LAURA McCLELLAN from The Productive Woman I still ended up launching a week after my original date but having a date really did push me to get everything sorted out. My advice and what helped to really get me to launch and overcome these obstacles all together was setting a launch date and making the date as public as possible. It feels like just when you figure something out, you come across another technical hurdle. I would say overcoming the technical barrier is much more significant and real obstacle. There were so many little things holding me back at first: finding the right name, the perfect cover art, the right website display… Now that I am 14 episodes post launch, these little things seem so trivial and not really worth worrying so much about! Some of them are technical while some of them are mental roadblocks but adding them together it can feel really daunting to just start podcasting. It sounds so trivial but there are so many little obstacles. The hardest thing I have to overcome this year is actually starting my podcast! It was really one of the hardest things I’ve had to do since starting my show in 2012.ĭ LOUIS MARTIN from Science Fiction Film Podcastīuilding new listeners while not losing old.Īnd trying to determine which episodes from the old feed to release on the new.Ĭoming up with a uniform royalty free music for intro and outro and finally landing on artwork. With a new job, and even starting a new podcast with a friend, my flagship program was something I really had to carefully schedule to make sure it was not ignored. The most difficult aspect I had to overcome this year was time management. GREG SAHADACHNY from The Debatable Podcast I’m not a natural, or trained, broadcaster, so I’ve needed to experiment with several different preparation strategies in order to develop a way of delivering valuable content once I hit record. Not only does it take a lot of energy to create great content, there is a ton of great competition in this space right now.ĭAVID GERTLER from the Tennis Days Podcast It’s easy to launch in a big way, especially with iTunes’ New and Noteworthy, but difficult to keep up the pace week after week. The hardest thing about podcasting is staying on top. Working far enough ahead in my interview calendar so I’m never stuck without an episode!ĭAVID HOOPER from RED – Real Entrepreneur Development I am a big fan of creating things for yourself first, audience second, but after over a year of releasing content without any substantial feedback, it is hard to justify continuing.ĪMANDA COOK from the WellpreneurOnline Podcast I have thirteen more episodes of the audio podcast in various states of completion, but seeing as no one is listening, I find it hard to find the desire to finish them and release them into the wild. I have continued making the video podcast as, out of the two, that one had gained the most traction with an audience. So the hardest thing to overcome this year has been answering the question of whether or not to continue putting effort into creating them. In April of 2013, I began both an audio and video podcast (both hosted via Libsyn).īy about August of 2014 I began to realize that, despite my better efforts, no one was listening or watching either of these podcasts. GRANT BACIOCCO from Saturday Morning Media’s The Uncle Interloper Show If you’re inspired, share your insight in the comments! Inspiring podcasters share what it really means to keep podcasting Bonus, we all get better! It’s not always easy, this podcasting thing.Īnd of course, that one person whose world you sparked up, even if for a nano-second.Ĭheck out the candid responses from your fellow podcasters about the things that they did to keep podcasting, one of the most underrated superpowers. The more we can connect and share our knowledge about podcasting, the more the medium shines and the more we can keep on keeping on, being part of a brilliant and supportive community. This is the first installment of our end of the year collaborative blog series featuring podcasters and their insights.
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