Post consistently every week
Chop up your episode into short-form clips
Ask for feedback
Show the behind-the-scenes process of creating an episode
Look up the last 10 things you purchased and reach out to the people who created them
Review your old interviews
Ask yourself: how can I be more useful?
Post consistently where the attention is (TikTok, YouTube Shorts, Instagram).
Find the podcaster you want to be like. Study what they did when they were at your stage.
Ask someone who enjoys the podcast: what, in particular, do they enjoy about it?
Ask yourself: how am I producing something that nobody else could create?
Get more reviews on Spotify
Upgrade your equipment
Add timestamps
Move to a location where there is a high density of people you want to talk to
Spend an extra hour researching
Tweet out a list of your dream guests
Text a podcast episode to 10 friends
Study your best-performing episodes and figure out how to make a series or do the ones that perform the best, again
Become a more interesting person
Start posting on a new channel
Check your best-performing posts on an old channel
Watch or listen to an episode with someone who represents your ideal listener
Review a transcript of your show
Talk to another podcast at your level/size/episode
Coach someone who is behind you
Ask for help from someone who has a bigger show than you
Tell 10 people your 5 dream guests
Make friends with 10 other podcasts
Outsource some parts you hate
Improve the video
Improve the audio
Study an interview from a top-podcaster
Improve thumbnails
Reach out to 3 high-profile potential guests
Come up with at least 10 titles for every episode
Add show notes
Make it as easy as possible for yourself to keep going
Send your new episode to 100 people personally (by text)
Whenever you find something interesting about someone, jot it down in your notes in the event you ever interview them
When people tell you they enjoy the show, get them to rate it on Spotify
Ask guests who they’d like to see on your show
Take an improv class
Do standup comedy
Take a cold shower before recording
Be on the lookout for interesting stories or people throughout your day
Let someone know when they’ve been mentioned on your podcast
Publish your most important takeaways from an episode
Put your episode in Auphonic to level out the audio
Meditate
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Thanks for this, great ideas!