065: The WHP Team on All Things Podcasting Part 1: Successful Podcasts, Sourcing Content + So Much More
Ready to hear from my team on what makes a successful podcast or podcaster? In this episode, you’ll hear from a few of my team members at Wild Home Podcasting to chat all things podcasts. You’ll get an introduction to some of the amazing women behind the scenes and what brought them to WHP.
We chat about our mutual love for podcasts and why we like this medium. You’ll hear insider perspectives from the people who work in the podcasting industry every day on how podcasters can set themselves up for success in the space. They also share some big tips on how to source content for your show, why consistency is key and so much more. Listen in!
What’s in this episode:
An introduction to my team members
What we all love about podcasting
What makes a successful podcast and podcaster
Ideas on how you can source content for your podcast
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The Transcript:
065: The WHP Team on All Things Podcasting Part 1: Successful Podcasts, Sourcing Content + So Much More
Caroline Hello, and welcome back to the Wild Home Podcast. I am so excited to be bringing you two very special episodes to be sure to hit that follow button so you can catch the next episode next week in these two episodes. I actually had the opportunity to sit down with the lovely, amazing people behind Wild Home Podcasting, and that is my team and the people who are actually working on the podcast each week besides myself and I wanted to bring them on. Not only so you could hear their experiences with podcasts and as podcasters, but also so you could just get to know them and hear their voices. I'm just so excited to share them with you, and we had such great conversations about a lot of the questions that I get on Instagram and from people who are thinking about podcasting, things like what makes a successful podcaster? What are some of the biggest mistakes you see? Podcasters make things like that. So this episode was so long that we were splitting it into two. So be sure to listen this week and next week, and I hope you enjoy.
Welcome to the Wild Home Podcast, where we talk about podcasting, life and all the wild in between. Join me, Caroline, every week as I share a peek into the world of podcasting and my wildlife as well. Ready? Let's get into it.
So I am sitting here with the Wild Home Podcast team or actually missing two of our members today. One of them is sick, so we're going to send love to Claire and Erin, so we'll just have to do this again another time and have them on too. But I wanted to do this episode because I really wanted to introduce to you the amazing women that are behind Wild Home Podcasting. And it seems really fitting because International Women's Day was just yesterday, we're recording the day after and I just am super blessed to have all these women working on my team and working on all of the podcasts that we we work on. So we're just going to go around and want everybody to introduce themselves who you are and what you do for Wild Home Podcast. And then any other experience you have with podcasting.
Allie Hi, I'm Allie. I am an editor with Wild Home Podcast. I've been working on the team for, I think, almost two years, which is kind of wild, a crazy. I think I I started like the week that COVID hit. So that's kind of how I keep track of how long I've been working with you and also how long all of this has been happening. I also have a podcast of my own, which is kind of how I got into podcasting. I taught myself how to edit my podcast when I started back in 2018 because I knew that I was going to have to figure out how to do everything myself. So I realized that I really loved the behind the scenes of podcasting, and after a couple of years of practice, I realized that I wanted to do the same for other people.
Caroline I can't believe it's been that long. I know because I think I just I recently did an episode about when I expanded the team, and it was because I was having a baby and she's about to be two. And it's just insane. And it's been not long ago. That's crazy.
Allie A long time. I know.
Caroline OK, and now not to confuse everybody, but we have to Alyssas, so I'm going to let Alyssa B. introduce herself.
Alyssa B. All righty. I'm Alyssa B, one of two. I'm a Show Notes Writer here at Wild Home Podcasting and I have no podcast experience before this. Before we started working together three or four months ago, has it been longer?
Caroline I think that's all right.
Alyssa B. Yeah. Aside from like extreme podcast consumption, but I have tons of copywriting and blogging experience and that really helps me as I moved over to a lot of our show notes turning to blog posts.
Caroline That's actually been incredibly valuable, and we're so glad that you joined the team. I think it was right before Christmas, right?
