If you have good oratory skills and love telling stories, monetize them. A podcast is a series of digital audio or video files a user can download to listen to. With nearly 200 million monthly active users, 40 podcast companies, and a steady rise in users triggered by Covid lockdowns, audiobooks, and story reading have caught on.
If you’re looking for proper detail on how to start a podcast, you’re absolutely in the right place. Starting a podcast is easy, but there are some basic steps you’ll need to go through.
Let’s start with the details of podcasting; there is some basic step of the process we have to go through:
· Choosing a topic & name
· Show and episode format
· Cover art creation
· Intro & outro music
· Equipment selection
· Audio recording & editing
· Submission to Apple Podcasts (iTunes)
· Promotion tips
· What to podcast about
· Equipment you’ll need
· How to record & edit
· How to promote your podcast
· Get started today!
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Planning |
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Choose A Topic |
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Choose A Name for channel |
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Podcast Format |
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Podcast Style |
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The gear required to start podcasting: |
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Select your platform for podcast |
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Creating a related niche Website |
#Planning
This is the initial (often overlooked) stage to make a podcast. You’ll want to spend a good amount of time here before you move on.
#Choose
A Topic
You want your podcast to be focused on a particular topic or niche. Try to narrow it down to something you can speak about for many episodes (100+) but that isn’t so broad that you won’t appeal to your potential audience. You can always expand your topic later as you get more popular.
#Pick A Co-host (optional)
If you have a friend, business partner, or coworker with has the same hobby then it will be much easy to the podcast. You will naturally have a more engaging conversation if you both share your points of view on a topic. It can also be helpful to have someone to keep things on track.
There
are some downsides too if you starting podcasting with partner:-
Both of you must be sure and committed to the long-term podcasting and decisions should be taken mutually on schedule recording every week from the beginning. In case, your co-host drops off, you could continue as a solo podcast and add a co-host later.
#Choose A Name for channel
If you look at the top Apple Podcasts charts, you’ll see a variety of different names. But, choose the name according to your niche. Before, finalize the name of your channel a quick survey may be helpful, which is less competition and high demand.
#Podcast Format
-Length of podcast
You’ll find several “experts” claiming that certain lengths are perfect for podcasts but the average time for a podcast may be around 28-minute to a maximum of one hour podcast because people can’t pay attention longer than that. Find whatever works for you and run with it.
#Podcast Style
One of the common and demanded formats is his Interview shows which are very popular in any format like the podcast, YouTube, blogger, Instagram but that doesn’t mean you have to do one. You can do solo (or co-hosted) shows may be divided into two parts half the time for interview shows and another half maybe for other creative pieces of stuff. One enormous benefit of doing interviews is that they help to get new listeners–especially if you make it easy for your guest to share with pre-written templates and graphics.
#After the all the above steps next step
is to preparation of show
#Create Cover image
Your cover image is the first impression for your listeners and future subscribers, which most people will see as they browse through different platforms of podcast app. It is also very important when you share this image on different social media platforms for advertisement. If you have some budget, then you can give this work to any freelancer for designing.
#The gear required to start podcasting
You can record a podcast with just your smartphone, but the sound quality will not be as expected. So having the right equipment is necessary. Here’s are some devices that will help you
· A computer
· Audio editing software
· Portable XLR recorder
· Audio interface
#Recording
& Editing
There are three types of show Solo recording multiple Hosts and Remote Interview many people use different software for recording remote interviews but a wide range of software is available in the market that provides good audio quality than Skype and also allows recording podcast interviews.
After that, all you need good quality software for editing audio before broadcasting. Then, all you need to do is upload your recordings, and use the fool-proof podcast-specific editor to take out any big mistakes.
#Select your platform for podcast
There are so many platforms where you can post and publish your podcast. While Apple is the premier podcast platform, there are others such as Google Podcast, Anchor, #Khabri, #Headfone, #Aawaz.com, #Castbox, #Hubhopper #Spotify, etc
After
nice editing upload your first episode
· SIGN UP.
· Start by clicking on the new episode
· Now either record on the go (or upload existing episode)
· Save it the file
· Add Title & Description to the podcast
· Customize Further for an enhanced experience
· Click on publish
· Add your Podcast’s Title & Details
· Find a place to host them
· Now Distribute it on different platforms
If you want to grow fast your podcast channel, create a separate website it is very helpful especially for beginners. There are many web host companies that easily provide a free domain name for the first year. Just choose one of their themes, customize to your liking, and optionally integrate email marketing or Google Analytics. The same topic of podcast episodes should be written and posted on your website with attractive thumbnails and images. Or you may use transcriptions which is an excellent way for search engines (like Google) to “read” your podcast episodes. They also give your audience another way to look something up quickly.
****Thank
you for giving you precious time****
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