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How To Grow Your Podcast With Instagram

April 13, 2018 by Marc Guberti Leave a Comment

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Podcasts are content creation, marketing, and self-education all wrapped into one. As you land more guests on your show, you’ll attract more listeners and a stream of guests requesting to get interviewed on your show.

It’s powerful when you interview multiple people each week who promote their episode when it goes live. While it’s great to tap into other people’s audiences to expand your podcast, you also need to look towards your audience.

When you think about promoting new content to your audience, you should immediately think of your email list. That’s your most important asset.

However, a growing but overlooked opportunity for many podcasters is promoting your episodes on Instagram.

Instagram is a social network with highly engaged users. More brands are using Instagram to communicate with their audiences, but there’s also a great opportunity for podcasters. In this blog post, you’ll learn how to grow your podcast with Instagram.

 

Consistently Publish New Episodes

Before we focus on Instagram, we need to first focus on your podcast. Consistent uploads will make it easier for you to harness Instagram’s full potential with promoting your podcast. You should at the very minimum publish one new episode per week.

If you believe you can publish more than one episode each week, then do it. I currently publish 5 episodes on Breakthrough Success each week, and this gives me more episodes to promote on Instagram.

 

Promote Each Episode With An IG Pic

When you publish each new episode, tell your Instagram followers about that episodes. You can create a picture featuring the guest, your podcast’s logo, and the title of the episode. It’s better to make the guest’s picture as big as possible (at least half of the picture).

Here is one of the Instagram posts I published to promote a Breakthrough Success episode. I’ll publish something like this for each new episode that comes out.

 

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A post shared by Marc Guberti (@marcguberti) on Apr 6, 2018 at 7:19am PDT

I use Canva to create the pictures I use to promote Breakthrough Success episodes. The great thing about using Canva is that I can copy the image and modify it for each guest. All I do is change the guest’s picture and episode title to reflect each new episode that goes on the podcast.

 

Snippets & Quotes

Since I publish five episodes each week, I create more content that I can then promote on Instagram than most podcasters. However, if you publish one episode each week, you can promote that episode in multiple ways.

I strongly recommend creating a picture similar to the picture format I use, but for the six day gap between episodes, you can share quotes and snippets from the episode.

You can share a powerful quote from the guest and tell your followers they can listen to that episode. You can also take a small snippet from the episode and publish it on Instagram. You can tell your followers that they can listen to the episode to hear the rest.

If you find three powerful quotes and a snippet, you have four additional opportunities to promote each episode on Instagram. You can even use Throwback Thursday or Flashback Friday to promote past episodes.

 

Link To iTunes In The Description

One of the initial deterrents for Instagram was that links in a picture’s description are un-clickable. While this is still the case for links you put in the description, there’s a clever way to promote each episode.

In your bio, change your link to match your podcast’s iTunes link. The key to dominate with your podcast is to dominate iTunes. Sure, there are Android users, Stitcher, and other options, but in my research, interviews, and coaching I’ve received, iTunes is the golden road to victory.

With this link in play, you can tell your followers that they can click on the link in your bio to listen to the latest episode. This will be accurate since you’ll promote new episodes as they come out.

Even for a Throwback Thursday or Flashback Friday post, you can tell people the episode number, and they can still find the episode by scrolling. I’d recommend against giving your readers too much to scroll through to access the episode. If you’ve published 100 episodes on your podcast, don’t go back to Episode 7. Scrolling that far down on a smartphone takes too much time.

If you promote Episode 80, that’s not as much to scroll through for anyone interested in listening to that episode.

 

In Conclusion

Podcasting is an incredible opportunity, and Instagram is an incredible opportunity for attracting more listeners to your podcast. By consistently publishing new episodes on your podcast, you give yourself a greater capability to promote your podcast on Instagram.

It may take some time for you to create the first picture you use. But once you create the first picture, you can tweak that rubric to effortlessly create future pictures for your podcast episodes.

What are your thoughts on promoting a podcast with Instagram? Do you have any additional tips for us? Do you have a question for me? Sound off in the comments section below.

