Latest Timwohlberg Podcast Episodes
094 - What Really Makes a Podcast Good
Just One Tip from Your Podcast Performance Coach - December 17, 2019 11:30 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsEveryone wants to know, ‘what makes a podcast good?’ Ask 10 podcast listeners and you’ll get 10 different answers. The truth is, there’s one critical thing that every good podcast has. In this episode of Just the tip, I reveal what that is and how it can make your podcast good (even great). I...
093 How to Niche Down Your Podcast Like a Pro
Just One Tip from Your Podcast Performance Coach - December 03, 2019 11:30 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsHow niche can you go? How niche should you go? And, how do you pull it off? Niching scares the crap out of podcasters. I think they’re afraid that if they target a smaller audience, they’ll have a small success. If you still think this way, check out the case study in my last podcast. Or, ma...
092 Why Niche Podcasts are Killing it Right Now
Just One Tip from Your Podcast Performance Coach - November 19, 2019 11:30 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsYou want a big audience, right? Big audience means big success, right? What if I told you that you could be way more successful if you focused on a small audience? A niche audience? In this week’s episode of Just the Tip, I share a case study of a podcaster who went from having a general p...
091 This One Tip Will Make You a Much Better Interviewer
Just One Tip from Your Podcast Performance Coach - November 05, 2019 11:30 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsHands up if you start your podcast with a question like, ‘How did you get started?’ You, with your hand up, this one’s for you. There are many variations of this lazy first question but the main similarity is that the podcast host wants to start at the beginning. They want to share their gues...
090 Three Super Podcast Editing Tips that will Save Your Bacon
Just One Tip from Your Podcast Performance Coach - October 22, 2019 10:30 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsHow many expletives have you unleashed during the act of podcast editing. I’m guessing a lot. I still let them fly and I’ve been editing audio for almost three decades. Editing is no joke. It can be frustrating, time consuming and if you let it get to you, it can be the death of your podcast-...
089 How to Pivot Your Podcast and Get Results
Just One Tip from Your Podcast Performance Coach - October 08, 2019 10:30 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsIf my last podcast left you feeling like, ‘hot damn, I need to pivot!’ then let’s make sure you pivot right. In this episode, I cover how to do it and not eff it up. In case you missed my last episode (how COULD you!) on determining if you should pivot your podcast, you might want to go bac...
088 Is it Time to Pivot Your Podcast for Greater Success?
Just One Tip from Your Podcast Performance Coach - September 24, 2019 10:30 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsVIEW SHOW NOTES ON WEBSITE - Episode 88 Be honest. Is your podcast delivering the results you expected when you committed the time and money to creating it? Are you considering taking it for coffee and gently explaining, “It’s not you, it’s me…”? If you’re not getting what you wanted out of...
087 The Best Way to Measure Podcast Success
Just One Tip from Your Podcast Performance Coach - September 10, 2019 10:30 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsMega-downloads = successful podcast, right? Not so fast, podcaster. Look, I get it. Watching your download numbers grow feels good. It’s like a whole bunch of gold stars on your homework. And, skyrocketing downloads seems like a reasonable goal. But, park your ego for a sec. Just for a seco...
086 How to Make Your First Question Count
Just One Tip from Your Podcast Performance Coach - August 27, 2019 10:30 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsYou’ve heard me say it before. You have seconds, SECONDS, to grab the listener's attention. Don’t squander it with a boring first question. Picture it. A new listener has found your show. They made it through the show intro, the tease, the guest intro with the cautious anticipation that yo...
085 How to Grow Your Podcast by Being a Great Guest
Just One Tip from Your Podcast Performance Coach - August 13, 2019 10:30 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsYou’ve been invited to be on someone else’s podcast. Great. Now, don’t screw this up! It’s no secret that being a guest on another podcast is a great way to expand your reach, grow your authority, and potentially give your own podcast numbers a boost. Most importantly, you’re reaching ears who...
084 Are You Lost in the Podcast Equipment Weeds?
Just One Tip from Your Podcast Performance Coach - July 30, 2019 10:30 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsI can geek out about gear with the best of them. What I can’t do is stand by while podcasters go so far down the podcast equipment rabbit hole that they risk never emerging (or launching their podcast). I see a ton of posts in podcast groups about which mic, which cables, which mixer, which e...
083 Are You Really Serving Your Listener Every Episode?
Just One Tip from Your Podcast Performance Coach - July 16, 2019 10:30 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsBe honest. Do you think about your listener every single show? You should! It’ll make your podcast better and it’ll be better for business. If you’re new here, let me clarify. I subscribe to the idea that podcasting should be listener-centric. Meaning - everything on and about the podcast is f...
082 - Music Matters
Just One Tip from Your Podcast Performance Coach - July 02, 2019 10:30 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsWhat does your music say about your podcast? If the only thing a listener had to go on, would they guess your podcast genre and target audience? All too often podcasters go about picking their music all wrong. Here’s the first mistake - they pick something that they like (and then they play t...
081 Why you Need Good Episode Titles for your Podcast
Just One Tip from Your Podcast Performance Coach - June 18, 2019 10:30 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsConfession time. Are you being lazy with your episodes titles? Are you naming them with as much consideration as say a file name? If you are, then you’re missing opportunities! Episode title names aren’t fun. They’re not sexy. They seem so inconsequential. And frankly, they seem so insignifica...
080 How to Produce a Killer Podcast Trailer
Just One Tip from Your Podcast Performance Coach - June 04, 2019 10:30 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsIn a time when all podcasts are choking in an overcrowded sea of podcasts, one stands out and becomes the hero the world needs right now… The language of movie trailers might be formulaic and the butt of jokes, but that’s primarily because they are memorable. Movie and TV trailers serve a crit...
