Autism Podcast: Growing a Show Without Burnout | Sensory-Friendly Self-Care with Rory Paquette

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[00:02:13] Check it out. It's free. And let me know what you think. And it's called BlockP. Go check them out. Welcome to Crazy Fitness Guy Healthy Living Podcast, where we strive to motivate people who are on the autism spectrum to live healthy lifestyles. If you think this podcast is only for people who are autistic, then think again. Whether you are autistic or not, we have a mix of content from healthy living to everything in between that makes up a balanced and healthy life.

[00:02:40] Autism is our backbone and we strive to support the autism community by motivating, inspiring, and educating everyone about what autism is. Please welcome your host, Jimmy Clare, who is a motivational speaker, autism advocate, author, and founder of CrazyFitnessGuide.com. Weekly motivation. That has been listened to all over the world. Listen to our podcast on all the major platforms.

[00:03:12] Tune in to listen and watch every week. We cover everything that is healthy living. We promote healthy living through autistic arts. Hosted by Jimmy Clare, who is a motivational speaker and autism advocate. Jimmy has been featured in many publications around the world. This is the weekly motivation with Crazy Fitness Guy. Welcome to another episode of Crazy Fitness Guy Healthy Living Podcast. That's weekly motivation with Crazy Fitness Guy.

[00:03:37] I'm just going to just say right off the bat, there's no microphone at the moment. I'm just using my computer's microphone. My microphone stand is just laying on the table. Useless. I got one that's coming on Monday, hopefully. Come on Amazon, give me my new microphone stand. I got a free standing one this time. Because the one that I attached to my desk, this doesn't work anymore. What a piece of garbage.

[00:04:06] If I could find it in my catalog, this is a one-star review. Zero if I can. But today's guest, I'm so looking forward to having him on today. Especially because his voice sounds a lot better than mine. Mine sounds like nails on a chalkboard. And I said that on his podcast too. And he's an Indiana Hoosiers fan, which I am a fan of Indiana as well.

[00:04:34] Unless they play against Duke, and I'm an all-out Duke fan. Which I've been an all-out Duke fan pretty much since the day I was born. And go Duke by the way. But if Duke played Indiana, I hope I get it at some point. I mean, if they played against them this year, they would literally destroy their basketball team. Just...

[00:05:03] I mean, if anybody saw them play against Allborn this past week, holy crap. Well, you know, we'll get into that a little bit later. But anything goes off on this show. So here we go. Today, my guest is Rory. He's the host of a great podcast called The Podcaster Nation.

[00:05:30] And I'm so looking forward to being here. We're going to be talking about podcasting. A little bit about sports. And a little bit of other things. You never know where the show goes. Well, most of the time, you know where the show goes. But nothing's off the books. Except for five major topics that I never go there, as you all know. But anyway, let's welcome him out to Crazy Fitness Guy Health Alone Podcast.

[00:06:00] I speak to the motivation with Crazy Fitness Guy. And I promise I cannot... I can't promise I won't go on any rants. So that's what we do here. Hey, Rory. How are you doing, Jimmy? How are you doing? I'm wonderful. I'm really happy to be here. Thank you so much for having me on, man. I love your stuff. You know, you really need to become like a voiceover actor with that voice.

[00:06:30] You know, you keep giving me these compliments. I'm going to get a big head, man. Thank you. I appreciate that very much. I really do. Well, I already have a big head. Sounds good, man. And you know, hey, I'm going to be watching for that Duke IU game. You know, we'll see what happens. Because IU is not going to have a great basketball season, I don't think. But they still might beat Duke. You never know.

[00:06:57] You see the Duke All-Bourgain game after, like, they were down by 11 points in the first three to five minutes in the game. And then Isaiah Evans came back, scored like six three-pointers in a row. And he's on fire. Nightman deep bench. Woo-hoo! That was nasty. I was like, oh, number two in this country.

[00:07:27] Bye! It's going to be a great game when it happens. It was 16 to two in the first three minutes. Oh, they probably thought they were going to blow Duke out. I'm sure that's what they thought going into that game. I'm sure. I didn't say to watch the whole game, but I was so glad to watch the first 20 minutes. And it was like, lights out!

[00:07:57] You know? So, my first... Well, actually, I'm going to say that that way. So, before we get started, can you tell us a little bit about who you are, what you do, how you got started, and why you got started? Sure. Yeah, I'd be happy to. My name is Rory Poquette. Like you said, I'm the host of several podcasts, but our newest project, which is just exploding on the scene, is the one you mentioned, and that's the Podcaster Nation.

[00:08:23] That is a podcast that is for podcasters, about podcasters, and done by podcasters. So, it gives podcasters like you, for instance, when you were on my show, the chance to talk about you and your story and why you do what you do. As podcasters, we're always on this side of the mic, and we never really get to be on the other side telling everybody who we are and what we're about and why we're doing what we're doing.

[00:08:48] So, a lot of folks, when they do their first podcast episode, they'll tell their story. That's about it. And then after that, you're telling everybody else's story. So, I wanted to create a community and a podcast where the feature was the podcaster, the person behind the mic. And it's been going beautifully. When I decided to start it, I put up one post in one networking group, the one that you responded to, actually.

[00:09:16] And we got 67 responses right off the bat. And so, we just started meeting people and setting up interviews and rocking. I ended up in the hospital for a little while and came back out of it. And I just checked that post again. Last night, I was talking to my wife, and I checked that post again. And there's 163, I think, comments on there now.

[00:09:42] So, we have another 100 podcasters that want to be interviewed on this show. It's fantastic. It's just an unbelievable turnout. You know, as far as who I am, I'm a father of three, husband of a very long time. My wife and I have been together for over 25 years, married.

[00:10:03] And, you know, several years when we weren't married yet, we were together three and a half years before she told me that my lease with the option to buy had expired. And it was time to either purchase the existing model or go shopping for a new one. And so, we took care of that. I made her Mrs. Paquette. Been happy as heck ever since. And I am a podcaster. I absolutely love podcasting. I love everything there is about podcasting. I love the people I get to meet, like you.

[00:10:33] And I love networking. I love the podcast scene. I just love everything about it. I think everybody who has a business, who works in a business, if you're in sales, doesn't matter. Everybody should have a podcast because everybody has a story to tell. And that's just a belief of mine. And I just love it. I love everything that I do every day. Stay with us. We'll be right back. Thanks to our sponsorship with DeepStash. You're probably wondering, what the heck is DeepStash?