Filed Under: Instagram

E135: Achieving Rapid Growth On The Way To Massive Goals With Romacio Flucher

April 12, 2018 by Marc Guberti Leave a Comment

Romacio Flucher began his entrepreneurial journey cold calling to get leads for a mortgage company. He eventually started his own mortgage and real estate company and became a millionaire before turning 25. In the last 10 years, he has made millions of dollars in the network marketing industry.

 

Quotes To Remember:

“What drew me to being attracted to being an entrepreneur was the ability to be free.”

“Whatever you put your hands to, you give it your all.”

“The word success simply means to make progress.”

“If you ever have the ambition of wanting to have big goals and dreams, you got to understand the power of environment.”

“I don’t think the glass is half-empty. I actually know it’s half-full.”

“90% is mental and 10% is physical.”

“Influence is the number one most important skill of your whole life.”

What You’ll Learn:

  • Lots of Words of Advice for Entrepreneurs
  • Thoughts on Self-Growth
  • Work Ethics Millionaire Have

 

Key Links From The Show:

Romacio’s Site

Free 1 month of Audible

 

Recommended Books:

Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill

Hung by the Tongue by Francis P. Martin

31 Reasons Why People Do Not Receive Financial Harvest by Mike Murdock

 

Support Breakthrough Success On Patreon

Please consider supporting Breakthrough Success on Patreon. I publish five episodes per week which I carefully prepare for, and I choose to not run ads in my podcast to enhance the listener experience.

I offer my patrons various perks, and even a donation as small as $1/mo would make a big difference for growing and maintaining Breakthrough Success.

You can support Breakthrough Success by going here.

Filed Under: Breakthrough Success

E134: Getting A ROI From Content Marketing With Matt Wolfe And Joe Fier

April 11, 2018 by Marc Guberti Leave a Comment

Matt Wolfe and Joe Fier are the co-founders of Evergreen Profits, a dynamic and results-driven content marketing agency based in San Diego, California. By leveraging influencer outreach, Evergreen Profits helps online publishers determine the best distribution channels to reach their target audience with trackable content and media that drives engagement and increases brand awareness.

 

Quotes To Remember:

“Quality really starts with how do you produce content the best.”

“It’s better to put the focus on ‘How do I make the absolute best quality content?'”

“Each type of content kind of lives better in a certain platform online.”

“Always think of the 80-20 in everything you do.”

 

What You’ll Learn:

  • How to Monetize Your Content
  • Suggestions on Being Consistent With Your Content Production
  • Tips on Distributing Content

 

Key Links From The Show:

Matt and Joe’s Site

The Hustle and Flowchart Podcast

Learn to Blog

Brian Dean’s Site, Backlinko

Free 1 month Audible

Medium

Designrr

SlideShare

Speaker Deck

Issuu

Vimeo

Soundcloud

 

Recommended Books:

The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss

The Trick to Money Is Having Some by Stuart Wilde

The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace Wattles

No B. S. Time Management for Entrepreneurs by Dan Kennedy

 

Support Breakthrough Success On Patreon

Please consider supporting Breakthrough Success on Patreon. I publish five episodes per week which I carefully prepare for, and I choose to not run ads in my podcast to enhance the listener experience.

I offer my patrons various perks, and even a donation as small as $1/mo would make a big difference for growing and maintaining Breakthrough Success.

You can support Breakthrough Success by going here

Filed Under: Breakthrough Success

3 Steps To Getting Out Of Your Inbox Faster

April 11, 2018 by Marc Guberti Leave a Comment

Your inbox is filled with emails. While most of these will come from people who you subscribed to a while back, some of those emails are important. Customers may have questions, someone might invite you to participate in an opportunity, and someone might reply to one of your emails.

While the inbox sometimes contains important emails you need to reply to, at other times the incoming emails may not need your attention. And yet, we check our inboxes often.

I’m sure some people have a craving to check their inboxes right now as they read these words. The reason people crave their inboxes is because, one day, you got an incredible email from someone. In my case, I remember when some of my role models agreed to be guests on my podcast. I also remember winning a sales competition and getting invited to an incredible mastermind.

