Episodes

  • 962: Exactly How I’d Grow Your Podcast as a Host with 4.5M+ Downloads

    962: Exactly How I’d Grow Your Podcast as a Host with 4.5M+ Downloads
    Jun 19 2025
    I’m trying a whole new format, and I cannot wait for you to listen to this one! It’s part life coaching, part podcast strategy, and I’m dishing the tea on pretty much everything I think about when it comes to having a successful podcast! Join me as I sit down with Azara Krovatin, who hosts The Mystical Business Coach Podcast, and I’m giving her a real-time coaching session on how she can grow her show, deepen her impact, and leverage her incredibly unique expertise. Whether you’re podcasting yourself, considering launching one, or just love seeing behind the scenes, this conversation is packed with so many actionable insights! Truly, if I were to do a course on how to run a successful podcast, we covered almost everything I would put in that course. Consider this your one-on-one! ⁠⁠⁠Join The Co-op – The Membership for Online Businesses⁠⁠⁠ Connect with Abagail⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠All the Links!⁠⁠ Episode Highlights Getting to Know Azara: Her Motivation, Mission & End Goal. [0:01:55] The Big Dream Behind Azara’s Business & the People She Wants to Reach. [0:05:49] My Advice to Azara Based on My Own Journey into Podcasting and Business. [0:10:39] Top Tips for Crafting Compelling Episodes. [0:19:37] Building Visibility & Audience Growth. [0:25:46] How to Get the Most Out of Titles & Descriptions. [0:33:56] Doing the Process Out Loud: Why You Can Never Give Too Much Away [0:40:03] Repurposing Podcast Content for Other Platforms [0:44:36] How to Use LinkedIn as a Podcast Marketing Platform [0:51:25] Our Advertiser FreshBooks⁠⁠⁠ – Get 50% Off for 6 Months Thank you for listening! Please subscribe, rate, and review The Strategy Hour Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. For show notes, go to thestrategyhour.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • 961: How to Land Celebrity-Level Press Without Being Famous (Yet)

    961: How to Land Celebrity-Level Press Without Being Famous (Yet)
    Jun 17 2025
    You don’t have to be Oprah, the Beach Boys, or a big box brand to land major press, but you do have to know what you’re doing. During this episode, I talk to Lydia Bagarozza, the co-founder of Visibility on Purpose. With more than 4000 media placements in outlets like Forbes, Entrepreneur, and more, she’s making top-tier press accessible for small brands and founders without hiring a publicist. On this episode, she’s giving away all her best secrets, so let’s dive in. ⁠⁠⁠Join The Co-op – The Membership for Online Businesses⁠⁠⁠ Connect with Abagail⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠All the Links!⁠⁠ Episode Highlights Visibility on Purpose: The Origin Story [0:00:53] Why You Don’t Have to be Famous to Be Featured. [0:04:29] How to Find Where You Want to be Featured. [0:07:38] The One Thing Most People Get Wrong About Pitching. [0:11:16] What You Need to Do Before You Even Start. [0:22:18] Fighting Overwhelm and Imposter Syndrome. [0:28:17] How to Know When It’s Time to Hire PR Help. [0:38:05] The First and Simplest Step You Can Take Today. [0:44:24] Our Advertiser FreshBooks⁠⁠⁠ – Get 50% Off for 6 Months Thank you for listening! Please subscribe, rate, and review The Strategy Hour Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. For show notes, go to thestrategyhour.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    54 mins
  • 960: What No One Told My Husband About Marrying an Ambitious Woman