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[00:11:59] You know, I love podcasting too. The thing I'm starting to hate the most is just writing articles for my business. I mean, even getting the guest writers. I mean, I don't hate the guest writers. It's just all the Google rankings and whatnot.

[00:12:29] I like seeing the podcast numbers have grown much better. It's like the traffic from Google is just so sparse. I've seen too many colleagues of mine in different other Facebook groups. It was like my traffic plummeted and whatnot. It's like, you know what, Google? It's like, this should be illegal. Yeah, Google is not the friend of any podcaster, I don't think. I don't think Google is anybody's friend. No.

[00:12:59] It's more like the podcast directors are their friends. There you go. Right. Oh, from the air. That's a little thing from the air because Google's like... You know what it's like. When you're a podcaster, you're basically on your own, man. It's you against the world. It's you against all of the social medias. It's you against all the search engines. It doesn't matter how good you are at SEO or anything else. It's a fight.

[00:13:27] You know, there's millions of podcasts. And I saw something the other day that if you are... If you get past your 20th episode, you're in the top 50% of podcasts. There you go. And if you get past like 100 episodes, then I think you're like in the top 10% of podcasts just in terms of having the episodes and still doing it because people just don't last that long doing it, talking into the space. You know, you have to love it.

[00:13:56] Well, as we're speaking right now, I'm almost at... I'm close to 100. Yeah, you're getting there, man. You're right on the edge. Yeah. So, you know, that brings me... I wanted to ask you... And I asked this in one of the groups I'm in. Not on Facebook. I mean, it was all... As in this other community on Podmatch. And I asked this. And so my question is...

[00:14:23] And I'm sorry if I butchered this question because I just remember the broader topic of the question. I don't remember word for word I wrote, but... I'll just say hypothetically... I'm not going to name any names, but this podcaster... I wanted on my show. They said, let me know when you reach over 100 plus podcast episodes.

[00:14:52] And I asked that person, like, does it even matter? My show grows every single day. And there's some people in the group who said, yes. And some people said, no. And then... The guy, Alex, who runs Podmatch, said... He used to do such a thing like that before he gets to the parent to see how serious the person was.

[00:15:21] But, you know, if I was a guest to go back to see him when they started their podcast... So I started mine in April 12, 2020. And I'm almost five years into it. I would likely guess that I... That this person, meaning me, I would go guess on my own show due to that math. And it's like, okay, even though he's releasing monthly,

[00:15:50] you know, I would say, well, he's been consistent monthly. So he's probably going to most likely stay. I mean, just logically thinking. But in your opinion, I was just curious, what are your thoughts on that? Because it's like, do you have to reach 100 episodes before something like that would consider going on your show? Yeah. I saw that post.

[00:16:22] So I... Oh, you're good. I will absolutely... You're not going to name any names. I will not name any names out of respect for you. But that ticked me off. Because here's how I look at this whole thing. I've gone on podcasts as a guest that are in like episode five. And they have maybe 10 downloads per episode. Okay. And they're like, hey, will you come on a podcast and talk about whatever it is? Of course I'm going to go on that podcast. Number one,

[00:16:51] I'm helping that podcaster. Okay. Number two, that podcaster is taking their time using their resources, using their platform, no matter how many people are on it, and no matter how many episodes they have to interview me. They're putting me out as an expert in whatever my field is. They're letting me talk my talk. And they're sending me a link to it when we're done. They're giving me a free piece of marketing

[00:17:22] for me and my business. I don't care if they've got five listeners. It's a free piece of marketing. I can take that and I can send that all over my own socials. I can send it to all of my own people. I can put it in my own email and my own mailing list and say, hey, check this out. This was a great interview. I got to talk about this topic and this topic. And it's a whole new person who's got me on their show. Okay.

[00:17:51] They're doing me a favor by interviewing me. And when people turn that around and go, well, you know, you're not big enough for me to be on your show. I don't give that person a second thought. I'm like, you know what? Sorry, I feel that way. Move on. I will never call that person again either because they don't get it. They just don't get it. You know what I mean? They think that they're important enough to be in front of an audience of thousands or hundreds of thousands

[00:18:20] or whatever they think it is. You know what? Good luck. Go on Joe Rogan because whoever you think you are, mister, I want to wait until you get 100 episodes. I'll bet Joe Rogan's not knocking on your door asking you to be on his podcast. So I'm offering to do you a favor and you're being a pompous, pardon me, but, you know, fool like that. Goodbye. Have a great day. I agree with that

[00:18:50] because, you know, there's just so many people. Like, you know, when I look them up, they haven't been on Joe Rogan's podcast. They haven't been on, like, Tony Robbins. Not that, like, I'm looking for this kind of guest. I mean, if I blame them, great, but my point is, it's like, yeah, just like what you said, it's like, hey, I'm doing you a favor by having you on the show

[00:19:20] just because I'm doing it monthly. I was like, perhaps, have you thought that? I was like, well, I have a whole business to run by myself. I don't have a bunch of group people working for me. Holy crap. crap. It's like, you know, when I set up that schedule, I said to myself, it's like, okay, can I do this weekly? No. And I was like, I was like, can I be more consistent monthly? I said,

[00:19:50] yeah. because I know I'm going to be, uh, like, you know, speaking, I had to pitch myself because I'm not like, name brand like Lewis Howes or Tony Robbins. It's not like, hey, here's Jimmy Claire. Yes, I'm going to hire this guy. I had to go market myself. Uh, uh, I don't have a, uh, I don't have somebody to do that for me. Be nice. But, yeah, you're doing exactly right.

[00:20:20] You're doing exactly right. And you, I actually had somebody on my show, um, once we talked about podcast and well, I said, if somebody can pinpoint you, how many minutes, how long your podcast should be, how often you should do your podcasting, you should start wondering if this guy is, this person's legitimate because there's not a science behind it. No, they're, you're right about that.

