It's Time to Celebrate!

• Dennis celebrates recording his 100th career advice podcast after two years, believing it helps listeners worldwide.

Transcript

Speaker 1 0:03

Hi folks . Well , all right , it's the old jarhead . Back again with my podcast be the ultimate , or I will definitely tell you things that you need to hear to have a great career . So it's time to celebrate , right , it's time to celebrate . So you're saying , okay , oh man , what do you celebrate ? It's not the Marine Corps birthday . What on earth would you be celebrating now ? Well , I'm celebrating that , according to my records at least , this is my 100th podcast . Hard to believe , didn't think when we started this we would make 100 , but it's been about two years and I'm telling you what I feel great , I think this is great .

Speaker 1 0:51

Okay , so let's talk a little bit about podcasting , since this is the 100th one . Right ? How do I do it ? Well , first you think of a topic , kind of outline it , at least in your mind . You know what are you going to ramble about and then record it , process it and post it , and then you track the stats . So let's go over a few of those things here . On the thinking of the topic , that's been the easiest part . After 40 years of leadership , mentoring and career coaching , it's not hard for me to think about something I feel should be passed on to the listeners . Sure , some of you have probably heard before some of the things that I talk about , but from the feedback I get , plenty of folks find new and , more importantly , useful information for their professional success . So that's it . Topics are easy , but if you have one that you'd like me to take on , please either email me at Dennis Guzik at Dennis Guzikcom Both of those are one word or message me on LinkedIn and I'll see if I can't cover that .

Speaker 1 2:01

Okay , so recording the podcast started out as a pretty straightforward task . First you need specific sort of software and then you need a decent microphone . But on the first one the app proved to be more work that and less quality than we want it , so switched over to one called Elite 2 and that's been much better . It's easier to use and less expensive , and I always like less expensive . So that's what you're hearing right now .

Speaker 1 2:31

Now , the most difficult part of this whole thing was the processing . So my wife , who was my boss , had the job and at first it took her hours to clean up my rambling , then add intro and exit music and , in general , just make it better , more professional . But since we have learned that folks just don't care if the recording isn't grammatically correct or if there's a few ohms or ahs in there , it's the message , not the medium , that counted the most . Good lesson learned in a lot of other areas as well . So thankfully , we adjusted our process , then switched over the app to Elite 2 and the processing became much easier . She could out , process my ramblings in minutes and have it posted to my podcast host right away . And finally there's this thing called stat tracking .

Speaker 1 3:26

That is a lot of fun , okay , not only to see the number of folks increasing , but listen to the podcast and I got to thank you guys who tell your friends about the podcast . It's great to see that's . That's how the growth happens but to see that I got worldwide distribution now . I now have listeners not only in America but Europe , asia , south America and Africa . Crazy , ain't it , that they would listen to the old jarhead just rambling around , but apparently they do and they get something out of it . The thought that I might be helping folks have better careers all around the world is very rewarding . So thank you to all those listeners and please keep passing on about my podcast .

Speaker 1 4:11

Well , anyhow , time to wrap it up . Wrap up this 100th episode . I'd like to say that if you're thinking about doing a podcast . Jump in , it's really a lot of fun and you'll be surprised at how far your message might reach . And finally , thanks to all my listeners and thanks to Ellen for doing this . I know there have been weeks where , due to health issues , we have not recorded what . You stuck with me and I very much appreciate it . So any end , semper Fi , thank you , and let's see what the next 100 podcast bring Bye .