He is Salt Lake: a conversation with local podcaster Chris Holifield

Podcast Local

“When you have a small community, each person in that community plays a very major role in making that community great. And without this person maybe this wouldn’t have happened. Or this person got inspired from this person. And it just becomes a chain effect where each person is really what is making the city great. And we need to spotlight those people and give them a chance to tell their story.”
-Chris Holifield from I Am Salt Lake

Listen to episode 9 for insights and advice for local podcasters:

• How Chris Holifield’s background influences his local podcast
• Podcasting as a passion
• Podcaster origin story and the Instagram connection
• Plans for the future of I Am Salt Lake
• How listener engagement has grown
• How he uses Facebook
• Sponsors for local podcasts
• The difference between sponsorship by local businesses and featuring local businesses on your local podcast
• Chris Holifield loves interviews. Find out why and how he approaches conversations on his podcast.
• How the podcast has changed with the addition of a co-host (Krissie Shelley)
• His target audience
• Taking his podcast live—on stage!
• His approach to editing his podcast
• His recording setup
• What does Chris like most about podcasting?
• What does he like least?
• What does he want to get better at?
• The biggest thing Chris Holifield has learned that other local podcasters should seriously consider

Links to local podcasting resources

I Am Salt Lake, the podcast hosted by Chris Holifield and Krissie Shelley

Geography-based Podcasts group on Facebook

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