Episode 14
14. Behind The Scenes Of THE BEST Podcast Launch I've Ever Seen w/ Michelle Keinan
Want to know what it takes to launch a successful podcast?
Well today, come listen as I chat with my friend and client Michelle Keinan, womens empowerment coach, and host of the Women Healing Podcast as we dive into her recent podcast launch.
We explore what it took Michelle to finally get off the fence and get her podcast launched, what motivated her to get started, what her biggest lessons and takeaways were, and what surprised her most about how people are responding to her podcast and how she was able to make back her investment working with me in the first few weeks of her podcast launch.
Listen to Michelle's Podcast Women Healing on Apple Podcasts and on Spotify.
Connect with Michelle on Instagram Here.
If you are ready to create a podcast that pays for your business, head over to www.podcastthatpays.com
Follow me on Instagram @angiemjordan
Join us over in my Facebook Group- Launch Grow Explode Your Podcast.
Music credit: Mavericks by Harrison Amer. A Podcast Launch Bestie production
Transcript
Hey there, Podcast That Pays listener.
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:It's Angie here and I never do this and
I'm so excited to introduce to you my
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:first ever guest on Podcast That Pays.
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:So you know that this is a special moment.
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:I have none other than the amazing,
fun, lovely, bubbly, beautiful Michelle
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:Kanan, who is the creator of her
own podcast called Women Healing.
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:Michelle was one of my clients going
through one of my programs, and
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:I was just so inspired by the way
that she showed up for her podcast.
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:So inspired by her message and what she
does for women and what she stands for.
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:And, I wanted to share some Jim's With
you about her podcast launch, if you
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:are sitting in the wings waiting to
get your podcast launched, if you are
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:wondering what is possible for you in your
podcast launch, this episode is for you.
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:So without further ado, let me
introduce you to this beautiful,
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:amazing woman , who absolutely rocked
the shit out of her podcast launch.
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:And I'm so proud of her.
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:And I am so thrilled to bring
her here for you to listen to.
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:And I can't wait for
you to tune into this.
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:So, Hey, Michelle,
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:today, everyone, we have the
lovely Michelle here with us.
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:And I'm not even going
to try to pronounce it.
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:It's Kanan, right?
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:Michelle Kanan.
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:You are most Americans
do not say it correctly.
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:I'm not, you know, You know why I know
how to, I, you know, I know how to
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:say it right because your podcast,
which is what we're here to talk about.
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:And so I just wanted to have you on here
to highlight how amazing your podcast is.
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:We're going to talk about podcast things.
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:So first tell us.
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:A little bit like what
you do like two seconds.
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:I don't want to hear
your whole life story.
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:Oh, wait, wait.
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:We wrote my, my bio.
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:Hold on one second.
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:I'm literally, I was like,
why am I doing this right now?
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:I know why.
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:Can I read it to you?
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:Yes, go ahead.
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:Read it.
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:Elkinan is the have it all queen, a
mentor and wild feminine embodiment coach
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:for driven women who want the best in
life, marriage, career, and motherhood.
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:No compromises in the easiest, most
fun, and pleasurable way possible.
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:I love it.
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:And Michelle has a podcast and
we're here to talk about all the
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:things to highlight your podcast.
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:But also I loved your
story of how this came be.
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:And then also, I, in my opinion, Which
my humble little opinion of, and I've
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:launched lots and lots of podcasts and
had lots and lots of clients and students.
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:You have had one of the
best podcast launches.
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:I know that you've seen me like
cheering you on and gassing you
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:up through your podcast launch.
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:And I don't know if you thought
that that was just because like.
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:I liked you extra special and I
was just trying to be nice, but
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:it's actually because I thought
you did like a brilliant job.
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:So we're here to talk and hopefully
people who are listening to this who
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:are maybe dragging their asses on
their podcast are not sure that they
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:can do it or whatever those things are
that are going through their minds.
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:That they can maybe get some clarity
and maybe feel a little bit better
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:around the process and maybe like,
light a fire under their ass.
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:So I want to ask you this.
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:What.
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:Made you want to start a podcast?
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:Uh, I love to talk and I love
to listen to myself talk.
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:No I think what really was
important for me is I have a.
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:Successful coaching practice, which
I love so much, but where my work
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:got to, I realized that I needed to
reach more people, more women and the
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:marketing that I've built has been
an important Tirely on social media.
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:And I realized that I
wanted to expand that.
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:I don't want to have to be
chained to Facebook or making
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:Facebook posts every day.
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:And I've really entered an era where like
I never set out to be an online coach.
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:I like a few months ago was like,
wait a I did it because Like when I
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:got pregnant, I didn't want to have
to leave my kid at home and then
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:the pandemic and stuff like that.
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:But I'm really entering my thought
leadership era and having the
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:podcast, having this place where I
could really share these big ideas
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:and reach a whole new audience of
people and literally be in their ears.
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:I'm not.
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:Into podcasts so much myself, but the
feedback that I've gotten from so many
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:women is like, Oh, you're in my ear.
