

"Podcasts can be evergreen content."

"You want it to be listenable."

"Be yourself in your podcasting journey."

"Topic, topic, topic is most important."

"You need to hook your audience."

"You can't just gift wrap a turd."

Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Podcasting Curiosity

00:11 Considering Starting a Podcast

02:09 Benefits of Being a Podcast Guest

05:36 Personal Experiences and Lessons Learned

07:55 Deciding to Start Your Own Podcast

11:15 Practical Tips for Podcasting

14:14 Engaging Content and Audience Building

33:21 Finding Podcast Guest Opportunities

38:54 Conclusion and Contact Information

Transcript
Angie:

John,

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John: Angie.

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Angie: you're a bit of a

podcast geek, aren't you?

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John: Thanks for that.

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Yes, I suppose so.

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Why?

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Angie: No, and I mean it in the nicest

of ways, you know, a lot of podcasts.

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I'm wondering if I should

start my own podcast.

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What do you think?

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John: I could see that for you.

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There's a few things you might want to

consider before you get started though.

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Angie: So is there any chance you're

going to tell me what those things are?

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John: I might?

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Angie: How about if I say pretty please?

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John: Oh, you know I can't

say no to you, Angie.

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Let's start the show.

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Angie: So...

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Podcasting, right?

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Becoming ever popular.

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John: More and more each year, yeah.

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Amazingly.

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Angie: Yeah.

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So I've, I've had experience where

so many people want to incorporate

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it, but you, I am, I'm going to say

this for everybody and tell you right

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up front, I am by far not an expert.

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So John, obviously I'm going to

defer to you Ooh, how do you use it?

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Why do you use it?

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When do you use it?

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So inquiring minds want to know.

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John: Inquiring Minds wants to know

I want to keep the conversation

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around what's going to be relevant

for coaches as much as possible.

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Angie: Sure.

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John: But I do think you're

right, podcasting is growing in

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popularity, and I'm sure there

probably are a bunch of coaches

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thinking, should I start a podcast?

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Or should I be at least going on podcasts?

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And the answer to the first one is maybe,

the answer to the second one is yes.

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Yeah.

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I would say probably one of the biggest

things I would encourage coaches to

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think about doing is going on podcasts,

and that is a really great way to get

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some PR, it's obviously, things like

going on TV and things like that are

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even better because no matter how

popular podcasting is right now, TV

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is going to get you a wider audience.

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And if you're primarily looking for PR,

you may want to make it part of a wider

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thing, but if you just want to do a

little bit of getting in front of other

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people's audiences, and you want something

that is actually targeted more toward

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your avatar, you can decide which shows

Probably have people who you would like

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to work with in their audience or there's

a good chance that they will And try and

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get on those shows So I would say probably

being a guest is one of the places I would

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encourage people to start And there's a

few reasons for that One of them is that

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starting your own show is a lot of work.

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And so you want to be ready

for that if you want to do it.

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And I think it will give you the

opportunity to get a sense of whether

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it is something you want to do

by going on other people's shows.

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Do you enjoy the format?

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Do you get a sense of what you, what kind

of style of show you would like to have?

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You'll probably pick that up more

from being on other people's shows and

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for dipping your head into listening

to podcasts and checking stuff out.

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But yeah, sorry you

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Angie: no, and I think

that's really important.

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The point that you bring up for

people is, of course, it can be

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another it's another vertical within

your coaching practice, if you will.

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So it could there be harm in

doing, no what's the harm.

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But to your point I think it's

important for people to realize that

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it's not just another thing you're

going to just whip up and do, there

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needs to be some strategy behind it.

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And.

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It's not just an opportunity for you

to get up and, in front of people, so

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to speak, not up in front of to get in

front of people and just start chatting

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away about all the things that you

feel like are relevant in the world.

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And, because that can happen,

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John: It absolutely can and it does it

absolutely does happen and these people

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make these mistakes all the time I made

these mistakes in my earlier days of

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being a guest on other people's shows

It's one of the reasons why I when I

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interview guests for my other podcast

that I do mostly by myself, but I have

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guests on that When I bring them on I do

not ask them about their about tell us

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about yourselves or tell us about History,

I don't want to go into that unless

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it's really pertinent or interesting

to the audience I don't see any point

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in it and they're probably going to go

on a hundred other podcasts where they

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will get asked that question And so

people who are already maybe following

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them or following similar shows Have

heard it And they don't want, they're

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not going to want to hear it again.

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They're going to skip through that.

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But anyway, it's boring for them.

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It's probably boring for the audience.

