Ep.10 - Overnight Success and Other Podcasting Myths

Tim and Kyle take a deep dive into new data that exposes the overnight podcasting hit myth and reinforces the truth that podcasting requires hard work.

Episode at a Glance:

• Tim and Kyle experiment recording the podcast from a local coffee shop and discover that people like to ask questions when you put microphones on the table.
• We dig into the data within Dan Misener's article that supports why the podcasting long game strategy is STILL TRUE!
• We explore what behaviors are causing so many podflashes, podfades, and podwrecks.

What did we learn?

• There is no such thing as an overnight podcasting hit.
• Shows that have big audiences tend to do "these things" and how "these things" are all about common sense.
• Podcasters that do not stick with podcasting for at least 2-years do not have hit shows.
• Producing at least 100 episodes is the milestone to becoming a podcaster - you haven't even begun podcasting until you hit episode 100 (for one podcast or multiple).
• All the things that are hard in podcasting are still hard, but if you overcome them you have a good chance of gaining an audience.

Additional Reading:

• Podcast success: a long game

Industry Predictions:

• We will make it to the 50 episodes this year and we will make another 50 next year.
• We are going to see a lot more people do that one and done episode. But that's ok because they are going to learn to appreciate what goes into producing a podcast and they will become sponsors of podcasters who they like.

Industry Quotes:

• "An overnight success is ten years in the making."
  ― Tom Clancy, Dead or Alive

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