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Welcome to Moms Who Podcast, the go-to show for female entrepreneurs who want to launch or grow a podcast that attracts clients, builds authority, and fuels their business without chasing ads, download numbers, or sponsorships. Hosted by podcast manager and podcast strategist Pamela Krista, this show gives you the strategy, structure, and systems to turn your dream listener into a buyer one episode at a time. Each week, you’ll learn how to position your podcast as the heart of your business and your marketing strategy by helping you turn conversations into clients with confidence. https://pamelakrista.com https://skool.com/podcasters/ https://pamelakrista.com/podcast-launch/ https://pamelakrista.com/podcast-management/

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August 10, 202612 min

How To Choose The Right Podcast Category So Your Dream Listener Actually Finds You

That tiny category dropdown, the one where you tell Apple and Spotify what your show is about, feels like a throwaway decision. Pick the closest box and move on, right? Except that little dropdown is quietly doing one of the biggest jobs on your whole show, deciding whether the right person ever finds you. This episode answers a real question from a listener named Anoki and settles the category confusion once and for all.This one is for you if you have ever frozen on that dropdown because your podcast honestly fits in three different places, whether you have not launched a single episode yet or you have been publishing for years and quietly second-guessing the category you picked way back when. You will walk away knowing exactly how to choose, why accurate and strategic are not the same thing, and how to set your category up so your dream listener walks right to you.Questions Answered In This Episode:What actually goes into picking your podcast category when your show fits in more than one place?Why the most accurate category is usually the wrong one, and what to choose insteadWhether your category really affects if people find your podcast, and how muchThe difference between your primary and secondary category on Apple, and which one does the real workWhen you can pick more than one, whether the order actually mattersHow to choose the specific subcategory that gives you a real shot at being seen instead of getting buried in the biggest room in the buildingGot a question about your own podcast? I'd love to answer it on the air!Go leave it for me at https://ask.momswhopodcast.com/, leave your question by recording a voicemail or typing it out, and it might get answered on a future episode! I'll even shout out you and your show (yay, podcast visibility!) and play it right here in front of a very engaged audience!Connect with Pamela:Join 500+ other moms who podcast inside the FREE community: https://skool.com/podcasters/Website: https://pamelakrista.com/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/pamelakrista/Email: pamela@pamelakrista.com

August 7, 202630 min

How To Know If Your Podcast Is Actually Bringing You Clients

You got the client. They booked, they paid, and you were thrilled. And then someone asked where they came from and you froze, because the honest answer was that you had no idea. Here is the quiet problem nobody talks about, my friend. Your podcast can be doing the exact thing you have been praying it would do, and you can miss the win completely. This episode is about turning the lights on so you finally catch it.This one is for the mom running a business who has wondered, even once, whether her podcast had anything to do with a client saying yes. You'll walk away with the two most bulletproof ways to know if your podcast is bringing you clients, plus a bonus signal to keep your ears open for, and none of it needs new software, a funnel, or a single fancy thing. Just a few small moves that let you finally see what has been working the whole time.In This Episode You'll Learn:Why your podcast can book you a client without you ever realizing it, and what that quiet miss is really costing youHow to make the next step for your listener trackable, in a way as simple as one line you already say out loudWhy your back catalog of older episodes is sitting on traceable clients right nowThe single highest value question to add to your inquiry form, your calls, and your community that almost nobody asksThe bonus third signal that tells you your podcast is working, the moment someone hands your own words back to youThe one simple move that makes all of it count so no win ever floats past you againGot a question about your own podcast? I'd love to answer it on the air!Go leave it for me at https://ask.momswhopodcast.com/, leave your question by recording a voicemail or typing it out, and it might get answered on a future episode! I'll even shout out you and your show (yay, podcast visibility!) and play it right here in front of a very engaged audience!Connect with Pamela:Join 500+ other moms who podcast inside the FREE community: https://skool.com/podcasters/Website: https://pamelakrista.com/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/pamelakrista/Email: pamela@pamelakrista.com

July 27, 202623 min

A Podcast Q&A on Systems, Guest Pitching, and Intros That Actually Sound Like You