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Also, some people just love talking about

themselves and their own lives a little

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bit too much that can end up going on

and on I this could this episode could

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easily turn it turn into my little ted

talk, you know This is an area that I

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have so much knowledge and Experience

in that, but I don't want it to do that.

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I want it to still be you know a

conversation between us let me see.

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I mean have you been on

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Angie: I have.

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John: as a guest and

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Angie: Yeah, I've been on a few.

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I've been invited on to a few.

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And actually, so this is something

that we want to talk about, because

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I asked you about this last week.

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I actually did pay somebody, probably

found me on LinkedIn and said, Ooh, she's

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a coach and I'm going to ask her to be

on my podcast and maybe she'll pay me.

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And I did.

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And it was the very first time I

ever spoke on a podcast because

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Honestly, what did I know?

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And it was like, oh, and you'll

be featured here and put here

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and you get your video, blah,

blah, blah, and all the things.

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And I was like, okay.

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And honestly, it wasn't

even a ton of money.

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I think it was like, I

don't know, 150 bucks.

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So even because it was so inexpensive,

I felt is this kind of worth it, but

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here's the thing, one thing that I

did know, I did look up the person.

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I looked up the webinar, the podcast, and

I was like, okay, you know what, this is.

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This guy's been around.

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He's, I'm going to do it.

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I decided to do it, but

honestly, I did it to your point.

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Even though I was completely green,

I knew nothing about podcasting.

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I just knew I wanted to be interviewed

in that space and have that practice

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of what I knew there was something.

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I just didn't know what the

something was going to be.

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And that was the first time.

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So the point though, is about the money

you and I talked about, like I asked

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you last week, would you pay to be.

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On a podcast,

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John: and I said probably not I never

have and I don't think I would the

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shows that I would even want to go and

even The top level shows that I would

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love to be a guest on someday would not

expect me to pay to have them on there.

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however There are situations

where I might consider it.

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I might consider it if it

was particularly relevant.

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I might just consider it but probably

not is the answer simply because i've

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never had to and most of the shows that

I know Would never ask to I would never

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ask someone to pay to come on the show.

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I could see I can see a point of doing it

and i'm not completely against the concept

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but You should definitely do what you did

in that situation if someone's asking you

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to pay to be on their show Check out what

their audience is are people following

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if they've put a lot of money energy

time and everything into Building up a

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huge audience that is full of people that

are gonna love to hear you on their show

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Angie: Yeah, so I think it's

important like first of all, we're

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establishing Is this another great

vertical for your coaching practice?

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Yes But one thing that I would caution

our listeners Against is trying

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to do too many things all at once.

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If you're starting a new

coaching practice, don't be

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like, I got to write the book.

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I have to do the podcast.

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I have to have everything.

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No, get yourself established first.

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If you are already established.

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then this might be a

natural next for you.

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A next

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John: A hundred percent.

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When we were both coaching professional

speakers all the time, or people who want

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to be professional speakers all the time,

how many times did you come across the

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people who, at the same time, they're

writing their book, they're starting

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their podcast, they're doing a hundred

different things, as I and I always say to

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them, that's great but every single thing

you add on is going to slow you down.

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Unless you can delegate,

unless you can delegate it,

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Angie: It's like starting a race.

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This is so funny.

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I just had this visual.

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It's like starting a race and then putting

your shoes on one at a time, right?

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You're starting the race, you

take off out of the gate and then,

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Oh, wait, let me put my shoes on.

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Wait, what?

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So it does definitely slow you

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John: I would say it's like

starting a race and picking

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up boulders along the way.

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Angie: That too, right?

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John: each one you pick up

is going to slow you down.

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It's at some point you have

to put them down and you want

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to get across the finish line.

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So yeah, nice visual either way.

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Angie: So in terms of, let me, so let

me pick your brain though, because I'm

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going to be, I'm going to, I'm going to

think that My positioning in podcasting

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is probably similar to the majority.

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I don't want to say all, but

the majority of our listeners.

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So I'm going to ask those

questions for you folks.

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So you already said, Hey, try and be

a guest first as much and as often

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as you can, because you want to

get a feel for different ways that

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these podcasts are being run, right?

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Different different

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John: That there are other reasons

there are other reasons for that and

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I won't go too deep on them But I will

just say as an overview it will help

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you build your network a lot quicker

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Angie: yeah,

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John: on these other shows and so you

just want to be of service and you know

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See what you can do and maybe even get

introduced to other people with shows

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through those So take advantage of the

network growth that you get with that

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But it's also going to give you a ton of

practice in talking about who you are and

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what you do And so you may find the first

times you're doing that it's difficult

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It's going to get easier and easier each

time you do it and you're going to get

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smoother and cleaner At talking about who

you are what you do what your services

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are We're not going to go on there and

just be buy my shit, but you're going to

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go on there and talk about stuff that's

relevant pertinent useful to your audience

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and then Give them an invitation into

your funnel one of your funnels at some

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point during the show so yeah, I think

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Angie: Oh,

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John: than that as well, but

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Angie: I hear a topic.

