Three Reasons Why Radio Personalities Should Be Podcasting

I thought it would be a good idea for Radio Personalities (DJs) to have a podcast. I know that they often lose their jobs due to the consolidation of stations, automation, genre changes, and more. However, I only thought it was a good idea. I didn't know because I only know to podcast, Erik K. Johnson is the Podcast Talent Coach and co-host of The Podcast Review show and he's been in radio 30 years and is a program director for iHeart Media. So I asked Erik for his opinion and he gave me three reasons radio personalities should have a podcast

Note: Most of this post was transcribed from the recording, so when you read "We" it's Erik and iHeart (not Erik and myself).

Three Reasons Radio DJs Should Have Their Own Podcast

• Built-in Demo

• Freedom To Talk About Whatever You Want

• Develop a Deeper Brand

Be sure to read the contract and know what you're signing. 

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Table of Contents

1:43 Focusrite Studio Makeover

3:46 Revisit Bad Audio

5:26 Three Reasons Radio Personalities Should Have a Podcast

17:07 Say No to Puke Voice

19:53 Question of the Month

 

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Broadcasters Welcome to Podcasting

While we deal with the pandemic, there are some brighter sides to life at the moment. Jim is spending more time with his kids and spouse. Dave is digging into some of the technology he uses. So today we talk about:

01:39 Jim and his Daughter being home

02:51 Getting More Out of Your Current Technology

03:38 Freshbooks Alternative And Co

07:56 Will you be my mentor?

08:48 Late Night Talk Shows

13:38 Trouble With Ideas

17:57 Yes Dave Does Consulting

20:02 Bon Jovi Engages His Fans

22:05 Virtual Cofee/Happy Hours

23:52 Ross Geller Should Not Live Steam

24:26 Migrating from Podomatic to Libsyn (use the coupon code sopfree to get a free month at Libsyn.com)

27:53 Advice for new podcasters

32:42 Podcasting Forever

36:23 Because of his podcast

38:13 How would you promote your podcasts if you had the money?

38:59 Why Don't People Listen to Podcasts

41:54 Now that's bad audio

44:07 Custom Spreaker Apps

45:01 Should I Switch From Garageband

46:04 Dave is Loving Descript

47:11 Our Awesome Supporters

51:09 Bruning Our on a Topic

54:20 How long will this show continue?

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What Does Bad Audio Sound Like?

What do people mean when they say "Bad Audio" well I made some. You will hear where some strategies DO create bad audio and others (using your phone may not be horrible). 

SPONSOR: Focusrite

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Table of Contents

01:30 Focusrite Studio Makeover

03:31 Defining what Bad Audio Sounds Like

03:54 Built-in Camera Mic

04:42 Built-in Laptop Mic

05:36 Recording into Voicememo on My iPhone

06:12 Samson Q2U in the Bathroom

07:29 Using Blankets

08:09 Dave in His Closet

09:01 Blue Yeti in the Bathroom

10:34 Blue Yeti under Blankets

11:01 Blue Yeti in the Closet

12:26 Blue Yeti on a Desk

12:55 Q2U in the Closet

14:31 Trying to Clean Bad Audio

16:16 Do Portable Audio Booths Work?

20:15 Noise Gate Example

21:56 EQ Settings to Try

24:59 EQ Examples

26:38 Podcast Rewind

29:44 Some Light Reading

31:30 March Question of the Month

32:02 schoolofpodcasting.com/725

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Coping With the New Reality

Another week dealing with a pandemic, Dave and Jim talk about:

01:31 What are People Doing?

05:26 How Podcasters Can Survive

07:10 The Fall of Credible Sources

13:35 Numbers Up or Down?

20:50 What are you doing to fill time?

23:04 COFFEE NOW!

30:48 The Awesome Supporters

32:36 christiantt.com

33:26 studio21podcast.cafe

36:47 Open Live Streams

40:38 What About Captivate?

45:45 Pinecast

51:58 Podcahse Keeps Adding Updates

53:01 IAB Certification

54:00 Switching Podcasts Hosts

56:01 Hire Some Help

58:10 Your Feed on WordPress

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Coping With the New Reality

Another week dealing with a pandemic, Dave and Jim talk about:

01:31 What are People Doing?

05:26 How Podcasters Can Survive

07:10 The Fall of Credible Sources

13:35 Numbers Up or Down?

20:50 What are you doing to fill time?

23:04 COFFEE NOW!

30:48 The Awesome Supporters

32:36 christiantt.com

33:26 studio21podcast.cafe

36:47 Open Live Streams

40:38 What About Captivate?

45:45 Pinecast

51:58 Podcahse Keeps Adding Updates

53:01 IAB Certification

54:00 Switching Podcasts Hosts

56:01 Hire Some Help

58:10 Your Feed on WordPress

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Emergency Podcasting For Teachers

The Corona Virus Closed My School and I Need a Podcast NOW

Across the US (and the world) schools are closed to try to reduce the number of people spreading the Carona Virus. This makes it very hard for teachers who still need to deliver lesson plans. With this in mind, I've made a video that shows you how to turn your lesson plans into a podcast. It's free, and the strategy uses free tools. 

