Welcome to the How of Business with your host, Henry Lopez, the podcast that helps you start, run, and grow your small business. And now here is your host.

Welcome to this episode of The How of Business. This is Henry Lopez. And my guest today is Nick Polkowski. Nick, welcome to the show.

Hi, Henry. Thanks for having me. Glad to have you. Nick is a business owner, and his passion is podcasting.

Knowing the power of the spoken word, he knew the potential a podcast can have to inspire and teach. That's what drove him to put together

and to team, to help others get their message to their audience with ease. His company is called

Your Podcast Guru and it's designed to help speakers, trainers, and coaches grow their community by creating websites,

podcasts, and membership sites.

The goal is to help content creators focus only on creating great content and not have to worry

about any of the technology.

And you can find out more at your podcast guru.com.

We'll chat about that business and what led Nick to build that business and what he offers there. We're going to in this episode chat about

his journey, how he got to where he is today. And he's going to share some tips and advice on how

you can use as a small business owner, a podcast to help you grow or even to

start your business. So once again, Nick, welcome to the show. Awesome. I'm really excited

to dive into podcasting today. Absolutely. Where are you? Where are we speaking to you today?

Madison, Wisconsin. Okay. Is that where you're from originally? A little north of here originally, but I've been here since 2006.

Got it. So in doing the research, you talk about having discovered a passion for communication.

When did that come to you? When do you think you realized I've got a gift here and I think this is the way I'm going to help others achieve success?

Honestly, I think part of it was just very early on. I loved stories. So I loved finding out more about people. I loved actually reading biographies even as in earlier, you know, in elementary and high school even, spent a lot

of time reading autobiographies and just hearing the stories of people, the struggles they

went through, the challenges they overcome and how they put those into place. So I think that's a

huge part of it. And then in high school, I was involved, and even in junior high, was involved in the future

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