Chances are you’ve had special moments in your inbox as well. You may also recall some of the emails that required more work on your part. Perhaps a customer complained about one of your products, and you had to stop what you were doing to address that customer. Maybe someone in your audience pointed out a legitimate problem with a part of your brand.

We’ve had great and bad moments within our inbox. These dispersed moments have taught us that we need to constantly stay on top of our inboxes. When we get a stream of important messages, we need to reply without leaving people waiting too long.

The problem with spending time in your inbox is that you’ll almost never grow your brand by staying in your inbox. In some cases, you’re building relationships and focusing on your customers. That helps, but almost every email you get will not help you grow our brand.

You can’t create a video, work on a product, or promote your content on social media when you’re in your inbox. But at the same time, you know it’s important for you to stay up to date with your inbox. This dilemma is the reason more marketers want to get in and out of their inboxes as quickly as possible. Here are 3 steps you can implement to do that yourself.

 

#1: Schedule A Time To Go In Your Inbox

One of the biggest problems with the inbox is that we feel inclined to check it every minute. Every time we get a new ping notification, we know it’s probably not important. However, there’s the “Just in case” running in the back of our mind.

We check our inboxes, and sure enough…no important messages.

People repeat this cycle because they don’t have a scheduled time to check and respond to emails. You need to determine the days and times that you’ll go through your inbox. Some people reply to emails every evening for 15-30 minutes.

Other people choose one day of the week to reply to every email (I don’t recommend that approach. You miss that day once and then you’ve got two weeks of emails waiting for you).

You can even just opt to check your inbox on weekdays. You can take the weekends off.

It’s important to schedule times and days to visit your inbox so every new notification doesn’t take up your time. You can also schedule times to go through your inbox that correlate with your productivity drops.

I never check my email in the morning because I’m at my peak level of productivity in the morning. Since you have to go into your inbox, you might as well check it when you aren’t as productive.

 

#2: Follow The One Touch Rule

Have you ever went into your inbox, read a message, and did nothing with it? Maybe you saw the message towards the end of the day and didn’t feel like addressing it on the spot.

You go into your inbox the next day, look at this message again, but something else comes up. You don’t reply to the message right away. This pattern repeats over a week or even several weeks. You still have not replied to that message.

If you do that with several emails, you’ll have a pile of flagged emails waiting for your attention. With many flagged emails, the inbox becomes a demoralizing place that reminds you of your shortcomings.

The one touch rule will get you out of this trap and prevent you from falling into the same trap in the future. The one touch rule states that upon opening an email, you don’t put it to the side. You reply to it right away or delegate it to someone else.

If you don’t reply or delegate that email, you skip over it. Some people choose to delete emails at this point, but I prefer to move onto the next email since that previous email was marked as read.  

That way, you’re not spending time in your inbox reading and re-reading the same flagged emails over and over again without taking action.

One touch. Then move on.

 

#3: Write Shorter Responses

When you find an important message you must reply to, the length of your reply affects how much time you’re addressing that one email.

Decreasing the time you spend in your inbox is as simple as writing shorter replies. I abide by the 5-Sentence Rule. 95% of my emails are five sentences or less. Most of the emails I write are actually under three sentences.

Almost anything you could say in several paragraphs could be broken down into 1-5 sentences. If you want to get an idea of how short your replies can be, email the top people in your niche.

Examine the length of those emails. It seem as if some of the people I email follow the 5-Word Rule. Depending on the email I send, I could get a simple “ok” (not even a capital “O”) and that’s it. No “Hello Marc” or anything like that.

And I’m fine with it. In fact, I’ve done that before. You could write several sentences that state “ok” in much greater detail. But a five paragraph email with the central message as “ok” and just writing the word “ok” conveys the same message.

Writing emails like this makes it easier for influencers to reply to more emails and get out of their inboxes faster. That way, these influencers can continue scaling their brands and enhancing their existing products.

Replying to people and starting more conversations is an important skill. Writing shorter responses and sending them out as quickly as possible allows you to harness that skill.

