❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Anna is looking for ways to spread the word about The Qube app AND find funding opportunities. We brainstormed for awhile and then....it was time for ChatGPT. We cover: 1. finding podcast networks highlighting BIPOC creators 2. potential grant programs 3. individual BIPOC creators 4. potential angel investors Feel free to follow along and use these prompts to help grow your podcast ...
Apr 24, 2025•17 min•Season 3Ep. 10
❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Do you have to have a YouTube channel for your podcast? No. Can you have a low commitment static image YouTube channel for your podcast? Yes. Here are 5 quick ways to optimize those static image podcast episodes on YouTube to get discovered....and listened to by more people on that platform. Sound effect source: https://freesound.org/people/SergeQuadrado/sounds/476713/ Support the s...
Apr 16, 2025•15 min•Season 4Ep. 9
❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Do you like to get samples of food in the grocery store? Me too. And I bet your listeners do too. Wait, how does this relate to your listeners: your podcast trailer IS this nibble. Creating a podcast trailer that captures the vibe of your podcast can help you grow IF you distribute it wide and often. 🔥 How I recently made a client's trailer script AND the new Sane And Simple Podcas...
Apr 11, 2025•11 min•Season 4Ep. 8
❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph With the explosion of video podcasting recently, we've all been repurposing our content even more than normal. But no matter if you're creating an audio first OR video first podcast, there's something you may need to sit back and think about. Creating two versions of the same content instead of repurposing one into the other (scrape the video's audio for the podcast OR adding a stat...
Apr 02, 2025•13 min•Season 4Ep. 7
❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Creating a podcast is so much more than just RECORD, EDIT, PUBLISH. And when you know what steps you need to make and promote your podcast, you can plan your time better and develop better systems that suit YOUR life, YOUR project and so on. Here are some workflows I've used and why they work for me. Support the show ✨ Have a few specific questions? Book a micro consult call here: z...
Mar 20, 2025•13 min•Season 4Ep. 6
❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Podcast editing needs to be more than sound clean up or adding an intro and outro. We need to pay attention and give respect to the emotions IN the words that are being said. Here are some ways to do that. Support the show ✨ Have a few specific questions? Book a micro consult call here: zcal.co/coffeelikemedia/parkbenchsession ✨ Want to do a deeper dive into your podcast YouTube cha...
Mar 06, 2025•11 min•Season 4Ep. 5
❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Never ask ChatGPT to do your work for you. Cringe. Instead, ask it to do things you suck at. For example, today's live is where I'll show you how I used it to work on my podcast chapter SEO and YouTube chapter formatting. Doing this increases audience attraction, which is what we're all here for, right? Video optimized in this LIVE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5CjNlRdWTM Suppor...
Feb 20, 2025•6 min•Season 4Ep. 4
❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph You put a lot of time into making your podcast so don't stop before you share it enough. Sharing your podcast is so much more than just a link so join me today for a quick vertical live on YouTube where I'll break down how to get more listeners from tweaking these 3 things: 1. your podcast name 2. how you share your episodes 3. where your podcast is available Podnews directory of ma...
Feb 06, 2025•8 min•Season 4Ep. 3
❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Podcasting on YouTube is different than being a YouTuber and this is even more true for people with static image YT channels for their podcast. That's why I'm doing these motion versus static image case studies: because I want to know WHAT not IF static image podcast channels can help grow our audiences. ✨ Opus Clips: Tool I use to make my YT shorts https://www.opus.pro/?via=coffeel...
Jan 23, 2025•11 min•Season 4Ep. 2
❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph I'm in the middle of the Mel Robbin's "The Let Them Theory" book and WHOA is is relevant for our podcast workflow. I'll explain how! It's a massive timesaver. The Let Them Theory, Mel Robbins https://amzn.to/40QLzmq Support the show ✨ Have a few specific questions? Book a micro consult call here: zcal.co/coffeelikemedia/parkbenchsession ✨ Want to do a deeper dive into your podcast Y...
Jan 09, 2025•6 min•Season 4Ep. 1
❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Are you really seeing the full picture of your podcast, or just checking download numbers? Looking at both downloads and engagement stats gives a better idea of what’s working—how many people are listening and how much they actually care. It’s not just about the numbers; it’s about the connection. Otherwise, you might as well be podcasting into the void—and even the void isn’t leavi...
Dec 20, 2024•16 min•Season 3Ep. 8
❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Has creating your podcast ever stressed you out? April shares how she found herself overwhelmed by spending hours editing every episode, agonizing over details, and struggling to keep up with her publication schedule. By working with Steph, she was able to relax, reprioritize and build her podcasting confidence so that she could enjoy her creative process again. They also talk about...
Dec 05, 2024•22 min•Season 3Ep. 7
❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Are you someone who talks to process ideas? This conversation explores how voice messages, especially on platforms like WhatsApp, can be a powerful coaching tool. They can provide timely feedback to help podcasters refine their skills while building confidence in their content. In this conversation, we share how we've been been using WhatsApp for audience growth coaching as well as ...
Nov 21, 2024•29 min•Season 3Ep. 6
❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph You probably have a vision for what you’d love your listeners to do after they listen to your podcast episode—maybe it’s subscribing to your newsletter, sharing the episode with a friend, or another simple, meaningful action. But if you’re feeling a little shy, worried about being pushy, or uncertain if it’ll put them off, here’s the truth: you’ll never know unless you actually ask!...
Nov 07, 2024•19 min•Season 3Ep. 5
❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Storytelling is like cooking. Certain elements need to go into the experience at different times for things to taste good. This is true in creating podcast episode and in our social media posts about these episodes. Here's how I helped April from Door Key Podcast, our special guest this season, reorder a social media post with this action first method. ✨ Tandem Audience Growth Coach...
