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Hi, I'm Yusuf Marshall.

Ever since I've developed my podcasting journey, I wondered the same question.

What happens when the record light is no longer on?

Fantastic interview.

Recording was great, but now what?

The easy answer is actively chase the next

opportunity, put out more content, get on more shows. The more difficult answer is one that

costs us a little bit more, but it proves really big in the dividend department later on.

We need to keep the relationship going even after the interview is done. So you've been a guest

on our podcast. It went well. What's next? I'm going to gently encourage you to take a pause right

here and go against the grain. Instead of quickly moving on to the next thing, which is common for many of us,

we're going quality over quantity this time. You're going to create more content, do more guest spots.

It's different going to happen. But this time, you're going to invest a key seed for the hardest

you want for your podcast and business. This time, you're going to continue to build a partnership

and relationship you just started. How do you do that? Why should we do that? Hopefully I can

help out with both questions.

Now, I totally get the initial reaction because I had the same questions. I had some of the same

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