Have you ever had a colleague, someone in your industry, whom you didn’t exactly work WITH but you felt like you knew because they traveled in overlapping circles, did work you admired, and had mutual friends?
Maybe you’d even seen them give a talk or listened to hours of their podcast, or read things they’d written?
Maybe you’d even presented on the same stage?!
BUT you had never actually gotten a chance to sit down 1-on-1 and gotten to know THEM (as, you know, a human)…
That’s my story with today’s guest, Mary Chan.
Mary is a Podcast Strategist, Voice Coach, & Voice-Over Artist. She launches and edits podcasts for business professionals. She’s the founder of Organized Sound Productions, and producer and host of The Podcaster’s Guide to a Visible Voice.
Getting Mary to myself, for the first time, felt like we were old friends catching up.
But what does that have to do with YOU?
Well… let’s talk about YOUR VOICE.
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YOUR VOICE…
What do you use if for?
Have you ever thought of it like an instrument?
Do you consider yourself to be a voice professional?
Do you feel confident in your voice?
Do you even LIKE the sound of it?
Well… if you speak, perform, podcast, teach, lead meetings, create content for YouTube or other social media channels, you ARE probably a voice professional and your voice is an invaluable asset. Or at least it CAN be with a little guidance.
And that’s a pursuit worthwhile to both Mary and me. And it’s what we are exploring in the first half of this episode.
Mary and I are sharing:
insights on whether your current voice is authentically yours (why or why not),
the intangible benefits of podcasting,
whether podcasts need to be video,
the challenging parts of entrepreneurship (ahem… sales),
and she’ll even give you a quick guide to writing love notes to YOUR voice.
Mentioned in this episode
Listen to: Sounds Current with Del Sol Quartet
VOTE FOR US at the 2024 Signal Awards: Artists & Designers Shaping Culture by 10/17/24. (Vote for Oprah too!)
Listen to: The Podcaster’s Guide to a Visible Voice with Mary Chan
Check out: Organized Sound Productions with Mary
Spend time with Mary, and me, and other podcast-y pros at the Podcasting For Business Virtual Conference – November 2024.
Listen to: The Creative Impostor interview with Megan Dougherty
Go old school and listen to Mary and I talking about finding your niche about 100 years ago on Podcast Editors Mastermind.
Let me know what you think of the Chapter Marks in the Episode.
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Get on my calendar to talk about whether a podcast strategy building or ideation session might be right for YOUR current or future podcast. I’m looking for 3 organizations, businesses or independent podcasters who are using media to make a cultural impact to work with me this fall at an introductory rate.
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“The voice you have today is NOT the voice you were born with.”
~Mary Chan
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