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:I'm listening to you talk.
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:I'm taking a walk.
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:I'm listening to Michelle.
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:I'm having a conversation with you.
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:Yeah, it was all those, those
different kinds of things.
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:I love it.
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:So here's the things I heard you say,
I want to repeat for everyone who's
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:listening, , the whole concept of
building just on social media and being
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:in the social media hamster wheel I
think we could all relate to that.
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:And that's something that
I talk about all the time.
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:This was part of, I was telling you, I
was recording a podcast episode last night
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:and I got a little like preacher and I
was talking about a parable in the Bible
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:about building your house on quick on sand
versus like on a solid foundation and I
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:was like the social media is the sand.
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:So anyway that's one and that's a really
valid lots of people feel this and I
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:think it's really important to have
something outside of just social media
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:and it's social media like it's beautiful.
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:That's how we know each other.
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:I love that I have connected with so many
people, but also it is like a continual,
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:we got so wrapped up in it because
we get such instant feedback from it.
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:It's like those dopamine hits
that we've gotten from it.
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:That everyone abandoned the way that we
have built businesses online for years
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:before, which were things like blogs
and SEO and building your email list.
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:Like those really core foundational pieces
that are like, what's going to carry
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:you through if you can't get up every
day and, and post on social media or
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:like things happen in your life, right.
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:Or you just get burnt out from it.
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:And podcasting is included in that.
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:So I love that you said that.
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:And then the other thing
I heard you say was.
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:You wanted to reach a new audience.
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:And I think that that's really important
and I think what's interesting too
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:is people who listen to podcasts
are a different type of person.
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:And if you look statistically at who
is listening to podcasts, these people
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:are typically like a more sophisticated
usually more ambitious, type of person.
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:And so I love that for, uh, for a lot of
reasons, especially as a business owner
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:and looking for other business owners and
people who are wanting to buy my stuff.
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:I think that a lot of people, a
lot of people's audience exists.
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:On podcast apps.
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:And then the third thing that I
love that you said is you wanted
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:to expand your thought leadership.
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:And this also ties back to
the social media thing too,
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:because it's so hard sometimes.
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:And when I get behind this
microphone, it's I really do love it.
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:And it's, a much . More a pure way to
really express yourself and your ideas
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:and your thoughts and, and really expand
versus, on social media, people are
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:teaching, you got to have this hook
and this is how you have to structure
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:this and you're competing for people
to even see you in the algorithm and
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:it's just, it's not as like when you
get here, behind the microphone.
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:The way that you get to express
yourself and connect with your
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:people is just on another level.
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:And I'm sure that you have like
already experienced that by
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:the feedback you're getting.
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:Like people are like, I got Michelle
with me as I'm walking and doing this.
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:Like people actually feel, and it's weird
because you recorded this alone at home.
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:And then it's like, but
the, it's way more intimate.
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:People feel way more
connected to you through this.
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:So I really love that.
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:So tell me how, how long
did it take you from idea?
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:When did you want to start a podcast?
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:And when you finally
got it fucking launched?
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:I knew for a while that I wanted
to and I bought what you're
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:one of your courses to do it.
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:But the way that I work best is,
like bouncing off of somebody.
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:And so when you offered that,
like 30 days to press play, I was
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:like, All right, we're doing this.
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:Like, I'm ready.
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:I'm here to do it.
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:And after that, it was just like,
I'm in and and I, I don't think I
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:knew fully what I was getting into
because, you know, like launching an
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:entire season, 12 episodes at once.
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:Like everyone's like, how was your summer?
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:I was like, it was intense.
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:I, but it, it like super, super paid off.
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:because just.
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:Working with you, giving me the
structure, helping me with titles.
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:Like, I don't know, you just, you made
it and even the marketing of it, like
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:you just laid out this really simple way
and plan and I just knew what I needed
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:to do and I just committed to doing it.
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:So I guess it was.
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:A couple months in total of everything
and it feels I'm really, really, really
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:proud of myself and the launch was insane.
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:And one of the other things
I just didn't expect is.
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:all of the, not only the way that people
wanted to leave me reviews and were
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:like excited about this podcast, but
the conversations that I've been having
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:with people in my world, actual, like
not just social media people, but like
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:friends that they didn't want to engage
in like my social media or my stuff.
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:But like, I would get text messages
and get questions and I'm listening
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:to this episode and like, you know,
it's, it's almost like women that I
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:was like, I know that you're going
to want to work with me one day.
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:And now that the podcast came
out, like the conversations
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:are starting the curiosity.
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:Oh, , we were listening to it in the car.
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:I was listening to it on my walk.
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:Like it's, it's been very, very
interesting and surprising for me.
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:I love that., I always love to hear
how people feel after they finally
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:launched and there always is this
sense of pride, you know, it's like you
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:birthed the baby, you birth, you brought
something really cool into the world.
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:And.
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:It's really interesting to, to hear
from people what things were unexpected
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:that happened through that launch.
