You're listening to Podcasting Made Simple.

Imagine this. You start your workday, you check your inbox, and there it is, another

flood of messages from people asking to be on your podcast. By lunchtime, a few more.

Some sound interesting, others not so much, and some are completely

of topic. If you are a seasoned podcaster like me, you know this all too well. Everyone

watches it at your table. And this is great, but here is the challenge. You can't

say yes, but only to a few of them. So how do you say no to the other ones without feeling

bad or guilty? Here is the problem.

As podcasters, we want to have great conversations with guests who add value to our audience.

And we know that not all guests are the right fit.

And unless we have a system in place, this whole thing can become messy.

For example, you might forget to respond to someone you actually wanted and miss a great guest.

Or you might waste time emailing back and forth only to discover like me that your

guest turns up with her air pods as a microphone saying oh this is what i've always used and by the way

if that happens to you, educate your guests, folks, help them raise their

standards.

Simply showing up isn't enough anymore.

Having a dynamic USB microphone isn't a big thing to ask.

It's a small investment in excellence. Anyway, I digress, but only a little because these things,

the mic, the preparation, the respect for the platform, they are all part of the bigger picture your process.

So, without a system to handle the guest requests, the process can become frustrating and certainly inefficient.

Even more, it takes our time away for what truly matters, creating great content for our audience.

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