Podcasters, what's one piece of advice you would give to someone who wants to start a podcast?

Find your niche early on. Then go deep down the rabbit 🕳️ to cater to your audience. Plus, learn the craft of storytelling. 🚀

Don't worry about getting the best equipment at first. Use whatever will do the job and start podcasting

Don't worry about being perfect during recording, technology makes it easier to clip and redo anything. You'll get better overtime naturally! I always told guests that too, which would help relax people who are more new to being interviewed or anxious when it comes to recording (:

If you are going to start a podcast, commit to at least 20 episodes. So many do 2 or 3 then stop.

Learn to love editing. You'll spend far more time in editing than you will recording.

Don't worry about being perfect when you start or you'll never get your first episode out. You'll refine your "voice", production quality, and content direction through the process.

Be you, the world needs you as you are.

Let each topic flow and don't be too scripted.

just get yourself started with what you have ,no need to increase the learning curve too much ,....just be with the flow and just get your best possible content ...

I have been doing a podcast, The Jason Cavness Experience for almost 3 years. In that time, I know 50 people who have started a podcast. Only 5 are still doing their podcast. Be sure this is what you want to do. If you think you are going to have Joe Rogan numbers in 6 months you are fooling yourself. Many people quit because they only have 50 listens an episode. But think about it. What would you give to speak to 50 people each week at a conf or something like that. Also, like @RickTuroczy said learn to love editing.