Inside BIPF: How To Get World-Class Guests On Your Podcast (feat. Danny Miranda)
Oct 3, 2023
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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.
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.
Building Relationships and Leveraging Existing Networks
Danny suggests reaching out to friends and leveraging existing relationships to book guests for your podcast. He emphasizes building trust with the guests and making them feel comfortable, which increases the chances of them agreeing to come on the show. Danny highlights the value of starting with people you are already connected to and expanding from there.
Continuous Improvement and Reflecting on Progress
Danny advises regularly reviewing past episodes to assess personal growth and improvement. He recommends comparing early episodes to more recent ones and evaluating if your questioning style, clarity of thoughts, and overall confidence have improved over time. Danny also suggests observing someone else watch your episodes to gain insights for further improvement.
Balancing Personal Boundaries and Podcasting
Danny discusses the importance of setting personal boundaries when it comes to discussing personal relationships on the podcast. He shares that he prefers to keep his personal relationships private and separate from the podcast, believing it is important to respect the privacy and comfort levels of loved ones.
Embracing the Early Stage and Starting with Friends
Danny encourages embracing the early stage of podcasting and finding joy in it. He suggests starting with interviewing friends or connections that you are comfortable with, as they can serve as a launching pad to expand your network. Danny emphasizes that the number of views or followers should not be the sole focus, but rather enjoying the process and building relationships.
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.