104: Podcast Production Workflow: How To Make It Happen Every Episode

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Welcome back to Podcastification - on this episode I’m walking you through the step by step details of what I do to carry out MY successful podcast production workflow every single week. It doesn’t matter if you publish episodes every week, every other week, or once a month - organizationally you’ve GOT to have an effective podcast workflow to ensure two things:

Quality AND Consistency

What I demonstrate and describe on this episode is not the ONLY way to do this - but it’s the best way I’ve found after 5 years of podcasting. And if you scroll down, you’ll also notice that I ALSO recorded this one as a video - with the workflow mapped out on my whiteboard. The visuals help on this one - honest.

[1:18] The vital importance of having a well-considered podcast workflow: consistency & quality

[3:12] Write down every step of your process - one per sticky note: here’s why

[4:01] Beginning the process, one step at a time

• Choose your topic
• Research and preparation
• GUEST EPISODES: Choosing and preparing for your guest
• GUEST EPISODES: Reaching out to your guest
• GUEST EPISODES: Your guest schedules a time
• GUEST EPISODES: Asking the guest to provide you some vital info
• GUEST EPISODES: Confirm the recording (the day of the recording)

[17:41] Do you see how the workflow enables you to be professional and consistent?

[21:45] Resuming the steps to your podcast workflow

• Create a test recording/sound check
• Record the main audio/conversation
• Record the intro and outro immediately following the recording: Here’s why
• Add the audio files to my Dropbox system (I describe it here)
• Notify the editor (or set a time to edit on your own calendar if you do your own editing)
• Create an optimized title and send to my VA (because the artwork step is coming)
• Add to Auphonic (if you don’t use Auphonic, do it now!)
• Writing the show notes and notify the VA
• Artwork/graphics are created
• Post the show notes and artwork to Libsyn and the website
• Set up social sharing
• GUEST EPISODES: Send promo info to guest

[44:15] Why process equals success

• YouCanBook.me
• Calendly
• Schedule Once
• The list I send to guests about how to best prepare for the recording
• The form I use to ask my guests to confirm their participation here
• Google Forms
• Hello Sign
• Hubspot
• Ringr
• Zencastr