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00:01:34.640 | Hello, and welcome to All The Hacks, which is normally a podcast about
00:01:39.480 | upgrading your life, money, and travel, where I chat with an incredible guest
00:01:43.520 | to learn as many hacks as I can.
00:01:45.400 | However, today is an episode all about the podcast itself and a look at my
00:01:50.320 | plans for the show in the coming year and beyond, as well as a recap of some
00:01:54.800 | of what I took away from the survey that so many of you graciously filled out.
00:01:58.400 | I actually thought about doing this episode as a short clip at the
00:02:01.480 | beginning of a regular episode, but I realized I had so many things to share
00:02:05.720 | that I wanted to put it out separately and be able to cover it all.
00:02:08.600 | So let's get into it.
00:02:10.040 | First of all, thank you so much to everyone who filled out the survey.
00:02:14.320 | I can't explain how helpful it is for me to hear what you all are thinking,
00:02:18.600 | especially because it's so hard to learn anything on a one-way channel like a
00:02:22.520 | podcast.
00:02:23.560 | That said, I do read every email that comes to chris@allthehacks.com and I try
00:02:28.480 | to respond to all of them.
00:02:29.800 | So please keep those coming.
00:02:31.480 | As for the winner of the free flight, I'm going to do a random drawing this
00:02:34.800 | Friday and we'll share who wins on next week's episode.
00:02:37.600 | All right.
00:02:38.240 | So first of all, I want to share one of the most interesting things
00:02:41.120 | I learned from the survey.
00:02:42.160 | I asked what everyone's favorite episode was, and I assumed people would all
00:02:46.680 | gravitate towards the same two to three episodes, and there'd be plenty that
00:02:50.560 | didn't make the list.
00:02:51.880 | But that wasn't the case at all.
00:02:53.800 | In fact, there wasn't a single one of the 40 episodes I've done that wasn't at
00:02:58.280 | least one person's favorite, which was so cool to see.
00:03:01.360 | While the votes were distributed across the whole catalog, there were a few
00:03:05.720 | episodes that made it to the top.
00:03:07.280 | So whether you're new here or just curious, the top five were number 32
00:03:12.320 | about health hacks and NFTs with Kevin Rose, number 27 about travel hacks with
00:03:18.400 | the points guy, Brian Kelly, number one, also about travel hacks with Lee Rowan,
00:03:24.520 | number three, about credit card points and miles with Alex Miller, and number
00:03:28.840 | 19 with Andy Ratcliffe about investing.
00:03:31.880 | The listener Q&A episodes number 20 and 33 also ranked really high.
00:03:37.360 | So I'll link to all of them in the show notes, or you can just go to allthehacks.com/the
00:03:43.600 | episode number if you want to find them more quickly.
00:03:46.240 | All right.
00:03:47.920 | So despite that some listeners seem to love every topic I've done on the show,
00:03:51.560 | there were two big topics that rose to the top, and I'm definitely going to try
00:03:55.920 | to have more regular episodes on.
00:03:57.640 | Number one, travel, credit card points, miles, and number two, money,
00:04:03.560 | personal finance, and investing.
00:04:05.280 | That doesn't mean I'm going to stop talking to people about productivity
00:04:08.760 | hacks or health hacks or life hacks, but you should definitely see
00:04:12.240 | these two topics more regularly.
00:04:14.480 | One thing I didn't get from the survey are the specific, let's call them
00:04:18.080 | subtopics you're interested in within travel, personal finance, investing,
00:04:22.280 | or credit card points and miles.
00:04:23.720 | So if there's anything specific you want me to touch on or find a guest
00:04:27.640 | for, just shoot me a quick email.
00:04:29.440 | Even if it's just a blank email with the topic in the subject, I would love to know.
00:04:33.720 | And speaking of email, if you have any negative feedback on the show,
00:04:38.360 | please go ahead and email me.
00:04:40.240 | I'm saying this in response to a review on Apple Podcasts.
