Step 1: Choosing a Title and Doing or Getting the Artwork Done
Try not to think too hard on this. A good place to begin would be deriving your podcast title from your site/ blog that you are doing already. This ensures that you retain your brand and are only expanding reach to a new preference market, that is, niche interested audio fans.
It does not have to be the exact site name- but at least related. For instance, if your site is MyCoolFishingGearReviews.com and your name is Ackline, you could go for Ackline’s Fishing Gear Podcast.
Again, do not fret over this. Authority is built over a period of time, then the title/name- not the other way round. If you are no designer (like me, LOL!) go to https://fiverr.com and get a professional to do it for you at an affordable price range of $5-$10.
Step 2: Obtain a High Quality Studio Microphone- Affordably
Do not fret over the brand when beginning. Consider your budget, but that does not mean too cheap. You could even use your phone's earphones' microphone :) - but just don't. Quality audio is KEY.
Choose to make an affordable investment when it comes to a microphone. Remember people will either be engaged or lost on the grounds of quality- anytime. Whether in text or audio. You already are a quality content person through the thorough Wealthy Affiliate training we have received.
No need for Eeeexpensive equipment!
Suggestions, do a long tailed Amazon search for: Studio Mic Blue Yeti (you could add With Pop Filter). They range from about $21 to $150. Preferably, confirm it has a USB connecter cable so that it is easy to directly record with your PC or laptop. A more expensive but good option is the Audio Technica Dynamic USB Mic. It's also available at https://amazon.com
In the next page we'll find out how to record ourselves using an effective yet FREE audio software. For now, you could drop a comment on other MIC/ audio equipment that could be better and affordable- to avoid my bias!
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Thanks a lot for dropping by and making those wonderful comments and also for asking quite relevant questions.
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Podcast Duration
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Every podcast session has a topic that it handles for that particular time. By all means, the duration of talk and discussion in that session must be as long as value is being communicated, and after editing, there'll be no moments of fluff or re-emphasizing on things already handled.
This means that whereas it's good to be consistent with a certain range of minutes (global average is 43) one must only make their podcast as long as their audience will not feel like they are really wasting time waiting for points to take in.
Thus 25 minutes of quality content would beat an hour of wordy discussion that really need a lot of filtering to get the points.
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Video and Podcast
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It is quite a brilliant idea to make both an audio only recording simultaneous with video shooting. Once this is edited, the audio becomes the podcast and also "donates" voice over to the video. You could then upload the video to YouTube to grow a channel- and thus increase traffic. You could use text-to-speech also to be auto transcribing text as you speak along.
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You could mention that you have the channel, podcast, and website/blog (for audience who prefer audio-visual, audio, and readable text, respectively).
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Once again, thanks so much.
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Good Job
Shannon Kamal
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Thanks again.
Thanks so much for dropping by, reading and commenting.
I really appreciate your point because podcasting is a whole lot more involving and kind of strict to a schedule if it's ever going to work. Until one adjusts their program it's be a challenge rather than a blessing.
Though you'll not be using podcasting for sometime, it is worthy to know that audience growth rises exponentially at some point when audio- and video- dimensions are added to strengthen text content.
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Your other Brother.
