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PodMakersWhere AI Fits In Your Podcast ProcessWhat’s the role of AI in YOUR podcast process? It seems like everyone is using it to some extent.
Whether you’re generating show notes straight from your recording file or letting AI choose where to cut your video for social media posts, there are tons of AI tools out there nowadays.
So when we say AI, what are we talking about specifically? What have we ourselves gotten experience with in the pod space? We’re answering those questions and more with this episode.
Through an authentic creator’s lens, there seem to be so...2024-03-2835 minPodMakersReleasing Urgency From Our Work“Work with a sense of urgency” is some of the worst business advice we’ve ever gotten.
Urgency to us feels like getting caught in a heavy cloud; a confusing, unsettling insistence to do… SOMETHING.
To get out of it, we usually decide to take a bunch of random action to A) show we take this urgency seriously and B) stop feeling this shitty urgency.
Now, does all the shooting-from-the-hip actually accomplish anything? Irrelevant when you’re in urgency mode!
It’s a huge distraction from doing work that matters and creates a lot...2024-03-1432 minPodMakersOnline Business Cliches That Need To StopSome advice, concepts, or sayings in online business are repeated so often that not only does it get annoying to hear it (again), but the actual content of it has become cliche.
From the pod bros to the bizfluencers to the multi-six-figure coaches (that coach who exactly?) tons of folks popularize cliches and misconceptions about online business.
Why? For profit. They want to appear as though they have all the answers so you’ll pay them for those answers. But surely it's harmless because we're seeing through the marketing ploy, right? Mm, not necessarily.
R...2024-02-2950 minPodMakersWays to Define Creative in Your Life + BusinessOne of the big questions we’re facing at the moment: how are we finding our creativity these days?
It’s funny that we’re a podcast about podcasting, because the most listened to episodes of our show are the ones that dive into broader concepts than just business or marketing how-tos.
So in this episode, we’re following that thread.
Join us for a conversation about how we’re building an “ecosystem of creative pursuit” (this gem courtesy of Carin) in 3 specific ways: nurturing our creativity, protecting our creativity, and living creatively day-to-day....2024-02-1547 minPodMakersHow To Repurpose Content From Your PodcastWe’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: your podcast is a content gold mine!
And like, okay, that sounds catchy. But what does that actually MEAN?
You’re a busy business owner, serving clients left and right, and it feels like you don’t have time to figure out how to repurpose content from your podcast.
It’s enough with ideating, recording, and publishing regular episodes, amiright?
But really, you don’t have time NOT to have a repurposing process in place, and this episode will tell you exactly...2024-02-0148 minPodMakersWhat Is Professionalism in Podcasting?Professionalism… Why does that seem like such a loaded word? Is it universally felt or is it just us?
Broken down into its simplest terms, the definition of professionalism in the dictionary is simply “the competence or skill expected of a professional.”
But how society and culture defines professionalism is so much more than that!
It encompasses personality, behavior, appearance, language, personal style, background, and more with judgements on top of each layer.
It seems like no one can really agree on what it means.
Then there’s the whole matt...2024-01-1847 minPodMakersNormalizing the Fear of Making MistakesIf the thought of making a mistake in your business or during a podcast makes your stomach drop, your heart race, or your palms sweat… consider this our love letter to you.
Yes, the fear of making mistakes can be crippling and put us into a freeze state… but mistakes are a normal part of the process.
Anyone who tells you otherwise (or acts like they’ve got it all figured out) isn’t being honest.
Sometimes mistakes can show us how far we’ve come, or help us see aspects of our growth we h...2024-01-0450 minPodMakersPodcasting Is (and isn't) Easy“If it was easy, everyone would do it. It’s the hard that makes it great.”
Yes, we’re quoting A League of Their Own to introduce this episode because A) It’s a sisterhood classic B) This quote can easily apply to podcasting and C) It’s our podcast and we do what we want (and so can you).
But wait… isn’t podcasting easy? That’s in the title, after all. And in many ways, it is. The barrier of entry into the podcast space is low, recording capabilities are more accessible than ever, and there’s...2023-12-2146 minPodMakersPodcast Episode Ideas | The Inner Work + Ideas You Can StealThe blinking cursor in a blank document…
The feeling of dread when you think about your podcast…
Wondering whether podcasting does anything for your business or if you should just quit…
If you’ve ever been stumped when it comes to podcast episode ideas, we want to normalize that whole struggle. Just like in nature, we each have seasons where we feel pulled to ideate, create, and produce and then seasons where we feel pulled to slow down, go inward, and rest.
Your podcast will go through the same phases because your podc...2023-12-0851 minPodMakersCreative AnxietyWhether you’re recording your own podcast regularly or you’re making guest appearances on other podcasts, creative anxiety will come up. It’s human.
The struggle happens when we make our anxiety a problem.
True, there are different facets of creative anxiety and different ways to guide yourself through it. But it all depends on your own nervous system and where the anxiety is really coming from.
Which means… you need to get to know your own personal baseline to be able to interpret those messages from your body accurately.
Ohhhh yeah...2023-11-2351 minPodMakersCoping Skills for Resilience in Difficult SeasonsFall can be a difficult season for many of us. Nature reflects our inner state: slowing down, reaping the last hard-won harvest, settling in to watch everything turn inward or hibernate or even die. It can be a time of grief and allowing for grief, too.
