Want to maximize your time and effort you are putting into your podcast?
This is the episode for you. In this episode we have special guest Stacy Reed, a marketing and Facebook ads expert who has been using her podcast as an anchor for her entire marketing system.
We talk about how Stacy maximizes her podcast content and uses it in every way in her business to get leads and drive sales, we dive a little into her Facebook ads strategy she uses with her podcast, and we chat about why looking at the BIG picture of your marketing is so important and why including your podcast in that is crucial to your success.
You can check out Stacy's work here:
website: https://stacyzeal.co/
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Music credit: Mavericks by Harrison Amer. A Podcast Launch Bestie production
So if you're wanting to maximize what
you're doing with your podcast and you
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:want to learn how to make it work for your
business and not you always working for
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:your podcast, this is the episode for you.
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:So today I have on a really special guest.
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:Stacey Reed.
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:She is a marketing expert, Facebook
ads expert, and we are going to talk
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:about how to incorporate your podcast
into your existing marketing strategy,
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:why you should, why not doing that is
why a lot of people quit podcasting
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:and fail at what they're doing.
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:And what you can start doing
right now to think about your
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:podcast in a more strategic way.
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:So I'm glad that you're here.
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:Stay tuned.
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:We have a great show up for you today.
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:Okay.
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:So welcome Stacey Reed to podcast that
pays the podcast, that helps you to,
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:use podcasting to grow your business,
sell your offers, be a part of your
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:marketing, all that, all that good stuff.
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:So welcome Stacey.
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:I am so happy to have you here.
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:Just jump right in, tell us a little
bit about who you are, what you
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:do, who you help, how you help them
jump right in and tell us that.
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:Yeah.
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:Awesome.
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:Thanks so much for having me.
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:I'm excited to be here.
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:Um, so yeah, my name is Stacey
and I am a Facebook ads expert
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:and marketing strategist.
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:Um, and the way that I work with
clients is that when clients come to me,
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:typically they have a really big vision.
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:, they're not a marketer, but they
really want to understand what is
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:it going to take for them to take
their business to the next level.
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:So they're usually around that six
figure mark and are trying to figure out
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:How do I get to, um,
get to that next level?
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:And so that's how I help people.
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:Um, I have been.
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:In marketing for 11 years, I led
paid social examples and generated
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:150 million with Facebook and
Instagram ads specifically.
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:I've worked on all of these different
social platforms as, as far as like the
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:advertising side of things, as well as
the organic side throughout my career.
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:And I've really started to kind of take
all of that knowledge that I have and
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:package it into courses and workshops and
different kinds of things and different
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:ways to help brands who are scaling to
do what they're doing more efficiently.
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:So that's what I do.
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:Yay.
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:Welcome.
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:Okay.
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:So, , speaking of like you, you're a
marketer, I'm a marketer, and I know
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:this is something that we have talked
about before, , I had a sales call
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:just yesterday and I was amongst my
like 50 calls I had yesterday, but
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:I had a sales call thrown in there.
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:And one of the things that I.
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:You know, told her was, I was
like, you know what, there's this
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:hill that I will die on like my
thing when it comes to podcasting.
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:And I think the thing that really
differentiates me because there's
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:a lot of people that will.
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:Produce a podcast where you find,
you know, worried about audio, you
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:know, like can do that side of it.
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:But for me, the thing that differentiates
me and the hill I will tie on is using
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:podcasting as a marketing tool in your
business . And so , I'm curious what
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:your take is because you also have a
podcast, when you were beginning your
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:podcast, you know, journey, or you
started your podcast, how did you
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:approach it from a marketing standpoint?
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:What did you, what were your thoughts
around how is this going to work overall
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:for my marketing, for my business?
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:Why did you feel like it was like an
important thing for you to do at that?
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:You know, at that time or that you
still continue to do, cause you're
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:very consistent with your podcast.
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:So talk to me a little bit about that and
kind of what was your purpose behind that.
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:Yeah.
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:Um, so really when I started to think
about there's so much marketing out
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:there that you can do so many options.
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:Um, and when I started to really think
about how do I connect best with people.
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:Um, one of the things I had to realize
was that I connect best with people
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:when I get to talk to them or when
the people get to hear my voice.
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:Um, I'm really good at being
able to close sales calls.
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:Um, I'm really good at just talking
to people, building relationships.
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:I am someone who will
just talk to anybody.
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:And so when I started to think
about, you know, how do I.
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:Incorporate marketing that also
aligns with my strengths, something
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:that I enjoy doing, um, and something
that I would say is relatively
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:Podcasting was one of those things
that was just like right there.
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:And it was just so easy for me to
kind of gravitate towards podcasting.
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:I'm also been an avid
listener of podcasts.
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:So I've listened to podcasts for years.
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:Um, and when I started to really kind
of, so that's really what led me to it
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:is thinking like, what are my strengths?
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:How do people need to best consume me in
order for them to want to work with me
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:and to continue on and to buy from me?
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:How can I best use, um, a piece
of long form, long term context?
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:That's an other thing is that a lot
of times people try to build their
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:businesses all on social media.
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:Um, Or just between social
media and their email list.
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:Um, but you're not thinking about
things like blogging and, you know,
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:long form video and podcasts to be a
really kind of space where somebody
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:can come listen to you for 10, minutes,
whatever it is, and consume what it
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:is that you do get some information,
but then still feel like they're
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:building that relationship with you.
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:And so that's really what led me there.
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:Like it, it aligns with my strengths.
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:It's something I love to do.
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:It's something that's
relatively easy to me.
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:And honestly, if you're looking at
stats, podcasting has taken off also.
