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Everyone will tell you that your life will change when you have a baby. But for most people, this doesn't include gaining a Facebook community with half a million members. For Camille Jaramis and Phil Chester, that's exactly what happened when their Baby Sleep Training Tips & Help group hit the sweet spot for parents all over the world.

As their group grew and evolved they found that they were providing a real time support for ...

A Producer + an Editor = A Preditor. Two discrete roles got combined through circumstance and technology into one efficient super-being working alongside its predecessors. But don't be afraid, there is another new skills hybrid emerging to enter the battle for podcast production supremacy. We hunted, and bagged some of these different species and got their views on what they do best - and what's coming over the hill.

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How long does it take to plan a podcast ? What is better, fun or educational topics ? Should I add my podcast to YouTube ? Top 3 things a successful podcast should have ?

These questions, and more followed my talk for Hub Australia on 31 August 2022. Connecting from co-working locations in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide the attendees watched a 45 minute lunch-and-learn presentation that I called "Podcasting - What, Why and How".

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Here's a short pick-and-mix of some of the podcast projects that have featured in our production portfolio over the most recent period.

We've covered business challenges, motivation, mental health, law and property industry, coaching, parenting and rural matters. We have a real cross-section of contemporary topics. And while the topics may be diverse, they're all meaningful content made by creators with deep knowledge and worthwhi...

Set your goals and motivations before getting into any other areas of starting a podcast. Once you "find your why" for the podcast, you're set to tackle the work of recording, producing, distributing and growing your podcast.

Once you begin planning your content, understanding your audience is a key advantage. Doing something that you love is a great way to guide your thoughts. Is the listener like you? Do you share a common intere...

Leveraging your podcast to supercharge a content strategy and get the maximum efficiency for your messages.

Each individual podcast episode can be used to create a whole wave of content. This can be pushed out across all of your channels. Then, it’s not just the immediate audio listener-ship that generates the value for you. All of the subsequent readers and viewers who are touched by your content across all platforms will benefit.

These words need to count, so don’t waste them. Discover my favourite DON'T and your show notes will be better right from the get go.

These few simple tips will help you avoid the obvious pitfalls and make the most of the critical text in your podcast show notes. These are the hooks which contribute to wooing listeners to your podcast episodes, so making them count is important.

This episode is an audio companion to the blog articl...

What can podcasters learn from the world of tech startups ? Forbes 30 Under 30 listee and successful startup founder, Qin En Looi dives in with his new podcast project, Parents In Tech.

Speaking at the very start of his new podcast, his topic stems from life experience for Young Guns in the startup world when children come along. We talk about how being open to learning and developing skill as a podcaster fits perfectly with Agile ...

First of a series of interviews talking to new podcasters about their preparations, plans for marketing, and measurements for success - just before their new podcast goes live.

For people unused to creating and publishing media, let alone recording and presenting, creating a podcast can have an overwhelming number of tasks to cover. Working with a professional producer can be a great boon, and in this episode we talk about the prep...

The FinTalking podcast demonstrated how meaningful content, delivered with enthusiasm and depth, backed by energetic promotional activity can achieve success. Six months after launch, FinTalking had already been featured in the coveted Apple Podcasts "New & Noteworthy" spot and entered the Top 5 Finance podcast charts in Australia.

Show host, Erica Hall talks about how the trio fine-tuned their formula, focused on covering all ...

What business benefits can a podcast bring? How to approach and screen guests, what's the best promotional platform and ways to announce your new episodes. Podcasting best-practice explored in the first of this series of Podcaster Profiles, with host of The Security Collective, Claire Pales.

Claire candidly chats through her motivations and approaches to getting the best strategic results from the podcast. We also discuss loads of ...

What better way to hit two goals in one go - distributing this year's East Coast Studio podcast production trailer and rebooting the Metapod podcast feed. Yes, it's a podcast of podcasts!

This episode features a quick cut and shunt collection of excellent shows that we have produced for our awesome clients over the last 12 months. We couldn't fit everyone in, but this collection gives a taste of the quality conversation and worthwh...

Finding her tribe with her Uncool Designer podcast, designer boss lady Anna Dower has created an international community hub for freelance designers.

We talk about the start of her journey, from producing information resources for her clients as a freelancer. Leading to one-to-one coaching and then supporting larger numbers of people through online courses and Facebook community groups.

With her focus on using "ten years worth of m...

How to stay on track when your supporters tell you you've "got your thumb up your ass". The crowd is not easy to please, but neither is it easy to research and create an innovative documentary series! Kirby Ferguson is a Canadian filmmaker, writer, and speaker whose work covers creative works and popular culture; particularly remix culture. He is best known for his documentary series Everything is a Remix and This is Not a Conspira...

Learn how to eliminate the ums and ahs ! It is surprising how much sound that comes out of our mouths is not helpful to effective communication. Sometimes vocal sounds are there to indicate it is our turn to talk, to create a space where our brain can formulate what it actually wants to say, or are just habits. Effective speaking is a skill, so in order to develop the skills, practice is unavoidable for most people.

If you are a po...