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Hi, and welcome to podcasting one on one with Rachel.

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This podcast is for busy female entrepreneurs who run their own

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businesses and want to start a podcast or who may already have a podcast.

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I want to share practical information and tips on how you can get your podcast

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started and managing it along the way.

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I'll also be interviewing other female podcast hosts to give

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you real insight into what's Hi,

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and welcome to this week's episode.

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Today, I'm going to be answering your podcast questions.

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I did an episode like this earlier on in this season.

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So check that out if you haven't already listened.

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So I'm going to be answering some of the other questions that people had

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sent in to me regarding podcasts.

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The questions I'll be covering today somebody was asking about what is

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involved in thinking about a podcast the steps that you would need to take?

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There was a question about how much is it likely to cost?

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So we can look at this in two ways. So how much is it going to cost if you're going to do it by yourself

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and the potential cost if you're going to work with somebody like

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me, who's a podcast manager. Also, how do you get it on the various lists to listening to that's to do

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with podcast distribution and then the ingredients of a good podcast.

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I'm going to talk about what's involved from thinking about

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it to actually starting one. So I actually have created a free resource called the podcast playbook.

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And this is a free guide, and I will leave the link in the show notes if you

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would like to download a copy of this. And it's just a guide to help you get clear on whether a podcast is right for

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you and what the next steps would be. So this is the stages in which.

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To go through to getting your podcast launch.

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I'm also at time of recording and that is May 2024.

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I'm writing a blog series based on this podcast playbook

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that's released on LinkedIn. So the first one has already gone out at time of recording.

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So if you're interested in reading a blog version as well, I will leave a link in

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the show notes so you can, you can catch up on all the blogs there and you'll get

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a link to where they are on my website.

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So, I do say this a lot, and this is the one thing that I do say to a

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lot of people when they ask me, you know, about wanting to start a podcast

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is, have you got time for a podcast? It's important to be realistic about what is going on in your life and

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your business as to whether or not you have time to fit in a podcast.

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There is a lot of elements involved to podcasting.

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I'm not going to lie, it does take time, as does a lot of things in your business.

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So you need to think about whether you have the time to

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invest in doing a podcast. Even if you're planning on outsourcing the podcast, you will

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still need to be able to create. The content or have time to create the content and record the podcast as well.

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Even if you're going to be outsourcing the production elements, the editing,

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uploading, maybe you've got a VA that's going to help you with your

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promotion, which is a very important part of it, which I'll get back to.

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So think about the time that you have in your business.

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If you have perhaps a big launch coming up for an offer that you're, you're

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doing at the moment, maybe starting a podcast isn't at that particular time.

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Isn't. Good. Maybe you should wait until that launch is finished, or if you, you know,

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you have to consider what's going on in your personal life as well.

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So a great way to kind of track your time.

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I use an app called Toggle. I found out about this from my VA days, virtual assistant days, and I

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now track everything in my business. Everything that I do, I track so that I can have an overview of where I'm

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spending my time in the business. So whether that's a personal or, you know, like I did Pilates this morning.

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So I would add in, I did Pilates for 45 minutes because If you leave things

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out, you won't get a realistic view of exactly where you're spending your time.

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So it's not an exercise to make you feel guilty about where

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you're spending your time. It's just an exercise to make you aware of where you're

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spending time in your business. And like I said, there's a lot of things involved in doing

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it, coming up with the content. Recording, editing, writing show notes, uploading, creating

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marketing material, you know, even the learning part of the things.

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So if you are going to be doing it yourself, you'll have to do a little

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bit of research into how you're going to record, how you're going

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to edit, what hosting platform, all of those different aspects as well.

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So you have to leave a little bit of time in there for the learning.

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So that's the first thing take a little look at your business and your

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life and work out whether or not. Okay. It's going to fit in there.

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And I do want to just add on the podcasting is part of your marketing.

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It's not a separate entity. You don't have your business and you're marketing for your business.

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And then your podcast is a separate element. It's part is a strand of your marketing strategy.

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So think about your, your, your podcast could be the tree for all of

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your content and all the rest of the other content branches off of that.

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And. This way of looking at it is you're not, I mean, yes, there will be extra, you

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will be spending extra time doing some of the things, but your content will

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be, your podcast, sorry, will be your long form content for your business.

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And then all the other pieces of content can come off of your podcast.

