036 Embrace Your Pre-Podcast Rituals

How Habits Lead to Consistency in Performance Whether you call them superstitions, rituals or just old habits; when you do the same thing before an event, it becomes part of that event. And, when you skip it – bad things happen. No, this is not like one of those...
035 What’s the Perfect Length for a Podcast?

035 What’s the Perfect Length for a Podcast?

How to Determine the Duration of Your Show Every couple of months I see this question pop up in podcaster forums and on podcast Facebook groups – How long should my podcast be? Or, What’s the ideal length for a podcast. Then the flurry of opinions fly in. 30...
034 How to Hook Listeners with an Effective Podcast Intro

034 How to Hook Listeners with an Effective Podcast Intro

How to Hook Listeners with an Effective Podcast Intro Picture this. Your listeners are sitting in a basket suspended over the shark infested water. There is a laser that is slowly slicing through the rope holding it up. You have thirty seconds to turn off the laser....
030 What To Do When Your Episode is Crap

030 What To Do When Your Episode is Crap

Pull It or Publish It, That is the Question I see this a lot in Facebook Groups. Someone is debating whether or not to publish an episode of their podcast despite it having some glaringly wrong issue. So, what should they do? **Spoiler Alert: you’re not going to like...
028 Five Mistakes Podcasters Make Before Hitting Record

028 Five Mistakes Podcasters Make Before Hitting Record

How To Avoid Failing Before You Start It’s all in the lead up. Great athletes know this. Successful business people know this. And you, fine podcaster, should know it too. Having a good pre-record routine is the key to setting yourself (and your show) up for success....