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Get to Know The Podcast Lady, Abbey Graves · Abbey the Podcast Lady

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  Hello and welcome to the very first official
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  episode of The Podcast Lady. I'm Abbey Graves
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  and I am the Podcast Lady and I am so glad that
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  you're here to join me today. If you're someone
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  who's had a podcast idea sitting in your notes
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  app for way too long, you are in the right place.
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  Or maybe you've hit record once or twice but
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  you got stuck editing and you're like, what do
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  I do now? Or maybe you bought that Blue Yeti
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  microphone and you're like, oh my gosh, I'm gonna
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  be a famous podcaster and it's just been collecting
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  dust on your shelf. We've all been there. Things
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  happen. but I'm here to change it all up for
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  you. Now, before we dive into what exactly you
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  can expect from the podcast lady, I wanna start
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  with a little story, one that if I had to guess,
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  you might be able to relate to. I've been in
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  the audio world for a very long time. I spent
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  about 10 years working in radio broadcasting
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  before I launched my own podcast production business.
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  And over the last few years, I've worked with
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  podcasters all over the world, from cattle ranchers
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  in Melbourne, Australia, to relationship therapists
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  in Knoxville, Tennessee, to nonprofits and authors
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  and speakers. and personal brands, I've helped
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  clients launch, grow, and scale podcasts that
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  reach the exact people that they are meant to
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  reach. In those couple years, I've really learned
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  how to take someone's voice and vision and turn
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  it into a polished, professional, and powerful
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  podcast. And yet, I didn't have one of my own.
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  Weird, right? It was actually my business coach
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  who pointed out to me, she's like, so you're
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  the podcast lady, but you don't have a podcast.
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  Okay, fair enough. My favorite phrase is the
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  Cobbler's Child is the last to have shoes. And
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  I always viewed my own personal brand as the
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  Cobbler's Child. No shoes for you. I'm busy making
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  shoes for everybody else. But I reached a point
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  where it's like, no, I need to really prioritize
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  what I'm doing and share the knowledge that I
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  have with people who really need it. And that's
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  what this podcast is all about. So let's talk
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  about it. What is this podcast exactly about?
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  This podcast is here to make podcasting feel
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  possible and accessible and doable. for you and
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  your brand. Because I know how overwhelming it
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  can be when you're just getting started. This
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  is a whole new world. It's a whole new language
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  that you have to learn. There's equipment to
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  figure out. There's platforms to choose. There's
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  subscriptions to manage audio to edit, which
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  if you're not used to it, that is a big scary
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  thing. And that's even before you share this
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  podcast with the world. There is a lot of behind
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  the scenes work that goes into making a podcast,
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  but here's the deal. I believe that everyone
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  has a unique vision and a unique voice and a
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  story that is worth sharing. And I also believe
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  that most people stop before they even start.
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  I don't just believe that I know that I have
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  seen that happen in real time Because the logistics
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  get in the way of the vision and that's just
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  a real life thing My goal is to remove those
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  barriers. I want to be your behind -the -scenes
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  bestie I want to be the person that you can turn
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  to when you're having a technical difficulty
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  and you're like I don't know what to do. I don't
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  know how to handle this Maybe Abby has a podcast
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  episode that can help me fix this problem in
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  real time That is what I want to be for you.
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  I want to be the person who helps you understand
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  and what actually matters when it comes to podcasting
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  and what doesn't matter, what you can leave behind
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  and throw out the window so you can stop spinning
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  your wheels and finally hit record. So I wanna
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  give you a realistic vision of what you can expect
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  from me, the podcast lady, every month here on
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  this podcast. The first episode of the month
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  is going to be a case study breakdown. I'm gonna
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  be taking a podcast that I've been loving to
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  listen to lately, something I'm binging or consuming
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  on a more professional level, and we're gonna
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  break it down. We're going to talk about the
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  things that they're doing right. What's really
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  resonating with me as an outside listener? What's
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  resonating with people in the comments? What
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  are they doing really well? And then we're also
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  going to talk about some of the things that they
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  can do better because even the best podcasters
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  in the world can always improve. That's the beauty
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  of this medium. There's always room for improvement.
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  Whether it's little tweaks here and there, we're
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  all going to learn and grow together in real
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  time. This first episode of the month is going
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  to be part fan girl, me getting to talk about
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  what I love podcasts and also just those practical
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  tips that we can look to others and say, hey,
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  they're doing that really well, I wanna copy
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  that and do that for my own show. The second
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  episode of the month is going to be a practical
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  tip or tool that you can apply to your own podcast.
