12/08/2024
Vacation mode is over, conference prep mode is on. 📝
I have been pretty silent for the past two weeks:
🤫 No podcast.
🤫 1 Social media post.
🤫 No articles.
🤫 No newsletters.
I normally don’t go silent on here but this time I decided to do it to test what would happen to o my brand and podcast if I took a break from content creation. Here’s what happened:
📊I received endless podcast guest pitches for my podcast,
📊I already received requests to connect ahead of ,
📊I got about 25% of downloads I regularly get on a monthly basis without promoting the podcast a single time
📊 I got 0 client inquiries (granted, it’s summer, not that many podcasters are looking for help in July-Aug)
📊 Got a positive reply from a really exciting brand partnership
📊 Got confirmation that I wasn’t shortlisted to any of the 13 awards I submitted myself for
📊 Got approved to speak for one of the conferences I have been eyeing for years…
But most importantly…
✅I was able to rest my creator brain (not the business owner one, though, that one is contantly running!)
In one week I will be headed to Podcast Movement in DC and will be networking, learning and connecting to other creators in the space. Time is ticking this week.
What about you? Do you unplug during vacation or schedule content while you’re away?