2. Sky King – Building a Successful Podcast in Today’s Media Landscape

Welcome to the Brandon Beeyard show, the show designed to help you live your creative dream in one year or less.     In this episode, we talk with Sky King,  an Austin-based podcaster, podcast producer, and entrepreneur. His podcast is Sky King's Mental Playground. You can find it at skmp.supercast.com. Sky has launched and grown some very successful podcasts. We talk to him about building a successful show, the future of podcasting, running a creative business and more.   Topics: 0:00 - Intro 4:03 - Influence of advertising in podcasting 10:35 - Growing Aubrey Marcus's podcast 14:25 - Why he sometimes talks people out of launching a podcast 17:49 - Should you niche your podcast? 25:34 - How does a podcast become a business? 36:13 - Austin, TX 37:33 - Travel 41:42 - Politics, entropy, his moral philosophy 46:17 - Work life balance    PODCAST CONSULTING   If you're interested in launching your own podcast or outsourcing the drudgery of producing it (editing, publishing, etc.), I can help. Let's chat!     COACHING   Ready to accelerate your journey to media mogul greatness but not quite sure where to begin? Contact me below and I'll get back to you soon!   https://dreamstermedia.com/contact/