Using Podcasts to promote businesses
John Lee Dumas

Founder & host of Entrepreneurs On Fire, an award-winning podcast where he interviews inspiring Entrepreneurs

On this episode of “I’m That Geek”, I had the opportunity to sit down and chat with John Lee Dumas, the founder & host of Entrepreneurs On Fire, an award-winning podcast where he interviews inspiring Entrepreneurs to help YOU on your Entrepreneurial journey!

If you’re tired of spending 90% of your day doing things you don’t enjoy and only 10% doing things you love, then you’re in the right place. John’s goal with Entrepreneurs On Fire is to deliver the inspiration and strategies you need to FIRE UP your entrepreneurial journey and create the life you’ve always dreamed of.

About John Lee Dumas

John Lee Dumas is an American entrepreneur and podcaster based in Puerto Rico. He is the founder and host of Entrepreneurs on Fire, a business podcast where he interviews successful entrepreneurs. As of 2018, his podcasts have received 70 million downloads with 1 million monthly listens.

Takeaways

Why having a podcast is a good idea
How to format your podcast
What you need to do to launch your podcast

Summary

The start of John Lee Dumas’ entrepreneurial journey (01:12)
Why did John Lee Dumas get into podcasting? (02:19)
How do you decide the format of your podcast? (05:00)
How do you get influential guests for your podcast? (08:03)
How to launch a podcast to the #1 Spot in five weeks (11:48)
What’s a typical day in the life of John Lee Dumas? (13:08)
If you want to get into podcasting, how should you do it? (18:45)
Why you still need to build an email list as a business owner (20:02)
Which of John Lee’s interviewees inspired him the most? (21:22)
What’s John’s biggest failure on his way to success that is also a lesson learned? (24:55)
What’s the worst business advice John Lee Dumas ever received? (28:13)
What’s the most crucial thing you need to grow your business? (30:08)
Apps that allow you to stream podcasts instead of downloading to your phone (37:50)
Why you shouldn’t wait to launch your product (39:41)
If you could interview anyone from history who would it be? (42:07)
Mentoring young adults who will lead our economy through entrepreneurship (43:30)
Why do a podcast and not a video cast? (51:23)
How do you monetize a podcast? (52:58)
Why you should always engage with your customers as much as possible (56:18)