Keeping Your Solo Podcast Energy High

Keeping Your Solo Podcast Energy HighIn this episode of Showmakers, Ed Barker from Studio 1878 shares practical tips on maintaining high energy levels while recording solo podcast episodes. Ed discusses the importance of visualizing a real listener, recording while standing, using a bullet point script, varying your pacing, and breaking content into segments. He emphasizes the power of storytelling and advises recording in short bursts to keep energy high. Ed wraps up by highlighting the value solo episodes bring in building intimacy and trust with listeners.00:00 Introduction00:22 Why Solo Energy Matters01:10 Tip 1: Picture a Real Listener01:41 Tip 2: Stand Up and Move02:14 Tip 3: Script Smart02:58 Tip 4: Vary Your Pacing03:53 Tip 5: Break Into Segments04:21 Tip 6: Include Real Stories04:59 Tip 7: Record in Bursts05:28 Closing ThoughtsAbout Your HostEd Barker has been producing and recording podcasts since 2009. After a long career as a corporate marketing and strategy executive (and then a VC), Ed launched Studio 1878 (www.1878.studio) in early 2025 with the goal of making brand and business podcasting much better. Ed is a Brit, working out of Seattle, and podcasting worldwide. 🌎Studio 1878A podcast development studio for the modern brand. We believe everyone has a story worth telling. Specializing in business and brand podcasts, we’ll help build your story from ideation to distribution, transforming concepts to real connection with your audiences. We produce our own shows but our core proposition is in helping businesses and creators produce something truly compelling and authentic. We’d love to help you tell your story. 😈 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.