25 | Starting Your Own Podcast

Amy and James continue their creator series for designers and developers, explaining some of the things that they learned while starting their own podcast.SponsorsVercelVercel combines the best developer experience with an obsessive focus on end-user performance. Their platform enables frontend teams to do their best work. It is the best place to deploy any frontend app. Start by deploying with zero configuration to their global edge network. Scale dynamically to millions of pages without breaking a sweat.For more information, visit Vercel.comZEAL is hiring!ZEAL is a computer software agency that delivers “the world’s most zealous” and custom solutions. The company plans and develops web and mobile applications that consistently help clients draw in customers, foster engagement, scale technologies, and ensure delivery.ZEAL believes that a business is “only as strong as” its team and cares about culture, values, a transparent process, leveling up, giving back, and providing excellent equipment. The company has staffers distributed throughout the United States, and as it continues to grow, ZEAL looks for collaborative, object-oriented, and organized individuals to apply for open roles.For more information visit softwareresidency.com/careersDatoCMSDatoCMS is a complete and performant headless CMS built to offer the best developer experience and user-friendliness in the market. It features a rich, CDN-powered GraphQL API (with real-time updates!), a super-flexible way to handle dynamic layouts and structured content, and best-in-class image/video support, with progressive/LQIP image loading out-of-the-box."For more information, visit datocms.comShow Notes0:00 IntroductionJS ChallengesAdvent of CSSAdvent of JSAdvent of SVGs2:47 Gear for Starting Your Own PodcastRode MicroEpisode 14 - Building the Perfect Desk Setup6:45 Why podcast (vs another medium)?8:29 Types of PodcastsInterviewMonologueAmy PorterfieldCo-HostSyntaxShop Talk Show10:27 Our Why14:26 Sponsor: DatoCMS15:20 Creating Show Segments17:57 HostingBuzzsproutCreating ZEAL PodcastAnchorTransistor.fmSimplecast20:36 Cover Art21:06 Creating a TrailerSubmitting to different podcatchers22:36 Finding SponsorsCreating a ProspectusField of Dreams25:26 Sponsor: Vercel26:38 WorkflowSquadCastScreenflowDescriptChris SevAuphonicForecastMailChimp33:14 Things We Want To DoWrite Accompanying Blog PostsMake clips for social35:17 Things I Wish We'd Done DifferentlyLine up Reviews on iTunes36:33 Sponsor: ZEAL38:02 Grab Bag Questions38:21 What have we learned? Future goals, ambitions?42:11 How important is consistency on publishing dates?Seasons vs Episodes45:05 Amy's Pick - Book: The Ride of a LifeTime45:42 Amy's Plug - SelfTeach.me on Twitch46:04 James's Pick - Portable Light47:03 James's Plug - @jamesqquick on TikTokJames Q Quick's NewsletterCaptain Marvel Website