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Podcasting Made Simple

What Being a Podcast Guest Is Really About | Jem Fuller

Podcasting Made Simple

Alex Sanfilippo, PodMatch.com

Education, Content Marketing, Podcast Guesting, Podcast Hosts, Podcasting, How To, Audience Growth, Podcast Guests, Business, Podcasters, Marketing, Monetization, Technology

5671 Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2022

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Send Us a Text Message MORE FROM THIS EPISODE: HTTPS://PODMATCH.COM/EP/196 In this episode, Jem Fuller dives deep into the idea that being a podcast guest is not about you. Although this sounds counter-intuitive, it's about getting out of your own way, to serve the greater good of the conversation. This understanding frees you up from any self-consciousness, to create a more free-flowing and engaging conversation. MORE FROM THIS EPISODE: HTTPS://PODMATCH.COM/EP/196

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0:00.0

You're listening to Podcasting Made Simple, where we deliver weekly masterclass episodes

0:09.8

that help podcast hosts and podcast guests elevate their podcasting game.

0:14.2

I am your host, Alex San Felipe.

0:16.7

Today's episode features audio from a session of the latest PodPro's quarterly event.

0:21.3

To learn more about the speaker in this episode, along with other helpful resources,

0:25.2

including the video version of this episode and links to attend next quarter's event,

0:29.7

please visit Podpros.com slash 196.

0:33.2

And now please enjoy today's episode.

0:40.6

Hello. Hello, Gem Fuller here.

0:43.1

This is for podcast guests.

0:45.9

It's not about you.

0:47.8

Seems counterintuitive, right?

0:49.6

I mean, surely it's about you.

0:51.5

You're the one of being interviewed.

0:53.1

You're the one of being asked about You're the one being asked about your

0:54.6

story, your learnings, your lessons, the stuff that you want to share. So how can it not be about

0:59.9

you? But the funny thing is that when we go into a podcast interview with this mindset, with this

1:06.7

perspective that it's about me, we can become self-conscious and we can get in the way of the

1:12.7

higher good of the conversation of the interview, the potential positive impact for the person

1:19.5

interviewing us, for the show and ultimately for their listeners. So we can get in our own way.

1:25.1

So here lies the duality.

1:27.8

On the one hand, it's all about me because I'm the one being interviewed.

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