Should You Really Start a Podcast? | Ep. #806

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In episode #806, Eric and Neil discuss whether you should start podcasting. Tune in to hear if you are the right kind of person for a podcast.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Eric and Neil have committed to throwing a FREE Marketing School Live Event in Los Angeles, once Marketing School reaches 1M downloads in a 30 day period. Take action: Rate, review, subscribe, and SHARE. Check the progress</span> <a href= "http://marketingschool.io/stats/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">here</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">!</span></p> <p><strong>TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES:</strong></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[00:27] Today’s Topic:</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Should You Really Start a Podcast?</span></em></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[01:05] Podcasts often have listeners with high rates of income.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[01:20] Do most people have time to create podcasts?</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[01:35] It is not realistic for most people to create a podcast.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[01:45] Figure out your personality: if you love video, do that. If you prefer writing, write blogs. If you are a great speaker, podcast!</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[02:30] The biggest factor for success is hiring out/offloading the work.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[03:15] Neil loves blogging and is good at it. It comes more naturally to him.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[03:35] Eric prefers podcasting.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[04:05] You’re not going to like the quality of the podcast early on, but if you keep it up, you will improve.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[04:30] Make sure you have expertise in the field about which you are speaking.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[05:02] The average podcast gets 191 downloads per month.</span></li> <li><span st