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I heard funnel.

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I think there's a lot of people maybe

that are saying what's a funnel.

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So we're going to talk

about that at some point.

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We'll come back to that

on a different episode.

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Just saying, but go ahead.

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Just saying.

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John: The funnel just quickly thing that

brings people further into your world

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like a lead magnet and stuff like that.

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But yeah, we will do a deeper

dive on that another time.

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Angie: yeah.

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John: there's a bunch of benefits

to being on other people's shows.

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Angie: so awesome.

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So now you've done it.

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You said, all right, I've

done a couple of things.

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Now I want to start my own podcast

and my, this is just me, right?

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Haven't done one on my own yet.

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John and I have been talking.

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I'm like, come on, John mentor me.

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And he said, okay.

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But there's a reason I

have a specific reason.

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And I have to be honest with you.

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It's less about for me

building my business.

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It's more about this specific message that

I'm currently, my season in my business

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right now and wanting to get that message

out and as many places as I can for as

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often for as long as I can, honestly.

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Because I know if I'm doing that.

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That the other things will come.

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And just as a side note, just to say

this, literally yesterday, I did that

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podcast two years ago, that first one.

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And I got yesterday, somebody reached

out and said, I heard your podcast,

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blah, blah, blah, blah interview

with so and and I would really love

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to talk to you about your services.

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And I was like, are you

trying to sell me something?

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I'm like no.

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I, client.

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So we'll see if it actually turns

into anything, but two years.

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John: Yeah, I've had that as well.

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I've had that from YouTube

content in the past.

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I've had that from podcast, my own

podcast and from interviews that I've done

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with other people podcast, especially.

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They stick around for a long time and

people will often go back and check

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out older episodes of podcasts that

they like as well and we'll binge stuff

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because unless the podcast is fairly

temporal, like talking about day to

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day stuff, topical events and whatever

else, then the Then there's no reason

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not to go back like a lot of podcasts.

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I think that the Number one category

in podcasts is true crime You and I

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are probably never going to have a

true crime podcast, but it's the top

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category But it's the there's the kind

of category that is You're probably not

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going to go and listen to episode 15

of a true crime podcast where they're

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like just coming to the So getting close

to solving something or getting some

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critical information, you need to go back

to episode one and listen to the whole

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thing through but with podcasts that are

more nonfiction in the sense of not true

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true crime, I guess it's nonfiction, but

the stuff that's more like in terms of

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personal and professional development.

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You may listen to a recent episode,

but that doesn't mean that the

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older episodes aren't still

going to be relevant or useful.

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And you may still go and at least

check out their back catalog.

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You're probably not going to listen

to every episode unless you really

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love the show, but you're going

to pick out some of the ones that

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are like, I've enjoyed this show.

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I think I might enjoy that episode, if the

topics and the titles are relevant to you.

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Angie: I think

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John: to be evergreen, evergreen content.

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Angie: And I think

that's the beauty of it.

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You've been schooling me a lot about that.

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All right, so now I'm a coach and

I say, okay, I'm pretty established

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or I've established certain X, Ys

and Zs and this is where I want

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to go and I'm going to be a guest.

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So what makes the decision?

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What can help our listeners decide?

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Should I?

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Should I even get into that space?

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Really, what's the true, I know there's

benefits, but I just wanna say it for

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us, for the, our listeners, what would be

the benefit to starting your own podcast?

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John: If the podcast is going

to be related to your business.

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Then sure, I say there's no

reason not to do it, but just

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be aware of certain things.

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Most people, if you're thinking of

doing an interview based show, most

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people are not good interviewers.

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And so interviewing is actually

a skill that you will have

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to develop and get better at.

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but podcasts can be a good way to.

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Demonstrate your own knowledge and

expertise and It's one of the reasons

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why we do this show together is it would

be maybe a bit boring if it was just me

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Probably less boring if it was just Angie

by herself, but it would be a bit boring

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for It's just one person talking about

their stuff and it's not a conversation

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and not much interaction Like we can

have a bit of Playfulness together.

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It's harder to do that by

yourself with an audience.

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It can be done some people are very good

at it, but it's harder to do so there's

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stuff to think about but i'd say this

for some people some of the things that

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may Put you off things that probably

if they do put you off they should

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so there is some financial investment

In doing a podcast that you will want

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to try and get a reasonably decent

microphone and probably want to try and

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have Better than just your webcam you

don't want to be using your internal

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microphone or your internal webcam on

your computer to be recording podcasts

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Angie: Let me just

pause John, right there.

