Show #62: The Back to School Edition: How to learn about podcasting

It's school season again! How do you go about learning about podcasting and then learning TO podcast? In this 12-minute podcast, I share a few suggestions.

Please listen and let me know what you think! You can  download the show right here  or subscribe through iTunes

Here are the show notes:
Comment line: 206-338-4200

00:01 Intro and welcome
01:10 A comment from Bryan Person about the previous show on trimming the fat in your podcast; importance of not repeating your show name too many times in the intro and not having music drone on and on
04:28 If you want to learn about podcasting, get How to do Everything with Podcasting by Shel Holtz with Neville Hobson
04:40 Learn from Scott Monty and his experience with his Sherlock Holmes podcast
04:55 Listen to Bryan Person's interview on NewComm Road with Scott Monty about how to podcast
05:09 Listen to shows about podcasting, including Podcast411
05:30 Check out courses online, including Jason Van Orden's. But always check your sources of info; are they credible?
06:00 Podcasting for Profit, new book by Leesa Barnes
06:28 Check out podcasting case studies at Zest Digital Media
06:35 Download my free Podcaster's Checklist right here
07:00 Invitation to attend my next Podcasting 101 Webinar for Podcasters and Marketers on September 25
07:40 Podcasters learn something new each time they podcast
08:01 Future podcasts planned: The CEO podcast; an interview with lawyer Ian Hull about his podcast
08:30 Comments from Sam Deeks and Tina Hansen
10:00 Currently researching a show about Web sites for non-profit organizations
Where to send comments: email to donna@trafcom.com, call the comment line at 206-338-4200 or post a message to Trafcom News Podcast blog
Be sure to check out the Trafalgar Communications site for links to podcasts about podcasting; also PodcastYourConference.com for information about conference podcasting.

Look for the Trafcom News Podcast Blubrry.com. Theme music is "Beneath Your Surface" by the Elisabeth Lohninger Quartet from the Podsafe Music Network

Comments

[Leesa Barnes]

Thanks for the link love. Very good tips in this episode. I especially like the reminder about keeping the intros really short. Video podcasters seem to get this, as most of the video podcasts I've seen have intros that are under 5-seconds. Audio podcasters should take a page out of the video podcasters notebook and keep those intros short. I've been attempting a short intro in one of my podcasts - http://snipurl.com/omsw3

Another tip - If in your intro, the voice over introduces the name of both the podcast and the host, there's no need for the host to come in and re-introduce who he or she is, nor say the name of his or her podcast again. I hear this alot and it's such a waste.

[Donna Papacosta]

Yes, I hear this A LOT on certain podcasts! Thanks for commenting.