The Real Way to Monetize a Podcast (Without Millions of Views) w/ Travis Chappell 🎙️ EP150
The Money Mondays
Dan Fleyshman
4.3 • 483 Ratings
🗓️ 1 December 2025
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, today’s guest Travis Chappell, @travismakesfriends , shares his journey from aspiring pastor to door-to-door salesman, and eventually to becoming a leading figure in the podcasting industry. He talks about building his network from scratch, why relationships fuel his work, and how podcasters can make money whether through sponsorships, affiliate deals, or their own products.Travis Chappell is the founder and CEO of Guestio, and the host of the podcast Travis Makes Friends (formerly known as Build Your Network). Travis today is known not just for his podcasts, but for helping people build meaningful networks, get access to high-caliber interviews, and grow their presence through proper connections.Like this episode? Watch more like it 👇"Podcasting is the ULTIMATE Networking Tool" - Sean Kelly 📡 : https://youtu.be/TBNtCDP6EU8Christian DelGrosso & Marshall Sylver's Social Media SUCCESS & Building WEALTH 📈 : https://youtu.be/h6ToLKH7Y5QHow the Next Million-Dollar Brands Are Built (And What It Takes to Lead Them) 🧠: https://youtu.be/jhrIhfCbugYWhy Most Influencers Fail (And How Kellan Ness Blew Up Instead)🔥: https://youtu.be/KTBu_A9Cl0MWatch ALL Full Episodes Here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLs0D-M5aH-0IOUKtQPKts-VZfO55mfH6k---The Money Mondays is a business podcast here to teach you how to make money, invest money, and donate money by showcasing some of the world's most successful people and how they do the same. Hosted by serial entrepreneur Dan Fleyshman, the youngest founder of a publicly traded company in history, this money podcast gives you an exclusive behind the scenes look at how the wealthiest celebrities, entrepreneurs, athletes and influencers make, invest and donate money.If you want to learn more business and investing while you work to improve your financial life, you're in the right place! Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@themoneymondays?sub_confirmation=1Dan Fleyshman,The Money MondaysLearn more here: https://themoneymondays.comWatch all the podcast episodes: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLs0D-M5aH-0IOUKtQPKts-VZfO55mfH6kLet’s Connect...Website: https://themoneymondays.comPodcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-money-mondays/id1663564091Twitter: https://twitter.com/themoneymondaysLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-money-mondays/about/TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@themoneymondaysFB: https://www.facebook.com/The-Money-Mondays-110233585203220/
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| 0:00.0 | Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Monday Monday's podcast where we cover three core topics, |
| 0:09.8 | how to make money, how to invest money, how to give away to charity. |
| 0:13.2 | As you guys knows, these episodes are under 40 minutes for your listening pleasure because |
| 0:16.9 | the average workout is 45 minutes. |
| 0:19.0 | The average commute to work is 45 minutes. |
| 0:20.9 | So this episode will be between 33 and 37 minutes for you today. |
| 0:24.8 | Now, the reason this podcast is doing so well is we have a 93% listen through rate. |
| 0:30.4 | And you guys supporting, liking, commenting, subscribing. |
| 0:33.9 | We obviously always need that. |
| 0:35.4 | This is not a podcast filled with ads or commercials. This podcast is designed for you to actually listen to it, share with your friends and have important discussions with your friends, family, and followers about money. We grew up thinking it's rude to talk about money. I think it's ridiculous. I think you have to talk about it. And I think that with the success of the podcast, it's showing that people are actually, you know, engaging with it, showing it to their friends and family. And I get to hear all these stories of what's happening because people are finally being blunt about money because it's part of your normal life. For your medical bills, your health, your food, utilities, rent, car payment. Those are all not evil things. They're just part of your daily life and you need money to do those things. All right, without further ado, we're going to dive into our first guest who I've known for years. |
| 1:14.6 | We've been at events together. We've done masterminds together. We've done podcasts together. It's been a person in my circle. I send clients to him all the time because I love what he's doing. I love what he's built. So what we're going to do is have Travis Chapel give a quick two minute bio. |
| 1:26.4 | So we get straight to the money. |
| 1:28.1 | Sure, Matt. |
| 1:28.6 | So quick two minute bio. |
| 1:31.1 | Grew up thinking I was going to be a pastor. Got my unaccredited degree in Bible and church ministries in college. It was sort of cultish. I call it more like a bubble now these days because it's the easiest way I can explain it to people, but I thought I was gonna be a ministry, |
| 1:46.0 | grew up, did an internship in college, |
| 1:49.0 | realized I did not wanna do that, |
| 1:51.0 | and couldn't really find work as an unaccredited Bible degree holder. |
| 1:56.0 | There's not a lot of employers that are lining up, offering jobs. |
| 2:00.0 | So I did door-door sales for about five |
| 2:01.8 | years, six years, just to pay the bills, figure things out. Pretty quickly realized I didn't want |
| 2:07.3 | to do that with the rest of my life either. So kind of back to square one, back to basically |
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