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Wait, because he knew I

was gonna pipe up, right?

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Because originally, I already had a

great mic, which he didn't like, but

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it was already something that I had

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John: I started with one of those as well.

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So it's

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Angie: Yeah, and, so when John and I

record, it's usually about 5 to 6 a.

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m.

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my time here in Arizona.

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And he's abroad, so it's

usually 8 to 9 hours ahead.

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And my room is, I have lights

on, I have 6 lights on.

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And It still looks so dark.

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I look like I'm just

waking up out of the cave.

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So obviously, I have to be aware

of certain things and my microphone

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was a big part of that, right?

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Because I have this loud booming

voice and I need to make sure that

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don't you smile about that, buddy.

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But I have to make sure that I don't want

people to listen to my voice, whether

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it's just me or I'm interviewing somebody

or it's a little variation of that

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and think, gosh her voice is so loud.

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It's like nails on a child.

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I can't listen to her.

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It's almost like if you're visually

sending copy of something to somebody.

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And it's not visually appealing,

naturally their brain is going

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to go, I just don't want that.

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So I'm obviously exaggerating the point of

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John: But no, but it's a good point

because you think about how most

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people listen to podcasts, they have

their earbuds or their headset in.

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So you, your voice, whatever

content you're putting out is being

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pumped directly into their ears.

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Angie: yeah.

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So you want it to be, listen, and

if I'm talking about the topic.

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So if I'm talking about, I used

to use this example with other

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speakers that I coach and I'd

say, if you're swaddling babies.

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So if I'm actually doing a podcast on

swaddling babies, I'm just making that up.

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I would want my voice to match

that and make the listener feel.

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Okay.

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So you notice that I

intentionally changed, right?

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So it's

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John: give me tingles,

tingles up my spine.

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Angie: John and I were talking about

snuggling about 45 minutes ago.

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Cause it's so cold.

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John: I

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Angie: I was like, can I just

snuggle up into your beard?

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Anyway but yeah, so like you want, not

that I'm saying you shouldn't be natural

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because again, what do I even know?

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But if I am a listener and I'm

listening to a podcast about swaddling

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babies and here comes this big, loud,

booming voice, it just doesn't match

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and I'm probably not going to listen.

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But if I have somebody speaking that

talks about laying your child down.

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On their backs and all of a sudden

it's a little easier and it goes along.

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I think with what it is

You're talking about I'm

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because I do think your personality still

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work, but you probably do want to stick

with stuff that fits your personality

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well, that if you are that sort of

loud, gregarious person and you're doing

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some show about, taking care of babies.

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you want to soften things, but you still

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want your personality to come through.

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an audience of people who will love

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that you're a bit more, a bit louder

and a bit more brash than perhaps

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the soft and gentle people who

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Angie: to use the word

energetic and not brash.

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No i'm joking because I

know john's talking about me

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Angie: sure, but the I and your point is

very valid because Podcasting like that.

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It has to be.

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You have to allow if there's going to

be engagement and I want to say this.

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Let me ask you because as I'm saying

it, I'm coming up with a question.

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Do you feel that people are more

attracted to the personality or the topic?

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is, oh, it should be both because

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nobody's going to listen to something

that they're not interested in.

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But I'm talking if we're talking

the same topic across the board.

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John: yeah.

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I have, I will say this as almost a

throwaway comment really, but I do have

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and have had in the past people who have

listened to my show or my appearances in

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other places because they like my voice.

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Which my voice is a little huskier than

usual even today as well, but because

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they like my voice and That's great.

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I love that.

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That's not necessarily

everybody and that's fine, but

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Angie: Sure.

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John: quite like that.

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Generally, it's the content.

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So if I look at I have a my other

show coming up to 200 episodes soon

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if I look back through if I look back

through those episodes And see which

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the theme of the episode, rarely the

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John: though, but nearly always the

topic of the episode is what gets people.

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I can look at that on YouTube

as well, like we have content on

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YouTube together from this show

content from my other show as well.

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If I look at the stuff that does well,

and there's honestly, sometimes it's

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night and day, the difference between,

especially some of the short videos,

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some of the ones that do really well

and some of the ones that don't, you

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have to look at things like the titles.

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the thumbnails and keynote keywords

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and all that sort of stuff as well, of

course, but title the titles of your

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videos or your podcast episodes of what

people are going to look at first so I

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see this with other podcasters who just

put a bit lazy with their titles really

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possibly don't know better of episode like

episode 15 Interview with such and such

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Angie: sure.

