Creating an audio documentary (NPR radio style) podcast can be an incredible asset and completely unique content for your business.
It’s a way to stand out in some industries where podcasting has become over saturated and really not that interesting. You can create something that’s more entertaining, more engaging, and even more educational for your listeners. It’s really a Win-Win.
We’ve created the systems and processes to make this creation as easy as possible for you. Without this it could take 10-20 hours to go through this entire production process (per episode) on your own.
Here’s what you need to know:
Defining the interview
I learned from Alex Blumberg in his Creative Live course he did (I wrote up some notes here)
After I do some research I know always try to answer this question.
I’m doing a story about X
and it’s interested because of Y…
Here’s an example..
I’m doing story about transitioning from corporate finance to golf instruction
And it’s interesting because they have a unique perspective and are doing very well
Understanding what to do with all the “tape”
After you have all of the content recorded for your podcast what’s next?
It begins with defining the best content from everything recorded. Making those the centerpieces of the episode.
After you have those core pillars of the episode you need to bring in additional commentary or narration that guides your listeners from Point A to Point B.
We’ve always found that scripting makes this process a lot easier and produces a better product.
You’ll also want to make sure to define some call to actions you can drive listeners to in this step so you can maximize your listener engagement and get more listeners involved with your business.
Audio Documentary Podcast Editing
After you have your basic script together and all of your narration and transition’s recorded it’s time to start editing the audio.
One trick to keep the episode moving along and the listener entertained is to use music during the narration and transitions in the episode. But make sure it’s not to long or to loud. It’s simply a tool to enhance the episode not be the centerpiece or overbearing.
Make sure to wrap up your final audio editing with some processing to level out all levels and bring everything to it’s optimum quality.
From there your ready to finish up the process with all of the
- tagging
- uploading
- show notes
- images
- formatting
- and promotion
Hey There – I’m Cordie (the guy behind Just Hit Publish – check out my story here)
We’re a full service Podcast Production Agency and we love turning good shows into AMAZING shows. (we actually care about creating awesome stuff)
This is a no pressure call!
Put in your info below and we’ll set up a time to go over your podcast, get you an accurate price, and let you know how we can save you hours every week
Put in your info below and we’ll set up a time to go over your podcast, get you an accurate price, and let you know how we can save you hours every week
Still not sure why this could help you?
We went from spending hours upon hours each week editing, uploading, and formatting down to just a few minutes, which is spent only on quick final review of each episode’s content. This has allowed us to spend more time working on our business instead of in our business, and profits have increased dramatically as a result.
Cordie has used is his production experience to help us improve our podcast from a content and story perspective.
We’re no longer a run-of-the-mill podcast like so many others out there, and it’s improving our downloads per episode and listener retention.
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