Quote Originally Posted by oscarmartz View Post
Podnutter you hit the nail on the head. The reason why many of these podcasting coaches are focusing in on SEO, Marketing and all the other stuff is because you cant teach talent. No matter how much SEO and marketing you do if your show sucks no one is going to listen to it and sadly 98% of the podcasts out there suck
Although I largely agree with this point, some people could cross that threshold with the right coaching. Look at Tiger Woods (maybe a bad example), even while he was still great he was still getting coaches on the intricacies in his game to take him to the next level, granted he has downgraded from that level since then, but the point is, at his greatest he was still getting feedback on what others saw that he was missing.

In the radio world people do air checks. In the podcasting world, I think talented people sound like garbage because no one takes the time to tell them that they are falling back on crutches to get them through. Once their eyes are opened, they improve 10 fold (if they choose to work on those little nuances once pointed out).

The biggest mistake I see almost every podcaster make is that they try to mimic radio, from the voice to the production, etc. Even one of the shows I produce has an intro created by one of the hosts that is too long and sounds very radio-y. So do as I say, not as I'm affiliated with.