The Showrunner behind multiple top-ranking podcasts and Vice President of Marketing for the Rainmaker.FM podcast network, Jerod Morris, paid me a visit this week to talk about his beginnings as a writer, podcaster, and digital marketer. Mr. Morris started out online as a sports blogger and became the editor of a high-traffic blog that was tapped by Fox Sports. His blogging has led to quite a few opportunities for the writer, including: Co-founding a WordPress hosting company Leading the editorial team for Copyblogger.com Launching and co-hosting multiple top-ranked podcasts … and becoming the VP of Marketing for the Rainmaker.FM podcast network — to name only a few On the eve of the launch of his new Showrunner Podcasting Course, we had a chance to talk shop. In this file Jerod Morris and I discuss: How Sports Blogging Led to a Host of Opportunities A Simple Writing Hack for Email Marketers Why Writing Makes You a Better Podcaster How Scheduling Greatly Increases Your Productivity Why Writers Need to Embrace Their Imperfection How to Infuse Everything You Do with Creativity Some Very Wise Words from Teddy Roosevelt The Show Notes Jerod Morris on Copyblogger Primility The Showrunner Podcast The Lede Podcast The Showrunner Podcasting Course The Assembly Call — IU Basketball Postgame Show The Writer Runs This Show “The Credit Belongs to You” by Jerod Morris (Downloadable Teddy Roosevelt Quote & Poster) Jerod Morris on Twitter Kelton Reid on Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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