It’s hard to predict which podcaster will be successful. But it’s fairly easy to see who won’t make it for long just by looking at their actions. Or inactions. Here are some of their bad habits for you to avoid.

Not all of the podcasting habits you develop as you get in your groove are good. In fact, bad podcasters tend to accumulate a collection of bad habits. Bad habits you (and I) would do well to avoid. With that...

Bad podcasters don’t listen to their own shows. Yes, you might have spent four, 40, or 400 hours in production. But if you aren’t listening to the finalized audio proof as if you were a listener… you’re missing things! 

Bad podcasters don't respond to their listeners. No one owes you anything for making your podcast. So when a listener takes the time to say nice things—publicly or privately—You owe that to them to respond in kind.

Bad podcasters invest more in gear than they do content. Yes, the quality of the audio you produce is super important, and better gear might get you there. But it's not nearly as important as your ability to tell great and compelling stories on a consistent basis. 

Bad podcasters have production schedules that mirror their release schedules. Get ahead. Like, really ahead. Weeks or months if possible. Yes, I’m calling myself out on this one.

It's very likely that you, like me, currently have one or more of these bad habits. That doesn’t necessarily make you a bad podcaster. Heck, even having all of these bad habits doesn’t necessarily make you a bad podcaster.

But if you can break those bad habits in favor of better ones, how much better could you and your podcast be?

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