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I'm Danny Brown,
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and you're listening to One Minute Podcast Tips,
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the show that helps you be a better podcaster
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in just a minute a week.
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And now, this week's episode.
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When you've been podcasting for a while,
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one of the dangers you can face is podfade.
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If you're not sure what podfade is, it's basically burnout from your podcast.
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And it stops you wanting to make more episodes and maybe even give up your podcast altogether.
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Now the good news is, every podcaster goes through this.
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Which means there are ways to avoid podfade.
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The first thing is recognizing what it is that's making you feel you want to give up your podcast.
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Is it lack of downloads?
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Lack of listeners?
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Have you lost interest in the topic?
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Are there other things in your life getting in the way?
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Work, family, stuff like that.
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Once you recognize what's causing it,
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that's when you can start to look at ways to counter podfade.
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Now the key part is obviously, do you still enjoy podcasting?
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Podcasting takes a lot of work,
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and it could be that you feel the effort you put in
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isn't worth it anymore,
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and there's nothing wrong with that whatsoever.
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Other ways to avoid podfade
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is ask yourself why you're podcasting.
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When you first started, you had a reason to podcast.
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Is that reason the same?
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Are you still going after the same audience?
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Do you still want to share the same insights
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from these early days?
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Podcasting's an evolving medium,
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so don't be afraid to change up the topics and
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approach of your podcast. If you feel that the schedule is too much, maybe you're
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producing daily podcasts or weekly podcasts, then consider changing up to
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bi-weekly. Your listeners would rather have a show that you enjoy on a
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frequency that you enjoy as opposed to you pushing content out just for the
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sake of it. And if it's downloads or lack of that has you thinking about
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giving up, keep this in mind. Podcasting is a long game. When you first started
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walking you couldn't run fast. When you first started running you couldn't sprint.
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Podcasting is exactly the same. Growth needs to be nurtured and worked on.
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See what's working for your listeners. See what kind of content is getting traction.
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Is it long form, short form, video, audio, how you deliver the topic. Little things
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like that can always be tweaked and all that will help you towards your growth.
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The main thing to remember is podfade affects every podcaster and there are
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ways to overcome it. Until the next time, happy podcasting.
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Thanks for listening.
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Until the next time, happy podcasting.
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