Paul Colligan’s System to Automate & Scale Your Podcast

July 21, 2025

Melanie Johnson, co-owner of Elite Online Publishing, interviews legendary Paul Colligan—a true pioneer in the world of content creation, podcasting, and YouTube.

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What You’ll Learn In This Episode:

  • Approaching Content Creation & Platform Strategy

  • Podcast & Video Recording Technology

  • The Role and Application of AI in Content Creation

Quotes:

“My unique ability has always been simply that I’m bilingual, I speak nerd, and I speak business. And people who can translate between the nerds and the business are always going to do well.” (01:13)

“..the whole question is, what do you want the AI to do? Can the AI do it? B, if so, what’s the shortest path to make that happen?” (10:27)

“We have so much water in Oregon that we have these water fountains were just constantly flowing water. Like, you didn’t have to push the button. You just went in, drank the water, got back out again. And that’s what social media is like.” (19:29)

About Paul Colligan

Paul Colligan helps others leverage technology to expand their reach and revenue, with reduced stress and no drama. He does this with a lifestyle and business designed to tackle the challenges and opportunities of today’s ever-changing information economy. If you are looking for titles, Paul is a husband, father, ten-time best-selling author, podcaster, keynote speaker, executive consultant, and the CEO of Colligan.com. He lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife and daughters and enjoys theater, music, great food and travel.

Paul believes in building systems and products that work for the user — not vice versa. With that focus, he has played a key role in the launch of dozens of successful internet products that have garnered tens of millions of visitors in traffic, and dollars in revenue. Previous projects have included work with StoryBrand, The U.S. State Department, Traffic Geyser, Rubicon International, Piranha Marketing, Microsoft and Pearson Education. In addition, he’s helped dozens of authors launch their books and become best-sellers on Amazon, he’s helped podcasters get to Number One on iTunes, and has been the secret weapon behind millions of video views on YouTube. Paul’s topics of passion include podcasting, new media content creation, multicasting, product development, and lifestyle design.

Paul’s unique take on the internet can be seen and heard on web shows, including The Podcast Report. It can be read in many books, including the Kindle Bestsellers Cross Channel Social Media Marketing, How to Podcast 2016 and YouTube Strategies 2016. His work has been featured in several publications, including The Huffington Post and The Net Effect. He is a popular speaker on internet technology topics, and has presented at events around the world including BlogWorld and New Media Expo, The European Business Podcasting Summit, Google Tech Talks, MacWorld, Social Media Success Summit, Inbound Marketing Summit, Social Media Marketing World and Microsoft TechEd.

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