Description

In this episode, we’re diagnosing and treating your case of what podcasters call “pod-fade”.

I’ve put my equivalent of a doctors stethoscope, which will be an XLR mic cable and my headphones on to mimic one of those mirror things doctors used to wear back in the day … and we’re gonna diagnose the problem of pod fade.

Pod-fade is when the honeymoon period of podcasting dies and the effort to produce a show becomes tiresome or monotonous and leaves you with a feeling of wanting to take a break or stopping your show entirely. Most likely taking a break with the ambition to bring it back.

Some symptoms:

• Organising guests or co-host timing to record
• Editing your episodes yourself when they are longer than 30 minutes
• Not keeping up with posting content to let people know about your podcast
• Running out of ideas to talk about
• A lack of motivation about a drop in numbers or a low number of listeners tuning in consistently throughout.

Some tactics to avoid pod-fade:

• Batch record your episodes
• Keep your episode length to a manageable length
• Hire an editor to edit your show
• Utilise seasons
• Have someone create your social media content
• Change up the format over time
• Develop a system that makes it as easy as possible to produce your show.

So let’s take that burden off our shoulders and work out a way to overcome that dreaded pod-fade and ensure we make it a great experience for ourselves as hosts, just as much as we strive to do for our listeners.

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