{"id":1659,"date":"2017-10-31T08:00:30","date_gmt":"2017-10-31T12:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/?p=1659"},"modified":"2017-10-31T13:36:31","modified_gmt":"2017-10-31T17:36:31","slug":"the-final-whispers-episode-140","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/2017\/10\/the-final-whispers-episode-140\/","title":{"rendered":"The Final Whispers &#8211; Episode 140"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Alternative title:<\/strong>\u00a0Goodbye, For Now!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Welcome back to the final episode of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Geek Whisperers!\u00a0<\/span><\/i>It took us a little longer than normal to publish this one because, as you know, this is our last episode for the foreseeable future.\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019ve been doing this podcast for five years and feel it&#8217;s time to bring the show to a close. We share the reasons why the show is ending, and invite you to go back to the very beginning, from Episode 1, and relive the best moments with us! It\u2019s been an amazing journey and we have had so many special times together talking to people successful in so many different ways. Thank you all for listening and inspiring us. We look forward to still connecting with you, our collective community, through different projects.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Main Points:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This episode was taped live at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vmworld.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">VMworld<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/2013\/03\/podcast-2-first-you-have-to-show-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The first set of episodes<\/a> focused on the job duties we were all grappling with at the time. At the time we didn\u2019t know much about influence marketing, and we can thank Amy for defining the term.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amy describes influence marketing as people, platforms, and content.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some of our favorite episodes were where the guests <a href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/2014\/09\/the-nonlinear-career-path-episode-57\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shared stumbles throughout their career<\/a> and what they learned, differing <a href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/2017\/04\/evangelists-find-your-career-bucket-episode-131\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opinions on evangelism<\/a>, the rise of bloggers, and how good things happen when you add structure.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over the course of the podcast, we got to talk with our mentors and learned so much about being brave, getting unstuck, and having a mindset of success. Check out around [19:45] to hear specific episodes that stuck out to us.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What we learned from our podcasting journey <\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Three hosts on one podcast are too many!<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Edit less and publish more.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don\u2019t walk away from opportunities because it\u2019s hard or you think you\u2019re not good enough.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AngeloLuciani\">Angelo Luciani<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Networknerd_\">Nick Korte<\/a>\u00a0share their The Geek Whisperers feedback as we bring the show to a close.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Quotes and Tweetables:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI was trying to learn and struggle through some things and this was therapeutic.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cPeople, platform, and content. Put them all together and magic happens.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>And remember: we&#8217;re not going anywhere!\u00a0<\/strong>John, Amy and Matt are working hard out in the community. You can find us on Twitter, participating in <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/influence-marketing-council\">the IMC<\/a>\u00a0or at events (all three of us are available for speaking opportunities).<\/p>\n<p>And one more thing&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>For contrast with the cover photo, here&#8217;s what we looked like recording together for the first time back in 2013.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_201\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-201\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/recording_geek_whisperers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-201 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/recording_geek_whisperers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/recording_geek_whisperers.jpg 600w, http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/recording_geek_whisperers-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/recording_geek_whisperers-210x139.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-201\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our first live recording back at EMC World 2013<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4056\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1659-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/TGW_140.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/TGW_140.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/TGW_140.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/TGW_140.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/?powerpress_pinw=1659-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/TGW_140.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"TGW_140.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alternative title:\u00a0Goodbye, For Now! 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