1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:09,040 Hi, my name is Jared. 2 00:00:09,040 --> 00:00:12,440 And I usually when I tell people my name is Jared in the US, I'll tell them that it's 3 00:00:12,440 --> 00:00:15,320 Jared like the jewelry store. 4 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:19,720 I used to say Jared like the subway guy and for people in the US, they'll get that and 5 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:23,440 it's you don't really tell that joke anymore. 6 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:27,060 And then my last name is easily and I'll say it's easily to remember. 7 00:00:27,060 --> 00:00:30,000 And then most people will remember my name when I say that. 8 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:34,520 So Jared easily, I live in South Florida, but I'm originally from Alabama, but I've 9 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:36,240 kind of moved around. 10 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:41,800 I was a rambling man for a little bit, jumped around and went to different places. 11 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:42,800 I was in the military. 12 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:47,720 I lived in Hawaii and some other, some other spots that were fun and not so fun. 13 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:51,680 And then, yeah, my wife is originally from Fort Lauderdale. 14 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:55,440 So when I moved to Florida in 2003, I was living in Orlando and she was a travel nurse 15 00:00:55,440 --> 00:01:00,360 and we met and then we started dating, got married and now I'm ultimately down here in 16 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:01,360 Fort Lauderdale. 17 00:01:01,360 --> 00:01:05,240 I don't think when I was younger, whatever would have imagined myself in South Florida, 18 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:07,560 but I absolutely love it now. 19 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:09,960 My daughter is happy to be near grandma, grandpa. 20 00:01:09,960 --> 00:01:14,760 And yeah, my wife loves it because she's from here and her family's here and her friends 21 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:15,760 are here. 22 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:20,800 There's actually a lot of really awesome people and good things about this community down 23 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:23,040 here and it's very diverse. 24 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:30,080 And so from coming from Alabama and then some of the experiences I had post Alabama were, 25 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:31,280 you know, military and things like that. 26 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:37,280 It's kind of neat now to be in a place like Fort Lauderdale where it is so different. 27 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:41,440 That said, podcasting is a passion and absolutely love it. 28 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:46,440 I started my show when I was in 2013 and that was just for fun. 29 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:49,160 Really no delusions of grandeur there. 30 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:53,560 Just wanting to say, Hey, can I create content and what am I going to talk about? 31 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:54,560 I don't know what that is. 32 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:59,000 So I figured, let me just interview other people so you can share their wisdom and their 33 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:01,480 expertise and that would bring value. 34 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:05,880 So that's the route that I took and fell in love with it, made a lot of really amazing 35 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:08,480 connections, got ideas for businesses. 36 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:12,000 One of which is podcast movement, which is how we have met. 37 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:16,160 And podcast movement is the world's largest conference for podcasting. 38 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:17,600 It's also a media company. 39 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:21,680 We do newsletters and we have professional services and we have several other things 40 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:25,280 that we do, but it's just been an absolute blast. 41 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:34,080 In the podcast community back in 2013, 2014, you didn't see as much collaboration between 42 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:36,000 niches. 43 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:40,960 So like a comedian wasn't really interacting with the business podcaster, for example. 44 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:45,160 You see a lot more of that now and not to toot our horn, but I think podcast movement 45 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:49,840 has kind of helped facilitate a lot of those types of collaborations with different niches 46 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:53,240 and different podcasting genres. 47 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:57,800 And because of that, we learn from each other and we get better ideas on, hey, this person's 48 00:02:57,800 --> 00:02:58,800 trying this. 49 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:02,120 Let's see what that's like in our space. 50 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:07,120 And so you get some of that crossover and podcasting is just continuing to grow and 51 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:10,000 it's an exciting thing and anyone can do it. 52 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:15,600 And just because anyone can do it doesn't mean it's going to take off and do amazing. 53 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:20,280 But I love the fact that it's democratized and anyone can do it and anyone can share 54 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:21,280 their voice. 55 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:24,440 And if they're a little creative and they're kind of niche down, they have some opportunity 56 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:26,960 to get noticed and do some good things. 57 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:32,000 So that's in a nutshell, if that really answered the question like you'd hoped, but that's 58 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:35,160 my answer and I'll stick with it for now. 59 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:38,160 It did answer my question. 60 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:40,640 Thanks for listening.