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:And so there's, there, there's that
piece of it as well, where it's like,
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:you know, like I said, I've been
listening to podcasts for years,
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:but now I feel like in the last
year or two, it's had its big boom.
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:Like everybody's starting a podcast.
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:Everybody wants to start a
podcast, um, or be on podcasts.
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:And so it's really.
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:a great time for it, but
then it also aligns with my
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:strengths in how I communicate.
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:I love that.
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:I think that's really important.
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:And there was another person, Genevieve,
when I interviewed her, um, for this as
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:well, like one of the things that she
said and that she recommended to everybody
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:was, you know, if that is, if this is
something that has nudged you and that
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:you feel like is, Again, aligned with your
marketing and a lot of people find that it
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:is because a lot of my clients and people
who are listening to this, like they love,
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:like they are so good at what they do.
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:They are not great at marketing.
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:They are not great at, you know,
they look at social media, they feel
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:like it's a little performative.
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:They feel like they have to do
this like horse and pony show.
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:And I love doing the horse and pony show.
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:Like I could do that.
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:Like, I was like, Hey, but,
but again, that gets tiring.
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:And it's like, At the same time, if I
don't show up there, then nothing is
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:happening, you know, in my business.
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:Whereas when you have this long form
content, then it can still happen.
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:Things are still happening
in your business.
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:People are still being nurtured
by you from this content.
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:Even if you don't produce
it, even if you take a break.
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:I had a, uh, one client who,
uh, Came to me for production.
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:And she's like, okay, I
don't know what to do.
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:I had this old podcast
and I haven't touched it.
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:And I think it might've been a
couple of years, to be honest.
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:And she was like, do I go back to that?
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:Or do I start a new podcast?
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:And I was like, let's
pull up your old podcast.
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:Like, let's pull up the stats.
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:Let's see, you know, like what, how
many followers you had, whatever.
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:Um, we pull up her stats and this
woman is getting like a hundred.
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:downloads a month on a podcast
she hasn't touched in years.
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:That is so true.
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:Like I literally, so this is my podcast.
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:I have now roadmap to 1 million.
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:It's actually my second podcast.
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:The first podcast I had is called high
on self care and I haven't recorded that.
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:And, oh, it's been more
than a year for sure.
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:And we went like super hard, like,
you know, for that first year.
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:And it's all about like
cannabis and self care.
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:So we went to a really
super niche environment.
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:Wasn't a whole, not a whole lot of,
you know, black, black women leading
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:podcasts talking about cannabis.
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:So we had a really,
really kind of good niche.
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:Um, but we grew that to 10,
000 downloads in a year.
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:And even now I still get the reports.
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:Cause I have, like I said, I haven't
recorded an episode in a year.
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:Um, and over a year, actually,
we still get the reports and
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:it's still getting downloads.
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:And one of those things I would, and my
site is still getting traffic because
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:I post my podcast show notes there.
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:So that's SEO.
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:So that, that traffic, that site is still
growing, even though I haven't touched it.
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:And it's only thing that's
housed there are my podcasts, the
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:podcast, it still gets downloads.
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:And so, yeah, that's, that's
definitely spot on that.
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:It is a very longterm, um, you
know, staple in your marketing.
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:And listen, the other day I, I
literally took my podcast transcripts
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:and I told chat GPT, Hey, turn
this into a blog post for me.
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this into 20, uh, snarky.
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:I'm even 20 funny
Facebook posts with this.
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:Like, like, I'm like telling
it like turn it into this.
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:And it did it in a really
pretty, pretty good way.
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:I was like, um, yeah, you know,
like, there's like no excuses.
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:That is such a great idea to take the
transcript and put it in a chat GPT.
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:The transcript and put it in
chat GPT, and then it will
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:And even if like, I love it's like pro
tip, always take the transcript anyway.
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:Because look at your transcript and you
are going to see things that you said that
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:are like little quotable moments or like
things you can pull for yourself, or if
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:you've got a team that can be content,
because one of the biggest things, again,
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:the hill that I will die on is using this
for marketing, but also incorporating it
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:with what you're doing in your business,
which is like, you know, So important to
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:do and not just have this like separate
thing over here like a lot of people do
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:but that's the that's that those are the
people who I see burnout on podcasting.
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:Those are the ones who don't those
are the ones who don't make it who are
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:like, okay, I got my business here and
then I got this podcast over here, but
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:Right.
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:So how do you keep that?
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:How do you approach podcasting
as this like holistic thing
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:that works for your business?
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:And that is your overall part
of your marketing strategy.
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:How does that fit into
your marketing strategy?
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:Tell us how you do that.
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:So I look at my podcast as a way to
nurture my audience and to stay top
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:Yeah, . Now I've, we'll talk about,
you know, how I'm using it as a lead
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:generator for with advertising, but.
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like, okay, this is the kind of content
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that know, like, and trust.
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:Um, and they're going to be able
to consume content until they're
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:I also, I kind of look at it
as my anchor piece of content.
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:I have one like anchor piece of content
or some people call it a hero, you
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:And so this is where I, I approach it for
like, okay, I'm nurturing my audience.
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step, which is either watching
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:Um, and then just using it as a way
to get a stay on top of my email list.
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:I send my podcast out to my email list.
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:I use it for SEO.
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:So like I post the show notes
as a blog post to help to, you
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:And so really it is the anchor, like kind
of like the centerpiece of our content.
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:And then we use all of our social
channels and all of our other channels
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:So like my email list is
driving them to the podcast.
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driving people to the podcast.
