Women Who Podcast - How to start, run and grow your podcast · Alison Fraser

Stop checking your metrics, get help and other wisdom from Wild Visionary Audra Bartlett

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Alison opens by introducing Audra Bartlett and the Wild Visionary podcast. She says Audra's energy and wisdom made her someone she wanted to invite. The conversation starts with why Audra stood out as someone who could help other women podcasters get unstuck. They move into the habit of checking podcast metrics and why that can quickly become a distraction. Audra's approach is less about constant watching and more about staying focused on the work. The episode also circles around asking for help from the get-go instead of waiting until everything feels too heavy. Alison and Audra treat that as a practical part of keeping the work moving. Connor comes up as a helpful gatekeeper, keeping metric details out of the way unless Audra asks for them. That boundary gives her more room to keep creating. The discussion widens into the technical side of podcasting. Audra describes an early learning curve that included sound, breathing, tonality, and delivery problems. She does not pretend the first episodes were polished. Instead, she accepts that the content was strong even when the presentation was still uneven. Her mom's feedback about sounding breathy becomes a reminder that the rough edges were visible to listeners. Alison and Audra then land on the larger lesson that first attempts are often clumsy. The show compares that process to any beginner work, where being bad at the start is normal. The conversation ends by returning to the relief that comes from stepping back from constant stat checking. Alison describes logging in only to upload episodes, doing that in batches, and leaving the app alone the rest of the time. That shift makes the whole process feel more freeing.

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A practical, candid conversation about metrics, asking for help early, and keeping momentum before everything is polished.

Audra Bartlett keeps the conversation practical and steady, with a clear emphasis on checking metrics less obsessively, asking for help early, and staying in motion while the rough edges are still there.

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Your podcast needs less metric-checking and more momentum.

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