Three real podcasters sent in real questions they have been sitting with, and I'm answering all three on the air! If you are a podcaster in the early or middle stretch of building your show, at least ONE of these questions is going to hit exactly what you have been quietly wondering about!This episode is for the podcaster who is trying to organize their systems without losing their mind, who has been wondering how specific to get when pitching themselves as a guest on other people's shows, or who is trying to make their intro and outro actually sound like a real human being. I'm walking through my honest answers to all three questions from three real podcasters at three completely different stages of building their shows.In This Episode You'll Learn:Kim's question (Leaving the Inheritance): How to actually organize your podcasting systems when you are brand new, what to do with a pre-planning interview, and how to turn that interview into a real episode structureDani's question (In the Writing Shed): How specific to get about who your show is for when you are pitching yourself as a guest on other podcasts, especially when your niche sits between three overlapping topicsRenee's question (Inspiring Women with ADHD): How to make your intro and outro not sound rehearsed and whether you should record it once or say it live every timeLet me answer your question on air! https://ask.momswhopodcast.com/ Connect with Pamela:Join 500+ other moms who podcast inside the FREE community: https://skool.com/podcasters/Website: https://pamelakrista.com/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/pamelakrista/Email: pamela@pamelakrista.com

July 20, 202620 min

How To Know If Your Podcast Is Just An Expensive Hobby

If I asked you right now how much your podcast has actually made you in the last year my friend, in clients booked, revenue earned, real measurable business results, could you give me a number? Most podcasters I work with cannot. They can tell me exactly what their podcast has cost them (the hosting fee, the microphone, the hours of recording and editing and promoting), but when I ask what it has earned them back, that is the moment we realize their podcast is not really set up to support their business.This episode is for the podcaster who suspects deep down that their show might be costing them more than it is making them, but has been afraid to actually do the math. I'm walking you through the three real costs of your podcast, the two modes every podcast is running in right now (and why there is no third option), the seven signs your podcast has quietly slid into hobby mode, the six signs it is actually working as a business asset, and exactly how to shift from one to the other if you are ready to.In This Episode You'll Learn:The three costs of your podcast most podcasters never actually add up (and the one that most people don't count at all)The two modes every single podcast is running in right now (and why there is no in between)The seven signs your podcast has quietly slid into expensive hobby modeThe six signs your podcast is actually working as a business asset for youWhy you are allowed to keep your podcast as a hobby (but only if you are choosing it on purpose)The exact three moves to make if you have decided you want your podcast to be a true business assetWant to know exactly where your podcast is losing clients? Take the FREE Podcast Audit and get your PERSONALIZED report in less than 10 minutes! → https://podcastaudit.app/Connect with Pamela:Join 500+ other moms who podcast inside the FREE community: https://skool.com/podcasters/Website: https://pamelakrista.com/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/pamelakrista/Email: pamela@pamelakrista.com

July 13, 202630 min

You Have To Go All In On Your Podcast

If you have felt yourself half committing to your podcast while your brain is already sketching out your next YouTube channel, your next course, your next membership, your next challenge, and your next book my friend, I have been there. I have spent the last 12 months doing exactly that with the same offer under six different names, and I finally figured out why none of it was working (and none of it had anything to do with the format).This episode is for the podcaster who publishes an episode and then quietly moves on to the next thing without promoting it, checking the analytics, or connecting it back to their business. I'm walking you through what half committing to your podcast actually looks like, why every version of my offer failed in the last 12 months, what going all in on your podcast really means and what it does not, and the exact list of things I am fully committing to for the rest of 2026 so you can build your own.In This Episode You'll Learn:What half committing to your podcast quietly looks like (and the five signs you might be doing it without realizing)Why every version of my own offer failed over the last 12 months (and why it had nothing to do with the format itself)What going all in on your podcast actually means (and what it absolutely does not mean)Why the boring repetitive work of auditing your podcast is the exact thing that moves the needle for your businessThe exact four things I am fully committing to for the rest of 2026 (and how to build your own version)The real story of a Moms Who Podcast member who booked a one on one client four days after we got off a call togetherRegister for the Podcast Makeover Live (Free)On Monday, August 10th 2026 @ 12PM EST , I'm making over a real podcaster's old episodes live in front of you. If you want to see exactly what auditing your podcast looks like in real time (and walk away with the exact moves to make on your own show), this is where to be!Save your spot at https://pamelakrista.com/workshopConnect with Pamela:Join 500+ other moms who podcast inside the FREE community: https://skool.com/podcasters/Website: https://pamelakrista.com/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/pamelakrista/Email: pamela@pamelakrista.com

June 22, 202622 min

Your Podcast Is Already a Lead Magnet (You Just Haven't Designed It Like One)

