Keep Your Podcast Mind Fresh…
The production of podcasts can be tiring and draining mentally - they need you to invest a lot of time in research, production and also promotion of your show. Sometimes you can look at your show statistics and think is it really worth all this effort, or indeed it is worth the effort but you are totally bereft of ideas. We have all been there especially if you podcast alone. I often write about not being stale, about constantly pushing yourself to learn something new, about fighting podcaster complacency.
The easiest way that I have found to cope with this state of mind, is to realise that staleness comes from something that felt like new, now feeling old. Thus, with my very simple mind I know that I have to search for something new..to bring back the freshness. This might be
1) In myself, by attending a conference, barcamp, podcamp…anything that inspire the podcasting soul!
2) In the show, by doing something either I haven’t tried before or having a guest purely from left field that brings a different angle to the conversation.
3) Change the presenters..if you are solo..invite a co host. If you co host why not fly solo one week.
Your role is to keep that element of surprise there for the listener..that element of surprise their for you! That surprise that you learn a new skill i.e recording an interview, that you have contacted someone for the show that you never imagined that you would, that you learn something new about yourself…like how to reignite the flames of motivation.
One question I ask is ” If I wanted to surprise me, what would I do!”
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