024 Due Diligence As Podcasters & Journalists Plus Stop Building Your Platform Before You're Interesting

<p><strong>Sign up for <a href="http://www.elsieescobar.com/holidaypodcasting">Elsie's Holiday Workshop</a>!</strong> </p> <p>You know we're always looking for your feedback :) Email feedback@shepodcasts.com OR join our super awesome <a href="http://shepodcasts.com/group">She Podcasts Facebook</a> Group!</p> <p><strong>Show 024 Quick-Guide</strong></p> <ul> <li>Elsie’s a mountain mama! and she got two homemade tables.</li> <li>Taking responsibility for the messages that you put out in the world.</li> <li>Diving into our responsibility as podcasters & as journalists.</li> <li>Discussion of NYmag.com article on podcasting.</li> <li>Cars ARE NOT the cause for the “Rennaissance” of podcasting.</li> <li>Where are podcast download numbers coming from - Elsie breaks out the stats!</li> <li>Jess feels the NYmag.com article is negative.</li> <li>Will mainstream media podcasters push us out?</li> <li>You don’t have any more of a shot “making it” in podcasting if you are not already doing something remarkable.</li> <li>High quality podcasts have been available for YEARS - it’s not a new thing.</li> <li>If you are going to cover something, please dive a little bit deeper into the niche/ecosystem that you are covering.</li> <li>When big media covers podcasting it’s always a good thing.</li> <li>Entertainment Weekly is covering podcasting!</li> <li>A bit of conversation about a new type of podcasting software that has come into the space.</li> <li>One of Jessica’s favorite things: when people make up technology that doesn’t exist. #not</li> <li>Think of your podcast as a product NOT as a platform.</li> <li>“Stop building your platform before you’ve opened your face and said something interesting” - Jess</li> <li>More truthbombs from Jess.</li> </ul> <h3>FEEDBACK REQUEST!</h3> <p>When you hear or see podcast news and information do you do your due diligence?</p> <p>Can you discern between opinion about your industry and trends rooted in fact about your industry?</p> <p>What types of media in your indus