March 29, 2021

I Wish I Had Known This When I Started Podcasting

I Wish I Had Known This When I Started Podcasting

It's the last week of the month which means, "Question of the Month" where YOU get to be on the show. This month's question is "What do you wish you had known when you started your podcast."

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Because of My Podcast: Fred Castaneda

The No Agenda streaming service found Fred's show the 2030 Podcast and added it to their schedule. 

What I Wish I Had Known

04:31 Steve Stewart: Audacity At Zero Crossing 07:13 Kurt from Expats in Austin: The Importance of Editors 08:21 James from Bros and blokes - The Amount of Time 09:21 Kim Newlove from the Pharmacists Voice - Fitting Podcasting Into Life 11:18 Jill Keep the Flame Alive - It Takes a LOT of Time 12:06 Paul from Improve and Have Fun: Episode Length 13:30 York from Poetic Earthlings: The Evil of Comparison 15:11 Bill from Bill Watches Movies: Stats Are Useless 17:32 Paul from Improve and Have Fun:: Do Whatever You Want 18:47 Carrie from Hope for Anxiety and ODC It is EASY to Get Guests 20:11 Craig from Inglespodcast - Cohosts Makes Things Better 21:00 Arnie Sports History Network - More Networking 22:49 Kim from Bee Keeping Today - Reaching Your Target Audience is Hard 23:20 Seth Geekville Radio - Plugins For WordPress 25:30 Anthony from Route 66 - Post vs Pages 26:16 Join the School of Podcasting 27:14 Kris from the Kris and Kristine Show - How Podcasts Work 29:19 Joe the Morning Meditation- Writing Good Titles 30:22 Jeff the Podcast Pizza Show - The Power of the Niche 32:10 Glenn from Horse Radio Network - Started Side Hustles 32:58 Dave (me) - Do ONE GOOD Podcast 34:29 Kim from Toastmasters 101 Impostor Syndrome 35:25 Pashup from the Warrior One - Be Yourself 36:13 Next Months Question: Finding Co-Hosts 37:53 Fixing a Mistake 43:17 Bloopers

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2025 Audience Survey

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2025 Audience Survey

00:00 - Untitled

02:00 - Because of My Podcast: Fred from 2030 Podcast

04:40 - Question of the Month

04:53 - Steve Stewart: Audacity At Zero Crossing

07:34 - Kurt Russel: The Importance of Editors

08:42 - James - The Amount of Time

09:42 - Kim Newlove - Fitting Podcasting Into Life

11:39 - Jill - It Takes a LOT of Time

12:27 - Paul: Episode Length

13:51 - York: The Evil of Comparison

15:32 - Bill: Stats Are Useless

17:53 - Paul: Do Whatever You Want

19:09 - Carrie - It is EASY to Get Guests

20:33 - Craig - Cohosts Makes Things Better

21:21 - Arnie - More Networking

23:10 - Kim - Reaching Your Target Audience is Hard

23:41 - Seth - Plugins For WordPress

25:51 - Anthony - Post vs Pages

26:37 - Join the School of Podcasting

27:35 - Chris - How Podcasts Work

29:41 - Joe - Writing Good Titles

30:43 - Jeff - The Power of the Niche

32:31 - Glenn - Started Side Hustles

33:20 - Dave - Do ONE GOOD Podcast

34:50 - Kim Impostor Syndrome

35:46 - Be Yourself

36:34 - Next Months Question: Finding Co-Hosts

38:15 - Fixing a Mistake

43:38 - Bloopers