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:Like you thought you were just
launching a podcast, but here's all
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:the other things that have,, happened.
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:So I love to hear that.
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:What do you feel like were in the
process some of your biggest struggles?
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:In the process were my biggest struggles.
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:Um, I don't know.
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:I don't actually know
you made it really easy.
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:Like I just loved having being able
to ping off of you and the other
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:people that were like making their
podcast and that you were there to
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:help me like I'm a perfectionist.
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:So is these little
things like, what's this?
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:What's this title gonna be?
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:You know, or like, is this the right way?
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:I just I just needed you there to hold
my hand to tell me that I was Brilliant.
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:Give me gold stars just so that
I could like keep going through.
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:I just think I was smart to
hire you to work with me.
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:I didn't have all the
resources that you gave me.
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:I would have told you a bunch
of struggles that I would have.
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:It would be like, I'm
not doing a good job.
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:Am I doing good enough?
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:How is this supposed to be a funnel?
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:Like, but you, I, I, I don't mean
to turn this into an advertisement,
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:but like, I was a really smart,
it was a really smart thing that I
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:did to, to work with you on this.
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:And yeah, it was just about just
doing, doing the work, making the
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:time to record the episodes and just
like, get it all out there, I think.
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:Yeah, so you heard it here folks, like,
just hire me and you won't have any
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:struggles, but so just coming from the
perspective of helping of helping you
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:through this process, the perfectionism
thing is something that is super real
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:for a lot of people, A lot of people
have this apprehension because you
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:just don't know what you don't know.
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:This is your first time doing something
like this., it can be intimidating
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:or it can feel like, you know, , you
really feel passionate about it.
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:So you want to put something out
there that's like really quality
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:and just having me there to be
like, look, this is, this is good.
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:I mean, and I was, I was your biggest
cheerleader because , you really
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:have a brilliant mind and, like,
what you talk about is really great.
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:Like, it wasn't just because, so I
think for anyone who is struggling
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:with that perfectionism or, like,
scared to who's not working with me.
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:What would you say to that person who's
in that place of like, okay, what, what
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:do we think , this title should be like
, since you've gone through the and from
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:what you've learned, what would you say
to that person who feels a little bit
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:apprehensive about putting these things
out here that aren't necessarily perfect
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:or not knowing for sure if they're just
, quite right or if they're going to land,
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:like, what would you say to those people?
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:I mean, I guess it depends
where you are in your business.
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:And maybe if you're in the beginning,
it's just a matter of like something
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:I had to learn about, progress, not
perfection and just getting it out there.
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:But if you have a running business,
my recommendation would be to make the
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:investment to work with an expert , I
mean, Angie, you know, I've already like.
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:Significantly made back my investment
from working with you and another
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:sales call just booked with me for next
week like a quote unquote cold person.
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:, so that's the way that I think about
my business is I'd rather hire the
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:genius that's gonna make sure that
everything's popping because I know
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:that it's going to pay off in the end.
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:And I know for me, I would block myself
,, If I didn't know what the title was, if
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:I didn't know how to, how to organize
my episodes, like those are just be
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:all things that would get in my way.
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:But that's, that's mastery, you
know, that's just how I work.
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:I love that.
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:That's such a good point for
everything in our business.
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:, if you are really in a place in your
business and serious about what you're
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:doing hire the person that's going
to get you to the place that you are.
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:Wanting to go like hire the person and
I love that you said this like you've
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:already made back your investment that
makes me feel so good But it's true so
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:many people are like that even people
who hire me for full service production
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:who pay 5, 000 to get their first season
like a lot of people that's one client
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:They close one client and that's paid for
their, like, experience working with me.
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:And you can, when you go through
the steps, like what I teach, you
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:can a thousand percent do that.
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:So what do you think it is just from
the people who are from making back
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:your investment or, um, the people
who are, you know, wanting to work
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:with you and get on calls with you,
what do you, what are they saying?
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:What do you think it is , about the
podcast or what is attracting them?
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:What are they coming to work with you for?
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:Like, what, what do you feel like
that connection is for them and what's
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:making them come to work with you now?
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:Honestly, I think it's the format.
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:Like I, when I was launching the podcast,
it was really cool because it gave me the
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:opportunity to have a lot of, or start
a lot of conversations with people that
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:weren't just like, By my course, you
know, and, I was really surprised because
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:I've done free offers before and things
like that, but I was really surprised
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:with the level of like receptivity
and just the overall excitement.
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:Everyone's like, Oh, a podcast.
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:Cool.
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:Like, I really had no idea.
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:And everybody was like,
yeah, I'll leave a review.
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:Yeah, I love to listen to it.
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:, it was just.
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:There was so much.
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:Yes.
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:And that was like, so exciting.
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:And in some of those conversations
that I was having with people, I
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:learned a lot about like, honestly,
the distrust that a lot of people
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:have with the online coaching space,
you know, and like, and people that
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:don't like to hang out on Facebook.
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:And when you're an online coach, there's
definitely a bubble that you're like
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:existing in, , but a lot of people just
like, they don't have time for that.
