Common Causes of Bad Audio Quality In Your Podcast and How to Fix Them

There is a giant button at the top of your listing in Apple labeled LISTEN. When someone clicks it whatever comes out is going to shape their first impression, and it will influence how long they let this play. I listened to podcasts for 14 hours in the car this weekend as I drove to a speaking gig in Nashville. Bad audio is becoming more and more apparent in this space (especially for "indies" and I thought I would help us understand what it sounds like and what tools are available to help fix it.

In This Episode

How to politely let potential guests know their audio is unacceptable.

How you can sound amazing for less than $100

The importance of microphone placement.

Why A-List Celebrities are the only people allowed to "dial in" to your show.

Tools you can use to get rid of reverb and level out the audio and remove noise.

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Question of the Month: Do You Subscribe to Paid Podcasts?

Louis from Love Thy Lawyer sent in the question, "Do you subscribe to any premium podcasts?"

Louis supports

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Mark Vinet from the History of North America asked a few people and nobody was paying for podcats.

Dr. Sarah Clak from the Kind Leadership Show pays for a few shows because she wants more content from these shows, and wants to support people who are doing fact-based content that she can trust.

Zo from backlookcinema.com also has not found any podcasts that deliver enough value to support financially.

Value For Value Support

Dave Jackson supports people via the Value For Value model, where you can stream cryptocurrency. He has streamed over $125 to many Podcasts about Podcasting, and the NO Agenda Show, and Congressional Dish. 

You can set up your show to receive streaming crypto using the steps in this video. Then your audience can use one of the New Podcast Apps that are enabled to send you money. The key point is THEY set how valuable you are. 

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Tools For Cleaning Up Audio 

The best way to

Studio Sound (in Descript) - Great at Removing Room Noise and More

Adobe Enhance - Great at removing reverb/room noise and generally clean up.

Deverberate Plugin - Removes Reverb

Loundness.fm - Noise Reduction, Volume Leveling, Mastering (try it for free)

Auphonic - Noise Removal, Leveling

RX10 - Suite of Tools - Expensive - For the Serious Editor

Not Tested (but not bad) Deverberate inside of Adobe Audition

 

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Podcast Marketing - Close to the Click

Dave is back from the road and today we talk about podcast marketing, newsletters, events, and backing up your data. 

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Overcoming Overwhelm: Three Free Tools and a Strategy

It’s easy to feel overwhelmed in today’s world. With so many tasks to juggle and responsibilities to manage, staying focused and keeping up with everything can be hard. It’s important to know that you’re not alone in feeling overwhelmed and that there are tools and strategies to help you never feel overwhelmed again.

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In this episode, you will learn the following:
1. What is the strategy to manage overwhelm and increase productivity?
2. What three tools are necessary to organize and increase productivity (that are free)?
3. What is the best way to decide which tasks to prioritize when feeling overwhelmed?

What is Overwehlm?

So, what is overwhelm? Overwhelm is when you have a feeling of being completely inundated or overburdened. It’s often accompanied by a feeling of being unable to cope or process anything that’s going on. I know I’ve felt this way before, especially when I was in my 20s and had to juggle school, work, and taking care of my family. I felt like I was running out of time and didn’t have a choice but to keep going.

Things to Keep In Mind

1. Your podcast doesn't have to be forever.
2. You don't have an audience when you start.
3. You do NOT have to do a video version of your show.
4. You don't have to make money with your show.

Three Free Tools to Help With Overwhelm

Evernote - A great place to store ideas you don't want to forget. You can even forward things like email to an address and it will be added to Evernote. There is a free version and the first paid version starts at $11/month.

Todoist - For items, you need to do. You can easily add items from Gmail, setup recurring tasks, prioritize, share with a team, and more. There is a free version with the paid version starting at $5/month.

Google Calendar - There are many calendar tools for you to keep up and organize your appointments. If you want to book guests, Calendly has a free plan as goes Acuity Scheduling. If you want a "lifetime payment," TidyCal enables you to charge for your time (as do the other two). 

Now when someone connects you via email or social you can decide to:
Delete it - trash it.
Save it - Evernote
Schedule it - Add it to your calendar
Decide to do it - Add it to your todo list.

By using these tools and strategies, you can avoid feeling overwhelmed and stay focused on the tasks that are most important. Remember, you’re not alone in feeling overwhelmed and there are tools and strategies to help you manage your stress and never feel overwhelmed again.

