Starting a podcast is exciting. Staying consistent with your podcast, on the other hand, can often be a challenge. Today, I’m sharing with you how you can be a consistent podcaster.
Not only is staying consistent with your podcast great for your listeners because they know that your podcast is active and that they can always come back to your episodes. It builds trust with your audience.
But also, once you become a consistent podcaster, you’ll get into the habit of recording new episodes and taking your podcast more seriously.
It saves a lot of time on decision-making, wondering when you’ll upload a new episode, what to do next, etc.
You know that podcasting is a part of your business and you can start treating it that way.
5 tips to be a consistent podcaster:
1) define what consistency means for you
“It’s not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives. It’s what we do consistently.”
― Anthony Robbins
There are podcasts that upload daily episodes, weekly, biweekly, monthly…
There are no set rules as to how often you should upload new episodes.
However, if you want to be a consistent podcaster – you need to decide for yourself how often you’re going to upload new episodes.
Depending on what’s going on in my business, whether I’m launching new offers, or accepting new clients – I might be uploading once a week to multiple times a week.
You also want to keep in mind your lifestyle, whether you’re outsourcing podcast management, or are you doing everything on your own.
There are many factors that go into this decision and it’s completely up to you.
Think about what are your goals for your podcast and where are you currently in your business.
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2) plan your podcast episodes ahead of time
I have recorded more than 100 episodes on my podcast (The La Ivana Podcast), uploaded close to 100 blog posts and I never run out of ideas.
I’ve been creating content since 2017 and I learned the skill of generating new ideas whenever I need them.
There are a lot of ways you can do this, and I assure you – there is no such thing as ‘’I don’t have any ideas’’
When you learn how to generate new ideas on cue, you’ll never run out of topics for your podcast.
Planning your episodes ahead of time keeps you on track so that you don’t feel worried that at one point, you might hit a creative block and disappear from your podcast for weeks until you feel inspired again.
SAVE FOR LATER 🙂
3) if you want to save time – batch record your podcast episodes
“So much time is wasted switching from one task to another. By batching repetitive tasks, once wasted time is recovered and can be used for other things. ”
― Richie Norton
If I’m uploading multiple episodes per week, I like to batch record them.
That way, I don’t have to get up earlier to record throughout the week and I don’t have to prepare everything for recording more than once a week.
On days when I’m recording new episodes, I get up one or two hours earlier than usual so that I can avoid construction noise, cars, dogs barking, etc.
No one likes to listen to a podcast that’s interrupted by all kinds of outside noises.
If you think it takes a lot of time to create new episodes consistently, look at it this way:
You decide that you want to upload new episodes on Mondays.
That means that you only have to record 4-5 new episodes a month. You batch record 2 episodes on one day, the next 2-3 episodes the next day, and that’s it.
Or you can even dedicate one weekend to record all 5 episodes and you’re done for the month. All episodes for the entire month are done in one weekend!
If you have a podcast manager, they can take care of all the rest. You just have to record twice a month and that’s all.
That’s how beneficial batch recording is.
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4) have all your podcast-related tasks in one place
I simply use Google Calendar to organize everything I have to do on my podcast.
If you have 10 to-do lists, a bunch of sticky notes, and a few planners, it will create a mess.
The tasks I schedule for my podcast are:
– reaching out to guests for interviews
– preparing the episode
– recording the episode
– editing & uploading (or scheduling for a future date)
From there, I repurpose it to other platforms like my blog, YouTube, Instagram, newsletter, TikTok, Pinterest, etc.
All of those tasks are in my Google Calendar and it all gets done.
5) don’t underplan
If you want to take podcasting seriously, you need to know how to plan.
Don’t set vague goals and plans thinking – yeah, that’ll probably work.
When you know how often you want to upload, you have ideas on what topics to talk about, and you know when you’re going to batch record your episodes – plan effectively.
Put the exact things you need to do in your calendar + when you’re going to do them. That’s why I love Google Calendar. I can choose the exact time slot I want to do something.
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Until the next time,
Ivana
Love this post!!I like doing tasks in batches too. I’ll save it for later, when I start a podcast 🙂 Tho I think I can also apply those ideas to other areas.