[00:20:49] There really isn't. I've seen people get great results with, you know, a hundred downloads and I've seen people get no results with 10,000 downloads. I mean, look, it just depends on who you're talking to and what you're talking about and, and who you are, you know? And if you're someone who's trying to be a guest in a podcast and you're running your own business, you need every piece of marketing you can get. You need all the content you can possibly have. So, people who are like that are just, they have an overinflated idea

[00:21:18] of their own importance and it just, it just makes me laugh at this point. You know, I'm like, okay, good luck, buddy. Yeah, I like that. When they asked me, he's like, could you follow up with me once you've, when you reach over a hundred plus? Now, to me, that doesn't specify what a hundred plus means. At a hundred, over a hundred, two hundred, three hundred, five hundred. And I was like, you know,

[00:21:50] no. I didn't say that to the person, but I was like thinking, it's like, no. That's an insult, you know what I mean? To all the work you're putting in and everything you're doing. So, I, like I said, I wouldn't even call a person like that back. I'll be like, you know what? Sorry it didn't work out. Have a good day. I'll never ask him to be on a podcast again because that's, that's not what I'm about. That's not what I promote, you know? And that's just another mercenary who's trying to make a buck and thinks their time is more important than everybody else's. It's just,

[00:22:20] no thanks. You know how my request a day I get for people to be guests on my podcast? Like over a couple hundred or, actually no, more like 10, 20-ish a day. And it's like, okay, you know, let's say on PodMagic, if I'm very active and fun and daily, oh, no, that's not, that's not, that's not,

[00:22:50] let's say like one day if I wasn't even active for a whole week but then if somebody, I might have like a, like 20 requests in a week. I was like, your message is going to be buried very quickly. That's not great. People will fill out my form because it's like, it's like, oh, well, that's why I created, when I went on PodMatch because I didn't want to fill out forms and it's like, well,

[00:23:20] you know, I'm never going to find your information ever again. You and I are in a set a lot of the same podcast groups, you know, stuff like that and how many people do we see that have podcasts that are out there just trying to find guests and they're like, hey, I'm looking for guests, you know, if you want to be on the show, give me a call and if you're in a position where you have a podcast and you have people who are calling you going, I'd like to be on your show, you're doing it right. Keep doing what you're doing, you know, that's great. I mean, they have people

[00:23:49] who are saying, can I please be on your show? That's the best feeling in the world when people are doing that because you know you're doing something correct and you know you're making a difference and the other ones, you know, the heck with them. So, so, in your opinion, why do you think podcasters tend to give up after a while? Is it because they start as,

[00:24:19] well, I saw someone else in one group, I forget which group, I'm not going to name the group because I don't remember what group but I saw in one of the groups I'm in, this guy, this person said that they don't look at podcasting as a business and they're just doing it for the fun of it. I was like, that's great and all but the reason why I can focus it on as a business

[00:24:49] is to be consistent and hold myself accountable. I'm not saying I don't have fun with it but I need to say, okay, this is my work hours, this is my fun hours, my personal fun hours versus my fun business hours, podcasting, interviewing people but I'm one of those people who I need to hold myself accountable or it's not going to get done. Sure.

[00:25:19] Yeah, so the question is why do people give up doing it? Yeah. I think it's the same reason that people can't lose weight. It took, if you're 50 pounds overweight, it didn't take you a day or a week to get 50 pounds overweight. Right? You're a crazy fitness guy so I'm talking to you in terms that I know you understand. But the fact of the matter is it took you a long time over a lot of months, maybe even years to get 50 pounds overweight.

[00:25:48] So if you want to lose that 50 pounds and you start a diet, you're not going to lose all 50 pounds in a week. It's going to take you time. You're going to have to work at it over time a little bit, a little bit, a little bit. You're not going to see huge progress right away. And so people stop. Podcasting is the exact same thing. They get into it for whatever their reason is. And whatever their reason, whether it's money, whether it's downloads, whether it's fame, whether it's wanting to

[00:26:17] be some kind of marketing vehicle for something else, maybe they want to coach, whatever it is, they aren't seeing their results fast enough and they go, you know what? It's not worth my time. It's ridiculous. I have another podcast called Power of Man and it's directed towards husbands and fathers. And we help a lot of guys who are going through tough times, divorced dads. I work with a lot of veterans on that podcast.

[00:26:47] and my first nine episodes, first eight episodes, I think I had like maybe 10 or 15 people per episode listening and it was nothing big, right? And I get down to that point in episode nine, I do one about bullying and it just was me talking about, you know, so my experience about how I got bullied when I was a kid and this and that and that episode out of nowhere I got like

[00:27:17] over a hundred responses, you know, and I'm like, whoa, what happened? Right? And in my head, I'm going, wow, wow, we must have really hit something. Maybe this went viral, you know, because that's all you think about as a podcaster. Wow, you know, and I realized that, you know, I was getting people who were telling me, hey, I had no idea you went through this. They were saying, man, I went through this too. Thanks for talking about this. Episode 10 comes along, nothing. five downloads,

[00:27:47] nobody cared. I'm like, what happened? I lost my whole thing. And right then, what I realized was I hit a nerve someplace. I said something somewhere along the line that made a difference to somebody. I made a difference in somebody's life. There were over a hundred people who cared enough about what came out of my mouth to take the time to message me about it. And I stopped and I went, you know, how many people get to impact the

[00:28:16] lives of a hundred people by talking for half an hour? Not too many. And it was like that moment that I realized how powerful podcasting not only is, but can be. And when you think about the fact that, you know, if you've only got 10 listeners per episode, you know what? If you're impacting the lives of 10 people, every time you put on an episode, I mean, the compound effect makes that pretty serious.

[00:28:47] And that's an awesome thing. You can't impact 10 lives, you know, without trying, um, too many other ways. And so people just, they look at it wrong. They don't really understand it. They don't, they don't get what it's about when they get into podcasting. And, um, once you realize that, that if my motto with that entire podcast was, if I help one father not have to make a mistake that I made, that I learned about the

[00:29:16] hard way, then it's worth all the time I'm putting into this. If I help one man, right? And it's the same thing with all my other podcasts. If I help one person have an easier time, not get one of the scars that I've got, then you know what? It's worth it. I'm having an impact on the world. So I don't have to worry about my number of downloads or, or I rank on Google or anything else. Because I know, I know I'm impacting the world. Not everybody can say that, but podcasters can say that.

