How to create a cool podcast
A Life / / December 19, 2019
Alex Kornelyuk
Entrepreneur, author Telegram-channel "Books Million».
If you clicked on the link and started reading this article, it can be assumed that the term "podcast" is familiar to you. But just in case, indicating that it is.
Podcast - audio or video file, which highlights a certain topic. For example, the audio book can be one large podcast. But as a rule, this word refers to something shorter - 10-20, at least 30-60 minutes of conversation on any topic.
One of my Telegram-channel dedicated to podcasts with a squeeze of the books that I read. It's not just the reviews and brief retellings and juicy through the prism of business. What you, as a listener, you can apply here and now. At this point in the channel of more than 160 thousand subscribers, and on this basis, we can assume that something interesting on the subject of podcasts, I can tell. So, we are driven by the order.
How to choose a theme
This is the first and most popular question that comes to mind. And the most logical and simple answer - go, for example, "Yandex. Vordstate "and see what people are interested in the most. After that, take and produce podcasts on the most popular topics. But there is one "but" ...
Yourself should seize what you are doing. Otherwise, the result will be tasteless, dead, mediocre audio products to the already shorn of all and sundry, topic. Therefore, the question "How to choose a theme?" I responsibly declare stupid. It's like asking, "What business open? "Or" How do sports? ". Clear the degree that those who personally resonates with you, and not one that is in the top on request.
I recommend never to do market analysis, supply and demand trends. You died once began to cave in under these things and act on them equaling.
It makes sense to do something from which get the aesthetic orgasm yourself. The audience there will always. The main thing that she felt that you are not trying pohaypit on a certain topic, and that it (the issue) excites you themselves. Then everything will be fine.
I do not monitor the market podcasts. I took what I love to do, namely, reading books, and decided to share them with a squeeze of others. Moreover, this I decide another important task for me. After some time after reading books Information somewhere disappears. And I found a way out: to pronounce the abstract, to disclose them to the entrepreneur's position and share it with people. There is a benefit to all. For me - because I would rather remember the information, and I can always pereslushat his thoughts on the topic. And for people - especially for those who do not like to spend time listening to / reading of the entire book, or very carefully suited to the choice of books.
So, find a formula of what to do: a topic that you would be happy to discuss at 3 am in the kitchen + lack of desire earn on it (or if it is, then at least not priority) + willingness to share it with others = success podcasting.
How to prepare for recording
I do not write the text, and you do not recommend. Why? It's simple. When you read, do not tell, it is always heard, and this is less natural. If you want to make the listener after a few minutes already I feel that you are his best friend, then you should tell him exactly - by itself.
You're not going to read best friend ready text, right? You tell him: "My friend, this one here, so this is like that, that's like that, right?" I exaggerate, of course, but the point is this: the podcast write as if you're talking about something else. At the same time pump over in oratory: lose any "BE", "ME", "well", and other parasites.
Here are some tips for training.
1. Select a specific time to record the podcast
For example, I have it from 4 days to 8 pm. By this time, I have time to fully wake up and warm up the voice.
2. Write down the main points
After reading the book I have drawn are the main theses. Before recording a podcast about three minutes, I look through these points, I remember what it was, and it appears to me to continue these ideas. Theses themselves look like the one short sentence, and I have need to develop some kind of idea.
I do not know what topic podcasts do you do, but to have before my eyes a list of theses necessary.
3. Buy a normal microphone and pop filter
Pop filter - this sort of thing, which allows you to remove unnecessary unpleasant sounds. Banal auditory canal respect to the listener.
4. Train your voice
Before each record to do different, albeit sometimes funny, breathing exercises and train vote. Exercises you can easily find on YouTube.
How to make a post with podcast
Regarding the design of the post with the podcast will not say much. It is necessary to write a catchy title, description and make a small stick picture - everything. But!
I have a lot of emphasis on style. After all, at first we buy eyes and then tapped. For me the important effect of memorability. At the moment, every picture featured a portrait of me, and yet I always point out the number, such as "The Book number 46" to newcomers was clear: "Yeah, so, there are still 45 books." This makes the specifics to stay and see what there was more. If this is not done, then the listener there is every reason to believe that the number of podcasts simply abysmal, and "well, it nafig, time to spend».
Where and how to promote
First I appeared on Soundcloud - it contains all the files from my podcasts. But the fact that this ground is not widely used in the Russian-speaking space, in contrast to the iTunes or Google Play Market. Although Soundcloud have the ability to create RSS-link and paste it on iTunes. And if you are there, you are on the machine appear in almost all applications with podcasts. But this is not enough.
There is a service in which to write and which must be negotiated. For example, the last, in which I wrote, called SoundStream. Through negotiations, I became one of the first in the search.
You, as the author himself must be twisted, hustling and negotiate. Come to the most popular applications, see where you are not, and start writing to the administrators requests: that here I am, I'm cool, add me to your application, with my content and views with you lecture hall.
What mistakes often make novice podcasters
Pay attention and do not repeat them.
1. Occupation is not in the business
It's not only about the podcasters, but also many others. If you saw contentThat does not resonate within you, the audience is eventually understand and will stop listening to you.
2. The desire to do just perfect
Popular disease, right? And because of it, many do not produce a single podcast: half a year trying to bring it to perfection and eventually merge.
Make at C grade, look at the feedback and correct any errors in the next issue.
3. lack of purpose
Ask yourself, what should be the result of your activities?
It is most important. You need to understand exactly its purpose and work on it. You want to pull speech skills? Do you want to become the most popular podcasters in the CIS, the world, the universe? You want to share knowledge with people? Or, perhaps, entertain them?
The purpose determines your actions, your attitude to what and how you will do. And above all, when a man acts deliberately, he gives the impression of a much more powerful and confident personality compared to those who act aimlessly.
Finally
Podcaster from the activity receives a lot of advantages: the expansion of Central Asia, new customers and partners, as well as useful skills, such as right speech, the ability to organize information, concentrate better and not lose think. All of these things affect other aspects of life, you become more pleasant and interesting to talk to. And meetings are efficient.
So if you've been thinking about podcasting, it's time to start.
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