EPISODE · Sep 10, 2024 · 11 MIN
Ideas for your first podcast episode
from Pump Up Your Pod
It’s happening. You’re finally launching a podcast.You’ve been thinking about it, planning it, buying the gear, deciding not to do it, then deciding you want to do it, then getting scared, putting the gear back in the cupboard, then getting it back out, then realising you really just need to do it.You know, all the normal emotions that fresh podcasters go through.You get over the initial hurdle of committing to the process, but then you start thinking what that first episode needs to be like.It needs to be amazing.The kind of episode that someone will listen to and think, “This is possibly the greatest podcast in the history of the world. I’m hooked and I will now be a raving fan forever. I will give them my first born child as gratitude for how good this podcast episode is.”Sure, that’s one way to attack your first episode, but maybe it’s not the smartest…In this episode, I step through how I believe you should approach your first podcast episode.BAMBY MEDIA LINKS:Book A ConsultationFree Podcast Audit ServiceYouTube ChannelApply to Join PodCoachGEAR WE USE HERE AT BAMBY MEDIA:SE Dyncaster DCM8Rode Boom ArmXLR CablesSony ZV E10Elgato CamlinkAputure Amaran 200d LED Video LightAputure Light Box MinPre-Amp/Mixers we recommendFocusrite Clarett+Rode Streamer XRodecaster Pro IIRodecaster Pro Duo
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It’s happening. You’re finally launching a podcast.You’ve been thinking about it, planning it, buying the gear, deciding not to do it, then deciding you want to do it, then getting scared, putting the gear back in the cupboard, then getting it back out, then realising you really just need to do it.You know, all the normal emotions that fresh podcasters go through.You get over the initial hurdle of committing to the process, but then you start thinking what that first episode needs to be like.It needs to be amazing.The kind of episode that someone will listen to and think, “This is possibly the greatest podcast in the history of the world. I’m hooked and I will now be a raving fan forever. I will give them my first born child as gratitude for how good this podcast episode is.”Sure, that’s one way to attack your first episode, but maybe it’s not the smartest…In this episode, I step through how I believe you should approach your first podcast episode.BAMBY MEDIA LINKS:Book A ConsultationFree Podcast Audit ServiceYouTube ChannelApply to Join PodCoachGEAR WE USE HERE AT BAMBY MEDIA:SE Dyncaster DCM8Rode Boom ArmXLR CablesSony ZV E10Elgato CamlinkAputure Amaran 200d LED Video LightAputure Light Box MinPre-Amp/Mixers we recommendFocusrite Clarett+Rode Streamer XRodecaster Pro IIRodecaster Pro Duo
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