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John: Okay, you know if you know who

that person is then maybe but if you

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don't why should you want why should you

just want to interview with this person?

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It's give people a reason to listen to it.

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and you need to have Not clickbait,

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but you need to have Something you

know that's going to give people

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a reason to click on the episode

and listen into it So I would say

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so if you think about it from this

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I took tons of, which I

don't know why I'm my psych.

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I was a psychology and education

major in college, so I don't know

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why, but I took a ton of marketing

classes and I will never forget.

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This one student got up and literally

made this beautiful packaging and it

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was, there was dog poop in it, like

one little log and he was like, and

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his point was, I could get you to buy

this just from its packaging, right?

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You don't even know what's inside

yet, but because it's so lovely and

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beautiful to me, I'm like a fish sparkle

and shine and I'm attracted to it.

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So I was like, Ooh, look at that.

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And when he opened it, we

were like, and it was wrapped.

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It wasn't like a smelly poop, by the way,

but it was like, it was really to me.

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Here I am a million years later

thinking that was so amazing.

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And to your point, if you want people to

click, you definitely need to wrap it up.

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I don't care what the content actually is.

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If you can't get them in the door,

they're never going to listen.

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So it

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John: But you do still I mean to take that

to the next level as well You can't just

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gift wrap a turd and expect people to keep

on listening to it If they tune into your

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show because he's got a great title, but

the show's actually a piece of crap You

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Angie: Correct.

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John: They're not going to stick with

you anyway So you do need to make sure

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that you're putting out value content for

people as well Which means you don't want

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to go on too much about yourself You don't

want to go off track really that much And

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you need to deliver value and impact It

has to be entertaining and so this was

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a podcast for some people just going to

be a lot of hard work But you know if

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you want to do it and you think I know I

really want to have a podcast great I say

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go for it Even if it's you know, if you

just think not necessarily about coaching

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just about anything do it and you know If

you're not really Concerned whether it's

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going to get listeners or not, but you

just want to have fun making a podcast.

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Absolutely go for it.

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But if you're looking at this from a

business sense, and I'm assuming for

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our listener that you are because that

primarily the purpose of this episode.

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Then you do want to think who's gonna,

who's going to be editing the show?

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Because you do need to edit your shows.

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Who's going to be creating the show

notes putting the titles on choosing

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the music, getting the equipment.

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There is this time and money aspect to

podcasting that you may want to make sure

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you consider before you get into it and

also what you're going to be doing a bunch

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of daily shows for five or 10 minutes or

you're going to be doing weekly shows, bi

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weekly shows, monthly shows It's going to

be up to you, what you, how you do this.

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Like you can choose the format, you

can do interviews, you can do solo,

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you can do a mix, you can do panels.

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There's so many different ways that you

can do this, but Anything beyond the Let's

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just say this again anything beyond what

you do by yourself Requires a different

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level of organization because you have to

bring other people to the table as well

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You have to arrange interview times you

have to I pre interview all my guests we

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have to pre arrange our record times.

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Angie: Yeah.

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John: We have to pre plan the shows

so there's a lot of stuff to consider

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This is a probably one of the things

that will put people off this more than

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anything else if they're not sure about

it Is the time that has to go into this.

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However,

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Angie: Yeah.

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John: if you have the time to at

least make the shows and you have the

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resources to have other people or have

to some degree that I use a lot of AI

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tools now with show notes and things

like that to save time and to save time

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in editing as well, if you have the

means to be able to delegate stuff out.

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Around making

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Angie: That was my next question, right?

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John: then.

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Absolutely.

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Why not?

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Why not?

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Angie: Yeah.

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Cause Angie, this is just for the

record in case y'all haven't figured

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this out after almost a year of this

podcast, I despise administrative work.

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I love what I do.

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And I love creating.

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I feel like the crazy artists,

that's always let me throw

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something onto the canvas.

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I love that.

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And John knows this as well.

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I cannot, I despise doing most

of the administrative work.

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For y'all that are like me, I was

thinking my next question to John

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was going to be okay, so what if, I

don't really want to do all of that.

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What if I really am that busy?

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Let's forget that, we

like it, we dislike it.

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Let's take that out of the equation.

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But what if it's something you

really wanna add on to your, to your

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business, to your repertoire here and

in your coaching practice, but you

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really don't have the time, right?

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You really don't have the time.

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Obviously, he answered my question in

advance of me asking it, good to know,

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John: Look this has come up a few times

I think and probably we're I don't think

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we've already done this, but probably we

will have to have an episode About books

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writing a book as a coach as well because

I think that's going to be important.

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Because it's along the same track

These are higher level things You

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That you perhaps don't want to start

off with if you're just getting your

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coaching practice off the ground.

