We begin by discussing what podcasting is all about. It is not just a trend, it is communication between humans. Podcasts can be general or very niche where people get to learn a lot from them. With the right strategy, podcasts can work for any type of business including B2B and B2C.

Daxy shares with us that podcasting is more of a journey of discovery. What you like talking about, your audience and what they like, these things you’ll discover on your own, nobody can teach you.

We talk about consistency and differentiating your podcast from the rest in the market. What is it that you promise your audience. What is the value that you give to them? You achieve this by building a good foundation and using your podcast to amplify your offering.  

We discuss about having a valuable message for your audience and giving them solutions to solve their problems. This is the way to grow your podcast audience. By serving them and helping them get results.

Key Takeaways

• Podcasting isn’t just a trend but it is a form of communication (4:15)
• Being passionate about what you talk about and having integrity and responsibility towards it (5:55)
• Building your podcast muscles ( 8:43)
• Podcasting is more of a discovery journey, learning stuff along the way (9:58)
• Podcasting is all about amplifying something that already has a good foundation (22:50)
• Helping your podcast audience overcome their problems and get results (32:35)

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Additional Resources:

• Valeria on Instagram
• Podcast Success stories

Listen in as we talk about building financial fitness, being organized, and managing your finances. Financial fitness and physical fitness are very important aspects of our life and they go hand in hand. 

Lyann takes us through how to be financially organized during this time. Capital and cash preservation is critical. We also need to make lists of the most important things and taking care of the basics such as food and medicine. We don’t know how long this crisis will last. Therefore we need to be smart about what we spend money on. 

We talk about how to be productive during this time when there isn’t much going on. Now you have all the time you need. Make use of this time to do something productive like taking control of your financial situation by having an in-depth look at your credit situation, calling your bank, and negotiating payment periods. 

Even though we are in a crisis, we should remain proactive and study all options open to us. This will help us not ruin our credit because the pandemic will eventually pass. We need to preserve our credit. 

Key Takeaways

• Capital preservation and cash management strategies to help you get through this crisis (3:43)
• Prioritizing the most basic stuff by making lists of urgent items and those that can wait (4:33)
• How to take control of your financial situation (7:02)
• Finding out what options you have in terms of significant expenses such as mortgage and credit card repayment  (9:12)
• Why zero interest credit cards are important in a crisis and how to apply for them (14:17)
• Being proactive in taking care not to ruin your credit during this time (15:32)
• Why avoid store credit cards and go for big banks credit cards (19:25)

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Additional Resources:

• Valeria on Instagram
• https://www.instagram.com/creditninja/
• http://uscreditguide.com/

The mayor of Miami, Francis Suarez takes us through his experience with contracting the Coronavirus and how he came to know if it. He held a council meeting and in the meeting, an infected person was present. He was in close contact with him and even shook hands. Once this fact was brought to his attention by the medical staff, he immediately self-quarantined, later took a test and it turned our positive.

He explains why it is important to self-quarantine once you have come in to contact with an infected person because he didn’t exhibit any symptoms even when taking the test. This way, he kept his family, his close staff and other people from contracting the virus.

The mayor goes ahead and advises people that the only way to beat this virus is to reduce social contact and staying at home. Even though it is a big ask for people to stay at home, we have to do it or avoid overwhelming our hospitals. Francis explains to us that they are opening up a testing site in the market park.

He further explains to us how they are helping people cope with the economic realities of this pandemic. Miami has suspended evictions and together with other mayors, he has requested the Governor to implement a statewide suspension of evictions for anybody unable to pay rent and suspension of mortgage payments. The mayor has received assurances that electricity and the internet are not going to be cut off during this time. 

Key takeaways

• Quarantine immediately you become aware that you have come into contact with an infected person (2:38)
• How testing prevents transmitting the virus to people close to you (3:16)
• If you test positive, don’t panic, chances are that your symptoms will not be as bad (5:56)
• The only way to prevent the virus from spreading is staying at home (7:13)
• Even young people can get affected and end up hospitalized or even lose their life (8:05)
• Play your part not to overwhelm the hospitals (8:21)
• Suspension of evictions due to economic hardships in Miami Dade (12:30)
• Avoid being outside in large groups  (20:25)

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Additional Resources:

• Valeria on Instagram
• @MiamiMayor
• Mayor Francis Suarez