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Young and Profiting with Hala Taha

YAP Media Network | Hala Taha

Business, Entrepreneurship, Marketing

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Now on Spotify Video! Podcasting isn’t just content anymore; it’s a tool to scale your business. After being rejected from radio, TV, and even her dream corporate job, Hala Taha launched the Young and Profiting podcast as a side hustle with no team and no solid plan. Today, she hosts a top-ranked business and entrepreneurship show and leads an award-winning social media and podcast agency on track to hit eight figures. In this episode, Hala shares how entrepreneurs and brands can leverage podcasting for business growth and reveals her blueprint for building a podcast empire from scratch. In this episode, Hala will discuss: (00:00) Introduction (03:24) Why Top Entrepreneurs Prioritize Podcasts (05:10) Leveraging Your Audience for Business Growth (12:25) Three Steps to Starting a Successful Podcast (14:40) Monetizing Podcasts Without a Huge Following (18:09) Guest Networking: The $6 Million Business Strategy (22:49) The Four Key Principles for Podcast Growth (26:58) How Rejection Led Her to Become a Founder Hala Taha is the host of Young and Profiting, a top 10 business and entrepreneurship podcast on Apple and Spotify. She’s the founder and CEO of YAP Media, an award-winning social media and podcast agency, as well as the YAP Media Network, where she helps renowned podcasters like Jenna Kutcher, Neil Patel, and Russell Brunson grow and monetize their shows. With her business on track to hit eight figures in 2025, Hala stands out as a leading creator-entrepreneur. Sponsored By: Shopify - Start your $1/month trial at Shopify.com/profiting. Indeed - Get a $75 sponsored job credit to boost your job's visibility at Indeed.com/PROFITING OpenPhone - Get 20% off your first 6 months at OpenPhone.com/profiting. Airbnb - Find a co-host at airbnb.com/host Boulevard - Get 10% off your first year at joinblvd.com/profiting when you book a demo Resources Mentioned: Hala’s Podcast, Young and Profiting: bit.ly/_YAP-apple Goal Digger Podcast by Jenna Kutcher: bit.ly/TGDP-apple The Russell Brunson Show by Russell Brunson: bit.ly/TRBS-apple Financial Feminist by Tori Dunlap: bit.ly/FF-apple Earn Your Happy by Lori Harder: bit.ly/EYH-apple Active Deals - youngandprofiting.com/deals Key YAP Links Reviews - ratethispodcast.com/yap YouTube - youtube.com/c/YoungandProfiting LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/htaha/ Instagram - instagram.com/yapwithhala/ Social + Podcast Services: yapmedia.com Transcripts - youngandprofiting.com/episodes-new Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship Podcast, Business, Business Podcast, Self Improvement, Self-Improvement, Personal Development, Starting a Business, Strategy, Investing, Sales, Selling, Psychology, Productivity, Entrepreneurs, AI, Artificial Intelligence, Technology, Marketing, Negotiation, Money, Finance, Side Hustle, Startup, Mental Health, Career, Leadership, Mindset, Health, Growth Mindset, Business podcast, Startup, Starting a Business, Passive income, Online Business, Solopreneur Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today's episode is sponsored in part by Indeed, Shopify, Mercury, Open Phone, Airbnb, and Boulevard.
0:06.4	As always, you can find all of our incredible deals linked in the show notes or at young and profiting.com
0:11.3	slash deals.
0:13.1	You guys want to know how I made $6 million off my podcast last year?
0:16.9	So there are three steps to starting a successful podcast.
0:21.0	Your guests can become your clients.
0:23.1	They can come your investors.
0:24.6	They can become your mentors.
0:26.5	People can copy your products, but they can't copy you.
0:30.0	What platforms to use, what tech to use.
0:32.5	You don't know how to grow or monetize your audience.
0:35.0	Well, in the next 25 minutes, I'm going to help you with all of that.
0:38.4	Are you guys ready to learn everything you need to know about growing your podcast?
0:44.2	Yeah, fam, back in February on Valentine's Day, Russell Brunson asked me to present at Funnel Hacking Live.
0:50.3	Now, this is a legendary event.
0:51.6	This was the last Funnel Hacking Live ever.
0:54.0	And for people in my industry, this is like a dream. This was the last funnel hacking live ever. And for people in my
0:54.8	industry, this is like a dream come true. I wanted to pinch myself. When Russell asked me to present
1:00.0	at this event, it was in front of 7,000 entrepreneurs. And Russell wanted me to break down all things
1:04.9	podcast monetization. Now, my podcast itself brings in over a million dollars a year right now. And my
1:10.4	network where I grow and monetize other shows, as well as my social and podcast agency, brings in over a million dollars a year right now. And my network where I grow and
1:11.3	monetize other shows, as well as my social and podcast agency, brings in over $6 million a year.
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