LeAnn Lyon has been podcasting for three years.
She started with a group called Win Win Women — first as a sales rep, then she looked at what was happening on that platform and thought: why aren't I doing this? She launched her own show. When Win Win Women shut down last year, she moved to RSS.com and rebuilt everything. Her numbers today are better than they were in June.
She also wears the same outfit to every recording. Black shirt. Jeans. Every time.
"Part of my brand," she said. "Makes it easy. Don't have to think about it."
That's the kind of decision that only comes from doing something long enough to realize what actually matters.
Before she jumped on the call, I expected to spend most of our time on setup basics. That's usually where these conversations go when someone's been at it for three years — they've figured out the content, but the technical side has gaps.
What I didn't expect was GoHighLevel.
She had the whole thing built out. Guests apply to be on the show. They go into a pipeline. Keep-in-touch emails from three months out. One month out, two weeks out, one week, two days. Different content each time. Everything automated. She's even been sending them resources through it for months before the episode records.
Most podcasters I talk to are managing their guests in a spreadsheet, a Trello board, or their head. LeAnn had built an actual system. She knew it, and she was proud of it — rightfully.
But she was also still using Opus to pull clips, another tool for transcripts, another for content. The workflow was organized. It wasn't consolidated.
That's where PodGlue clicked for her. Not as a replacement for what she'd built — she's keeping GoHighLevel for the pipeline — but as the layer that handles what happens after the recording is done. The content side. The guest portal. The social assets. All generated from the transcript.
"I love this so much I can't stand it," she said when I showed her the social content lab.
The studio itself was still in progress.
She was recording from a bedroom in a house she and her husband are renovating. Exposed two-by-fours on the ceiling. An old IKEA lamp that used to belong to her daughter — "she moved out without it, so now it's mine." A string of directional lights they're planning to install once the ceiling goes in.
She had ring lights on both sides. The image was bright, but everything was also bright — her face and her background were getting the same amount of light. No separation.
I showed her what my setup looks like with the hair light off — shoulder blends into the wall. Turn it back on — clean edge. She said: "I can see it now."
Then we talked about color temperature. She had one light coming from the side that was more yellow than the others. The camera was hunting — trying to decide what white balance to commit to. Match all the lights to the same temperature, daylight white, and the camera relaxes.
The third thing: she wears glasses. When I switched my monitor to light mode, she could see the reflection flare up in my lenses immediately. Switch to dark mode — gone. She already knew to angle the frames up when they're tight on her face. Just hadn't connected the monitor thing yet.
Small things. But they compound.
She asked about publishing hosts — she's been on RSS.com and likes the price. She mentioned that Spotify is adding video podcasting, Apple podcasts is following. The platforms are moving.
Then she said something I want to share because I think it's worth holding onto.
She said she wants to build a resources page on her site. Tools, coaches, people who can serve her audience no matter where they are in their entrepreneurship journey. She's not charging ad prices. She does affiliate only — nobody pays her unless she sends a real client.
"I think it's more honest," she said.
That's the long game. Not monetizing every touchpoint. Building trust slowly with the people who are watching, by only pointing them toward things that actually work.
At the end of the call, she offered to introduce me to the community director at RSS.com. She'd had him on her show. Thought he might be open to coming on mine.
Then she said: "When I move onto my boat, you can come help me set up my studio on the boat."
She's planning to sail down the Mississippi, around Florida, spend time in the Bahamas, come up the East Coast. She's not in a rush. She knows where she's going.
The studio on the boat — I'd love to see what we come up with.
If you're building your podcast workflow in pieces and want to bring the post-production side together in one place, PodGlue is worth a look. It's in beta.