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:They're not interested.
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:. There's people out there that are, you
know, you can position yourself in any
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:way in social media, but you don't know if
it's true or not, or like if the receipts
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:are there or not, and something about
having a podcast or that kind of format,
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:there's a whole other audience
of people out there that that
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:just like really, really like it.
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:And that it's like just part of
their media consumption habits.
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:And, and again, like, I, you know,
the way that I operate, I have ADHD.
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:So it's hard for me to do something
and listen to something simultaneously.
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:But for a lot of people
that's Not true at all.
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:They'll be listening to the podcast.
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:They're like, I don't commute.
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:A lot of people do.
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:They're listening to a podcast or
they'll listen while they're cleaning
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:or they'll listen while they go on a
walk or workout or something like that.
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:And when you're on social
media, everything's like pinging
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:And it's just.
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:It's just easier.
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:Like, like I had one, one client
tell me because I launched a video
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:series a few months prior and she
would take it with her on walks.
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:She was a, she's a distance runner and
she said it was so annoying because
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:anytime she'd turn off the phone to put
it in her pocket, the videos would stop.
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:20 mile runs, holding her phone
open so that it would play.
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:And she's like, I don't have
to do that with a podcast.
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:And I'm sending it to all my friends.
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:That was another thing that
was really interesting for me.
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:How easy, like people share podcasts
with each other and listen to episodes.
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:I feel like I am privy to a
whole new culture that I did.
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:I didn't know about.
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:So that was all just super exciting.
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:I think because what's so powerful about
that is that it's a, it's a trust thing.
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:It's a connectivity thing.
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:Like people trust anytime someone, I
find it, it's super interesting anytime
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:someone is looking for a new podcast
to listen to, you know what they do?
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:They ask their friends, they go
on Facebook and they say, what are
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:you guys listening to right now?
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:Like, that is how people are.
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:Listening and looking for new things
because that it's this trust factor, or
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:this like they feel connected to this.
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:And so they're sharing and people trust
that this person who is sharing that the
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:thing that it must be good or whatever.
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:So I do love that.
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:And it is a whole
community and people will.
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:Rally around your podcast in community.
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:You can a thousand percent build
community around your podcast.
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:And for you, that's like next steps.
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:Now that you've launched, it's like, how
do you double down on this community?
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:This new thing that you've built.
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:Yeah.
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:I'm just thinking like, I am
already thinking, okay, I need
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:to book a conversation with you
to talk about like, what's next.
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:Like I already, it's also amazing.
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:Cause we're already using it in my.
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:In my marketing, in my social media
marketing or as like engagement
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:posts or hand raising posts.
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:I just have this endless content
source, from all of this audio and vi
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:I also recorded on video too, so, um,
yeah, it's, it's, but I, I wanna know,
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:okay, like, it's been a month, right?
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:And I have, wait, I have
to count the numbers.
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:I, I already booked a five figure
client, like, you know, so.
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:Let's go, like, let's double down,
like, how do I get more people
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:listening to, to this and, and
get those conversations going.
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:Yeah.
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:And, and, and at this stage in my
business, I'm doing what you were
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:saying about like SEO and searchability
and I'm building my website.
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:So having that be like part of the plan.
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:Yeah, I definitely.
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:I love that.
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:Like, that is the best.
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:That's the best feeling.
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:I've definitely had people come
straight to my inbox from my podcast.
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:Like, I literally, I know
you, I'm completely sold.
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:You don't have to sell me anything.
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:I just have one question
about working together.
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:I'm like, okay.
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:Like, never, ever was on my radar before.
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:Didn't even know this
person existed in my world.
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:That's what happened.
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:They're a hundred percent ready.
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:And it's because of the way that we
structure, like what you do, what you
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:said, the way we structure the content,
the way we structure the episodes,
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:the way you structured your launch.
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:I think that it's like, I don't
think like, I know that's why we
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:structure it that way for a reason.
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:And I'm always telling people, I'm
like, if you just listen to me, like.
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:You can do what you want to do, but if
you want to get XYZ results, like if
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:you want the same results as Michelle,
like you should actually listen.
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:You should actually like do the
things, like launch it all at
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:one time, like let's, let's go.
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:And the clients, like the people
that are having these conversations,
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:like they're, they're dream people.
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:It's not like, Um, you know, like
when you have a business, you think
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:about like your dream client or like
who you really want to work with.
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:It's not everybody that's having, it's
like, it's, it's this certain caliber
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:or there's just like certain things
that they're doing professionally.
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:Like I am just like impressed that this,
you know, that this is who's sliding
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:into my DMS and I, I really, I know
why you wanted to have me on because
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:I just have nothing but good things.
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:Well, we did together, but truly
I just really, you know, yeah.
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:And like, I love that point too, about
who is sliding into your DMS and I
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:will tell you, so for anybody listening
also You should go listen to Michelle's
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:podcast because, like, you are brilliant
and what you say is really, really good.
