Growth in Reverse: Powerful Automations for Creators with Joe Casabona
I had the pleasure of going on Growth in Reverse with my friends Chenell and Dylan. We had a great time talking all about automation.
I was on the CodingCat.Dev Podcast
I had the pleasure of talking to Alex over on the CodingCat.Dev podcast. We talk all about automation, my Stream Deck(s) and other ways to make the best use of your time.
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Here are my favorite Prime Day Deals for October 2025. There’s a bunch of great stuff — all things I personally own and LOVE.
AI is Making Podcast Pitches WORSE (And How to Fix Yours)
Remember the alien in Men in Black asking for “sugar in water”? That’s exactly what AI-generated podcast pitches sound like – almost human, but missing something fundamentally authentic. As someone who receives dozens of guest pitches, I’m seeing a disturbing trend: more people are using ChatGPT to write their outreach, and it’s backfiring spectacularly.
I’ve Been Nominated for an Ear Worthy Award
I’m pleased to announced that my podcast, Streamlined Solopreneur, has been nominated for an Ear Worthy Indie Podcast Award in the category of Best Podcasting Podcast. Thanks so much to Frank and the team for considering me!
My Desk Update for Summer 2025
Since the last time I updated the “What’s on my Desk” page, I rearranged my whole office. It was a huge shift, and happy, it worked out perfectly.
My “Brown M&M” for Podcast Guest Pitches
You may have heard this famous story from the 1980s. While on tour, the rock band Van Halen included an interesting line item in their rider:
M & M’s (WARNING: ABSOLUTELY NO BROWN ONES)
A rider, if you don’t know, is basically a contract for a stage performance. It’s not that they hated brown M&Ms, or that they were divas. As David Lee Roth explained in his autobiography, Crazy from the Heat, they had a lot of important safety clauses in there as well. Van Halen’s was one of the first highly technical shows in the industry, and a lot could go wrong.
The M&Ms clause made sure a venue read the entire rider:
So, when I would walk backstage, if I saw a brown M&M in that bowl … well, line-check the entire production. Guaranteed you’re going to arrive at a technical error. They didn’t read the contract. Guaranteed you’d run into a problem. Sometimes it would threaten to just destroy the whole show. Something like, literally, life-threatening. This is a pretty great test, and I’ve decided to implement it for podcast guest pitches.
Do People Really Just Want Summaries?
There are times when just the highlights are fine. If I miss the Yankee game, I’m not going to watch the entire 2+ hour game. The excitement for me is watching it play out, before there’s an outcome to know. If the game is over, I’m happy watching the highlights. On rare occasion, there’s a movie I’m tangentially…
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Do Episode Numbers Matter?
My podcast, Streamlined Solopreneur, has undergone a lot of changes in this short year: I’m doing more solo episodes All of my interviews this year have been 2-part episodes I’m tinkering with the format I’m being very selective about sponsors YouTube and Spotify are a bigger part of my growth strategy I killed my membership…
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It’s Podcast Christmas Day
Now that we’ve been visited by the 3 ghosts, it’s time to have our, “Ebenezer Scrooge is a changed man,” moment. You didn’t think I’d end 24 days of podcast articles on doom and gloom, did you? There’s a lot to be Optimistic About We got a lot of great advice this December — not…
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