Self-Care For Podcasters

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Selfish Reasons To Listen To Your Own Podcast

Appealing to the needs of your listener base is key to making a successful podcast. But there's one listener who has slightly different needs than the rest. Make sure you're fulfilling their needs too.

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Authentic Podcasting Is The Best Self Care

Worrying about growth, new tech, and other podcasting distractions can cause you to forget that your audience is your audience, not a nameless pool you have to fight for week after week. Lean into them.

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Blame The Beach For This Interruption

There are those who would have podcasters believe that they have to grind out episodes, day after day, week after week, month after month, and never take a break. I am not one of those. ‘Cuz that’s dumb.

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Embracing The Empowerment Of Podcasting

The degree of autonomy and self-determination we have as podcasters is staggering. But we can get caught up in “the rest” of podcasting & overlook others struggling to find the freedom we enjoy.

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Podcasting 996 - Path To Success Or Early Burnout?

Many podcasters sacrifice the majority of their free time so they can podcast. Some of them seem to love that, while others wonder if they’re missing out on what life has to offer. Which are you?

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The Mental Healthy Way To Podcasting Opportunities

Busy podcasters know that there’s always more that can be done. Fans of busy podcasters know that too, often trying to be helpful by highlighting new opportunities. Which, while nice, can lead to burnout.

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Embracing Change

Playing Up (Or Down) Your Podcasting Personality

Sometimes, we just need a change in our podcast, either subtle or fundamental. But one thing remains the same. Us. What do we do when some aspects of our personality just aren’t perfect for podcasting?

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Metrics That Matter

The Happy Way To Find Podcasting Success

Success in podcasting is talked about in zero-sum terms. Do more of this thing, less of these others, and success will come. But success is subjective and relative. We need a better measuring stick.

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The Proud Way Of Finding Success In Podcasting

Ask a dozen podcasters to define success and you’ll get a dozen answers. But I think they all have a common thread, a thread available to every podcaster that, when pulled, keeps them in the game.

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Reducing Your Anxiety Around Big Podcasting Changes

Podcasting pundits and journalists are busy releasing speculations ahead of announcements from Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and even Facebook. But are those opinion pieces helping or hurting podcasters?

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Podcasting Like A Pro When You Don't Sound Like A Pro

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Unlocking Podcast Listener Data Without Being Creepy

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The Perilous Life Of A Podcast Producer

Being a podcast producer can be great work if you can get it. But it’s still work. Work that someone else is paying you to do. How can you prepare for when—not if—that relationship comes to an end?

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Bringing Back The Magic To Your Boring Podcast

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The Battle Against Irrelevancy In Podcasting