Communication, Connection, Community: The Podcasters' Podcast

Send us Fan Mail What happens when trauma and story collide?  Carl's guest today knows full well...and she's spent her life dealing with both. And now she empowers others to embrace their life experiences, combining music and story!  Bri Dimit is an inspiring force of love and brilliance determined to spread light wherever she goes. As a Storytelling Musician and Keynote Speaker, Bri bel...

Send us Fan Mail Every savvy business owner knows if you want to expand your reach, you have to network. Whether you are attending online events or in person ones, are you successfully attracting your ideal client?  Are you speaking to them directly? OR, are you sharing confusing convoluted industry jargon?  Carls' guest today shares how she catapulted her company to success through networkin...

Send us Fan Mail Family. We all have one. Ours is always more dysfunctional than our neighbours' or colleagues' families combined. Right?  WRONG!  There's nothing wrong with your family...but you need to open the communication so there is open dialogue about everything! Especially when both Mom and Dad are working, possibly in professional roles.  Today's guest shares how she h...

Send us Fan Mail Communication is the key to pretty much anything. From our early years where we learn how to express our most basic needs, to our in our educated lives where we express ideas. It should come as no surprise that we also need to learn how to speak as a way of healing. Today's guest shares her story, her journey, and how she has navigated grief and struggle by opening up and spe...

Send us Fan Mail As a speaker you know your talk needs a purpose.  You need to know why you're speaking so you can therefore give the audience what they need, and encourage them to follow through. What if we used speaking though as a way to ignite your true purpose?  That's what today's speaker will speak about...and how to ditch the influential, habitual and, in some cases, cultura...

Send us Fan Mail As entrepreneurs we are pretty good about talking shop...but how well do we let others know about ourselves?  How often does the REAL YOU come out?  In this world of fakes and flakes, it's important to always be exploring ways to share with others who we really are...our authenticity needs to be front and centre. Carl's guest today has not only done that, but she helps b...

Send us Fan Mail It's a dream of many speakers: to speak around the world. Sadly a lot of speakers don't get that chance, for various reasons.  We are living in a new world now though, where speaking globally is more accessible than it has every been, but it's a different playing field than it used to be.   Carl's guest today has spoken all over the world, and is about to embar...

Send us Fan Mail It's an old saying:  If you don't ask, you don't get.  The truth though, is many of us DON'T ask. We don't ask for the sale, we don't ask for referrals, we don't ask for help! Carl's guest has built multiple businesses (Including a very successful speaking business) all through one 'not so magical' method:  ASKING!  Heather E. Wils...

Send us Fan Mail In the speaking world, for several years now you've most likely been told about the difference between being polished and being real. Being real means people get to see you and hear you for who you are.  It's the same in the writing world...but how you get there is different. And today's guest shares her journey as a person who's spent years working with writte...

Send us Fan Mail Where do you go when you want to see a video tutorial on how to bake a cake? YouTube! Where do you go to check out the latest video of your favourite band? If you said YouTube, you'd be right again!  Where do you go to listen to your favourite podcast? Or an archived Radio show?  Hmmm....stumped?  If you said Apple, or Spotify, or any of the other podcast platforms (Including...

Send us Fan Mail We've all heard the saying, 'It's not what you say...it's how you say it!.' Carl's guest today not only knows how to say it so you emphasize the positive...he also knows how to say it so you can achieve greater success as a speaker, and drive higher sales. Paul Ross Bio Paul Ross is an author, speaker, trainer, Master Hypnotist, and Master Practitione...

Send us Fan Mail So, you run your own business. Congratulations!  BUT, are your really running your own business, OR just working a glorified JOB?  Carl's guest today knows all too well the pitfalls business owners fall in that keep them stuck...and has the tools to help you get unstuck, regardless of where you are in your business.  Diana Lidstone Bio After three decades in business and work...

