Fifty episodes ago I started this podcast from zero, brand new accounts and not one follower, with no idea whether it would work. Today I'm telling you exactly what's happened.

At the start of this experiment I told you I'd be measuring it in one quite unusual way. Not downloads, not listens, not engagement. In this halfway Pod Shot I tell you whether I've hit it, along with the real results so far, the bit that's meant the most to me, and the hard bits too (yes, I'm recording in a hotel room again).

There's also a little bit of news from the Festival of AI that I'm still buzzing about.

It's seven minutes, my longest yet, and I think it's worth every one.

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New Pod Shot every weekday until Christmas, and you'll find me on Instagram and TikTok: @lynsaymakeswaves

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You can spend an hour on a social media post and it's gone from everybody's feed by the next day. So what if your content kept working for months, or even years?

Tomorrow I hit 50 episodes of Getting Heard, and the thing blowing my mind is that the very first one is still working for me. In this Pod Shot I talk about what I'm starting to see in my own stats, the number of episodes I think turns a podcast into something people binge, and the one thing you have to get right so people can actually find you.

Plus a little exercise for today that'll make you see your content completely differently.

It's three minutes, have a listen.

New Pod Shot every weekday, and you'll find me on Instagram and TikTok: @lynsaymakeswaves

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I'll be honest with you, I don't think I could do a daily podcast without AI. So in this Pod Shot I'm telling you exactly what I use it for, and what I'll never let it touch.

I run an agency that makes AI voice clones and I've had an AI startup, so I'm definitely not against AI. But there's one part of this podcast I'll never hand over, and I explain why, including the reason I don't use my own AI voice twin on these episodes.

If you're not a natural writer and the written side of podcasting has been putting you off, there's a little test for you to try today.

It's four minutes, have a listen.

New Pod Shot every weekday, and you'll find me on Instagram and TikTok: @lynsaymakeswaves