A Podcast on Running a Podcast

In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes talk about running a podcast — recording, sponsoring, where to start, and more! Freshbooks - Sponsor Get a 30 day free trial of Freshbooks at freshbooks.com/syntax and put SYNTAX in the “How did you hear about us?” section. LogRocket - Sponsor LogRocket lets you replay what users do on your site, helping you reproduce bugs and fix issues faster. It’s an exception tracker, a session re-player and a performance monitor. Get 14 days free at logrocket.com/syntax. Cloudinary - Sponsor Cloudinary is the best way to manage images and videos in the cloud. Edit and transform for any use case, from performance to personalization, using Cloudinary’s APIs, SDKs, widgets, and integrations. Show Notes 01:45 - Recording Setup Zoom to chat Record on Zoom Quicktime Logic Riverside Wes: Heil PR-40 dbx 286s Scott: Electro-Voice RE20 Cloudlifter dbx 286s 09:13 - Notes Shows begin as a Notion doc Big outlines with a point-based outline to where to go Sometimes points are detailed, other times are just one-word reminders as to what to hit Sponsors pulled from a Notion relational table Shows are created in a kanban board but moved to a calendar view 12:37 - How do you find stuff to talk about?! Technical skills Hasty Tasty Potluck Game shows Collabs ShopTalk Collab Changelog Collab Soft skills Productivity Apps We Cooked It: Explainer Episode Add ideas to the list anytime it pops into your head 21:02 - Editing Podcast Royale We record a clap for syncing Upload to Dropbox for our editors 22:07 - Hosting Libsyn Archaic feeling, but covers everything 22:36 - The website Next.js Open source PRs are submitted adding the latest episodes 24:10 - Transcripts Generated 24:40 - Would you still start one? Podcast vs YouTube vs Twitch 29:20 - Getting popular / Marketing How do you do it? Consistency is key Need external audience 35:34 - Sponsors Five to six hours per week in prep Most of our sponsors are products we already used We sell and manage all our sponsors ourselves 42:17 - What about Patreon? Ad-free version? 46:04 - Live shows Confs Livestream Links Delicious Brains Syntax Ep 004: JavaScript Tooling LulaRich ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Untold: Crime & Penalties Wes: Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain Shameless Plugs Scott: All Courses - Sign up for the year and save 25%! Wes: All Courses - Use the coupon code ‘Syntax’ for $10 off! Tweet us your tasty treats! Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets