Build In Public Podcast

Inside BIPF: How To Get World-Class Guests On Your Podcast (feat. Danny Miranda)

Oct 3, 2023

Danny Miranda, host of The Danny Miranda Podcast (top 1%), shares insights on podcasting and asking great questions in the podcast. Topics discussed include struggles as a beginning podcaster, the importance of consistency and hard work, what great podcast questions look like and how to avoid bad ones, Danny's research process, interview prep for celebrity guests, dealing with metrics, and the impact of a guest who changed the game for Danny.

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Quick takeaways

Starting small and finding joy in the podcasting process is crucial, as growth takes time and it's important to appreciate the journey and not be overly focused on external metrics or comparisons with others.

Building trust with guests and leveraging existing relationships increases the chances of booking world-class guests for your podcast, starting with people you are already connected to and expanding from there.

Regularly reviewing past episodes and comparing early ones to more recent ones helps assess personal growth and improvement, while gaining insights from someone else watching your episodes can further enhance improvement.

Deep dives

Importance of Starting Small and Finding Joy in the Process

Danny emphasizes the importance of starting small and finding joy in the podcasting process. He encourages focusing on the present moment and loving the place you are currently in. Danny emphasizes that growth takes time and that it's important to appreciate the journey and not be overly focused on external metrics or comparisons with others.

Introduction

2min

Reflections on Podcasting and Future Aspirations

2min

Gratitude, Transformation, and Asking Great Questions

3min

Building Skills through Great Questions

6min

Danny Miranda's Preparation Process for Podcast Episodes

2min

Researching and Preparing for an Interview with a World-Class Guest

2min

Preparation and Evolution of Interview Process

19min

The Importance of Staying Open and Adaptable

25min

Welcome to another episode of the Build In Public Podcast.

Today's episode features a sneak peek of a Fireside Chat we had in our Build In Public Podcast Fellowship on the theme of podcasting and asking great questions. We were thrilled to have Danny Miranda share his insights on this topic.

Danny Miranda is the host of The Danny Miranda Podcast (top 1%), and has talked to the world's greatest entrepreneurs & thinkers like Gary Vee, Seth Godin, Alex Hormozi etc. with over 400 episodes in his channel.

In this interview, Danny and KP delve into all things podcast specifically topics such as:
● Intro (00:00)
● Danny’s current content and value-add (02:51)
● Huge internal struggles as a beginning podcaster (04:30)
● Realizations that led to start with podcasting (06:12)
● On consistency and putting in the work (07:43)
● What do great podcast questions look like (10:20)
● Bad questions and how to avoid them (11:25)
● Danny Miranda’s research process, then and now (12:50)
● Interview prep for celebrity guests (15:00)
● Keeping the passion (21:10)
● Dealing with metrics and going beyond them (23:33)
● Danny’s podcast guest that changed the game for him (27:16)
● What to do when a guest does not match the energy (31:00)
● Audio only versus Audio-video podcasts (33:27)
● On niching down (38:04)
● Podcast growth analysis (41:12)

Build In Public Podcast is an interview show where KP chats with ambitious startup founders, CEOs, and top Internet creators to unpack their stories, insights, and lessons.

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Links:

Danny’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda

The Art Of Interviewing: https://www.artofinterviewing.com/

Danny’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/dannymiranda

KP’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/thisiskp_

KP's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/KarthikPuvvadaKP