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[00:30:46] You know, I like what you said, but I think where some of my disconnect gets from, I don't say podcasting just in general, but just like numbers game,

[00:31:13] is maybe you're familiar with Google Analytics and Google Search Console and whatnot. Those two tools will never ever read up and match the same number. And, you know, it got me thinking the other day, and it gave me a funny joke, and it's like, I'm going to write this to Google, and you can mark my words on this, I will do it on social media, because I do have a big mouth, and I do like

[00:31:42] to push Google's buttons. And so, my joke is, I would love to, I can only picture, and I hope that somebody put it on recording on some point in that meeting with whoever pitched that to Google's CEO at the time, and it's like, you know, we should come up with Google Analytics and Google Search Console. Google, they do similar things, but

[00:32:12] those two will never really be next to each other. So, and we can have the user to decide on how to decipher this. So, in one tool, it looks like you're gaining traffic, and the other tool, you look like you're losing traffic. Which one's right? And I'm sure the person's like, hey, you know what, that's a great idea. And they should have what I'm recording, because I would love to be laughing at that meeting, because, like, holy crap, how did you guys create this

[00:32:40] most stupid, moronic tool? It can't be on accident, right? I mean, something that simple, that basic cannot be on accident. And everywhere you turn, they're trying to sell you something. You know, oh, get your analytics up, or here's a course on how to, you know, fix your reviews, or it's all business. You know, they're going to raise you up here, drop you down here, and make you worry, and then as soon as they make you worry, try and sell you something. Yep. That's a good gimmick.

[00:33:10] It's a great gimmick, you know, and we all end up looking at it, right? We all end up staring at it all the time going, oh, man, I got to, what are my numbers, where am I at, you know? Because we all want to know. But, you know, at the end of the day, you just have to sort of pat yourself on the back and go, look, yes, I'm going to look at my numbers, but, you know, I got to just stop, because it's not about numbers. It just isn't about numbers. It's about impact, you know? And I just, it's so hard, because I know, I look at my numbers too.

[00:33:41] I mean, to be honest, the podcasting numbers are at least a little bit more forgiving and nicer at times. I mean, I admit, like, my trailer episode that just came out today had only six listens, but, you know, like, in total it says it's like six minutes because of the ads and whatnot, but in total it's like two minutes long of just a trailer piece of

[00:34:09] it, of the upcoming episode. But, but, but, but because, like, yesterday my, my downloads skyrocketed to, like, a hundred plus just as, you know, of last night. I didn't publish anything last night. I just published something today. And I was like, see, that's what I like about podcasting. And I was like, I'm just

[00:34:39] like, maybe it was not part of an algorithm and more than some podcast app or whatnot. But at least what I'm saying, at least the numbers are forgiving. You know, it might be five one day, it might be one, one day, it might be two, but then it could just skyrocket. Google search, you know, you could try to please the search engine gods and you get nothing. And then when you try to

[00:35:07] care less, you still get nothing and you don't get anything in return. So I just like, hey, you know, screw you, Google. And then, and then you, and then when you try to go fix something with Bing, Bing's search engine, and yeah, don't even get me started. I, I, I am put in, um, see, and this is where I'm going to get my mouth, big mouth in trouble, but I'm, I'm going to say it anyway, because this is what I do. I post it on this social media.

[00:35:37] just, just one big, just one error message purposely. And, uh, what's funny, it had, uh, over like 40 plus views on Instagram alone. I didn't check the other networks that I posted on, but I was just curious what Instagram would say to it, whether Instagram would just kick it off. Uh, but, what was funny, I, I, I said, there's like,

[00:36:07] basically the post read, you know, hey, DOJ, I'm not going political wise, but just pointing out, it was like, hey guys, maybe instead of going after Google for trying to sell off Google Chrome and whatnot, and this comes from somebody who's not even a fan of Google, I might use some of their products because I have to. Well, I mean, I like their Pixel phone, but other than that, it's kind of hit or miss for me.

[00:36:37] Uh, it can go teeter both ways. Uh, but, I was like, but before you tried to point fingers at Google, try to get them to sell off their search engine and, um, and so off Chrome, how about you look in your own backyard, uh, at the FTC for allowing all these monopolies, but then also, uh, I it wasn't this long, but

[00:37:06] basically I said, like, look in your own backyard first, and then, uh, and then after that, go after Google, but then perhaps maybe it wasn't Google's fault for all the other searching he's got out of business, because when I pointed out, I was like, try logging in Bing webmaster tools is like, I don't know, finding the key to the abyss, because holy crap, it was, uh, there was error

[00:37:35] mess, error message I get, I was like, try again later. I was like, try again later. It doesn't even let me log in. And then, and I was like, well, maybe this is why, because the incompetence like Microsoft can't even run their own search engine, so. This all sounds like something I'd see you post yesterday. My friend says to me, it's like, are you trying to get yourself kicked off on social media? It's like, I think the social,

[00:38:03] I think Facebook is kind of scared to kick me off on social media. I mean, you're very direct when you post on social media. It's awesome, man. You and I are friends on Facebook, so I see it. I'm like, you go, Jimmy. Go get it. I mean, technically, I've been on Facebook since, um, like, I had, like, two different Facebook accounts. I mean, one I got just rid of. I mean, wasn't using it, and then I started anew. It was too much to delete every

[00:38:32] single post I ever made, so I was like, why do that? Uh, I mean, I didn't post anything, like, nasty or anything. I was just like, I was just like, it was like, it was like, when I first started Facebook, and it's like, oh, I don't even use this account. Get rid of it. Start fresh. Uh, and so basically, uh, in all my time of being on this account that I currently have, I have never been

[00:39:02] thrown into Facebook. Yeah. Congratulations. At least 20 of my friends have been thrown into Facebook. Yeah. Not me. And I have posted so many things about Facebook on my own account, even in Messenger, and Facebook still hasn't done me in jail. And it wasn't just, it wasn't nasty stuff like, oh, screw Facebook or anything. It was more like, uh, like, I read in the paper in college about all the, uh, all the

[00:39:32] algorithms on social media, all the ins and outs. I got an A-plus on the paper. And, uh, and it was really, it was a really creepy paper, too, when I was doing it. And it's like, oh, they know this about me? I was like, oh, God. Well, I'm not even going into detail about that. But my point is, is like, when I, uh, shared that bit of tidbit information with some of my colleagues, Facebook didn't even, like, remove that post or anything. It wasn't posted on a timeline, but it wasn't even deleting

[00:40:02] Messenger. I was like, they probably, like, think, it's like, what does he know about us? I was like, we should just, just let him have us rant and just let him just go. Yeah, because you don't want to make a martyr out of you. Yeah, they just want to leave you be. Maybe he'll go away. Exactly. I mean, like, I mean, they could have shut me up, like, at least a couple hundred plus times, but I was like, it was like, what does he know about us?

