Record and Edit Your Podcast
Are you ready to record your trailer, first episode, or are you just looking for better ways to record your podcast? Here is our short list of recommendations for recording and editing.
Refine Your Podcast Idea
Creating great content is simple, but it's not easy. Magic happens at the intersection of your experiences/expertise and a unique audience's needs. If you can get this right, the rest will align. I'll go so far as the right content for the right audience predicts success more than great audio and perfect video. Refining your tech won't get you an audience, but refining a message can launch a movement.
Choose Your Podcast Hosting and Distribution
You are so close to launching your podcast! Podcast hosting stores and distributes audio and video content as podcasts on the internet. Podcast hosting services provide the necessary infrastructure and tools to upload, store, and distribute your audio files to listeners.
Podcaster Social Media Audit
How are you showing up on social media? Too often, we hear a platform isn't working when it isn't being leveraged correctly. Conduct a social media audit using the questions on the next page to evaluate your social presence. Great marketing and promotion are CLEAR. Make sure that when someone arrives on your profile, they understand who you are, what you're about, and how you can help.
How To Choose Podcast Show Music
Podcast show music is easier to get wrong than to get right. You've been warned!
How To Plan Your First Solo Episodes
Solo episodes are a vulnerable experience! Typically, solo episodes are done by thought leaders, teachers, and narrative storytellers. The episode prompts below will help you set the tone for your podcast and connect with your ideal listener on an emotional level.
How To Plan Your First Interviews
To plan your first interviews, keep your ideal listener and show promise in mind. The few interviews of your podcast can set the tone for potential listeners. The key to planning great interviews is to DO YOUR HOMEWORK. Research your guests, even if you know them. While you want interviews to ebb, flow, and be natural, you are inviting a guest on for a specific reason, and it's to help you deliver on your show promise for your ideal listener.
How To Name Your Podcast
Great podcast names aren’t just catchy; they serve a purpose! Remember, when you are an unknown show, the name of your podcast can help attract your ideal listener. Therefore, we have three steps to help you develop nine plus on-purpose name ideas. You’ll create name names based on your ideal listener’s needs, the transformation they hope to experience, and call the listener and transformation out. This will give you a solid base to experiment with.
How To Develop Your Ideal Podcast Listener
You need to know your audience to produce content that gains subscribers and is shared. Knowing your audience is a content creation game changer. Every time you sit down to create something new, it allows you to envision the person that needs your message and why. Knowing your audience will transform how you develop and grow your show.
Email Template For Inviting Guests Onto The Podcast
When reaching out to listeners, how they can serve your audience with their unique message or journey will be more important than the number of downloads you have. To be a successful interviewer immediately, you must start relationships for the right reasons! You’ll get guests on your show more if you reach out to them after doing your homework. When you reach out, share part of their message that resonated with you and how it can serve your audience.