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Doug Downs is the President of Stories and Strategies, a podcast production agency that helps brands build and grow podcasts. He has over 25 years of experience in public relations and marketing, and has been a full-time podcaster for six years. Doug specializes in podcast development, analytics, and marketing, and has worked with clients ranging from corporate entities to individual creators. He spent 15 years as a radio broadcaster and hosted TV morning shows. Doug then spent 25 years in public relations and marketing before transitioning to full-time podcasting six years ago. He currently leads a team at Stories and Strategies that produces podcasts for influential brands and provides media training and presentation coaching. Note: The most important thing/person Doug can't do without is his business partner Emily. He thought of that after the recording stopped. But wanted it mentioned. Links LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dougdowns/ Website: https://storiesandstrategies.ca/ Newsletter: https://storiesandstrategies.substack.com/ Stories and Strategies Podcast: https://lnkfi.re/nA25kt If you’re enjoying Entrepreneur’s Enigma, please give me a review on the podcast directory of your choice. The show is on all of them and these reviews really help others find the show. Listener Survey: https://gmwd.us/ee-survey iTunes: https://gmwd.us/itunes Podchaser: https://gmwd.us/podchaser TrueFans: https://gmwd.us/truefans Also, if you’re getting value from the show and want to buy me a coffee, go to the show notes to get the link to get me a coffee to keep me awake, while I work on bringing you more great episodes to your ears. → https://ko-fi.com/entrepreneursenigma Support me on TrueFans.fm → https://gmwd.us/truefans. Support The Show & Get Merch: https://shop.entrepreneursenigma.com Follow Seth Online: Instagram: https://instagram.com/s3th.me LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sethmgoldstein/ Seth On Mastodon: https://indieweb.social/@phillycodehound The Marketing Junto Newsletter: https://MarketingJunto.com Host/Producer/Booker: Seth Goldstein of Goldstein Media LLC Podcast Network: Marketing Podcast Network AI Disclosure: The only thing that is AI generated is the intro voice guy and any long transcripts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.