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  We're gonna dig into something that is really
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  helpful, whether it's tech related, like how
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  to choose the right microphone or the right hosting
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  platform, or we'll get into things that are strategy
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  related, like how are you promoting your show?
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  What platforms are working really well right
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  now? What things are people resonating with on
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  social media to get them converted to be your
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  podcast listeners? we're gonna dive into the
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  nitty gritty of what it actually takes to make
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  your podcast come to life. My goal is for you
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  to finish every episode of The Podcast Lady and
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  really leave with something that you can put
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  into action. What's that one tip? What's that
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  one thing that you learned that you can put into
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  action for your own show, for your own podcast
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  and really start to see some results from it.
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  So you're here listening to this podcast, but
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  you might be thinking... Who else is here listening
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  to this podcast? Who is this podcast really for?
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  Now, I mentioned that I work with all sorts of
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  different podcasters from all around the world,
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  cattle ranchers, speakers, authors, business
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  owners. That's the beauty of podcasting. Anyone
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  can have a show and be an expert in their field.
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  So this podcast, The Podcast Lady, is really
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  for, well, anyone, but also a very specific kind
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  of person, a coach, a creative, a business owner.
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  thought leader, maybe you have an idea that's
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  just nagging at you and just won't leave your
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  head. Maybe you're someone who's been saying,
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  I really wanna start a podcast, I just don't
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  know what steps to take. Or maybe you're someone
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  who started a podcast once, got to episode two
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  and said, this is too much work and I don't know
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  what I'm doing and I'm overwhelmed. The podcast
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  lady is here to fix that. I just really want
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  you to know that I see you. And I've helped people
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  in your exact shoes build shows that they're
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  proud of and that actually move their message
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  forward into the world. And now guess what? It's
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  your turn to step into those shoes. You know,
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  I really probably should have put this part at
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  the beginning of the show now that I think about
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  it. But before we go any further, I do want you
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  to know a little bit more about me. My name is
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  Abby. I run Abby Graves Productions out of the
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  great state of Minnesota. And I help podcasters
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  all around the world create shows that really
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  resonate with their audiences. me up the most
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  is that creative puzzle of it all. How is a show
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  coming together? What audio elements are really
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  standing out? What video elements can we use
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  to tie it all together and share across social
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  media? The fact that one podcast can be turned
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  into so many different kinds of content. This
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  is the base of it all and you can break off individual
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  pieces to serve different platforms. I think
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  podcasting is just such an incredible medium
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  and I thank my lucky stars every day that I get
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  to work in this industry. I think we've kind
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  of reached the point where it's time to take
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  the plunge, don't you think? I know you might
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  be thinking, oh, this is so soon. Don't worry.
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  I'm here to hold your hand through this entire
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  process So if this sounds like the kind of support
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  that you've been looking for to get your show
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  started to get it off the ground To hit record
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  finally. I'm so glad that you're here and I really
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  hope that you stick around at least for a couple
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  episodes Give me a couple episodes of a try.
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  See if you're vibing with me. See if we match
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  each other's energy I want to make sure that
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  you're subscribed wherever you're listening to
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  podcasts whether that's Spotify Apple I'm gonna
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  be putting this on YouTube as well. I don't want
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  you to miss a single moment of the action. I'm
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  also on TikTok. I share a lot of behind the scenes
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  content on TikTok about making podcasts and I
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  just want you to know that you're not alone in
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  this journey. I'm here to help you. I want to
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  make sure that your show goes out into the world
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  and you might be having that little voice in
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  your head going, but everyone's got a podcast.
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  There's a billion podcasts out there. Why does
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  mine matter? Trust me. It does. Like I said,
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  you have a unique voice. You have a unique story.
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  You have a unique vision and that is worth putting
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  out into the world. We're gonna help you find
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  your audience. We're gonna help you make some
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  really great content and I'm so excited that
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  you're here for the ride. I want to thank you
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  so much for joining me and I will catch you on
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  the next episode. We will do our first case study
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  together and I'm gonna give you a little preview
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  so you can maybe go listen to an episode or two
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  so you know what we're talking about. We're gonna
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  be talking about one of my favorite shows of
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  all time, Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard. I'll
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  catch you on the next episode.