You have a unique speaking energy. It's time to stop copying other speakers and develop your own style of presenting. Natasha Bazilevych discovered four types of different energies people speak with. In this episode, she shares how to define, develop and demonstrate your unique speaking energy so you can speak Read More
In Episode 322, Ben and Scott talk about the announced rebranding of Yammer to Viva Engage, a new admin center for Viva Engage, and the retirement of Run-As accounts. Oh, and please reach out to Ben and congratulate him on his newly minted MVP status! 🎉 Like what you hear Read More
Are you tired of feeling burnt out, struggling with podfade, and embarrassing yourself by forgetting to include the audio player on your podcast blog posts? Having a system in place is crucial for staying organized, motivated, and on top of all the various tasks involved in podcasting. In this episode, Read More
In Episode 321, Ben takes Scott through his current experience with the new Bing experience and ChatGPT integration. Then they talk about a quirk in the retirement/not retirement for free Teams business users and close out with the recently announced support for Multimedia Redirection (MMR) on Azure Virtual Desktop and Read More
Podcast guesting can be a frustrating experience when you're not generating consistent sales for your online business or building meaningful relationships. The good news is the right strategy can make podcast guest appearances highly profitable, personally rewarding, and fun! Dustin Riechmann details a proven 5-step framework and real-world case studies Read More
In Episode 320, Ben and Scott get a little sidetracked and talk about their monitor setups, frustrations with Twitter and where we are on Mastodon, and then close out on Teams Premium. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. (more…)
In this episode, Michael Whitehouse explains how he generated $37,000.00 in sales through his podcast, that only had 28 listeners! Join us as Michael shares the framework for how podcasters can turn a show with a small audience into a lucrative revenue source without spending any money beyond the cost Read More
In Episode 319, Ben and Scott talk through a fun new way to keep up with updates to the Microsoft 365 roadmap using Office 365 Roadmap watch and them discuss a new item on the roadmap – explicit recording consent for Teams Meetings. Next up they get into IPv6 support Read More
Listen in as Alex Sanfilippo and Tracy Hazzard, Founder of Podetize, as they discuss how Tracy turned her podcast into a major success and how she was able to generate millions of dollars through podcast guesting appearances. Tracy shares her insights on the evolving landscape of podcasting and the strategies Read More
In Episode 318, Ben and Scott talk about the Defender debacle from last week and then get into some new Azure previews, including rich application health states with Virtual Machine Scale Sets, the Azure Automation extension for VS Code, and the latest preview of change tracking and inventory management with Read More
Discoverability is essential for any podcast to become successful, but many hosts struggle to get it right. There are three basic things that every podcast host needs to be doing if they want their show to grow organically. These three points also matter for podcast guests because guests should only Read More
In Episode 317, Ben walks Scott through some of his trials and tribulations with migrating contents to and from Microsoft 365 Groups (Conversations) mailboxes. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. (more…)
In this keynote episode, Pat Flynn shares how he’s been able to build the Smart Passive Income empire and beyond through one simple focus: Turn your podcast listeners into superfans. Join as Pat explains how to take listeners through the 4 phases of the Pyramid of Fandom. Take listeners (Whether Read More
In Episode 316, Ben and Scott talk about the continued fallout from the Rackspace ransomware attack as well as some other recent hacks from LastPass and CircleCI. Then they get into their topic of the day – Azure DevOps or GitHub and which one they prefer for different tasks. Like Read More
We all intuitively understand the value of being a podcast guest, but without a strategic plan in place that intentionally transforms cold audiences into raving fans, and raving fans into premium buyers, this haphazard podcast guesting thing you're doing is a TOTAL waste of your time and energy! In this Read More
In Episode 315, Ben takes Scott on a tour of Microsoft Loop and how it is working across Teams, Outlook and Word. Then they close out the episode with what tools they are using for personal work task management. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check Read More
There are people who already love your podcast; they just don't know it exists yet. Growing your podcast audience is hard if you just wait for them to find you. But when you control who learns about your podcast and are able to find the people who really want to Read More
In Episode 314, Ben and Scott have a quick follow-up on the Rackspace Hosted Exchange ransomware attack (TL;DR; if you haven’t migrated to Exchange Online, do it now), a post-mortem that was published on the Azure PowerShell and PowerShell 7.3 compatibility issue that cropped up in Nov, and then discuss Read More
Guesting on podcasts is an art and one that can boost your business if done well. In this episode, podcast executive producer Sara Lohse shares her best practices for selling yourself on podcasts without sounding like you're selling anything at all. You'll learn to become a better guest who shares Read More
In Episode 313, Ben and Scott discuss the ongoing fallout from the ransomware attack that took down the hosted Exchange environment at Rackspace in December. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. (more…)
