I’m planning to launch a new gaming podcast about PlayStation, and I did record the intro part today as I promised myself I would. But I can’t stop second guessing myself and just sitting here wondering if it’s even worth the effort. My plan was/is to record the rest tomorrow and launch, but I’m really not sure if I’m going to go through with it after all. Idk who’s going to see this post or care but I guess I wanted to tell someone how I’m feeling about it. That’s all.
Record the first 4 episodes first, then release them one at a time.
I read something a while ago somewhere that said something like 90% of podcasts don’t make it past episode 3.
I want the episodes to be somewhat topical and keep up with recent news / releases so I’m probably not going to record that far in advance. I’m thinking today might not work for launch but I’m going to try for tomorrow or I’ll have to push to next week. The stat about 3-4 episodes makes sense, that was my cutoff point as well lol
If you’re unknown now, the currentness of the topical stuff won’t matter to most of your viewers. Because they’ll only start listening once they find you and are more likely to do so once you have a few available episodes.
Your wishy washy “I’ll post tomorrow or next week is already a red flag.”
Start doing weekly or however often once you have 4 episodes done and cover topical stuff then.
This seems like especially good advice; you’d be kind of betting on someone 60 days from now coming across the podcast and going “Hey, this is pretty good!” They’re not going to care as much if the conversation is about very recent, fast-expiring news. Probably better to aim for something that makes for a slightly more timeless conversation.
No one is going to be paying attention from the get-go so it doesn’t matter if it’s very recent. The content quality is more important. It’s your first time round so getting the format down and why people should listen is paramount; respect the listener’s time and keep it detailed.