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I still say being a guest on

podcast is not super high level.

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You might want to start

that sooner than later.

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There's still a degree of

planning and reach out and

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Things that have to go into that.

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I wouldn't just go and do it ad hoc and

everything on the fly, I would put some

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intentionality and and thought into it as

you go through, but for having your own

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show, that's a different kettle of fish

and it is a slightly higher level thing

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that, you start in your coaching practice.

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You don't need to have a book

to start your coaching practice.

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In fact, it might be better that

you don't and that you're coaching

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people in the thing that you

want to write the book about.

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And you can use some of that experience

and even case studies to write your book.

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That's probably going to

help you here as well.

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If you're at a point where your business

is doing okay And you want to add this

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into as you say a vertical into your

business part of your professional

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ecosystem You probably do have a budget

available to yourself to be able to

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delegate out the stuff that is going to

be time consuming that you can Pretty

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much now keep an overview on what you

want to be talking about and things

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but pretty much just show up Do the

show and have someone else take care

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of the editing the clip creation the

marketing and all those kinds of things

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Angie: Yeah.

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That was a lot of great information.

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Obviously folks, right?

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There's so much more.

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We're just, scratching the

surface here on the idea, right?

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How to do it, where to do it, when to

do it is all a much bigger picture.

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So certainly, if you're interested in

that call John, you don't want my help on

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this because I wouldn't even say expertise

because I'm being really transparent.

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It's not something I've ever

really done, but I'm interested.

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I'm at that point in my career, and

I'm at that point where I, I have so

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much, so many things that I've done

and talked about and experiences and

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themes that's what I do in my coaching

practice now and my speaking business.

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So talk to John.

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Don't talk to

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John: I do coach people in being an

impactful podcast guest to be able to

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make the most out of those experiences.

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And I do coach people in the

podcast creation process for

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business, doing it for a business,

not just doing this stuff for fun.

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And I'm happy to do that.

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It's something that I've been

in podcasting a long time.

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I've worked with podcasting

companies as well.

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So I do know what I'm doing and I do

know what I'm talking about with this

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particular area and he does so yeah

I'm happy for anyone to come to me with

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this but here's what I'll say as well

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people tend to focus if they start a

podcast they tend to focus on the amount

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of downloads or listens that they get.

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And when you first put out a show I would

say this unless you are Already well

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known and you have a huge following Hardly

anyone if anyone other than Mom, and your

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partner is going to listen to your show so

don't put it out thinking that everyone's

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going to suddenly find you and you're

going to be You know thrust into the

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limelighter and be an overnight success.

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That doesn't happen So don't, I know

some people who have been put off by

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doing this by the thought that they

might suddenly become podcast famous.

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There isn't anyone who's podcast

famous who wasn't already famous

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before they started podcasting.

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So I really wouldn't concern

yourself too much with that.

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But what it can do for you is give

you some great business positioning.

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To have a show it gives you an opportunity

to especially with interviews to be able

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to connect with people In and bring them

into your network Particularly people

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who I would never otherwise have reached

out to and connected with I will ask

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them to come and be on my show now.

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Sometimes they'll say no, but

sometimes they say yes And I

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think I mentioned earlier, it was

never really about the guests.

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This was about the topics anyway It could

be good for you, for your network, and

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good for your show to be able to show

that you have these people in your network

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and that they're connected with you.

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It increases your credibility, so even

if you only had, I don't know, 100

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listeners to your show over several

months of doing it that would still be

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valuable for you as a business person.

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Angie: Yeah,

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John: they're probably people who

like your topic and like your area and

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want to know more about You become the

trusted voice to them So yeah, if you

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just focused on downloads and thinking

and wanting to be successful right

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from the get go It doesn't happen.

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It doesn't even happen with youtube that's

one of the reasons why most people who

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start podcasts don't ever get past the

fifth sixth seventh episode they get what

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we call pod fade because no one's really

listening and tuning in unless they've

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done a really good job of marketing

their show before it even starts.

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So yeah,

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Angie: Makes sense, right?

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John: unless you really know what

you're doing, it's going to take a

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long time to build up listeners, but

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Angie: I

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John: you can, in the meantime,

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Angie: Sorry.

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John: you can, in the meantime, be

focusing on building up your audience,

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figuring out your content, getting

the style of your show, right?

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There's so many things

that are gonna help you.

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develop into having an excellent show, but

there is no overnight success with this.

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And it's not going to be a massive funnel

for your business right away, unless you

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are already, now, if you are, Tony Robbins

starting a podcast or Mel Robbins, who has

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done podcasts, I don't know about Tony, I

guess Tony probably has, but if you're a

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well known And you start a podcast, your

whole network is going to know about it.

