Making a guest appearance on other people’s podcasts is not only exciting but also a great way to open yourself up to a new audience, potential clients, and business opportunities. But what can you do to promote your guest episode to your audience and beyond, especially if the host doesn’t promote it as much as you’d like? Lyndsay Phillips is here today to give us the best tips and strategies for repurposing your guest episode in a myriad of ways so it earns a spot in your evergreen content rotation. This week, episode 172 of Listeners to Leads is about creative ways to repurpose guest podcast episodes!
Key Takeaways:
- Overcoming the initial fears behind starting a podcast.
- Having a plan for repurposing guest episodes, including creating blog posts, social media content, and videos.
- Creating evergreen content that can be consistently reused in your social media rotation.
- Using content to help team members and clients rather than having one-on-one conversations.
Creative Ways to Repurpose Guest Podcast Episodes with Lyndsay Phillips
As a business owner or thought leader, being a guest on other people’s podcasts is one of the most powerful ways to grow your visibility, authority, and lead generation. But far too often, we treat those guest appearances as a one-and-done opportunity – we show up, share our expertise, and then move on to the next shiny thing.
The truth is, those guest episodes are a goldmine of content that you can (and should!) be repurposing in all sorts of creative ways. In a recent conversation with my friend Lyndsay Phillips, the host of the Leverage Your Podcast show, we dove deep into the strategies and tools you can use to turn those guest spots into a steady stream of leads, clients, and new opportunities.
Here are 7 ways you can breathe new life into your podcast guest content:
Publish a blog post. Take the core topic or key takeaways from your guest episode and expand on them in a blog post. Not only does this give you fresh content for your website, but you can also embed the original podcast audio or video to drive traffic back to the host’s platform.
Create social media clips. Use tools like Otter.ai or Descript to easily transcribe and clip out short, shareable snippets from the episode. These make for great Instagram Reels, TikToks, or LinkedIn posts that you can use to tease the full interview and drive people back to listen.
Leverage it for sales and prospecting. As Lyndsay shared, one of her clients uses the repurposed podcast content to support their sales team. They’ll send relevant clips to prospects as a way to start conversations and showcase their expertise.
Republish on your own podcast. If you have your own show, don’t be afraid to re-share the episode on your own platform. Just be sure to give a shout-out to the original host and link back to their show.
Turn it into an email newsletter. Summarize the key takeaways from the guest episode and include a link for your audience to listen to the full interview. This is a great way to keep your list engaged with fresh content.
Compile into an ebook or course. Lyndsay mentioned her friend Greg from Cast Magic takes podcast content and repurposes it into ebooks, courses, and other educational resources. This allows you to package up your expertise in a valuable offer.
Showcase it on a media page. Build out a dedicated “As Seen On” or “Media” page on your website where you can highlight all the different podcasts, interviews, and guest appearances you’ve done. This helps build your credibility and authority.
The key thing to remember is that you can’t just leave it up to the host to promote your appearance. As Lindsay shared, she’s had experiences where the host’s show notes or social media posts didn’t effectively position her expertise or give people a clear call to action.
Instead, you need to take an active role in how that content is being shared and repurposed.
That means:
• Providing the host with suggested show notes, headlines, and social copy
• Asking for the raw audio/video files so you can use them on your own channels
• Creating your own blog posts, social media clips, and other content assets
• Driving people back to your website, lead magnets, or other conversion points
When you approach guest appearances with this strategic mindset, the opportunities are endless. You can use that content to:
• Attract new leads and prospects
• Nurture and convert your existing audience
• Strengthen relationships with the podcast hosts
• Position yourself as an authority in your industry
And the best part? You’ve already done the hard work of showing up and sharing your expertise. Now it’s just a matter of maximizing that investment in creative, repurposed ways.
So the next time you land a guest spot on a podcast, don’t just show up, share, and move on. Treat it as the valuable content asset that it is, and get to work repurposing it in a way that moves the needle for your business.
Don’t forget to head over to leverageyourpodcast.com/guest to get Lyndsay’s free guide and checklist, “3 Ways To Leverage & Repurpose Your Podcast Guest Interviews To Boost Authority, Visibility, Leads & Sales”!
Be sure to tune in to all the episodes to receive tons of practical tips on turning your podcast listeners into leads and to hear even more about the points outlined above.
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