The guys at ThinkTraffic and Fizzle, Corbett Barr, Caleb Wojcik and Chase Reeves, have created a new podcast called The Fizzle Show about creating epic content for your website, blog or online business that drives traffic to your site.
I've been following ThinkTraffic for awhile now and really appreciate the way they share their knowledge with their audience. The content is easy to read, inspiring and a lot of fun. I like to retweet their posts and I've used a few of their techniques to a greater or lesser degree of success.
I'm excited about this podcast format because I do a LOT of commuting as an actor, writer, director and educator. One of my favorite thinking times is while driving down one of the various "9s" in the Hudson Valley on my way to where I'm working. Being able to listen to The Fizzle Show guys discuss ways to build an online business by creating amazing content is going to be a huge plus for me on my journey to LLC (Living Life Creatively).
On this first podcast (there will be one each day this week, so make sure you subscribe!) they are focusing on finding your voice. This is a really important topic for bloggers and online businesses, but also for any creative endeavor like acting, writing, painting, etc. Your voice, according to the guys, is related to self-actualization - being able to see yourself how other people see you.
Writing outside of your bounds will make you sound inauthentic. Realizing for yourself that, "I can only write what I can write," can be a huge game changer. Being honest and open about your actual, authentic experience can be a big part of finding your voice. If you make your thing about discovery and learning, rather than being an "expert" it's more human, more honest and more real.
That's what my focus is here at You, LLC. The discoveries we can make together to live an authentic and creative life. Asking the questions: What does authentic and creative mean to me? How do we achieve Living Life Creatively?
The Fizzle Show podcast is really well done and filled with great ideas about finding your voice that I don't want to give away here, including 5 Signs that You Aren't Being Yourself. I highly recommend giving them a listen if you are looking to build an online business, drive more traffic to your blog or just trying to live a more creative, nurturing, uplifting and fulfilling life. Check them out now and if you leave them a review with a question on iTunes, they will try to answer the question in the podcast.
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Favorite quotes: "We all like to be snuggled." "I feel like you haven't found your voice on finding your voice." "How to kick your watered-down self in the ass."
Stephen Pressfield "The critical fact to remember is that the writer's voice is artificial. It's an act of artifice crafted by the professional to achieve a specific effect in a work of imagination. It's not the "real" writer's voice and if you try to find your own, you'll drive yourself crazy, because YOU don't really exist and I don't either, no matter how convincingly that anybody tells us that we do or how much we choose to believe it."
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