Alyssa B. Yeah, it was. You're right, it was like November or early December.
Caroline Oh my gosh. It feels like you've been here forever now. And then, of course, we have Alyssa N.
Alyssa N. I'm Alyssa N. and I'm also an Editor. I started out as an Editor. I think we started at the same time. Right, Allie?
Allie Yeah.
Alyssa N. So it's been almost two years now. And then I started also doing some graphics and now I'm the Operations Manager and I do a little bit of everything around here. So a lot of scheduling, a lot of client contact stuff, all that sort of thing. As far as podcast experience, maybe like five or six years ago, my husband and my brother in law and I did like 50 episodes of a really poorly conceived like movie critic podcast. Anyway, if you're really industrious, you can probably find it on the internet somewhere. But we didn't have like a large audience. It's been there for a while anyway. I listen to a lot of podcasts. I like podcasts, I've been a guest on a lot of podcasts. And yeah, that's it.
Caroline All right. And then we have Lacey.
Lacey Hi, I'm Lacey. I am an editor here at Wild Home Podcast. I'm pretty new ish as well. I started, I think, three months ago, which actually doesn't feel like three months, but I think it's close to that right, right before Christmas as well. Yeah. So I am new here, but I've been in the podcast world for a little while. I, you know, it started as me just being a super podcast junkie and listening at my old job all the time. And then I decided to learn how to manage, podcast and edit and write show notes and all the fun things. And I've been doing in a freelance capacity for close to three years now. I kind of lost track of when it was, but I think it's about three years ago I started freelancing with podcast management.
Caroline Very cool. Yeah. And just a side note, like anybody, if you contact us or if you're working with us, you're most likely working with Alyssa N. She is really like running the show back here most of the time. So just wanted to highlight that because I know a lot of people are like, whose Alyssa? That's, that's who she is. And yeah, it feels like time has been flying by so crazy, and it's just so awesome to sit here with you guys, especially knowing that, like you said, just be me and like Erin back in the day before we brought on Allie and Alyssa, so. Very cool. I thought we could start out by just sharing why we love podcasts and why we love working with them, and I'll kind of start, I always say that I love podcasting because I'm a huge introvert at heart. After this recording, I will probably go take a nap and like me, total silence, which I won't get in my house full of noisy children. But I really just I never was very confident in speaking. I never was really good with video or anything like that. And when I started doing the podcast, I always felt like I found my voice, and I really think that's why I love it so much. I love the opportunity to sit behind a mic and not be on camera if I want, to be on camera, if I do want. But I also feel just sharing in this medium has helped me really define my voice and what I want to talk about and build authority. All that good stuff. And of course, then we start to apply that to businesses and how just how cool podcasting is for businesses and how impactful it can be. And that's that's why I love it, and that's why I keep doing it and working in it. And I'm fascinated by it and why I sit down to record every week to so we can just go around. Everybody just jump in. If you want to share anything else, I want to add to that or have your own perspective we'd love to hear.
Allie I'm happy to share first. So I first got into listening to podcasts when I was very unhappy and a corporate job and having something of like a quarter life crisis that ultimately led to me leaving that job and building a freelance business where I do mostly writing and editing, but now also podcast editing. And so I found that podcasts during that time really kept me company while I was like figuring things out. And at that point, I was listening to primarily like business podcasts with a lot of women who had started businesses or gone out on their own to solopreneurs. And I felt like they were inspiring me in a way that a lot of people in my like quote real life at that time couldn't. And I think that really gave me the confidence to make some decisions at the time were, like, really scary and have ultimately panned out, thankfully. But I think that I hold that memory like very close because podcasts were like a friend to me back then. And I think so many people now as podcasts just continue to get more and more popular, like have different podcasts that play different roles in their lives, like whether you're driving or cleaning or cooking or whatever it is like, I love that we have that kind of content to consume, and I think it's really powerful that anybody really can be the person to create that content, like all you need is a computer and a microphone, and like you can figure out how to be that person for somebody else. And with some consistency and practice, you can grow a platform and have an audience. And I just think it's like a really cool relationship.