Oct 24, 2024•15 min•Season 3Ep. 4
❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph What if your social media posts could attract new listeners while deepening connections with your current audience and fellow creators? In this episode of Podcast to Connect , the hosts break down strategies to engage three key groups—new listeners, loyal fans, and content creators—across platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram. Special guest April from Door Key Podcast sha...
Oct 10, 2024•19 min•Season 3Ep. 3
❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Are you getting the most out of your business podcast? In celebration of International Podcast Day, I've asked 7 solo business owners what the impact and surprises have been for their podcast. From bookkeepers to coaches, .Net specialists and more. They are in different parts of the world running different businesses but one thing is for sure, there were more benefits and surprises ...
Oct 01, 2024•50 min
❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Making sure your podcast’s online presence is consistent is key to attracting and keeping the right audience. In this episode, I walk April through an Online Presence Audit for her Door Key (history) Podcast, checking out platforms like Facebook, Substack, and Instagram to see if her branding matches up across the board. By branding, I mean making sure the way she talks about the po...
Sep 26, 2024•32 min•Season 3Ep. 2
❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Yes, yes, it's our voices but let's zoom out more than that. A podcast is a small piece of a wonderful network of online tentacles that help us find people for our business and/or community. The audio is one part of this and so are the social media posts and other outreach we do. In this episode April and I dig into what makes her podcast, Door Key Podcast, different than other hist...
Sep 12, 2024•23 min•Season 3Ep. 1
❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Metadata is the text attached to your audio as well as near it when it’s published. Making sure your metadata is there AND accurate is a simple way to increase your podcast’s chances of getting found when listeners go digging around for new podcasts to listen to. Here are 5 metadata pieces that many people forget to add to their episodes. Okay 4, and 1 reminder to get social media f...
Jul 25, 2024•15 min•Season 2Ep. 8
❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph The best way to learn how to do something well is to give it to someone who is lazy. The thing is, an ambitious person can make any quick task super long and complicated. We do NOT want that. You want to do quick, effective things that can attract the right listeners to your podcast, right? Here are 5 ways to do just that. Support the show ✨ Have a few specific questions? Book a mic...
Jul 23, 2024•13 min•Season 2Ep. 7
❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Is audience growth really your biggest podcast goal OR is there a bigger networking desire nestled in your podcast outreach? For me it’s the latter and that’s why I love connecting over content conversations. In this episode I’ll show you how I network after an online event to make one-on-one connections. Building these one-on-one connections can do more than just grow your audience...
Jul 18, 2024•11 min•Season 2Ep. 6
❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Hey, I’ll admit it, I’m socially awkward. And this is the very reason I can share with you ways to be less so online, cause I’ve worked through my awkwardness there. Don’t ask me about IRL situations, lol. 🍉 Don't forget to enter our FREE podcast audit contest this month: ENTER here : https://forms.gle/tRihnyYMQSPesYXb7 🍉 Support the show ✨ Have a few specific questions? Book a mi...
Jul 16, 2024•10 min•Season 2Ep. 5
❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph How much attention do you pay to your existing listeners in your episodes, show notes and on social media? Yup, don't feel bad, most of us are driven to grow our podcast by talking to new listeners but we need to rebalance things, right? Here are a few powerful tips on how to do that. 🍉 Don't forget to enter our FREE podcast audit contest this month: https://www.stephfuccio.com/ 🍉...
Jul 12, 2024•12 min•Season 2Ep. 4
❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph When someone does something nice for you, you thank them, right? Sometimes you do it in public so many people can know the good work they do. Well, this simple gesture can be done online as well. Not in a gross, manipulative way but in a "wow, look at them" kind of way. I won't lie, you'll get some exposure too but if you follow how I do it, it can be a genuine gesture of "hey thank...
Jul 10, 2024•12 min•Season 2Ep. 3
❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Posting on social media is easy enough but do you go back to these posts to see what notifications you missed? to engage with your followers that likes, shared, and maybe commented on your post? Wah ha ha, this is something most people miss because posting more, more, more is part of the social media grind. Stop the grind and pause, go back and engage. Here's how. Support the show ✨...
Jul 05, 2024•10 min•Season 2Ep. 2
❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph You talk to your family, friends and boss different, right? It's the same on social media to be honest. One new episode post just isn't enough to cover the 3 groups that could help you grow you podcast. This episode covers who the 3 groups are, specific ideas on how to talk to them and more. 👁🗨 Don't forget to enter to win a FREE podcast audit this month 👁🗨 Use code " coffee w...
Jul 01, 2024•12 min•Season 2Ep. 1
❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph So far this season, we've focused on the super happy, positive side of podcasting with a connection focus. It would be irresponsible of me to finish the season off without some pain. Specifically creative pain. Guest K.O. was gracious enough to share his pain with us. Hint: it's the intersection of podcast format and engagement KO's website: https://www.particulatemedia.com/ Support...
May 16, 2024•15 min•Season 1Ep. 8
❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Putting your voice, ideas, message and story out into the world in a podcast can share you, your personality and your work (even if it's a community or passion project, it's still work!) give people time to get to know, like and trust you. Very often in podcasting this leads to accelerated connections. When listeners reach out they're no longer asking themselves "Do I want to work w...
May 16, 2024•8 min•Season 1Ep. 7
❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph True or false: to be a respected podcaster, you must always be serious on the mic? F a l s e And if you don't believe it, have a listen to what James Cridland has to say about it. Because in podcasting MANY people listen to him and he's hilarious (in his podcast and newsletter). Podnews: https://podnews.net/ James: https://james.cridland.net/ Support the show ✨ Have a few specific q...
May 15, 2024•18 min•Season 1Ep. 6