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:And so that's really kind of how I
approach it as it's my, my anchor piece
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week, I need to get a podcast episode
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that I am staying in front of my
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:And I just want to point out for
you people, for you people who
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if she don't do shit that week,
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:And I'm telling you, so many people have
this In reverse, like so many people
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:put this as the thing that they will
do when they get to it versus the thing
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:that everything else can come, can,
can come from this anchor content, the
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content comes from that.
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:Like you said, your email list shit, you
can send to your, uh, You know, on your
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:social media, you're at least sharing
this, you're nurturing those people.
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:And something that I really love
about, you know, about my podcast as
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:well as like, I can decide not to
send my podcast out to my email list.
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:Matter of fact, I think like the last
one that I did, I didn't send it to
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mid launch and doing something else.
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you, you don't have to tell them,
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:Cause like, I know for me, it's
like how I consume podcasts.
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podcasts when I'm driving.
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the car, I'm pulling out my podcast
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see what topic I want to listen to.
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:So that host doesn't even have to
tell me, Hey, I have an episode out.
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that's already kind of how I, how I do it.
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one of the things that makes
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like blogging and stuff like that.
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:It's like, yeah, can you, you know,
you can follow somebody's blog and
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:get a notification, but for the most
part, like you either need to be on
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:their email list to see that they have
new, you know, new stuff coming out.
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:Or you stumble upon it
on, you know, from Google.
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:Um, so you're not, so unless you're
like really kind of like buying into
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say, you know, and I would say like even
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it's like you follow somebody on YouTube,
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as soon as you get on YouTube anyway.
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be able to have a platform where
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getting people to follow my show so
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see a spike in my downloads.
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:When I sent out to my email list, we've
kind of built that into our workflow now.
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:Cause again, like, you know, repurposing
is the name of the game for us.
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notes as emails as well.
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once the show notes are approved.
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become a blog post, we pull
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chat GPT and some of these other
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know, posts and stuff like that.
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the anchor of my business.
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that, like, you know, when I have a
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got my podcast comes out on Tuesdays.
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of looking at a topic.
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podcast that I've done the week before
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people jump on there, but then I
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know, traffic to the podcast.
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you know, I had a whiteboard and
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and see how everything connects.
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marketing channels kind of
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you use it for people, you know,
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this, um, in another, in another interview
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saw like what I was doing and you were
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because not only did you see it like
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my ads reinforce it like it's like what
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is a part of an ecosystem when you look
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a In totality, like this, all of this
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working or this thing isn't working.
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you know, social media when
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working or this isn't working.
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thoughts on what's working and
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need to see you, they need to see
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they, they might not engage with it.
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:They might not share your reel, that you
might not get like all these accolades
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:You might not, but it's those
things that are working together
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keep you in front of your people.
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:So when they're ready to
buy, you're there, right?
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:They know that you're still
offering the thing that they want.
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:So how are you using your
podcast for lead generation?
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:I know that you've been, you know,
testing some things and testing
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:Like, tell us how you're
bringing in new leads into your
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:So one of the main things, as I
mentioned, like, you know, originally
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focusing on it being a nurturer.
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was focused on growing it, but
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like, you know, get leads from it.
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my audience to consume my podcast.
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about one, how much great content
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if you're looking at your analytics and
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episode that, like, really brings in
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know, it can kind of get to be a
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like, I have all this great content.
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things I started doing.
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that's called why now is the
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:perfect time to run Facebook ads.
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my analytics that it was growing.
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:It was growing slowly, but it
was still growing over time.
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:So I'm like, okay, people are definitely
interested in this kind of content.
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:I was looking at my Google analytics
and seeing like, okay, this podcast
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of, you know, getting a lot of traffic.
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:What I did was I took that as a
data point and said like, okay, this
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:podcast episode is already getting a
lot of traffic and a lot of downloads
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:And so what I did was I, as I mentioned,
all of our show notes go onto the
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:What I did was I put some lead, you
know, some lead generators, some
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:And so I decided to run some
Facebook ads to that podcast episode.
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that it's a podcast episode.
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go, go listen to the podcast or whatever.
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page, though, they also see a pop up
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me is like getting people to get into
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hearing my voice, seeing who I am,
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:And then I'm moving them to the next
step, which is watching my workshop.
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sells them into the course.
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:And so really, it's been
really effective to be honest.
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an experiment because it's something
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people in my course have podcasts,
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how can we use this as piece
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do is like, I use the piece of content
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know, people are coming in, they're
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:They don't have, you know, any kind of
sign up for anything or whatever, kind
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:of like how you, if you would drive
traffic to a blog post per se, right?
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:Like we'll just go, they get
the information they need.
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are, um, You know, and liking the
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:content, then they're also going
to see my lead magnets on there.
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:So I have like some, you know, place
throughout the blog posts where you're
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:going to go sign up to watch my workshop.
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:I have a pop up that's
really, really effective.
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:Um, and I know people would kind
of like hate pop ups sometimes,
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:but they are very, very effective.
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:Um, and so yeah, that's how I'm
using it as lead generation.
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:So I started with that.
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:And one thing I'll also add is that I'm
also running this to my warm audience.
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:Um, so I have an audience of people
who have engaged with me on Instagram,
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:engaged with me on Facebook, who follow
me, that kind of thing, or who visited
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:my profile, something like that.
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:Um, and that is then this ad for the
podcast is being mostly targeted to them.
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:And so I'm also using it as a
way to kind of, to, to move those
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:warm people from just being like
watchers on Instagram to actually
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:getting into my marketing ecosystem.
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:Um, so actually consuming the podcast,
actually getting onto my email list.
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:And so really just being
able to, to kind of like.
