Build Digital Authority Podcast

Bring Your Experience to the Conversation

Build Digital Authority is a video-first podcast featuring experienced women with a clear point of view, an established body of work, and meaningful insights to share.

Tanya Smith, host of Build Digital Authority
The Conversation

Experience Worth Hearing

You do not need celebrity status or an enormous following. You should, however, have a visible professional presence that allows me to become familiar with your expertise, communication style, and perspective before extending an invitation.

Our conversation may explore the work you have built, the decisions that shaped you, what experience taught you that theory could not, how your thinking has changed, and what you are building or reconsidering now.

This is a conversation, not a pitch session. The strongest guests are generous with what they know and interested in contributing something useful to the audience.

Request to Be a Guest
Guest Fit

Who I Am Looking For

Guest readiness includes established expertise, a visible body of work, authentic communication, and the ability to show up confidently for a polished video conversation.

Established expertise

You have substantial experience, a clear area of expertise, and a point of view shaped by real work.

Visible digital authority

Your website, videos, interviews, articles, or presentations make it easy to understand your work and perspective.

Authentic conversation

You communicate naturally, share useful lessons generously, and can move beyond polished promotional talking points.

Camera and tech ready

You are confident on camera and prepared to record in a quiet, well-lit setting without significant technical support.

Good Fit

You may be a strong guest if you...

  • • Have substantial professional, entrepreneurial, leadership, or lived experience.
  • • Are known for a clear area of expertise and have developed an original point of view.
  • • Have an established online presence with accessible videos, interviews, articles, presentations, or other substantive content.
  • • Communicate naturally and confidently on camera.
  • • Have the equipment, setting, and technical comfort needed for a polished remote video conversation.
  • • Can share useful lessons and honest insights without turning the conversation into a sales presentation.
  • • Bring expertise that complements the broader Digital Authority conversation.
Not the Right Fit Yet

This opportunity may not be the right fit yet if...

  • • You are still developing your expertise, message, or professional positioning.
  • • There is currently very little public content through which I can become familiar with your work.
  • • You have limited experience speaking comfortably on camera.
  • • You would need significant technical or presentation support before recording.
  • • Your primary goal is promoting a product, service, book, or offer.
  • • You are looking for coaching or consulting during the interview.
  • • Your work substantially overlaps with Tanya's Digital Authority positioning.
Guest Request

Interested in Joining the Conversation?

Start with a short conversational guest request. You will review the podcast guest release first, then share a little about your work, experience, and the perspective you could bring to Build Digital Authority.

Request to Be a Guest

Guest selections are intentionally limited. Only five guests will be selected for this series, and submitting a request does not guarantee an interview. Invitations are based on experience, topic alignment, digital presence, camera readiness, and the overall balance of the guest lineup.