Podcast Talent Coach

Focus On Current Or New Podcast Listeners? – Episode 126   In a previous episode of Podcast Talent Coach, I shared 7 ways to drive listeners away from your show. We work so hard to gain listeners. Why would we ever drive them away.   Joshua Liston from The Deadly Arnold podcast was checking out my back catalog when he stumbled across this particular episode. He took exception to one of the 7 ways I mentioned.   In the episode, I suggested one way you drive listeners away is being the podcaster who assumes listeners have heard the show before.   If you're not explaining your podcast purpose each and every show, it will be difficult for new listeners to understand the show. Your audience will feel like they are joining a conversation in the middle. They will be lost.   Have you ever felt left out of a conversation due to inside jokes. Two other people are chuckling about something, and you have no idea why. “Oh, it's an inside joke” they say. Why aren't you important enough to be in on the joke? Why is it insi