❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Storytelling is like cooking. Certain elements need to go into the experience at different times for things to taste good. This is true in creating podcast episode and in our social media posts about these episodes. Here's how I helped…

❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph What if your social media posts could attract new listeners while deepening connections with your current audience and fellow creators? In this episode of Podcast to Connect, the hosts break down strategies to engage three key groups—n…

❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Are you getting the most out of your business podcast? In celebration of International Podcast Day, I've asked 7 solo business owners what the impact and surprises have been for their podcast. From bookkeepers to coaches, .Net speciali…

❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Making sure your podcast’s online presence is consistent is key to attracting and keeping the right audience. In this episode, I walk April through an Online Presence Audit for her Door Key (history) Podcast, checking out platforms lik…

❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Yes, yes, it's our voices but let's zoom out more than that. A podcast is a small piece of a wonderful network of online tentacles that help us find people for our business and/or community. The audio is one part of this and so are the…

❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph We're focusing on audience growth with a peak into a very special new program. I'll be joined by April from Door Key Podcast to look at how a podcast is so much more than meets the eye. Here's an overview of the season that starts this…

❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Metadata is the text attached to your audio as well as near it when it’s published. Making sure your metadata is there AND accurate is a simple way to increase your podcast’s chances of getting found when listeners go digging around fo…

❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph The best way to learn how to do something well is to give it to someone who is lazy. The thing is, an ambitious person can make any quick task super long and complicated. We do NOT want that. You want to do quick, effective things that…

❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Is audience growth really your biggest podcast goal OR is there a bigger networking desire nestled in your podcast outreach? For me it’s the latter and that’s why I love connecting over content conversations. In this episode I’ll show …

❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Hey, I’ll admit it, I’m socially awkward. And this is the very reason I can share with you ways to be less so online, cause I’ve worked through my awkwardness there. Don’t ask me about IRL situations, lol. 🍉 Don't forget to enter our F…

❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph How much attention do you pay to your existing listeners in your episodes, show notes and on social media? Yup, don't feel bad, most of us are driven to grow our podcast by talking to new listeners but we need to rebalance things, righ…

❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph When someone does something nice for you, you thank them, right? Sometimes you do it in public so many people can know the good work they do. Well, this simple gesture can be done online as well. Not in a gross, manipulative way but in…

❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Posting on social media is easy enough but do you go back to these posts to see what notifications you missed? to engage with your followers that likes, shared, and maybe commented on your post? Wah ha ha, this is something most people…

❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph You talk to your family, friends and boss different, right? It's the same on social media to be honest. One new episode post just isn't enough to cover the 3 groups that could help you grow you podcast. This episode covers who the 3 gr…

❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph So far this season, we've focused on the super happy, positive side of podcasting with a connection focus. It would be irresponsible of me to finish the season off without some pain. Specifically creative pain. Guest K.O. was gracious …

❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Putting your voice, ideas, message and story out into the world in a podcast can share you, your personality and your work (even if it's a community or passion project, it's still work!) give people time to get to know, like and trust …

❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph True or false: to be a respected podcaster, you must always be serious on the mic? F a l s e And if you don't believe it, have a listen to what James Cridland has to say about it. Because in podcasting MANY people listen to him and he'…

❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Who are you podcast committed to: your listeners OR your guests? This is the central focus our guest, Katarina, is posing to us in this podcast connections forward conversation. And if you say BOTH: well, you may get a talking to. lol.…

❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Making a podcast is one thing but how do we get listeners to talk back to us? David from Beyond The Thesis joined me to chat about how he's set up places for them to engage and what if it's working. We also chat about who he's like to …

❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Getting a big picture overview of the podcasting space isn't something we think about when we first start putting our voice, our stories, our message out into the world. But it's important to know a bit about what's going on and where …

❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Listening to Rebecca Weber's podcast episode on the vulnerability in not just writing a book but in sharing that she was writing one. And it made me think of you all: business owners and community leaders that may be uncomfortable with…

❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Is your podcast part of your marketing plan? Did that question surprise you? Because podcasts are so personal and genuine sounding, we tend to forget that they are a form of marketing. Not always, but for you, the solo business owner o…

🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph In this podcast episode I go back to China, virtually! I chat with Lawrence Lin, a Chinese podcast industry expert. He shares all about the exciting opportunities for podcasting AND other audio mediums in China. We discuss the current l…

🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Vanina was making podcasts on the radio before she knew what podcasts were. Curious what she means by this? Ohhh, that’s not the only thing that will keep your interest with this skilled storyteller. Vanina shares so much information ab…

🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Language podcaster Craig is from the UK but has been podcasting in Spain for many years. Alternatively business podcaster Pilar has the opposite geographical podcasting experience being from Spain and podcasting from the UK for a long t…

🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph You know I love listening to other expat podcasts. Well, my client, Amanda Bates of The Black Expat, has an incredible podcast called The Global Chatter, which is: "a conversational podcast on international mobility, identity, race, car…

🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Making our morning cup is not only a ritual and often an energy requirement but it's a sound experience. That's why I'm so glad that Audio Engineer Jason Sheesley agreed to join us for this playful coffee chat. We explore U.S. and Europ…

🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Questions about family can be triggering if the experience was not ideal. This is one of the reasons that Steph's talked about her family in tiny drips here and there but not in depth. But it felt disingenuous to ask other expats to ope…

🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Have your immigrant parents ever visited you in any of your expat places? Georges' parents have and it shifted how he understood their struggles moving from Greece to Canada. We cover a lot more ground on his parents' immigrant story an…

🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Have you ever wondered why your immigrant parent(s) didn't prepare you for being a global citizen? Chelsea thought this when she was struggling in her first expat place. Over time she began to understand the distinct difference between …

🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph How much do our immigrant parents impact our adult expat experiences? This is what we're exploring in this conversation with return guest Alison. Alison and I dig into growing up with two unequal cultures in one household, the racial st…

🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Do you know what the top two types of podcasts are the most popular in Mexico? David Roemer, a podcaster and Co-Founder of a podcast production house in Mexico City, does. And not only is he sharing this information with us in this conv…

🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph If you’re someone who perks up when the words STORY and COMMUNITY are mentioned in terms of podcasts, then this is a conversation for you. Oh yea, there are also some great monetization ideas also but I think you’ll stay for the stories…

🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Tony Doe is a brilliant communicator in audio and writing. Today we chat with him about his radio to podcasting transition, the Nigerian podcasting space, and other global podcasting curiosities he has. 😋 Text me your feedback and leave…

🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Mae Thomas is not your average podcaster. Her production company, Maed In India, produces their flagship show with the same name as well as many high-quality podcasts from all over India. She started in radio and transitioned skillfully…

🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph This episode is about half of a conversation that Matthew Boyle of Legendary Language Learner YouTube channel and I had about language teaching, content creation and the intersection between the two. 😋 Text me your feedback and leave yo…

🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Yuki and I sat down to have this conversation far too long ago. Life has been crazy and, to be honest, I even stopped drinking coffee for awhile. So it felt weird publishing this episode during that time. But things feel a little more f…

🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Daniel has been documenting his process of learning English via his podcast for while now. It's super inspiring so I feel the need to question him about what inspired him to start, what he's learned (other than language) and what his po…

🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph In December 2019 my dear friend Shannon Martin and I sat down and recorded an episode about The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway. We were so intrigued with the book that we wanted to repeat the process with the more autobiographical v…

🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Back in November I participated in National Podcast Posting Month (NaPodPoMo), where crazy Podcasters like myself published an episode a day for a month. For this experiment I invited previous guests from all of the Geopats Podcast Netw…

🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Can social media ground us and make us feel more at peace in this crazy world? This conversation with Tania from Swahili Secrets will present an answer to this question that is not common but very refreshing. Tania was born in Kenya and…

🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph How do you balance the millions of decisions that need to be made during that first year of podcasting? In this conversation we discuss these decisions with Mete Yurtsever of the Değer Yaratmanın Formülü podcast. Mete is from and in Tur…

🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Can learning a new language unlock part of your personality? This is something I've wondered my entire language play experience. And I've been asking guests flavors of this question more and more lately. How Kyle and Diane answer this q…

🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Language can be a lens into culture, a way to share our experiences and a tool to help others. These are some of the aspects of language that we discuss with guest Elizabeth Gowing. She worked in primary education in inner London before…

🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Kavein is a blind man with a passion for learning and podcasts. During this conversation, we talk about accessibility as a blind podcast listener, his podcast listening habits, listening groups, apps, Big History, and his favorite podca…

🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph How can a blind person learn and engage with language? Kavein, who has been blind since birth, is here to help us understand more about language learning and usage while being blind. We als touch on accessibility issues with technology,…

🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Stephen is a massive advocate for hobby podcasters and focuses on the joy of the experience in everything he does in his podosphere. In this conversation, we chat about: the podcasting scene in Canada his background in audio and video t…

🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph About 6 months into podcasting many Podcasters hit a wall. What am I doing? Why am I doing this? And other large, podcastery questions start haunting them. The inevitable episode of doubt happens and then there is either podfade or a sh…

🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph If you've ever wondered what it's like to live and do linguistic research in Kathmandu, Nepal, this episode is for you! Big & White, their podcasting nicknames, are two American Linguists who, until very recently were living in Nepal an…

🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph If you've ever wondered what it's like to live, work, and podcast in Kathmandu, Nepal, this episode are for you! Big & White, their podcasting nicknames, are two American Linguists who, until very recently were living in Nepal and creat…