It can be a pain to change your hosting platform. Unless you see a significant boost in moving to a new one, see what you can do to fall in love, or at least kinda like, the one you are already paying money to.
You may be a podcaster looking to do your work on the cheap. You may be itching to spend big dollars on shiny new gear. All are welcome at the table of podcasting.
There are three main barriers that keep people from pulling the trigger in starting podcasting: the tech (do I have the stuff to do it), the talent (do I have the ability to do it), and the time (do I have the time/intangibl…
Do you need to produce content that is linear, i.e., follows a pattern logical pattern. It depends on if you are teaching, commenting, storytelling, or a combination of the three.
A question that stymies and stalls potential content creators is whether the medium is too saturated to enter. It’s not. Every year there are award winners for new entries to all media, so do what you can to be a new and inf…
Struck down with fear because of imposter syndrome? Stand up while you record like a voice-over artist does. Dress up as if you were speaking in front of a crowd. And of course, smile. Believe it or not, the listening audien…
This is advice from a blog post by Kent Julian on how to Become a Motivational Speaker, but it is truly about delivering great content in an unforgettable way that you can use for any audience. Find more on Kent Julian at ht…
Working with musicians over the years has taught me that they are a superstitious lot about how they like their sound. But their individual mixes in their ears is meant to help them perform. It is not meant for public consum…
The most common debate tactic you will see used against you is not at an attack to counter the good you intend to do, but to highlight the bad, real or perceived, that you can possibly do if left unchecked. Fighting the obje…
You should be making content that you enjoy that will be consumed by strangers who also enjoy it. If you do not enjoy it, you will not stick to the process to get it produced.
A business card may seem like a primitive form of networking and marketing, but it is a simple and fairly inexpensive way to spread the word about your podcast.
The internet makes it simple to find a place in bytes for your podcast to be found by the world. Finding a place in the listener's hearts for your particular podcast is not that simple.
With so many people creating content for so many different platforms (and even some with video), it can be difficult to maintain your personality for every one of your distinctly different audiences.
Speaking about your podcast is just you telling a story. And like all stories, the more complicated it is, the easier it is to lose listeners in the telling.
You may not like the way your voice sounds after you start recording yourself and you hear a ‘true’ version of your voice. Get over yourself and your voice.
A runner would never start a race without stretching prior to the event. You should take time to ‘stretch’ your voice as well before you record. Do a few minutes of vocal exercises every day to expand and strengthen your spe…
This is not about know, like, and trust. This is about the literal open to your podcast. Do you approach it as an explanation of who you are or do you just get on with it and let the new listeners get the feel for it on thei…
Podcast Consultant Dave Jackson took a deep dive into the expression to find that the man it is sourced from was basically taken out of context. This goes to not believing everything you hear on the internet and how to ensur…
Consistency in delivering content is a mantra than cannot be said enough. But you have to deliver consistent styled content (that is hopeful consistently good) to make a real impact with being there on a regular basis.
Even when you have no audience, you always have you to cater to what you want to hear in a show you are voicing and producing yourself. Otherwise, why put in the work?