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So you are not reinventing the wheel here.

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I'm sure in your business, unless you're fairly new to your business,

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You will have a lot of content already that you could use for your podcast.

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So don't think of it as a separate, separate thing to your business.

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Think of it as part of your marketing, part of your business.

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So number two, why do you want to start a podcast?

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Think about all the reasons why you do want to start a podcast.

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Don't, I mean, podcasts are very popular.

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They are quite trendy to have a podcast. Lots of, you know, ex TV talent are, you know, having a

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podcast and things like that. And there are lots of people out there having podcasts for their business.

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And I think it's an incredibly valuable tool to have for your business.

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Obviously I'm biased because I love podcasts and that is what I do.

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But You need to, you know, look at the benefits of podcasting.

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What are the benefits of podcasting for your business? Increase visibility, building your, a deeper connection with your audience.

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Make streamlining your marketing, making your marketing easier in terms of creating

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one piece of long form content and pulling all the rest of content over it

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instead of creating lots of little pieces and not having that long form content.

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So think about your why and then.

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Importantly, think about who is your podcast for?

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You need to have somebody in mind as your ideal listener.

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Now, your podcast is going to You know, if you're listening to this, you're a

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woman in business like myself and your podcast is going to be the same as your

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ideal client because your podcast being an extension of your business and your

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marketing, you're going to be talking to the people that you're going to help in

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your business, help transform, transform their business or transform their lives

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depending on what it is that you're doing. So you need to think about that person.

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Who is that person? What?

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pain points do they have? Just like you do for the, you should be doing for the rest of your marketing.

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Your podcast is for them. It's, it's not a place where you can get on your soapbox and talk

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at people and expect everyone to engage with your content.

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You want to be creating something brilliant and

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adding value to your audience. What are your goals with your podcast?

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What do you want to achieve by starting a podcast? So I talked, I suppose this is kind of, this is similar to why

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do you want to start a podcast? The benefits of podcasting really like the type of goals, you know, you

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want to build authority, increase your brand awareness, and then think about

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how you can measure that success. In the blog series, I go into a little bit about smart goals and thinking about it.

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Ways to quantify your podcast in terms of, you know, would you like your

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podcast to bring you in more leads? Would you like your podcast to reach you more people?

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How are you going to measure that success?

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And success doesn't always have to be numbers. So, for example, for me, The main reason why I wanted to start this podcast is,

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well, first, I really wanted to start a podcast because I love podcasting.

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And B, I know that everyone can't afford to outsource their podcast.

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It's not possible. You know, there are lots of things I'd like to outsource in my business, but

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I don't have the finances to do so. So I listen to podcasts, I consume content to help me do that.

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So this, I want this podcast to be helping you If you want to do your podcast by

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yourself, you can listen to my podcast episodes and get that information there.

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And for me, that is a single biggest goal that I want to have.

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So when someone tells me that they listen to my podcast and it's helped them,

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to me, that is a success, regardless of how many downloads or listens or

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whatever metrics there are out there. So think about what does success look like for you, because it does look different

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for every business and for every person. Then let's think about.

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What is it going to be about? So going back to who your ideal client is, your ideal audience, thinking

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about things they want to hear about. So brainstorming ideas that can be turned into topics.

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I recommend that you can head to answerthepublic.

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com. You may or may not have heard of this, so you can use a free version

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where you can put in a search term. So like, you know, for example, How do I start a podcast?

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And it comes up with all the different search terms that people have been using.

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So then answer those questions.

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These, you know, these might be frequently asked questions that people

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are asking you every day in your business. So for example, with this podcast, when I first started it, I thought of

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all the questions that somebody might have when they were starting podcasts.

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How do I record? What do I need to think about?

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How do I edit? How do I upload? Where do I upload it to?

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All of those types of questions. And then I answered those in podcast episodes.

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That is a great starting place for you.

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And also if you have been in business for a while, then have a little

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look at you have been doing for your clients and the transformations that

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you've made in your business and think about how you can, you know, You

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know, articulate that into a podcast.

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Then you need to consider the frequency, length and style of your podcast.

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Podcasts are extremely accessible, accessible and flexible.

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So you can make the podcast, how you do it, fit in with your business.

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So do you want to start a weekly podcast?

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This is, you know, quite a big commitment.

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You have to commit to releasing an episode or you might want to commit.