[00:40:34] I mean, not to use their theories, but I'm just like, that game's like, hmm, 20 of my friends got into Facebook jail and been in there for a few weeks. Like, I don't know how long is Facebook jail? Like, a few weeks or a month, and I've never been caught once. Yeah, I have no idea, because I'm with you, I've never been in Facebook jail. So, I've been very, very fortunate. And again, I'm not looking, again, I'm not, to specify, I'm not looking to go into Facebook

[00:41:03] jail, but I'm just, out of the curiosity, it's like, okay, I've said a lot of worse things than my colleagues, and yet they put it, and they haven't touched me whatsoever. It's like, hmm, it gets me curious. Maybe it's the way you say it. You know, you just, you say it in a smart way, and so it doesn't come off as harsh, and so maybe they're like, ah, just leave it alone. Yeah. Well, I like to think I do that, too. I like to think I do that. I like to think I do that.

[00:41:33] And, you know, two of my friends at Karate who are lawyers, Rob, one used to be a lawyer, and one currently is a lawyer, they both said to me, he's like, well, as long as you don't say anything threatening, you're small potatoes to them. It's like, chances of them come after you for suing you. And it's like, it's not like you're Joe Rogan and they cost you a trillion dollars. It's like, true, and it's not like I

[00:42:01] said, point blank, something, false information. I was just sharing my corndest view, and I do have just the facts and whatnot. Not like any single fact, but it's like, yeah, interesting. Why are you not going to have to have to see for a lion's monopoly? That would be my first question. Right. Put me on in charge. I can't do any worse.

[00:42:33] Okay, so maybe that's my only rant. No problem. It's okay with your show. You can talk about it all you want. Exactly. Right. So, which got me into thinking while I was in my rant, I was curious. So, what are some ways for people to... Do I want to say that question? Okay. You know, what are some ways that

[00:43:02] people can monetize their podcasts? Is it just sponsorships and, or is there other opportunities and other, besides affiliate marketing as well? Yeah. Honestly, the monetization possibilities are endless. You could, I mean, people, you can be as creative as you want. I have brought in advertisers that were local, you know, who wanted to just jump on because they thought it was cool.

[00:43:30] You know, maybe somebody wants to be interviewed and they're willing to, you know, pay 50 bucks for the spot. You know, I mean, I know people who charge for interviews as if they're advertising spots. What they'll do is they'll go out and they'll say, and this is just an example, instead of just looking for a sponsor and saying, hey, I have X number of downloads, blah, blah, blah. They do the, I'm going to interview you. You're going to be able to take that interview and send it all over your social media.

[00:43:59] So basically I'm making an ad for you that's going to be on my podcast and they charge them, you know, 50 bucks, 100 bucks, 300 bucks, whatever they want to charge them, whatever they can get. And they do it and it becomes an episode of the podcast and then they give them the link afterwards and the advertiser treats it like a marketing piece, like what we were talking about earlier. They can send it off and, you know, use it to get more clients because they just got interviewed on a podcast.

[00:44:28] The average person on the street isn't going to look up your podcast to see how many downloads you have. You know, they're just going to see this professional guy being interviewed on a podcast and they're going to go, oh, wow, he's being interviewed on a podcast. Well, he must be really good. He must be really big. You can use your podcast to, you know, for monetization to promote your business. If you have another business that goes along with it, like you do, you've got

[00:44:55] several podcasts can be your marketing platform and can help you monetize your actual businesses. You can write books, you know, like I've done and so on and so forth. And then you can sell the book on your podcast or in the show notes or, you know, on the website along with it. The affiliate marketing, putting those links in there, that's a great way to go. You can also sell courses in affiliate marketing. You could put whatever link you want in the show notes.

[00:45:26] The possibilities are only as limited as you were thinking. People go in and they go, oh, I got to get a certain number of ads. How can I get ads? And then they're told, well, when you get 10,000 downloads, call me. And so how do I get 10,000 downloads? And that's more episode. Right. And then they do all these episodes and they're like, I'm never going to get there. I'm never going to make any money. Um, one real common way is to, uh, take on an advertiser.

[00:45:55] Like, uh, you know, a guy that I was working with, he works with a coffee company and he gives out the link and says, Hey, you get 25% off using this code. Well, and then every time they use the code, he gets a couple of bucks. Right. So it's an affiliate link that way, but he talks about it and it gives them an advertising spot and then he gets paid commission on anything he sells. Anything that you can do to make money, you can do through your podcast. And like I said, it's, it's,

[00:46:23] there's millions of things that you can develop your coaching programs. You can develop, um, you know, videos, uh, you can do, uh, courses and sell those. Uh, it really all depends on what your topic is, what your personal authority, you know, is where, uh, where your expertise lies. And, um, you know, I offer a podcast course, you know, I do podcast. And I have a bunch of people who have signed up for that.

[00:46:52] And, um, you know, it's a four week course and we talk about whatever it is they want to talk about. One of the things that everybody wants to talk about is monetization. And so I have this exact conversation with all of them. I'll sit down with them and I'll say, all right, well, you know, who are you? Tell me your story. What are you trying to do? What's your other business stuff look like? Uh, because it isn't just the podcast. It's what do you have going on outside of the podcast and let's find the best way to monetize you, not just your

[00:47:21] podcast, but you and the podcast always finds a place. It always finds a place in, in working for them, but for everybody, it's different for everybody. Absolutely different for everybody until you're like Joe Rogan. And then you can go, Hey, you know, it's a million dollars to advertise my podcast, you know, write the check to Joe Rogan. Here we go. Everything's great. But until then, we all got to fight for every dollar, you know? And, um, you know, for me, personal coaching was a big way to go.

[00:47:50] Um, and, uh, you know, I made some advertising dollars. I did a lot of local stuff to start with when I was getting going. Um, it really just depends on the person. For instance, I'll be honest with how I've done it so far. I mean, the sponsorships that I have for my show, I've, because I, my numbers are not in the 10,000 per opposite of branch.

[00:48:17] I mean, it's far from, and by, I mean, uh, it's not even close to that. Uh, I'm being honest because I know there's some analytics services that would reveal that. And I'd rather be truthful than just be like, yes, I'm making that much money. No, not even close. Uh, I like honesty and transparency because then I don't have to remember any whys whatsoever.

[00:48:48] So, uh, so how I've done it, uh, uh, because my numbers are, uh, on the lower side of things, not across all the boards. I mean, like monthly is like over a couple hundred, but, uh, but not quite to the thousand. You know, my, uh, ads from Westbrook, uh, use.

