I believe I read a stat that most podcasts quit after 6 episodes, so I’m glad we’ve made it this far. And it’s actually going stronger than ever.

But if I am being completely honest, I was probably ready to quit after 6 episodes.

I started out weekly and I was the one recording, editing, mixing, arranging, etc… that was a lot of work. It took a solid 2-3 full time days to produce an episode.

I thought that if I wanted to build a podcast, I had to create the example of the podcast before handing it over. I don’t regret that, but I’m glad I got some relief. It took about 3-4 months to settle into the format that most of you have known for the podcast. Then went to bi-weekly and brought in an editor and producer.

In this episode I’ll discuss a few more things that keep podcast authors awake at night: sponsors/no sponsors, prepared questions/improvisation, putting a rigid structure vs. go-with-the-flow approach etc.

Whatever you do, one thing is for sure: Things get better over time. Quality of production, your ability to interview, editing, and of course your audience.

Quotable moments from our today’s episode

This episode’s tweets are going to be an homage to my previous guests. So I’ll highlight here what they said putting it into perspective of a podcast author.

On taking action, by Andrea Warner:

On choosing your topics, by Dan Golden:

On knowing your audience, by Talia Wolf:

Episodes I mentioned during this one:

* Episode recorded on New Zealand

* Episode recorded on Hawaii

* Episode recorded on Tahiti

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