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To release the episode every week, every month, every two

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weeks or a limited series.

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For example, now I am doing a seasonal podcast.

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So this season will comprise of nine episodes and I

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release them every two weeks. And then I'll be taking hiatus over the summer and then back in

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September up until the new year. So think about how you can make your podcast work for you.

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You don't have to just, if it's too much for you to start a

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weekly podcast and that's it. You. Quote unquote doing it forever.

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That's not how it has to be. So think about the different ways and how you can make podcasting fit in with you.

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And. Also, people ask questions like, you know, what's the ideal listener length?

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It depends. I know that's not very helpful. It depends.

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There's lots of stats out there talking about, you know, average podcast

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episode length being 20 to 40 minutes.

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I think it does depend on what you want to achieve with your podcast.

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So I love a short, actionable podcast.

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There's a lady Hilary Salzman, who did come on last season and

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she has the Everyday Storyteller. So her way is, she releases Five to 10 minute episode, Monday to Friday.

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And she tackles a different part of storytelling and she has, she tells

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a story, she has an actual tip. That is the way that, and I think it's a brilliant way of doing her podcast.

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So think about, think outside the box in the way that you could do those podcasts.

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If you're having guests on, you need to consider, you know, do you want,

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are your listeners going to listen to an hour of you talking to a guest?

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And this comes back to. The content and thinking about what it is you want to achieve in that episode.

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So making sure that the episode is.

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You know, full of the type of things that your ideal listener wants to hear.

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So they, they very well may listen to the whole episode.

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So there's no right or wrong answer here, but it comes back to thinking

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about the relevance of your episode to your listener and making sure

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that the timeframe fits in with that.

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Like I, there's a podcast that I listen to that's maybe an hour and a half long.

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I don't often listen to it all in one go, but I do go back to it, but I know

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everything in there is relevant to me. That's what I want to hear.

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So that I think is the key is to make your content as relevant as

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possible to keep people coming back. You can also choose to do solo episodes, co host, interview style, a mix.

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So this is a solo episode. I don't often do solo episodes anymore, but this is a second one in this season.

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And then I have interview style. I love having somebody on to talk to, to bounce off.

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Have that great conversation. And also I always learn something from my guests as well, which is great for

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me, but I also think it helps bring out a great conversation and the content

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in a fun and conversational way. So, you know, think about how, what best way you could get across your content,

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whether it's yourself, solo co hosting or.

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With guests. So once you have your, your content in place, you need

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to think about the branding. How is it going to look? This is an important part as well.

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Thinking about what is going to be your podcast cover art, whether

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you're going to choose to have individual episode art as well.

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So for this podcast, I have a main cover art and then for each episode,

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I have a different cover art for each episode with the picture of each guest.

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and the title on there. Keeping it consistent with your overall branding.

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So linking back to having it for your, for your business.

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I did actually create separate branding for my podcast.

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So I have different colors to my business, but they, they do link together.

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And I have often thought about potentially changing one or the other.

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So that is, it is all the same. So but there are just things to, to think about there.

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Most of you, I would imagine, you're women in business, you

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would know about Canva, but if you haven't, you should be using it.

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I use it for all of my graphic design.

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There are lots of templates and things out there.

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You can set a brand palette, so you can adjust templates

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to fit in with your own brand. There's lots of ideas there as well.

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And I think that you should probably have your face on there because

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you are the face of your business, you're the face of your podcast and

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keeping it fairly simple as well. Remember the size in terms of when you're looking at your phone

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or podcast app, how much can you see of other people's cover art?

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Have a little look through Spotify or Apple podcasts to see, you know,

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what other people are doing as well. And see how you can incorporate some of those designs for yourself.

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Promotion and marketing plan.

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Think about how you're going to promote. And market your, your, your podcast.

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There are lots of different ways to do this. You can use social media.

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You can, as I talked a bit about earlier, about turning your podcast

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episodes into smaller forms of content. So you can create captions from your episodes, audio clips, video clips,

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if you're recording it, turn these into reels, TikToks, everything.

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Type of content you can imagine you can do.

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But I think when it comes terms to the, the writing, the captions is

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to, to try and do it in a unique way.

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Don't do it like, mm, this is me listen to my episode.

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It needs to be more creative in terms of can you share something that you learn?

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Can you share the key takeaways from the episodes?

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If you have a guest, can you share a funny anecdote of something that happened?