Caroline Yeah, I love that too. I always think it's so neat to when I start digging and looking for podcast topics and just what is out. There are really good examples as my daughter is really into space and she knows I do podcasting, and she was like, Oh, I want to dig in and find some space podcasts, and we found the coolest podcasts that are so fascinating. We'll turn on one of these space podcasts. I don't understand half of what they're saying, but she does, and we'll listen to them as a family, and it's just so neat. It reminds me of like, like when you watch like old movies like The Christmas Story, when they were like, sit around and listen to Little Orphan Annie on the radio. And I feel like podcasting in a way has kind of brought back that way of interacting with audio. And I just think it's really cool.
Alyssa N. Podcasting is always for me. It kind of like it reminded me when I was younger, like we lived really close to my grandparents, and my grandpa used to drive me all over town to school and all my sporting events and stuff like that. And he always had on the like news talk radio commentators, you know, that spend like five hours a day just like chatting into their microphone, which I never particularly enjoyed. But I kind of liked the format. And then maybe in like 2015, I started a job like in a print shop doing graphic design and something like. And there were like three old men and then me, like the person who knew how to use computers. So anyway, I needed something to like, pay attention to all day and I got into podcasts there. And I just like, I don't know, it feels very personal, you know, like, I know that there's not so much like back and forth, but I like the idea of being able to sit in and listen to other people's interesting conversations and stories and stuff like that. And I know some podcasts are a lot more produced. I think I kind of gravitate towards the ones that sound a lot more like two friends sitting down and chatting. But yeah, it's been six or seven years of listening to podcasts now, and I haven't gotten tired of it yet so..
Alyssa B. So how about I totally agree with the like using it as brain food during a boring corporate job? Because that's absolutely where I found my first podcasts. And for me, it's kind of like almost it hasn't taken the place of reading. But it's like how I quote unquote read and get that brain food when I can't be physically reading, like walking or doing other work and stuff. And too, I think that like for people who really like to soak up that info, traditional publishing, book publishing, there's so much like gatekeeping, of which voices are allowed to shine and show up in bookstores and Target and all that stuff that like casting anybody on the face of the Earth with like an iPhone can start a podcast, so you just get more types of voices. I think that's really a really cool, powerful thing.
Caroline Yeah, I do love that too. And I think I think like I want to kind of drive that home a little bit because I feel like people are always so worried that they have to have all the fancy equipment and all the things to start a podcast. And like most of our clients, don't start out with all of that stuff. You know, eventually, maybe they'll upgrade to a really nice microphone and some really great headphones. But I mean, when I started my podcast with my dear friend Kelly Parker Smith, we just were using these white headphones with a microphone attached because we didn't know any better. And you know it, it was perfectly fine and it worked great. And then we were like, "Hey, we should get microphones" and we felt so legit when we got microphones like we were the stuff, you know? And so I think, yeah, I love that. It really is. I think, so much more accessible than like starting a YouTube channel or I don't know what else you would do, but I don't know. I just feel like the idea that you can just sit down and record at any point and publish it is really cool. What about you, Lacey?
Lacey Yeah, I think what I love about it is kind of related to what the others were saying is that it's so easy to take the information. And you know, as a mom who works and like, I have three little one, six, four and two, so I'm so busy all the time. So there's not a lot of time to take for myself or dive into a hobby or something for myself. So it's great that I can listen to a podcast about a really interesting topic or business topic. Like Allie was saying, I used to listen to it during work. I didn't have any other time, so I would just listen to this podcast and learn so much. It's my favorite because you can do it while you're driving. You can do it while you're doing the dishes. You can do it while doing laundry, things like that. So it's so easy for the audience to tune in to hear what you have to say, whereas they don't need their eyes, their hands, things like that. So I just like that it's so easy to listen to and to distribute to your audience to make sense.
