Launch A Podcast In 5 Days: A Beginners Guide To Podcasting (Udemy.com)

• Get instant access to a stunning 27 page workbook plus lesson based worksheets, follow along, and keep for reference

• Introduce yourself to our community of students in this course and tell us your goals

• Encouragement and celebration of your progress every step of the way: 25% > 50% > 75% & 100%

• Over 2 hours of clear and concise step-by-step instructions, lessons, and engagement

Do you have a message that you want to get out to a wider audience? Do you feel strongly about something that you feel a podcast could amplify and help build your brand, drive traffic to your products and boost your business?

Podcasts have become incredibly popular in the last few years with thousands of people starting podcasts and millions more consuming more and more episodes every year. You've probably been thinking about starting a podcast and even have a great idea for one. However, you just haven't got it going; maybe you think it is too difficult or will take too much time. Maybe you just haven't had the discipline or a clear plan that you can follow to take your idea from concept to outcome.

This course will solve all these problems for you and ensure that you achieve your goal of launching your podcast. I strongly believe that getting started is more important than trying to be too perfect or worrying about all the bells and whistles you think are important. In the course, we will work together to define what you want to do and what steps you need to take to get there.

It's a 5-day blueprint with clear checklists that take you through the process step by step. You'll learn exactly what you need to do each day and then you will complete those actions to move you closer to your goal. In the introduction, you'll learn about how the course works and then we will dive straight in, get you set up, recording, uploading, and managing your episodes to launch on day 5.

On day 1 you will jump right in, set up your Anchor FM account, and design your podcast. You’ll also do some initial promotion and a bit of planning for promoting and launching your podcast

Day 2: You will script out your intro, trailer episode as well as your first two episodes. You will also start promoting your podcast with your existing audience to build up awareness and anticipation for launching your podcast.

Day 3: You will record your intro, your trailer, and your first 2 episodes

Day 4: You will upload your first 3 episodes into Anchor FM and schedule them to go live on Day 5. You will also firm up your plans for the following episodes and continue doing promotion and marketing for your new podcast

Day 5: Your first 3 episodes go live and you can use these links in your ongoing marketing and promotion.

There’s also a bonus section where I teach you some additional things to think about as you make ongoing improvements to your podcast. I would suggest you only do these lessons once you’ve successfully completed your 5-day launch plan.

Do this course and you will become a podcaster. I look forward to seeing you in class and building the confidence and progress you need in order to achieve this goal. I will be with you every step of the way.

What you’ll learn

• Learn how to build credibility and authority with a podcast that grows your brand and audience

• The exact steps to launch your trailer and first two episodes of your brand new podcast

• The importance of getting something going rather than striving for perfection upfront

• All the extra "bells and whistles" you can add to your podcast AFTER you get your first episodes live

• The planning approach to batch recording and pre-scheduling your episodes to be more efficient

• Ways to promote your podcast to get the best possible launch and then keep it going

• How to set up and use the simplest tool currently available for hosting your podcast and managing your episodes

• How to script or bullet-point talking points for your solo episodes or hosted interviews

• How to choose cover art, decide on a podcast name and write titles and descriptions

• The most important things in launching your podcast and the things you can worry about later

• How to set goals for your podcast and how to ensure your content continually aligns back to them

• "Burn your boats" when you commit to a 5-day launch plan, this will ensure you actually get it done

• Different episode formats: interviews (self and co-hosted), solo episodes, and pros and cons of each

• The importance of consistency in frequency and how to decide what your frequency should be before you launch

• The importance of launching three episodes when you start your podcast and how this builds credibility from the start

• My exact scripts, blueprint, cover art, descriptions, and titles for my own podcast and what I learned when I launched it

• How to edit your sound files and how to produce them to minimize your post-production editing

• The beginner-level knowledge that you need about sound, microphones and recording your podcast episodes

• Why smiling is important to activate the muscles in your face that actually make your voice sound better

• How to set up a regular promotion plan for your regular episodes to maximize listeners and plays

• Additional promotion and community-building options like a Facebook group and detailed show notes

• Other tools like auphonic for fixing audio, wavve for social media, and how to re-purpose / re-use suitable content

Contents and Overview

You'll start with Day 1: Set Up Your Podcast In Anchor(dot)FM: Title, Description, Art & Settings; Day 1: Podcast Goals, Category & Get It Done By Burning Your Boats; Day 1: Plan Your Podcast Format & Frequency; Day 1: Set Up Your Podcast In Anchor(dot)FM; Title, Art, Description, Public Site ++;

We will also cover Day 2: Script Or Jot Down Talking Points For Your First 3 Podcast Episodes; Day 2: [Optional] Script An Intro Which You Will Record And Add To All Episodes; Day 3: Record The Episodes You Made Notes For & Possibly Your Intro; Day 3: Demo Lesson Record Your Trailer Episode In Anchor FM [using built-in mic]; Day 3: Demo - Record Intro, Solo, Interview & Combine, Edit Audio [lapel mic];