Importance of Podcast

With a passion to share how I had changed my lifestyle to live more natural I started a blog called "It's Your Life, live it to the fullest" in 2012. As I learned more about living this lifestyle I wanted to talk with others who shared this lifestyle. Sure I could have had them do a guest post on my blog, but I desired a deeper connection with my audience.

My Why

I started my first podcast in 2015 via Wolf Spirit Radio. After dealing with a health issue my husband and I discovered how toxic our world is. This led us to do research to learn how we could have a better quality of life naturally. If you would like to hear our story please click here.

My desire was to bring hope and natural solutions to others who were dealing with a poor quality of life. Doing a podcast allowed me to find others who had a story to share about dealing with a poor quality of life naturally. I also sought businesses that offered natural solutions through their products or services.

I felt very accomplished doing the weekly, live podcast. The down side was it was a 2 hour show and at the time I was spending hours finding guests who wanted to do the podcast. So, a year later I stopped doing the podcast.

Podcasting for Business

I formulate natural skin care products using cruelty free, organic ingredients. There are two unique ingredients in my products, the first is that I use Kombucha and the second is that all of my oils and liquids are infused with the mineral Shungite. During the podcast I was able to give a shout out about Heavenly Bodies skin care products. Many in the audience knew about Shungite and what it could do for them. Due to this Heavenly Bodies was booming.

At the time we did not think much about it, just yeah we have business. We began to notice after I stopped doing the podcast that business was slowly decreasing. It was this that impacted our idea of starting the podcast again. 

Podcasting More Personal then Blogging

I love blogging, but realize that doing a podcast I can get more personal with my target audience. When I blog all they have our my words, an image of me and a bio. Doing the podcast gives them a better idea of who I am and just how passionate I am about natural living. 

Have you thought about doing a podcast? What would your podcast be about?

Podcast Guests Wanted

My husband and I started a natural living podcast and production business. As a blogger since 2008 I see this as a great opportunity for natural living bloggers to get their blog more exposure.

Qualifications 

I'm just going to get this out of the way so I don't waste your time. We are seeking guests who blog on natural living. This is a broad subject and not just limited to those who create recipes using organic food, garden using organic practices, no it goes much deeper. Here are just some of the categories we seek. Don't count yourself out because what you blog on is natural living, but not listed.

• Crystals
• Meditation
• Yoga
• Chakras
• Farming
• Feng Shui
• Herbs
• Essential oils (no MLM reps)
• Natural cleaning

Products for Sale

If you sell more than one product I'm sorry, but you do not qualify for a free podcast. When I say more then one product that means if you wrote a book and want to promote it you may do so. Now if you have a line of products the same or not this is not for you. However, if you would still like to do one we also do productions for a fee. This fee is determined by what is required from the client.

Procedure 

If interested send me an email at guests at natural bliss podcast dot com. Please include the words "Guest Blogger" in the subject line, include the name of the blog, a short description and the link to the blog. I will check out the blog and let you know if you qualify.

Once you are approved we will discuss a time for a phone call to discuss an outline to be used during the podcast. At this time you will also be asked to choose a date and time to record that meets your schedule.

You will also be asked to supply a short bio, images, link to blog and any social media to be shared. This should be sent at least the day before the recording date. I will contact you the day of the recording to be sure you are still available to record via text. My husband and I run 3 home based businesses,  so if you are unable to record please let me know. While I do understand that life can rear its ugly head, if we have not heard from you within 48 hours we will assume you are not interested and will not qualify to reschedule or engage in future podcasts.

Recording

All of our podcasts are prerecorded, audio only, recorded using a phone, a headset is recommended, but not required. Because we use a phone I am sorry to say that anyone outside of the United States does not qualify unless they can call us. 

We have no time restraints, but understand our guests might which is why I ask ahead of time if there are. There is some time required for a sound check and to make sure we will record a quality podcast before we start recording.

Promoting 

Your podcast will be shared on our YouTube channel, Vimeo and Real Video, which is in the process of a name change. We will also share on our Facebook page and Pintrest. You will be sent the link for the YouTube once it is uploaded, so you can use it on your blog and share on your social media. 

Why do a Podcast?

Podcasts allow your readers to get to know you better, it's more personal and its nice to put a voice to the face we see. As bloggers we know that the majority of traffic that most of us attract is from other bloggers. This gives us an opportunity to reach a broader audience. Another reason to do a podcast with us is because our target audience is your target audience.

Questions?

If you have any questions please feel free to reach out to me via email at guests at natural bliss podcast dot com

Have you ever done a podcast before? If so let us know about your experience.