Alyssa N. Yeah, I like the one aspect about podcasting, too that is probably like a big deal right now. It's different, I think, from so many other media kind of like backing up what you said, Lacey. It's like it's easy to integrate into other things. It's not necessarily a thing that like takes over all of your other activities, like it's very different from social media where you have to like, sit there and like, tap and scroll and whatever. Like, you can listen to a podcast and do other things that you enjoy, and it's nice to do them together. It's not like one of them is overwhelming the other all the time.
Caroline Yeah. Does anybody have like an oddly specific part of their routine during which they listen to podcasts? So the great joy of my life, nighttime routine and my husband always makes fun of me because like, you know, it's like the 15 minute skincare teeth brushing process he's been in bed for like 30 minutes by the time I got there. I love that I am listening to a podcast while I do it like, that's sort of how I because it's that time tired. I want to get into bed and like my mom to look at and take my makeup off or not to put the moisturizer on. But if I have a podcast, it feels it's like me time more than like a chore. Does anybody else have, like an oddly specific time when they like to listen to a podcast?
Alyssa N. I walk my dog every afternoon for at least like 30 minutes because he's one of those that won't go to the bathroom unless he is on an official walk. Like you can't go in our yard, he has to walk outside on the sidewalk anyway. So I listen to a lot of podcasts during that time.
Alyssa B. I also walk the dog. I shower and listen to podcasts and like even just household chores. Yeah, I'm like more eager to do them. If I know I have like a really good episode queued up like I might not wash the dishes until I find the perfect episode.
Caroline Yeah. What did dishes is when I listen to podcasts. Definitely dishes, because it's usually at that time of the day where the kids are getting ready for bed or they don't need me for whatever reason. Maybe they're playing or reading before bed. And so that's like my moment where I can actually put my headphones in and listen. Otherwise, I do like to listen. Sometimes in the afternoons when I'm working, I have to be really careful because I was listening to a parenting podcast the other day and I like totally zoned out for like 15 minutes because I was so just engrossed in what they were talking about and was like talking back to them like they were sitting here with me. I was like, Yes, yes, my child does that, and I was like, wait a minute, I'm supposed to be working right now. I have to I have to be careful because I get very distracted when I'm listening to podcasts. I miss, though. We used to drive a lot more before the pandemic. I mean, I don't know where we were driving. I don't remember anymore where we were going, but I just feel like we were in the car a lot more. And my husband and I used to listen to podcasts together. We listened to Serial together and there were a couple others. And we haven't done that since the pandemic because we've been home and the kids are always around. And usually the stuff we want to listen to is not like super kid friendly. So we haven't done that, but I'm excited to get started on that. Listening to podcasts together again, Lacey, do you have a time that you listen?
Lacey It was just kind of like what I was mentioning. I always listen when I'm cooking, that's like, you know, like someone else had said, It's me time. So it doesn't feel like it's a chore to go in there and cook a big meal, because then I kind of like it because I'm like this, I'm listening to my show. Don't bother me. Yeah, husband gets to take care of the kids, and I'm just going to cook and listen to my podcast and just relax.
