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Podcasting in my clothes closet – Week 4

May 4, 2015 by Samantha Meeker Leave a Comment

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Podcasting in my Clothes Closet by Samantha Meeker
Wow! What a week this has been!

I completed editing and publishing my FIRST podcast for this journey! Now, if you listen to it, there are a couple little blips but overall, it went well. I have NO intro or exit music yet. I am going to hire someone to put this together for me. Someone other than me. ๐Ÿ™‚

For this first recording, I set up with a simple folding chair in my clothes closet (which was like being in the perfect padded sound studio…it was amazing!) with my Tascam digital recorder on a tripod. I ran an extension cord under the door so I didn’t have to worry about battery loss in the Tascam. When I was done, I took out the SD card and completed editing the sound file using my Mac Book Air’s preinstalled application called Garage Band.

What I used to complete my first Podcast:

Tascam Digital Recorder – I already had this awesome device from previous interviews I used to do when I interviewed artists. It’s awesome because it gives me high quality recordings, transports easily anywhere (you can use a battery if you need to) and it uses an SD card to easily transfer the audio files to your computer for editing.
Garage Band application – used this to edit my podcast. I watched a Garage Band podcasting video on Lynda.com to get up to speed real quickly. In the past, I used the open source application called Audacity for editing my audio files. Garage Band was really easy once I knew the basic controls. If your super new to podcasting, there’s a bit of a learning curve that online tutorials will help you with.
Skull Candy Noise Cancellation headphones – having great headphones is a must for recording and these are my favorite. I have no shame and will wear these big babies ANYWHERE! Mainly because I despise ear buds because their painful, annoying and most won’t fit properly in my ears.

Goals completed (and more):

  • Create podcast logo.
  • Set up account with iTunes and Stitcher radio.
  • Create Plugins resource page/post.
  • Recorded, edited and published Podcast 1.
  • Create a website resources page.
  • Create a resources link on my website.
  • Provided new client with list of needs to complete web page
  • Learned how to use Garage Band for Podcasting

Goals not completed:

  • Finalize Opt In page and see if its ready to implement.
  • Layout content schedule for this with in CoSchedule.
  • Meet with business coach. (We have been back and forth and will be scheduling this one out)
  • Did not finish or EVEN start the book Jab, Jab, Jab Right Hook. ๐Ÿ™ (I’m VERY disappointed about this one)
  • Although I recorded Podcasts 2 & 3, I did not edit the audio files yet.
  • I did not review strategy recording that I had with business coach and write a blog post about it.

Next weeks goals:

  • Thoroughly go through Google Analytics
  • UTM Coding
  • Journal Entry
  • Content scheduling in CoSchedule for at least 30 days in advance for Twitter and Facebook.
  • To remove the verbal hesitation “UM” from my everyday conversation vocabulary so I won’t use it during podcasts or any other form of public speaking.
  • Add Podcast link to main horizontal menu at top of my website.
  • Review strategy recording that I had with business coach and write a blog post about it.
  • Refresh the WordPress plugins page to have a landing page rather than a list of blog posts that have a plugin category.
  • Start reading book Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook
  • Add Opt-In page
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Figurative painter, website designer, podcaster, traveler, gamer, food lover, photo journalist, mom & wife.

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