87. The Interview-to-Episode Ratio for Business Owners
If you're using podcasting as your main visibility mechanism, how do you know when the amount of content you're creating for your own audience is stopping you from getting in front of new audiences? Thinking about this question recently (and being a math geek on the quiet) led me to come up with a simple metric. The Interview-to-Episode Ratio = # of guest interviews DIVIDED BY the # of episodes published on your own show in a given time period This simple metric offers a comparison of the time spent getting in front of new audiences with the time spent producing content for an existing audience. Tracking the number retroactively offers you a snapshot of how you've spent your time, while estimating it for upcoming months allows you time and space to course correct if you feel the number is skewed too far in one direction. And, although this metric seems skewed towards podcasters, it can be easily applied to any business-focused content creation. Topics covered include: The 'Podcast Host Math Problem Of The Day' that I shared on LinkedIn The simple (so simple!) Interview-to-Episode Ratio formula that will show you where you're concentrating your time and energy How to track your activities against your revenue Using this metric to identify other elements that could be affecting your growth How I can help to fix the impact of your podcast hosting and guesting Full show notes and resources: https://thepodwizegroup.com/interview-to-episode