Jordan Blair: Secrets to Succeeding With Audience-Driven Content

In this video, I interview Jordan Blair from Dreamful Bedtime Stories (https://www.dreamfulstories.com/) about how her podcast skyrocketed to the top 1% globally, thanks to the invaluable input and support from an engaged audience. Jordan shares strategies for not only gathering feedback but leveraging it to continually enhance the show's content. She also goes behind the scenes of producing a story-telling podcast, from hand-picking enchanting tales to scoring free music for your podcast. 0:00 Introduction 0:55 The steps to starting a podcast 2:48 Perfection & procrastination 4:45 Measuring success 8:16 How an audience can evolve 11:44 Listening to books at bedtime 12:46 Using stories in the public domain 14:50 Using past experience in podcasting 16:00 Incorporating fans into your podcast 17:53 Ways to communicate with your audience 21:30 The power of podcasts on listeners 25:07 How to get more audience engagement https://www.podinbox.com/ https://www.google.com/forms/about/ 28:22 The value of outsourcing 30:57 Where to get music for your podcast https://freemusicarchive.org/ https://artlist.io/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/ 33:41 Getting support early in your podcasting journey 36:46 How to ask for listener support 39:14 Monetizing through brand sponsorships 40:36 Rapid-fire questions: First podcast? 41:57 Rapid-fire questions: Podcasting tool? 43:00 Rapid-fire questions: Most memorable episode? 44:20 Rapid-fire questions: New podcast you'd like to make? 46:10 Rapid-fire questions: One piece of advice? 47:34 Conclusion