After 6½ years of podcasting, I have made the tricky decision to put my podcasting days on pause. I'm using the pause button phrase very carefully because you just never know what might come your way.
What has come my way right now is Pickleball.
Being courageous
The past year has been tough for everyone on the planet and as such I have tried to be quiet, considered and have compassion for the world's suffering. The trouble with putting yourself last is that everyone else walks off with the handouts and that's pretty much how I feel my last year has gone.
As a micro-enterprise and a very small Ltd business, I have received no financial (COVID19) support from the UK government, not a single penny, I guess it's my own fault for listening to my accountant 15 years ago when I set up my own company to set it up as a limited, VAT registered one. There was no mention of a turnover threshold or anything like that at the time. I assure you, never during all my years of trading have I even got close to any kind of made-up threshold, which was suggested by accountants, eg. £50k profit before setting up a Ltd company. Unfortunately I have never made that kind of a profit in all my years of trading.
Maker Monday 29th July 2019 - Podcasting Talk
Thank you for allowing me to come and speak at Maker Monday about the topic of Podcasting. I have been podcasting since the end of 2016 and have thoroughly enjoyed the journey and especially my learning. I became significantly interested in podcasting in 2014, but never had the courage to get started and didn’t know what my podcast would be about, so it took me a while to get started. I fortunately came across a crash course on podcasting that was free and it spurred me on to produce my own show.
In this talk I shared some key information and stats to impress on you (the audience) that if you even have a small interest to get started, there is a way now to do this virtually for free.
Here are some of the key takeaways from my talk:
Podcasting continues to grow.
Smartphones drive podcast consumption.
Listeners consume 6 1⁄2 hours each week.
33% of share of time of audio content are podcasts. 5. 2 million podcasts indexed on Google.
52% is on Apple Podcasts, 19% on Spotify.
How to start creating your podcast using anchor.fm:
Consider your topic, genre and audience.
Guests make podcasts more interesting or alternatively discussions between two experts.
3 ways you can record, smartphone, tablet or desktop.
Or record using other methods and upload to Anchor.
Consider opening and closing music and possibly transitions during the podcast. Don’t go overboard! Equipment for mobile devices: Lavalier Mic + extension lead + adapter to be able to use two microphones and earphones (buds). http://amzn.eu/0MQDlr8 - £76 - for phones with an ear jack - consider adapters or other mics for latest Apple phones.
Share podcasts on social media, website-blog (embed audioplayer).
Submit your RSS feed to mixcloud.com after opening an account, it’s free also!
Download the presentation slides HERE.
Download the key takeaways sheet HERE.
Download the Guest Guide that I use HERE.