Hala Taha: How to Start, Grow, and Monetize a Podcast | Social Proof

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha

YAP Media Network | Hala Taha

Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2024

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Even in her lower-performing months, Hala Taha consistently ranks as a top Apple podcast. How does she do it? In this episode of the Social Proof podcast, Hala talks to David Shands about her top tips for starting, growing, and monetizing a podcast. She also explains the marketing strategy that helped her grow Young and Profiting into the massively successful podcast it is today. David Shands is an author, entrepreneur, motivational speaker, and business coach. In a few short years, his “Sleep is 4 Suckers” concept has evolved from selling t-shirts out of the back seat of his car to selling his message on apparel across the globe. He is now the host of the successful entrepreneurial podcast, The Social Proof Podcast. He is especially focused on helping entrepreneurs launch their own podcasts. In this episode, Hala and David will discuss: - How Hala consistently ranks as a top podcast - Hala's game-changing DM strategy - Where should you advertise your podcast? - How to approach potential podcast sponsors - The most effective podcast marketing strategy - How Hala started her career in the entertainment industry - Should you start a podcast? - YAP Media Network’s scrappy business model - What it takes to be a top podcaster - And other topics… David Shands is an author, entrepreneur, motivational speaker, and business coach. David worked in various customer-oriented industries by day while building his own apparel business by night. In a few short years, his “Sleep is 4 Suckers” concept has evolved from selling t-shirts out of the back seat of his car to selling his message on apparel across the globe. He is now the host of the successful entrepreneurial podcast, The Social Proof Podcast. He is especially focused on helping entrepreneurs launch their own podcasts. LinkedIn Secrets Masterclass, Have Job Security For Life: Use code ‘podcast’ for 30% off at yapmedia.io/course. Resources Mentioned: David’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidshands/ David’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/sleepis4suckers David’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sleepis4suckers/ David’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dreamsarebuiltovernight/ David’s Podcast (The Social Proof Podcast): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/social-proof-podcast/id1374373035 David’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DavidNeverSleeps Sponsored By: Shopify - Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period at youngandprofiting.co/shopify HelloFresh - Go to HelloFresh.com/profitingfree and use code profitingfree for FREE breakfast for life Nom Nom - Go to youngandprofiting.co/trynomnom for 50% off your two-week trial Coda.io - Head over to coda.io/profiting to try Coda for free Indeed - Get a $75 job credit at indeed.com/profiting More About Young and Profiting Download Transcripts - youngandprofiting.com Get Sponsorship Deals - youngandprofiting.com/sponsorships Leave a Review - ratethispodcast.com/yap Watch Videos - youtube.com/c/YoungandProfiting Follow Hala Taha LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/htaha/ Instagram - instagram.com/yapwithhala/ TikTok - tiktok.com/@yapwithhala Twitter - twitter.com/yapwithhala Learn more about YAP Media Agency Services - yapmedia.io/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today's episode of YAP is sponsored in part by Shopify Nom, Indeed, Coda and Hello Fresh. Shopify
0:06.6	selling online so you can focus on successfully growing your business.
0:10.4	Sign up for $1 per month trial period at Shopify.com
0:14.0	slash profiting.
0:15.0	Nomnom delivers freshly made dog food straight to your door.
0:18.0	For 50% off a two-week trial, go to try Nom.com
0:21.0	slash profiting.
0:22.0	Indeed is the hiring platform where you can attract interview and hire all in one place.
0:27.2	Start hiring now with a $75 sponsored job credit at indeed.com slash profiting.
0:32.8	Coda combines documents, spreadsheets, and apps into one seamless platform.
0:37.0	Head to Coda.io slash profiting to get started for free.
0:40.8	Skip the grocery store and save time with easy tasty recipes with Hello Fresh.
0:45.0	Go to Hello Fresh.com slash profiting free and use code Profiting Free for free breakfast for life.
0:50.6	As always you can find all of our incredible deals in the show notes. Hello my young and profiting family I know you all love tuning into yap each and every week
1:12.1	but have you ever thought about starting your own
1:15.0	podcast? If so, today's episode is going to show you how. We're we playing my interview with
1:20.7	David Shands on the Social Proof Podcast.
1:23.6	David is an entrepreneur, author, motivational speaker, and a business coach.
1:28.4	He also launched and hosted the podcast summit in Miami last year, which was an awesome podcaster event and I had the honor of speaking there and some of you may remember that I interviewed David on Yap in December of 2023.
1:42.0	We had a great conversation about his come-up story as an
1:44.6	entrepreneur and how he built such a huge online community around his brand.
1:48.8	And my appearance on David's podcast was one of my favorite guest appearances of
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