Where else are you experiencing a fall season in your life? Is it showing up at home, with family, in your business?
Despite what the business bros would have you believe, this is totally normal.
We (Carin and Kacey) are both going through this in our lives a...2023-11-0953 minPodMakersSetting Boundaries In Business When You Are The BusinessSetting boundaries is not a set-it-and-forget-it process in your life OR business. Especially when you ARE the business.
This conversation around setting boundaries, asking for what you need, and understanding yourself on a deeper level as a person and business owner was inspired by a recent text message exchange Carin and Kacey had.
The setup…
Carin texted Kacey for input the night before a podcast recording, but through a Google calendar invite mishap, the recording wasn’t on Kacey’s schedule for the next morning.
Dun dun duuun.
So what ende...2023-10-2653 minPodMakersWhy Podcast Guesting?Maybe it’s just us (it’s not), but podcast guesting seems to be having A Moment.
It’s because as this medium has evolved and gained popularity, we’re realizing the power of podcasts for growing our online businesses. Kacey even shifted the whole foundation of her business to support podcasters and guests.
But… Why should you care? Because if you’re an online service provider, the probability that your potential clients are listening to podcasts is HIGH.
Compared to social media – where users typically show up to be entertained or zone out – podcast li...2023-10-1240 minPodMakersPivoting as Creatives in BusinessThe benefits and challenges we face when we pivot as creatives in business can run the absolute gamut (especially depending on the type of business you’re in), but we think we’ve found some common ground here.
As pod makers, we can see and understand the unique threads that connect all our human components whether we’re parenting, running our businesses, or pursuing our hobbies and how that all affects how we show up to our business – and how we show up to the mic.
And at PodMakers, we want to honor ALL the sides of u...2023-09-281h 03PodMakersThe Pressure To Be Everywhere As Business OwnersIf you’re like us, you can play mind games with yourself when it comes to your productivity, your enoughness, and your self-judgment when your brain is trying to convince you that you’re missing the mark in your online business.
“I want to be booking as many consults as they are…”
“What if I started showing up on LinkedIn, too?”
“Maybe I can use their Instagram strategy to convert leads.”
“Don’t I need to have more coffee chats?”
Hidden in all of these thoughts are the ‘shoulds’ we’re actually burdening our...2023-09-1441 minPodMakersAnswering Your Burning Podcast Questions Pt. 2Welcome to part two of our Dear Abby-ish podcast questions!
We took questions from coaches and online service providers who are either already a podcaster themselves or are very interested in becoming a podcaster to market their online business.
All of us need guidance along this pod making journey, and Carin and Kacey (the duo behind PodMakers) are all about transparency and sharing whatever we know that can help you progress as you show up to the mic to give value to your listeners on the regular.
The first episode covered topics like:...2023-08-311h 07PodMakersAnswering Your Burning Podcast Questions Pt. 1Dear Abby, but make it pods!
Podcast questions - we all have ‘em, whether we’ve been at the podcasting game for a while or we’re just starting out. Since our goal here at PodMakers is to equip you with as much knowledge as possible for you to make empowered podcasting decisions, we opened our little ears up for some of those burning questions!
With Carin’s expertise in all things production, editing, and tech as well as the internal work it takes to get to the mic in the first place…
And Kacey’...2023-08-3137 minPodMakersWhat Do People Think Podcasting Is?!As creators in the podcast space, we get really curious about what people who aren’t in this space with us observe about podcasting: as an industry, as a medium, as a thing in the world in general.
But it’s particularly interesting to get a sense of what people think podcasting is as it pertains to our own work as individuals and as online business owners.
Some people think our podcast IS our job (we wish).
Others wonder if we’ve worked with any podcasters they’d recognize (maybe?)
And there’s y...2023-08-3143 min
PodMakersThis Is PodmakersDo you ever wonder how podcasting could help your business, or even if you’re doing business "right"? Do you ever wonder what it takes to start and maintain a podcast, or about the reasons for starting and maintaining one? Do you ever wonder what other business owners and podcasters are going through behind the scenes, away from the highlight reels and shiny filters of social media?
Pull up a chair at the PodMakers table.
PodMakers is born from the musings of Kacey Hayes and Carin Huebner. As professionals in the podcast space as well as c...2023-08-2402 min
Heal + Go Public w/ Carin HuebnerEp. 70 Going Public + Being a Great Podcast Guest w/ Podcast Guest Pitching Expert Kacey HayesKacey Hayes, podcast guest pitching machine, all around amazing human, and dear friend of mine, talks with me today about what it takes to go and stay public on podcasts, what it looks like to be a good guest and host, how we can all be a little more human through the whole process, how to look at ROI with podcasting and guesting, and a bit of audio etiquette. If you are in the podcasting world or want to be… get your ears in here—we’re talking all things pods and going public. Get in touc...2023-05-161h 08Heal + Go Public w/ Carin HuebnerEp. 70 Going Public + Being a Great Podcast Guest w/ Podcast Guest Pitching Expert Kacey HayesKacey Hayes, podcast guest pitching machine, all around amazing human, and dear friend of mine, talks with me today about what it takes to go and stay public on podcasts, what it looks like to be a good guest and host, how we can all be a little more human through the whole process, how to look at ROI with podcasting and guesting, and a bit of audio etiquette. If you are in the podcasting world or want to be… get your ears in here—we’re talking all things pods and going public. Get in touc...2023-05-161h 08