Caroline I used to every morning I used to listen to a news podcast. There's a really great news podcast. I can't remember that. I think it's called the Newsworthy. It's like ten minutes. And she covers like the like the hot, like just what you need to know. And it's unbiased. It's not from one side or the other. And I used to listen to that every morning, and you really need to get in the habit of doing that again instead of turning the actual news on. Because there is so much news going on and having the news on the television is just traumatic these days. So I think I need to incorporate that back into, you know, and speaking of news, it's really interesting because if you have an Alexa device, you can do like this flash briefing thing in the morning. And like I will listen to a lot of times it's their news. But in their podcasting version, which is kind of interesting. So like NPR does like audio recordings of their news, but it's not the same as like, I could be wrong. I could totally be wrong, but it's not the same as like what they're doing over here. Like, it's completely different. It's like short little snippets. Maybe they just edited it. I'm not sure, but I love that too. So anything like that I'm game for, I need to incorporate that somewhere. So before Christmas, I actually had a request from a listener and she wanted me to do an episode on what I thought made a successful podcaster. And I've been saving this because I wanted it to be more of a discussion and less of me giving my thoughts and opinions because I think there's so many opinions on this. So I thought this would be a fun question for us to tackle because we listened to so many podcasts and we see the back end of podcasts. And of course, we're not going to name any names or anything as we're chatting, but we're just going to kind of share what we have seen that makes us a successful podcast and a successful podcaster. So you guys can jump in at any time. I think I'm going to start off by saying one of the things that I see all the time where I know if it's going to be a successful podcast when we start working with someone or I start chatting with someone is, are they consistently putting out episodes? I used to preach bashing all the time, and I had to kind of pull back on that because I can't batch in my life. But there is really something to be said about getting episodes out consistently, no matter what your schedule is in it, biweekly or semi monthly, whatever the correct word is, is it every week? Is it once a month, whatever it is like? Making sure it's consistent, I think is so key. And I didn't really realize how important it was. Like, I've always known it was important until I was inconsistent with my own podcast and saw my download numbers drop. And so that's just I want to start there, and then I'm going to let you guys chime in as well. But consistency is so important.
Alyssa N. I just want to reiterate that again, like consistency is so important because that's like how you build trust with your audience to begin with. And it doesn't matter like what your schedule is or like what your process is for getting out episodes every week, like whatever works for you. And I also think we'll get to this in a minute, but like something that's really underutilized, just like repairing old stuff with like a new intro, like I think sometimes the most successful podcast that I know of, like, they don't always have brand new episodes every week, but they have an episode every week with like maybe a five minute new intro with like a new spin on it. And that's just so incredibly important, I think, to like it feels like podcasting sometimes, maybe because we're in it so much like starts to feel oversaturated, but I don't think that that's particularly true. And I also don't think that they're, I don't know, people have this thing. It's like, Well, I can't start a podcast because I don't have anything like unique or interesting to say. And I just think the most successful podcast again have like a personality. And it's not like a built personality, necessarily. It's just like you show up however you are, and your own personal twist on things will make stuff unique, you know, you don't have to overthink it.
Caroline Yeah, I think people don't realize how unique they are. And like even if they say, well, there's all these other business podcast, just like mine, you know, because we mostly work with businesses who are using podcasts as part of our marketing. And, you know, we may have three podcasts that are very similar, but they're so different because the person hosting it is coming at it with their own perspective, their own point of view, their own life experience, their own experience as a business owner. And I think sometimes people take that for granted. And I think when you can, like, fully embrace that and own it and be like, I am who I am, you know, I talk about my kids and homeschooling all the time on my podcast about podcasting because it's a part of me. It's a part of who I am. It's part of what I do. It affects what I do, and I used to think, Oh, I shouldn't talk about those kinds of things, but people really started resonating with that, right? Because they're also moms who are business owners who are trying to have a freaking podcast. You know, it's difficult when your dog keeps nudging the door open because he figured out how to open it while you're recording, you know. And so I think, yeah, I love that you brought that up Alyssa, because I just I hear that all the time. Nobody is going to listen to me. I don't have anything unique to say, I don't have anything you need to share. And we are all individuals. We are all unique. And so what we bring to our podcast is going to be unique. So I love that.
