Should I do a Video Podcast?

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Welcome to podcasting one on one with me your host

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Rachel. This podcast is for female business owners and

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solopreneurs that are looking to start a podcast that add to your

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own already awesome offering. I'll give you helpful advice

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that you can take away and use in your podcasting journey. I

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hope to answer those tricky questions that just keep you

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from starting. Once a month, I'll be joined by other female

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podcasters. They'll share their journey with you and offer tips

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and advice they discovered along the way. Let's get started.

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Hi, and welcome to this week's episode. So today I'm answering

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the question, Should I do a video podcast. Now, I'm not here

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to tell you that you should or shouldn't be doing a video

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podcast. It's completely a personal decision as to which

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you prefer and whether you want to do them. But I'd like to talk

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about them and look at some of the benefits that could come out

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of using a video for your podcast. So one, you can upload

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your videos to YouTube. A lot of people use YouTube as a search

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engine, it's a really popular choice. I know my kids use

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YouTube as a search engine. And I think it's top three, one of

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the top three search engines. So this can be really great to

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increase your reach, it will increase your SEO because you're

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on as many platforms as possible. Spotify, they have a

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feature. Now if you use anchor to upload your publish your

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podcast, you can upload your videos to this platform, the

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video will only pay on Spotify, but it will sit and it'll send

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the audio to the other places that you've connected your

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anchor account to. But this is, you know, a new thing that

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they're trying. So that could benefit for you there that you

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can upload it directly onto Spotify don't have to do in a

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different format. One of my clients is this shout out to

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Hannah and Nicole from showing up solo. And some of you may

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remember that they came on the show, to offer their insights

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into what it's like to set up a podcast and run it. And I'll put

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a link to the episode in the shownotes for you. Also, if you

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are a solopreneur and you're looking for help with your

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marketing that I really strongly recommend that you check them

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out. They are amazing ladies and they really know their stuff. So

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I'll pop a link in the show notes to their website as well

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so you can have a little look about what they do and how they

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can help you. Another benefit to using video for your podcast is

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that you can get some great video clips to promote your

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podcast. These work well like audiograms you can even turn the

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video clips into reels which have a really good reach on

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Instagram. Plus your audience does get to put a face to the

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name. I mean, video doesn't work so well. If you're not great on

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camera, if it feels you if it makes you feel uncomfortable,

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and then less likely to show up, then don't put that added

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pressure on yourself. I prefer to record just the audio for my

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podcast. I can I can show up on video. But it is something that

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I do struggle with a bit and could become a bit of a barrier

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for me. And it's all about making your podcasts work for

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you. If it works for you with video, that's great. But if you

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prefer just to stick to the quote unquote traditional method

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of podcasting, it's just audio then that is great, too. I would

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love to get your thoughts on video podcasting. Are you think

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about starting a video podcast? Are you doing a video podcast? I

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would love to hear from you. All my details will be in the show

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notes so you can get in touch with me that way. Thanks for

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listening. Bye. Thanks so much for listening. If you've enjoyed

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support means so much to me. If there's a question or topic

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