Creat A Plan For Your Podcasting

 Creat A Plan For Your Podcasting

If you are an expert in your chosen podcasting niche then it can be tempting to just “wing it” and record podcasts on the fly. These rarely work out well. There is always pressure when you are recording so you may miss a number of important points and also mumble a lot. Not a good experience for your listeners!

When you are starting out we recommend that you create a full script for each podcast. You can then read from this when you are recording. By doing this you won’t forget anything and you will be less likely to mumble. After a while you can progress to “prompt” scripts where you just work off of a list of prompts to remind you of what you need to talk about.It is a good idea to interview some experts in your niche and turn these into podcasts. You can set up a call using Skype and then record the conversation. Skype does have its own recorder these days which will produce a mono recording in MP4 format. You will have to convert this to MP3 (not difficult) but a mono recording can be problematic.Sometimes with Skype calls one of the participants is recorded a lot louder than the other. If only one channel is used for recording (mono) then you cannot do anything to correct the volume imbalance. There are other Skype call recording apps that will record on two channels so that you can make the necessary adjustments.

Another option for interview recording is Zoom. This is more like video conferencing and you set up a room and send out an invite to your interviewee. Zoom calls are always recorded and you will receive this after the call ends. There are free plans and paid plans with Zoom and the recording quality is usually really good.

If you are going to interview an expert using an online call then plan this in advance for the best results. Agree a list of questions with the interviewee before you conduct the interview. This gives the interviewee time to prepare and you will get a better quality interview overall.

You need to be committed with podcasting and be prepared to launch new podcast episodes on a regular basis. Some podcaster publish every day. We recommend once a week or once a fortnight. Whatever publishing frequency you choose be sure to stick to it.Use a calendar tool to get everything organized. The free Google Calendar does a really great job and is really all you need. You can schedule days for research and preparation as well as podcast recording. With Google Calendar you can add descriptions and notes and also attach files. 

Consistency is really important with podcasting.