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:Use this content as a way to not only
get in front of new audiences, but to,
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:to get in front of, you know, people
who have shown you on social that
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:they're interested, but they haven't
actually gone and, you know, signed
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:up for your lead magnets or got on
your email list or anything like that.
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:Um, so, so far it's, it's, it's
actually performing pretty well.
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:It's my lowest cost per lead right now.
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:Um, and so, right.
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:So, so because I've used that as a data
point, my next step is like, okay, I have
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:this podcast series that I'm, that I'm
in the middle of launching right now.
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:The next episode launches next week.
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:And so I'm going to take that whole
series and just reuse, use that
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:as a lead magnet and just run ads.
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:To like, I'm, you know, creating a
single page on the site for the series.
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:It's like, it's called a streamline
and streamline and scale series.
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:And so I'm going to create a page that
has all four podcast episodes there.
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:That has some information there to make
sure I have these lead magnets there.
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:Um, and then I can even also like,
once that audience size gets big
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:enough, then I can even start
retargeting them with webinar X.
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:Where I can say like, okay, these are
all the people who've gone to that page,
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:they're listening to the podcast, target
anybody who hasn't signed up for my lead
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:magnet yet and show them directly like
ads that are saying like, Hey, watch this
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:webinar because I'm trying to get people
sold on the effectiveness of Facebook ads.
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:Like I think, well, honestly, I think a
lot of people already kind of like, are
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:like, Oh yeah, Facebook ads are effective.
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:But they're not sure if
the time is right for them.
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:They're not sure if they're ready yet.
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:And so this is a question that I
get from my audience all the time.
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:It's like, how do I know if I'm ready?
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:And so that kind of question leads
directly into why now is the perfect
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:time for you to start running ads.
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:And I kind of go through why, um, and then
the next logical step would be like, okay,
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:I feel like now it is the time for me.
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:Now let me watch the workshop to
figure out the strategy behind it and
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:what all goes into it and to learn
my frameworks and that kind of thing.
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:Yeah.
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:So I love that you said, you know,
a couple of things that you said
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:was like with a marketing ecosystem.
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:I definitely want to, I definitely
want to like put some emphasis
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:on that and make sure that if
you're listening, you understand
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:that like, It all works together.
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:Marketing ecosystem, me and Stacey, like
we have a very similar marketing mind.
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:And so you can see that we both
approach podcasting from a, from
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:like a very much a marketing way.
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:Like, how are we using this?
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:And I teach my clients literally the
same exact thing when it comes to
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:like how you're creating your series.
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:And so one thing I would say, if
you, You know, listen to that and
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:think that that's interesting,
something else that you can do.
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:And what I teach my clients is to
go into your shit that's already
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:existing and figure out how you
can group this old content together
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:to basically have the same effect.
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:So like, let's say we're talking
about, um, specifically, like if it
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:was on my, on this podcast, you know,
and so there's three episodes that
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:are like really talking about like
conversions and like selling from
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:your podcast and what to do in that.
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:I could group those together as a
series on a separate blog page and
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:all and use that the same way, like,
like I'm using it as an opt in.
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:And so I love that you brought
that up because that is.
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:Literally how you have to start
shifting your mind when you're
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:looking at podcasting, if you want
to podcast for your business, if you
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:want a podcast to get results, if
you want to generate leads, like you
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:have to start thinking, like, how am
I strategically using this content?
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:Not just like.
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:What am I going to talk about tomorrow
and put my pod to put my head like how
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:can I use the content already have how
do we maximize the shit that I'm doing.
468
:Um, I know we, we've both talked
about before to where using your,
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:your podcast content in your welcome
sequence in a closing sequence and like.
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:In the, in email sequences, like where
people are getting to know you, how
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:do you strategically use that content?
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:I think that's a big part of how we
create this ecosystem, how we can
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:maximize what we're doing in a podcast.
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:And, and the importance of that is that.
475
:Number one, it creates for us an ease
in our marketing systems because we, we
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:know how everything is working together.
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:We're using our content
more than one time.
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:We're, you know, we're, we're funneling
people through and people are seeing us
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:and keeping, keeping them top of mind.
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:Right.
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:And then it's also like, like
it makes it easier for you.
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:It makes it easier for you.
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:So when you're thinking about your
podcast and you're thinking about
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:how you're using it in your business,
like a thousand percent, you need
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:to be strategic with what, with what
you're doing for your marketing.
486
:And, um, another thing I want to bring
attention to, or want to ask you is when
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:you're, when you're doing your Facebook
ads, um, you're doing them specifically.
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:To one episode and not
to the entire podcast.
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:Correct.
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:Okay.
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:And so what's the like thinking behind
that or the testing behind that?
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:Like, why not send, why not do one that's
like, here's the whole podcast or like,
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:what, or will you do it like that also?
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:Like, what's the, what's your,
what's your thoughts on that?
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:Yeah.
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:My thought on that is that I think one of
the things I was thinking about is kind
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:of like looking at the whole funnel or
the whole customer journey that I want
498
:someone to take and the what I want is
for to attract people who are interested
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:in Facebook ads because I do have
like, you know, content on my podcast.
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:It's like, oh, you know, it's More
like, you know, marketing focused
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:or like, like marketing tools
that I use, those kinds of things.
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:And those are more affiliate
plays with my podcast.
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:Cause I was like, you know, I've
created some affiliate kind of
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:agreements and stuff like that.
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:And so I have some episodes
that are specifically dedicated.
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:That's the goal is specifically
to drive affiliate sales.
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:Um, and so with this, when I was
thinking about what do I want the
508
:sales cycle to be, or what do I
want the customer journey to be?
