Streamlined Podcaster: Save Time Podcasting with Systems and Automation
Joe Casabona, Solopreneur Systems Coach
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Joe Casabona, Solopreneur Systems Coach
▶ WebplayerYou're a solo podcaster who loves your podcast, but it's so time consuming...and you don't have the budget to hire a team. So what do you do?The whole process of producing a good show seems overwhelming: the ideas, research, recording, editing, publishing, and promoting. It's all too much. That's why you need good podcast systems — to keep everything organized so you can save time podcasting, without sacrificing quality.Your host, Joe Casabona, has been podcasting for over 15 years, and has run half a dozen of his own podcasts over the years — sometimes as many as 4 at a time. He u...
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