You may suppose your viewers ought to thank you for all of the work you set into your podcast, however how usually do you thank them?
Though this episode was printed round USA Thanksgiving, I counsel practising thankfulness always of the 12 months and in each episode!
1. Undertake a perspective of gratefulness
Sure, it is true that you’re sharing your time and abilities along with your viewers. However dwelling on that an excessive amount of may lead you to really feel entitled or to not respect what your viewers provides you.
As a substitute, take a look at all the pieces via the attitude of gratefulness, remembering that your viewers is product of actual folks. Simply think about having all of them in a room on the identical time!
2. Say “thanks”
The 2 easy phrases, “thanks,” carry lots of weight. I do not learn about you, however at the very least for me, it additionally appears much more significant to say or hear “thanks” as an alternative of “thanks.” Strive saying “thanks” extra usually, and with extra real emotion behind it, particularly to your viewers.
In The Audacity to Podcast, I wish to make “thanks” among the many first issues I say in every episode in addition to the very last thing you hear. I’ve by no means tried to measure what distinction this makes, I solely really feel it can be crucial that that is the primary and final thing you hear, as an alternative of my asking you for one thing again.
3. Share, use, or acknowledge your viewers’s suggestions
One of many greatest methods to make your viewers really feel particular is whenever you embody them in your podcast indirectly. Sharing their suggestions from emails, feedback, podcast opinions (use My Podcast Reviews to gather these), voicemails, and such assist validate their ideas and emotions, and it makes them a part of the podcast with you. Plus, it usually makes them really feel like a celeb and extra loyal to you and your podcast as a result of they have been “seen.”
If the suggestions accommodates solutions or critiques, you can check these concepts.
Even if you cannot share the suggestions along with your viewers (for no matter motive), merely mentioning and thanking the folks by identify can imply loads to these folks and the remainder of your viewers.
4. Host stay occasions
Have you ever thought of doing stay occasions along with your viewers—even when you do not get a podcast episode from it? This might be in-person meetups or live-streamed issues. You would promote tickets or make it free.
Inviting your viewers to be with you, in no matter capability that’s, makes them a part of your “in” group and helps foster group amongst your viewers. It additionally provides you an amazing alternative so that you can personally and instantly thank your followers, together with eye contact and pleasant bodily gestures.
5. Provide enjoyable actions
I see some podcasters ask about methods to have fun specific milestones, often round episode numbers or anniversaries. I counsel that any such celebration ought to give attention to giving again to the viewers as an alternative of specializing in your self. You would host a contest, a giveaway, a sport, or the rest that will probably be enjoyable to your viewers.
A number of years in the past, we hosted a fancy dress contest for my retired podcast about ABC’s TV show Once Upon a Time, and we provided a number of ranges of prizes based mostly on group votes. The winner was wonderful!
Our viewers loved the competition and a few of them gained some prizes for his or her abilities. This was a enjoyable means we have been in a position to present our thankfulness to our group.
6. By no means cease thanking your viewers
These methods to thank your viewers should not be one thing you do as soon as or solely at particular instances however ought to be one thing you at all times do and by no means cease. Make it a behavior to specific your gratefulness, commonly discover new methods to serve and have interaction your viewers, and at all times keep in mind that they selected to take heed to your podcast.
Even when your podcast is a enterprise enterprise to lift PROFIT (recognition, relationships, alternatives, enjoyable, earnings, or tangibles) for your self, at all times be glad about the viewers you’ve and the time and a spotlight they provide you.
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