Talking The Talk: A Podcast About Podcasting with Courtney Reimer

A funny thing happened on the way to recording this week's episode: I nearly didn't. Between work, family, travel, and life generally life-ing, I found myself on the verge of becoming exactly the kind of podfade...

"Be consistent." We get this advice for everything from our strength training routine to business-building practices, and, of course: podcast strategy. Publish every week, on the same day, at the same time, from now...

Discoverability. It's one of those words that suddenly becomes part of your daily vocabulary the minute you start a podcast. Then, before long, you're drowning in advice about SEO, AEO, YouTube, keywords, metadata...

You work hard. Your podcast should work harder. Even if it means doing double duty on an episode--because if you do it right, it will do quadruple duty for you. I recorded this episode twice. The first recording...

When people say they want to start a podcast to make money, it helps to remember even [INSERT MEGAMILLIONAIRE PODCASTER NAME HERE] didn't just roll out of bed one day, sit down in front of a mic, and start rolling in...

We entrepreneurs looooove to talk about our time problems. Which are certainly real. But the bigger problem: starting from scratch with every new business asset we create. Every week, we're faced with a fresh stack of...

Lots of people start podcasts because they have something to say. The ones that earn their keep over the long run start with something bigger: a vision for what the podcast is meant to build, well beyond the content...

It's easy to believe a podcast is "working" only if the downloads climb quickly, the audience grows fast, or opportunities start showing up right away. But those aren't the metrics that matter most—especially at the...

This episode almost didn't exist. Recorded semi-spontaneously from the Kit Studios in Boise, Idaho, while I was in town for the Craft + Commerce conference, this solo episode began with a familiar internal debate...

<p >Here’s a radical idea: what if the best thing you could do to ensure the success of your podcast is to not track your numbers. At all.</p> <p>In this episode of TALKING THE TALK, Courtney talks with Lori Pine...

<p>Most people launch podcasts hoping for downloads, growth, visibility, and maybe even money. All of which are attainable (with varying degrees of time investment). </p> <p>But it turns out size isn’t everything when...

<p>Would you believe me if I told you the most powerful style of podcast right now is less like a podcast and more like something you’re probably already putting out there–no fancy equipment necessary?</p> <p>The most...

<p>There’s a particular kind of fear that shows up around podcasting for a lot of people… especially entrepreneurs, founders, and experts who know a podcast could help grow their visibility, relationships, and business...

<p>Podcasting can be an incredible tool for business, and many of the most successful founders say their podcast has become their strongest source of leads, visibility, and client connection.</p> <p>But it’s rare that...

<p >This one’s on repeat. The idea at the center of this episode keeps coming up: in client conversations, in DMs, in the general low-grade resentment many of us feel toward our inboxes. So if you missed it the first...