Showerthought: Overheard a podcast host say 'consistency beats perfection' and it clicked for me

I was fixing a furnace in a basement last Tuesday and had a podcast playing on my earbuds. The host mentioned how she used to spend 5 hours editing a single 10-minute video, but now she just posts raw footage twice a week and her channel grew by 300 subs in 3 months. It hit me that I do the same thing with my HVAC tips channel - I overthink every cut and intro until I never hit upload. Has anyone else found that just putting content out there works better than polishing it to death?

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xena13d ago

That podcast host's 5 hours versus 3 months stat is REALLY telling. It makes me wonder though - how do you KNOW when the rawness adds authenticity versus when it turns into sloppy work that hurts your credibility? Because I watch a lot of HVAC guys on YouTube and some of their "just hit record" videos are unwatchable due to bad audio or shaky camera work. What's YOUR specific line between good enough and too polished?

grayc273d ago

Xena1 those HVAC guys often skip basic mic placement, which is the real difference between raw and unwatchable.