00:04:44.320 | They had some feedback about how I've focused less recently on the original
00:04:47.760 | travel money aspect of the show.
00:04:49.400 | And if they're listening, I really appreciate hearing your feedback.
00:04:52.640 | And as I said, I'm already planning on making changes as a result of it.
00:04:56.240 | However, a one-star rating and review definitely hurts the show in search
00:05:00.800 | rankings, with sponsors, and if we're up for any podcast awards.
00:05:04.480 | So first off, if you have feedback, feel free to share it with me first.
00:05:08.480 | And if you're still disappointed, by all means, leave your negative review.
00:05:12.920 | But to the 221 of you who took the survey and said, you haven't left a rating or
00:05:18.280 | review in the Apple Podcasts app or on Spotify, but that you would, right now
00:05:23.200 | would be an amazing time to do that.
00:05:25.120 | And I would really appreciate it.
00:05:26.640 | Okay.
00:05:27.960 | So another survey question was about me doing some solo episodes.
00:05:31.960 | Somehow in my mind, writing a 3000 word newsletter with everything I've learned
00:05:36.960 | and researched about a topic made so much sense, but on the podcast, I feel like I
00:05:41.360 | needed a guest for everything, so I still want to focus the show on interviewing
00:05:45.920 | incredible people because after all the reason I started all the hacks is that I
00:05:50.040 | wanted to go out there and learn from all these amazing people myself.
00:05:53.640 | However, there are some topics where I'm the expert, or maybe I've done enough
00:05:58.520 | research to at least feel like one, where I might just do a solo episode and put it
00:06:03.000 | in the feed and talk about something I think you all will find really interesting.
00:06:07.280 | And speaking of the newsletter, it was eyeopening to realize that many of the
00:06:11.520 | podcast listeners don't subscribe to the newsletter and many of the newsletter
00:06:15.440 | readers don't listen to the podcast.
00:06:17.280 | In many cases, they just didn't know it existed, but for a lot of people, it was
00:06:22.040 | just that they prefer one type of content over the other.
00:06:24.680 | Well, I didn't realize that, and I've been writing some great newsletter content
00:06:29.360 | that's never made its way to the podcast and vice versa.
00:06:32.080 | So the best way not to miss anything is to obviously just subscribe to both of
00:06:36.240 | them, but I'm also thinking about ways to make sure the best content from each
00:06:40.600 | platform finds its way to the other platform as well.
00:06:43.800 | So stay tuned.
00:06:44.760 | And if you're not subscribed to the newsletter yet, you can do that
00:06:47.280 | at allthehacks.com/email.
00:06:49.720 | Okay.
00:06:50.440 | A few other quick things.
00:06:52.080 | First, I've been recording video of almost every single episode.
00:06:56.640 | So for anyone who's interested in seeing what these interviews actually look like,
00:07:00.960 | I'll be putting all of them on YouTube as soon as I can get them all edited.
00:07:05.720 | Number two, I'm going to start experimenting with asking every guest for
00:07:09.960 | some of their best local recommendations and hacks from wherever they live now or
00:07:13.920 | have lived to add a bit more good travel content to each episode.
00:07:18.000 | Three, thank you for all the great podcast and newsletter recommendations.
00:07:23.200 | I have such a long list of things to check out.
00:07:26.000 | Four, I'm going to set up an online community where you guys can join me.
00:07:30.600 | And the feedback was split almost perfectly down the middle between doing
00:07:34.720 | it as a Facebook group or on discord.
00:07:36.800 | So stay tuned on which one of those platforms I choose, or maybe I'll
00:07:40.280 | find one that's better than both.
00:07:41.720 | Five, I was surprised and honestly a bit excited to see that so many people
00:07:46.880 | were interested in live events.
00:07:48.760 | So I'm going to think about what that looks like.
00:07:50.840 | But fun fact, Amy and I are expecting our second child this June.