There is a thought most podcasters are quietly carrying around in their head right now, and it is costing them so much business they do not even realize is on the table. The thought is this: my podcast is for my community. My podcast is for the people who already know me. And that my friend, is only half the truth. Anyone with the Apple Podcast app or Spotify or an internet connection at all can hit play on your show right now today, and until you start designing your podcast for that person too, you are leaving the biggest job your podcast can do completely on the table.This episode is for the podcaster who has been recording every single episode for the people who already know them, and has never thought about what a complete stranger actually sees when they find the show at 11pm on Apple. I'm walking you through what your podcast is doing as a lead magnet whether you designed it to or not, the two modes every podcast needs to be running in at the same time, a full firefighter case study showing exactly what designing for both jobs looks like in practice, and the five tactical shifts to make on your next episode to start doing both at once.In This Episode You'll Learn:The thought most podcasters are quietly carrying about who their podcast is for (and the half of the truth that is quietly costing them business)The two modes every single podcast episode needs to be running in at the same time (and why most podcasters think they have to pick one)Why a perfect fit stranger who finds your podcast at 11pm tonight is leaving even when she loves the contentA full firefighter case study showing exactly what designing one episode for two completely different listeners looks like in practiceThe five tactical shifts to make on your next episode so it pulls strangers in and nurtures your community without doing any extra workWhy this is not a one and done audit task (and the new question to ask yourself before you record any episode from here on out)Related Podcast Episode:I reference the dormant podcast story (the show I stopped publishing 19 months ago that still pulled in 38 listens in a single day) and the four ways strangers find your old episodes. If you have not heard that one yet, listen here: Why Strangers Are Still Listening To Your Old Podcast Episodes Want to know exactly where your podcast is losing clients? Take the FREE Podcast Audit and get your PERSONALIZED report in less than 10 minutes! → https://podcastaudit.app/Connect with Pamela:Join 500+ other moms who podcast inside the FREE community: https://skool.com/podcasters/Website: https://pamelakrista.com/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/pamelakrista/Email: pamela@pamelakrista.com

June 8, 202618 min

Why Strangers Are Still Listening to Your Old Podcast Episodes

38 people listened to a podcast I stopped publishing 19 months ago. Yesterday. And over 200 people have pressed play on it in the last three months. I have not posted about it, promoted it, or thought about it since October of 2024, and the numbers from my analytics last week genuinely shocked me. If that is happening on a dormant podcast my friend, what do you think is happening on your active show's older episodes that you stopped looking at six months ago?This episode is for the podcaster who has a back catalog of episodes they forgot about months ago because they have been heads down on what comes next. I'm walking you through the four ways strangers are finding your older episodes right now, the two ways those episodes can be working for you, what I found when I audited the very first episode of my own podcast, and the exact move to make this week to find out what your back catalog is really doing in the background.In This Episode You'll Learn:The shocking number of listens a dormant podcast can still pull in (and what it actually proves about every active podcaster's back catalog)Why your podcast is one of the only marketing channels where a piece of content from two years ago competes for a listener's click at the same level as what you published this morningThe four ways strangers are finding your older podcast episodes right now whether you are paying attention to your back catalog or notThe two ways every single one of your old podcast episodes is working right now (and why there is no third option)What I found when I audited episode one of my own podcast (and why I was the most embarrassed person in the room about it)The exact analytics move to make this week before you touch a single episode in your back catalogWant to know exactly where your podcast is losing clients? Take the FREE Podcast Audit and get your PERSONALIZED report in less than 10 minutes! → https://podcastaudit.app/Connect with Pamela:Join 500+ other moms who podcast inside the FREE community: https://skool.com/podcasters/Website: https://pamelakrista.com/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/pamelakrista/Email: pamela@pamelakrista.com

June 1, 202624 min

The Call to Action Mistake I Made for 80+ Podcast Episodes

For 80 plus episodes of this show, my call to action was the EXACT same thing. Every. Single. Episode. It did not matter if the episode was about launching a podcast, picking equipment, or whether a podcast was even right for someone's business. The CTA never changed.This episode is for the podcaster who has been wondering why their show is not converting the way they expected. I'm walking you through the call to action mistake I made for 80 plus episodes of this very podcast, the disconnect it was creating between my listeners and my offer without me realizing it, what the right call to actions would have looked like instead, and the two question filter every CTA on your podcast needs to pass from here on out.In This Episode You'll Learn:Why having the same call to action at the end of every podcast episode is quietly killing your conversions (even when the offer itself is great)The three camps most podcasters fall into when it comes to talking about their offer on their show (and which one is the most common)What the right call to action could look like for four different sleep coach episodes inside the same businessThe two question filter every call to action on your podcast needs to pass from here on outWhy you do not need a brand new offer for every podcast episode (and what to do with the offers you already have)The exact move to make this week to find out if your call to actions are actually matching what your episodes are teachingWant to know exactly where your podcast is losing clients? Take the FREE Podcast Audit and get your PERSONALIZED report in less than 10 minutes! → https://podcastaudit.app/Related Episode:I reference the Five Phase Listener Journey throughout this episode. If you want the full breakdown of all five phases and how to record episodes that meet each listener where they are, listen to The Five Phases Every Podcast Listener Goes Through (And How to Speak to Each One) hereConnect with Pamela:Join 500+ other moms who podcast inside the FREE community: https://skool.com/podcasters/Website: https://pamelakrista.com/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/pamelakrista/Email: pamela@pamelakrista.com

