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

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

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

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for launching and growing your podcast. From audio engineering to

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

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sized tip to help you podcast.

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

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

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

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podcast called Working Towards Our Purpose. So basically with that

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

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

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

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

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

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

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could either just not release an episode quietly or I

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thought of the idea of just releasing like a quick solo

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episode. So this show is specifically interviewing other people

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and every episode I interview a different person. So

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when I have somebody cancel on me or things happen and

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

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

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really just me talking. But for whatever reason,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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And then I ran into somebody who listens to my

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

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

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episode where you just gave everybody an update instead of

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

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

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

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says anything. And I appreciated that feedback because when

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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forward that feedback that I got to hopefully

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

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

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

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

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put together and it probably took me a matter of

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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