Why I started a podcast
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There are two main reasons I started a podcast.
- I was encouraged by another pharmacist podcaster.\\xa0
- My podcast is a business tool. \\xa0
Mentioned in this episode
- Medipreneurs Conference is a business conference for pharmacist entrepreneurs and healthcare entrepreneurs.
- Dr. Erin L. Albert is a pharmacist, entrepreneur, and podcaster.
- Dave Jackson and The School of Podcasting (course and podcast)
- So, You Want to Start a Podcast:\\xa0 Finding Your Voice, Telling Your Story, and Building a Community That Will Listen by Kristen Meinzer
At the 2nd Medipreneurs Conference (Asheville, NC) in April 2019, Dr. Erin L. Albert gave a talk about becoming a thought leader through writing and publishing.\\xa0 She also mentioned that podcasting can help you become a thought leader.\\xa0 Dr. Albert encouraged me to start a podcast.\\xa0
That was 14 months ago, and I barely knew what a podcast was.\\xa0 I barely listened to them either.\\xa0 Audiobooks were more my thing.\\xa0 That has changed!\\xa0 Now, I listen to both!\\xa0 I don\\u2019t know that I ever would have looked into podcasting if it weren\\u2019t for Dr. Albert.\\xa0 I didn\\u2019t understand how podcasting could help my career, and I didn\\u2019t know how to start a podcast. \\xa0
Why start a podcast then?\\xa0 When a successful pharmacist entrepreneur gives you advice, it\\u2019s important to at least consider it.\\xa0 Plus, I wanted to see if Dr. Albert was right.\\xa0 Should I start a podcast? \\xa0
The second reason why I started a podcast has to do with my business, The Pharmacist\\u2019s Voice.\\xa0 When I tried to connect podcasting and being a thought leader to my business, it didn\\u2019t make sense.\\xa0 It didn\\u2019t fit because I\\u2019m so early in my voiceover career.\\xa0 How can I be a thought leader already?\\xa0 But, I kept an open mind and researched podcasting more.\\xa0 Eventually, I learned that I could use my podcast as a business tool.\\xa0
I learned how to podcast from Dave Jackson and his online course The School of Podcasting in October 2019.\\xa0 I built the podcast in November, and I launched it on December 4.\\xa0 Because I already knew how to record, edit, and produce audio from my voiceover industry training, building a podcast using Dave Jackson\\u2019s process was pretty straightforward.\\xa0 All I had to come up with a name, a format, and the other details. (This episode won\\u2019t dig into all those details.)
If you are interested in starting a podcast, I would recommend doing three things. \\xa0
- Join The School of Podcasting
- Listen to The School of Podcasting Podcast
- Read Kristen Meinzer\\u2019s book, So, You Want to Start a Podcast:\\xa0 Finding Your Voice, Telling Your Story, and Building a Community That Will Listen.\\xa0 GREAT BOOK!
There is more than one podcast format.\\xa0 Examples include roundtables, daily news, list shows, advice shows, recap shows, documentary shows, fiction shows, and more.\\xa0
One day,\\xa0 I heard about journey-style podcasts.\\xa0 That\\u2019s a format using story to tell how they got from point A to point B and what they learned.\\xa0 In my case, I was on a journey from pharmacist to voice actor.\\xa0 It was easy to pick the journey-style format for my podcast.\\xa0 A journey-style podcast would allow me to share how I used my voice as a pharmacist, where my journey took me, who I met along the way, and how they use their voices too.\\xa0 It was a great choice for me. \\xa0
The Pharmacist\\u2019s Voice Podcast is a podcast, not a statue.\\xa0 Down the road, I could change the format of the podcast to something else, like an advice show.\\xa0
What I learned from both Dave Jackson and Kristen Meinzer\\u2019s book is that I can use my podcast to get the word out about my business!\\xa0 I\\u2019m a pharmacist, voice actor, and audiobook narrator.\\xa0 When I put that out into the world on a podcast, I position myself as those things for the world to see.\\xa0 That\\u2019s how it\\u2019s a business tool.\\xa0 I may have accidentally become a thought leader too.\\xa0 People interested in doing what I do contact me all the time. \\xa0 \\xa0
During my career - both pharmacy and voiceover - I have met all kinds of great people.\\xa0 I use my interview shows every other week to help them share how they use their voice as well.\\xa0 Here are 11 examples. \\xa0
Episode 3, Tom Titkemeier, my uncle who introduced me to the profession of pharmacy
Episode 5, Harold Kinker was my first boss at Walgreens
Episode 7, Nate Kehlmeier is a friend from the Wood County Addiction Task Force
Episode 9, Dr. Asha Bohannon is a friend and pharmacist entrepreneur who I met at the first ever Medipreneurs Conference in 2018.