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:And I was talking to somebody
the other day I saw a girl on
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:Facebook and , she wrote this post
in this group and she's just like,
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:it just seems like I'm always
creating content, but I can't
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:grow my audience no matter what.
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:And like, so I just feel discouraged.
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:Everybody else can do it.
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:I can't do it.
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:And I just clicked over to her
profile and looked at her content.
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:And I was like, well, your content sucks.
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:Like, that's literally
why you said that, Angie.
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:I did not say it.
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:I said it in my head, but I was
like, that's why it's not growing.
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:Like there really is something to
say for having really good content.
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:And a lot of people, when it comes
to your podcast, it's really about
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:marrying what feels good and feels
exciting for you to talk about.
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:And what your people need to hear to
move them through to the next step.
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:So it's cool to come on your podcast.
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:A lot of people, when they
approach podcasting are just
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:like, this is the place I just
want to talk about everything.
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:And, I'm a podcast coach, but I just
want to talk about all things in business
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:and what goes wrong and all of that.
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:I'm like, please stop.
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:Like, let's try to find a happy medium
of those two things because When you do
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:it right, and you're positioned in the
right way, and you're able to attract the
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:right people, and you have that really
laser focused content there, like, it's,
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:it is so, it can be so powerful, and you
need that when you're first starting out.
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:And maybe down the road you can expand,
and you can talk about different things,
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:but you really need to hone in that
content in the beginning, like, you really
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:gotta rein it in and be really intentional
with it, and so, I'm happy to hear that.
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:That's paid off for you.
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:100%, if I didn't work with you, I
would have been on like a million
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:tangents, , just straight up, the way
that you organized everything, from
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:the worksheets to organizing the
different episodes and the calls to
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:action, , it was completely invaluable.
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:And I've had.
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:Here's the thing.
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:I sure we talked about.
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:I had a podcast before I had it like
five years ago, and it was a quote
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:unquote successful podcast in terms
of like listenership and just, I
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:had really cool guests on with big
audiences that was my strategy like to
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:have, I mean, interesting people that
then I could leverage their audiences.
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:I never made a dime from the podcast.
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:So that's why I said, quote
unquote, successful, because
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:what's your success metrics?
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:Like, what are you trying to do?
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:And that was a fun experience, but I
didn't have the understanding or the mind
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:for how to fold it into my business and
how to have it be part of a funnel and
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:bring new clients in . , you providing
that is just, was just priceless for this.
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:Yeah, and, and most people who start
their podcasts are not thinking
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:about it in that way or don't
think that it's even possible.
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:So , I'll have people who come to me
and they're like so I know that for my
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:podcast, I probably just need to get
people on my email address because you
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:don't really sell from your podcast.
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:Right.
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:And I'm like, well, you ain't going
to sell if you don't be like, clearly
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:you're not going to sell anything if you
don't , if you don't think you could sell.
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:And so most people don't approach
it that way because what we have,
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:what we have seen and heard for
about podcast is that, , you.
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:Get sponsors, you get a whole bunch
of downloads and then you make your
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:money from getting sponsorships.
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:And so when I came, you know, on the
scene or like, I'm like, Hey, look,
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:when I first started my podcast,
I got, I got my very first client
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:from a podcast, when I started my
life coaching business, so like.
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:You can do this with a
really small audience.
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:I saw, how people were so connected
to me and how people were just like, Oh
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:my God, I listen, I binge your podcast.
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:And this thing that you said, really
helped me in XYZ area of my life.
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:Like I saw the impact of it
and I saw that people were.
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:People I've never even known in my life.
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:Like my first client came out of nowhere.
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:I had no idea who she was
and she was just in my inbox.
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:I binge your whole podcast and
I'm ready to work with you.
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:, I think you're the
person that can help me.
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:And it was just beautiful.
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:And so literally what happened.
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:Yeah.
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:And people don't think that that is,
that that can happen, but what it is,
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:is that you just have to be really
intentional about creating that.
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:And, you know, when you don't create
that, and you have this podcast
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:that's , sitting over here, and you
could probably attest to this, where
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:it's this passion project, it is a cool
experiment, it's like something you
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:have enjoyed doing, after a while, you
burn out on it, because Eventually it's
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:the separate thing from your business.
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:You don't, it's not bringing you
any ROI, you're spending time,
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:energy, money, maybe on it.
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:And it's not yielding those results.
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:And so that's a big reason why
a lot of people quit podcasting.
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:So it's like you got to marry that, get
you some results, get you your money
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:back with being able to be passionate
about what you're talking about.
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:And I have to say, I
was talking to an old.
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:Coach of mine.
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:And I was telling her about the
podcast that I was launching and
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:she was like, Oh, well, I'll be, and
she's a, she's a business strategist.
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:So she was like, well, I'll be
interested to see because usually
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:podcasts don't convert because you
don't get people's email addresses
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:and you don't capture data.
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:And, you know, and I was, and I was like,
feeling a little bit like, Oh, you know,
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:but sorry, when it works, it works.
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:And you are really teaching a system that.
