About this episode

Ben Mena discusses how professionals can leverage podcasting to build authority and trust in their niche.

You don't need a massive audience to build authority in your niche. You just need the right 10 people listening — and a system to get in front of them consistently. Ben Mena is the founder of Select Source Solutions and host of The Elite Recruiter Podcast — the largest recruiting industry podcast with over 300 episodes and 700,000+ downloads. What started as a boredom project during COVID became a full brand, a thriving community of 13,000+, and a steady stream of new business. In this episode, Ben joins Scott Love to share exactly how professional services providers can use podcasting — whether hosting or guesting — to build authority, earn trust, and fill their pipeline in an era increasingly saturated with AI noise. You'll learn: Why you don't need to start your own show to benefit from podcasting How to find the podcasts your ideal clients are already listening to — and get on them What the "trust economy" is and why podcasting is the most powerful tool to win in it How one episode of podcast content can fuel a month's worth of LinkedIn posts and clips The cocktail napkin playbook for launching a niche podcast from scratch Why "manufactured authority" is real — and how to…

People in this episode

Host: Scott Love

Guest: Ben Mena

Topics covered

• podcasting
• building authority
• professional services
• trust economy
• content marketing

Keywords

• podcasting
• authority
• trust economy
• content marketing
• professional services

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Select Source Solutions, The Elite Recruiter Podcast

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