Sponsor: Focusrite

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Wait, am I giving away the School of Podcasting stuff? No. Starting a podcast is easy. Starting a GOOD podcast is not. There is no "define your audience," and "define or why" or "check your band alignment" here, this is simply putting content (that may or may not sound great) on the internet for people to listen.

Tips for Working From Home

Avoid working in a room with a television.

I've got tips on staying focused in a previous episode.

In some cases, close the door to "block out" the rest of your home (to avoid distractions).

What Does The Caronoavirus Mean For Podcasting?

In some cases, your audience may be bored. They may find themselves with "Free time."

I believe in one of Michael Hyatt's books he says when situations like this arise look around and say "what does this enable me to do that I normally don't do."

• Spend more time with your spouse and children.
• Read a book (or listen to a podcast)
• Clean your house (that's my plan this weekend)
• See who can use the smallest amount of squares to wipe their butt.
• Watch some cooking videos and cook from home. I made a dish last night called "Not Chipotle" that was chicken, rice, lettuce, cheese, and a bit of french salad dressing.
• Create an online mastermind
• Jump rope, push-ups, dust off the treadmill.
• Watch Saturday Night Live (it's still on)
• (or even better) Go to bed early.
• Eat all those things in the fridge and freezer that you bought by accident (asparagus! what?). New food is exciting (and often freezer burnt).
• There is a feature on your phone that if I understand this correctly you can "Call" (Whatever that is ) people and talk to them in real-time.

  When I was married and things would go left of center, my wife and I would look at each other and say "Well, this is going to be a fun adventure..."

  Remember where there is a shadow, there is a light. You'll be able to look back and say "I lived through that."

  Because of My Podcast: Jim Harold has Met a TON of Childhood Heroes

  Jim Harold has been on this show a few times. He is the man behind the Paranormal Podcast, and recently launch a podcast where he talks to other podcasters called "Podlords." In a recent episode he stated, "You know, I've done different podcasts over the years, some of them have, "caught on," and they are part of my business and I make money on them. There were other shows that haven't caught on as much, but we're just cool to do. Jim did a show called "The Great TV podcast" and it's still available. Jim loves classic  TV ( TV from the 60s and 70s).

  Jim did the Great TV Podcast and he got to talk to Ed Asner who Mary Tyler Moore Show. He got to talk to Marianne from Gilligan's Island. He got to talk to the late Richard Hatch from Battlestar Galactica. Oher interviews were Donnie Most from happy days ( he played Ralph M). Judy Norton from the Waltons.

  That is the power of podcasting as Jim put it, "If I had called up Ed as an agent and said, you know, I'd like to talk to Ed Asner for a half-hour about his career. I just think it would be cool. Well, that's not gonna happen. I've got a podcast. He has a new play coming out. Can I talk to him? I certainly know that is the opportunity. The people I've gotten to talk to who I would have never had a chance to get that alone aside from being my job has been a great reward. So, I mean, the opportunity, aside from money is tremendous."

  Jim has been podcasting since 2005 and podcasts full time at www.jimharold.com and does the paranormal podcast as well as other paranormal related shows. He also has many books featuring true ghost stories on Amazon.com

  Question of the Month

  For March, “If you have a podcast, have you surveyed your audience? If so what did you learn?”If you haven't surveyed your audience, why not? "

  Please (if you have one) mention the name of your show (be careful not to say it so fast I don't understand you) and your website (again, nice and clear). I need your answer by Match 27, 2020.

  Go to www.schoolofpodcasting.com/question

  Audio Technica 2100X vs Samson Q2u

  Today I test the Audio Technica against a Samson Q2u, and AT2005 USB. I didn't hear much difference. Keep in mind, you can always tweak these with EQ (equalization) in post-production. Check out my Gear guide for more information.

  New (Better) Affiliate Program For the School of Podcasting

  If you have people asking about how to make a podcast, you can refer them to the School of Podcasting and get paid if they sign up. You also get paid for every month they stay signed up.

  For more information go to www.schoolofpodcasting.com/affiliates

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Podcasting Around COVID-19

Well with the world bracing and reacting to the coronavirus, Jim and Dave share what it's like to work from home and answer some podcast questions.

Table of Contents

06:56 Working From Home

11:41 Zoom Isn't so Easy

12:29 Podfest Reflections

30:44 Our Awesome Supporters

34:46 Find the time to Podcast

40:40 Top Podcast Launch Tip

46:17. Which Show Do You Go to ?

47:44 Business with Employee Hosts

51:33 Should you publish an unedited podcast?

56:13 Spotify Dumped 200 Music Podcasts

59:34 Pod Decks

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Give Yourself Credit With Ronsley Vaz

Today I am recording from Podfest Multimedia Expo 2020 and I capture a conversation with Ronsley Vaz in the hallway after he shares an amazing story about listener loyalty. 

