One of the advantages of starting a podcast in comparison to some of the other mediums like blogging, vlogging etc. is that you don’t really need to spend a lot of time thinking if your show will have an audience.
Why?
Because all of those thinking has already been done in some of the other mediums and you have a ready made research available.
If you see a successful Youtube channel that is about a specific topic, you know that there is an audience for that topic. All you need to then do is customize it for the audio platform.
Similarly if you see a blog on a specific topic that is extremely successful, do you really think that you need to do the research all over again to see if that topic has an audience?
Travel, Fashion, Finance, Technology, Inspiration etc. are all excellent niches in which you can easily start a podcast. All you need to then do is plan on the value your show will offer your audience.
It is here that Saif and Faiza excelled.
They were getting into a highly competitive niche like Travel podcasts. They obviously had the advantage of being the first ones in podcasting but that wasn’t enough advantage in a niche like Travel.
The show had to be different and at the same time had to offer value to its listeners.
And that’s precisely what the two of them did with their Podcast – The Musafir Stories.
In this episode we will find out exactly how they did it and what led to The Musafir Stories becoming one of the most listened to Travel podcast in India.
Travel Podcasts – Weaving Timeless Stories around Travelogues with Saif Omar
If you are somebody who like traveling and would like to talk to the world about traveling, then this episode is for you.
Today’s guest on our show is a couple who are based out of Bangalore – Faiza a Software engineer and Saif a Project Manager.
The Musafir Stories is their passion project and is a timeless audio catalog of places and experiences in India – not just the popular ones that everybody have in their bucket list but also some of the less travelled and hidden gems in our country.
You can listen to fun conversations as travelers share their experiences, tips and recommendations as they together explore the history, culture and the people of these places.
Listen to the conversation as I speak to Saif and find out more about how they started “The Musafir Stories” and why exactly did they pick Travel Podcasts as their niche.
Here are some of the things that we discussed in this conversation –
- The most important thing to do when starting a podcast
- Why a co-hosted podcast needs a complementing personality?
- How co-hosted podcast can help you stay motivated and accountable and some of the other benefits of a co-hosted podcast.
- A better way of managing breaks in podcasting
- How to do a cold outreach to a prospective guest
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