Measuring Success

[TheMainIngredient]

Hello all,

I know it's stupid to get too bogged down stats (especially when you've just been live for a month or so) but it's the question I can't seem to find a straight answer to....how do I know how well I'm doing? I use podbean, and they give me my subscriber numbers, episode hits, site visitors...but I don't know what any of the numbers mean in the grand scheme of things! What qualifies you as a successful podcast?

[podcastcoach]

The number you are interested in is downloads. Do they give that? Subscribers, etc is nice, but in the end you are looking for downloads. Thats one of the reasons I like Libsyn (http://www.uselibsyn.com). They have great stats.

As for how well you are doing, I heard one podcaster say "I'm only getting 100 downloads an episode. To this I say, go get in a room with 100 people. Thats a lot of people. We get hung up on the people with TV exposure (Leo Laporte, Adam Corrolla) who have thousands of listeners.

Podcasting is a slow burn. Focus on creating great content.