Go back and audit your old podcast episodes because they are your biggest untapped asset.... that's what I tell every podcaster I meet. And yet, I have never once done it to my own show in almost 4 years!!! This episode is me getting honest about why I kept avoiding the work I tell everyone else to do, and what I am FINALLY doing about it.

This one is for you if you have ever known exactly what you are supposed to do for your business or your podcast and just kept not doing it. I am pulling back the curtain on the real reason mine sat undone for a full year, what a real podcast audit actually involves beyond fixing titles and show notes, and why the work nobody wants to do is almost always the thing that moves the needle. Come be a little less alone in the messy middle with me.

In This Episode You'll Learn:

• The advice I give every single podcaster that I never once followed on my own show in almost four years
• Why the podcast audit is the work almost nobody does, and why that is exactly what makes it the thing that moves the needle
• What auditing your old episodes really means, far beyond just cleaning up titles and show notes
• Why your already published episodes are your biggest untapped asset, quietly getting listened to while pointing nowhere
• The honest reason I put mine off for a whole year, the hardest year of my business, procrastination, and a little shiny object syndrome
• What you do not need to do to turn your podcast into one that brings you clients, no starting over, no new offer, no chasing downloads

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I stopped putting the numbers off the front of every episode title. No more episode 1, episode 47, episode 152 sitting at the front. I know...that number feels important, credible, official...like proof you have been showing up. So naturally, pulling it off can make your stomach drop a little. This episode is about why I did it anyway.

This one is for you whether you have not published a single episode yet or you have a hundred of them sitting in your feed and you feel weirdly attached to those numbers like I did for years. You will walk away knowing who that number is actually for, what it is quietly costing you in search and in the apps, and the simple two part strategy that serves your listener far better than a number ever did, all without losing your episode count.

In This Episode You'll Learn:

• Who that episode number in your podcast title is really for, and why it is mostly a you thing
• What putting a number at the front of your title is quietly costing you in search and inside the apps
• Why Apple Podcasts actually discourages numbers in your title, and the separate field they built for it instead
• Whether the number belongs in your show notes instead, and the honest answer
• How to keep your full episode count without letting the number take up your most valuable real estate
• The two part strategy that replaces the "go dig for episode 29" move and turns it into one easy tap for your listener

Ask the hotline:

Got a question about your own show bubbling up right now? Bring it to the Moms Who Podcast Hotline. Go to https://hotline.momswhopodcast.com and text it or record a quick voice message, tell me what your show is called, who it is for, and what you sell, and your question might get featured right here on the podcast!

Connect with Pamela:

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• Instagram: https://instagram.com/pamelakrista/
• Email: pamela@pamelakrista.com

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That tiny category dropdown, the one where you tell Apple and Spotify what your show is about, feels like a throwaway decision. Pick the closest box and move on, right? Except that little dropdown is quietly doing one of the biggest jobs on your whole show, deciding whether the right person ever finds you. This episode answers a real question from a listener named Anoki and settles the category confusion once and for all.

This one is for you if you have ever frozen on that dropdown because your podcast honestly fits in three different places, whether you have not launched a single episode yet or you have been publishing for years and quietly second-guessing the category you picked way back when. You will walk away knowing exactly how to choose, why accurate and strategic are not the same thing, and how to set your category up so your dream listener walks right to you.

Questions Answered In This Episode:

• What actually goes into picking your podcast category when your show fits in more than one place?
• Why the most accurate category is usually the wrong one, and what to choose instead
• Whether your category really affects if people find your podcast, and how much
• The difference between your primary and secondary category on Apple, and which one does the real work
• When you can pick more than one, whether the order actually matters
• How to choose the specific subcategory that gives you a real shot at being seen instead of getting buried in the biggest room in the building

Ask the hotline:

Got a question about your own show bubbling up right now? Bring it to the Moms Who Podcast Hotline. Go to https://hotline.momswhopodcast.com and text it or record a quick voice message, tell me what your show is called, who it is for, and what you sell, and your question might get featured right here on the podcast!

Connect with Pamela:

Join 500+ other moms who podcast inside the FREE community: https://skool.com/podcasters/

• Website: https://pamelakrista.com/
• Instagram: https://instagram.com/pamelakrista/
• Email: pamela@pamelakrista.com

Mentioned in this episode:

Register for the free live workshop Get Clients From Your Podcast Happening on September 16th:

https://workshop.pamelakrista.com/join/