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You're going to have hundreds,

thousands more people tuning into it.

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Brendon Burchard, I've been

listening to his podcast.

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It's who the, when you know who these

people are, you're likely to find them

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and check them out and listen to the show.

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But if you're not known

in that kind of level,

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Angie: Let me go back to this though.

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Let me let's end the our our

session today with this question.

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Go back to the beginning, right?

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Which is, Hey, everybody,

if you've never done one.

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Then best bet is to at least get some

practice and go and get onto podcasts.

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So here's my question to you.

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If I'm listening right now, I'm like, how?

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I can Google it, but I don't want to.

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I'm asking John, what are like, one or

two ways that you would say to somebody,

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cut through the red tape, don't go

to Google and jump into that rabbit

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hole and advertisements and things.

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Where would you go if you had never

podcasted before, but you have an

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established business of some kind?

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Okay.

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Okay.

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And you want to be a guest.

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Where would you go?

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What would you advise our listeners to do?

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John: there are some really easy free

things that you can do, especially just

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to get a bit of experience and practice

under your belt before you start getting

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super focused with your podcast guesting.

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So I'd say maybe start off with checking

out some of the podcast guest host

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Facebook groups that are free to join.

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And you will find there's always people

there looking for podcast guests.

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Some of them may have shows that are

relevant to you or maybe not, but

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you might be open to having you as a

guest may not be particularly relevant

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professionally for you either, but

could give you some good experience.

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There are sites like matchmaker.

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fm, which is free to use, which I

think is still free to use anyway.

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Although I'm sure they do have a

premium version where you can go

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and set up a guest profile and.

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Approach different shows that are on

that network to be a guest on there.

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I use a service called pod match And that

is a paid service i'm on there as a guest

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and as a host And so that's a good place.

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I've had so many amazing

guests through that service I

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would say to make that work.

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You do need to have something value and

be somewhat niched as well Otherwise,

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I wouldn't Probably wouldn't bother

paying for that service If you're too

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generalist, you're not going to get a very

good acceptance rate There's a service

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called interview valet as well like the

valets who pick up your cars that can be

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a great one to go and again paid services

and You still want to be pretty niche

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you probably do for that one because

it is quite expensive one You probably

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do want to make sure you have your book

you have your course you want to be at

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least somewhat known You Before you're

putting that kind of investment into your

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PR So those would be some of the places

that I would probably get started for

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being a guest But yeah facebook groups I

think even on linkedin and other places

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you'll find Places where there are

groups of people who are podcast hosts

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who are looking for guests to interview

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Angie: Yeah.

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So there's the keyword there.

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Hosts.

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Look for the hosts, right?

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It's pretty simple.

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So that's awesome.

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John was a plethora.

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I feel like I'm interviewing him today.

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But listen, but I own that and I love it,

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John: that was one one of the reasons

Yeah, one of the reasons we ended up

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having this conversation is because

I've been giving you a bit of coaching

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on your On your own thoughts or

ideas about podcasts We thought great

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this would be a good thing to bring

to our listener as well who may be

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Having some of similar thoughts and

wondering how I can use podcasting

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To benefit myself professionally and

where to get started with all that.

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So yeah, definitely a valuable

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Angie: Yeah.

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Listen, I think though too, and this

is, not to make it about me, why?

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Because something you said while you

were giving our listeners like the

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list of, Hey, here's a couple of places

you can take a look and start doing

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some research on being a, you being a

guest is because I have a super niche

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topic that I'm focusing on right now.

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I've actually begun the trademark on it.

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I told you that, and so it's

a pretty big deal to me.

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It's like my current mission,

if you will, And it really makes

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a lot of sense in this space.

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It's I don't want to just be on somebody's

podcast because I'm a coach and a speaker.

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That's not it.

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I want to be now, I want to be on

somebody's podcast or have my own podcast

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because There's a specific mission here.

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It's very niche.

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It's very it's very deep.

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And so that's a good way to follow it.

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Don't, if you're going to get on and be

a coach, you have to really think about

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what am I going to be talking about?

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Nobody wants to just hear

the sound of my voice.

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So what is it?

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And that's the benefit of the niche.

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I think in the podcasting space, just

like we talked about in the very beginning

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of our podcast on the coaching, right?

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That.

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Yeah, you want to be a generalist.

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That's fine.

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But to be somebody that focuses

in a specific area, especially

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nowadays is more ideal.

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It's just better business because why

coaching business has gone up, it's

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turned in terms of the amount of coaches

in the industry, 500 percent in the

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five years in the last five years.

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That's a huge number folks.

