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Why Are People Not Listening to Your Podcasts?

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&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;92 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad15875 " id&equals;"quads-ad15875" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;padding&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;" data-lazydelay&equals;"0">&NewLine;<amp-ad &NewLine; width&equals;"100vw" &NewLine; height&equals;"320" &NewLine; type&equals;"adsense" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4964358903113472" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"7296948979" &NewLine; data-auto-format&equals;"rspv" &NewLine; data-full-width &NewLine; > &NewLine; <div overflow><&sol;div> &NewLine; <&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1">Despite investing heavily in time&comma; resources&comma; and energy&comma; people are not listening to your podcasts&period; You have fixed hundreds of listener woes identified&comma; but still&comma; there is little or no success&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1">Before you lose hope&comma; you need to know that a podcast is like a car&period; When it’s new&comma; it attracts a lot of attention and excitement&period; If you don’t maintain it properly&comma; it will depreciate significantly&comma; and no one will find it interesting&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1">Similarly&comma; no one will listen to your podcast if it doesn’t provide the value they are looking for&period; See – even the best podcasters have been immersed in a pool of obscurity by minor things&period; You are not alone in this&period; Instead of whining&comma; read on to find out some of the reasons why you have lost listeners and how you can fix each fault&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;92 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad14936 " id&equals;"quads-ad14936" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;padding&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;" data-lazydelay&equals;"0">&NewLine;<amp-ad &NewLine; width&equals;"100vw" &NewLine; height&equals;"320" &NewLine; type&equals;"adsense" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"pub-4964358903113472" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"3932419033" &NewLine; data-auto-format&equals;"rspv" &NewLine; data-full-width &NewLine; > &NewLine; <div overflow><&sol;div> &NewLine; <&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><b>1&period; You are doing long-winded episodes&excl;<&sol;b><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1">Last week&comma; you recorded a five-hour podcast and felt like a hero&period; One week later&comma; you can only take pride in a handful of listeners&period; Heart-breaking&comma; huh&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1">Look – even if you create the best scripts&comma; a long-winded podcast will always be perceived as boring&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;92 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad14936 " id&equals;"quads-ad14936" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;padding&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;" data-lazydelay&equals;"0">&NewLine;<amp-ad &NewLine; width&equals;"100vw" &NewLine; height&equals;"320" &NewLine; type&equals;"adsense" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"pub-4964358903113472" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"3932419033" &NewLine; data-auto-format&equals;"rspv" &NewLine; data-full-width &NewLine; > &NewLine; <div overflow><&sol;div> &NewLine; <&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1">Although you might have a lot to talk about&comma; remember to think about your target audience&&num;8217&semi;s attention span&period; Script out your shows and scale down long pieces to keep things laconic and exciting&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><b>2&period; Your podcasts are not getting discovered<&sol;b><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1">People find it challenging to find your podcasts&comma; which is why you are not getting listeners despite how hard you try&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;92 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad14936 " id&equals;"quads-ad14936" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;padding&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;" data-lazydelay&equals;"0">&NewLine;<amp-ad &NewLine; width&equals;"100vw" &NewLine; height&equals;"320" &NewLine; type&equals;"adsense" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"pub-4964358903113472" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"3932419033" &NewLine; data-auto-format&equals;"rspv" &NewLine; data-full-width &NewLine; > &NewLine; <div overflow><&sol;div> &NewLine; <&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1">You need to adopt a myriad of ways to give your audience an easy time finding your podcast&period; First&comma; recognize the fact that your listeners are not enshrined in one app&period; They are spread across all platforms&semi; hence you need to establish your presence in all of them&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1">Of course&comma; you might be tempted to focus on major apps like Spotify and Stitcher&period;<span class&equals;"Apple-converted-space">  <&sol;span>If you want to expand your reach&comma; however&comma; consider using as many directories as you can&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1">Secondly&comma; don’t ignore social media platforms like Twitter&comma; Facebook&comma; and Instagram&period; Promote your podcasts on these social sites&comma; engage potential listeners&comma; keep them informed&comma; and encourage them to listen&period; This will result in success in no time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;92 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad14936 " id&equals;"quads-ad14936" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;padding&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;" data-lazydelay&equals;"0">&NewLine;<amp-ad &NewLine; width&equals;"100vw" &NewLine; height&equals;"320" &NewLine; type&equals;"adsense" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"pub-4964358903113472" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"3932419033" &NewLine; data-auto-format&equals;"rspv" &NewLine; data-full-width &NewLine; > &NewLine; <div