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:Is working and it's like it's high
intent people that are ready to do
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:like they don't want to sit on my email
list they're like, I want to book a
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:call you hit the nail on the head.
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:I feel like you were speaking to me
and then and everything is there and
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:they're binging it and I can tell
them , My methodology, it's not like
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:I'm just, I'm only a relationship
coach or I'm only one thing.
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:Like I'm teaching a real holistic,
life approach that covers career
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:and motherhood and relationship.
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:And they're getting the full picture.
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:I'm speaking to somebody specific that's
going through all of those things.
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:And it just, and then I'm literally
in their ear, like literally
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:here, like in their brain.
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:Um, I feel like diabolic, I feel like
no, no, it's true because, and I, I've
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:said this, I did an interview with one
of my clients who is a hypnotherapist
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:and she was talking about podcasting.
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:And she was like, well, when I created
my new season, I literally scripted out
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:every single word because I know how
powerful that words are and audio is.
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:And I don't want to misstep and
say anything and get into people's
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:psyche, like the wrong thing.
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:And I was like, holy shit.
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:Like we're like hypnotizing
people with our, with our podcast
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:audio, but it's really true.
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:Yeah, doing it for good, right?
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:Doing it for good.
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:Okay, so tell me about your, so, so
the thing I really was impressed with
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:your actual launch and how committed
you were to it, how much you showed up.
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:For it.
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:It's really a testament.
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:I was like, let me take
screenshots of everything.
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:Michelle is doing.
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:Let me highlight her.
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:I'm going to put the links to her
and my membership and everywhere.
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:Like everybody go look at what
Michelle is doing., if you needed
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:validation, like here I am to give it
to you, a plus all the gold stars,
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:you knocked it out of the park.
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:So tell me about your launch.
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:What did you do for your launch?
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:Yeah.
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:How did you stay committed and, and
stay in it and, follow through
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:with everything because you did
an amazing job and what kind of
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:results, , exciting things that
happened from in your launch week.
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:So, sorry to make this like the I love
Angie episode, but I love Angie because
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:you literally gave us a Trello hoard of
like, What to do and one of the reasons I
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:loved it so much because it was literally
just one thing a day and it's so easy to
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:on social media feel like you have to do
all the things or do another post or is
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:people seeing it or whatever and I just
decided to Trust the process you literally
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:said exactly what to do and write every
single day I did one post a day and I sent
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:it to my email list also and then , I
slid into Not just DMs, like, I texted
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:my friends, I told my community, and
again, I have to say I was shocked by the
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:receptivity, right, because I'm promoting
things all the time, I have a business,
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:I'm selling programs, I'm, you know, and
for some reason, like, I just, and maybe
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:you know the reason, I didn't because
I just, I'm not as familiar as you are,
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:like, Everybody wanted to hear my podcast.
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:Everybody was curious.
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:Everybody wanted to leave a review.
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:Everybody was excited about it.
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:Like I thought it was going to be like
the giveaway component or whatever,
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:like, which that was great too.
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:But you know, even I would tell people,
I'll buy you a cup of coffee for review.
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:And they'd be like, that's fine.
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:I don't mind.
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:You don't have to send me a cup of coffee.
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:Like, I'm happy to do it.
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:I'm happy to listen.
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:Like.
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:Seriously, , and now when I still
post the reviews as like part of my
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:promo, people DM me, that's my review.
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:That's the one that I left, you
know, and , I truly, I just really
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:did not anticipate how everybody
was just going to be such a yes.
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:So supportive.
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:I'm so excited for you.
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:I just feel like.
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:Maybe with a podcast, I don't have
to, it's not a cell, try this thing,
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:sign up for this and join this thing.
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:It's just me, you know,
sharing something valuable.
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:I don't, I don't, I don't fully even
still know what the difference is.
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:I think it has something to
do with just the difference
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:between being in social media.
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:And , I don't know, I
still don't fully know.
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:Maybe you could speak to it, but I
was truly . Shocked and just in the
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:best way possible and everybody.
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:So, and the more that I got that
response, the more I was like, well,
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:I'm going to send it to this person.
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:I'm going to send it.
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:Because , who doesn't love hearing yes and
excitement and , you know, and my family
567
:members even, and most of my family's
blocked on my social media or they've
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:blocked me on my social media cause
they're like, I don't want to hear that.
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:But they were genuinely
curious and excited and proud.
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:And I don't know, is this whole other,
like, still, I'm, I'm a bit like amazed
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:by it and just, it, it, it was just.
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:Just such a smart move for me to do that.
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:But anyway, it all started with your plan.
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:Like you told Us exactly what to do.
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:And by the way, for whoever's
listening, I didn't hire Angie
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:as like a one on one coach.
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:Like I was part of a group
format that she was doing.
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:And, um, but everything, like you
just laid it out and it was so simple.
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:I knew what to do every
day and I just did it.
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:Yeah.
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:Yeah, you did.
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:You did.
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:You executed, but I, I'm going to tell
you why people like gravitated to it.
