076 5 Big Mistakes Co-Hosts Make in Podcasting

076 5 Big Mistakes Co-Hosts Make in Podcasting

How to avoid co-host awkwardness bleeding through your podcast You’ve got a co-host – that’s great. It makes creating the podcast so much more fun and easier too, right? Bad news – there’s a much higher chance that you’re effing it up because two hosts...
075 Why You Need To Know Your Podcaster Type

075 Why You Need To Know Your Podcaster Type

You are in one of three podcast lanes but is it the right one? There are three types of podcasts. Do you know which one you have? You better, or you could be doing a disservice to your audience and wasting your time and money. There are three types of podcaster Hobby...
074 How to Stop saying Um and Ah in Your Podcast

074 How to Stop saying Um and Ah in Your Podcast

Avoiding verbal crutches and filler words Do you have a verbal crutch? You know that word or sound you lean on when you’re struggling to find the next real word in your sentence. Um, ah, like, you know, I mean… it’s natural. Now, stop doing it. Disclaimer. This is not...
073 How to Kill a Bad Podcast Interview

073 How to Kill a Bad Podcast Interview

Breakup with a crappy podcast guest like a pro It happens to the best of us. Even the pros have bad interviews. Or, rather bad guests. So, what do you do when your podcast guest is crappy, drunk, an ass, incoherent or just pointless? You kill the interview. In this...
072 My Top Tips for Podcasters Recording on the Road

072 My Top Tips for Podcasters Recording on the Road

How to get the best possible sound when you’re not in your home studio So, you’re hitting the road and you want to take your podcast with you. Well, you’re in luck because I love to travel and I know exactly what you should and shouldn’t do to record decent...
071 How I Tripled My Podcast Downloads One Day

071 How I Tripled My Podcast Downloads One Day

An Experiment in Podcast Marketing Growth Hacks It’s the holy grail of podcasting  – the secret to growing your audience! In this episode, I’m going to reveal the one thing you need to do to see those download steadily increase. So, get ready to have you mind...
070 Will Your Podcast Be Out in 3 Strikes?

070 Will Your Podcast Be Out in 3 Strikes?

How Your Podcast May Be Pissing Me (and Your Listeners) Off You’ve got maybe a minute to convince a listener to keep listening. This is not a newsflash. But, do you know what three things are likely to stop them in their podcast enjoyment tracks and exit out before...
069 Why You Need to Keep Podcasts Evergreen

069 Why You Need to Keep Podcasts Evergreen

Ignore the release date. That’s the point. Did you happen to notice the date this podcast was released? I’ll give you a hint – it was Christmas Day, 2018. (I suck at hints) So, you might think it’s perfectly natural for me me wish you a happy holidays on...
068 Your Podcast is not Safe! How to Protect it from Being Pulled

068 Your Podcast is not Safe! How to Protect it from Being Pulled

Why iTunes (Apple Podcasts) killed my podcast My podcast disappeared from iTunes. Poof. Gone. No warning. Just gone. Can you imagine if every episode you ever painstakingly created just … vanished. That feeling in your chest right now is pretty much how I felt when I...
067 This is the Bare Minimum You Need to Reach in Podcasting

067 This is the Bare Minimum You Need to Reach in Podcasting

Great content won’t cut it if you fail to do this 1 thing I love to talk to people about podcasting, and people love to tell me about their favorite podcasts. They also love to tell me what they hate about podcasting – which I also love because it gives me...
066 What to do About the Dreaded Podcast Burnout

066 What to do About the Dreaded Podcast Burnout

Is it time to take a break, change it up, or kill it? Come up with another topic. Line up a guest. Make sure they know what they’re talking about. Schedule a time to record. Do some more research. Reschedule the recording session. Record an episode. Troubleshoot...
065 How to Get the Most out of Your Podcast Guest

065 How to Get the Most out of Your Podcast Guest

Best Practices for a Pre-Interview Confession time. Are you a podcast cowboy who just wings it with every guest? Is every interview you do the podcast equivalent of a blind date. Not cool. I don’t care if you can pull it off nine times out of ten. By taking that...
064 How to Decrease Connection Fails when Recording Podcasts

064 How to Decrease Connection Fails when Recording Podcasts

Stop the madness and sound better with this 1 tip Are you still there? Oh, uh you cut out there for a second. Can you say that again? If you interview guests over the internet for your podcast, I’ll bet you six bucks you’ve had this conversation.  And,...
063 How to Save Your Podcast from Hijackers

063 How to Save Your Podcast from Hijackers

5 ways to save your podcast from being taken over Have you ever let your podcast get hijacked? You know – when a guest comes on and completely takes over and you slink away to the quiet shadows of your podcast? Have you heard this happen to other podcasters? I...
062 Is Poor Time Management Upsetting Your Podcast Audience?

062 Is Poor Time Management Upsetting Your Podcast Audience?

How this common saying sends a terrible message to your listener. Do you like having an audience? Do you want them to keep coming back, episode after episode? Then why are you constantly telling them you don’t have time for them? Rant warning! Time reference is one of...
061 Why in the World are You a Podcaster?