 

In Conclusion

Your inbox is filled with emails that successfully grab attention due to our built-in obsession for instant gratification. While it’s important to check your inbox, there’s much more to any successful brand than the inbox.

By scheduling the time you spend in your inbox and efficiently doing what you have to do, you’ll get out of your inbox faster. That way, you can reply to the urgent emails and work on the important areas of your brand.

What are your thoughts about adjusting the time you spend in your inbox? Do you have any tactics for reducing how often we check our inboxes and reply to emails? Do you have a question for me? Sound off in the comments section below.

Filed Under: Emailing

E133: Make $2,200 to $22,000 In One Weekend Using Webinars With Steven Essa

April 10, 2018 by Marc Guberti Leave a Comment

Steven Essa started out with no money and emerged as one of the leaders in the webinar niche. Today he speaks at major online business and internet marketing events around the world. He helps people with no products or list create webinars and sell between $2200 and $22,000 in one weekend. He also founded the X10 Effect company which is focused on the delivery of authoritative and up to date tools, products, training, and strategies for online business.

 

Quotes To Remember:

“The first reason (why a webinar doesn’t work) is the wrong target market to your webinar.”

“Focus on getting ten people to your webinar. Ten is achievable and ten will get us a sale.”

“Most people are great speakers if they know what they are talking about.”

“Your introduction must consist of a killer marketing quote, a great headline that hooks people in.”

“Give amazing content. Don’t hold back.”

 

What You’ll Learn:

  • Structure of an Epic Webinar
  • Reasons Why a Webinar Doesn’t Work
  • Getting Big Results From a Webinar Even Without A List
  • Motivate Yourself To Do More Webinars

Key Links From The Show:

Steven’s Site

X10 Effect

Unleash The Millionaire Within

 

Recommended Books:

Unleash The Millionaire Within by Mark Anastasi

The Webinar Revolution by Steven Essa and Anthony Chadwick

Money On Demand by Steven Essa and Corinna Essa

 

Support Breakthrough Success On Patreon

Please consider supporting Breakthrough Success on Patreon. I publish five episodes per week which I carefully prepare for, and I choose to not run ads in my podcast to enhance the listener experience.

I offer my patrons various perks, and even a donation as small as $1/mo would make a big difference for growing and maintaining Breakthrough Success.

You can support Breakthrough Success by going here.

Filed Under: Breakthrough Success

E132: Unleashing A Referral Explosion With Stacey Brown Randall

April 9, 2018 by Marc Guberti Leave a Comment

Stacey Brown Randall is a three-time entrepreneur, certified productivity and time efficiency coach, has a background in sales and marketing, and is an aspiring author. Her online programs and live coaching provide a blueprint to follow to take control of your referrals, your client experience, and your business. She believes that the best way to unleash a referral explosion is to do it without asking for referrals, and she has the results to prove it.

 

Quotes To Remember:

“If you don’t figure out a way to generate business and bring in new clients, your business can’t actually succeed.”

“You actually have to be worthy of the referrals.”

“Client experience is not customer experience.”

“Don’t focus on referrals. Every business needs three plans.”

“We have to me more than just keeping in touch.”

“If you do nothing, you will receive nothing.”

What You’ll Learn:

  • How to Create a Brand That’s Getting Referrals Without Asking for it
  • Learn to Get Those Initial Clients that Will Actually Get Referrals for You
  • Tips on Building a Referral Plan

 

Key Links From The Show:

Stacey’s Site

Referrals Without Asking Facebook Group

7 Deadly Sins on Generating Referrals

Referral Ninja Quiz

Recommended Books:

The E-Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber

The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks

When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing by Daniel H. Pink

 

Support Breakthrough Success On Patreon

Please consider supporting Breakthrough Success on Patreon. I publish five episodes per week which I carefully prepare for, and I choose to not run ads in my podcast to enhance the listener experience.

I offer my patrons various perks, and even a donation as small as $1/mo would make a big difference for growing and maintaining Breakthrough Success.

You can support Breakthrough Success by going here.

Filed Under: Breakthrough Success

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