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How I Landed My First Podcast Editing Client
Back in 2023, I was working on my podcast launch course, and the plan was to host it on my website. While I was working on my podcast launch course, I was also pitching myself to be on podcasts to share about my new course. I pitched a podcast host, and she invited me on. Come to find out she was a website designer who shared tips on WordPress, which is where I host my website. I started following her on Instagram, and we stayed in touch.
She had a video about hosting online courses and which plugin to use. I saved the video to reference after I finished creating my course. When it came time to upload my course, I went back to the video to follow the steps; however, for some reason, something wasn’t working. I reached out to her to ask her what steps I missed to get my course uploaded to my site.
She offered to review my website to see what was going on — she then told me that my website needed a refresh to be able to support the course. However, I wasn’t able to invest at that time, so I thanked her for the information and started thinking about a backup plan.
As I was researching places to host my course, I saw a post on the website designer’s site saying she was looking for a podcast editor. I sent her a message to let her know I could help her. We got on a call and decided to do barter services. I needed a…
