Better Brave with Candace

About Better Brave with Candace

Hey! I’m Candace, your Podcast Guesting Strategist and producer, here to help entrepreneurs like you leverage podcast guesting and strategic podcasting to grow your visibility, expand your audience, and build your business with ease. As a long-time podcaster and entrepreneur, I’ve been in the trenches—and I know what it takes to launch, grow, and sustain a podcast that makes an impact. If you’re dreaming of starting a podcast, ready to step up your guesting game, or want strategies to grow your brand through podcast visibility, this is your space. I’ll share expert guesting strategies, production tips, and behind-the-scenes insights—all with no fluff or gatekeeping. In solo episodes, I’ll guide you through guesting tips, podcast growth, and how to build a sustainable podcasting strategy. I also bring in guest experts to share valuable advice on growing a thriving business. If you're ready to amplify your voice and leverage podcast guesting to grow your business without the hustle, hit play. Let’s make it happen!

Publisher

Candace Dudley

Category

business · business · education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

9 Aug 2021

Latest episode

27 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

128 of 390 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   27 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   246: Haunted House: Podcast Tour Edition (Guesting Do's & Don'ts)

   Host Alex Sanfilippo guides listeners through common podcast guesting pitfalls, revealing how focusing on a singular topic, like Angie the canning lady, builds niche authority.

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   20 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   245: What I Wish Past Me Knew Before I Left Teaching

   Host [Host Name] shares personal reflections on leaving teaching, offering insights into self-permission, perseverance, and intrinsic worth.

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   13 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   244: Grow Your Podcast using Pinterest with Andi Smiley

   Host Michael O'Neal interviews Andi Smiley, a former radio producer, about leveraging Pinterest to grow a podcast without daily posting.

Inside a recent episode

246: Haunted House: Podcast Tour Edition (Guesting Do's & Don'ts)

Published 27 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] I'm going to go into some do's and don'ts, basically. Haunted house version, right? We've seen it on socials. I just thought it'd be fun to be like, a haunted house, but you copy and pasted your pitch to the podcast you want to be on. Barf. Don't do that. Do not do that. It's silly. You think I'm joking, probably. A normal, sane, logical human is like, they're not spelling your name wrong or literally leaving it out. Their template... I'm not kidding. It'll have deer and then it'll be like insert name and parentheses and they don't put a name in. Or somehow they like auto fill your Instagram handle in there and leave the at symbol. […]

Who has been a guest on Better Brave with Candace

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Andi Smiley
• Candice Coughenour
• Ren Benedicto
• Jenny Suneson
• Hollis English

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

17 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

14 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 65 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

99

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

77

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Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

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