Allie I can share sort of from my experience as a podcaster, I've been podcasting for almost four years now. I'm almost at my 200th episode, which is it's amazing. Yeah, yeah. I think I mean, I can certainly speak to and maybe I will later like technical things like audio and all of that. But I think big picture what I always say is that in order to have the consistency that I agree is super important, planning ahead is the thing that has been most helpful for me. I started my podcast as well. I started planning for my podcast in late March or April, and I knew that I wasn't going to drop episodes until June. And while I do like, get behind sometimes like for the most part, I always have at least a month or six weeks worth of episodes booked out and I have guests on my show every week, so it's a little bit of a coordination nightmare. But I think even if you don't have guests, no matter what the format of your show is, the more you can look at like a longer range schedule for your show. And so that you can, like, build in time to do the things that you need to do to get those things done that way. Like if for some reason something comes up and you can't record an episode or a guest reschedules, you don't have to re-do your whole schedule. You don't have to come up with a reason that you're not going to have a new episode for the week. I think when you're doing it and when you're planning episodes out that far in advance, you can feel a little crazy. But on the back end, it actually makes your life so much easier. So I think as much as you can do that within the confines of the format of your show, it's really helpful and it feeds into that consistency and element, which is huge.
Caroline Yeah. And I just want to point out the things that we've talked about before. So I think when people ask this question, what makes a successful podcaster, they think they're going to hear some answer about voice or, I don't know, personality, maybe. Or, you know, they focus more on that aspect of it. And it really is all these things behind the scenes that are going to create a successful podcast. Because if you don't have the processes and systems in place and you're throwing content out like the night before, and you know, is it going to be your best content? Is it going to be the thing that your listeners really connect with and like just taking that time to sit and plan makes all the difference in the world. And I really feel like I'm preaching to the choir here. I actually planned out this month, and I think this has been a smoothest month of my podcast and like months, and it really just does make a difference. So just wanted to point that out because I always get this question. They always want to know what they can do with their voice or what kind of equipment can make them amazing. And it's like, it's not. Those are not the things that make the podcast right. And also, most likely, you do not need voice coaching. I'm just gonna throw that out there.
Alyssa B. I think from the Allie, I like the way you've pointed it out for planning four to six weeks ahead because most of our clients are using their podcast to sell their services. And if you're in like launch cycles or you have some new promotion coming up, you can't really start marketing that like the week of you need to have that like buffer period of four to six weeks where you start teasing the topics that your program or course might be about and warming your audience up. So if you are trying this, or what am I going to talk about this week? Oh, my launch, that's in two days, right? That gives your audience no time to warm up to that. I think from a marketing and like moneymaking standpoint to that planning ahead is absolutely key.
Caroline Yeah, I love that.
Lacey I was actually similar to planning ahead, but it's a little more on its individual episode basis. I think it's really helpful for the podcasters as far as the direction of the show and the clarity of the way the episode flows, if that makes sense. If you just kind of plan out the the main points that you want to hit before you record, it's really common from what I've seen for a podcaster to get a guest on the show and then they get a little sidetracked because they're excited to talk to guests which is great, they get along great. But then they realize that they're an hour into the recording and how really talked about what they had planned to. So I think really planning that out ahead will be better because your your listeners time, they may not always have an hour and a half to listen to their podcast. You may just have a 20 minute drive to work or something. So just really planning ahead and making sure you get to those points in a timely manner so that your listeners can actually hear it, if that makes sense.