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And don't just post once and that's the only, that's the only other time people

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are going to know about the episode. Make sure you're repurposing it, sharing it multiple times, sharing it with your

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email newsletter, sharing it with friends.

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Maybe there's someone you know that would really benefit from that episode.

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Those kind of ways are really, really important.

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Great to get your episodes out there.

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I know a lady, Loretta Milan, who came on this season with the Origineur podcast.

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And if she meets somebody and they're having a conversation and she's kind

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of like, Oh, I've talked about this, my podcast, let me send you the episode.

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I think that's a fantastic way to promote your own podcast, but also

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really show that, A, you're listening to the person when they're telling

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you about things they might be doing. Be coming up against in their business or in their personal life

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and, and being able to recommend an episode that will help them.

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I think that's, again, this is helping form that deeper connection.

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I really think that's such a fantastic way to share and promote your podcast.

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So that comes to the end of the podcast playbook that I have, but I

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do have a little checklist at the end. Some other things that you obviously need to think about

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when you're doing your podcast. So naming your podcast, looking at a hosting platform and then distributing

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your podcast, checking that you've got the right equipment, microphone, headphones,

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not that they all have to be expensive. You don't need expensive equipment to start a podcast, but

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nonetheless, audio is important.

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It is important to record. As good audio as you can, because otherwise it just gets very distracting

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for listeners and may put people off.

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But again, this doesn't have to be an expensive exercise.

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The recording software for this episode, I'm actually trying out Squadcast.

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I usually record on Riverside. fm, but recently you may or may not have heard of Descript.

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And Squad, Descript I think they merge with Squadcast and with my package

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with the So I'm giving it a try out for this episode, just to see what

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it's like and, you know, compare the quality and the ease of the

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dashboard and the ease of recording. So far it's going good.

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So you'd also need to look at some editing software, record a

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trailer, an intro and outro for your podcast, confirm your launch date.

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Commit to it. Create a timeline and plan for all the works complete.

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So taking into consideration everything we've talked about

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here from this playbook, creating.

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So once you've got your time, your launch date, you can work backwards

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for your, you know, your pre launch promotion and all of those types

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of things, get everything ready. I would say you don't have to, because it can Of course be done, not that far

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in advance, but if you are able to, to have episodes in the bank, planned out

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your content, you've got your promotion materials to go out, it will just make

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everything go that bit smoother and allow you that extra grace for when times

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are busy and you aren't able to do it. So those things are really important to think about.

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And then launching it out to the world. So I hope that process has been clear for you.

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Again, like I mentioned at the beginning, this is available as a

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PDF, so you can download it for free.

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I will pop the link in the show notes for you to be able to do that.

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And also the link to the blog series, if you'd like to take a look at that as well.

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Somebody asked, how much is it likely to cost?

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Well, You can pretty much start a podcast for free.

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So you may have a mic.

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Everyone's got a phone and a computer. I mean, I know people that have started a podcast on their

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phone and it has sounded fine. So you can start it very low cost.

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You could use a host like Spotify for podcasters.

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You can record on, I mean, a I think Squadcast has a free package.

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A few of my clients use Zoom. A lot of people use Zoom for their business as well.

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So you can use a recording software like that and just take into consideration

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your recording environment, which you should anyway, but just that

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extra bit, turn off notifications, don't record in a room that's just

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made of hard floors and hard walls.

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You know, sending that, those considerations onto your guests as well.

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I do think that having a mic and headphones is.

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quite important and you can pick up mics for fairly cheap.

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My own one was on an Amazon Prime day.

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It's a Behringer Bigfoot mic and I love this mic.

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I definitely noticed the difference in audio quality from when I was using.

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I had a radio mic. My husband is a sound engineer, so he had mics lying around, but I did

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notice the difference in the quality. And when I started using an online studio compared to Zoom, the audio

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quality is just that much better. That bit better.

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Riverside. fm do also offer a free package.

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It's two hours free a month. I think if you're recording video, it has a Riverside watermark, but if you're

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just recording audio, it's not a problem, you'll get two hours free a month.

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So that's something to consider as well. So you can get, I would recommend wearing headphones, wired

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headphones, not Bluetooth ones. I found there was a delay in Bluetooth headphones.

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And I also think that the headphones should be plugged into

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your mic so that you can hear.

