Your podcast is like a magazine. You want to get it out to the different locations so consumers can get it every time you hit “Publish”. How do you set up agreements with all the different places where people might look for your show? Magazines are shipped to book stores, grocery stores, pharmacies, the dentist’s […]
Podcast Editing Tip: How to edit out “LIKE”
You are in the middle of a podcast interview. You get excited. You begin to speak faster and are on a roll – and so are your crutch words. That’s what happens to one of my awesome clients, and the word “like” begins to be uses too often. As a podcast editor, what do you […]
A simple tip for introducing your guest the RIGHT way
So I’m asked to be a guest on [insert podcast here]. I’ve been given a list of questions he/she will ask. We connect via Skype or Zoom.us, we have a little pre-show chit chat, then they say, “Okay, I think we can get started”. How do you begin your podcast interviews? There are many ways […]
Your Podcast Isn’t Showing Up in Spotify? Check these 4 things
Spotify began admitting more podcasts into their listings in late 2017. Media host libsyn.com worked it out so their customers could submit their podcasts directly to Spotify. All you need to do is create Spotify as a Destination. However, some shows are still not showing up – including MoneyPlan SOS. That’s extremely frustrating since I […]
Weird Hack to Quickly Replace Original Audio in a Destructive DAW
I don’t know how to explain this other than showing you in a video. Audacity is a destructive editor – meaning the changes you make are permanent past a certain point. For example: You make a change 5 minutes ago, then realize you needed to keep that piece in. You could CTRL-Z / CMND-Z (aka: […]
The Success of Your Podcast Downloads Depends on These Two Things
The success of your podcast’s downloads is largely dependent on two things. “This week’s episode got a lot of downloads. It must be a good show. Let’s do all our episodes just like that one.” I challenge you to think about that statement – and see for yourself that it isn’t true. Why? Because there […]
How Many Characters Display in iTunes Episode Descriptions (and other Podcast Directories)
When it comes to show notes and episode descriptions: Less is more. It’s natural for a podcaster to write in the way that we think or speak. However, we need to get to the point when it comes to the limited space iTunes/Apple Podcasts and other podcatchers give us to explain what’s “today’s episode is […]
How to Customize Folder Icons on a Mac
This has nothing to do with podcast editing, but it does have everything to do with making your workstation a lot more fun. (Follow these instructions for Windows machines) How to change folder icons on a Mac: 1) Open the image you want to use and Command-C to copy Note: Do not click on the […]
Using Levelator? Split the tracks before leveling the audio
I’ve been asked if I level the audio before or after editing. I always run audio through a normalizing, compression and leveling process BEFORE editing. My reason for this is so I don’t have to go through the project a second time if the process increases the volume of breaths between sentences. I always use […]
How many times does my RSS feed get pinged?
Have you ever wondered how often your podcast RSS feed gets pinged? It’s a lot more than you think. I was recently tasked with moving the Money Tree Investing Podcast‘s RSS feed away from their WordPress website feed to the one provided by their libsyn account. One of the steps was to create a permanent […]