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The kids want to hear your podcast.
Like, really. They do. Gen Z falls right behind millennials as the second largest podcast listening generation. The generation born...
itsfreddycruz
May 22, 20241 min read
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I’m outing myself.
For months, Speke Podcasting has had a YouTube channel. But it’s been dormant for quite some time. It’s a damn shame, too, because...
itsfreddycruz
May 20, 20241 min read
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Meet Bubbles
Bubbles is one of the most beautiful dogs I've ever met. She loves her life. She has humans who love her, friends all over the world, and...
itsfreddycruz
May 15, 20241 min read
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Five tools for the scrappy podcast host
As a podcast host, you're always on the lookout for tools and resources to help streamline your workflow and take your show to the next...
itsfreddycruz
May 13, 20241 min read
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My worst job ever
This is me, fresh out of high school during the mid-90s, washing machine parts for my mom's employer. I think they were for oil rigs. Who...
itsfreddycruz
May 8, 20241 min read
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I never planned for any of this
Never say never, I suppose. In the spring of 2022, I humbled myself. And when I say “humbled myself,” I REALLY humbled myself. I applied...
itsfreddycruz
May 6, 20242 min read
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We're not old, their way of thinking is
What if Ray never cooked his first burger? What if Vera never designed her first dress? What if Julia never wrote her first cookbook?...
itsfreddycruz
May 1, 20241 min read
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The future of communications
Never before in history has it been easier to share our stories with the world. Yet most of us never will. But those who do—and choose...
itsfreddycruz
Apr 29, 20242 min read
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Fire them
If your employer has ever done any of the following: -Said you’re overpaid -Guaranteed you’ll never get a raise -Constantly reminded you...
itsfreddycruz
Apr 22, 20241 min read
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Just start already!
Seriously. Do it. Go. Chop chop. S-T-A-R-T. Launch the podcast. Send the pitch. Record the video. Press publish on the blog. Etcetera....
itsfreddycruz
Apr 17, 20241 min read
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A tale of two Teslas.
One morning, I went for a jog and about halfway through my four miler, a lady in a white Tesla honked at me and made a gesture I could on...
itsfreddycruz
Apr 15, 20241 min read
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Why nobody listens to your podcast
Perhaps the biggest hindrance to your podcast growth is actually not that big. It's small talk. Seriously, cut the chatter at the...
itsfreddycruz
Apr 10, 20241 min read
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The media landscape will never not change
Like it or not, the media landscape will continue to decentralize. Decentralized media means the everyday business/organization doesn’t...
itsfreddycruz
Apr 8, 20241 min read
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Just. Keep. Going.
What do you do when it feels like you have no gas left in the proverbial tank? You make like my daughter Angelina and leave it all on the...
itsfreddycruz
Apr 3, 20241 min read
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The real reason why podcasters give up too early
People hate indifference. That's because it's the actual opposite of love. At least you know what you're getting when you encounter hate....
itsfreddycruz
Apr 1, 20241 min read
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Do something about 'just' doing something
It's not right to be just. Let me explain. In episode one of Everything Why, Mike Martin made an excellent point about how some of...
itsfreddycruz
Mar 25, 20241 min read
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The power of hard things
An ear changed her life. For Dr. Angela Sturm, it’s the famous story about sitting in on a surgery and watching the doctor (who’d...
itsfreddycruz
Mar 22, 20242 min read
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Make pain your ally
When was the last time you pushed through the pain? I'll go first. Most of 2016. During the span of eight weeks, my grandmother died of...
itsfreddycruz
Mar 13, 20241 min read
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A podcast interview that reiterated the importance of preparation
Over the past few weeks, I've been making the podcast rounds, promoting my new novel Allow Me to Ruin Your Christmas. And despite having...
itsfreddycruz
Dec 18, 20222 min read
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Wabi-sabi!
I once spoke with author Gary Lippman book We Loved the World But Could Not Stay. The book itself is quite impressive. He wrote THREE...
itsfreddycruz
Dec 12, 20222 min read
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