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:It was, I want to attract people who
are already considering Facebook ads.
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:And so that's why I decided to use an
episode that was directly speaking to
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:people who are considering Facebook
ads, because I wanted to start to
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:eliminate people who are on the fence.
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:Like I wanted to eliminate people
who are just kind of like, you know,
514
:Facebook ad haters or who are just like,
I don't want to do Facebook ads at all.
515
:Like I'm not, I'm not in the, in the,
in the position of, especially with
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:advertising, I think I'm not trying to
convince people that they have a problem.
517
:Um, like I'm not trying to be just because
somebody knows they have a problem.
518
:Does that mean that they're
ready to act on it yet?
519
:And so I'm trying to pick out the
content from my podcast that's going
520
:to really speak to those people who are
on the fence of like, I think Facebook,
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:like I'm kind of sold on Facebook ads.
522
:I have colleagues that say Facebook
ads work, but is it right for me?
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:Is it, is it the right time?
524
:How does it work?
525
:And so I'm trying to answer those
questions that people have been asking me
526
:that I come up like as I do presentations
and stuff like that, people always ask.
527
:Is it the right time for
me to run Facebook ads?
528
:And so I'm like, okay, if my audience
is telling me that this is something
529
:that they keep asking me this and
there's probably a lot of people out
530
:there that have the same question.
531
:Um, and so that's why I really decided
to go with something specific because
532
:I wanted to attract people who were on
the fence about Facebook ads already
533
:and not in a place where they're
like, well, what, you know, why would
534
:I, you know, what are Facebook ads?
535
:Why would I even invest in that?
536
:Blah, blah, blah.
537
:I wanted to talk to people who
were already on that fence of
538
:like, I can see the effectiveness.
539
:Is it going to work for me?
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:Yeah.
541
:And so, and I was thinking
about the end result.
542
:The end result is for
them to buy my course.
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:And so my course is on Facebook ads.
544
:And so Elevate and just kind of trying
to get people to listen to my podcast.
545
:I, you know, just a general message.
546
:I feel like I would attract people
who weren't necessarily already ready
547
:for Facebook ads who weren't sold
on Facebook ads yet, who weren't
548
:even considering them, right.
549
:They're just looking for
marketing information.
550
:Um, and so while that's fine, you
know, growing your podcast numbers
551
:and all that kind of stuff is fine.
552
:The purpose of these ads is
to drive leads for my course.
553
:And so I wanted to pick something
that was very specific to a question
554
:that people have before they would
even consider buying my course.
555
:Um, and I guess you can kind of frame
it as like taking those objections
556
:that people have and kind of like, you
know, Helping them to overcome that
557
:objective before objection, before
they even watch my webinar, like before
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:they even go to watch the webinar
on how to add Facebook ads to their
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:Instagram, to their, to their strategy.
560
:I want them to be kind of in that
mind frame of, yeah, right now is the
561
:perfect time for me to run Facebook ads.
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:Like I don't need to wait six months.
563
:I don't need to wait
till the end of the year.
564
:Like now is the time.
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:And I really think that that
episode was very impactful in
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:helping people to understand.
567
:That the longer they delay their,
that they wait for it to run
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:Facebook ads and the more they're
going to delay their success.
569
:And so I wanted them to come into
the workshop already understanding
570
:like, yeah, now is the right time.
571
:Now my question, my question is no longer,
is it the right time or am I ready?
572
:My question is now what
do I have to do next?
573
:What do I have to do to actually like,
you know, bring this to fruition?
574
:To life.
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:What are the steps, what's the framework?
576
:So really that's kind of why I was
approaching it and being very specific.
577
:Um, yeah, I feel like there may be
a, there may be a time when I am very
578
:much, I'm like, I just wanna grow
my podcast and just like, you know,
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:start to get people into my world.
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:'cause I am doing a summit in September
that's gonna be more marketing focus.
581
:It's also gonna be selling my course.
582
:But that may be a time where I'm like,
let me get a lot of people onto my
583
:podcast because I'm gonna be using that
podcast to do a lot of pre-launch content
584
:and launch content for the summit.
585
:Um.
586
:So there may be a time when I
do that, but I think now when
587
:I'm thinking about advertising.
588
:Um, I wanted to get, reach a very
specific person, a person who was in a
589
:very specific place on their journey.
590
:Um, not people who were just kind of like
looking for general marketing information.
591
:Yeah, I love that.
592
:And, and something I really
want to highlight in, in all of
593
:that is that it's very smart.
594
:For what you're doing, but it's because
it's not just like, that's the only
595
:way to do it because I run it to my
entire, um, to my entire podcast.
596
:And I also, like, there's reasons why
I do mine to my entire podcast and
597
:eventually when I completely build
out my strategy, I will have them to
598
:individual episodes as well for some of
the same reasons as you, but what I want
599
:to highlight about all of that is that.
600
:What you do is so intentional, how
you use, how you think about like
601
:what you're doing with your podcast
is so specific, so intentional.
602
:And this is what I want people to
really take from what you said.
603
:It's like, I don't want them to
take whether you should run your
604
:Facebook ad to, to one thing or
to, you know, to the whole, to the
605
:whole thing, or just to one episode.
606
:But it's like, I want people to take that.
607
:This is a, not like a
personal, like it is, it's an
608
:individualized to your business.
609
:There's no right or wrong.
610
:It's just, what are your goals?
611
:And if you don't know what you're
trying to do, so you know exactly
612
:who you're trying to get, what you
want them to do next, you know what
613
:you're trying to accomplish by this.
