Podcast Pontifications

Not surprisingly, there's a correlation between complexity and effort when it comes to podcasting. The more complex a podcast -- as in pieces and as in processes -- the more work it takes.

In this episode, I'll show you the natural way podcasts break down when you look at the data:

• Two Dorks With Microphones
• Five Part Podcast
• Recombinant
• Editoral-driven

And those four categories will make a lot more sense when you watch the video. Learning these will help you properly budget (your time or money) to make the right kind of show for you.

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Support For Abortion Rights

While Americans overwhelmingly support the right of an individual to make their own decisions about abortion, unfortunately, that right is no longer protected everywhere in the U.S. The Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade on June 24th.

There are plenty of myths that keep tripping up new podcasters, and they just won't die. (The myths, not the podcasters.) To help with that, here's a list of old and busted myths, like:

• Stop worrying about "New & Notable"
• Reviews DO NOT impact rankings
• Stop spamming social communities
• Promo swaps are as effective as commercials (and you skip those, right?)

Instead of those things, do these things:

• Work hard to bring value to another (more popular) show as a guest
• Do smart PR with influencers in your vertical
• Make your website not suck
• Get real people to share a testimonial with THEIR network

Simple stuff. Yet most new podcasters get it all wrong.

Mentioned in this episode:

Support For Abortion Rights

While Americans overwhelmingly support the right of an individual to make their own decisions about abortion, unfortunately, that right is no longer protected everywhere in the U.S. The Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade on June 24th.

So you want to have a hit podcast that brings you meaningful monthly income, do you?

No worries.

That's easy.

Just build an amazing, high-quality show and produce four amazing, high-quality episodes every week.

And then build your audience to 50,000.

If you do that, you have potential revenues of $5K a month. Not enough for most people to seriously considering quitting their day job over. But still meaningful.

Only... what sort of ad budget would you need to get 50,000 people to sign up quickly to listen to your show?

Oof. More than you'll make.

Listen to this episode and I'll give you the math. Sorry in advance!

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I make shows for professional firms that support business objectives. Visit https://podcastlaunch.pro for more info and ways to get in touch!

Mentioned in this episode:

Support For Abortion Rights

While Americans overwhelmingly support the right of an individual to make their own decisions about abortion, unfortunately, that right is no longer protected everywhere in the U.S. The Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade on June 24th.

Most businesses aren't publishers of information. Sure, they have information and they likely publish it on their website. But that's different than media publishing companies.

The way we podcasters think is like, well... media publishers. So when business jump in and ask our expert opinions on how they should approach podcasting... we stay in the media-publishing mindset.

And that's a problem.

Luckily, we can course-correct. Podcasting is big enough to handle many different "publishing" approaches.

In this episode, I'll give some examples of what business are good at publishing. And I'll share some ways we can use that to form a better business podcasting approach.

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I make shows for professional firms that support business objectives. Visit https://podcastlaunch.pro for more info and ways to get in touch!

Mentioned in this episode:

Support For Abortion Rights

While Americans overwhelmingly support the right of an individual to make their own decisions about abortion, unfortunately, that right is no longer protected everywhere in the U.S. The Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade on June 24th.