"Done is better than perfect." Alison Perry

Welcome to our very first guest episode!

Joining us is the gorgeous Alison Perry - writer, author, blogger, and host of UK #1 parenting podcast, Not Another Mummy Podcast. Alison has been podcasting since 2017 (which in podcast years is practically prehistoric), long before celebrities rocked up with their branded mic muffs.

Alison shares almost a decade’s worth of podcasting wisdom, from how she spotted a gap in the market, pieced together a podcast from Google searches and Facebook forums, and kept showing up episode after episode. Alison has interviewed everyone from bestselling authors to the Prime Minister - in our book she is living proof that consistency and backing yourself (and being a generally fantastic human) really can take you to some unexpected places.

This chat also covers confidence, visibility, editing, how to get great guests, podcasting through the pandemic, and why waiting until you feel ‘ready’ is the nonsense standing in the way of you launching your own podcast.

In this episode:

• Launching a podcast before the step-by-step guides and purpose built software
• The ‘secret’ behind almost a decade of successful podcasting
• How to land brilliant guests (without cold emailing hundreds of strangers)
• How Alison’s podcast led to an email from Number 10 landing in her inbox...
• Why confidence isn't something that just arrives…
• How to change your relationship with confidence and visibility
• How long should a podcast episode be?
• ‘Katie’s Questions’ - she’s got her own jingle and also just happens to ask Alison a great question: what comes after podcasting?
• The a-pod-calypse *thunder crash* - if you could choose just one podcast to survive the apodcalypse what would it be?
• Latex babies.
• A selection of entirely unnecessary sound effects because… well, fun.

Alison teaches us that the opportunities that podcasting creates are almost impossible to predict, that ‘done is better than perfect’, and that the more scary things you do, the smaller our comfort zone becomes.

We hope you enjoy this episode (because we very much enjoyed making it!)

Buckers & Katie x

Alison Perry

Alison Perry is an Award-winning content creator, podcaster, author and freelance writer. creates content about confidence and dressing for joy, helping others find their confidence in their 40s. She has built an 83k-strong community for women seeking to be braver, dress for joy and navigate midlife and motherhood.

Alison's career began over 25 years ago as a writer on the website of iconic music TV programme Top Of The Pops.

She went on to write for, and edit, teen magazines like Bliss and More, and women's magazines like Look. Since then, she has written on a freelance basis for Grazia, Stylist, Hello!, Netmums and Metro.

Her debut book OMG It's Twins was published in 2021 by Ebury.

When she became a mum in 2010, Alison started writing a blog. Not Another Mummy Blog went on to win awards and industry accolades, gain viral success and get up to 60,000 views a day.

In 2017, Not Another Mummy Podcast was launched and attracts thousands of listeners with guests including Emma Bunton, Philippa Perry and Sir Keir Starmer.

Email: hello@alisonperry.co.uk

Instagram: @iamalisonperry

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