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:So number one, number one is something
that we work on together and
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:throughout your content and something
that I talk about is leading with
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:mission and talking about your mission.
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:Oh, okay.
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:Yeah, I hear that.
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:And your mission is, , we
can all relate to it.
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:We can all get excited about it.
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:We can all, like, you want women
to, , be able to live these,
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:, beautiful lives and have it all.
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:And, , who, who, who doesn't want that?
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:Well, you'd, you'd be surprised.
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:I mean, I've heard, I don't want it all.
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:I have enough already.
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:I'm like, all right, you're not for me.
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:Who doesn't have it all.
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:I'm going through my, like,
I'm, I'm, I'm about to enter
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:into my, , Delulu era of life.
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:Just as delusional as I can be.
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:That's how I want to, I want to be like.
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:Go back to being a little girl
who just thinks everything
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:and anything is possible.
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:And like, I want to grow
up and be a mermaid.
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:I'm going to be.
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:That's what my daughter wanted to
grow up and be when she was literally
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:my daughter is on phase right now.
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:So number one, you led with
mission and people were attracted
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:to that, to that mission.
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:And then something else I wanted
to point out is that the way that.
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:Like what you said about it being easy
for people to get people to come to
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:your podcast versus selling the thing.
614
:Is it?
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:And then also you said earlier,
like people are coming to
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:you and they're super warm.
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:I tell everybody this all the time.
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:Your podcast listeners are
your warmest leads, period.
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:They are ready to buy from you.
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:Once they listen to your podcast,
there's no better way to warm them up.
621
:And then if you think about what you
said about how easy it is to get them
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:to commit to coming to the podcast,
like, why not have this as a really.
623
:Big piece in your marketing, it's like,
it's easy to commit to people will do
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:it versus sending them, you know, to
this freebie thing over here, like your
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:podcast is your freebie and it's the
best freebie that you can have because
626
:people are engaged, people are listening,
people are taking you with them.
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:throughout their day and they're actually
consuming your content because it's
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:so accessible and they don't have to
hold , the phone open to watch the video.
629
:They can like put shit in their pocket
and keep going about their business.
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:Like, so it's a really powerful
part of your, , of your marketing.
631
:It can be, so you should a
thousand percent incorporate
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:it into your marketing.
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:When people come into your world
that are new, you should be funneling
634
:them through to your podcast.
635
:Like this is the, , We
need to talk you and me.
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:That's the next thing.
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:I feel like I did that launch and
I was like, needed a breather.
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:And now I'm ready to keep it going.
639
:, see those results.
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:I'm, I'm ready to do more.
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:And then the other thing is what was
interesting that you said is that your
642
:family and friends or people who weren't
listening to you online, or like you're
643
:shocked at how like they wanted to listen
to the podcast or how they perceived it.
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:People with.
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:Podcasts, like people perceive
people with podcasts on a different
646
:level of authority and credibility.
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:It instantly boosts your
credibility, your authority in that
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:space, your thought leadership.
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:It instantly increases
that for whatever reason.
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:It's like you just, you're just
talking on a mic, but it gives people
651
:a different level of authority.
652
:This reverence for you in a way that's
like this person knows what they're
653
:talking about this person and then they
hear what you're saying it especially
654
:people who aren't in the same space as
like, like me, like business people,
655
:things like that, like, especially
for those people when you're selling
656
:to people that are just like, you
know, normal people not like we're not
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:normal, but But yeah, yeah, exactly.
658
:But , it does.
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:It like sets you apart.
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:It puts you in a different class.
661
:And so it's definitely the right step
if you're wanting to become a speaker.
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:If you want to speak on stages,
this is, this is essentially
663
:like building your own stage.
664
:That's my next phase, my next season
is all about building your own stage,
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:Michelle, you're going to love it.
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:That's where I'm going.
667
:We're in the same.
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:Yeah, I was going to, um, I'm going
to be working with like someone that's
669
:going to be pitching me for things.
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:And she was saying, Oh, for
speaker panels, we'll link
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:to your podcast episode.
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:Like exactly, exactly.
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:You have to like those things
that, that like gives you
674
:that additional credibility.
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:If you're trying to get media,
if you're trying to get.
676
:It'd be a speaker like this body of work
is really your portfolio for those things.
677
:And it's also you create your own stage.
678
:So you're your own, you're on your
own stage, which is a great thing.
679
:Or you want to get a book deal like
this is your body of work for that.
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:And so I think that that's really great.
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:So we're gonna wrap this up here.
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:But I want to know two more questions.
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:And what what would you do anything?
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:Thank differently than what
you did in this process?
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:Would I do anything differently?
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:No, I really wouldn't.
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:Like, look, I'm going to be
transparent that it was a lot of work.
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:But I, when I decide something, I see
it through and that's one of the reasons
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:that I feel like I'm a successful person.
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:If anything, I feel like.
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:I just would have, I would do
more, would have immediately done
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:more work with you on , now that
it's launched, like what's next?
