What Is a Thought Leadership Podcast?

A thought leadership podcast helps position you as the person creating the ideas others talk about.

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A thought leadership podcast is the business podcast blueprint people think about when they have a lot of IP, a lot of ideas, and a lot of content. They may have theories, systems, and methodologies that are fantastic, but not enough people know about them yet.

Those ideas need to get out into the world under your brand as quickly as possible.

It can be very easy to sit on giant mountains of really important content. When you keep it to yourself, or only share it with your clients, it isn’t doing nearly as much work as it could and should, and it doesn’t allow you to be treated as the expert you are.

A thought leader isn’t someone who simply participates in their industry. A thought leader is someone who says the things, does the things, and creates the innovations that other people start talking about.

Having a podcast designed for thought leadership is a way to make sure that people interested in your topic understand that you are one of the people creating the ideas others are discussing.

In a podcast, this can be interesting because it requires strategic thinking about who you’re talking to and how.

Often you’ll be doing solo episodes where you talk through ideas yourself. And instead of traditional interviews, you may be having conversations with peers or equals.

In a thought leadership show, it’s important that you are clearly positioned as the thought leader, and that the spotlight is shining on you at least half of the time.

So if you want to get your ideas out into the world – not necessarily to become famous through your podcast – but to share your information and IP in a consistent and easy-to-consume way, a thought leadership podcast is a powerful way to do it.

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