Abbey the Podcast Lady

About Abbey the Podcast Lady

Thinking about starting a podcast for your brand or business? Welcome to Abbey the Podcast Lady, where I help entrepreneurs, coaches, and creatives turn that podcast dream into a polished, professional reality. Abbey the Podcast Lady is all about breaking down podcasting to help beginner podcasters get a better idea of the industry and how they can find their place in it. We do case studies talking about how different podcasts operate, what they are doing well that you can apply to your own show, and what they could improve to spark ideas of where you can improve as well. We also offer tips, tricks and interviews with podcasting pros to help get started on the right foot. It is educational and approachable sharing real life experiences in the industry. Whether you’re starting from scratch or rebooting your mic, you’re in the right place. Let's press record. Sign up for the newsletter: https://abbeygravesproductions.com/newsletter/ (https://abbeygravesproductions.com/newsletter/) Connect with Abbey: https://abbeygravesproductions.com/ (https://abbeygravesproductions.com/) Podcast Website: https://abbeygravesproductions.com/podcast/ (https://abbeygravesproductions.com/podcast/)

Publisher

Abbey Graves

Category

education · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

16 Jun 2025

Latest episode

1 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

56 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   1 Oct 2026

   Why You Need to Start Your Holiday Best-Of Episode Right Now

   Takeaways Abbey explains why right after Labor Day, heading into Q4, is the time to start building a holiday best-of episode, not December when everyone is scrambling. She walks through her process for using Riverside's magic clips and magic moments feature to pull the strongest 5 to 10 minute moments from a season of episodes and mash them into one best-of show. She shares the two-week structure she uses for clients: one week of best crew or solo moments, one week of best interview moments, so hosts get two full weeks off at the end of the year. Summary of the Episode Recording from her parents' lake place on what might be the last pontoon episode of the summer, Abbey Graves uses the beautiful weather as an odd but perfect excuse to talk about something totally out of season: holiday best-of episodes. With Q4 underway, she makes the case that now, not December, is the time to start pulling together the standout moments from your year so you have a polished best-of episode ready to go when the holidays actually arrive. Abbey breaks down her go-to process using Riverside, the online recording platform she recommends for video interviews. Once an episode is fully edited, she uploads it and lets Riverside's co-creator function generate magic clips and magic moments, AI-selected highlights between 5 and 10 minutes long pulled straight from the transcript. She shares her rule of thumb of at least five clips and no more than ten, then mashes one strong moment from each episode into a single best-of show, complete with a short new intro recapping the year. She also explains why this is not just a lazy rerun. Recycled clips remind listeners what a show accomplished that year, drive traffic back to episodes people missed the first time, and give hosts a built-in library of unused social content to promote the best-of episode with. For clients on a biweekly interview and solo schedule, Abbey builds two full weeks of best-of content at year's end, best crew moments one week and best interviews the next, so they get a genuine two-week break. She closes with a simple, low-lift action step: start a "Best of 2026" folder right now, and every time a moment stands out while editing, drop it in. By the time December rolls around, the best-of episode is already halfway built. Try Out Riverside Today (https://www.riverside.fm/?utm_campaign=campaign_5&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=rewardful&via=abbey-graves) Bet on Your Podcast Course: https://www.skool.com/abbey-the-podcast-lady-5733/classroom (https://www.skool.com/abbey-the-podcast-lady-5733/classroom) Work with Abbey: https://abbeygravesproductions.com/podcast-production/ (https://abbeygravesproductions.com/podcast-production/) Podcast Planning Journal: https://amzn.to/4gd1Vxs (https://amzn.to/4gd1Vxs) Build a podcast website with PodPage https://www.podpage.com/?via=abbey (https://www.podpage.com/?via=abbey) Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. (https://rss.com/podcasts/the-podcast-lady/voicemail)

2. 

