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Whether you're on episode one of your podcast or episode 300, you want your content to reach as many people as possible.

At the same time, your listeners expect you to deliver value each and every time you air.

They tune in each week, ready for you to share your expertise and your wisdom, and they are

ready to hear your message and the message of the guests you invite to join you.

You have content, you have an audience, and you have big ideas that you want to share with the

world. And because of these things, you have the perfect ingredients to write a book based on your

podcast content. You can leverage your existing podcast season to create a compelling business book

that elevates your brand. As a podcast host, you already have a certain level of credibility.

When you publish a book and reintroduce yourself to your listeners as an author, you bring them

with you to a higher level of authority. A book can help you shape your brand

and carry your podcast to even greater heights than you can imagine for yourself. I hear you asking,

Chrissy, how can I write a book when I barely have time to keep up with managing the podcast? My friend,

let me tell you. There are five easy ways you can leverage the content that you have

already created for your podcast to generate the content that you need to build out your book.

Number one, guide your listeners on a journey. This journey can look a lot like your content

planning for the podcast season. How do you decide which episodes

to air when? You are already taking your listener on a journey. You already know which episodes

are going to air when. You can replicate that journey and elevate it to book level status.

Have you heard of Joseph Campbell's The Hero's Journey? He studied storytelling and mythology

from around the globe and identified what it takes to tell a good story. He wrote The Heroes Journey

way back in 1949, and its framework is still going strong today. It has been the basis for most

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