614
:And that is like one of the biggest
pieces that people miss, even when so.
615
:With my clients, where we start with this
and the goals is like, even in creation
616
:of your fricking podcast, it's like,
let's get specific of what your goals are.
617
:And so I love that you said.
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:In September, I'm doing this summit.
619
:And so I may shift that.
620
:And that's exactly what you, how
you should be thinking about what
621
:you're doing with your podcast.
622
:It's like your content can shift.
623
:Your content can shift based
on what you're selling.
624
:Your content should shift based on like
what's going on in your business, how
625
:you use that content should, you know,
should shift, you know, like talking
626
:about what you're using as lead magnets.
627
:If we know that we've got, Um, an offer
coming up in August that we're selling
628
:that has to do with Facebook ads,
then like right now, of course, let's
629
:put the Facebook ads lead magnet out.
630
:Let's put those highlight the Facebook
ads episodes for those people who
631
:are going to be more ideal for that.
632
:And so now we're being really strategic.
633
:So I think that's like.
634
:A really huge point is I talk about it
a lot in the creation of your podcast,
635
:but I don't talk about it as much in the
like, now, what are your specific goals?
636
:In your overall marketing of your
podcast, how are you, how does
637
:that play into everything else?
638
:So I love that.
639
:Uh, but I do want to
shift gears a little bit.
640
:I mean, it's not really shifting
gears, but we've been talking a lot
641
:about the marketing ecosystem, how
to use your marketing, you know,
642
:how to use this overall, uh, which
I love because it's like the, the
643
:thing I like do we're both marketers.
644
:So we could like talk about
marketing all day long.
645
:We love it.
646
:But I was like, I had another
idea popped in my head when we
647
:went through what you just said.
648
:Yeah, like we can go back and forth.
649
:I have an episode that's dedicated
and directly to that lead magnet.
650
:Yeah, it's exactly.
651
:So many things you can do.
652
:It's so many things that
you can do and be creative.
653
:That's why I think that's why we
both love marketing is because you
654
:get to, it's, it's a creative thing.
655
:You get to be creative.
656
:And so it's cool, but.
657
:So you were talking about Facebook
ads and how you want people,
658
:you know, who are on the fence.
659
:And, you know, now you need
to kind of tell like, is this
660
:right for me, blah, blah, blah.
661
:So I want you to talk to people who
are here, who have podcasts, who are
662
:struggling with their podcast growth,
who, um, Are considering because that's
663
:one of the biggest questions I get
is how do I grow my freaking podcast?
664
:It's like, I can get it
launched, but how do I grow it?
665
:So I think number one, before you
answer this, I want, I want to note
666
:that if you are looking at your
podcast in the entirety of your like
667
:marketing ecosystem, you would be less.
668
:It's focused on just arbitrary
numbers of growth for your podcast,
669
:as you should be just number one.
670
:But then number two, if we were
thinking about it, we're on the
671
:fence, like what would you say
to someone who's a podcaster?
672
:Like what criteria, what things
should we have in place if we're
673
:thinking about running ads?
674
:What, where do we start?
675
:How do we even begin to
wrap our heads around this?
676
:Because it does feel like
a super daunting thing.
677
:So how do we, how do we start and
process and wrap our heads around
678
:it, running ads to our podcasts?
679
:Yeah, that's one.
680
:That's a great question.
681
:And one of the things I will say
is you want to start with what
682
:the end result is going to be,
um, and map and work backwards.
683
:And so, like I said, like the end
result from, you know, people from
684
:what I'm doing is people buying my
course before people buy my course,
685
:they likely have to watch my workshop.
686
:Before they go watch my workshop,
they likely have to get to
687
:know me a little bit, right?
688
:Like because there's everybody's running
a workshop and I was even, you know,
689
:I had ads running for that are just
going directly to my workshop, but I
690
:found it was more effective and my,
my cost per lead has been a lot lower
691
:since I decided to kind of put this.
692
:piece of content first.
693
:So people can start to get to know me.
694
:They can hear my voice a little bit.
695
:They can, you know, kind of, kind of
just build that know, like, and trust.
696
:Like they can start to say like,
okay, I like what she has to say.
697
:I like how she, I like
how she approaches things.
698
:I like how she teaches.
699
:Let me go ahead and watch this next step.
700
:And so if you're thinking about,
okay, what is the end result?
701
:Like, what is the thing
that you want to happen?
702
:Like, if it's, if it's a brand
partnership, for example, Then you
703
:may want to just focus on growing
your downloads for your podcast and
704
:just, you know, getting people to
just download and follow the podcast
705
:because then you can show these
brands how many downloads you have.
706
:But if it's to make sales, which most
likely if you're listening to this
707
:podcast is to like sell your offer
somehow, you have to start to think
708
:about what are the touch points that
people have to have with you in order
709
:before they're going to buy from you.
710
:Um, I, it's really like about
mapping out that customer journey.
711
:That's the first thing I would definitely
say is like, what is the end result?
712
:Like, what do you want them to buy?
713
:What, and what are the touch points
that people need to have before
714
:they're actually going to buy from you?
715
:Most of the time it's going to be
a lot of different touch points.
716
:So it's going to be someone listening
to your podcast, then listening, you
717
:know, getting your emails, them seeing
the ads, them going, you know, watching
718
:your lives and following you on social.
719
:So a lot of these kinds of things
you can build into your workflow.
720
:So like you have your, your, your
automated emails that are going
721
:to go out because everybody that
comes through your funnel is not
722
:going to convert the first time.
723
:So you make sure that you're selling them
in your emails and that kind of thing.
