15 Steps Towards Your Podcasting Success: Socrates At Podcamp Toronto 2013

Yesterday I spoke at this year’s edition of the annual Podcamp Toronto at Ryerson University. Since people often ask me for tips on podcasting, I decided to record my presentation so that it is always available to anyone interested in knowing how I started or what in my view are the most important elements for a successful podcast. The presentation was filmed by my friend and budding photographer Josh Glover, who was using my own Panasonic GH3 with the 25mm Leica Summilux. Fifteen Steps Towards Your Podcasting Success: Socrates at the 2013 Podcamp Toronto 1. Start with the end in mind? Start with why? Not for the money. Love it. To learn. To prepare. To change the world. To make a difference. 2. Do your homework and start with the right foundation! How do you do that? Learn from the best! Studying mediocrity only produces more mediocrity. Success leaves traces. The breadcrumbs are there. All you need to do is find them and follow the path. For example, in terms of blogging I learn from and follow Seth Godin, ProBlogger, Copyblogger, David Risley, John Chow and Smart Passive Income. If you are a total beginner you should start with BecomeABlogger.com. This is a fantastic free video course where all you need to do is provide an email address and get the training videos straight into your inbox. To learn about podcasting check out PodcastAnswerMan.com and especially his free online course Learn How To Podcast. To learn video blogging see Gideon Shalwick and especially his free Rapid Video Blogging ebook. 3. Buy your own domain and build your online hub there. Never use third party hosts such as TypePad, Blogger, WordPress.com, PodBean or Libsyn. This way you will have full control over your own content while building domain equity, looking professional and even saving money. I suggest hover.com – to register your domain, and then ZippyKid.com – to host your own wordpress site. For audio hosting I use and recommend Amazon S3. For video hosting you can use YouTube or Vimeo. 4. Start an Email List as soon as you start blogging or podcasting. This is and will remain to be your most valuable asset. I personally use MailChimp and love it. Plus it’s free for users with less than 2,000 subscribers. You really can’t beat that. 5. Choose your recording device: If you are tight on money then you can start with your iPhone or any other smart phone. I personally started my podcast with the Blue Yeti microphone but after the first 2 or 3 episodes switched to the Rode Podcaster Kit which comes with the desk arm and the shock mount. I am very happy with the Rode and don’t plan to change it any time soon. In case you plan to do any field recording, and want better quality than what your phone can give you, you should look at the Zoom H1. If you have a bigger budget, and want to go for excellent audio quality and many features such as XLR inputs, I recommend TASCAM DR-100mkII. I have used this device too and know it is absolutely top notch. Read the rest at: https://www.singularityweblog.com/15-steps-towards-your-podcasting-success-socrates-at-podcamp-toronto-2013/