Strategy to Avoid Overwhelm

1. Do a brain dump and write everything down so your brain doesn't need to remember everything.

2. Get organized and direct incoming information to the proper location.

3. Try "Not Now" instead of "No" (if it makes you feel better).

4. Set boundaries and a "rope off time" for you to be focused and knock out the work that needs to be done."

5. Break large projects into small, achievable chunks.

6. Realize that creating a podcast is easy, but creating a good podcast takes time, effort, and determination. Set your podcast schedule based on your lifestyle. Don't try to squeeze your lifestyle into your podcast.

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Using An Email List to Grow Your Podcast

Email is a crucial part of modern marketing, with over 330 billion emails sent daily, expected to reach 376 billion by 2025. While email marketing strategies have changed, it remains a key player in any marketing strategy. It is the go-to marketing channel for the best online marketers due to its high return on investment. Email marketing outperforms strategies like SEO, PPC, and Content Marketing, making it the most cost-effective way to promote products and communicate with customers.

Today we hear from seasoned email veterans from different viewpoints, purposes, and motivations to share their insights into running a podcast.

In Case You Missed Last Week

We add a new clip from John Lee Dumas who shares what he would do differently. Last week we heard from Joe from Stacking Benjamins and other veterans on launching a pocast. Check it out.

Participants

Ariel Nissenblatt

James Cridland

Jessica Kupferman

Daniel J Lewis

David Hooper

A Newsletter Help Remind Your Listeners About You

Both James and the No Agenda Show see where their newsletter reminds your audience you exist and hopefully supports you.

You Can Use Auto Responders

You can create a series of email called an autoresponder to release at certain time intervals. This "Set it and forget it" can help build your connection with your audience (while you sleep)

Yes, You Can Automate Your Podcast to Email But...

While services Like Mailerlite, Convertkit, Aweber, SendFox, and many others will make it easy to enter your podcast RSS feed, and it will take your episode description and convert it to an email. Aside from James, who works some technical voodoo (he's a programmer), none of the participants used the "RSS to Email" tools. 

They had developed their own format, topics, etc, and wrote them from scratch or copied and pasted their content in an effort to repurpose it.

Additional Email Topics

What NOT to do with your Email List

The benefits of Segmentation

Understanding Pricing

The Importance of Always Delivering Value

What you get from having a newsletter

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This month's question comes from Louis Goodman of the Love Thy Lawyer Podcast, who wants to know if you are listening to any podcasts via Paid subscription. If so, what so and why. If not, please provide any insights. As always, be sure to mention your show, a little bit about it, and your website address. 

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I need your answers by 3/24/23

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Is YouTube a Podcast? Do We Care?

Dave starts us off with a Power Rant on how YouTube is NOT a podcast, and Jim wants to know why this even matters. This is based on Dave's YouTube video. 

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Podcasting Insights from Veteran Podcasters

Planning, launching, and growing a podcast can seem daunting, but with the right guidance and advice from experienced podcasters, it is possible. Veteran podcasters like Joe Saul-Sehy from Stacking Benjamins, Kristen Meinser, and Jordan Harbinger have all successfully launched and grown their podcasts and have valuable insights to share. 

We hear about the planning, shaping, and bumps and bruises of launching from the new host Allen Corey and Crystal Hammond of their spin-off show Stacking Deeds.

Take Aways

Sometimes a "No" is a Not Now.

Your podcast can bring you opportunities.

Diverse attitudes, experiences, and insights lead to a diverse audience.

Ensure that your show's first five minutes inspire people to want to hear more.

Joe truly appreciated the feedback that provided ways to improve his show.

Listen back to your show to catch mistakes you may have missed.

Learning to edit your show improves your relationship with a future editor.

They didn't release the first thing they recorded.

How they improved after a "brutal conversation."

The Importance of incorporating listener feedback into the show. 

Advertisers are Partners that You've already worked with.

Start building relationships before you launch your show and build your network.

Know a person who knows the "WHO" in the industry and reach out.

QUESTION OF THE MONTH

This month's question comes from Louis Goodman of the Love Thy Lawyer Podcast, who wants to know if you are listening to any podcasts via Paid subscription. If so, what so and why. If not, please provide any insights. As always, be sure to mention your show, a little bit about it, and your website address. 

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I need your answers by 3/24/23

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Stacking Deeds

Kristin Meinzer Interview on Episode 862

 So You Want to Start a Podcast: Finding Your Voice, Telling Your Story, and Building a Community That Will Listen (also available as an audiobook )

Kristen Meinzer

Convertkit email list(send your RSS to Listeners. Also, Mailerlite has this as an option)

Jordan Harbinger Show

WDW Radio with Lou Mongello

The New Media Show

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