Help Me Podcast

Welcome to Help Me Podcast, a show designed to help you

launch and grow your podcast. I am your host, Geno, and twice

a week I will release a new episode with different tips and tricks

for launching and growing your podcast. From audio engineering to

planning intentionally to growth tactics, each episode will be a bite

sized tip to help you podcast.

Hey, welcome all. Thanks for tuning back in to Help Me podcast.

Today. I have a really quick tip for you. And it was kind of

brought to my attention by some feedback that I got from my other

podcast called Working Towards Our Purpose. So basically with that

podcast, I released biweekly. And the last time I went to release an

episode, I didn't have an interview lined up and

edited. I had somebody cancel on me and I didn't have any in the

bank like I always tell myself that I should do. So I was

facing my release date and I didn't have an episode.

So in my mind, I had two decisions to make. I

could either just not release an episode quietly or I

thought of the idea of just releasing like a quick solo

episode. So this show is specifically interviewing other people

and every episode I interview a different person. So

when I have somebody cancel on me or things happen and

I don't have an episode ready to go, I usually don't think

to just put out like an episode of myself because none of the episodes are

really just me talking. But for whatever reason,

I thought this time like, hey, why don't I just have an

episode that's maybe like two or 3 minutes long? And I

could thank people for listening, I could thank people for giving me

good feedback and for the positive response that I had and kind of just give

an update and say, like, I got some interviews coming up. I plan on

still doing this biweekly and everything. I just wanted to keep you updated while I

didn't have a show for this week. And so I sent it out and didn't

really think too much of it. It was only like two or 3 minutes long.

And then I ran into somebody who listens to my

podcast every time I release an episode. And he came up to me and he

was like, hey, man, it was really smart of you to do that

episode where you just gave everybody an update instead of

just, like, taking a week off. Because normally people just don't say anything. And then

the podcast doesn't come out and the listeners are like, kind of

waiting on when is the next one going to come? And nobody really

says anything. And I appreciated that feedback because when

he said that, it made me think of it and I was like, yeah, you

know what? That is true. There's podcasts that I listen to that are weekly

podcasts. And then I'm thinking of one in particular,

they took like basically like one or two months off and didn't

say anything. And it was kind of frustrating for the listener.

Sure, I don't have thousands of downloads, but for the people that do listen to

the show, when you don't have one come out and you don't say

why you don't have one come out or you don't have a reason, it just

kind of leaves people hanging a little bit. So that's my short piece of advice

for today. Nothing super long, but I just wanted to pass

forward that feedback that I got to hopefully

help you in the future. Maybe next time you don't have an episode ready

because life gets in the way, maybe you could just go in there and

record an episode really quick. Because a good thing about it is

it really didn't take me that much time at all. It was super simple to

put together and it probably took me a matter of

30 minutes between recording, editing, uploading and scheduling it. So

it's something that can be done really quickly and I think it

can be helpful for you and your listeners. I think it's always a good idea

to tell your listeners that you're going to be taking a break or just

tell them when you're coming back. Or even if you just have a week like

I mentioned this episode, even if you just have a week where you don't have

an episode, I think it's helpful to just say, hey, I don't have an episode

this week, and to just fill in your listeners and tell them what's going on.

Because you never know who's listening to your podcast every time you release an

episode and you want to make all of your listeners feel like they're

part of the show. So when you go ahead and tell them that you're taking

a break, I think it helps them feel more appreciated. And

especially like I mentioned, when you're releasing an episode that thanks your

listeners, certainly nobody's going to get upset that they're being

appreciated for listening to your show. So I think it's a win win all around

and I highly encourage you to do it. So that's all I got for you

today. I hope this was helpful and I will see you on the next episode.

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