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It’s here! The first session of The Smart Passive Income Podcast!
You can download the podcast to your computer or listen to it here on the blog. Additionally, I will be submitting the podcast feed to iTunes soon, so you can subscribe there as well – but I’ll let you know when it’s up and ready to go.
Since this is our first session together, I spend a little bit of time introducing myself and how I define passive income and utilize it for my businesses and lifestyle. Also, I go over the formalities of the show and what to expect from future sessions.
Future shows will have a structured format, and several will include special guests.
Special information about the episode such as items mentioned during the session and action items will usually appear below, along with a transcript.
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Items Mentioned in This Session:
Action Items:
- Once iTunes has approved the show, I’ll provide you with an iTunes feed for the podcast only. Additionally, you can also subscribe to the blog and get all of my material (blog posts and podcast) by clicking here.
Transcript:
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Pat congratulations on your first Podcast.
Looking forward to future Podcasts too!
Kindest,
Nabeel
Thanks Nabeel, I appreciate it! It’s been a long time coming, that’s for sure! Finallynice to take action and get it live on the air!
Me too, would like to congratulate you on your first podcast Pat. Hoping for your future podcast too, it’s definitely much better for me to hear it than to read.
Kind regards,
Gary
Pat..I think you did great on your first Podcast..and I see a lot of marketers are taken advantage of this incredible marketing tool.
TrafficColeman “Signing Off”
Well done Pat. Im at work in London and am about to put my earphones in and listen to your first podcast.
Tony
Thanks Tony for all of your support! Cheers!
Downloading now…been looking for another podcast to add to my roster.
Dude, you rock David! Thanks!
Yessir ! You’re in my earbuds direct to the Philippines. Thanks for going audio Pat!
Finally, right? You’re welcome buddy! When are you available for an interview
Great job! Congratulations:)
Thanks Born! Much appreciated!
Ever since I started reading your blog (long before I left my first comment) you have been talking about doing a podcast. I’m stoked that it’s finally here!
Sorry for waiting so long to finally get it done, but I’m definitely glad it’s here. Thanks for listening Matthew!
Great Pat!
Congratulations on your first podcast, it is really a great one!
Thanks a lot,
-Onibalusi
Thanks Onibalusi! Cheers!
Nice Pat,
your blog is starting to become a real multimedia platform !
I luv podcasts, and I will tell you what I think about yours. Be careful – I cut straight to the cheese
Please tell it like it is Mars! I’m always looking to improve. Cheers!
Hey Pat, I’m listening to you as I type this comment. It’s FANTASTIC to follow you on all the different types of media and see how you are growing. I personally want to thank you. I’ve always wanted to create passive income, but always came up with excuses. Since following you, I have created a website, started a e-book and have joined IBM, so thank you for opening my mind to what is possible. Your podcast is great. Keep up the GREAT!!!!!!!!!!! work.
Cheers
Darren
Darren – that’s fantastic! I’m so happy to see that you’re doing all of that stuff, and I’m glad I could be an inspiration for it. That’s awesome!
Thanks for the compliments, and I hope to hear from you again soon. Cheers Darren!
Great intro, good content & super fast download! Congrats Pat! This will accompany the IBM Podcast (Almost Epi 100 over there!) perfectly. This is a huge step man, congrats!
OH yea! You’re totally right, they are on their 100th episode, that’s amazing! I hope I can get to 100 sometime. I’m not planning on stopping!
Cheers Pa! Thanks a lot!
You’ve got one dedicated listener here, Pat, that’s for sure! We’ve all been waiting for this…and, it’s great to finally see it
One step closer to SPI world-domination…lol 
Thanks Howie, I can’t wait to get more episodes out there on the air! As far as world domination…I dunno about that, but I’d definitely like to dominate my niche!
Great podcast Pat! Looking forward to listening to future episodes! Definitely took away some great info, especially the obvious one: take action! Thank you.
Thanks Susan! You’re definitely taking action already – you’ve got a lot of good stuff on your blog, especially your videos! Keep up the good work. Cheers!
