Podcasting Is A Numbers Game You Don't Have To Play

For as creative a pursuit as podcasting is, it sometimes looks like a math equation with so many numbers being tossed around. Numbers that we're told should be important. But... says who? As podcasters, we get pretty twisted up by numbers we're told are important to podcasting and to our podcasts.  Downloads. Listeners. Social media followers. Drop-in audio attendees. Paying supporters. Satoshis streamed. Advertisers. Episodes produced per year. Audience demographics. Creator demographics. And how many podcasters are competing with us.  Tracking numbers like those is how we measure the success of podcasting, right? Well... who said?  Some of them might be important to us. But most are not.  Some of them shed some light on the health of podcasting. But most don't. Some of them we can change if we work at making them change. But most are out of our control. Yet still, we get twisted up by numbers just like these, relying on digits on a screen to determine the worthiness of our podcasts. That makes sense if we're tracking things like funds received from listeners. But everything else is suspect.  So if you find yourself getting twisted up in these numbers, my advice is to figure out the rfew numbers that actually matter to you. And then pay as little attention to the other numbers as you possibly can. You'll be a much happier podcast or for it. ----- Links Looking for a remote recording solution that handles both audio and video? you need https://evoterra.link/riverside (Riverside.fm)! Like the show? https://buymeacoffee.com/evoterra (Buy me a coffee). http://evoterra.link/buzz (Over 100K active podcasters trust Buzzsprout) Got a podcasting service? https://podcastpontifications.com/about/sponsorship-information (Become a sponsor of Podcast Pontifications). Serious about podcasting? Join the https://evoterra.link/app (Advancing Podcasting Community) today!

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