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Aug 2023
35m 24s

1553: Secrets to Launching a Top Podcast...

Farnoosh Torabi
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What does it take to launch a super successful podcast these days? "Podcast Princess" Hala Taha shares how she quickly built her show, Young and Profiting, to be one of the top business and entrepreneurship podcasts across all apps. Hala is also the founder and CEO of YAP Media, a full-service social media and podcast marketing agency for top podcasters, celebrities, and CEOs. Hala is also one of the most successful and well-known influencers on LinkedIn.

She and I talk about scoring her first billionaire client and her reckoning with 2020, the despair she experienced, and discovering her path forward. 

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