    960: What No One Told My Husband About Marrying an Ambitious Woman
    Jun 12 2025
    Today’s episode is a little bit different. It’s a vulnerable, intimate conversation that I just happen to be letting you in on. I’m having my husband Jared on the show today, to talk about something I see more people than you might imagine, navigating. We’re talking about what it really looks like to be married to a strong, ambitious woman, but more than that, I hope we can have an honest conversation about confronting cultural norms, redefining roles, and getting honest about the stuff we wish someone else told us sooner! ⁠⁠⁠Join The Co-op – The Membership for Online Businesses⁠⁠⁠ Connect with Abagail⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠All the Links!⁠⁠ Episode Highlights • How Vastly Different Our Lives Look Twelve Years Into Marriage. [0:01:11] • The Ways Jared is Using His Skill Set Today. [0:17:52] • ‘She Works and You Play’ and Other Reactions to How Our Lives are Structured [0:21:25] • What the Biggest Challenge We Face at Work Actually Is [0:27:53] • Breaking the Preconceived Notions of What it Means to Work with Your Spouse [0:34:55] • The Real Hardest Part of Reversing Our Roles [0:39:38] • Jared’s New Observations From Working With His Wife (Me) [0:45:05] Our Advertiser FreshBooks⁠⁠⁠ – Get 50% Off for 6 Months Thank you for listening! Please subscribe, rate, and review The Strategy Hour Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. For show notes, go to thestrategyhour.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    58 mins
  • 959: Build for Your Bandwidth

    959: Build for Your Bandwidth
    Jun 10 2025
    Your business needs to be designed with your bandwidth in mind so that you’re capable of doing it in every season! You have other priorities outside of business, and I want to help you design a business with your capacity in mind. I want you to ignore society and other business gurus when they tell you how much bandwidth you need to have for your business, and instead, I want you to design it around you! I think there’s a misconception that designing a business around bandwidth limits your capacity for growth, but that’s not true – bandwidth can change! Capability doesn’t equal sustainability, and while there are always things you can handle doing for a short period of time, sustaining them is tricky. It’s so easy to want to say yes to more. I get the appeal, and I also know that you don’t have to do everything! Your business is not meant to be something you have to fight, it’s meant to be something that supports you and provides you with the flexibility that traditional jobs don’t. Throughout this episode, I want you to consider choosing sustainability over survival and say no to hustle culture! Let’s dive in. ⁠⁠⁠Join The Co-op – The Membership for Online Businesses⁠⁠⁠ Connect with Abagail ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠All the Links!⁠⁠ Episode Highlights How to Intentionally Scale Down for the Season You’re In. [0:09:48] Why More Is Not Always Better. [0:17:28] Building a Business That Supports Your Greatest Desires. [0:25:27] Our Advertiser FreshBooks⁠⁠⁠ – Get 50% Off for 6 Months Thank you for listening! Please subscribe, rate, and review The Strategy Hour Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. For show notes, go to thestrategyhour.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    41 mins
  • 958: Crop Top Confidence: How to Get Out of a Business Funk

    958: Crop Top Confidence: How to Get Out of a Business Funk
    Jun 5 2025
    If you’re feeling stuck, stalled, or just tired of feeling like you’re going through the motions, this episode is for you. I’ve been in a funk for weeks, feeling lost, confused, and frustrated, and everyone was giving me really lame advice. I went on my own discovery journey to figure out what I needed to do to get out of my own funk. It was so much simpler than I realized and if I had this structure from the start, I would have gotten there a lot sooner and felt a lot less frustrated! I’m here for the practical, the tactical, and what you can actually do about it. This episode is part pep talk, part reset strategy, and it’s as much for me as it is for you! ⁠⁠Join The Co-op – The Membership for Online Businesses⁠⁠⁠ Connect with Abagail ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠All the Links!⁠⁠ Episode Highlights The Real Reason You Might Be Feeling Lost or Stuck [0:03:57] How to Let Go of Self-Judgment and be a Strong Person in your Business [0:11:10] What it Means to See the Opportunities Instead of Spiralling [0:21:30] A Reset Ritual to Help You Get Re-Energized and Re-Inspired [0:27:55] Crop-Top Confidence and Where to Find It [0:31:46] Our Advertiser:⁠ ⁠⁠FreshBooks⁠⁠⁠ – Get 50% Off for 6 Months Thank you for listening! Please subscribe, rate, and review The Strategy Hour Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. For show notes, go to thestrategyhour.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    42 mins
  • 957: Instagram Strategy That Actually Feels Good with Michelle Gifford

