Why my podcast died and how I’m bringing it back to life

When I launched Turn Up Your Volume in January it was with excitement – and a bit of fear – of creating something new.

I’d already done the interviews, editing and production so that when launch date rolled around my first episode went out as scheduled.

And the next week.

And the next week.

I got into a routine of interviewing, editing and scheduling, until I stopped coming up with ideas.

And then I took a week off. I got back in the rhythm for a while. And then just as soon as I was in that rhythm I stopped.

Something was off and I just didn’t want to do things as they were any more.

It wasn’t that I didn’t like what I was producing. It was was that I’d not fully developed my podcast plan of what I wanted to produce, who for and why.

I wasn’t ready to broadcast, but I did it anyway and for that I am thankful.

You see, so many people think about launching a podcast, but five years down the track they’re still thinking about it when they could have started honing their skills, learning what works, what they do and don’t like etc.

So the volume on Turn Up Your Volume was muted, without notice, without so much as a social media post.

But the 20 odd episodes I produced have not been in vain.

I’m relaunching my podcast, I’m changing its name, I’ve changed my branding colours (I’ve learned I’m a sage type brand, that was not a revelation but it was eye-opening) and I’ve got a plan.

Kind of. It’s a work in progress but I’m more certain than before.

Turn Up Your Volume was to help women in business learn how to get, and go after, publicity for themselves and their business.

But the more episodes I did the more I discovered how much I loved talking to other podcasters about their shows.

Talking friends into doing their own shows started happening more and more.

I’m a knowledge hunter, I consume learning and devour podcast after podcast. I want more people to use the medium as it’s so portable, practical and incredibly connecting.

So after a break from the mic I picked up pen and paper and started jotting ideas down.

I started writing about who I wanted to help, and why, and how a podcast could serve that purpose.

And so pod bites was born.

It’s called pod bites as it’s a bite-sized podcast (each episode is aiming to be less than 20 minutes long).

And it’s sharing podcaster stories so listeners can learn how podcasters they may listen to (and those they may end up tuning into) took the plunge to get started.

There will also be bite-sized episodes on starting your own podcast, probably a course too (because ideas are like rabbits for, they breed).

I’ve already started interviewing for pod bites and I’m excited about the future – the episodes I’m going to bring and the positive changes it’s going to make.

You can subscribe on whatever podcasting app you use to listen to podcasts – I use the Apple podcast app – so that when my episodes drop you get them straight away.

If there’s a podcast you listen to that you would love to learn more about please let me know!