Caroline Yeah. And I think all of this really speaks to the types of clients that we work with. And, you know, all of our clients are pretty much using their podcasting as part of their marketing. And so there is a lot more planning that has to come with that and a lot of being more intentional with your content. And like Alissa said, making sure that it works with your marketing plan and making sure that you are planning those bullet points that you're going to hit during the episodes, you know, and you don't necessarily have to sit down and script out your episodes. I know some people are uncomfortable doing that. I usually do bullet points and then riff and then beg my editors to make me sound better. So there is one of the bonus points of having an editor is that they can help with all those pauses and incidental words that you repeat over and over when you're trying to gather your thoughts. Or I think I did an episode the other day and there were like three interruptions and they're just like, Oh my God, I've got to get through this episode. And I also to I love what Allie said about how a plan can help when things go awry. You know, if your kid gets sick and you can't record that week or you have a guest who has to cancel, you know, having a bank of episodes to pull from or episode ideas, or like Alyssa N. said, resharing an old episode like, there's so many options there. And so if you can have that schedule and plan ahead and make sure that you stay on top of it again, consistency creates consistent listeners. That's what I always say. And so I just love that this is where the conversation landed. When we talk about what makes a successful podcaster. Is there anything else that you guys would say about like content? Are there any tips or anything when it comes to making sure that content is what it needs to be or working correctly for our clients? One of my favorite suggestions is to literally ask your audiences where they are in their journeys, understanding your customer journey, your client journey, making sure you know who you're speaking to, at what point in their journey in your podcast, I think is really important. And you know, if you can do that and sit down and brainstorm from that mindset, I feel like you can usually come up with a lot. But is there anything else that you guys want to throw in that maybe you hear or see that people are doing successfully?
Alyssa N. I think it's definitely important to have for most of our clients, like their podcasts are. I don't want to say like small but focused. I should say like on a particular community, you know, like they're not necessarily for anyone to just pick up and listen to like their small business podcasts for other like small business woman. So like, that's a very specific audience, which helps a little bit like, you know, kind of what sort of topics are in your community and the people around you are interested in. And I think sometimes people overthink again, like, Oh, too many people have talked about this or that or whatever. Coming back to the whole like uniqueness, like if you talk about it and you have any sort of input on the topic, like it's going to be unique to whoever is listening. And also podcasting is one of those fields that's like still getting more and more listenership all the time. So chances are, there's people listening to your podcast that have never heard. I don't know whatever the topic is that like you feel like you've been talking about for years, like there's somebody new today that hasn't heard it. So I think not overthinking your topics, but like making a list of them ahead of time will help sort of plan out your content. I think one trap that some of our clients fall into is not knowing where to go. Like, they get stuck at a certain point like, Oh, I've talked about this and like, Now, what do I talk about? And it's like, there's always more stuff. Just write it all down and like, pick out the things that are interesting and you can always pick out. Like, I don't know, a new aspect of a topic that you've already talked about, too.
Caroline So, yeah, going back through the process, as you've already done is always helpful because there may be something that you talked about at an episode for like a hot minute that you can pull out and talk about for 20 minutes. Like, there's always something there. One thing I've noticed lately, like whenever we get an episode, especially solo episode from our client that I'm like really excited to see the title about. It's usually something that's really timely, like something that I've heard people talking about on social media, like a problem, like a common problem that people are facing or I don't know. And like Alyssa said, just very focused, like a very focused topic I think always makes a difference. A really good example is we have a client who does has a financial podcast, and every time she puts out an episode, I'm like, "Well, I need to listen to this and take notes," because her topics are just so focused. It's it's something that a lot of like people in my circles are talking about. It hits me where I'm at in my life right now. And so, you know, just I think those are the things that are so impactful.
Alyssa B. I think too using those like current topics among your audience, but also like among your clients, you know, if you like, have a really good session with a client like a one on one session, you really dive deep into one thing they're struggling with. There's your podcast, like, there's the idea and that podcast, that client you mentioned, I think, does a really good job of using those client experiences and what her clients are currently struggling with to kind of forecast what the rest of the world might be struggling with. So it's just another way to use personal experience and stories to like source content.
Alyssa N. The financial podcast we're talking about. She literally interviews her clients, and they're going to tell their whole story. So that's another really easy content idea, too.
Caroline Yeah, I literally like every podcast topic I've done. The last, I think two or three months has stemmed from a question. Somebody has asked me an email I've gotten from a client or a conversation I've had with somebody about podcasting. And so I love that they pay attention to what people are talking about around you, to what your clients are asking you to the things that you're hearing because there's always so much you can pull from there.
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