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Ask the Podcast Coach for July 19th, 2025.
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Let's get ready to podcast.
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There it is.
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It's that music.
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It is Saturday morning.
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It's time for Ask the Podcast Coach, where you get your podcast questions answered live.
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I'm Dave Jackson from theschoolofpodcasting.com.
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And joining me right over there is the one and only Jim Cullison from theaverageguy.tv.
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Jim, how's it going, buddy?
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Greetings, Dave.
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Happy Saturday morning to you.
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I think today's my brother's birthday.
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I better reach out.
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I'm going to say that's one of those things you...
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I actually did a thing where my brother's is next week.
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And I've already bought him something.
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I bought him a bunch of Amazon smart plugs because he needed them.
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And I'm like, don't buy those because it's hard when you get old to find something.
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And so I bought him something again.
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So I'm going to surprise him with another surprise gift.
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And you know what would be a great gift if you needed something for your brother?
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Some coffee, maybe?
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Some coffee, maybe.
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Absolutely.
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And, you know, we'll do the fun.
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There we go.
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Sorry, a little out of practice.
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It is.
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We're a little rusty.
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Speaking of out of practice, come on, there we go.
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Yeah, I'm on the wrong slide.
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I got to go all the way back to this one to talk about our good friend Mark over at podcastbranding.co because, you know, they see you before they hear you.
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And Mark is a great guy.
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That's just number one.
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Just go give him money because he's a nice, polite Canadian.
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But also, it's a great bonus that he is an award-winning graphic artist.
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He's been...
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A podcaster for, I think, nine years now, something like that.
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Over 500 pieces of art, but he does so much more than just do podcast artwork.
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If you want an entire website, he can do that.
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I saw somebody today on Reddit.
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They were going to do a media kit.
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I'm like, oh, you know what?
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You should call Mark because Mark is the guy to go.
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Really, 30 years in the design field, and he just does a great job.
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He's going to sit down with you one-on-one.
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You're not going to get that from some guy on Fiverr.
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And to make sure...
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that all the artwork, all the different visuals he makes are in a line with your brand.
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And if you don't have a brand, he'll help you make one.
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Look, there's only one place to go, and that is Mark over at podcastbranding.co telling Dave and Jim Sension.
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And a big thanks to our good friend Dan LeFevre over there, based on a true story, based on truestorypodcast.com.
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I mentioned this two weeks ago, we were off last week, but Titanic is out there and available for you.
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Titanic, Mark B.
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Berry is the guest.
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And if you want to know, based on the old movie, the old movie Titanic, how much of that based on a true story, they talk about that.
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Guess what?
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They talk about that there.
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Check it out this weekend or whenever.
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Check it out today.
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Based on a true story, based on a true story, podcast.com.
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And Dan, thanks for listening.
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your sponsorship dave you mentioned uh plugs amazon plugs you're talking about your brother and amazon plugs uh this week i've been working on one of my new things i've been working on for home gadget geeks is some solar power i'm solar was super cheap during the prime days so i i bought a couple panels just to test some things out but in one of the things i did because i want to test out my battery i'm going to feed the battery has a solar input.
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I'm going to, that's how I'm going to test it out.
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So there's a lot more details there.
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We can get into that at some of the time.
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But one of the things I bought was those Amazon plugs that actually measures the output of what's coming out of the plug.
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And I think a recommendation I might have for a podcaster, that's something to do in your, in your studio.
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If you route everything to a single plug or, or maybe you're running it through a battery backup or whatever, you can put these plugs in and kind of measure the total output of your studio or input, depending on how you look at it.
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But But not a bad idea just to see, like, how much power am I really drawn with my studio?
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Am I getting things shut off?
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Am I running stuff that doesn't need to be run there?
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How much power does that RODECaster take kind of deal?
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It doesn't break it down by, it's not like one of these sensing, you know, modules that breaks it down by piece of equipment.
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But I just found it really helpful in the studio just to kind of get an idea of, hey, what's my total watt-hour power?
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output in the studio, and could I reduce it if I needed to?