724
:But so that's one of the, that's the
first place I would start is figuring
725
:out like, what is the end result?
726
:What are the touch points
that people need to have?
727
:Now that you understand that now
you can start to look at some of
728
:your episodes to say like, what
are the most popular episodes?
729
:And not in a sense of downloads, I would
say, but in a sense of what are the most
730
:popular episodes that are actually driving
people either to buy something from me?
731
:To book a call to do something, not just
something where people are like, Oh,
732
:this topic is really, really exciting.
733
:I listened, you know, your, your
downloads may have spiked, um, but
734
:then nobody listens to it anymore.
735
:People kind of have moved on.
736
:Um, but so thinking about like looking
at all of your content to figure out
737
:like, what are the actual episodes
that do move people to the next step?
738
:Then after you do that, you want to
make sure that your podcasts are on
739
:your site, because that's another
thing, like, I'm, you know, when I first
740
:started running ads, I was thinking
like, do I run episodes, do I run
741
:ads directly to the podcast player?
742
:Do I, you know, do you
like run it to Apple?
743
:Like, what do you do?
744
:And what you want to make sure that
you're doing is you're running all of
745
:your traffic to your own website, because
when you're running your traffic to
746
:your own website, then your pixel is
going to be able to pick up that data.
747
:Um, and a Facebook pixel is just
essentially if you think about the
748
:pixel, the pixel is essentially like a
bridge between Facebook and your website.
749
:Um, so Facebook is sending people
there and then it's also, you know,
750
:tracking what those people are doing.
751
:And it's kind of like, you know,
passing those signals back and forth.
752
:And so when you're running, when
you have your, your, your podcast
753
:episodes hosted on your website, then
you can start to run traffic to it.
754
:But then I would even say, also,
you want to make sure that you
755
:have lead mag, like you have lead,
um, lead forms on your blog posts.
756
:Because at the end of the day, like
I mentioned, we've already mapped
757
:out what we want people to do.
758
:We want people to become leads and
get on our email list so they can
759
:start to get our sales sequence.
760
:Um.
761
:But in order for them to do that,
I have to give them a lead magnet.
762
:I may have to place that,
you know, the form there.
763
:Um, and so that's what you want to
definitely want to make sure you're doing
764
:like running ads to your site, posting
your podcast on your site so that that
765
:pixel data is picking it up, making sure
that you have lead forms properly placed.
766
:So like exit intent pop ups.
767
:Pop ups for when people first get their
lead forms that are embedded into the
768
:actual blog posts that are telling
people what the next step is, right?
769
:So it's not just saying like, Hey,
get on my email list or, you know,
770
:did you like this podcast episode?
771
:Join my newsletter.
772
:It's really telling them like,
okay, you've had this for this first
773
:piece of content was the first step.
774
:The second step is to go deeper.
775
:So then that's what you want people to do.
776
:You want people to sign up for.
777
:So give them a lead form to sign up for
something that takes them a little bit
778
:deeper, like takes them to the next step.
779
:And so that's why it's important to
map that journey out first, because
780
:then you know, what the, you know, what
steps, you know, what are the touch
781
:points people need to have with you.
782
:Um, and then you can start to really kind
of facilitate your ads to be that way.
783
:And then once you figure all that stuff
out, then it's like, okay, now it's
784
:like messaging and ads and figuring out
like, what does the creative look like?
785
:You know, who am I targeting?
786
:That kind of piece, but I would
definitely say in this kind of
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:sense, you would start with the
end result mind and work backwards
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:in order for you to be effective.
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:I love that.
790
:And so just a question when it comes
to creative and figuring out like how
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:you're targeting your ads, like what
is, are those things that you are
792
:covering in your Facebook ads course?
793
:And like, Would your Facebook ads
course be something that would apply
794
:to people who have podcasts and who are
wanting to run ads to their podcasts?
795
:Yeah.
796
:So my course definitely gives you, so,
so it's funny because like, I'll see
797
:people running ads and stuff saying
like, Oh, here are 200 audiences
798
:to try with your Facebook ads.
799
:And I'm like, you don't
need 200 audiences.
800
:You just need one or two, one,
two, three good core audiences.
801
:Because some of these audiences have
millions of people in it, right?
802
:Like, so let's be realistic.
803
:Like, you know, millions of people
in these audiences, you do not need
804
:to run 200 different audiences.
805
:Um, and so in my course, I tell people
like, Here's like, here are the top
806
:10 to 20 audiences to pick from.
807
:So I give you a list, pick a couple
of these, start writing some ads to
808
:them, read the data and see, you know,
and kind of see, see what that works.
809
:And as far as my course
for podcasting, yeah.
810
:So I actually am releasing a, so
with my course, I have my, my,
811
:my course that has like all the
information is like tech set up.
812
:How to run lead generation
campaigns, how to create ads,
813
:all that kind of good stuff.
814
:So it has foundational stuff there.
815
:But then one thing I'm creating
things I'm working on are playbooks
816
:and the playbooks are specifically
for each individual niche.
817
:And so one of the playbooks that I'm
working on now is for podcasters.
818
:And so it's like, okay.
819
:Now that I have the fundamentals
of how to build the campaign, how
820
:to set the pixel up, how to create
the ads, all that kind of stuff.
821
:This here is the actual
recipe for a podcaster.
822
:So if you are using your podcasts to
generate, you know, sales for your course
823
:or your digital product or whatever
it is, here is the strategy for them.
824
:And so making it so
that it's very specific.
825
:So that way, if you're like, Hey, I'm
a podcaster, this is what I need to do.