   24 Sept 2026

   The Content Batch Strategy Every Podcaster Needs Before Cold and Flu Season

   Takeaways Abbey recorded this episode from the lake while sick with a cold, using it as a real time case study for why she believes so strongly in batching podcast content ahead of time. She walks through three low effort ways to build a bank of backup episodes: a running notebook of ideas, her own podcast planning journal, and a running note on your phone that you can turn into a quick recorded episode any time you have a spare 30 minutes. If a podcaster ever finds themselves with nothing ready to publish, Abbey suggests digging into old analytics to find an episode that deserved more attention and repurposing it as a labeled replay episode instead of scrambling to record something new. Summary of the Episode In this episode of Abbey the Podcast Lady, Abbey Graves is recording from a pontoon on the lake on a beautiful September day, and she feels terrible. A cold and flu bug is going around right as school started back, and she is pushing through a sore throat and a runny nose to get this episode out because she did not batch enough content ahead of time. That becomes the entire point of the episode. Cold and flu season, sick kids missing their first day of school, and unpredictable family emergencies are all things that happen to podcasters whether they are ready or not. Abbey argues that the best defense is always having episodes sitting in your back pocket, recorded and ready to go before you actually need them. She breaks down exactly how she builds that backup bank: a running notebook or phone note of episode ideas, her own podcast planning journal for laying out titles, topics, and guest tracking, and using small pockets of time, even just 30 minutes, to record an episode now and edit it later. Abbey closes by covering what to do if you truly have nothing ready to publish. She recommends digging into your show's analytics to find an older episode that deserved more attention, reposting it as a labeled replay, or putting together a best of episode when you have more time. She wraps up with a reminder that she offers coaching, podcast production packages, and an online course for anyone who needs help getting their content system in place. Key Topics Covered Why podcasters need to batch content ahead of time Recording a podcast episode while sick Cold and flu season and its impact on content creators Preparing for unpredictable life events and family emergencies Keeping a running notebook of episode ideas Abbey's own podcast planning journal Using a phone notes app to track episode ideas Recording episodes in short pockets of time Editing episodes later versus recording them now Repurposing old episodes as replay content Using analytics to find underrated past episodes Best of episodes as a content strategy Abbey's coaching, production, and course offers Bet on Your Podcast Course: https://www.skool.com/abbey-the-podcast-lady-5733/classroom (https://www.skool.com/abbey-the-podcast-lady-5733/classroom) Work with Abbey: https://abbeygravesproductions.com/podcast-production/ (https://abbeygravesproductions.com/podcast-production/) Podcast Planning Journal: https://amzn.to/4gd1Vxs (https://amzn.to/4gd1Vxs) Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. (https://rss.com/podcasts/the-podcast-lady/voicemail)

3. 

   17 Sept 2026

   1,000 Podcasts in 12 Months: Inside One Coach's Guesting Strategy

   Takeaways Peter Boolkah, (https://boolkah.com/) a 21-year business coach and now published author, shares how his signature framework, the Hamster Wheel Trap, explains why founders build businesses that depend entirely on them, and how to start buying back your time before burnout sets in. Peter's book, Your Business Sucks, is the result of 20 years of research and explains why most businesses never actually get sold, they just get closed down, and what it takes to sell for maximum valuation. Peter is on a mission to guest on 1,000 podcasts in 12 months, and he breaks down why podcast guesting can be an even faster path to visibility than hosting your own show. In this episode of Abbey the Podcast Lady, Abbey Graves welcomes Peter Boolkah (https://boolkah.com/), a business coach of 21 years and newly published author, matched with Abbey through Podmatch. (https://podmatch.com/signup/podcastlady) Peter shares the winding, mostly accidental road that led him from corporate life and a failed restaurant venture into coaching, and eventually into writing his first book after two decades of research. The conversation dives into Peter's new framework, the Hamster Wheel Trap, which explains how founders unintentionally build businesses that can never run without them, and why most entrepreneurs end up destroying their own lives while building something that was meant to give them freedom. Peter and Abbey also talk through what it actually takes to prepare a business for sale, why 80 percent of businesses fail within five years, and the mindset shift Peter leans on with every client: it is not about what you can do, it is about what you need to learn. The episode closes with Peter's approach to podcast guesting, including his goal of appearing on 1,000 shows in 12 months, why he believes being a guest can be easier and more strategic than hosting, and how consistent show notes and transcripts help train search engines and AI tools to find your message. Peter's book, Your Business Sucks, is available now on Amazon. Key Topics Covered: Peter Boolkah's accidental path from corporate life to 21 years of business coaching The Hamster Wheel Trap framework and founder dependency Why most businesses never get sold, they just get closed down Preparing a business to sell for maximum valuation The 20-year research project behind the book Your Business Sucks Why 80 percent of businesses fail within five years The mindset shift from what can I do to what can I learn Transitioning from coaching into keynote speaking Using podcast guesting to build authority and visibility Peter's goal of 1,000 podcast guest appearances in 12 months Why show notes and transcripts matter for search and AI discovery The importance of leaving reviews for podcasts and books Bet on Your Podcast Course: https://www.skool.com/abbey-the-podcast-lady-5733/classroom (https://www.skool.com/abbey-the-podcast-lady-5733/classroom) Work with Abbey: https://abbeygravesproductions.com/podcast-production/ (https://abbeygravesproductions.com/podcast-production/) Podcast Planning Journal: https://amzn.to/4gd1Vxs (https://amzn.to/4gd1Vxs)

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YouTube views

15,918

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 45 / 100

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Quality

50

Social presence

0

YouTube

68

Engagement

32

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