Episode 11, Sue Paul and Michelle Fritsch, co-founders of the Medipreneurs Conference
Episode 13, Dr. Bruce Berger, motivational interviewing expert who I met through the Medipreneurs organization
Episode 15, Dr. Lisa Orb\\xe9-Austin, a counseling psychologist and author I met on LinkedIn.\\xa0 She\\u2019s an expert on Imposter Syndrome, which I struggle with.
Episode 17, Dave Bitkowski, an Ohio pharmacist entrepreneur and rare disease advocate
Episode 19, Patty Weltin, rare disease advocate and Founder and CEO of Beyond the Diagnosis
Episode 21, Longhaulpaul also known as Paul Pelland, a NH man with MS who is increasing MS awareness through long-distance motorcycling. \\xa0
Episode 23, Dr. Anna Garrett, hormone expert and author of Perimenopause:\\xa0 The Savvy Sister\\u2019s Guide to Hormone Harmony. \\xa0
This is episode 24, and my next four interview shows are all planned out.\\xa0 Let me tell you about them.\\xa0 \\xa0
Episode 25 will be next Friday, July 3, 2020.\\xa0 My guest is Dr. Muhammad Umar Hafeez, a pharmacist with an MBA living in Abu Dhabi, which is located in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).\\xa0 He is a telepharmacy advocate, and his practice sites include oil rigs (both onshore and offshore), remote sites in the desert, deep sea platforms, oil barges, and natural and man-made islands in the Arabian Gulf. \\xa0
Episode 27 will be Friday, July 17, 2020.\\xa0 My guest will be Dr. Wendy Stephan, Ph.D.\\xa0 She\\u2019s educator and epidemiologist with South Florida\\u2019s poison control center.
Episode 29 will be on Friday, July 31, 2020.\\xa0 Dr. Jerrica Dodd will be my guest.\\xa0 She is a pharmacist entrepreneur.\\xa0 We met in April 2018 at the first Medipreneurs Conference in Asheville, North Carolina.
Episode 31 will be on Friday, August 14, 2020.\\xa0 My guest will be Dr. Allie Xu, a registered pharmacist from Australia.\\xa0 She is a holistic health and life coach specializing in emotional intelligence and the mind-body connection.\\xa0\\xa0
In closing, I started my podcast because I was encouraged by another pharmacist podcaster, and I wanted to use my podcast as a business tool. \\xa0
I\\u2019m happy with how my podcast turned out.\\xa0 I get to share my journey.\\xa0 No one else has the exact same set of variables in their life that I have.\\xa0 I have a husband and two kids who I build my voiceover career around.\\xa0 3 months ago, COVID changed life as we know it.\\xa0 The job I planned to do \\u201cin the margins\\u201d when my kids were at school got interrupted.\\xa0 I suddenly had to home school my kids.\\xa0 My husband lost his job May 1.\\xa0 I worked on my voiceover business full-time until my husband started interviewing for jobs again.\\xa0 It\\u2019s life; it\\u2019s interesting; and it\\u2019s my journey! \\xa0
The Pharmacist\\u2019s Voice Podcast has listeners in 39 US states and 23 countries.\\xa0 Thank you for reading the show notes!
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