Nora Ephron’s last film was called Julie & Julia. She wrote and directed it ‘based on a true story’ for release in 2009. It starred Amy Adams as Julie Powell, an aspiring writer living in New York, and Meryl Streep as Julia Child.… Read the rest
In the last blog post, we talked about the need to “treat” your room or soundproof it for better recording results. If you properly treat your recording environment, you can save a lot of money on gear.
Last year I interviewed another podcaster who professionally built a small room in his basement to serve as a truly soundproof studio for recording his podcast.… Read the rest
Let’s get right to it. One of the biggest mistakes you can make when it comes to launching a podcast is going out too soon.
There are a lot of platforms and technologies out there that can make it so easy to create and launch that first episode that you could easily skip all of the most important steps that go into launching a successful podcast.… Read the rest
One of the more hotly contested issues among some podcasters is whether or not you need to edit your podcast. I’m going to weigh in quite strongly, but before I do, I must point to the exception.
If your podcast is a combination of video and audio formats, editing can be quite a challenge and may limit what you can do in terms of practical editing.… Read the rest
One of the most important steps toward taking a podcast to the next level is also one of the most commonly skipped steps. There may be many reasons for this, from not wanting to confront limitations, to the fact that there are so many different types of podcasts and podcasters, so there isn’t one standard. But if I had to guess, I’d say the leading one is that this step is not so simple or easy.… Read the rest
Over the past four years, I’ve conducted over 225 interviews for my podcast called Shaping Opinion, and prior that, I’ve spent decades handling media relations, conducting media coaching and training and working with clients on the full range of public relations activities. After all of that, I can honestly say, the public relations profession is dropping the ball on podcast interviewing.… Read the rest