The Podcast Fast Track

Your podcast intro has 7 seconds to

hook listeners or lose them forever. Most podcasters blow it with

generic music and boring introductions. Let's talk about the sound

design psychology that separates amateur podcasts from the ones

people actually binge.*

The Brutal Truth About First

Impressions

You've got brilliant content.

Game-changing insights. Stories that could transform lives. But

here's the thing - if your intro sounds like garbage, nobody will

stick around to hear any of it.

Bad sound design pushes people away

before they even get to your brilliance. It's like showing up to a

business meeting in pajamas. Sure, you might be a genius, but

nobody's going to take you seriously.

After 13 years of producing podcasts,

I've seen it all. The good, the bad, and the "oh dear Lord, make

it stop." Let's make sure yours falls into the first category.

The brutal truth about your failing content strategy (and the 3-second rule that changes everything)

The 3-Second Death Rule That's Killing Your Content

Your reel has exactly three seconds to live or die. Three seconds before viewers scroll past, potentially lost forever. And here's what makes it worse: when viewers swipe past, the algorithm doesn't forget about it—it actively punishes you.

It's a brutal truth!  While you've been making content, successful creators have been making something completely different. There's a massive distinction that's costing you hundreds of thousands of views. Gone are the days when you could simply pull highlights from your podcast and expect them to perform. The game has completely changed, especially in the last year.

Those creators getting 200,000 views understand a fundamental shift in how short-form content works—a shift that most creators completely miss. It's not about better content or fancier editing. It's about understanding what your reels actually are (hint: they're not what you think).

The Content Creator's Secret Weapon

We're not content hopers. We're content creators. But most creators are hoping for viral moments instead of engineering them. The difference between 200 views and 200,000 views comes down to specific techniques you can implement before you even hit record.

There's a pro technique I use with interview guests that turns boring responses into viral gold—without making your guest look bad. In fact, it makes them look even more expert while giving you complete control over the viral potential of your content. This single technique has transformed how my clients approach their podcast interviews.

But here's the thing: none of this works if you don't understand your audience's deepest pain points. I've developed a specific questionnaire that digs through the layers to find your true niche and audience. Once you have this clarity, creating scroll-stopping content becomes almost automatic.

Remote recording for interviews and the like has always been a bit tricky and the platforms that provide recording of this type are always trying to improve.

2022 brings us a lot of contenders for the title of "best remote recording platform."

This episode is a handful of recordings of me and my right-hand audio-man, Aaron as we test out the top 11 platforms. You're going to hear about...

• Boomcaster
• Cast
• Cleanfeed
• Clearcast
• Iris
• Remotely
• Riverside
• Squadcast
• Welder
• Zencastr
• Zoom

And we also tried Ringr, which has been around for some time but we got so frustrated trying to get it to work that we dropped the attempt. It could have been a bad day (for both of us?) but we made the call not to move forward with that portion of the recording and moved on.

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