Have you ever thought, I can't say that on my podcast, because then nobody will need to hire me?

I see it all the time. Brilliant ideas kept back for paying clients, and a podcast left with the safe, surface-level stuff that nobody remembers. In this Pod Shot I talk about why holding back is keeping you small, what people are really paying you for (it isn't what you think), and why I give away pretty much everything I know about podcasting, every weekday, and still get paid.

Plus one slightly scary thing to do today.

It's four minutes, have a listen.

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

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