Sometimes we are our own worst enemy. When we don't give ourselves credit, this belief limits our success.

Focusrite Studio Makeover

Focusrite wants to help remove any barriers to your creativity by outfitting your podcast studio with products from some of the best brands in content creation. We’ve partnered with them to award three podcasters with a complete studio makeover valued at over $2300 each and the chance for you and your podcast to be featured in a video project produced by Focusrite!

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Timeline

00:00 Focusrite Giveaway

03:20 Table of Contents

04:33 Because of My Podcast Ronsley Vaz

17:22. Recorded Using an iPhone

18:17. Give Yourself Credit

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The Psychology of Entrepreneurship

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A First Look at Descript Software- Transcriptions and Audio Editor in One

Descript is software that transcribes your episode and then you can go to the transcript and when you removed it from your transcript, it removes it from the audio. You can fade in and cuts that are a little rough to smooth them out. You can mix in music, have multiple mics go into two different tracks so you can edit the "cough" out from person number two while person number one was talking. Enjoy the live demo of Descript in this episode 712 of the School of Podcasting.

Table of Contents

01:09 What is Descript?
08:16 Descript Demo
19:20 How Much Is It?
20:02 Descript vs Otter.ai
22:40 My Podcast Reviews Free Month Dela Extended
24:12 #podrevday March 8th
25:03 Because of My Podcast- Carey Green
29:56 schoolofpodcasting.com/start
30:29 Robin Chsitopherson loved the Glow Episode
33:07 March Podcasting Events
37:57 Bloopers

Descript Live Demo - Transcripts are more than just words

While many people take the lazy way to show descriptions by thinking transcripts are the golden ticket. In my opinion, transcripts are hard to read and I often click away (which means this is the opposite of what people were hoping for, and Google calls this "bouncing" coming to one page and leaving).

A transcript can speed up editing by making it easy to see the parts that definitely need edit,  and you will be able to see your crutch words. That is where descript has a very interesting feature. In this video, you see me right-click and erase 14 "ums." Were all the edits perfect? No, but you can use additional tools like fading into a word to smooth out and roughs edit. The price is $10 a month for up to 10 hours of transcription (which is lightning fast). We have a coupon code pec2020 through the end of March 2020 you can get 10% off a yearly subscription. Thanks to Steve Stewart and the Podcast Editors Club, and the Podcast Editors Conference for allowing us to borrow their coupon.

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My Podcast Reviews - Get A Free Month Deal Extended

22:40

I interviewed Daniel J Lewis back on episode 709 talking about My Podcast Reviews which scans all of the apple stores and emails you copies of your reviews (or your competitors) where you can then share them, add them to your media kit, etc. Originally the offer of a free month was to end in February but the free month offer has been extended until March 7,2020. Go to www.schoolofpodcasting.com/mpr to get your free month

Podcast Review Day March 8 #podrevday

24:12 Steph Fuccio has started a tradition of picking one day out of the month to review at least one podcast. You can join in on Twitter and Instagram by using #podrevday  -more information.

Because of My Podcast - Carey Green

Carey Green is a podcast editor (see podcastfasttrack.com) and does a podcast about podcasting at podcastification.com but his show Morning Mindset has been growing very quickly, and he is having meetups with listeners, and now he is frequently receiving prayer requests. Carey is now doing one episode where it is Carey praying for multiple people on one episode. Think about the comfort and closeness one must feel to ask someone "Will you pray for me?" Check out Carey's Morning Mindset podcast at https://careygreen.com/

Robin Christopherson loved the Glow Episode

Robin does a daily Dot to Dot show about Amazon skills. He has a large audience but was looking for a new way to monetize his show. He heard my interview with Glow.fm CEO and loved it. You can hear it at https://schoolofpodcasting.com/706

If you want to check out my Glow page see www.glow.fm/schoolofpodcasting

March Podcasting Events

March 3: Podcast Portland Meetup

March 4: The Publisher Podcast Awards

March 6-8: Podfest Multimedia Expo

March 6: Podcast Editors Club, Spots Podcon and others)

March 7: Podfest Cairo

March 9-11: New Media Summit

March 11: Podup Virtual Summit

March 16: Northeast Ohio Podcasters Meetup

March 17: California Podcasters Association (Oakland)

March 17 Virginia Podcasters Association Meetup

March 19-20 Become a Podcaster in One Day

March 19: Podcast Cracking the Code

March 19: Phoenix Podcast Club Social

March 31: Columbus Podcasters Meetup

For more information see www.podcastingevents.com

Ready to Start Your Podcast?

• Step by step tutorials
• Live group coaching (get your questions asked)
• Private Facebook filled with other brilliant podcasting minds
• Priority email support with private instructional videos (ask a question expect a video answer)
• 30-day money-back Guarantee

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