Allow me to continue a long standing discussion among podcasters and critics out there in the medium, but when is the best time for putting out podcasts?
It all comes down to a schedule, right? There should be certain things that people can count on with your podcast. Content, style, quality, frequency(as in how often you publish new material), and location. I could have said five, distinct elements, but there is way to much to consider or even begin to argue over what is and isn’t more important to think about. If you’re not careful, you can fall into a vicious circle, and I’m saying that based on experience.
For the most part, I like to have subscribers and listeners count on me to publish one, new episode every week. That is not as easy as it sounds. No matter how much or little that you create, you are constantly fighting with what is coming up for your next production.
RadioZoom is what it is, and I love creating content for it. The name itself will never limit me from doing what I want with it. It’s my creation to do what I see fit. Even that doesn’t make everything that much easier.
It’s a two fold attack. You have to consider being there for your listeners. At the same time, you are constantly considering what your next step is going to be. With such numerous topics to choose from, your projects can get bigger before you know it. Suddenly you have an hour worth of audio on your hands that you have to edit down into episode form.
Vancouver is my playground, and it’s a constant battle of picking what to do next. Can I do it with the equipment that I have? Will it be effective as a podcast? And how soon can I turn around and get this incredibly great material that I spent hours gathering into a single episode?
Listeners will start to wonder where you are when they keep checking for something new from you, and it’s been ten days since you published anything. That happened to me last week. Fortunately, it was Andrew from Geef.Farm.Life sending me a note to say that he liked the new site design and logo. If there is one person thinking this, then there has to be another.
I could do more podcasts from “the studio” here at the apartment and yammer on about this amazing city I live in now, but getting out there with the mic and minidisc offers you so much more. Additionally, I’ve been having a hell of a lot of fun doing it.
So do I overly concern myself with sticking to a schedule? Kinda, but I don’t fret it too much. I like to put forth effort in terms of the quality of the content that I produce, and quantity comes second, no matter when it appears on the internet.
It is better to get something out there in the early part of the week. When people are coming down from the weekend, there is a higher demand for downloading podcasts. I’ve read various sites saying this, and website stats prove that. Once Thursday rolls around, the weekend starts to take over, and traffic goes way down from there until Monday morning.
Life can get in the way of getting something out at the start of the week. Being that I’m not getting paid to create this stuff, podcasting takes a back seat to life a lot of the time. However, we all have a life, and you can use that as a way to connect to your listeners. It all works out in the end.