Show #68: The Podcaster's Checklist

Last year I published on my Trafcom News blog the Podcaster's Checklist, handy sheets of tips for any podcaster who needs to get organized around

• Planning
• Publishing
• Content
• Production
• Promotion and measurement

It's also available as a PDF.

In this 19-minute podcast, I flesh out a few points from the Podcaster's Checklist and share my plans for a special podcast called Big Ideas, Small Budget. Please spread the word!

Please listen and let me know what you think! You can download the show right here or listen with the player at the right (please go to the main page if you're reading this in a feed reader) or subscribe through iTunes.

Here are the show notes:
NEW comment line: 212-624-0209

00:01 Intro and welcome
01:27 The Podcaster's Checklist
02:30 New comment line is 212-624-0209
03:00 Sections of Podcaster's Checklist are planning, publishing, on recording day, content, promotion and measurement
03:25 Podcasters should read How to do Everything with Podcasting by Shel Holtz with Neville Hobson
03:40 Planning: first check out the competition; choose a name for your podcast
06:49 Podcasting can seem overwhelming; what can you outsource?
07:45 Singing the praises of audio producer Victoria Fenner
08:20 Publishing: integrating the podcast into an existing Web presence or building something new?
08:45 Audio signature or musical brand
10:00 Different ways to produce; planning is essential
11:22 On recording day: dealing with ambient noise; uncompressed files best
13:00 Big Ideas, Small Budget: A special podcast about helping nonprofit organizations to communicate with their audiences without spending big bucks. Please participate in the conference call on Friday, February 15, 2008 at 12 noon Eastern. Dial in to 1-605-772-3285 then key in the access code 877696#.
15:45 Promo for Podcamp Toronto by Peter O'Connell of Audio'connell
17:45 Please register for my free Webinar, Podcasting 101 for Communicators, February 21, 2 p.m. Eastern. Send an email to Donna AT trafcom.com.
18:30 Where to send comments: email Donna AT Trafcom DOT com, call the comment line at 212-624-0209 or post a message to the Trafcom News Podcast blog.

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

Comments

[George Motoc]

Hi Donna!
I will be at the Podcamp looking for you. As I am publishing my own "ethnic podcast", I am looking forward to produce and publish on behalf of others.
Your show and show notes are a wealth of information.
Your voice sounds professional, so does your exposition of the content.
I will definitely be back here!

[Donna Papacosta]

See you at Podcamp, George!