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Episode 56: "Don't Put Me in a Box" (One Year of Proof the Plan Works)
Someone put you in a box today. Maybe you did it to yourself, calling it a marketing problem or a confidence problem, when the truth was something else entirely.
Episode Description:
This is the One Year on Air episode, and instead of a highlight reel, Host Shelly Rood gets specific about the two places she got boxed in this year: the podcast itself, and the women veteran support services her team runs.
She walks through the category design epiphany that finally explained why "marketing agency" and "lifestyle coach" never fit, credits Category Pirates and Macy Robison's Thought Leadership Archetype Quiz for the language, and plays six guest moments from the year that all pointed to the same plan without ever naming it.
Then the real numbers: top 1% globally for consistency, an invitation to co-host Veterans Radio, and the next benchmark on deck, Episode 100.
In This Episode:
Chapters:
00:00 Box Box Box Reset
00:57 One Year Milestone
02:46 The Unnamed Category
05:36 Women Veterans Wildflower
09:07 Category Design Breakthrough
19:30 Year Two Call To Action
Featured Voices: Carrie Mead (Ep17), Donald Miller (Ep2), Vicki Selva (Ep33), Adam Castillo (Ep47), Nancy Dakin, and Andy Stumpf (Ep55) each appear with the single moment from their episode that mattered most this year.
Next Week: Episode 57 kicks off Season 2. Same framework, same edge, new territory.
Resources:
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