Pod Crashing One On One Episode 416 Facing Burnout As A Podcaster

Pod Crashing One On One is all about locating other travelers on the podcast path. We've made it way too easy to walk away from what truly could be a voice in the community. Every person on this planet should host their own podcast. Your experiences in life could hold the answer another person has been seeking for a decade. Then it happens... burnout!

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
One of the biggest shows on television is NBC's The Voice.
I've been blessed with the opportunity to share conversations with
those that have participated since twenty sixteen. Where can you
get them? Arrow dot net a r Roe dot net
look for the podcast that's titled That Voice. Hey, my
name is Errow, host of the weekly podcast pod Crashing,

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four hundred and sixteen episodes that connect listeners to podcasts
specialists around the world. My goal has always been to
inform our community with subjects that deal with everything and beyond.
Podcast hosts are opened and always filled with a spirit
that spreads their skills as journalists, medical specialists, true crime solvers, gamblers, motivators, spiritualists, actors,

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and even the children of famous people. There really is
a podcast for every subject. The podcast Podcrashing has been
around since March of twenty nineteen. The original goal was
to put focus on helping up and coming podcasts to
have the right information about hosting as well as surviving.
That idea went fifty four episodes before I realized why

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am I not talking to the actual podcasters themselves? They
live it every day. The purpose of Podcrashing one on
one is to help you build your own platform, promote it,
and maybe even earn some money. This is Podcrashing one
on one, episode number four hundred and sixteen. A lot

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of podcasters are filled with fear and vigor when first
starting out. I mean every podcast ambition and aspiration. It's
different and truly cannot be compared. Not until burnout sets
in and the ideas of doing a podcast becomes what
you once did. You've walked away. Why first, it's completely

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natural to have that urge to step free of a podcast, microphone,
and studio. Most moments occur not because the talent feels failure.
What list wiers don't see is the enormous amount of
weight when it's connected to reality behind the microphone. This
isn't meant to scare anybody off, but rather say you
aren't alone. Podcast Hosts that walk out do so for

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multiple reasons. Number one, it is more work than anyone
ever expected. I mean the research, pr connections, recording, editing, promoting, scheduling,
and trying to run it like a business requires unbelievable
amounts of time as well as loyalty. Many start podcasting
all fired up and excited, then realize, oh my God,

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this is a job and I'm getting how much for it?
Number two the pressure to keep doing a podcast is exhausting.
It's extremely difficult to stay engaged with interesting subjects, energetic approaches,
and being consistent. For many up and coming podcasters, that's
extremely stressful and it's way too much to invest in. Hey,

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coming up next. It is well written there are one
million podcasts introduced every week. Why in God's name are
you going to throw your name into a hat? Hey,
thanks for coming back to pod crashing one on one.
It is well written that there are one million podcasts
introduced every single week. There's just as many podcasts hosts

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dropping out, and the question is why. What are they
experiencing that would shut down an idea that sounded so
perfect for listeners. Number three burnout is out of control,
That feeling of inspiration has totally dried up. This is
usually caused by taking note of seeing no growth in
your numbers. So many people or podcasters are motivated by

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dollar amounts. If the listeners aren't there, you aren't adding
pennies to your pocket. Number four audio issues. There is
a lot of very poor podcast equipment soul every day
when it endlessly fails. Guess what, your inner fire begins
to fade. Rather than invest in better equipment, it's easier

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just to locate a new outreach. Number five personal life changes.
I can relate with this. A huge corporation kept wanting
me to join their management team. I can't. I don't
have just one podcast. I host seventeen different podcasts, and
it will rob you of any time you have available.

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Number six people drop out of podcasting due to criticism,
mainly your own criticism. There are a lot of trolls
out there and they are waiting to take a bite
out of your business. Number seven, it stops being fun.
Being a radio guy of forty six years, I can relate,

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but I do hear that a lot. It's just wasn't
fun anymore. Then I ask myself, are you here for
the fun of it? Or are you here for the connection?
That's a big question, and I need you to ask
yourself that question in the mirror. Are you there for
the fun of it? Or do you podcast for the connection?

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I'm Maril and that's podcrashing one on one