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So if you're doing a solo episode, you'll be able to hear yourself in

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your headphones through your mic and you'll also be able to hear any other

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noises if you're banging the desk, perhaps with some bracelets or, you

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know, fiddling with the wire that can cause noises in the recording.

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So you can, you can hear some of these things in your headphones.

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Also with your guests, you're able to hear them better and also detect people.

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Possibly something coming out of their end.

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So it just makes the recording experience better and helps

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with the quality of the audio. You can just use the in ear buds with a cord and plug those in.

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If you have those, I'd say. 99% of people have those type of headphones li lying around.

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Or the headphones that I wear, I think there are Sony headphones, but

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they were about 10 pounds on Amazon. Again, you could wait for an Amazon Prime day or something

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like that to get a discount. So I would say below a hundred pounds you'd be able to get

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yourself a mic and headphones.

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That will make all the difference to your recording editing software.

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There are free editing softwares out there I use.

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Software called audacity, which is free.

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I do feel there is a bit of a learning curve with this.

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But it is not impossible to learn.

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I taught myself how to use it. Some of the podcast hosting platforms allow you to record

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and edit within the platforms. When I've edited within those type of platforms, I found it

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very clunky and hard to do.

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You can edit in platforms like Riverside as well, and Descript,

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they edit through the words. Although I must say, that's like AI technology, although I must

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say, I don't feel like it edits as cleanly as if you do it on Audacity.

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This is, I edit. professionally for a living.

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So I would always prefer to use something like Audacity and not the AI, but people I

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know that are under time constraints, cost constraints, using something like Descript

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or Inside Riverside is a great option.

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If you were to outsource your podcast, then to someone like me,

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who's a podcast manager, then It just depends on how much or what, what

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it is that you want to outsource. So for example, I offer different packages depending on how often your podcast is.

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You know, if you're doing a weekly podcast, it might cost you 700

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a month or up to 1, 200 a month.

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This is my packages for a weekly podcast. But this includes editing, setting up hosting platform, distribute your podcast,

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trailers, intros and outros, show notes.

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Ongoing monthly support and planning and also the done for you digital content.

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What people offer will vary depending on the amount of pieces

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that you want to outsource. I do also offer edit only packages if that's something

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that people are interested in. So prices do differ and it isn't, you know, it isn't cheap because there is a

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lot of things to do and it does take time. But you just need to think about if you're thinking about outsourcing

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is if you were to spend that time in your business doing it yourself.

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If you outsource that part to somebody else and you had a client take that

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space, would that pay for, that's one way to look at it, would it pay for it?

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So I'm not saying you should outsource. If you are happy to do it yourself, you absolutely can do it yourself.

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And I am, you know, a big advocate of there not being any barriers for

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podcasting because if you want to DIY your podcast, you absolutely can.

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And I'm sure that you will make a great podcast, but for those of you that do

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want some help, there are people out there like myself that can help and

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support you with different elements. Of your podcast, how do you get the podcast onto various lists

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for listening to, so this is to do with the distribution.

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So once you upload your podcast to your hosting platform, you will

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get an RSS feed, which is the code for your podcast, and then you

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connect it up to the different apps. So if, for example, if you're using something like Spotify for podcasters,

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once you publish an episode, you will automatically be added to Spotify.

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In the distribution list, you will see all the different other types

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of apps that you can be added to. So Apple podcasts, Google podcasts is no longer a thing.

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They are, they, the app is defunct now and it has been taken over by YouTube.

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They want to amalgamate into YouTube music.

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At this point in time, I'm not entirely sure what it looks like.

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You can actually add your RSS feed, claim it on YouTube, but I am not

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sure on what kind of analytics and things like that are in.

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You know, the benefits of doing that, but you can have your app, you can

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have your podcast on Amazon Music.

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You can have your podcast on SoundCloud, CastBox, there are a few different

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other kind of smaller indie apps that you can get your podcast out onto.

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With Apple, all you need to do is have an Apple ID and create

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a free Apple Connect account. And once you have published an episode, and I recommend that you publish a trailer

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first, before you publish your episode so that you get your RSS feed and you

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can connect up the distribution prior to launching your podcast because it makes

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it a lot smoother on the launch end.

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SoundCloud And then you enter your RSS feed into Apple connect or the different

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apps that when it requires it, some will auto connect, some won't, you'll have to

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create a free account and it will pull all your information from your host,

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whether that's Spotify podcasters or some of the other platforms like I use

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captivate, it will pull the information from there where you set it all up.

