It occurred to me yesterday that most small business owners are sleeping on what's probably the biggest opportunity in digital marketing right now. And I'm gonna tell you what it is, and then you're gonna say, nope, nah, that's not for me. But please, just hear me out.
Podcasting. Now, I don't mean running your own podcast. I think we all know the world has too many of those already.
I mean being a guest on other people's podcasts. And I know this sounds painful and cringe worthy and, like, a huge waste of time, but please, just let me walk you through why this is so valuable. First of all, for most podcasts, this only takes about 15 minutes to one hour of your time.
The podcast host has to do most of the work, of course, and you get to tap into their audience. Now, of course, you're not gonna be going on Joe Rogan, and maybe this podcast host doesn't even have much of an audience. Still worth it.
Pretty much all podcasts now happen over video calls. Do you know how hard it is to get a decent video for social media for the average small business? You do one podcast, you have 10 short form video clips and one long form video you can post.
But of course, the host is also gonna post it to all their platforms. And it's common courtesy to link back to your website every time they post it. Do You know how hard it is to get natural back links for small businesses?
And finally, you now have the transcript of the podcast, which is gold today. Using AI, you can easily turn that transcript into a high quality blog post and a series of social media posts. Now you've spent an hour of your time and you've done what would have otherwise taken dozens of hours or thousands of dollars.
But wait, who's gonna watch you on their podcast anyway, right? com. I'll put a link in the description.
It is an affiliate link because they give everyone an affiliate link. That's not why I'm making this video. Just go to the website if you don't want to use my link.
This seems like the one service everyone is using to get matched using AI to the right podcast. It's a small monthly fee. I just signed up this week.
I already have a handful of podcast scheduled, so I'm now recommending this to all my clients. I really feel like it's the highest leverage marketing activity you can engage in in 2025. You need to get yourself out there.
You need to build a personal brand. This is the easiest way to do it.