061 Why in the World are You a Podcaster?

How your answer could make or break your podcast Why do you podcast? Seriously, why? I’m not being smug (for a change). I want you to seriously think about this question. There’s a good chance that you knew the answer to this question when you started your podcast....
060 How to Warm Up Your Podcast Guest

060 How to Warm Up Your Podcast Guest

Start on the Right Foot with This Simple Trick Have you ever had a dud of an interview? You know, your guest is dry as dust and half way through the interview you’re wonder why you ever thought they’d be good for your show? Do you watch late night talk shows and...
059 How to Keep Listeners When you Take a Podcast Break

059 How to Keep Listeners When you Take a Podcast Break

Take a Hiatus from Your Podcast the Right Way Whether you’re tired, out of ideas, or suddenly super busy – there are plenty of reasons to take a break from your podcast. But, if you do it wrong – you could kill your podcast stats and alienate your...
058 Help – I Hate the Sound of My Voice

058 Help – I Hate the Sound of My Voice

How podcasters can get over their ego and learn to love their voice Have you ever listened to your recorded voice and thought, ‘I don’t really sound like that’? Or, worse, considered quitting podcasting because you can’t stand the sound of your own voice (and you...
057 What’s an Energy Mirror and How Can it Help Your Podcast?

057 What’s an Energy Mirror and How Can it Help Your Podcast?

Harness the power to project and reflect energy Are you using the energy mirror technique to make sure your podcasts are consistent, engaging and on-brand? No? Then you better take a good look at yourself and your podcast. The energy mirror technique is not a random...
056 How to Brainstorm your Podcast Ideas

056 How to Brainstorm your Podcast Ideas

The key to hashing out your podcast ideas Have you ever had an amazing podcast episode idea, promptly written it down on a sticky note for safe keeping only to find the incomprehensible scribble months later? Put an end to forgotten and mislayed ideas!  In this...
055 How to Break the Podcast Rules and Get Away with It

055 How to Break the Podcast Rules and Get Away with It

Using Disruption in Your Podcast Is your show starting to get a bit predictable (and boring)? Maybe it’s time to break a few rules and shake things up a bit. Breaking the rules (self-imposed or industry wide) can be risky business but it can also add some needed spark...
054 Why Your Podcast Needs More Feeling

054 Why Your Podcast Needs More Feeling

Injecting Emotion into Your Interviews and Ideas How does your podcast make your listener feel? If you just shrugged your shoulders, we have a problem. Here’s a newsflash – your audience wants to have an emotional reaction to your show. They want to feel...
053 Warning: You Might be a Lazy Podcaster

053 Warning: You Might be a Lazy Podcaster

Here are the top signs you’ve gotten lazy Time for a reality check – have you become a lazy podcaster? Are you phoning it in? Are you making bad decisions and blaming it on your busy-ness or (even worse) justifying it under the guise of ‘efficiency’. It...
052 How to Build a Better Relationship with your Listener

052 How to Build a Better Relationship with your Listener

Steal this radio biz technique Hey you. Yeah, you. I’m talking to you. If you’ve listened to my podcast before then you know that I’m always talking to you. Just you. Wanna know why? If you want to build a better relationship with your listener, you need to be talking...
051 Are You Focusing on the Wrong Podcast Stats

051 Are You Focusing on the Wrong Podcast Stats

Don’t let those numbers own you. Are you guilty of checking your download stats on the daily just to see how popular you are? Are you obsessed with where iTunes ranks your podcast in your niche category? Confess, have you ever checked more than once a day? I’ve...
050 How Greed Can Hurt Your Podcast

050 How Greed Can Hurt Your Podcast

The Dangers of Letting Sales Drive Content Don’t be a sell out! No, I’m not talking about never accepting money from a sponsor or selling ads on your podcast. I’m talking about treating your audience like a commodity. I get it. You worked hard to build your audience...
049 How Much Time Should You Budget for Podcasting

049 How Much Time Should You Budget for Podcasting

A Reality Check on Creating a Podcast Is podcasting a giant time-suck? It certainly feels like that for a lot of podcasters. So, are they doing it wrong? Are you doing it wrong? Probably not.  In this episode, I breakdown where all that podcasting time goes and what...
048 How Perfectionism is a Problem for your Podcast

048 How Perfectionism is a Problem for your Podcast

The Perfect Podcast Doesn’t Exist Hands up if your podcast is perfect. If your hand is up then you are either being a smart ass, totally delusional or both. Nobody’s podcast is perfect – me included. And, that’s okay. In this episode of the Just the Tip, I...
047 How to Use SFX to Make Your Podcast Better

047 How to Use SFX to Make Your Podcast Better

Bells and Whistles That Will Improve Your Podcast Whoop, whoop, re-er, re-er, re-er… sound effects in your podcast can be annoying or effective. It all depends on whether you’re doing it right. SFX can be fun but they can also derail a podcast, piss off your listener...