overflow><&sol;div> &NewLine; <&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1">Finally&comma; endeavor to get to iTunes top 100 charts&period; Doing this is not easy&comma; but if you do&comma; you will grow your influence and ultimately get more listeners for your podcast&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><b>3&period; Your episodes are too scripted<&sol;b><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1">Obviously&comma; you need to script out your podcast to make it short and valuable&period; However&comma; if you over script it&comma; you will sound unnatural&comma; and people will lose interest&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;92 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad14936 " id&equals;"quads-ad14936" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;padding&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;" data-lazydelay&equals;"0">&NewLine;<amp-ad &NewLine; width&equals;"100vw" &NewLine; height&equals;"320" &NewLine; type&equals;"adsense" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"pub-4964358903113472" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"3932419033" &NewLine; data-auto-format&equals;"rspv" &NewLine; data-full-width &NewLine; > &NewLine; <div overflow><&sol;div> &NewLine; <&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1">Jot down your ideas before you record an episode and make sure you sound as natural as possible&period; You can even rehearse it loudly and ensure it sounds great&period; If listening to yourself sounds funny&comma; get a friend or family member to listen to you&comma; and proceed with the recording ones&comma; you are sure you sound okay&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><b>4&period; You sound disorganized<&sol;b><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1">You might have the sweetest story in the world&comma; but if you don&&num;8217&semi;t make it interesting at the beginning&comma; middle&comma; and end&comma; no one will enjoy it&period; Even yourself&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;92 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad14936 " id&equals;"quads-ad14936" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;padding&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;" data-lazydelay&equals;"0">&NewLine;<amp-ad &NewLine; width&equals;"100vw" &NewLine; height&equals;"320" &NewLine; type&equals;"adsense" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"pub-4964358903113472" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"3932419033" &NewLine; data-auto-format&equals;"rspv" &NewLine; data-full-width &NewLine; > &NewLine; <div overflow><&sol;div> &NewLine; <&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1">Don’t tell your listeners disorganized stories because your message will be lost in the process&period; When they lose interest&comma; they will leave – most of them for good&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1">To fix this&comma; script out your podcasts and write notes that will help you stay on course&period; With a good structure and flow&comma; rest assured you will capture listeners’ attention&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><b>5&period; Your podcasts aren&&num;8217&semi;t tailored for the listeners<&sol;b><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;92 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad14936 " id&equals;"quads-ad14936" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;padding&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;" data-lazydelay&equals;"0">&NewLine;<amp-ad &NewLine; width&equals;"100vw" &NewLine; height&equals;"320" &NewLine; type&equals;"adsense" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"pub-4964358903113472" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"3932419033" &NewLine; data-auto-format&equals;"rspv" &NewLine; data-full-width &NewLine; > &NewLine; <div overflow><&sol;div> &NewLine; <&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1">People love podcasts that directly address their needs and <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;quickstartpodcast&period;com&sol;podcast-topics-selecting-your-podcast-niche&sol;"><span class&equals;"s1">offer solutions to their problems<&sol;span><&sol;a>&period; If you lack a sense of personalization in your podcast&comma; a huge section of your target audience will switch off&comma; leave&comma; and never come back&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1">To keep you engaged&comma; develop episodes that speak to the listener&period; If you exude the right emotions when you speak&comma; you will enjoy high levels of engagement&comma; and this will make you a star in no time&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1">Nowadays there are podcasts for every niche&comma; even if you are looking for <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;twinspires&period;com&sol;kentuckyderby&sol;odds"><span class&equals;"s1">betting advice on the Kentucky Derby odds<&sol;span><&sol;a> or to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;pokercopilot&period;com&sol;2018&sol;04&sol;best-poker-podcast"><span class&equals;"s1">improve your poker skills<&sol;span><&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;92 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad14936 " id&equals;"quads-ad14936" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;padding&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;" data-lazydelay&equals;"0">&NewLine;<amp-ad &NewLine; width&equals;"100vw" &NewLine; height&equals;"320" &NewLine; type&equals;"adsense" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"pub-4964358903113472" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"3932419033" &NewLine; data-auto-format&equals;"rspv" &NewLine; data-full-width &NewLine; > &NewLine; <div overflow><&sol;div> &NewLine; <&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1">People have different goals when listening to podcasts&period; Nonetheless&comma; they all have one thing in common – they are constantly looking for something to enjoy&period; Most of them want something to keep them entertained as they do other things like working out&comma; cooking or walking the dog&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1">As long as you fix all the issues outlined above and make your podcast fun and valuable&comma; you will be on the right path to becoming one of the most celebrated podcasters of all time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;

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