To Podcast or Not Podcast? Will Your Customers Care? With Phyllis Nichols

Podcasting has emerged as a powerful marketing and customer engagement strategy, enabling businesses to establish credibility and build a trusted connection with their customers. With over 5 million podcasts globally and 70 million episodes, the medium has witnessed substantial growth, reaching targeted platforms and engaging specific audiences. Reports, such as McKinsey's, emphasize that podcasting initiates intimate conversations and plays a vital role in the customer journey, driving customer loyalty and brand trust in the digital age. Karen's Special Guest is Phyllis Nichols, founder of SoundAdvice Strategies, a podcast production company. She’s best known for helping clients create unique audio experiences for their listeners. Authors, small business owners and other creatives use their podcasts to tell stories, inspire audiences, and build real connections. Phyllis and the SoundAdvice team make sure they sound great and handle all the tech and marketing details. Karen and Phyllis talk about the benefits of podcasting for businesses: 1. Enhanced Customer Engagement: Podcasting enables businesses to engage customers in a more intimate and conversational manner, building stronger relationships and loyalty. 2. Credibility and Trust Building: Regular podcast episodes showcasing expertise and valuable insights can establish the business as a trusted authority in its industry, boosting credibility and trust among the audience. 3. Personalized Connection: Podcasting allows businesses to connect with their customers as if they are talking directly to them, making them feel connected on a personal level, ultimately leading to increased brand loyalty and advocacy. Three Takeaways: 1. Podcasting's Growing Influence: Podcasting has experienced significant growth, with millions of podcasts and episodes available worldwide. This growth provides businesses with an excellent opportunity to reach their target audience and create personalized connections with them. 2. Dynamic Content for Enhanced Engagement: Unlike traditional forms of content marketing, podcasts offer dynamic content that fosters a deeper connection with listeners. This unique listening experience encourages customers to take action, making them 60% more likely to engage further with the business. 3. Podcasting as a Trust-Building Tool: In the digital age, building customer loyalty and trust requires more than just standard marketing practices. Podcasting proves to be an effective way to initiate and maintain intimate conversations with customers, thus fostering the "Know, Like, and Trust" factor essential for successful brand-customer relationships. Pick up your free gift from Phyllis: https://www.soundadvicestrategies.com/resource Karen Rands is the leader of the Compassionate Capitalist Movement™ and author of the best selling investment primer: Inside Secrets to Angel Investing: Step-by-Step Strategies to Leverage Private Equity Investment for Passive Wealth Creation . She is an authority on creating wealth through investing and building successful businesses that can scale and exit rich. Karen is an enthusiastic speaker on these topics for corporations, economic development groups, angel investor networks, and professional business networks. About Karen https://www.karenrands.co/about-karen-rands/ Visit http://Kugarand.com and click on the Services tab, to learn more about the Compassionate Capitalist Wealth Maximizer System™ . Read about the Due Diligence Services, Investor Relations, Capital Strategies, Capital Access, and Capital Readiness Coaching serviced offered by her firm, Kugarand Capital Holdings. The Compassionate Capitalist Show ™ is a Podcast on YouTube. Please visit and subscribe and share. It is great to watch Karen and her guests live, in action. The whole library of podcasts and interviews since 2020 can be found there by category or chronological. https://bit.ly/CCSyoutubepod Go to http://DoTheDeal.org to get on the list for the free access to the Compassionate Capitalist Wealth Maximizing System - intro level.