[00:49:18] And so what I do, uh, I pitch to local, I don't say local companies, but like companies that align along with my brand, so to speak. Like, so for instance, I'm a part of some affiliate marketing programs, but then like my podcast editing service, I like, uh, and I promise this is not an ad. I'm just sharing the name. Uh, a lot of it will be in the episode, but not in this stream because they're not

[00:49:47] paying for the stream. Uh, uh, hang on. But, uh, but they, uh, uh, uh, podcast will help me with the editing and whatnot. So they, uh, basically what I did, I provided them a service for a service. Uh-huh. And, uh, they keep renewing every single year. And so I was like, thank you. Uh, so that's one way to do it.

[00:50:16] Um, so my, so how I, so I, I approached it. Right. So let's use fitness, for example. Like I, uh, so there's, uh, one company that, um, like I use for learning new information and whatnot. It's sort of like Blankist or Blanket, however you pronounce the name. And, uh, basically it takes like,

[00:50:47] like podcast books, stuff on websites. It's all by, published by people and whatnot, but it basically gives you like the cliff notes of everything. So if you don't have time to read a whole article, you can listen to it. You can, uh, get the very short version of it. It's like, oh, okay. So that's what this is about. And you can go back to, you can read

[00:51:15] the original where, where it came from if you want to read the whole thing. But if you're just like, okay, just give me the very bold points of the whole thing, just so I can get the gist of it and remember the main points. And it's called Deep Stash. And so I did, I pitched to them and it's like, hey, you know, I like learning new stuff every single day. Hey, my listenership's been growing nonstop. I pitched it to them. They liked it.

[00:51:43] So they gave me, um, their pro version for whatever. Not every company is going to say yes. It depends on how you can help them. They're talking there. How you can help them. And, you know, I got this idea from, I forgot who gave it to me. Um, I heard from a model podcast. Don't be afraid to ask another business. You're providing them a service by coming

[00:52:12] to them because they might have heard part of podcasting, but they don't know how to get into it. And you're providing them that service. Because think of it. And this is what this person said on their show. And I apologize for not forgetting the person's show. It's been a while since I, I've listened to the episodes of my apologies. But, um, uh, basically this guy said, you're, you're reaching out to them,

[00:52:42] providing them the service to, to, uh, have them, uh, reach a broad audience. TV ads are expensive. Radio ads are expensive. Podcast ads are cheaper. And you can actually get a dedicated spot. TV, you're not guaranteed squat. If they can fit you in that, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh,

[00:53:10] a 30 second block in that one hour of the TV show, they'll do it. Maybe. Perhaps. Depends when it airs. At least the podcast, if you, you get the dedicated spot, you can say for how long, uh, if it, uh, like some of the services that I, I requested is for a whole year access. And so I was like, okay, I'll run your whole, your whole, your whole ad for a whole year.

[00:53:39] Maybe you give me your service for a whole year. And there's like, you are done. And because you, you're providing them that service. And so, you know, there's like, Hey, you know, any bit, any business you can send my way, I'll do it. And so, yeah, you're providing them a dedicated spot. So it was like, you know, worst case, what can they do? Say no. And I was like, nothing, I'm sure nothing game. And so that's where, you know, I've been turned down so many times, but yeah,

[00:54:07] the last couple of times I've done it, it took me a while to get the first one. And second one followed, like a couple months later, then a third one followed quickly. And the fourth one followed. And it's like, damn, thank you. So I was like, worst case, they say no. And I was like, but then I remind myself, it was like, it's enough for right now. And I'm back follow up later, because like, you know, once you improve those download rates,

[00:54:37] it's like, you know what? Now that you mention it again, yes, I want to come back. That's a very creative way to look at all that, I love it. I mean, everything you're saying right there, that's plus, let me tell you, what really sets off a lot of podcasters who are like, oh, I've tried to monetize and I just can't. They haven't actually tried. They haven't done what you just talked about. They haven't called an advertiser. Okay. Because most people who are podcasters are not salespeople. You know,

[00:55:06] they don't know how to go out and sell themselves and sell their show. And they don't know how to go to an advertiser on their own. That sounds dirty. One of the things that happens with podcasters is they get in and then they immediately, like, especially with buzzsprout, you know what I mean? Um, you go there and then, you know, you have the, the, uh, what's their advertising thing called? Podcorn.

[00:55:35] It's like popcorn. And then they have their own, like, uh, ad marketplace or something. Yeah. Where they'll find you an advertiser, but you make like 18 cents, you know, right. They think it has to come that way. They think that like either people are going to come to them or, you know, the services are going to provide. And, and it's like, look, you're, you're building a marketing piece and that's it. So you just, you take it, you run with it,

[00:56:04] you get creative and there's a million ways to make money, man. There really is. You just got to, got to take the blinders off. You got to be willing to, to go out and, you know, make a call, ask somebody, Hey, do you want to advertise my podcast? Oh, what's the worst they're going to do is say, no, well, you're still making the same amount of money now that you were before you asked. them. Yeah. I mean, like look at Tom that, uh, you know, it makes some money to, uh, by interviewing people. And then you, once the episode published,

[00:56:34] she gets a little bit more money for, uh, publishing that episode. So it's like, you know, at first I thought I wasn't going to be able to afford it, but I made some, uh, no, I'm not going to go. I'm not going to hold nook and cranny as I promise, but I didn't make some adjustments to where my money was going. And I was like, I'm going to go invest in pod match because I really like it. I liked the person behind it. Very personal, um,

[00:57:05] uh, cool person. Uh, and to kind of be in touch with us, literally, uh, a CEO of pod match. And she's like, hell yeah. I want him, uh, be connected. I'm not just because of that, but he's a cool person. He's like podcast industry expert, literally the expert in the podcast industry. Uh, I've been featured in pod news too. So it's like, duh.

[00:57:34] So it's like, uh, my point is, I, uh, so I made some strategic moves, uh, financially. And I was like, this is worth six bucks a month. Uh, uh, especially because, uh, I know I can afford it. And I was like, Oh, move this, move my money to this. And I got more money coming into here, paying that. And from doing that,

[00:58:03] my podcast is paying for itself. Plus some other stuff. I, I actually bought me a new, uh, laptop this year, which I needed because the other one, nothing was responsive on it anymore. I mean, opening up to, um, OneDrive and whatnot. It was just like so responsive. It was like, yeah. And yes, that was my keyboard made by logic. That,

[00:58:32] that also made my microphone. Uh, unfortunately they did not make my microphone stand, but that would have been a really great opportunity. Yeah. Well, congrats on that. I mean, yeah, you're looking at things the right way. I mean, you really are. And trust me that that was, uh, it's been difficult when I had to do that because it was like so much thinking. It's like, if I move this here, where does this can lead to and whatnot.

