An Email Players subscriber asks:<\/p>\n
\u201cI was thinking about exporting my YouTube videos audio to post as podcasts.\u00a0Was curious though, why’d you stop your podcast? Were the leads not picking up?\u00a0I don’t wanna waste my time but I like the evergreen model of podcasts and I’m already recording the weekly videos.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The quickie answer to that is:<\/p>\n
After 137 episodes of my first podcast, and another 100 more episodes of the second one… it became a slog after a while. In the first podcast\u2019s case it was still a new\u2019ish media. Everyone and their mother did not have a podcast, unlike today.<\/p>\n
And so I did it for the Novelty factor alone.<\/p>\n
In the second podcast\u2019s case, I realized I had more to say, but ultimately I needed to be doing regular content to appease iTunes, and it just became a slog at a certain point. I lost interest in doing it and it became a chore, and I didn’t want to just go through the motions for the sake of it.<\/p>\n
Plus, I prefer writing.<\/p>\n
I still do audio (very rarely video) content.<\/p>\n
And when I do, I put that content in my free mobile app.<\/p>\n
But it\u2019s random, not plotted out, and, thus, not a slog.<\/p>\n
I learned many, many years ago not to chase what\u2019s trendy, not to chase algorithms, and not to waste time trying to chase medias I don\u2019t enjoy. When it becomes a slog, your audience eventually picks up on it, and it becomes a net negative.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m a plain text email kinda guy, and so my \u201cpodcast\u201d is my daily emails.<\/p>\n
As for the audio\/video content I do have?<\/p>\n
It\u2019s all part of the 40+ hours of free content in my mobile app here:<\/p>\n