You need to promote the shit out of media that you want people to consume. What did you do to promote it? You need to create engagement and use platforms where you're more likely to bring in money (this is why Twitch is the current favorite for new concepts like yours). The title of each episode is factual but boring and makes it seem like the interview will be a sales pitch for each product or service. Also, minor point, there are no dates on the episodes. The audio, see below.
You suck at audio engineering.
The audio from several samples I listened to ranging from mid-run to the most recent episode were a plosive and fricative nightmare. It was literally difficult to listen to. If this were some course for a degree program, I could probably suck it up and listen to it an hour at a time. But this is edutainment.
Thanks. There are dates at the bottom of each episode btw. The last episode was from about a year ago.
Promotion wise I tried to organically promote it. Basically if I read a comment on HN or a few sub-reddits I'd leave a non-spammy reply and often end the comment with something that links back to an episode with a timestamped link to the information related to the comment. I also suggested guests share the episode when it goes live. I tweeted out new episodes but I don't have a huge following.
> You suck at audio engineering. The audio from several samples I listened to ranging from mid-run to the most recent episode were a plosive and fricative nightmare.
Is this feedback mostly on the guest's audio or my set up?
It's not my full time job but remember each guest is a different person recording their side of the track in their house or office. They're using whatever bare bones mic set up they have. I pre-assembled a list of recording suggestions before the show to avoid common issues. If money were no object I'd send every guest $150-200 worth of equipment or pay to have studio time in their local area so they can record their side but that's not realistic for a podcast this size.
The most recent episode has plosives but if something clips there's not much I can do since the source audio is messed up. Everyone was recording locally, usually with Audacity to eliminate any network artifacts. Audio editing wise on my side, I usually just run their track through a noise gate while trying not to kill the natural sound of their voice. Sometimes I play a little with an EQ when it's super clear they have a very trebly voice. Often times I can't use a compressor to make their volume more consistent because they have a huge amount of room noise that can't be filtered out without making them sound non-human.
I'm curious what you think about this episode's quality https://runninginproduction.com/podcast/31-mux-is-an-api-bas.... This was one where the guest ended up buying a new mic before the podcast (I suggested they pick up an AT-2005 which is a pretty low cost dynamic USB mic, it's what I use as well). They wanted a better set up for future videos on their own (not just for my show). What you hear there is mostly straight from the source.
You suck at marketing.
You need to promote the shit out of media that you want people to consume. What did you do to promote it? You need to create engagement and use platforms where you're more likely to bring in money (this is why Twitch is the current favorite for new concepts like yours). The title of each episode is factual but boring and makes it seem like the interview will be a sales pitch for each product or service. Also, minor point, there are no dates on the episodes. The audio, see below.
You suck at audio engineering.
The audio from several samples I listened to ranging from mid-run to the most recent episode were a plosive and fricative nightmare. It was literally difficult to listen to. If this were some course for a degree program, I could probably suck it up and listen to it an hour at a time. But this is edutainment.