Many of you have shared advice, hard-earned lessons, encouragement, and aspirations this year. Here are just a few commentary collections, including some of our favorite answers to #podcastingin5words. Thank you all! Regular programming returns this Tuesday, January 7.

PodMov Daily: Friday, January 3

Episode 114: In Your Own Words

Engagement, Connection, and Teamwork

Attending the #werkitfestival @WNYCStudios and meeting so many amazing women in podcasting was definitely a huge highlight!!

— POD.DRALAND (@poddraland) December 23, 2019

Have someone (ideally more than one) in your process who stands in for the listener. Trust what that person tells you and make time to make changes. Audio production is time-consuming.

— Julia Barton (@bartona104) November 25, 2019

Interact with the podcasting community on social media! Promote other podcasts that you love and you’ll be self-promoting your show at the same time while building relationships with others. And make sure to mention WHY you enjoy those shows!

— Fancy Anne (@annecbaird) December 13, 2019

Accomplishments and Milestones at Every Level

Reaching a year of doing the podcast. It was an amazing accomplishment for us!

— SpookyAdventuresAlecSam (@spookyalecsam) December 23, 2019

Decide on what will dictate success. Is it download numbers? Money? Fame? Learning? Access to people? Decide so that when you get there you know how to recognize it. Surprises along the way will come also.

— Joe Ferraro (@FerraroOnAir) December 9, 2019

I’m thankful for every challenge and downfall that built my strength up enough to get me here. To be in a position to affect positive change for society.

— Dancing with Bipolar / DawnSherine (@dawnsherine2) November 27, 2019

Creation Notes from Conceptual to Concrete

Create a strong outline. Do your research!

— Bryant and Me (@BryantandMe) December 13, 2019

Watch your reflective surfaces. Remember to breathe. You can’t fix everything in post so make sure it’s as good as possible going in to your signal chain. Make lots of mistakes. You’ll learn more that way. Have fun!

— Tessera Productions (@TesseraProduct1) November 25, 2019

Preparing organized show notes to streamline discussion, and having them posted on a website.

— The Duel Assessment Podcast (@Duel_Assessment) December 14, 2019

Listen to what concerns your audience FIRST and build your audience on that. You’ll have a lot more success.

— David Spark (@dspark) December 9, 2019

Getting Organized with Methods and Tools

My podcast room is in basement bedroom. The closet has the sliding mirror doors…. so I use dry erase markers and have all my notes/dreams/episodes/future guests etc all written on it and color coded! Also very open minded to adding new guests and topics but have a plan!

— The Amy Williams Show (@TheAWShow) December 11, 2019

I have a running list in Google docs that I use to capture thoughts. Then create a new doc for each episode to build out a bulleted outline.

— Energize: Energy Pro Podcast (@ConduitExcel) December 11, 2019

If you attend conferences you do interviews with business owners at the event for your podcast and collect lots of tips to share with your listeners. if you plan in advance what you want to get out of attending a conference can be a great source of content #weeklyPodTip

— Andrae Palmer (@andraepalmer) October 17, 2019

Editing episode audio blind without a transcript in front of you is difficult and not the best use of your time when there are tools out there like @DescriptApp that make your #podlife a whole lot easier. #weeklypodtip

— Maddie Johannsen (@MaddieJohannsen) October 16, 2019

Last But Not Least: #podcastingin5words

Sweating profusely for my craft

— Up At Night (@upatnightcast) October 23, 2019

Studio casually lit on fire #podcastinginfivewords

— Getting Your Sh*t Together (@GYSTInk) October 23, 2019

I can’t stop saying literally #podcastingin5words

— theeerieamericas (@eerieamericas) October 23, 2019

Dog wanting attention audibly farts

— Scooby Doo and Sister Too Podcast (@ScoobySisters) October 23, 2019

Laughed too hard to speak.

— I Never Saw That (a podcast) (@neversawthatpod) October 24, 2019

Head over bath for echo.

— Lisa P & Andrew T (@lisacartman) October 23, 2019

Tears after a deep conversation

— Lindsay Jacobsen (@lajacob) October 23, 2019

One word answers not good

— Chef or Death (@Eric_Chiappetta) October 24, 2019

First recorded at the beach

— MR BOO (@masterrandom_gu) October 24, 2019