Welcome to Help Me Podcast, a show designed to help you launch and grow your podcast. I am your host, Geno, and twice a week I will release a new episode with different tips and tricks for launching and growing your podcast. From audio engineering to planning intentionally to growth tactics, each episode will be a bite sized tip to help you podcast. Hey, welcome all. Thanks for tuning back in to Help Me podcast.
Today. I have a really quick tip for you. And it was kind of brought to my attention by some feedback that I got from my other podcast called Working Towards Our Purpose. So basically with that podcast, I released biweekly. And the last time I went to release an episode, I didn't have an interview lined up and edited. I had somebody cancel on me and I didn't have any in the bank like I always tell myself that I should do. So I was facing my release date and I didn't have an episode.
So in my mind, I had two decisions to make. I could either just not release an episode quietly or I thought of the idea of just releasing like a quick solo episode. So this show is specifically interviewing other people and every episode I interview a different person. So when I have somebody cancel on me or things happen and I don't have an episode ready to go, I usually don't think to just put out like an episode of myself because none of the episodes are
really just me talking. But for whatever reason, I thought this time like, hey, why don't I just have an episode that's maybe like two or 3 minutes long? And I could thank people for listening, I could thank people for giving me good feedback and for the positive response that I had and kind of just give an update and say, like, I got some interviews coming up. I plan on still doing this biweekly and everything. I just wanted to keep you updated while I
didn't have a show for this week. And so I sent it out and didn't really think too much of it. It was only like two or 3 minutes long. And then I ran into somebody who listens to my podcast every time I release an episode. And he came up to me and he was like, hey, man, it was really smart of you to do that episode where you just gave everybody an update instead of
just, like, taking a week off. Because normally people just don't say anything. And then the podcast doesn't come out and the listeners are like, kind of waiting on when is the next one going to come? And nobody really says anything. And I appreciated that feedback because when he said that, it made me think of it and I was like, yeah, you know what? That is true. There's podcasts that I listen to that are weekly
podcasts. And then I'm thinking of one in particular, they took like basically like one or two months off and didn't say anything. And it was kind of frustrating for the listener. Sure, I don't have thousands of downloads, but for the people that do listen to the show, when you don't have one come out and you don't say why you don't have one come out or you don't have a reason, it just kind of leaves people hanging a little bit. So that's my short piece of advice
for today. Nothing super long, but I just wanted to pass forward that feedback that I got to hopefully help you in the future. Maybe next time you don't have an episode ready because life gets in the way, maybe you could just go in there and record an episode really quick. Because a good thing about it is it really didn't take me that much time at all. It was super simple to put together and it probably took me a matter of
30 minutes between recording, editing, uploading and scheduling it. So it's something that can be done really quickly and I think it can be helpful for you and your listeners. I think it's always a good idea to tell your listeners that you're going to be taking a break or just
tell them when you're coming back. Or even if you just have a week like I mentioned this episode, even if you just have a week where you don't have an episode, I think it's helpful to just say, hey, I don't have an episode this week, and to just fill in your listeners and tell them what's going on. Because you never know who's listening to your podcast every time you release an episode and you want to make all of your listeners feel like they're
part of the show. So when you go ahead and tell them that you're taking a break, I think it helps them feel more appreciated. And especially like I mentioned, when you're releasing an episode that thanks your listeners, certainly nobody's going to get upset that they're being appreciated for listening to your show. So I think it's a win win all around and I highly encourage you to do it. So that's all I got for you today. I hope this was helpful and I will see you on the next episode.
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