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Ways you can differentiate yourself

are great, but you don't want to be

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all over the place and be all willy

nilly about what you're talking about.

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And I'm coaching here, but

I'm talking about this.

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What are we doing

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John: I think if what we've already

talked about doesn't entice you to be a

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podcast guest this just might, because

most of us with coaching businesses are

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creating a lot of content to go online

and often we're trying to put it on all

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the platforms and get stuff out there.

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This is a great way to have

other people promoting you.

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Giving you content for free

that you can repurpose it.

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You can share their clips They're gonna do

the work for you for promoting you which

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is why it's so important to be Engaging

entertaining interesting warm all the good

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things as a podcast guest That will get

you noticed and how people want to listen

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to you and encourage this The host to go.

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This is a really good episode.

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Let's make sure we promote the heck

out of it That's going to help you

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and help them everybody wins and so

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Angie: Yeah,

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John: If that's something that appeals

to you and think oh that could make

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my content creation so much easier

And get me in front of far more people

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then it's it's a bit of a no brainer

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Angie: I agree.

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John is great.

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I am bowing.

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Woohoo!

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Good

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John: It's fun.

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It's one of my favorite topics.

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Angie: Would

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John: and spoken and taught, trained,

spoken on this a bunch of times.

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So I'm I'm glad that I hopefully have

kept it somewhat reined in today.

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Although I'm sure unusually I've

been speaking more than Angie today.

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Angie: Not even right.

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John: It's been fun.

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Look, if you want to leave us a message,

if you've got questions about podcasts for

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coaches, or we spoke about speaking, we're

going to come on to other topics as well.

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Of course you can reach out to

us, leave us a voice message.

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You can go to www.

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speakpipe.

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com forward slash.

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The coaching clinic podcast

and leave us a voicemail.

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It's free to do so please do.

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We'd love to hear from you.

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And if you want to get in touch with

us, if you have questions about anything

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we've talked about, or you think you might

even want to work with one of us, then

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reach out to us, find us on LinkedIn.

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We'll put some links in

the show notes for you.

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You can come and reach out

to us, connect with us.

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We'd love to say just, if you just want

to say hi, come and say hi, and let

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us know what you think of the show.

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if you haven't already followed make

sure you're following the show so you

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get the episodes when they come out

and please do think about leaving us a

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review on whether it's Apple podcasts

or Spotify leave us hopefully five stars

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and a review tell us what you like about

the show and it helps us to helps other

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people to know that this is a good show

to check out but that's enough from us

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but we'll look forward to seeing you

on another episode very soon take care

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Angie: Bye for now.

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About the Podcast

The Coaching Clinic
The HEart of Coaching from learning to client sessions, starting to scaling, we've got you covered.
She's direct and he's diplomatic but Angie Besignano and John Ball are both successful coaches with years of coaching experience and very different delivery styles.
Each episode will tackle a different coaching problem from both styles of coaching, with occasional guest coaches and audience interaction. We're going to have some fun digging into your biggest coaching challenges and helping you become an even better coach.

About your hosts

John Ball

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From former flight attendant to international coach and trainer, on to podcaster and persuasion expert, it's been quite the journey for John.
John has been a lead coach and trainer with the Harv Eker organisation for over 10 years and is currently focused on helping his clients develop their personal presentation skills for media and speaking stages through his coaching business brand Present Influence.
He's the author of the upcoming book Podfluence: How To Build Professional Authority With Podcasts, and host of the Podfluence podcast with over 150 episodes and over 15,000 downloads John is now focused on helping business coaches and speakers to build a following and grow your lead flow and charisma.
You can now also listen to John on The Coaching Clinic podcast with his good friend and colleague Angie Besignano where they are helping coaches create sustainable and successful businesses, and the Try To Stand Up podcast where John is on a personal and professional mission to become funnier on the stage and in his communication.

Angie Besignano

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With early beginnings as an entry-level manager in the sales industry, Angie has spent more than 3 decades building her knowledge and expertise to create her master coaching and speaking brand, AngieSpeaks. After climbing the professional ladder, she started her own company and decided to focus her practice on High Performance Coaching. In doing so, she challenges individuals to elevate and grow, no matter what level they are at currently in their personal or professional lives.
Angie has created a strong following through her “tough” but “pragmatic” approach and challenges her clients to find the space that is holding them back the most. In doing so, their outcomes not only compound, but take root, so that results can be permanent. The tools she provides work in the “real” world and show up in their first interaction.
Angie has an unwavering passion toward the journey that fosters a true transformation for those that work with her. She delivers her content and speaking engagements with an authentic enthusiasm and curiosity that creates trust and rapport, allowing for a heightened experience.