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You don't have to if you don't want to, but...
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When
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you have 11 monitors...
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You know, that can
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be...
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Hey, you know what I know?
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I know those 11 monitors represent about 200 watts in power.
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When I shut them all down, it drops.
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It goes down pretty good.
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Some of those monitors are attached to laptops, so you can't shut off everything to get it done.
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Yeah, but it's kind of...
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Listen, if you're into that space, or you just want to know, I mean, those, they're handy, and they're$10.
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So it's not like...
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Yeah.
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I got two for 20 bucks.
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And, uh, and so you can, you can give that a try if you're, if you kind of want to, you know, kind of power nerd out on your studio setup, just like how much power am I taking podcasting?
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If you want to know, I use it.
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I bought a TP link and it's a TAPO.
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That's kind of, I think their new brand on TAPO, T-A-P-O, uh, two for 20 bucks.
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It was, it was pretty reasonable.
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Not, not a bad thing to do to, Kind of check like, hey, is there, do I got runaway things going on here?
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What's this, what's my setup taking?
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Inquiring minds want to know.
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There you go.
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Ralph, I am going to tie this into podcasting on us.
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Ralph says, hey, Dave, I want to hear more about your walk through Chicago and the three ugly strippers.
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And that is, I did a building a better Dave episode about this.
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I got lost in Chicago and there was a sign that said Deja Vu Chicago.
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showgirls, hundreds of beautiful girls, and three ugly ones.
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And I was like, well, there you go, truth in advertising.
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But on the other hand, I had something really cool this week.
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I think the new drug is authenticity.
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It's never gone out of style.
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But I think everybody just appreciates the truth in a world where we're kind of not sure what's what.
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And I'm trying to find...
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a company, eventually I'm going to have to start doing payroll with the School of Podcasting.
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I'm now an S Corp and blah, blah, blah.
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And I was using Waves for my invoicing.
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It's worked great.
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And literally the day I signed the paperwork on my S Corp, their payroll feature apparently has taken a giant, you know, crap.
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And like when you go into their help desk, they're like, we're experiencing lots of calls due to, you know, our payroll thing.
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And I was like, oh, I was going to use that.
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And so in looking at the other– and I wish I could– I want to say it's like Odoo.
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If Daniel's around, Daniel– because they have all these free apps.
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And then if you want to use more than one, you have to pay for it kind of thing.
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And I think Daniel uses them for something.
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But it's like Odoo or something.
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Anyway, so I get the guy.
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We do a discovery call.
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And I'm like, yeah, really what I need is payroll.
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And he goes, I'm going to be honest with you right up front.
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He goes, we have a payroll app.
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He goes, it's not our best feature.
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And I was like, yeah, because I'm looking.
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He goes, yeah, we don't do that.
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And I was like, wow, I appreciate that.
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I go, well, I got you here.
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Explain to me what else you do.
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And they do everything.
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They'll build your website.
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They'll do e-commerce.
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They do a CRM and all that.
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But I just love the fact the guy was like, instead of going, oh, yeah, we can do that, and then run to his developers and go, how are we going to do that?
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It was just refreshing to have somebody go, yeah, that's not, yeah, like I'm not going to, I don't want to lead you down this path.
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And so I think that's really the, I saw a couple articles this week.
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I did some research on like, is SEO dead?
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And no, it's not.
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It's changing.
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It's definitely changing.
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But ChatGPT and stuff are still kind of doing web searches behind the scenes.
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And one of the things the article said is, which is what I've been saying, lean into your humanness, inject your personal stories.
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Don't have AI write a story for you.
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Um, but it's all about being authentic.
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So, um, yeah.
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And, um, if you're in Chicago, uh, you know, that's, it's, well, any city in America is a great place to get shot.
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Um, but, uh, uh, don't, don't stray too far from that.
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Um, the odds are a little higher in Chicago.
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Yeah.
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A little bit.
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Um, let's see.
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They, um, Oh, they're talking about TP link in the chat room.
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I agree.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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My brother bought some kind of off brand, you know, smart things.
