Welcome to Podcast Suck, a podcast about starting a podcast, where we dive headfirst into the wild, wacky, and sometimes frustrating world of podcasting. If you've ever sat down with a microphone, hit record, and thought, what on earth am I doing? Or if you're just curious about the magic behind your favorite shows, then you're in the right place. Get ready for laughs, insights, and a whole lot of what not to do advice as we embark on this podcasting journey together. Let's dive in. So your competition has a podcast. What do you have? We stopped to think about that at all. That's gotta be, I don't care how competitive you are. That's gotta be a bit of a rub knowing that you've been thinking about starting a podcast or the thought has crossed your mind and, but yeah, you haven't done anything, but There's something to be said for the ones The first ones to blaze the trail to say, Hey, we're going to start doing the thing because the thing is what gets more eyeballs on our brand, on our business, on our product. Your competition's owning the narrative right now because they have a podcast that people are seeing content from, they're hearing episodes from, they're seeing Listen, it's 2025. Silence equals completely irrelevant in It's just where we're at. If you're not online, you're not creating content, most people don't even know about you. It's equivalent to having a billboard in the eighties or nineties that was in the middle of the woods, that had no foot traffic, no roads for people to drive on, to see it in the middle So I want you to ask yourself, is our while our competition has their billboard on the busiest highways and byways in town. Of course, I'm using that as an analogy for billboards, but in this case, it's a podcast. Listen, you may be the very best at what you do. So what if you're not sharing it with the world? So what if you're not getting that message out? So what if you're not leveraging it to network with people that you want to do business with? Leveraging it to network with people that you want to build a relationship with. Do you want to win the attention war or not? Because I guarantee you that your competition is winning the attention war right now because they have a podcast. They're dominating the car rides, the commutes, the gym sessions, the evening walks, the runs. Why? Cause they're all up in your potential customers and clients earbuds with a podcast. I want this episode to drive you to action. It Good. When we're triggered, we're often led to take action. You can make a conscious decision right now to get loud, or get left behind. Those are your two options right now. I'm not saying get on a podcast and start screaming and yelling and being completely off the rails, but get loud meeting, turn the microphone on, share your expertise, start networking and interviewing people you want to do business with. You got to pick one. You want to be the best kept secret or do you want to start talking best kept secret? It's great for the people that discover the secret, but when you start talking, more people learn about you, more people resonate with you, more people are attracted to This podcast is a great example of people positioning me as the absolute go-to source when it comes to starting a podcast. Why? Because this podcast is all about starting and growing a podcast. If you go back to episode one of this podcast, I unpack every single one of my air quotes secrets. I unpack my entire book on the first 10 or 12 episodes. We've been doing this for a few years now, and now I like to talk about all things podcasting, but a lot when it comes to mindset, when it comes to excuses, when it comes to the real reason that you haven't started a podcast, the You can go check me out at podcast suck. And I said, here's the real reason you haven't started a podcast. Your excuses shoulda, A lot of you out here waiting for the perfect time, which doesn't exist by the way. We're waiting for money not to be funny or cows not to go moo or the sun not to go up. Listen, friends, someday is not a day. One day is not a day. There is a clock ticking that none of us know about. What are you doing with the time that you do have? What are you doing with the opportunities that are at hand for your business and your life right now? Because I'm here to tell you, Starting a podcast will radically, and I do mean radically, change your life and your business if you let it. And I feel qualified to say that because I'm living proof. And I also have an entire roster of clients here at the Podcast Launch Lab that we get the opportunity to work with that are doing and experiencing the same The mic is available. You just haven't picked it up yet. My question to you is, today be the day? If One of my favorite quotes, I've probably said it on several episodes before, and I'll continue to say it because it's just that good. Martin Luther King, Sr., how soon, not now, Pick up the mic, get in the podcasting game. I don't know where to start. Well, then let's schedule a time to hop on a call and chat about what's possible and see if you're a fit for our 90 day completely done for you podcast launch solution. Check us out. There's a link in the description of this podcast episode to book a call with me, or you can go to podcastlaunchlab.com. Click on schedule a call. You got questions, thoughts, ideas, concerns about this episode or any episodes on this podcast, send me a DM over on Instagram, at podcast suck, just like the name of the show. Let me know you listened to this episode. And I do respond to each and every one of you lovely people. I hope this episode moves you to action. What's on the other side of you starting a podcast is something you couldn't even begin to wrap your head around, but it all starts with the decision and it starts right now. Until next time, friends. Thanks so much for tuning into this episode. We sure do appreciate it. If you haven't done so already, make sure you're subscribed to the show wherever you consume podcasts. It's where we get updates as new episodes become available. 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