Chris Marquardt is the host of Photography Tips from the Top Floor (https://tipsfromthetopfloor.com)Time Stamped Show Notes:0:25 – DJ's introduction to today's show0:55 – How he founded Photography Tips from the Top Floor 14 years ago1:40 – Why his instructional technique is so unique3:00 – How living a photography-focused life is the only way to improve5:00 – Why he has been passionate about the medium since a young age6:00 – The origin story of the podcast8:30 – How he started using FeedBurner back in the day9:30 – Why he signed with PodShow to procure advertising11:10 – How his original audience was built very quickly14:30 – Why he had success doing events early on16:00 – How he's built his community online and in person18:00 – Why Photography Tips from the Top Floor gets around 250k downloads each month18:30 – How the growth has come through solely organic channels20:30 – Why he has been making live radio appearances for 12 years24:00 – How the radio show has impacted the breadth of his audience26:00 – How he uses guest spots to grow his reach30:00 – Why there is no substitute for hard work in podcasting33:30 – How he determines his content schedule on a weekly basis37:00 – Why he balances multiple different shows while also traveling38:45 – How the podcast has helped Chris grow his business over the years43:30 – Why the workshops led him to start writing books46:00 – How he has started making other podcasts to fuel his interests48:45 – Where Chris sees podcasting going in the future54:00 – How to stay in touch with Chris and his podcast54:30 – The Final FiveAbout Chris:As a photographer and educator Chris helps great people travel to the edge of the world to tell amazing visual stories and have amazing experiences.As an author Chirs loves to dive deep, no matter if it's about film photography or in an entire book just about wide-angle.As a podcaster Chris explains how things work. He believes that, together, knowledge and art will always win.As a consultant Chris helps businesses understand how to boost their visual presence in a world that's becoming more and more saturated with pictures.As a producer Chris enables business and individuals to pour their visions and ideas into pictures, sound and video.As a traveler Chris enables people to come with me, no matter if in person or through the images and stories that I bring back home. Links:http://tipsfromthetopfloor.com/https://chrismarquardt.comhttps://twitter.com/chrismarquardthttp://happyshooting.de/https://thefutureofphotography.com/http://www.wrint.de/category/fotografie/https://curiouslypolar.com/https://absolutanalog.de/podcast/http://glutenfrei-kochen.de/podcast/---------------------► Intro Music Credit: LAKEY INSPIREDTrack Name: "5 Min Call"Music By: LAKEY INSPIRED @ https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspiredOriginal upload HERE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCNLL...Official "LAKEY INSPIRED" YouTube Channel HERE - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOmy...License for commercial use: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported "Share Alike" (CC BY-SA 3.0) License.