094: Productivity and Time Tools for Busy Podcasters with Michelle Oucharek-Deo
You get 168 hours every week, no more and no less, so what is quietly eating yours? Productivity coach and creative arts therapist Michelle Oucharek-Deo, host of Your Productivity Pulse, joins me for a conversation that went off script within minutes thanks to a leaf blower right outside my window, and we kept rolling because […]
093: How to Support Podcasters and Find Your Next Favorite Show
What does a podcast producer listen to on a three-hour round trip? Kim Parkinson celebrates International Podcast Day by sharing the shows in her regular rotation, from cozy serial fiction like Wooden Overcoats and Traversing Tuesdays to podcasts on personal growth, sales, productivity, speaking, podcast guesting and divine feminine spirituality. Along the way, she talks […]
092: Plan Your Podcast Content Before the Busy Season Hits
Fall is bringing busier calendars, and Kim has a formula for making sure your podcast does not fall apart when life gets in the way. Recording outside on her patio, Kim talks through why batch recording shorter, single-topic episodes now is the best insurance against a packed October through December, whether that busyness comes from […]
091: How Women Can Take Their Power Back From AI with Mara Bolis
Most women I know feel a quiet unease about AI, and it turns out that unease might be the smartest thing about them. I sit down with Mara Bolis, founder of First Prompt and a fellow at Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center, to talk about her framework called fierce ambivalence, the idea that women’s hesitation toward […]
090: Podcast Growth Strategies Beyond Social Media
You do not need to live on social media to grow a thriving podcast audience. Kim opens up about her own tenuous relationship with social media and offers listeners full permission to feel the same way. She walks through a long list of alternatives that get a show in front of more ears without daily […]
089: Podcast Basics: Summer Wrap up
Twelve weeks, twelve podcast basics, and one big recap of everything you need to launch or level up your show. Kim Parkinson closes out her summer long Podcast Basics series by walking back through every topic she covered, from choosing simple gear and recording software to picking a hosting platform, designing cover art that actually […]
088: Why Repeating Your Podcast Topic Is Your Secret Growth Strategy
One small tweak to what you talk about on your podcast can turn a casual listener into an $80,000 client. Kim Parkinson revisits the story of Kristy Ouellette, whose consistent focus on one message eventually led a longtime listener to book an $80,000 vacation package once Christy mentioned a service she rarely talked about. Kim […]
087: Podcast Basics: Why Your Podcast Show Notes Need More Than Two Sentences
Two sentences and a naked link are not a show notes strategy, they are a missed opportunity. Keyword rich show notes are your podcast’s text footprint, the searchable, indexable companion that Google, Bing, and even AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude can actually crawl and cite, something your audio itself can never be. Kim breaks […]
086: How a Podcast Format Change Landed an $80K Client
One small tweak to your podcast format could be the difference between listeners who tune out and listeners who pick up the phone to book with you. In this conversation, Kim sits down with Kristy Ouellette, a Disney-focused travel agent and host of Talk Travel To Me, to talk about why she ditched her hour-long […]