Today we interview Chris Christensen of the Amateur Traveler podcast. He has been doing since 2005, and has won awards for his podcast(s) and been featured in national magazine's and newspapers. You can see all the places he's visited by viewing his episode map on his website. He is also the developer of Blogger Bridge which helps bloggers and podcasters get guests (more on that next week).
Chris uses Linkedin to find guests and places to promote his show
Chris started in one direction and changed later. So don't feel bad if you change your format. Your podcast can often be a work in progress.
Chris networks with other people in his niche (traveler podcasts) and they often appear on each other's shows
He has a clearly defined audience profile that he uses to determine what will (and will not ) make it on his podcast.
His podcast is used to help people learn English
Chris takes action to find sponsors. In the beginning they didn't come to him
Scott Johnson from the Computer Tutor Show sent in a comment after listening to the Podcast Review Show on the One Word Go Show. You can hear this example of a podcast Dave does not connect with at podcastreviewshow.com/29
In general great content does not happen by accident. Keith and the Girl explain how they have always taken their podcast serious. They take four hours to produce a one hour show. In my interview with Keith and the Girl, Keith said that even though they were podcasting in a spare bedroom, they planned out their show, and didn't treat it like "just a podcast."
