
Using a Podcast as a Marketing Tool – Small Business Show 228
06/19/19 • 28 min
Are Podcasts a good marketing tool for your Small Business? Can you connect with your customers on a different level by hosting your own Podcast and if so, how do you get started? Join us today on this episode of the Small Business Show to find out about this topic and more.
Podcasts are increasingly popular. Over 51% of the US population has listened to a Podcast and 31% of the population have listened to a Podcast in the last month. 62 million people listen to Podcasts each week. One of the key aspects of Podcast success is the niche audience. There are over 750,000 Podcasts out there with most covering very specific topics.
You know we believe that the riches are in the niches. A Podcast is a new way to connect with your existing and potential customers – not everyone has time to read your blog posts, and not everyone is following you on social media. Join us today and hear your hosts Shannon Jean and Dave Hamilton discuss how to get started, what topics to discuss and much more.
Listen in and then join us at the Small Business Show support group to ask questions and to share your own tips.
Chapters/Timestamps:
- 00:00:00 Small Business Show #228 for Wednesday, June 19, 2019
- 00:01:35 Beginner’s Mind
- 00:03:27 The Business of Podcasting vs. Adding Podcasting to Your Business
- 00:05:39 Podcasting, a new way to connect with your existing audience
- 00:07:26 A co-host as a consistency partner
- 00:10:02 Your podcast adds authenticity to your business
- 00:12:09 Share your stories
- 00:13:51 Wrangle your schedule with seasons
- 00:15:12 SPONSOR: The Alternative Board. TAB is a group of business owners & experts in your area that you can turn to for advice. Visit TheAlternativeBoard.com/SBS to apply for free today and find out if there’s a board seat available in your area!
- 00:17:08 SPONSOR: TextExpander.com/podcast gets you 20% off your first year
- 00:18:42 Talk about your history and your team
- 00:20:55 Shannon-On-The-Spot
- 00:23:19 Make sure to do video
- 00:24:35 Just get started!
- 00:25:31 Podcasting is your safe place
- 00:27:06 Please leave us a review! businessshow.co/review
- 00:27:55 GG 228 Outtro
- Links mentioned in this episode:
How to Start a Podcast
Podcasting for Beginners
An Insiders Guide to Podcasting
The post Using a Podcast as a Marketing Tool – Small Business Show 228 appeared first on Business Brain - The Entrepreneurs' Podcast.
Are Podcasts a good marketing tool for your Small Business? Can you connect with your customers on a different level by hosting your own Podcast and if so, how do you get started? Join us today on this episode of the Small Business Show to find out about this topic and more.
Podcasts are increasingly popular. Over 51% of the US population has listened to a Podcast and 31% of the population have listened to a Podcast in the last month. 62 million people listen to Podcasts each week. One of the key aspects of Podcast success is the niche audience. There are over 750,000 Podcasts out there with most covering very specific topics.
You know we believe that the riches are in the niches. A Podcast is a new way to connect with your existing and potential customers – not everyone has time to read your blog posts, and not everyone is following you on social media. Join us today and hear your hosts Shannon Jean and Dave Hamilton discuss how to get started, what topics to discuss and much more.
Listen in and then join us at the Small Business Show support group to ask questions and to share your own tips.
Chapters/Timestamps:
- 00:00:00 Small Business Show #228 for Wednesday, June 19, 2019
- 00:01:35 Beginner’s Mind
- 00:03:27 The Business of Podcasting vs. Adding Podcasting to Your Business
- 00:05:39 Podcasting, a new way to connect with your existing audience
- 00:07:26 A co-host as a consistency partner
- 00:10:02 Your podcast adds authenticity to your business
- 00:12:09 Share your stories
- 00:13:51 Wrangle your schedule with seasons
- 00:15:12 SPONSOR: The Alternative Board. TAB is a group of business owners & experts in your area that you can turn to for advice. Visit TheAlternativeBoard.com/SBS to apply for free today and find out if there’s a board seat available in your area!
- 00:17:08 SPONSOR: TextExpander.com/podcast gets you 20% off your first year
- 00:18:42 Talk about your history and your team
- 00:20:55 Shannon-On-The-Spot
- 00:23:19 Make sure to do video
- 00:24:35 Just get started!
- 00:25:31 Podcasting is your safe place
- 00:27:06 Please leave us a review! businessshow.co/review
- 00:27:55 GG 228 Outtro
- Links mentioned in this episode:
How to Start a Podcast
Podcasting for Beginners
An Insiders Guide to Podcasting
The post Using a Podcast as a Marketing Tool – Small Business Show 228 appeared first on Business Brain - The Entrepreneurs' Podcast.
Previous Episode

Interview with Greg Scown of Smile Software – Small Business Show 227
We constantly talk about maximizing our time on the Small Business Show and how using our time wisely is one of the key aspects of being successful as a Small Business owner. Automating processes and using tools to manage repetitive actions is part of a system to increase your productivity each day.
