How to Come Up With a Year's Worth of Podcast Content

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A question I see come up a lot is how do I come up with enough content ideas?

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But for me, that's the wrong question. Because you don't need hundreds of random

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topic ideas, you just need the right starting question.

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And here's how that works for almost any niche.

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Start by writing down 10 questions your audience regularly asks.

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Now if you're not sure what those are, think about the emails you've received,

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social media comments, conversations you've had, or questions you've answered more than once.

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There's a good chance those questions can each become an episode.

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Then, take each of these questions and come up with three different angles.

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So, for example, if your podcast is about podcasting like this one,

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and the question is, how do I grow my audience?

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One episode could be about promotion, another one could be about audience retention,

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and another could be about improving discoverability.

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And suddenly, one question has become three episodes.

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Do that with 10 questions and you've already got 30 episode ideas.

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And the best part is they're based on things people are actually asking.

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Because the easiest way to come up with podcast content isn't guessing what

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your audience wants, it's paying attention to what they're already telling you.

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And that's often enough to keep you creating for months.

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Until the next time, happy podcasting.