022 Stop Answering Your Own Questions
Jul 26, 2016
If you have guests on your show - are you stealing their spotlight? Are you treating your show like it’s a ventriloquist act where you ask and answer the questions while your willing expert sits mutely by? You might have fallen into the Ask-Answer-Ask trap.
I hear this all the time and (confession) I’ve done it....
021 Stop Making Your Listener Feel Dumb
Jul 19, 2016
Want to know a quick way to lose a lot of listeners? Assume they know what you’re talking about. Talk over their heads and they’ll be hitting delete lickety split.
In this podcast, I explain a few simple ways that you can avoid making your audience feel dumb. Because, who likes to feel dumb? Look, they already know...
020 Shit In is Shit Out
Jul 12, 2016
There is no delicate way to say this. When it comes to recording, shit in, is shit out - if you record your podcast with peaking, hot levels it’s going to sound like shit and there is nothing you can do to fix it.
I see this question come up all the time in the podcaster Facebook groups and forums....
019 Tell us About Yourself is NOT a Question
Jul 5, 2016
Don’t be fooled by the podcast gurus who love to throw this out as a way to start the show. “Tell us about yourself” is not a question and it’s definitely no way to start an interview!
Look, I’m not calling anyone out here - unbunch your panties, folks. There are a lot of podcasters who do this. But that...