Podcasting Resources and Links
Podcasting involves many steps and lots of technology. This podcast resources page is meant to break things down so they can be more easily understood and mastered.
The 7 Phases of Production are…
Preproduction, Production, Postproduction, Publishing, Promotion, Proofing, and Process
You can learn more about the “7Ps” here.
1. PODCAST PRE-PRODUCTION
Writing / Scripting
- planning, writing, re-writing, outlining, note taking, brainstorming
Planning
- guest preparations
- gear testing
2. PRODUCTION
- mic placement, recording,
- backup strategies and tactics,
- noise mitigation, “signal to noise” awareness
- over-network recording (Zoom.us, Skype),
- dual recording (two separate recordings are made, then synchronized in post.)
- Brian Miller’s 10 Tips for Better Audio
- Headphones are your cheapest and best bet for getting good sound edits.
3. POST-PRODUCTION
Sound Editing
- The, Audacity Cheatsheet
- The Audacity Online Manual
- Mp3 and Wav Audio File Size Table
- Headphones are your cheapest and best bet for getting good sound edits.
- Adobe Audition, professional level sound editor that works closely with Adobe Premiere
Sound Conversion
- Audio file conversion in the cloud CloudConvert
- Audio conversion on your PC/Mac Handbrake
- More audio conversions can happen within Audacity if you install the FFmpeg Library
4. PUBLISHING
Podcast Keyword and Titles
- How to properly add ID3 tags to audio podcasts at the Audacity to Podcast website.
- What are ID3 tags and one way to speed them up with PowerPress WordPress Plugin + Hosting
Podcast Hosting
- [Simplecast.com]
- Anchor.fm, free podcast hosting, audio creation, social tools. Pretty amazing, but the site’s a little buggy. See my post about it here: What is Anchor?
- Podcast host Blubrry and their full-featured WordPress Plugin PowerPress.
5. PROMOTION
- social media, network effects, joint ventures, cross-promotion with video
6. PROOFING
- SEO, analytics, listener/customer feedback
7. PROCESS
Understanding Production
- The 7 Phases of Podcast Production
- How to Shoot Better Video (includes comments on audio production)
How to Podcast
- The BuzzSprout How to Podcast Checklist _
- The awesome Chris Guillebeau’s Lessons from Podcasting Every Day
- John Lee Dumas’ free Mini Podcasting Course (a good refresher with other POVs).