By Mitch Rice
If you are putting massive effort into creating your podcasts and the results aren’t satisfactory, you don’t need to worry at all. There is a solution for every problem. Often, despite putting in tremendous efforts may result in mistakes that jeopardize our work. Seeking online help in this respect can be beneficial; for instance, melonapp.com has your guide on starting a podcast. Stick to the end of the article to find out some of the common mistakes made by beginner podcasters and try to avoid them.
- Not Knowing Your Target Audience
Many people make the mistake of not understanding what their target audience is, or in simple words, they are creating their content. Yet, knowing your audience and connecting with it is essential.
To find such groups or individuals, you should have a clear idea of their personality or social class. Then, this group will help you grow by socializing directly with them through social media apps to discover their problems and interests.
- Creating Unplanned Title
It is easy to generate ideas and cool titles that mean to us, but sometimes you end up creating titles that are too long, hard to pronounce, and do not describe the content correctly. Your title should also be unique and planned, so take some time to research this.
- Careless or No Personal Branding
If you think that branding is not a concern for you, then you’re wrong. If you create content, you are a brand, and you need to invest time in branding to stand out from the rest. Spreading your brand out on different social media platforms will help in this matter.
- Showing Inconsistency
Being consistent in content creation is a major part of growth and attracts a loyal following. Along with this, you will need to think of every aspect of your podcast, like font, color, theme, music, images, etc., as everything will have to line up with your message, which will make it more powerful.
- Sloppy Description
A sloppy description or none at all is like a book without a description on the back of a movie without a synopsis. A description is a chance to invite people in to listen to your podcast. So, take time to make this description memorable and attractive. It will let people decide whether they want to listen to the podcast or not. Use creative, fun, and interactive language with relevant keywords.
- Careless Use of Social Media
Post carefully and intentionally on social media. It is usually a discovery point of new podcasts, so pay special attention to it and be engaging. This can be done through creating micro-content and promotions, etc.
- Poor Sound Quality
The importance of sound quality has been long debated, but if volumes are inconsistent, harsh on ears, or if the intro is too loud or not enough, it can drive followers away. On the other hand, good sound is inviting to everyone, so invest in audio production.
- Not Focusing on Reach
You need to find ways in order to boost your reach.
Having a personal website has a significant impact on creating a community and strengthening your identity. The website name should be easy to pronounce, type and access.
- Having No Strategy
A pre-launch strategy should be given the importance that it deserves. A strategy can help you record good content, ease out your streaming process, and save up some time.
- Poor Time Management
This mistake may cost you your audience, resulting in poor audio quality and rushed editing. The ideal time to produce a hit 1-hour podcast is at least 10 hours.
- Delivering Boring Content
If you lack good storytelling skills, you risk delivering well-researched content in a very boring manner. Vice versa, you may have great speaking skills, but your content is meaningless; you may lose listeners at an unimaginatively fast pace. To keep your listeners from fading out, you need to add valuable information to your content and deliver it interestingly.
You need to a tab on these common mistakes, especially at the start of your podcast; eventually, you will be auto-tuned at delivering perfect quality and content.