00:07:54.920 | So live events might not happen until the end of the year or
00:07:58.320 | next year at the earliest.
00:07:59.960 | Okay.
00:08:01.240 | Finally, I want to talk about sponsors and subscriptions.
00:08:04.840 | I really hope I didn't scare any of you off asking questions about
00:08:07.880 | charging a subscription to the podcast.
00:08:09.960 | In fact, I only asked because I had a few conversations with people who told
00:08:14.760 | me they actually prefer to pay a monthly fee for an ad-free version of the show
00:08:18.400 | than listen to a show with ads.
00:08:20.040 | And I just wanted to see how large that group of people was within this audience.
00:08:24.760 | Well, now I can tell you it is not very large.
00:08:28.160 | In fact, I can tell you it is exactly 1.7% of you.
00:08:32.440 | That said, many of you said you would love to support me in the show.
00:08:36.040 | So for now, the best way to support me is to share the podcast or your favorite
00:08:39.960 | episode with someone you think might like it, or honestly, lots of people
00:08:43.360 | you think might like it, or leave a five-star rating and review in the Apple
00:08:47.040 | Podcast app, but I will let you know if anything changes here.
00:08:50.080 | As for sponsors, my plan is to only have sponsors who have products
00:08:54.960 | and services I can get behind.
00:08:56.480 | When I say I personally recommend something, I want that to mean
00:09:00.160 | something to all of you, and it should because I've either used the product
00:09:03.800 | or done a meaningful amount of research on it, or both.
00:09:06.680 | And if you ever think that's not the case, please reach out to me
00:09:09.800 | directly and I'd love to hear more.
00:09:11.560 | However, I actually hope that by doing this, you view the sponsors as an
00:09:15.880 | opportunity to learn about new products and services you didn't know about already.
00:09:19.440 | In fact, you all sent me so many great ideas for sponsors that I haven't even
00:09:24.400 | gotten through reaching out to all of those companies to see if
00:09:26.920 | they would sponsor the show.
00:09:28.320 | So hopefully you guys are excited as I am for the future of All the Hacks.
00:09:32.480 | I have some amazing plans for 2022 and beyond, and I appreciate you all so much
00:09:37.600 | for listening, for giving me feedback, and for everything else you've
00:09:40.640 | done to support the show.
00:09:41.840 | Thank you so much.
00:09:43.360 | And quick reminder to leave a rating and review for the show, or email
00:09:47.320 | me anytime with feedback, chris@allthehacks.com.
00:09:50.880 | All right.
00:09:51.760 | See you next time.
00:09:52.720 | I want to tell you about another podcast I love that goes
00:09:56.720 | deep on all things money.
00:09:58.400 | That means everything from money hacks to wealth building to early retirement.
00:10:02.160 | It's called the Personal Finance Podcast, and it's much more about building
00:10:06.360 | generational wealth and spending your money on the things you value than it is
00:10:10.200 | about clipping coupons to save a dollar.
00:10:12.320 | It's hosted by my good friend, Andrew, who truly believes that everyone in this
00:10:16.560 | world can build wealth and his passion and excitement are what
00:10:19.800 | make this show so entertaining.
00:10:22.000 | I know because I was a guest on the show in December, 2022, but recently I listened
00:10:27.120 | to an episode where Andrew shared 16 money stats that will blow your mind.
00:10:31.280 | And it was so crazy to learn things like 35% of millennials are not participating
00:10:36.240 | in their employer's retirement plan.
00:10:37.880 | And that's just one of the many fascinating stats he shared.
00:10:41.520 | The Personal Finance Podcast has something for everyone.
00:10:44.480 | It's filled with so many tips and tactics and hacks to help you get better with
00:10:48.240 | your money and grow your wealth.
00:10:49.720 | So I highly recommend you check it out.
00:10:52.080 | Just search for the Personal Finance Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or
00:10:56.280 | wherever you listen to podcasts and enjoy.