Today, we get a chance to talk with Greg Scown, Co-Founder of Smile, creators of life-changing and time-saving software applications like PDFpen and TextExpander. You’ll recognize TextExpander as a frequent sponsor of the show and software that both of your hosts use daily.
Join Shannon Jean and Dave Hamilton as we try not to geek-out over one of our favorite pieces of software and focus on the business story of Smile and how they have found success by focusing on the productivity niche while transitioning one of their core products to a subscription model. There are some great lessons about communication, customer service and authenticity in Greg and Smiles story.
Listen in and then visit the Small Business Support Group to ask questions or share your own story.
Chapters/Timestamps:
- 00:00:00 Small Business Show #227 for Wednesday, June 12, 2019
- 00:01:17 Greg Scown from Smile
- 00:02:13 The Apps Came First!
- 00:03:27 PageSender Fax Software ships in April 2002
- 00:04:06 Meeting Philip Gower and DiscLabel
- 00:05:14 PDFpen: The Riches are in The Niches
- 00:06:53 Stick with your goal
- 00:07:40 Accepting and Letting Go of an Eroding Product
- 00:08:45 Be Honest with Your Customers
- 00:09:23 TextExpander goes to a Subscription Model
- 00:14:08 The Business case of Subscriptions
- 00:15:21 When you see change coming, go there first
- 00:16:09 SPONSOR: Linode. Instantly deploy and manage an SSD server in the Linode Cloud. Get a server running in seconds with your choice of Linux distro, resources, and choice of 10 node locations. Visit Linode.com/SBS and use promo code sbs2019 to start with a $20 credit.
- 00:18:50 SPONSOR: The Alternative Board. TAB is a group of business owners & experts in your area that you can turn to for advice. Visit TheAlternativeBoard.com/SBS to apply for free today and find out if if there’s a board seat available in your area!
- 00:20:09 Sustainability
- 00:20:42 Best mistake: Over-committing to yourself
- 00:24:16 Be less diverse: don’t hire jerks
- 00:25:17 Podcast sponsorships to build a business
- 00:26:51 Ask your customers “Where did you hear about us?”
- 00:28:03 “Generally our Experiments run Six to Twelve Months”
- 00:29:45 “Love and Respect Your Customers and They Will Love and Respect You Back”
- 00:30:16 SBS 227 Outtro
The post Interview with Greg Scown of Smile Software – Small Business Show 227 appeared first on Business Brain - The Entrepreneurs' Podcast.
Next Episode

Creating a Habit Stack – Small Business Show 229
Developing positive habits and minimizing negative habits is important for you AND for your employees. By breaking down our larger goals into small tasks and habits, we can shift the focus away from willpower and motivation to small steps, habits that lead us down the path to our ultimate goal of world domination.
“Habits are the underlying driving force of either success or failure—and greatness or mediocrity.”
On this episode of the Small Business Show your hosts Shannon Jean and Dave Hamilton use the “Stack” metaphor to see how we can create positive habits, while burying negative ones. And remember, you can use these tactics to help yourself, as well as your employees or contractors. Habits impact your entire organization – think about how customer service issues are resolved at your company. Surely there are good and bad habits involved in that process?
We delve into why we fall into habits, why rewards are the key to changing bad habits and promoting positive habits to the top of your stack. Make a habit of listening each week for all this and more! Then, join us on the Small Business Support Group to share your stories and ask questions.
If you enjoy the show each week, please take a moment to leave a review for us. It only takes a few minutes and it really helps. Thanks!
Chapters/Timestamps:
- 00:00:00 Small Business Show #229 for Wednesday, June 26, 2019
- 00:00:59 New website feedback to [email protected]
- 00:01:33 Polling you to tell us what you like
- 00:02:15 You’re allowed to be terrible!
- 00:04:59 Solving Grammar Problems
- Grammarly
- Pro tip: Read it aloud
- 00:08:26 Break down your goals into habits
- 00:09:50 “Habits are the underlying driving force of either success or failure—and greatness or mediocrity.”
- 00:10:53 Be actively aware of your habits
- 00:14:04 Watch the gossip
- 00:17:56 SPONSOR: CLEAR. CLEAR is the absolute BEST way to get through airport security. It works great with Pre-Check too! Get two months free at ClearMe.com/Business using code BUSINESS now.
- 00:20:30 SPONSOR: Linode. Instantly deploy and manage an SSD server in the Linode Cloud. Get a server running in seconds with your choice of Linux distro, resources, and choice of 10 node locations. Visit Linode.com/SBS and use promo code sbs2019 to start with a $20 credit.
- 00:22:50 Make a habit list
- 00:26:10 Want time to start a business? Cancel your Netflix
- 00:29:19 Change the temptation
- 00:30:41 Work on one habit at a time
- 00:33:00 Give yourself permission to fail
- 00:34:21 SBS 229 Outtro
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