So You Want to Start a Podcast
Kristen Meinzer
- 208 pages
- English
- ePUB (adapté aux mobiles)
- Disponible sur iOS et Android
So You Want to Start a Podcast
Kristen Meinzer
Ă propos de ce livre
An inspiring, comprehensive, step-by-step guide to creating a hit show, So You Want to Start a Podcast covers everything from hosting and guest booking to editing and marketing - while offering plenty of encouragement and insider stories along the way. Though they are the fastest-growing form of media, podcasts can actually be tricky to createâand even harder to sustain. Few know the secrets of successfully creating a knockout podcast better than Kristen Meinzer. An award-winning commentator, producer, and former director of nonfiction programming for Slate's sister company, Panoply, Meinzer has also hosted three successful podcasts, reaching more than ten million listeners. Now, she shares her expertise, providing aspiring podcasters with crucial information and guidance to work smarter, not harder as they start their own audio forum.
Meinzer believes that we each have a unique voice that deserves to be heard. But many of us may need some help transforming our ideas into reality. So You Want to Start a Podcast asks the tough but important questions to help budding podcasters define and achieve their goals, including:
Why do you want to start a podcast?
Think about specifically why you want to start a podcast versus a blog, zine, YouTube channel, Instagram feed, or other media outlet. Find out if a podcast is really the best way to tell your storyâand what you really need (and don't need!) in order to get started.
What is your show about?
For any advertiser, corporate partner, or press outlet, you need a snappy pitch. How would you describe what you want to do in two to three sentences?
Who is your podcast for?
Who are you trying to reach? How will your content and tone appeal to those listeners?
How is your show going to be structured?
Create a step-by-step map planning the show out. Think about length, segments, interviews, advice, news reads, and other aspects of successful podcasts you can adapt for your own.
With this motivational how-to guideâthe only one on the subject availableâyou'll find the smart, bottom-line advice and inspiration you need to produce an entertaining and informative podcast and promote it to an audience that will love it. So You Want to Start a Podcast gives you the tools you need to start a podcastâand the insight to keep it thriving!
Foire aux questions
Informations
Part 1
Dream It
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Know Why You Want to Start a Podcast
- We wanted to push the boundaries of what a podcast could sound like. At the time, almost every show seemed to be drawing its inspiration from public radio, or in some cases talk radio. We were drawing our inspiration from reality TV.
- We wanted to relay empowering, intersectional feminist messages to our listeners in a format that felt like pure entertainment rather than broccoli. Again, at the time, this was rare. Most shows tended to feature straightforward discussions (or monologues or lectures) on ideology.
- I want to build community around an issue or identity.
- I want to spread the word about something Iâm very passionate about.
- I have a specific skill (foreign language proficiency, business knowledge, and so on) that Iâd like to teach.
- I am an entrepreneur who sees a podcast as one additional way to grow my brand.
- I want to give my readers/viewers/customers an additional way to access my content.
- We found a porno novel my dad wrote a long time ago and want to dissect it chapter by chapter.
- We want to dive into the history of bad movies in a way that no college class would.
- We think that current events can be depressing and we know we can put a fun spin on them.
- We love true crime but prefer to laugh about it rather than cry about it.