[00:59:02] And so it's like a spider web. And I was like, I was like, do I do it? Do I do it? Do it? And like, yes, great. Cut it. There's a lot of speech planning. Yeah. It hurt my brain. It fried my brain. I was like, honestly, probably the time I went to karate, that after those nights, people was like, Jimmy, are you okay? Like, you look like you're out of it. It's like, just a little.

[00:59:33] I had my head like against the wall, just like with my eyes closed. Like, you look like you're tired. It's like, yeah, my brain hurts. Do you see the smell coming out of my ears? So my last few questions for you, and I definitely would love to have you back on my show because I love talking about that part. I love podcasting. And, well, I mean, if he doesn't like talking about podcasting,

[01:00:03] I don't know. I'm probably going to look at what podcasting. So, my last few questions for you is, who's your favorite podcaster and why? And feel free not to say me. That's the tough one, man. I mean, you're, you're close to the top. You really are. We're close to the top. What kind of answer to this? I have my favorite podcaster. Oh, my gosh. Besides me.

[01:00:34] Besides you. Okay. Wow. That's, that's tough. I mean, I like a lot of them. I would say, honestly, probably, and, and I don't mean to get political or anything, but I just really enjoy his stuff is probably Dan Bongino. He's my favorite podcaster. I just love his style. I love what he does with the show. And he has found a way to monetize like crazy. And so, you know, whenever I listen to his show, I learned something about the podcasting business, which is,

[01:01:03] which is one of the most fascinating things, you know, in that capacity. So. Yeah. Yeah. I actually was going to, I used to try to live stream on rumble, not going to politicize or anything. Cause I'm just, I just, I looked into the platform. I'm still on the platform. I'm a crazy fitness guy.

[01:01:30] But one thing that they need to really tweak is, it's like, if you're trying to go like a live stream on the show, they kind of do a little stupidly a little bit. When you schedule something out, you can only do it. Well, so let's say if you want to do live stream on a Friday, you have to go in on Thursday on your account to set up for manually on their end on Thursday. I was like,

[01:02:00] who has time to do that? I was like, I mean, this one thing, if you're like Dan Bongino has a team be probably doing that for him, but it's, but it's annoying for someone like me who uses a third party tool, like talk studios and whatnot. It's like, Oh, come on. If I can schedule something to, uh, Twitch, YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn,

[01:02:30] why can't they make this thing easy? Come on. It's like, I'm not asking for much. I was like, I would live stream all week, every week on rumble. Or, I mean, now I'm saying I'm still on YouTube. I didn't say I got off of YouTube. I didn't hop ships or anything like, right. But I'm just saying it's like, come on. Manually. I was like,

[01:02:58] I always sketch on my last stream shows every Wednesday. Who wants to go into another tool to schedule that just for that platform? Right. It's one more thing to do, right? One more thing to add to your schedule that you got. Yeah. I mean, like if I could do it on that Wednesday, on that Wednesday for the following Friday, I would do it in a heartbeat, but it's like, just one little change. Just tweak it.

[01:03:30] You should, you should definitely send them a message and let them know that over there, rumble. Yeah. And it's funny. I've been trying, I was trying to get the syndication to work too, but it didn't work for YouTube. It was like an error occurred. It's about trying to get that fixed. I was like, come on guys. I was like, this is why I'm not using it as much. I went through my new promo for my web app on there because their embeds work better than YouTube.

[01:04:00] Yeah, it's funny. Speaking of which, I have to bash Google on this. Sorry, but not sorry. If you take a Google, a YouTube embed code directly from YouTube, it does not show up mobile friendly. It only shows up mobile friendly through my, let's say, hosting company pod page, because it's built into it. Uh, but what I know is if you take,

[01:04:28] at least this was like a couple months ago, and take the embed code of a YouTube video, literally, it, it cuts off on mobile. Google, and it's like, and basically you have to, it's like Google thinks that you need, that you, that everyone's, uh, uh, an expert in coding. And so, everything, so everything is like, cut off. And it's like, really Google? And it's like,

[01:04:57] at least with rumble, I, everything is mobile friendly on there. And it's like, I might just use that for my product, for my, uh, product promos, for the new on, uh, for like my app page and whatnot. Uh, just because it's like, really Google. And it's like, coming from the company, it's like, everything needs to be mobile friendly. And it's like, huh, you guys should not be talking.

[01:05:26] It's the type of critic idiots. Um, I'm sorry. When I hit the, too close to home. Yes, funny. Ironically, I'm saying that, well, I have a Google home mini in my room. There you go. Dude, they know everything we're saying. So there's no secrets. There's no secrets. They know exactly who you are. I'm a rebel, rebel scum. I'm sure you're on the public enemies list at this point over there. So. Yeah.

[01:05:55] Ironically enough, one of my friends, uh, not going to, uh, name the company you work for. But yeah, that's funny. He's like, you know, Jimmy, I can actually call up your account to actually see you off all the stuff that you ordered and how many, and, uh, and all the conversations you have with customer support over the years. I was like, Oh, great. And I was just joking. Well, of course. And I was like, okay. And we'd be in,

[01:06:24] I ended up on the blacklist again. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. He's like, I'm not, I'm not, he's like, I'm not going to do it. And he's like, uh, why do I not believe that? I was like, I would do it. It's like, if I was in your position, I would do it too. Yeah. It's like, I knew karma was going to be, bite me in the ass. I'm like, he's mother.

[01:06:55] Here he goes. Okay. And my last question for you is, uh, where can people follow you, find you, learn more about who you are and what you do? Yeah. I'm really, really easy to find. Um, you can just go right to Facebook and look up my name. Rory pocket, R O R Y P A Q U E T T E. I'm sure you're going to have that. The show notes are someplace on this thing. And, um, that's the easiest way to find me is just right there. Or you can, uh, put the same thing in at Rory pocket on Instagram.

