I want to be a nice guy and give some constructive criticism to the next guy who tries it. All of course my personal opinion only:
- Never go over 3h, unless you have something special planned, like guests etc. If your show is more than once a week, better aim for 2h max.
- At least in the beginning, watch your own show. Write down what you liked and what you did not like. Try to improve.
- Read donos at the end, take your time and make it fun. It's not for everybody, and that's ok, but the majority still listens because if you do it right, it adds.
- Keep your religion and deep personal dogmas out of lolcows. That way you sound less like a retard to everybody who isn't as retardedly religious as yourself, plus no one notices how much of a hypocrite you are. Also you are less boring. You hate abortions in the USA as a Canadian? I really don't care. Why even care about American political issues which have no global or economical effect? Just let them fight it out themselves and focus on the funny things that happen, like e.g. Q shaman.
- If your show has a theme, like "casino" do something with it and not just a name and an intro. Dress like a croupier, develop a lingo (felted doesn't count), make themecards connecting to the casino theme, show (good and crappy) fanart, etc.
- Don't talk about your personal life for too long and how you discovered mundain things, like that working out makes you feel good. You are just the voice on a video to give the funny, never assume you are more than you are.
- If you beg as much as DSP, you do it wrong. Watch Metokur or MATI, that's how you do it (although Josh could advertise even a bit more).
- If you have something like an antagonist, it is a very stupid idea to give them control over your cash flow. Security and reliability is worth some % of your income.
- If you have something like an antagonist, it is very stupid to do the same things that you hate about him. Only shows that you hate this guy for being too similar to yourself.