079 Word on the street is SHUT THE HELL UP!
Just One Tip from Your Podcast Performance Coach - May 14, 2019 10:30 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsAre listeners turning off your podcast prematurely? Are you making critical mistakes that cause listeners to run screaming from your show? I hit the streets recently to find out what exactly makes people turn off a podcast. Metta side note: In the last episode of Just the Tip, I explained t...
078 Why and How to Add Man-on-the-Street Interviews
Just One Tip from Your Podcast Performance Coach - April 30, 2019 10:30 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsThis tactic has been used by radio and television for decades to make a story more relevant and compelling. Should you be using it in your podcast too? I love talking to strangers. There, I said it. I’m that guy. I will walk right up to you and ask the most inane question or share the stranges...
077 How to Start an Effective Podcast for your Business
Just One Tip from Your Podcast Performance Coach - April 16, 2019 10:30 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsIf you’re like most podcasters, you caught the bug and jumped right on the podcast trend train. Now, maybe you’re wondering why people aren’t flocking to your business after hearing your super awesome podcast. Maybe because you didn’t follow these three key steps for starting an effective podcas...
076 - Five Big Mistakes Co-Hosts Make in Podcasting
Just One Tip from Your Podcast Performance Coach - April 02, 2019 10:30 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsYou’ve got a co-host - that’s great. It makes creating the podcast so much more fun and easier too, right? Bad news - there’s a much higher chance that you’re effing it up because two hosts means double the chances you’re getting it wrong. Translation, your listeners are suffering. They’re bei...
075 Why You Need To Know Your Podcaster Type
Just One Tip from Your Podcast Performance Coach - March 19, 2019 10:30 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsThere are three types of podcasts. Do you know which one you have? You better, or you could be doing a disservice to your audience and wasting your time and money. There are three types of podcaster Hobby Podcasters Professional Podcasters Marketing Podcasters That’s it. So, which one ar...
074 How to Stop saying Um and Ah in Your Podcast
Just One Tip from Your Podcast Performance Coach - March 05, 2019 17:49 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsDo you have a verbal crutch? You know that word or sound you lean on when you’re struggling to find the next real word in your sentence. Um, ah, like, you know, I mean… it’s natural. Now, stop doing it. Disclaimer. This is not a podcast about how to edit out every um and ah from your podcast (...
073 How to Kill a Bad Podcast Interview
Just One Tip from Your Podcast Performance Coach - February 19, 2019 11:30 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsIt happens to the best of us. Even the pros have bad interviews. Or, rather bad guests. So, what do you do when your podcast guest is crappy, drunk, an ass, incoherent or just pointless? You kill the interview. In this episode of Just the Tip, I walk you through the steps of killing a bad inte...
072 My Top Tips for Podcasters Recording on the Road
Just One Tip from Your Podcast Performance Coach - February 05, 2019 11:30 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsSo, you’re hitting the road and you want to take your podcast with you. Well, you’re in luck because I love to travel and I know exactly what you should and shouldn’t do to record decent audio on the go. A lot of podcasters need to record audio on the road. And my tip is DON’T. Seriously, if y...
071 How I Tripled My Podcast Downloads One Day
Just One Tip from Your Podcast Performance Coach - January 22, 2019 11:30 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsIt’s the holy grail of podcasting - the secret to growing your audience! In this episode, I’m going to reveal the one thing you need to do to see those download steadily increase. So, get ready to have you mind blown. For a lot of podcasters, a big audience is the sign of success. But, should...
070 Will Your Podcast Be Out in 3 Strikes?
Just One Tip from Your Podcast Performance Coach - January 08, 2019 11:30 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsYou’ve got maybe a minute to convince a listener to keep listening. This is not a newsflash. But, do you know what three things are likely to stop them in their podcast enjoyment tracks and exit out before you get to minute 2? I do. Because I don’t have a lot of patience for crappy podcasts. ...
069 Why You Need to Keep Podcasts Evergreen
Just One Tip from Your Podcast Performance Coach - December 25, 2018 16:51 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsDid you happen to notice the date this podcast was released? I’ll give you a hint - it was Christmas Day, 2018. (I suck at hints) So, you might think it’s perfectly natural for me me wish you a happy holidays on this podcast. You might expect to hear me open up some presents. Or, maybe share a...
068 Your Podcast is not Safe - How to Protect it from Being Pulled
Just One Tip from Your Podcast Performance Coach - December 11, 2018 11:30 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsMy podcast disappeared from iTunes. Poof. Gone. No warning. Just gone. Can you imagine if every episode you ever painstakingly created just … vanished. That feeling in your chest right now is pretty much how I felt when I got a friendly tweet letting me know that my podcast had disappeared fro...
067 This is the Bare Minimum You Need to Reach in Podcasting
Just One Tip from Your Podcast Performance Coach - November 27, 2018 18:37 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsI love to talk to people about podcasting, and people love to tell me about their favorite podcasts. They also love to tell me what they hate about podcasting - which I also love because it gives me insight into the listener experience. You remember… the listener the whole reason you podcast? ...
066 What to do About the Dreaded Podcast Burnout
Just One Tip from Your Podcast Performance Coach - November 13, 2018 15:35 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsCome up with another topic. Line up a guest. Make sure they know what they’re talking about. Schedule a time to record. Do some more research. Reschedule the recording session. Record an episode. Troubleshoot technical issues. Edit an episode. Write show notes. Publish. Promote. Promote some mor...
065 How to Get the Most out of Your Podcast Guest
Just One Tip from Your Podcast Performance Coach - October 30, 2018 10:30 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsConfession time. Are you a podcast cowboy who just wings it with every guest? Is every interview you do the podcast equivalent of a blind date. Not cool. I don’t care if you can pull it off nine times out of ten. By taking that chance you’re potentially wasting your time, your guests time and,...
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