[01:07:25] Um, if you're looking for stuff on the podcaster nation, it's literally at the podcaster nation. And, um, we have a private Facebook group for that, for anybody who's a podcaster and wants to network with other podcasters. And then we have an Instagram page for that as well, the podcaster nation. So, um, it's real simple to find me, but just look up my name and then everything else is like connected to that or an offshoot of that. And piece of cake, absolute piece of cake to find me. I mean,

[01:07:54] I also got, uh, uh, uh, uh, Facebook group and, uh, discord community, um, has some extra benefits. I'm on versus the other one. Just hanging out. And the other one is for those who want to be part of something bigger, can actually suggest, uh, depending on if you join the premium podcast or everyone, you get the blog, suggest blog post, uh, content or podcast topics, et cetera.

[01:08:25] Might be selected at some point. Uh, when they have more stuff in there, et cetera, trying to build up, two communities. One just is a lighthearted hangout. Yeah. I mean, I wouldn't say lighthearted. I mean, just like get to know crazy fitness guy. And this is, then that discourse for like the, I would say the pro members of crazy fitness guy who wants to take it to the next level. That's crazy. I mean, the Google easy, of course.

[01:08:57] And let's stay in touch. And, uh, I would love to have you back on in the future. And, uh, my other last question for you. And I mean, that's my last, last question. It's okay. Hey, whatever you got, uh, if you have to give three pieces of advice, three takeaways from this show, um, new or old about podcasting, what would you tell them?

[01:09:26] So you want me to give them three takeaways? Yeah. Or new or old podcasters? Yeah. New tips, old tricks, whatever. Okay. Um, yeah, no problem. Great question. Um, the first one is, uh, is be consistent. If you're going to do it, just do it. You know, don't worry about, is this the best episode ever? Don't spend a whole lot of time editing. Don't worry about whether or not you're perfect. Talk into the mic, save it,

[01:09:55] publish it, and just go. Because the more you do it, the better you're going to get. Um, and nobody out there who's listening to your stuff cares whether or not you coughed once or they heard your dog in the background one time or anything else. Everybody gets so hung up on that. So that's, that's number one, you consistent and just do it. Um, number two would be, do not worry about money. Do not worry about money. Do not worry about money until you're at least past 20 episodes.

[01:10:26] And the reason I'm telling you that is because most podcasters stop or quit before they get to number 20. And if you're going to sit there and get to 18 or 19 or 20, and you're just going to quit, don't spend any time worried about getting paid for it. When you pass 20 and you're coming up with content and you feel good. And then if you want to ask the question, ask the question about money and monetization. But until you hit 20, don't even let it cross your lips.

[01:10:56] So that's number two. And number three is be real. Do not get on a podcast and try to be somebody you're not. You know, don't get on there and try to be, you know, some, uh, talking head from TV that you, you know, idolize or, uh, some, you know, motivational speaker that, you know, you love, but that you're not. Be you just to be you. And it doesn't matter who that is. As long as it's you,

[01:11:26] everybody has somebody that wants to listen to period. Somebody out there wants to hear what you have to say. It may not be millions of people, but it might be, but if you're not being you, nobody's going to listen. So that's number three. Be you. I love all the steps, especially be consistent because there's too many people who are not consistent. And I like about, and the other thing I'm going to say, I like to say,

[01:11:55] just be you because, you know, I've seen so many people try to be somebody else. And it comes across that. I've always been consistent at being mean. And like, you know, before we got into this episode, you asked me how I've been doing. I shared. I was like, yeah, I've been struggling up and down since for seven weeks mentally, but I know why. Well,

[01:12:24] I'm starting to put together the puzzle pieces. Why? And as did some business, but also just did to just personal stuff, miscommunication and some friendships, et cetera. And also I get tired of the people, some people around me, I'm not going to name any names. I'm not going to say their, how they're,

[01:12:53] and label them or et cetera. But people ask me, it's like, Jimmy, what are you going to do when you finish your major in college? And why that bugs me is because I'm already doing my major in college. college. This right here is media studies here. Podcasting is media. Right on, right on.

[01:13:23] Good for you, man. Right on. And those people don't like it. You can watch me from afar. And I, what you're doing, brother. Keep doing what you're doing. Just, you're doing great. Keep doing what you're doing. And that's what I'm going to end it on today. And thank you for being a guest and sorry for going over the show time, but you know, I just had a blast with you and you kind of made my night because earlier

[01:13:53] today, which is, was very challenging. Only just because I'm finishing up like a lot of different last projects projects that I kind of got behind on. And my mentor kind of chewed my head off. And so, I mean, it was well-deserved because he's been helping me out. And so, uh, he has all the right to chew my head off, but it was just,

[01:14:22] it was a wake up call. And then after seeing a lot of things that I fell behind on, I was like, I really need to get myself back to where I need to be because mentally, uh, because after seeing all the broken things I left behind, I'm like, ew. I was like, where was my head? Not here. And it's not here. I hear you, man. I appreciate you saying that.

[01:14:52] I had a great time. So, you know, anytime you want to do this again, you just let me know and we'll book it. Awesome. And, uh, if you don't mind, uh, I have to send you a message about something later, uh, about an upcoming event that I'm doing. Uh, I'll spoil it for the next, uh, yeah, I'll just get spoiled real quick, but you can go whenever you need to go. But, uh,

[01:15:21] I'm going to send you a message, uh, right after this to, uh, about the events that I'm doing. So, uh, I look forward to telling you and let's stay in touch. Sounds good, man. I can't wait to read it. Awesome. See you. Thanks a lot.

[01:16:07] So, I can't use TED Talk in the title or the description. So, uh, make sure you check that out. I'll cut the link in the show notes. Uh, it's coming next year, May 20th, 2025, 6 p.m. Upper Dumb Lutheran Church. and, um, I hope everyone can make it. And,

[01:16:37] um, so, go check that out. It's a free event since I can't make money off of the event because it's going to TED directly. Um, so, go check it out. It's on Eventbrite. Uh, uh, I'll put the links in the show notes. And, I'm going to make an official, a public announcement next week on social media. I already have some events on Facebook about it. So, you might see it somewhere down the road. I mean, on Facebook, if you follow me on Facebook,

[01:17:07] et cetera. Uh, limited space available. So, check it out. I'll be in touch. And, if you have any questions, ship me an email, send me a text, whatever. Uh, or, I mean, send me an email, or, um, send me a message on social media. In the meantime, stay healthy, stay safe, and stay moving. And, I'll be back for another brand new episode of Crazy Fitness Guy, Health of the Love and Podcast. It's actually called Motivation. It's Crazy Fitness Guy. In the meantime, peace.

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