Tapping Into The Power Of Podfaded Podcasts [S3E119]

Can you breathe life back into one of your podfaded or inactive shows? Better yet; can you use your podfaded or inactive show as a power source for a different podcast? In my experience, I’ve found that a significant number of people don’t bother to unfollow or unsubscribe from a podcast that stops publishing new episodes.  Before you ask how can you tap into that power, you first have to figure out if it’s worth the effort. The answer to the question lies in one of the most elusive metrics in all of podcasting: how many people are following/subscribe-to this feed?  But there’s a simple way to find out: drop an episode. Count the downloads over the first day or two and you’ll know how many devices automatically download episodes or how many of your followers will play the episode when it shows up in their listening app. If the number of downloads to that dropped episode looks attractive to you—whether it's dozens, or hundreds, or thousands—consider redirect those subscribers to a different podcast, instantly increasing the size of the listening audience. That’s power!   Putting a 301 redirect in place is extremely simple in most podcast hosting companies. It’s oftentimes simply a field on a form to fill out, and they take care of the rest. And once that redirect is in place, 99.999% of the subscribers to that faded, inactive show will be subscribed to the new show. Instant additive audience!  ----- A written-to-be-read article and a full transcript of the audio of this episode can be found at https://podcastpontifications.com/episode/tapping-into-the-power-of-podfaded-podcasts (https://podcastpontifications.com/episode/tapping-into-the-power-of-podfaded-podcasts) https://twitter.com/evoterra (Follow @EvoTerra on Twitter) for more podcasting insights as they come. https://buymeacoffee.com/evoterra (Buy him a virtual coffee) to show your support at BuyMeACoffee.com/evoterra And if you need a professional in your podcasting corner, please visithttps://podcastlaunch.pro/ ( Simpler.Media) to see how Simpler Media Productions can help you reach your business objectives with podcasting. Evo Terra produceshttps://podcastpontifications.com/ ( Podcast Pontifications) four times a week to provide ideas and ask questions every working podcaster should be thinking about. Photo byhttps://unsplash.com/@thkelley?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText ( Thomas Kelley) onhttps://unsplash.com/s/photos/power?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText ( Unsplash) This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podsights - https://podsights.com/privacy Support this podcast