Creative Entrepreneur: A Podcast For Business Growth, Strategy and Monetization - 5 Free Tools To Market & Build Your Business (The Femcaster Freebies, Part 3)

5 Free Tools To Market & Build Your Business (The Femcaster Freebies, Part 3)

01/14/22 • 6 min

Creative Entrepreneur: A Podcast For Business Growth, Strategy and Monetization

5 Free Tools to Market And Build Your Business.

They say, “The Best Things In Life Are Free”

You know your Femcasters Love Freebies. Here are our 5 tips on how to elevate your brand (and your podcast) for FREE! If you like free tools and resources to enhance your business, please reach out to Femcasters or join the Femcasters community (FOR FREE)!

And you can also refer to Part 1 and Part 2 of The Femcaster Freebies here:

5 Freebies in 5 Minutes | Femcasters

5 Freebies In 5 Minutes, Part 2 | Femcasters

Freebie Number 1.

LINKTREE

Link Tree is your one stop shop to get all your URL’s and your websites on one platform.

Link Tree is an amazing resource. And we love it because it is FREE! Link Tree allows you to customize this URL and add all the links you want your social media followers onto one site. Sign up for Link Tree, add your links, customize it with your favorite colors and then upload it to all your social accounts. (Including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, and Pinterest).

Don't have too many links. It will confuse people.

Femcaster Tip:

Make sure you're discerning with the links. Too many links on Link Tree will confuse your audience. Keep it concise and make it powerful.

Freebie Number 2:

SmallSEOtools.com

It is very possible to get caught up in the minutia of building a business. It is very possible that you can get so wrapped up in analytics you forget about the vision of your business.

However, SEOs are a vital part in the health of your online presence.

Moz Rankings- What is Moz Rankings?

Moz Ranking checks your website's number of quality links (backlinks), how SEO-friendly your website presents to GOOGLE . Moz Rank is calculated by a logarithmic scale between 1 and 10 . The higher the quality of the incoming links, the higher the Moz Rank.

Freebie Number 3:

Hashtag-Generator.com

Who does not love a dynamic hashtag? Who does not enjoy a strategic plan using hashtag?

UNSOLICITED FEMCASTER ADVICE:

Hashtag-Generator.com takes the guesswork out of hashtags. However, remember, this key #hashtagtip:

You do not want to use hashtags with 7 BILLION follows. It serves your brand and mission to use hashtags with followings of 1k-5k. This is the sweet spot in our estimation. When your following is too large your message gets lost in all the other posts with this hashtag.

Freebie Number 4:

CHARTABLE

Chartable's podcast analytics and attribution tools help publishers grow and help brands & agencies understand their spend. Chartable is the gold standard in understanding your global ranking. It also offers you a real-time reflection of your audience and reviews.

Analytics and market positioning are a necessary components of building a strong brand. Understanding your numbers brings clarity to what is working and what is not working. Harnessing your “numbers” gives you the ability to make tweaks to your podcast and deliver content that your audience will devour.

Freebie Number 5:

PODMATCH

PodMatch is like MATCH.COM for podcasters. PodMatch is a vibrant community of Podcast hosts and prospective guests. It is an engaged platform that allows prospective guests to pitch their story, service, or product. Authors, speakers, broadcasters, and entrepreneurs are plentiful. The best part about PodMatch is that it is, yes, free.

è Caveat: In order to complete a profile on Podmatch you must have 7 podcast episodes published and have a viable RSS feed for at least 30 days.

We love hearing your free tips you have found that are an asset to your brand. Please share them with us and if we use your tip in an upcoming Freebie episode we will send you some coveted Femcaster/Mancaster swag.

Email us: [email protected]

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5 Free Tools to Market And Build Your Business.

They say, “The Best Things In Life Are Free”

And you can also refer to Part 1 and Part 2 of The Femcaster Freebies here:

5 Freebies in 5 Minutes | Femcasters

5 Freebies In 5 Minutes, Part 2 | Femcasters

Freebie Number 1.

LINKTREE

Link Tree is your one stop shop to get all your URL’s and your websites on one platform.

Don't have too many links. It will confuse people.

Femcaster Tip:

Make sure you're discerning with the links. Too many links on Link Tree will confuse your audience. Keep it concise and make it powerful.

Freebie Number 2:

SmallSEOtools.com

It is very possible to get caught up in the minutia of building a business. It is very possible that you can get so wrapped up in analytics you forget about the vision of your business.