May 25, 202622 min

What to Do When You Don't Feel Like Recording Your Podcast

Last night, I almost convinced myself to take a break from this podcast. Not a strategic pause. Not a "let me batch a few episodes" kind of break. The kind where you tell yourself maybe nobody would even notice if you walked away. If you have a podcast, you have probably had this exact moment too. And in this episode, I am telling you what to actually do when you love this thing called podcasting and you also do not feel like doing it right now.This episode is for the woman who knows in her gut that her podcast is hers to do, who is just tired this week, this month, or this season, and who has been quietly wondering if she is supposed to quit or take a break. I'm walking you through the one question that actually decides this, why most podcasters are negotiating with themselves every single week without realizing it, and the tactical move that keeps you recording even on the days you really do not feel like it.In This Episode You'll Learn:Why podcasting burnout almost never looks like dramatic burnout (and the costume it usually shows up in instead)The one question you actually need to answer before deciding whether to record this weekWhy "do I feel like recording today" is the wrong question to be asking yourself every MondayThe difference between recording from inspiration and recording from cushion (and why one of them will fail you every single time)The spiritual side of the quit voice and why it gets the loudest right before a breakthroughThe exact question to sit with if you are in this right now (and what to do based on each answer)If you are sitting in the tired right now, you do not have to push through this alone! Come find me and all the other moms who podcast over on Skool, where others are doing exactly what you are doing and show up alongside each other through the same "should I just quit" moments. The community itself is free to join, and Premium and VIP tiers are available if you want deeper access and the deeper work! https://skool.com/podcasters/Connect with Pamela:Join 500+ other moms who podcast inside the FREE community: https://skool.com/podcasters/Website: https://pamelakrista.com/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/pamelakrista/Email: pamela@pamelakrista.com

May 18, 202620 min

The Five Phases Every Podcast Listener Goes Through (And How to Speak to Each One)

The last time you found a new podcast you really liked, you probably did not start at episode one and listen all the way through in order. You scrolled. You clicked the title that spoke to what was on your heart and mind in that exact moment. Your podcast listeners are doing the exact same thing right now, and the phase each one of them is in when they hit play is completely different.This episode is for you if you have a podcast and have been wondering how to actually make your episodes do strategic work for your business. I'm walking you through the Five Phase Listener Journey, the framework I built to map exactly where each of your listeners shows up when they click play, the kind of episode that meets them where they are, and the call to action that actually converts in each phase. This is the framework I teach every client and every student, and once you understand it, you will not record a podcast episode the same way ever again.In This Episode You'll Learn:What "cherry picking" actually means and why it changes how every single one of your podcast episodes needs to be structuredThe Five Phase Listener Journey broken down (Unaware, Aware, Curious, Primed, and Ready) and what each listener actually needs from youThe kind of episode and the kind of call to action that actually converts in each of the five phasesWhy most podcasters' back catalogs are heavy on the first two phases and nearly empty on the last two (and what that is costing them in warm leads and clients)The two things every podcast episode you record from here on out needs to do for your podcast to work as a real business assetWant to know exactly where your podcast is losing clients? Take the FREE Podcast Audit and get your PERSONALIZED report in less than 10 minutes! → https://podcastaudit.app/Connect with Pamela:Join 500+ other moms who podcast inside the FREE community: https://skool.com/podcasters/Website: https://pamelakrista.com/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/pamelakrista/Email: pamela@pamelakrista.com

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How To Choose The Right Podcast Category So Your Dream Listener Actually Finds You

How To Know If Your Podcast Is Actually Bringing You Clients

A Podcast Q&A on Systems, Guest Pitching, and Intros That Actually Sound Like You

How To Know If Your Podcast Is Just An Expensive Hobby

You Have To Go All In On Your Podcast

Your Podcast Is Already a Lead Magnet (You Just Haven&apos;t Designed It Like One)

Why Strangers Are Still Listening to Your Old Podcast Episodes

The Call to Action Mistake I Made for 80+ Podcast Episodes

What to Do When You Don&apos;t Feel Like Recording Your Podcast

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