Casa De Confidence Podcast | Grow Your Business, Life and Confidence | with Julie DeLucca-Collins

Build Your Podcast Network: Secrets to Connection with Angel Tucci

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Angel Tucci started the Need a Guest Facebook group during a virtual panel, now with over 32,000 members.

The episode begins with host Julie DeLucca-Collins and her husband Dan engaging in casual banter about being sick and September. Julie frames September as a temporal landmark ideal for creating change, emphasizing fresh starts and productivity. She shares a personal productivity hack about scheduling less time for important tasks to increase focus, based on her experience presenting virtually for the University of Hawaii. Julie then introduces the 12-week year plan, encouraging listeners to set visions and SMART goals for areas like mental health, money, and personal growth over the next 12 weeks. The interview segment features Angel Tucci, an award-winning speaker and founder of the Need a Guest Facebook group. Angel recounts her origin story, starting the group on a whim during a virtual panel, which has grown to over 32,000 members. She describes her natural talent for connecting people, tracing it back to hosting a babysitting slumber party as a teenager. Angel discusses the group's structure, allowing only two types of posts: 'need a guest' and 'want to be a guest,' which keeps it clean and active. She highlights the importance of relationships and community in podcasting, contrasting it with purely technological solutions. Angel advises focusing on one core message and getting booked twice a week to leverage podcast guesting for business growth. She shares her collaboration with business partner Jamie, emphasizing complementary skills and delegating tasks you dislike. The episode concludes with Angel reflecting on her personal growth from a shy child to a successful entrepreneur, encouraging listeners to build a life around their business.

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Angel connects a New Year's Eve babysitting plan to a 30,000-person group for podcast hosts and guests.

Community-building starts as hospitality in this episode, with Julie DeLuca-Collins guiding Angel through the thread that runs behind her work: making it easier for people to find one another.

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Want a wider podcast circle? Angel traces her instinct for bringing people together back to a 15-year-old babysitting plan on New Year's Eve.

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