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And I just bought my, I'm so bummed.
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I got home.
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I don't even know what the brand is, but I, my giant suitcase that I've had for at least eight years, the zipper just was like, yeah, we're done.
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And it's stuck like half, like I can't really open it.
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I have to either get scissors.
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Why am I going to get scissors?
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Because it's ridiculous.
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I can't.
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I'm pulling all my clothes out of this little tiny hole.
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And luggage is not cheap.
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And so I saw where there was an Amazon, like for the one I want, it's like 30 inches tall by 20.
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It's like I can fit a week's worth of clothes in here.
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You know, and if you're looking at Samsonite, it's like 200 bucks.
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And then I saw kind of the same thing, Amazon Basics.
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80 bucks.
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And I put that in my cart instantly.
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And then I went down and read the reviews and it was pretty consistent that the wheels fall off and this, and the zippers aren't great.
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And I was like, you know, I'd rather buy one the last 10 years, then, you know, have to go through buying another one and another one.
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I
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don't know.
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I like luggage is like luggage is one of those things that it's a, it's kind of a fashion or it can be for travel.
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It can be kind of a fashion statement.
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So, you sometimes wonder maybe it is better to pay twice over 10 years.
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Yeah, that's true.
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Having one that's half the price, you know, I don't know that way you get to kind of switch it out.
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Everybody's got the black bag, right?
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That you go.
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And as soon as you're, you're coming off the carousel, it's like everybody's black bags.
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Yeah.
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Maybe it's good.
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We bought, Sarah's reminding me, she's listening to me.
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She says, we, we bought bright green, um, luggage, which you can see anywhere except, uh, the rollers from, you know, if it's raining outside or whatever, it shows the dirt pretty, pretty easily.
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So yeah.
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Yeah.
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I usually, I will put a school of podcasting sticker on mine and other things just to help it stand out.
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Um, yeah.
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Um, Chris says Amazon basics or Amazon essentials are usually slightly better than team.
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That was it.
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I was like, Oh, it's cheap Chinese crap.
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Yeah.
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Throw that in my cart.
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Yeah.
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So that was one that I was like, Hmm, But I was bummed.
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I was like, oh, I've had that and I don't really want it.
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That's like one of the things like, okay, I get it.
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You know, I definitely got my money's worth out of it because I've had that for a while.
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And I thought all the trips I've done in Libsyn and things like that.
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So I was like, well, you got to do what you got to do.
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They
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eventually wear out.
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Yeah.
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They eventually wear out, right?
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I mean, they take a beating.
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Could you imagine if it was you going through all those processes?
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Yeah.
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Those bags go through, you wouldn't stand a chance.
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Yeah.
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Well, we do have, I thought this is an interesting question.
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It's a startup founder.
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He says, I'm a founder of an early age startup, and I'm creating a podcast in my niche within technology.
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The purpose is for creating thought leadership in my area.
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Okay, got it.
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I'm the host of the podcast, and I have several guests who've already recorded this week or will record their episodes.
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We are batch recording several episodes next week for releasing them in the coming months on a weekly basis, launching near the end of summer.
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which is interesting that he's just got the interview, so that's fine.
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The name of the podcast will be separate to the name of my startup, but it will be descriptive about my topic.
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That makes sense.
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It's a video podcast as most episodes are recorded in person, but a few will be over Zoom.
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I'll be uploading the episodes on Spotify and YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Instagram Reels, and TikTok.
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My topic will be special interest to two different types of technical audiences, but it will also be accessible for others more generally, as many episodes are interesting for many people.
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Okay, that's always interesting.
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But again, still kind of on the right path.
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My question is, should I record my podcast as my startup or as myself, but sponsored by my startup?
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In other words, should it be my startup's podcast or my own podcast?
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I've seen it done both ways in my area by others, so I don't quite understand the implications of this decision.
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There's still so much space for a podcast with my topic as my niche is very up and coming, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
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So I think, in my opinion, we'll see if we agree, I think it would sound better.
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There are two things.