How to Turn Podcast Guests Into Paying Clients and Affiliate Partners (with Shaheen Mazloom)
Most podcasters view guests as content sources missing a massive monetization opportunity right in front of them. Shaheen Mazloom, founder and CEO of Versa Business Solutions, took the opposite approach to turning podcast guests into paying clients and affiliate referral partners. His company facilitated over $1 billion in capital for 1,000 plus businesses while hitting top 200 Apple charts without spending dollar on marketing.
In this episode of Podcasting Secrets with host Nathan Gwilliam, Shaheen reveals how setting up calls immediately after episodes converts guests into business opportunities both directions, why he learned more from podcast guests than $250,000 spent on courses and coaching, and how starting with mentors as first guests created inbox flooded daily with requests within two months. After being named top entrepreneur alongside Damon John Grant Cardone and Richard Branson, Shaheen demonstrates guests become distribution partners, clients and affiliates simultaneously when you lead with mutual value creation.
Grow your podcast organically? Stop chasing paid advertising and start booking strategic guests who become distribution partners. Share this guest selection strategy with podcasters spending thousands on ads without results. Subscribe and follow Podcasting Secrets on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly strategies from creators hitting top charts through quality guests over marketing budgets.
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