Where you host your podcast files is important. But not so important to stall your start because you fear making the wrong choice. Make a choice, get started, and change hosts later if you think you can get something better.
Madonna sang 'music makes the people come together,' but if you use any of her music in your podcast, her people will come after you for a check. Copyrights and royalties are not issues to be ignorant of when it comes to pro…
There are plenty who can give a solid argument that having your show's audio on YouTube does not equate a true podcast. Whether you fall into that camp or not, I give a reason why it doesn't hurt you as a content creator.
The odd thing about podcasting is that it is populated with many people who call themselves misfits and outsiders, but it still has a weird high school hierarchy vibe within pockets of the community. Don't worry about being …
You will quickly begin to worry about various 'issues' with your podcast, and those worries may have serious merit. And most of your audience will not notice, and most of those that do will not particularly care.
Things that become priorities take up time. Time that is taken away from things that can not be priorities, or you would not be able to relinquish the time. Make note of what podcasting duties become real priorities as you g…
If you got into podcasting after complaints of hearing other podcasters recycling episode topics and ideas, this lesson may be a hard one to accept, even if obvious.
Don't get to upset about a lack of initial traction in getting people listening to your podcast. There are a lot of podcasts to choose from, and not enough capacity to for many people to get past the 8-second mark.
The workload of podcasting is more than people believe, and the more obsessed the podcaster, the more overly excessive the podcast process. If it ain't for you, it ain't for you.
The famous and the no-so-much all have one thing in common when they record that first podcast episode. That podcast doesn't yet exist, and it has no audience.
Podcasting has an extremely low barrier to entry to muddle through the science. Being good at the art, and consistent with the science is a whole other level you will quickly learn about.
There are such things as stupid questions, and you will ask plenty as you learn the art of podcasting. Try not to ask too many up front and fight the urge to continue to ask them once you know better.
