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Podcast Guest Application
Our podcast is published as both VIDEO and AUDIO and is syndicated to an audience of around 100,000 and growing.
We record “live to tape” meaning we will record, but will only contain minor edits if something major presents a need.
The Entrepreneur Interview Series
This is one of our favorite podcasts where we get to meet entrepreneurs from all industries and all over the world!
Guest interview spots focus on how the business owner has grown their business. This podcast is not focused on your product or service, although we do touch upon those as part of your business and growth, nor on marketing advice for the audience although we do touch upon that as well.
I will ask quests questions related to WHY they started the business, and how it’s grown over the years (including any pandemic-related pivots); what their biggest marketing struggle was when they started; what they wish someone had told them before they started about being an entrepreneur.
Then I ask each guest to share one (or two) actionable tip for the audience (entrepreneurs on track for 7-figures and beyond). This tip can be directly related to the guest’s business, or to entrepreneurship in general. I tease this tip at the beginning of the podcast, so I do ask you beforehand what general tip you will be sharing (a title for it).
The guest gets a chance to ask me a question – either about marketing, or some have asked interesting questions about me. AMA. Although this isn’t required but is a chance for you to get a bit of free marketing advice if needed.
If you are seeking a guest appearance where you primarily talk about your product or service instead of an interview of how you’ve grown your business,, we may add these soon, so please check back later.
Is this your first time guesting on a podcast?
That’s great – we love newbies! And we will be providing you some tips to help you deliver a professional presentation (while we’re still being casual).
Plus, we do make minor edits to the final video/audio … nothing major, but we remove long pauses, or if you stumble over your words you can redo that spot and we will cut the mistake. Or if the dog starts barking or someone walks behind the camera half naked (yes, during the pandemic with everyone working from home it can happen lol).
While we don’t do any major editing on these interviews, we make sure that the final version is seamless for the audience, which means anything that could be distracting for them is handled when possible.
Recording & Syndication Overview
Please keep this in mind as we record – while people watching the video will be able to see facial expressions and gestures, people on the audio podcast will not, so you need to be sure you’re speaking to the audio audience while still maintaining a good video presence.
The video portion will be pushed out as a Facebook LIVE video on our Vicky Wu Marketing Facebook Page, our Facebook groups, as well as uploaded to our YouTube Channel. The audio portion will be posted on Soundcloud and then shared out via RSS feed with over 30 other major podcast platforms such as iTunes (now called Apple Podcasts) – and including Alexa: people will be able to say “Alexa, play Your Marketing Department on Apple Podcasts”.
Our plan for syndication – this is a partial list and subject to change depending upon changes to any platform below:
- Our website (which feeds out to a few social platforms)
- YouTube
- Facebook closed groups
- Facebook business page
- Medium (after we have show notes compiled)
- Alexa
- iTunes (now called Apple Podcasts)
- Google Play
- Acast
- AnyPod
- Blubrry
- Breaker
- Castbox
- iHeartRadio
- Overcast
- PocketCasts
- Podchaser
- Podknife
- RadioPublic
- Spotify
- Stitcher
- Spreaker
- TuneIn
- Wavve
- Applying to be a guest on the podcast does not guarantee acceptance. We have a limited number of spots that we can fill to host entrepreneur interviews.
- If you are accepted, you will be contacted via email to schedule your interview slot Be sure you have whitelisted our email addresses at the top of this page.
- You WILL be allowed to promote your business by sharing your company name, and at the end of the podcast interview share contact information how listeners/viewers can reach you. This information (including links) will be included in the description fields for audio and video, as well as on our website with the podcast episode.
- You will NOT be allowed to promote any other business. If you have multiple businesses, you will need to apply to be a guest under each separate business name. You cannot promote any other businesses or services that have helped you along the way, such as particular software or vendor that you’ve used. (We do make exceptions to this on a case-by-case business – we need to make sure we have the proper permissions).
- You will be required to complete a photo/video/audio release form (which will be provided to you) before your episode is released publicly.
- You agree to share a link to the podcast on your own social media, in your email marketing, or on your website. Links will be provided for you as soon as they are live. By submitting this application, you are agreeing to undertake appropriate cross-promotion … since there is no fee for you to be on the podcast and receive the syndicated exposure, this is the best way you can support our mission of helping entrepreneurs grow.
By clicking SUBMIT, you are agreeing that you understand the expectations and limitations noted.
After clicking SUBMIT, you will receive an email confirming your application. Please check both your inbox and spam/junk folders for an email from [email protected] or [email protected].
Further communication, such as confirming your guest spot and the booking link to schedule your interview, will also come from one of these email address, so it is important that you make sure you can receive the emails.
Questions? Ask using the chat bubble icon on the bottom right of our website.
