Don’t worry – Derek and I aren’t moving again! If you’ve visited here in recent years, you’ll know we shuttled around before settling in Port Stanley. We’ve been here almost four years and have no intention of leaving.
Erin Davis and I have been musing about a standalone website for the Gracefully and Frankly podcast for some time. We finally pulled the trigger. I give you: GracefullyandFrankly.com.
This website is great for my voice over work and blog. If someone’s looking for a voice artist, remembering Voice of Lisa Brandt isn’t difficult. But if they’re looking for Gracefully and Frankly stuff, it gets tricky. A search engine has brought many people here but only if they use the correct, specific search terms. It’s a little finicky.
I’ve always believed that you have to make it easy for people or they’ll just give up in frustration. (Personal experience taught me this!) While no one has told us that, we don’t want it to happen. So, the new site was born. It’s no wonder there are so many marketers, website creators, and other promotional people out there. Doing it yourself is difficult. But it’s oh-so-satisfying when you finally get it right.
Podcasts come and go. Some emerge as huge successes – mostly when they’re hosted by celebrities. Others limp along with little or no notice. Some of it is up to fate. Word of mouth is still the best advertising method there is. G & F has risen to, and consistently been, in the top 10% of podcasts in popularity. It makes me recall what Trisha Yearwood told me when I interviewed her years ago. I asked, “Do you do anything special to preserve your voice?”
TRISHA: “I don’t think about it. It’s just there when I need it.”
In other words, we try not to analyze it too much. We just do what we do and it seems to work.
I do have a request if you’re new to G and F and want to try it out. Don’t go back to the beginning. Pick a “best of” episode from Sept/Oct 2023, when I was in Italy. You’ll hear some of our greatest hits after we’d done it a while, and gelled. Then, go wherever you like. Back. Ahead. Middle. It’s up to you.
Now you can listen on the new website, send us a voice message, read reviews, shop the boutique and more. And we thank you.
THE WEBSITE!
It has everything we need all in one place. I very much appreciate the work that went into creating it.
Thank you, Lisa and Erin.
Yay thanks Claire! It was a labour of love.
Gracefully and Frankly will one day RULE THE WORLD!
I love that your mini-empire is growing. And I know it doesn’t happen by accident.
Way to go Lisa and Erin!