In The Gloaming, an anthology podcast “in the vein of Tales of The Unexpected and Hammer House of Horror” has a very useful post up entitled: How NOT to make an award-winning podcast. Writes Nathaniel Tapley:
There were lots of reasons that we hadn’t been able to do as many episodes as we’d hoped. People’s schedules clashed, they got work or didn’t get work at the wrong times, we weren’t getting as many downloads as we might have hoped (the episodes had been listened to about 6,500 times at that point). However, most of the reasons we weren’t able to churn them out on a monthly basis were self-inflicted, and could have been avoided with a little thought early on in the process.
In the full post Tapley talks about the errors In The Gloaming made with regard to promos (audio trailers), format, monetizing methods, software and scheduling. It reads like the best advice column for would be podcasters ever. It comes from someone who knows exactly what he’s talking about – because he NOW knows exactly what he’d do differently next time. I wish more bloggers and podcasters would write posts like it. Check it out HERE.
Posted by Jesse Willis