![]() (Though be aware of the copyright implications of using commercial music. And choose good music, not the cheezy royalty-free muzak that floats around. If you have music in the show, use it as music, not filler. This also allows me to use Amazon affiliate links, to monetize the show (a bit).ĭon’t stick in music just to fill time, or to punctuate your show. Since we cover both music and audio equipment, it’s a help to listeners to have links to the hardware and records we talk about. On my podcast The Next Track, I’m careful to include links to everything we discuss on the show. People won’t listen in just because you copy Rush Limbaugh or Al Franken (update: or Marc Maron) but if you are unique, you’ll find an audience. The best podcasts are the ones that are unique or original. Do talk about what turns you on: even if it’s a hobby, such as beekeeping, an impassioned delivery by someone who knows the subject can be interesting.īe unique. Don’t try using that “radio voice”, and don’t try to talk about things you don’t know about. INSTACAST SUPER NOVICE PROFESSIONALUnless you’re a professional journalist or radio broadcaster, you won’t make people think you are. Learn when to talk and when to let the guest speak. Also, if you’re interviewing someone, don’t interrupt. INSTACAST SUPER NOVICE HOW TOLearn how to record, edit, and produce your podcast. Use good recording equipment listeners are used the radio-quality broadcasts, and if it sounds like you recorded your podcast in the bathroom, they won’t stay long. If listeners like the shortcasts, then they’ll stick around for the longcasts.īe clear. This does not mean that one-hour podcasts won’t work but you may want to have occasional shorter podcasts – say 20 to 30 minutes – to attract listeners who might be turned off by the idea of devoting one hour of their lives to an unknown program. You will be much more likely to get listeners to try out your podcasts if they are short. Too many podcasts try to fill an hour with whatever it takes to fill that time. However, don’t let notes or questions keep you from diverging if you find something better to say.īe short and simple. Make detailed notes, and, if you’re interviewing someone, prepare questions in advance. In fact, few people can really improvise for more than a few minutes. Make notes before you start talking only a rare few can improvise for a half-hour or an hour. It’ll save you time, and it’s easier to find out what you have to say. If you make a podcast just to provide the drivel that’s on your blog, don’t bother stick to text. You can certainly just ramble for a half-hour, but unless you have a unique voice (or are really funny) people won’t come back. Here are a few rules that should help podcasters get people to tune into their shows. Some podcasts do things very wrong, and, after listening for a few minutes, listeners simply switch to something else. But not everyone listens to podcasts, and many people check out a few and leave them behind. Since Apple added podcast features to iTunes, podcasts have become almost mainstream, and the first for-cash podcasts have recently arisen. The buzz has been around podcasting since Apple’s embracing of the medium in iTunes, which provides easy access to thousands of podcasts. I’ve updated this in 2017 to mention my own podcast. I’m re-posting it now, because podcasting hasn’t changed very much, and these rules can still apply to podcasts, even though the “genre” has matured greatly in the past seven years. Note: I originally posted this in March, 2006, and it continues to be a popular article on my site. ![]()
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