Bonus #22

Ellen Yin9min

Ellen Yin

00:00

Hey welcome back to another bonus episode of cubicle to CEO, the podcast where we ask successful entrepreneurs, the business questions you can't google. I'm your host, Ellen Yin. And today I have some really exciting news to share with you all. We are coming up on our 200th episode on this podcast at the end of June. And that's 200 of our Monday guest interviews, not including any of the new bonus episodes that we've been airing on Wednesdays this year.

Ellen Yin

00:32

So this is a huge milestone for really any podcast, but especially our show, because it marks for years of us showing up on a regular weekly basis to serve you value, and to share with you insights from guests all over the world who have built incredibly successful businesses and are willing to share their wisdom with you. I think it's such a cool celebration. And we wanted to make a big deal out of this. So what we're doing is we're actually hosting a giveaway, where we want to give one of you a $200 shopping spree at your favorite small business. So if you're the lucky winner, you actually get to choose which small business we buy this gift card from. This was really important to us. Because oftentimes, with giveaways, you see that the gift cards are usually for national retailers like Target or Amazon or Starbucks, which we totally appreciate and do as well, because it makes it more accessible for anyone no matter where they live, to access the prize.

Ellen Yin

01:32

But for this particular giveaway, we wanted to be really intentional and allowing you to show up and support your favorite small businesses by giving you the choice of who you buy from right. So for this giveaway, if you're the winner, like I said, you'll get to tell us who your favorite small businesses, and then we'll go and purchase a gift card from them. And then you'll get to spend that $200 at their business. So to enter a giveaway, it is super easy. All you have to do is follow two simple steps. Number one go to ratethispodcast.com/cubicletoCEO. Again, that's ratethispodcast.com/cubicletoCEO to rate our show. And if you pull this up on your mobile phone, depending on if you're on an iPhone or Android, it'll give you different options to rate our show. So you can rate on either Apple or Spotify. And we love and super appreciate those of you who go above and beyond in taking the time to also write us a thoughtful review. But a review is not necessary to enter this giveaway, you can simply click to rate our show. So I mean, it really is that simple, it should take you less than five seconds, just click to rate our show.

Ellen Yin

02:45

Hopefully, we're keeping our fingers crossed for a five star rating if you have found value in our podcasts, and then go ahead and screenshot your rating. And then head over to step number two, which is Ellenyin.com/200. And that's 200 as in 200. So don't spell out the word, it's 200. And you can fill out our giveaway form. So we're just going to ask you to submit your screenshot showing that you rated our podcast. So just, you know, screenshot your rating, upload it there. And if you want an extra entry in this $200 gift card giveaway, you also have the option to submit a 60 second or less Voice Memo asking a question that you'd like me to answer in our 200th episode. So again, this is a totally optional field, but it will be right there on the form. So you can just do it in in one simple step, you can upload your screenshot and upload your voice memo at the same time.

Ellen Yin

03:42

And we haven't really done a listener Q+A in a long time. I think the last one we did was in the summer of 2021. And our podcast has grown immensely since then. So we really wanted to take this opportunity to feature you our listeners in our 200th episode, because you're the reason why all of this exists, right? You're the reason we've even gotten to the 200th episode. So if you have a burning question, it could be business, it could be personal that you've wanted to ask me, please take this opportunity to record your question and upload it as a voice memo and you could hear your voice played in our 200th Episode That's airing Monday, June 26. So in addition to getting featured in our podcast, if your question is chosen, we will also make sure to include links to your business in our show notes and on the blog for extra visibility. So again, our goal here is to really use our platform to shine a spotlight on you and the amazing work that you're doing in your small business. So if you would like an opportunity to get featured on our show in this way, make sure you include that voice memo with your giveaway submission.

Ellen Yin

04:52

All right, one last thing you know that with these bonus episodes are wasn't going to make sure that you get an extra tip or something insightful all related to the guests interview on Monday that you can implement. And in this week's episode, Amanda was talking about how to utilize client testimonials to grow your business through word of mouth marketing to build trust with your audience. And I was thinking about this. And one easy thing that we've implemented this year, particularly to grow our podcast reviews. But really, this can be applied across any channel, even if you don't have a podcast. Maybe you're a brick and mortar shop that relies heavily on Google reviews, or Yelp reviews. Or maybe you're an online business that, you know, when clients are scoping you out there looking at your reviews on your Facebook page or your reviews on LinkedIn. So this really applies to anywhere where you might be trying to grow your review base so that people have an opportunity to look at these public testimonials, when they're considering hiring you or buying from you.

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