Podcasting to a Small Audience – How to Make the Most of It

Want to grow your podcast? You need to bring your best performance, content, and personality regardless of how many people are listening to you now and before you worry about additional audience growth.  Topics covered in this episode:​ ​The importance of content quality and effort for audience growth. "Madison Square Garden" performance aspirations Playing for current and "unseen" audiences The power of word of mouth Pre/post-production work for successful podcasting How your podcasting performance extends beyond the your current audience The real value of caring for your podcast audience Episode Timestamps:​ [00:05:30] Large room capable of seating hundreds, possibly thousands ... and what not to do. [00:10:08] Playing for both present and potential audiences. [00:11:36] Singer is angry about having fewer fans than previous shows ... don't do this. [00:12:54] Authentic and unique experiences and how they help build a podcast audience [00:13:20] How word-of-mouth can boost podcast listeners. [00:15:58] Play hard, even if the audience even is small. How to navigate it. [00:16:46] Madison Square Garden ... most people can't handle it. [00:17:27] If you can't "bring it" every episode, you won't have a successful podcast.   Want More?   Big Podcast Insider is a weekly newsletter on podcasting. If you like the content of this episode, you can subscribe here – it's free and you can unsubscribe at any time with a single click.​