5 First-Year Podcasting Mistakes to Avoid

Show notes

Breakdown

1. 3:29Overview Recap: Ideating, buying gear, launch, frequency/release cadence, top 5 episodes
2. 6:05Finding guests - do guests’ audiences matter?
3. 8:56Analytics: Gender split!
4. 9:10How to get on the charts worldwide as a small podcast
5. 11:30Spotify Labs
6. 12:29Getting monetized through Spotify for Podcasters’ Ad Ambassador program
7. 14:13Going viral on TikTok with a podcast clip
8. 16:35Top 5 Mistakes to Avoid in First Year of Podcasting - #1: Not having clear goals
9. 18:10#2 Not seeing out advice from people actually executing at your level
10. 25:54#3 Not finding the balance of researching/preparing and starting/executing
11. 28:17Avoiding tech issues + what gear I use
12. 30:50Picking a hosting platform
13. 31:35Total gear cost
14. 35:19#4 Having unrealistic expectations about growing listenership
15. 38:00how to optimize other platforms to get listens on your podcast
16. 39:20hot take: maybe don’t start a podcast
17. 42:47#5 Not having realistic expectations for podcasting as a networking tool
18. 45:50Episode recap