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And then your podcast will be, they'll approve it and then it'll

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be out there on Apple Podcasts. And then every time you update it with an episode, it will sync

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and then they'll be out there. So it's fairly simple.

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It's fairly simple process to do. A little bit of opening, you know, some free accounts and connecting it up,

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but it's, it's a fairly simple process. And the last question is ingredients of a good podcast.

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So I have touched on this a bit earlier when I talked about your ideal client

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or your ideal audience and creating the content that is relevant for them.

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I think the content is the most important thing.

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The top thing you should be thinking about is your ideal listener.

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And creating the content that they want to hear and don't create content

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that you want or you think they want to hear know and understand who will be

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listening to your podcast and create the content that will be relevant for them.

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And then creating as good audio as you can so that you are not putting

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people off who are listening. and have some best practices in place.

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Think about your recording environment.

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If you're inviting guests on, perhaps if those guests have not, don't really

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feature on podcasts, how can you make their experience with you a good

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one and get good audio out of them?

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Simple things often find is shutting the doors so no one interrupts and the dogs

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don't, you don't hear the dogs barking. You shut the windows, you turn off all your notifications, you.

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You know, have a meeting with them beforehand to try and

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see, have they got a mic? Have they got some headphones with a mic in it?

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All those kinds of things that can make your audio sound The editing

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process as well, I do feel like you don't have to cut out every and ah.

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I do say a lot when I'm recording and I do edit a lot of those out.

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But you need to think about the flow of the conversation.

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Whether it's you talking by yourself, with your co hosts, with an interview,

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if you over edit things, it will sound too clipped, not natural.

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So listen back to what you are editing and see whether or not The conversation flows.

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Don't say if there's someone's taking their time answering and

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there's a little pause, don't feel like you have to cut that pause

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out so it answers really quickly. You know, when you're, I tend to do, to when I'm editing and when I'm editing for

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my clients as well, I tend to close my eyes and listen back to it and feel like,

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Does it make sense or does it feel like it's too big a gap to have that there?

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So this is a skill that does come with the more things that you edit.

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You can have a fairly raw podcast as well.

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There's nothing wrong with that. I do listen to a lot of podcasts that aren't, aren't over edited,

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which is absolutely fine. But I think that you just have to listen back to your podcast and not be.

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overcritical of the way that you sound because we all don't like

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the way that we sound when we first start recording podcasts.

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I have got a lot more used to my voice and how it sounds now, but just

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think about the flow and how it would sound and put yourself in, in, in

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someone else's shoes that's listening. That's it for this episode.

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I hope you found this episode useful and that I have Answered those

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questions with enough information.

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If you do have any more questions, please get in touch with me.

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I would love to know what you thought of the episode.

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And if I haven't answered one of your burning podcast questions, please feel

30:29

free to email me or connect with me on LinkedIn and send me a message.

30:34

I will pull the links to those in the show notes. I also want to just add on that if you are thinking about starting your

30:43

podcast and you are still feeling a little bit overwhelmed and you've

30:47

downloaded the podcast playbook and you still feel a little bit unsure

30:51

about how to get forward, or you want a little bit, maybe you want a little

30:53

bit more knowledge about the tech.

30:56

the software, the, the hosting platforms and those kinds of things.

30:59

I do offer podcast strategy sessions, which are 90 minutes where you can come

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and ask me anything you want really.

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Whether you like, like I said, whether it's to do with the tech

31:11

to do with helping you put a plan together, helping you sort out

31:14

your content, anything like that. The sessions get recorded and transcribed and sent to you afterwards to keep.

31:21

Also no frantic note taking whilst you are in the session.

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All I ask is that if you just let me know what you want to.

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To do in the session beforehand so that I can be prepared and you'll

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get the most out of your 90 minutes. I've done a few of these now and I'm really seeing the benefits

31:37

that it's having my clients that are coming along to these.

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So I will again, leave the link in the show notes for you to check out a little

31:43

bit more on my website about those. I do also offer a 30 minute free consultation, a 30 minute free

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session for you to come and get some personalized advice as well.

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So please take advantage of that. Thanks so much for listening and I'll see you in next episode.

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Thanks for listening to the show. If you'd like to connect with me or get in touch, then head on over to my website.

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