    957: Instagram Strategy That Actually Feels Good with Michelle Gifford
    Jun 3 2025
    When it comes to Instagram, it is so easy to get stuck in the cycle of chasing trends. Today’s guest, Michelle Gifford, is here to remind us that sustainable Instagram growth doesn’t come from constant performance! It comes from purpose. Michelle is an incredible Instagram strategist behind multiple six and seven-figure brands. She’s helped business owners grow their reach, amplify their voice, and drive real results without losing themselves in the algorithm. In this episode, we’re talking about what it really means to create content that converts, position you as the expert, and still feels good to make! We get into what’s working on Instagram right now, what you should stop doing, and how to reset your strategy if you feel stuck or discouraged! If you want to use Instagram as a true business growth tool, then this episode is for you! ⁠⁠Join The Co-op – The Membership for Online Businesses⁠⁠ Connect with Abagail⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠All the Links!⁠⁠ How to Drive Sales on Instagram. [0:04:32] Some of the Trends That Are Performing [0:13:14] How to Test Out New Content. [0:16:15] Overcoming Common ‘Visibility’ Fears. [0:26:17] Our Advertiser: ⁠⁠FreshBooks⁠⁠ – Get 50% Off for 6 Months Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    43 mins
  • 956: The Loneliness Epidemic with Community Builder Liz Forkin Bohannon

    956: The Loneliness Epidemic with Community Builder Liz Forkin Bohannon
    May 29 2025
    Statistics show that 97% of small business owners would say that they have felt really alone and unsupported in their journey. Though we have the opportunity to be more connected than ever, we are also lonelier than ever. If you’ve built a business, you’ve probably felt that paradox deeply. Today’s guest, Liz Forkin Bohannon, knows that connection isn’t just a feel-good value – it’s a radical, transformative growth strategy. Liz is passionate about women and girls living in extreme poverty. She spent time connecting with underprivileged women in Uganda and realized how important community is. She’s built her business, community, and life around the idea that we’re better together, and in this episode, we talk about what it looks like to build something that not only grows but brings people closer. ⁠⁠Join The Co-op – The Membership for Online Businesses⁠⁠ Connect with Abagail⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠All the Links!⁠⁠ Episode Highlights How to Create Genuine Connection in Business. [0:11:12] The Power of Consistency and Commitment. [0:25:48] Two Ways to Find a Like-Minded Community of Business Leaders. [0:40:41] Our Advertiser: ⁠⁠FreshBooks⁠⁠ – Get 50% Off for 6 Months Thank you for listening! Please subscribe, rate, and review The Strategy Hour Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. For show notes, go to thestrategyhour.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    58 mins
  • 955: How to Build a Creator-First Business (That Actually Lasts) with Jay Clouse

    955: How to Build a Creator-First Business (That Actually Lasts) with Jay Clouse
    May 27 2025
    Being a creator-first business sounds great in theory, but it can be slow to grow! Today, I’m talking with Jay Clouse, who has been there, built that, and now runs one of the most respected businesses in the creator economy. But, it didn’t happen overnight! In this episode, we talk about creating content, building an audience instead of attracting a crowd, and how to create sustainability in an evolving industry. ⁠Join The Co-op – The Membership for Online Businesses⁠ Connect with Abagail⁠ ⁠ ⁠Instagram⁠⁠ ⁠ ⁠All the Links!⁠ Episode Highlights How Jay Started to Create About Creating [0:02:08] Consistency: The Key to Creator Science’s Success [0:05:55] Earning Influence Over an Audience Through Trust [0:09:15] Where You Can Actually Create Real Value Online [0:12:41] The Steady Drumbeat That Will Bring the Right People to You [0:17:50] Jay’s Funding Journey Before Monetizing His Newsletter [0:24:24] Predictions for the Next Chapter [0:31:57] Advice for Success in a Changing World [0:37:21] Our Advertiser: ⁠FreshBooks⁠ – Get 50% Off for 6 Months Thank you for listening! Please subscribe, rate, and review The Strategy Hour Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. For show notes, go to thestrategyhour.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    46 mins
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