However, SEOs are a vital part in the health of your online presence.

Moz Rankings- What is Moz Rankings?

Freebie Number 3:

Hashtag-Generator.com

Who does not love a dynamic hashtag? Who does not enjoy a strategic plan using hashtag?

UNSOLICITED FEMCASTER ADVICE:

Hashtag-Generator.com takes the guesswork out of hashtags. However, remember, this key #hashtagtip:

Freebie Number 4:

CHARTABLE

Freebie Number 5:

PODMATCH

è Caveat: In order to complete a profile on Podmatch you must have 7 podcast episodes published and have a viable RSS feed for at least 30 days.

Email us: [email protected]

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Authentic Storytelling: How To Be A Badass Brand Builder with Adam Sinkus

This week, join Corinna & Jules as they connect with a B2B podcasting badass, Adam Sinkus of The Winning Tactics. They discuss how finding your authentic voice, practicing it, and varying your story with your audience in mind can keep your story fresh, engage your audience, and create an authentic story that will resonate with your audience, no matter the method you use to get it out into the world.

About Adam Sinkus, The Winning Tactics:

Adam brings his over 10 years of business and marketing skills to build engaging conversations about the many advantages of building an authentic brand through podcasting. He brings his passion for marketing and messaging front and center helping businesses reach their audience with genuine messaging that converts.

Guest's Website: Thewinningtactics.com

Connect with Adam Sinkus: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamsinkus/

Time Stamps:

00:00 Introduction

03:50 Monetizing your podcast - mirroring your business purpose with your podcast

04:40 Selecting guests based on your goals

05:20 The "F" word that Jules hates

07:10 What makes your voice unique

08:30 What is Adam's personal brand?

11:34 Why aren't there more women on the production side of podcasts?

15:30 The importance of story and authenticity, empowering one's true talents

18:40 Finding your inspiration and bringing your authentic voice forward (finding your why, practice your story, connecting with your audience. Layer it together / tell differently and keep it fresh)

24:42 Brene Brown and the importance of being vulnerable

26:20 The secret to conducting great interviews with your guests

27:53 Adam's favorite podcasts - and his commitment to learning by listening

30:15 Corinna's commitment to listen to Femcaster community member podcasts - and what she's learned from listening to them - including Bailey Bouwman's Cloth Diaper Podcast

31:43 Irina Hehovsov's Single Parent Success Stories podcast and how her storytelling method kept Adam glued to it for 3 episodes, even though it isn't typical of the shows he likes

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Let's Talk About Mental Health and Podcasting with Dr. JC Doornick and Meike Doornick

Dr. JC Doornick “Dragon” comes from a fascinating life and family history full of pioneers in the entertainment industry and professional athletes. Later in life becoming a servant to the people as a Doctor of Chiropractic and Cofounder of a worldwide Humanitarian relief organization serving the third world with health, education, housing and food.

Dragon frequently takes the stage and speaks to live audiences upwards of 11,000. With their two sons and adopted daughter “Duckie” they travel the world creating memories and seeking adventure and experiences. The Dragon represents that version of yourself you don’t believe is possible and the RISE UP WITH DRAGON PODCAST is all about unlocking and freeing people from their programmed mental prisons and back on track dreaming big. You can look forward to bigger and better things including the world’s greatest story ever told in the release of his upcoming book.

Mieke Doornick, “Mee-kah”, aka (Chicken 🐔) is a master’s level student at Northwestern University and is currently working towards her qualification as a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC). Mieke holds a BA degree in Drama from The South African School of Motion Picture Medium (AFDA) in South Africa and trained as a professional actor and voice-over artist at both The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts (NYCDA) in New York and The British American Drama Academy (BADA) in London. After graduating, Mieke moved to South Korea where she became the head of the English department at Dongducheon Sincheon Elementary School. She taught both English and Performing Arts to students in grades one through six.

She strives to establish a sincere and dependable environment for the clients she serves by encouraging a trusting, personalized, and collaborative space. She applies a strengths-based, person-centered approach embedded in a psychodynamic framework, but also has a substantial interest in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) – a form of therapy which concentrates on acceptance, emotional regulation, and strengthening skills to cope with challenging situations. She is a member of both the American Counseling Association (ACA) and The Association for Creativity in Counseling (ACC).

For the past three years, Mieke has practiced as a certified health and transformation coach, and together with her husband, is currently expanding their health coaching company to Singapore and Hong Kong.

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