1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:08,340 So where do you promote your show? 2 00:00:08,340 --> 00:00:11,180 Like, how do you, how do you go about telling people, Hey, these new 3 00:00:11,180 --> 00:00:12,580 episodes are out, come listen to me. 4 00:00:13,140 --> 00:00:15,220 I really don't do a whole lot of that. 5 00:00:15,220 --> 00:00:18,660 And I'm, I guess that was part of the a hundred episodes in a year. 6 00:00:18,660 --> 00:00:20,100 There wasn't much time to promote them. 7 00:00:20,100 --> 00:00:21,140 It was just about doing them. 8 00:00:21,580 --> 00:00:24,720 Uh, but I, I've, I've slowly started to build out the Instagram page. 9 00:00:25,060 --> 00:00:28,020 Uh, so it's North Bank media podcast on Instagram. 10 00:00:28,020 --> 00:00:31,580 Uh, so I'm starting to post reels clips, episode notes there. 11 00:00:31,940 --> 00:00:33,900 Um, beyond that, that's about it. 12 00:00:33,900 --> 00:00:37,500 Like I want to get onto LinkedIn eventually, but, uh, there's not 13 00:00:37,500 --> 00:00:38,820 a whole lot of promotion going on. 14 00:00:39,300 --> 00:00:40,860 Do you have any regrets with your podcast? 15 00:00:42,580 --> 00:00:43,100 Oh boy. 16 00:00:43,220 --> 00:00:46,140 Well, I don't know if I have any regrets. 17 00:00:46,140 --> 00:00:48,540 I mean, there's definitely things that I've said that probably weren't, 18 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:54,740 weren't, uh, the smartest things, but that's part, but that's also part 19 00:00:54,740 --> 00:00:57,860 of the thing is like, you commit to doing it, you say that you put it 20 00:00:57,860 --> 00:01:00,860 out there now you have to stand by it or else do you have to apologize for it? 21 00:01:01,340 --> 00:01:03,540 Um, I don't think I have any regrets. 22 00:01:03,540 --> 00:01:05,660 I think I wish maybe I could have kept it rolling. 23 00:01:06,260 --> 00:01:09,940 Like, as I said, I've only done the three EPS since, since March, since 24 00:01:09,940 --> 00:01:12,660 January, uh, but I don't have any regrets. 25 00:01:12,700 --> 00:01:15,260 I mean, it's, it's, to me, it's a lifetime pursuit, right? 26 00:01:16,060 --> 00:01:17,740 Right now things are busy, so I'm not doing it. 27 00:01:17,780 --> 00:01:21,100 If things slow down in the summer, then I'll start doing it more regularly. 28 00:01:21,700 --> 00:01:24,460 Well, so speaking of which, um, it sounds like, you know, your 29 00:01:24,460 --> 00:01:26,500 podcast is, is almost more of a hobby. 30 00:01:26,500 --> 00:01:29,860 Are you doing anything to monetize it or are you, do you have like a day job 31 00:01:29,860 --> 00:01:31,660 and then the podcast is just for fun? 32 00:01:32,300 --> 00:01:34,300 I think that's more accurate. 33 00:01:34,300 --> 00:01:35,940 It's, it's just a hobby in some ways. 34 00:01:36,020 --> 00:01:37,620 It's, it's, it's like an education. 35 00:01:37,620 --> 00:01:40,660 You know, you learn how to talk to people, you learn how social media 36 00:01:40,660 --> 00:01:44,540 works and what it likes, you learn what people will, will do and not do. 37 00:01:44,980 --> 00:01:49,700 Um, to me, it could, and what I'm trying to get it to is a place where, you know, 38 00:01:49,700 --> 00:01:53,220 it gets me in the door with somebody, let's say an entrepreneur, and then we, 39 00:01:53,220 --> 00:01:56,420 we talk for an hour, I provide them this content and, and then 40 00:01:56,420 --> 00:01:58,740 there's maybe a soft sell at the end where I say, you know, my 41 00:01:58,740 --> 00:02:00,140 business is video production. 42 00:02:00,620 --> 00:02:02,420 Do you require that sort of thing? 43 00:02:02,820 --> 00:02:06,020 And that has actually worked a handful of times in the past with certain 44 00:02:06,020 --> 00:02:07,740 guests where they say, oh, I need an ad. 45 00:02:07,740 --> 00:02:09,580 I need a, I need to do some video. 46 00:02:09,940 --> 00:02:14,260 So, uh, it's not directly monetized, but it's sort of like, uh, I don't know, 47 00:02:14,260 --> 00:02:16,460 like, uh, I don't know what you'd say. 48 00:02:16,460 --> 00:02:18,820 It gets me in the door with people that make decisions. 49 00:02:19,060 --> 00:02:19,420 Yes. 50 00:02:19,740 --> 00:02:22,580 And a lot of, so you're starting to like build the relationships and network 51 00:02:22,580 --> 00:02:27,340 with people and as you kind of just chat with them and get to know them, it's 52 00:02:27,340 --> 00:02:28,820 that, like you said, a soft sell. 53 00:02:28,820 --> 00:02:29,380 I like that. 54 00:02:29,740 --> 00:02:30,740 Yeah, that's exactly it. 55 00:02:30,740 --> 00:02:33,300 That's, I would recommend that more than, I mean, I don't know, do you 56 00:02:33,300 --> 00:02:34,500 monetize your podcast? 57 00:02:34,500 --> 00:02:37,980 Because to me it's like no one, no Bluetooth or whoever is not going 58 00:02:37,980 --> 00:02:39,340 to sell ads on my podcast. 59 00:02:39,340 --> 00:02:41,420 I only get 12 views on some episodes, but. 60 00:02:41,780 --> 00:02:45,540 But at present with my personal podcast, no, I don't have any monetization, 61 00:02:45,540 --> 00:02:48,900 but I do mention several times, you know, that I'm, that I'm a blogger and 62 00:02:48,900 --> 00:02:51,940 that I'm a ghost blogger and I tell people about my website and things like 63 00:02:51,940 --> 00:02:56,100 that, but for my personal podcast, no, right now there's, there's no monetization. 64 00:02:56,100 --> 00:02:59,740 I have hopes that maybe one day I'll come up with something, but I think for 65 00:02:59,740 --> 00:03:03,420 right now it's kind of like what you're doing is, is just still like trying to 66 00:03:03,420 --> 00:03:05,060 have the conversation and still learn. 67 00:03:05,220 --> 00:03:08,980 And that's why I'm so excited to be, to, to be hosting this podcast for rss.com 68 00:03:08,980 --> 00:03:12,220 is as I'm learning, I'm getting to teach others what I'm learning. 69 00:03:12,460 --> 00:03:16,300 And I think that's what's so awesome about this is it's, it's where we're 70 00:03:16,300 --> 00:03:19,660 teaching others what we're learning and continuing the conversations, 71 00:03:19,660 --> 00:03:20,900 continuing to evolve. 72 00:03:20,900 --> 00:03:22,660 And it's just, it's a whole lot of fun.