August 31
26 mins

Episode Description

Do visual businesses need a podcast? If you already have a beautiful portfolio, Instagram feed, website and blog, what would a podcast actually add?

For luxury photographers, event planners, interior designers, architects, custom builders and other high-ticket service businesses, the work itself may already look impressive online.

Read the full article + examples: https://blog.tiananed.com/p/podcast-for-visual-service-business

In this episode of Founder Publishing, I explore how a podcast can reveal the judgment behind the finished work — the decisions, expertise and thinking that aren't always visible in an Instagram Reel or portfolio.

Timestamps

00:00 If your work is visual, why would you need a podcast?

03:32 What Instagram and your portfolio already do well

05:28 What happens when everyone's portfolio is gorgeous?

07:23 The expertise your portfolio can't show

09:57 How this applies to interior designers

10:56 Custom builders, restorations and high-ticket craftsmanship

12:36 How a podcast changes the client's shortlist

13:48 “But I already have a blog”

15:28 Why this shouldn't be an educational podcast

16:51 Are you attracting clients or your industry peers?

17:52 Build episodes around the buyer's private worries

20:26 Instagram, website, blog and podcast: different jobs

22:17 Which visual businesses actually need a podcast?

25:33 Next: Luxury Photographer + Event Planner Publishing Strategy

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