“If you fail, and don’t learn from it, then you really REALLY fail”
…I love that line….
One of my favorites too
Congrats Pat. Can’t wait to get the goods.
Sweet Ron, thanks for your support! Woot!
I’m stoked to hear that you have your first episode up…I’ve been waiting for this for a while!
Thanks Dustin – and by the way…CONGRATS on the new addition! Beautiful!
Pat, I just found you’re site. I’ll download your mp3 and give it a listen when I drive into town later.
John, thanks for stopping by! Great site you’ve got there – I love that you’re focusing on the very ethical and non-black hat approach to internet marketing and making money online. That’s what I’m all for as well. Hope to hear more from you soon! Cheers!
Like the “Woohoo!” at the beginning…it’s really an awesome podcast so far. Give me some 9-5 escape velocity Pat!
Thanks Bobby – I hope it’s enough content to fill a part of your drive to work! More to come. Cheers bud!
Hey Pat, Great first podcast bro! Cool intro too. I look forward to adding you in ITunes soon. Hopefully, I won’t be too far behind you adding a podcast to my site.
Latr,
Brandon
Awesome Brandon! Let me know when you go live, i’d love to check your show out too.
I’ll let you know when the iTunes feed is up. It shouldn’t be long from now. Thanks Brandon!
Congrats on the podcast! Very inspirational. I’m a newbie but this podcast is definitely going to be on my favorites. Keep up the awesome work!
Thanks Flor! I appreciate it!
Oh, and congrats on “The Plunge”
Hey pat,
Awesome man. Congrats on your first podcast. You’re doing fantastic work here.
Thanks Dev! I hope you enjoy the show! Cheers!
Yay for your podcast being out! (And I’m very impressed that *that* was the unedited and uncut version — you sound very professional without any editing.
Thanks Jackie! There’s a bit of prep before the show so I know what I’m talking about an where I’m going, but I was really pleased with the first unedited version. Yay!
Hey Pat-
Great first podcast! You may have mentioned, but how frequently will you do the podcasts?
Doh – I did not mention that! I’d like to do a new show every 2 weeks, until the end of time
Hey Pat,
Congrats on the first podcast! Off to a great start…
BTW, who did the intro/voiceover? Loved it!
-Bur.gr
Thanks Bur.gr. The voiceover intro was done by a guy named John Melley. He also does the intro for Internet Business Mastery
Cheers!
Going to check it out now. I love your posts and videos so this must be awesome.
I hope you love the podcast too. Thanks Edwin!
Yea! Congrats my friend…
I like it just how you did it man. Raw, no editing, just whatever flows from the subconscious. Always keeping it real, Keep rocking Pat!
Thanks Wilson – i think the raw, unedited nature of the show goes perfect with the way I run the blog too. Thanks for listening, and thanks for your support as always, Wilson!
Congrats on launching the new podcast, Pat. I’m sure I don’t have to tell you, but the key is consistency. Keep at it and you’ll get better and better each episode.
Also, celebrate successes, both the small ones and the big ones. I’m up to episode 114 on my show, and at Episode 100, meaning I had done a show every week for nearly 2 years, I threw a big party for all my friends and guests that had been on. It was awesome. Listening back to the first dozen episodes makes me cringe, but now I can crank them out in no time.
Can’t wait to listen.
Jim Hopkinson, Wired’s marketing guy
TheHopkinsonReport.com
Jim – that is definitely the plan. I would love to get to my 100th episode like you 2 year (or before that) from now. I listened to your first and latest show, and could tell a huge difference. I can’t wait to see where I’m at in the future.
Thanks for your support, and keep going with the podcast. I love it!
Great content Pat! Looking forward to future podcasts and excited to subscribe on iTunes.
Thanks Tony! Once I get that link, I’ll send it out right away. Woot!
Awesome. I love the Don Pardo voice over for the introduction. Where did you find that guy?