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:There was a little, there's been a gap,
but again, I'm in trust that everything
694
:in perfect timing and I got to enjoy
my summer and like that kind of stuff,
695
:you know, because I already have people
asking me, , did you record more episodes?
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:Like what's next kind of thing, you know?
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:So.
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:Honestly, like again, infomercial for
Angie, you know, like really smart
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:decision, you know, I'm at a stage
where I know money is a renewable
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:resource time is not so just having
you knowing exactly what to do.
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:, and, and also I was just in a really.
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:I mean, I did a rebrand at the
beginning of the year and I
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:really solidified my methodology.
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:I was ready to get this all out there.
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:Like I was in the perfect
place for me to do this.
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:I'm not saying everybody needs
to be there, but it was almost
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:just like, I have to do this.
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:Like, yeah, Just do it, just go and do it.
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:And now it's just going to be about
how to leverage it even more and like,
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:and what comes next for those next
level goals that I have for myself.
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:So I don't really, I don't really have
anything to say, I don't do regrets.
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:That's one of my things.
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:I don't do regrets.
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:Yeah.
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:It was perfect.
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:Really.
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:And what would you say to the person
who's listening who's either doesn't
718
:feel confident or dragging their ass on
this or have, have this idea for years?
719
:What would you say to that
person to help them, like, pull
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:the trigger, like, get it done?
721
:What would you say?
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:I mean, the way that I operate, if
anyone's in the human design, I'm
723
:a generator and I'm a responder.
724
:I just need to ping off of somebody, like
hire somebody that, that you ping off of
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:high, like to hire you, hire somebody that
knows exactly what to do that is proven
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:successful, that has clients that are.
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:Making money off of their
podcast and getting exactly what
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:they want from the experience.
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:I, you know, most of us, when you
think about it, we're just alone in
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:front of our computers all day long.
731
:And yeah, having that experience
of being able to work with somebody
732
:that knows what they're doing
and, and get you going there.
733
:Like that, that's just the best thing.
734
:So, but like investing in it, like
doubling down and just deciding to do it.
735
:That I love that.
736
:I love that for multiple things.
737
:Also in our business, it's
like invest in it, double down.
738
:I did an episode, uh, I am about
to move into this, like selling
739
:a program around podcast growth.
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:And , I was like, , the truth about
why your podcast isn't growing.
741
:And I was just like,
it's because you aren't.
742
:You aren't invested in it.
743
:It's because you aren't actually doing
the freaking things, it's a side piece.
744
:It's the side chick over here.
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:So signing up for that program.
746
:So, you know, because
yeah, because that's true.
747
:Like literally right now.
748
:I'm like, okay, what next?
749
:Like I launched it.
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:I had the great launch.
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:I know that it, it
works within one month.
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:There's like already
income being made from it.
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:, I just need to know how
to , continue to leverage it.
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:Even, even more so.
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:Even for me, so I'm just excited.
756
:Well, thank you, Michelle.
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:I, I promise I didn't, um,
I wanted to get your take.
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:I didn't know that the episode
was going to be a full on full
759
:testimonial at every corner.
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:But thank you for, thank you
for saying that the moral of
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:the story is just to hire Angie.
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:That's the biggest
takeaway that Michelle has.
763
:And also that you can definitely
make a lot of money and use
764
:your podcast as a funnel.
765
:And that's from somebody
that had a podcast before and
766
:didn't know how to do that.
767
:And And it's just, I, I really see it and
understand it now in this whole other way.
768
:And I'm just, I'm really excited
that I have it and that there's
769
:more for me to do with it.
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:Yeah.
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:I love that.
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:So tell us now where we can find you.
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:Tell us what your podcast is.
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:I don't even think we said your
podcast name, but don't worry.
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:I'll add that in the beginning
in the introduction of this.
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:So people will know they won't be sitting
here wondering like, who is this Michelle?
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:What's her podcast?
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:The whole episode.
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:I'll put that at the beginning, but tell
us what your podcast is, where else.
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:We can find you and all of those things.
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:Yes.
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:So my podcast is called Women Healing
and it's on Spotify, Apple, Google,
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:and Audible actually, which is cool.
784
:And you can go to have it all queen.
785
:com in order to get next steps.
786
:And you can connect with me
on Instagram, Michelle Canaan.
787
:And And yeah, but I would just suggest
listening to my podcast so I can
788
:seduce you into my evil plan for you
having everything that you want in
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:life and feeling the absolute best.
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:So if you want that women
healing is the podcast.
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:I love that warning, , we'll
make you want to buy my shit.
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:If you listen.
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:Some people might not want to
listen because they're like scared.
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:Some people are scared to have it
all, but that's another conversation.
795
:But anyway, thank you.
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:That's a podcast episode probably.
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:It is.
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:That actually is.
799
:You should write that one down.
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:You know, I'm full of podcast
episode ideas, but yeah.
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:All right.
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:Thank you, Michelle.
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:And thank you guys for
being here and listening.
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:And I will see you guys
in the next episode.