Scrub through your audio file to the first location where you want to insert a link and click the Script Commands button. Click the Add button, accepting the default option for URL. Each scripted URL added to the file is indicated on the timeline with a green marker. If you decide to change the time for a URL to open later, simply slide the associated green marker to the new location.
If you include the same URLs at the beginning and end of each show, you could create a custom script set and use the Export header file option to keep those setting for later shows. The one hurdle to these WMA enhanced podcasts is user education.
And it helps to set a schedule from the beginning so you know when you will be recording every week. If your co-host drops off, you could still continue the podcast without them. Or you could start solo and add a co-host later. Instead, choose a name that will let you expand if you decide to later. Action Step: Purchase a domain name opens in a new tab for your podcast. Another option is to get a free domain name with a Bluehost web hosting plan. You can search right here on this page — try it out!
I also have some more tips on choosing a domain name here if you want. There are 5 minutes podcasts and there are 6-hour podcasts. Find whatever works for you and run with it! What I would try to avoid is making it longer than it needs to be because you went off-topic for 15 minutes. One big benefit of doing interviews is that they help a ton with getting new listeners — especially if you make it easy for your guest to share with pre-written templates and graphics.
So what does a specific episode sound like? I wrote this post about podcast intros , but it has a bunch of examples of different episode formats for popular podcasts. But remember that for every episode you put out, you will have both repeat listeners and new listeners so you should try to speak to both of them.
Your cover art is the first impression most people will see as they browse through Apple Podcasts or their favorite podcast app. Buzzsprout has written an excellent article about designing cover art , so I would definitely start there. If you have a little bit of a budget, I highly recommend 99 Designs to get yours created.
Music Radio Creative is the best place to get professional-quality voiceovers and intros. Having a third-party introduce you just takes your perceived value up a notch, which is a great way to stand out when first starting a podcast. Take a look at this post on royalty-free music for more options. I recommend taking a look at our podcast starter kit post for more options here, especially if you plan on having a co-host or two.
If you are doing an interview show, now is the time to get a list together of who you want on your podcast. This saves the headache of going back and forth working out a meeting time — and means you can focus on getting more guests! Plus you can ask them for certain info like their Skype username or an intro you can read when they schedule with you.
All you need to do is upload your recordings, and use the fool-proof podcast-specific editor to take out any big mistakes. Alitu does the rest! This comes pre-installed with these versions of Windows and is perfectly capable of recording good, clear audio. Windows 10 users have a very similar app called Voice Recorder that works in much the same way.
You can also use free software like Audacity to record your podcasts, but more on that in a minute. The last thing you need to know for recording audio podcasts on a Windows PC is how to make sure external microphones are set as the default device.
Although you can do some very basic trims on the Sound Recorder or Voice Recorder apps, more serious edits are best left to a dedicated audio editor.
Audacity is a free, open source recording and editing program that will do just that. It works on Windows, Mac and Linux computers and can be downloaded here. If you have never used it before, the interface will take a little getting used to, but it is easy to learn from the myriad of YouTube tutorials that are dedicated to editing audio in Audacity. With Audacity you can trim, split and combine multiple audio tracks, as well as remove background noise, adjust volume levels, and more.
If your school happens to have access to the Adobe Creative Cloud suite, then Adobe Audition would be well worth a look for editing podcasts.
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