{"id":61350,"date":"2023-12-20T08:00:51","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T13:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businessesgrow.com\/?p=61350"},"modified":"2023-12-18T16:17:13","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T21:17:13","slug":"voice-synthesized-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businessesgrow.com\/2023\/12\/20\/voice-synthesized-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"The first voice-synthesized podcast episode"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"61355\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/businessesgrow.com\/2023\/12\/20\/voice-synthesized-podcast\/screenshot-2023-12-17-at-11-48-10-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/businessesgrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-17-at-11.48.10-AM.png\" data-orig-size=\"1382,1386\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"voice-synthesized podcast\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;voice-synthesized podcast&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/businessesgrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-17-at-11.48.10-AM-300x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/businessesgrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-17-at-11.48.10-AM-1021x1024.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-61355\" src=\"https:\/\/businessesgrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-17-at-11.48.10-AM-1021x1024.png\" alt=\"voice-synthesized podcast\" width=\"800\" height=\"802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businessesgrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-17-at-11.48.10-AM-1021x1024.png 1021w, https:\/\/businessesgrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-17-at-11.48.10-AM-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/businessesgrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-17-at-11.48.10-AM-85x85.png 85w, https:\/\/businessesgrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-17-at-11.48.10-AM-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/businessesgrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-17-at-11.48.10-AM-50x50.png 50w, https:\/\/businessesgrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-17-at-11.48.10-AM-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/businessesgrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-17-at-11.48.10-AM.png 1382w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This has been a tough couple of weeks with a heavy dose of international travel followed by my third bout of COVID. It was time to produce a new episode of The Marketing Companion.<\/p>\n<p>What was I going to do? I was sick.<\/p>\n<p>I had no energy.<\/p>\n<p>I had no voice from the violent coughing.<\/p>\n<p>But I did have AI.<\/p>\n<p>What you are about to hear is my first entirely voice-synthesized podcast episode. You&#8217;ll just have to hear it to believe it. It&#8217;s either the coolest show you&#8217;ve heard, or the creepiest! Maybe both.<\/p>\n<p>I probably won&#8217;t use this frequently, but it saved me in a pinch. The technology for this short episode can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/try.elevenlabs.io\/c1sgsu9uddto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eleven Labs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll just have to hear it to believe it. Let me know what you think! Listen here:<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/marketingcompanion\/MarkDec18.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to enjoy Marketing Companion episode 278!<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"27324\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/businessesgrow.com\/2014\/01\/06\/content-shock\/border-line\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/businessesgrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/border-line.png\" data-orig-size=\"591,24\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"border line\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/businessesgrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/border-line-300x12.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/businessesgrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/border-line.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-27324 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/businessesgrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/border-line.png\" sizes=\"(max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businessesgrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/border-line.png 591w, https:\/\/businessesgrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/border-line-300x12.png 300w, https:\/\/businessesgrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/border-line-200x8.png 200w\" alt=\"Gen Z exposed sponnsors\" width=\"591\" height=\"24\" data-attachment-id=\"27324\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/businessesgrow.com\/2014\/01\/06\/content-shock\/border-line\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/businessesgrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/border-line.png\" data-orig-size=\"591,24\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"border line\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/businessesgrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/border-line-300x12.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/businessesgrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/border-line.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Please support our sponsors who bring you this amazing episode!<\/p>\n<h2>Bravo for Brevo!<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"59869\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/businessesgrow.com\/2023\/07\/20\/business-narrative\/screen-shot-2023-07-13-at-3-18-03-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/businessesgrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Screen-Shot-2023-07-13-at-3.18.03-PM.png\" data-orig-size=\"418,212\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Brevo coupon code\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Brevo coupon code&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/businessesgrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Screen-Shot-2023-07-13-at-3.18.03-PM-300x152.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/businessesgrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Screen-Shot-2023-07-13-at-3.18.03-PM.png\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-59869\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; 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