826
:If I'm an e commerce brand, another
playbook I'm working for is a, is
827
:an e commerce playbook where it's
like, okay, I'm an e commerce brand.
828
:Here's all the things.
829
:Um, and I wanted to use my podcast as
a test dummy first to test out these
830
:strategies that I had because I've run
a different test to figure out like,
831
:you know, what works and what doesn't.
832
:And so now I'm in a place where
I'm figuring out, okay, this is
833
:this strategy is working for me
and it's driving me low cost leads.
834
:Now, how can I expand upon the strategy?
835
:How can I add a couple of things?
836
:How can I do this better?
837
:But now that I've seen it is working.
838
:I definitely am creating a playbook
for podcasters specifically so you can
839
:just see the whole formula of like run.
840
:These are, these are the ads
type of ads you need to run.
841
:These are, you know, what you need
to, what you need to focus on.
842
:This is how to figure out what
podcasts to pick to run in your ads.
843
:This is how to make sure what are
the checklists to make sure that
844
:you have on your landing page.
845
:Make sure you do have your
leads, your lead magnet set up.
846
:Um, make sure you do have your welcome
email set up and all that kind of stuff.
847
:So that way really you can
just see like top to bottom.
848
:Now that I understand the whole
ecosystem of how Facebook ads
849
:work, this is the, this is the
exact playbook for a podcaster.
850
:Yeah, I love that.
851
:So, okay, so I want to, um, wrap this
up and I want to, there's so many
852
:juicy things that we talked about.
853
:You know, today.
854
:Um, so I'll just want to
recap them really quick.
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:Number one, being really intentional
and having goals when it comes to what
856
:you're doing with your damn podcast.
857
:Like that's where everything should start.
858
:That's where your content should start.
859
:That's where like thinking about
your marketing and how you're using
860
:your content other places like
needs to come from having specific
861
:goals and being intentional.
862
:In how you're using this
in, in your business.
863
:And then that leads to the next part,
which is, this is a larger ecosystem.
864
:This is a part of this whole
ecosystem that is creating for you,
865
:like, like all these touch points
that your people are, are in.
866
:That is going to maximize, you know, your
cells, your leads, your efforts, you're
867
:nurturing your people because they're
seeing you in all these different places.
868
:And so it's all working together.
869
:And I want just like that perspective
shift for, for some people, I think,
870
:I think some people really need that
perspective shift instead of looking
871
:at this as like an isolated thing.
872
:And then the last thing is.
873
:You know, if you are planning on,
if you do want to use, you know,
874
:Facebook ads or something like that,
like I love everything that you said
875
:about how you need to be prepared
and start with the, with the results.
876
:In mind.
877
:That's where you, that's
where you start at.
878
:And so I love it.
879
:I think it ties in beautifully and
talking about the customer journey and
880
:knowing your audience and knowing, like,
you know, like knowing what your offer
881
:is and what these people need from you
and how much they need to hear from
882
:you and what actually moves the needle.
883
:Like, it's just, it's just about
testing and kind of learning
884
:that journey and your audience.
885
:And so if you, so obviously I love
what you're doing with the, yeah.
886
:With your, with your course.
887
:I love the playbook idea for podcasters.
888
:So people can, um, you know, if you're
listening to this and you're interested
889
:in working with Stacy, she's going to
tell you how to work with her and like
890
:her course and something that we talk
about too is you need to stop just hiring
891
:people outright to do your ads for you.
892
:You need to have knowledge.
893
:You need to know at least you need to
know the basics of ads before you hire.
894
:It's like copywriting.
895
:You need to know the basics
of you need your voice.
896
:You need to know about good
copywriting because if you don't,
897
:then when you do hire someone, you,
you have no idea whether they're
898
:being effective or not effective.
899
:Like, and so you need, it's
the same with Facebook ads.
900
:So tell us, and I love what
you're doing with your course.
901
:I think you're super smart.
902
:Um, where can we You connect with
you, find you, come and buy your shit.
903
:Obviously I'll put links in the show
notes to, um, you know, your course
904
:and where people can connect with
you, but tell us what's the next steps
905
:to, uh, you know, working with you.
906
:Yeah, definitely.
907
:So you can, uh, follow my podcast
roadmap to 1 million on all
908
:your faith pockets at platforms.
909
:Um, I show up there weekly,
you know, post a lot of great.
910
:Content and, and I, I love
podcasting to be honest.
911
:I really do love, I really
do love creating my podcast.
912
:Um, so yeah, so you can follow me there.
913
:You can head over to stacyziel.
914
:co it's s t a c y z e a l.
915
:co And that's where you'll
find links to all my stuff.
916
:So like my links to my workshop,
if you want to watch it.
917
:Um, so really kind of go in deep about.
918
:How do I actually layer Facebook
ads into what I'm already doing?
919
:Um, cause like you were saying
with podcasting, like some people
920
:would treat Facebook ads the same
way where they're treated as a
921
:separate piece of their business.
922
:Uh, but really everything
should be working together.
923
:So if you want to learn more about that,
you can head over to my site, Stacyzeal.
924
:co and slash max, M A X, and then
you can actually watch the workshop.
925
:But otherwise I'm all
over these social streets.
926
:You can find me on Instagram,
Facebook, all the places at Stacyzeal.
927
:co.
928
:Um, and yeah, I look forward to connecting
with y'all, feel free to jump in my DMs,
929
:send me information, you know, listen
to the podcast, let me know what you
930
:think, all those kinds of good things.
931
:Yay.
932
:Well, yeah, y'all go follow
Stacey and learn all the
933
:goodness that she has to offer.
934
:Thank you Stacey for being here and I
will see all you guys in the next episode.