Podcasting Tips Archives - Funnel Media Group, LLC

Podcasting Tip: Make your heads the same size

One of the beautiful benefits of Zoom is that it is an equalizer. There are no tall people, short people, people sitting in the back of the room, people at the head table. We have our grid of participants. The lovely gallery. When we interview people, most of us use Zoom, Riverside, or similar because [...]

AI saves time, except when it doesn’t – bad video clips

June 3rd|Podcasting Tips, Resources|

I see more and more hosts turning their teams loose (I'm avoiding "unleashing" because that's such an AI favorite word) on creating quick clips to add to a glut of thoughtless content. I'm enjoying tools like Opus clips, but sometimes in this case, it thought there were three people in the episode. Typically, we review [...]

Listen vs. Downloads – what’s the difference in podcasting?

March 21st|Podcasting Tips|

A common question we are asked is, "What's the difference between a download and a listen on my podcast?" Great question. The Downloads number is the number of times your podcast has been played and/or downloaded from various sources: Podbean podcast site and apps; directories you've submitted your podcast to like iTunes, Google, Spotify etc; [...]

13 Tips Before You Launch Your Podcast

December 13th|Blog, Podcasting Tips, Resources|

As an instructor for the Direct Marketing Association of Northern California, Susan Finch regularly updates her hands-on workshops. This is for tomorrow's Podcasting Production Masterclass Part 3: Publish, Promote, and Grow! This is a quick checklist of 13 items you should have ready before you launch. It's only a taste of the course, but [...]

Has Your Podcast Met Google My Business?

October 9th|Blog, Personal Branding, Podcasting Tips|

When we set up a new podcast, we always request the clients set up one dedicated email for the podcast. We prefer it is set up through Google's workspace to open up many free tools besides Analytics. Once you have a dedicated email account, you can add your company/podcast as a business on Google [...]

How’s your background?

June 22nd|Blog, Personal Branding, Podcasting Tips|

It's very common for companies to send a background to all team members to use for video calls. They may even offer a selection. It doesn't remove the problem of bubble heads, disappearing hands, earrings, and ears with virtual backgrounds and greenscreens. I'm way too animated for those to work. I'd need to put on [...]

Podcast Pro Tip: Cloudflare redirects for your epsiodes

May 26th|Podcasting Tips|

Recently, a guest on one of our shows was unhappy with her appearance. She wasn't prepared and there was no saving it, even with the best edits. This show was over 1,000 edits in a 25 minute episode. She requested that the host remove the episode. The episode had already been promoted on social, the [...]

CEO Sales Strategies: Podcasting for Business

December 28th|Blog, Podcasting Tips, Resources|

What is the point of having a business podcast? As an entrepreneur, should you be thinking of having one? Susan Finch replies to that question with an emphatic yes. In this conversation with Doug C. Brown, she makes the case for why every company, small and large and everything in between, should consider having a [...]

Embrace, Don’t Edit, the Thoughtful Pause

November 17th|Blog, Podcasting Tips|

Recently we were editing an appearance of one of our hosts on another show. They had edited the episode so tightly, there wasn't even an exhale between the host's question, the guest response and the next question. Realizing sometimes there can be uncomfortable silences between question and answer, and the next question, there is also [...]

If a Word Glitches, Find It Somewhere Else

November 4th|Blog, Podcasting Tips|

Anyone who has listened to podcasts regularly, and anyone who has edited them knows what "Zoom Twang" is. It's when a word or syllable is glitched due to bandwidth or gremlins in the recording and the word or syllable is LOST. It's just not there. Many times, you can simply edit it out. But what [...]