Send us Fan Mail Marlene Cameron, MBA, CFA, CPC is a transformative business and life coach who works with accomplished professional women who can suffer from stress, self-doubt and sometimes feel like impostors.  She helps them embrace their true nature, their innate wisdom and their natural confidence so that they can thrive as business owners and leaders. In spite of successful careers as a lic...

Send us Fan Mail Your business has a voice. If it's not your voice, someone else can always provided that service. Whatever you choose, you need to make sure the sonic matches the brand.  Today's guest is a professional voice over artist, who's had the opportunity to lend his voice to many projects. Carl discusses with Earl Thomas the power of your voice!  Public speaking started ea...

Send us Fan Mail So, you're in business!  Congratulations!  You've worked hard to get to where you are, worked tirelessly, you've built it, so they will just come to your door...right?  When it comes to levelling up, you need to be sounding board, the walking billboard as it were, with a megaphone installed promoting who are and the biggest question of all...WHY YOU? Today Carl and...

Send us Fan Mail Long before we had Covid (and an increase in virtual events) we had no shortage of live events.  Whether speakers of vendors at trade shows, we were constantly on our feet, ready to meet and great potential clients and prospects. The virtual world has made us more sedentary. We sit more than we stand, even though there is more than enough technology that allows us to stand up at o...

Send us Fan Mail Communication comes in many different forms. Carl's guest today has years of experience in how to communicate with a younger generation. Here's the rub:  we ALL have issues with listening. Every single one of us, every generation!  What is it that's stopping us from listening clearly?  How is it affecting our children...and how does it affect us later in life?  Dina...

Send us Fan Mail There's no doubt about it.  It's tough being an entrepreneur sometimes. There are some things as business owners we just 'didn't sign up for' when we made the decision to go out on our own. For a lot of entrepreneurs that includes SPEAKING!  Carls' guest today will help you break down the barrier and gain the confidence you need to speak to any audien...

Send us Fan Mail We are celebrating episode 60! We can't think of a better way to do that than with a guy who's spent his whole life building relationships.  Today, we speak with Alfonso Cuadra...he's known as The Serial Entrepreneur and The Real Estate Guy...but it wasn't always like that! It's through expanding his circle of influence his life changed miraculously!  He h...

Send us Fan Mail One of the key reasons people don't launch podcasts is the concern of 'who will listen to me?' There is truth in 'if you build it, they will come,' but you need to make sure that when you build it you let people know you've built it.  And the best way to do that is organically.  Yes, you can invest in advertising, whether digital or conventional, to g...

Send us Fan Mail So you've made  the decision to launch a podcast. What do you need to get started?  There are some moving parts, and with the right amount of help you'll be able to launch successfully.  In this episode Carl Richards reviews ten things you need to launch successfully.  Here is the list Carl refers to: Computer Microphone Recording/Editing Software Artwork Theme Music Int...

Send us Fan Mail Podcasts are growing in popularity. In the past 4 years the number of podcasts available has gone from 750,000 to over 2 million! We can credit the global pandemic for part of the growth in the podcast industry for sure! Despite the rapid and continued growth and gravitation towards podcasting, many entrepreneurs and business owners are still a bit 'gun-shy' to pull the...

Send us Fan Mail Money. We all need it. We all spend it. We all earn it in some capacity. What's our relationship like with money?  Moreover, how are your conversations about money and wealth? Our guest today has spent his entire life earning it and learning about it.  Jamie Madigan knows all too well when it comes to wealth and money, there's a certain kind of 'communication approa...

Send us Fan Mail Speaking is all about connecting with your audience and influencing them to action.  Are you truly making a connection when you speak...or are you missing the mark, and missing out on golden opportunities?  Carl's guest today is Linda Babulic. She has a myriad experience in this area,  and through her work  has lead teams and built success in business. Linda Babulic is a ZEST...

Send us Fan Mail You've written a book....Congratulations!  This is a huge accomplishment!  But wait...that means you're equally excited to jump on that book tour right?  You've prepped and planned it all to the last detail?  You have speaking gigs lined up?  Elizabeth Miner is Carl's guest today and walks through her journey of getting stage ready for her book launch. What Eli...