Can Podcasting Be Just a Hobby?

Can podcasting be just a hobby? In this quick hit from episode 24, Kate Volman gives her take on the matter. Spoiler alert - not everything you do has to make money!

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--Kate is the CEO of Floyd Coaching. With over twenty years of experience in developing and leading life-changing programs for entrepreneurs and leaders, she has a passion for helping people grow.

In addition to serving on the leadership team for multiple organizations throughout her career, she also used her entrepreneurial skills to start and run a boutique marketing firm.

Her enthusiasm and passion for helping people explore their creativity both personally and professionally make her a sought-after speaker, trainer, and executive coach. She leverages her knowledge and experience in personal development and company culture to help people live more fulfilling lives.

Kate is a multi-passionate leader, fitness enthusiast, podcaster, and book lover. She is the author of Do What You Love: A Guide to Living Your Creative Life Without Leaving Your Job.

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Episode Transcript

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I mean, look, everyone has their thing.

(00:10):
And it's about the intentionality.
If it was my intention to have a podcast business, well, then yeah, I would look at things a
completely different way than I did when I started Create for No Reason.
It would be a completely different strategy.
And so, if the dream, if anyone listening has a dream of being a full-time podcaster

(00:35):
and earning a living from it, that's awesome.
And you can absolutely achieve that dream.
I have friends that do it for a living and they do very well.
And now they teach other people how to do it and they have courses and they really design
their life around podcasting and they were very strategic about it.
At least for me, right now in my journey, I am not interested in that.

(00:57):
Like that is not of interest to me.
For whatever reason, now that totally could change a year from now.
But for me, it's more of an outlet that I use just to have fun and it brings me a lot
of joy.
It has also allowed me to meet some really interesting people.
And it also is, so I wrote a book this year and it helped me with the practice of the

(01:20):
creative process.
Getting to show up and flesh out your ideas on a podcast is really cool because maybe
sometimes I don't feel like sitting down and writing, but I kind of want to riff on a specific
topic.
So, the practice of having to get behind the microphone and share a specific message, it's
almost like it does a lot for me in the creation process.

(01:41):
So that's the purpose of my podcast.
I want to share really great information.
I really want to help people understand that getting back to the joy of creating, whether
it's a podcast, whether it is doing videos or you want to write a book or you want to
do photography or art or painting or any of that stuff, you don't have to earn a living

(02:01):
doing it.
Just because you're a really great painter doesn't mean you have to sell everything that
you create.
And so that's the message that I want to share.
So it's just a very different outlook on it, right?
And neither one is good or bad, it just is.
And so I think everyone has to be really clear on what is your outcome?
What is the goal that you're really looking to do?

(02:22):
But obviously, like any business, there's no get rich quick scheme.
I don't think anybody should think, hey, I'm going to start a business and within three
months I'm going to be earning six figures and it's going to be this multimillion dollar
business.
It's the same thing if you start a podcast.
You have to go into an understanding, like, are there ways to monetize?
Yes, but it's a process and you have to kind of structure it and just kind of know what

(02:47):
you're getting yourself into.
And like any other, it's like any other business.