Thanks Stephen – his name is John Melley, and he’s actually he guy who does the intro for Internet Business Mastery too
Congrats on getting the podcast up! Must be nice to check that one off the action list?
It definitely, definitely is nice to finally get it live and on the air. I hope you could tell by the first few minutes of the session how stoked I was. Thanks Dustin!
Hey Pat,
Enjoy the site and looking forward to downloading the podcast. Will you also be posting a non-iTunes RSS feeds, so I can download the podcasts into a non-iTunes media player? I know you have the blog RSS, but I’d appreciate a podcast RSS as well.
Thanks!
Hey JT – thanks for the inquiry. I’m still trying to figure out how best to do the feeds, and still awaiting iTunes to approve the show. If you go to the podcasting page on the blog (http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/category/podcast), you’ll see a link to the non-iTunes RSS feed at the top. I’ll probably add all of the relevant feeds at the bottom of the next session.
Thanks for listening!
nice, really nice. Having listened to the IBM podcast for so long, it just sounded familiar. Like the beat at the intro too.. looking forward to the upcoming episodes..
Thanks for sharing this Pat. I’ve already downloaded it and you really did an awesome job Pat.
Keep it up!
Gary
Hey Pat!
Man, just to let you know: Your output is just awesome. Keep these things up! You’re making my day with this. I’m really looking forward to hearing the next Episode!
Wow Pat
I like the Podcast bro..I think your bout up that tall mountain..keep up the good work.
TrafficColeman “Signing Off”
@Pat, your intro and outro to the show is awesome! Also I am looking forward to the content you will have on the podcast. Have you considered video podcasting?
You are right Owen, I also love Pat’s podcast introduction and outro because it can awake your sleepy mind in front of your computer.
Wow! You are really great Pat. I am now listening to your podcast and I really like it. That’s why I subscribe into it. I am waiting for your future podcast. Hope to hear you soon.
Pat,
Your presentation is excellent. I’m hoping to hear some good tips on writing.
Great job, Pat
congratulations on your first show, i really enjoyed listening and look forward to many more!
Well done!! Saw it on iTunes as well. It’s comforting to know that even you can take time to get to something. Don’t tell me you do all this on 5 days work a week!! You are misleading folks like me who can get discouraged because we are so dumb and so slow. Ok, I get there eventually and it takes subborness and determination for years.. not days nor hours.
But you are still the best as far as I am concerned.
really nice job for your first podcast-you came across as very genuine and helpful-keep it up-looking forward to your next one
Hey Pat,
Congratulations on achieving another goal. I will continue to listen and learn. I wanted to share a point with you that you may not have considered. I have a friend who will not read but he will listen to audiobooks. He recently bought a nano and so I introduced him to the free audio books that are available through our local library. Turns out he has a friend who is the very same way, and he called that friend to tell him about the free audio books available. So here is a guy who would probably never read your blog but would most certainly listen to your podcast, so I am going to share it with him. You have reached a market you probably never thought about. We are a couple of old guys who are always talking about ways to make money, and so this will be right up our alley and give us something to talk about when we get together every week.
Flor you are gorgeous! Oh, by the way, good job Pat!
Hi, I just found your blog for the first time and listened to your podcast. I think you did a great job and I’m interested in hearing more. Your voice is easy to listen to and you sound like a down-to-earth kind of person. Thanks!
Hey Pat,
I just found out about your blog from a guy I met yesterday at a local IM meetup.
Anyway, your story really resonates with me. I used to be in architecture myself as well. I graduated from ASU last year with my M.Arch. Of course there aren’t any architecture jobs, and I’m too “over educated” to get a different job, so I started working online.
Great podcast! I’ll definitely come back to your blog here and read / listen to what you’ve got to say.
Take Care,
Clayton
Hey Pat,
Congratulations on your first podcast! Content and sound quality is awesome.
Please give us some “behind the scenes” info on how you set it up when you get a chance
Take care,
Rodger
Hey Pat,
Here is another feather in your cap. Congratulations!!!
I really enjoyed your first podcast. You could be a role model for many of us to get success online.