EAST COAST STUDIO
Podcast Production Excellence
EAST COAST STUDIO
Podcast Production Excellence
Podcasting tips and podcasting experience guides that we create while working on our podcast and video editing and post-production projects.
How To Start A Podcast: Goals, Topics and Motivation
Despite the enormous boom in podcasting over the last few years, there appears to be a lot more room for new podcasts to emerge and successfully draw an audience. So...
How To Start A Podcast: The Tech and The Tools
In my last blog post "How To Start A Podcast - Goals, Topics and Motivation", I talked about getting clear with your goal and your topic. Moving on to capturing...
Extending the Content Conversation
There's often a sense that podcasts are separate entities that sit outside of an organisation's wider communications or content strategy. But viewing your podcast as an integral part, if not...
Writing Effective Podcast Show Notes
A few simple tips to help you avoid obvious pitfalls and make the most of the critical text in your podcast show notes. These are the hooks which contribute to...
Present Better Webinars and Podcasts.
There are a handful of small details which will take your video webinar or podcast recording to the next level. Without going into any technical steps, better cameras, microphones or...
Are you sure you need to ask ‘that’ question?
If we were to think about podcast interviews more like films or even written articles, it would completely change how we think of presenting the story in our interviews with...
Online Courses For Podcasters
We now have available two online courses for podcasters. Both combine video interviews and demonstrations, with downloadable resources and practical insights. They bring together a huge amount of learning about...
Podcast Portfolio Picks
Latest Episodes Here are some of the latest episodes from our fabulous East Coast Studio portfolio of podcast productions in 2021. Regardless of their own target audiences, they're guaranteed to...
How to Write Podcast Edit Notes
This article will give you a clear understanding of how and why to provide structured edit notes for audio and video producers. If you're paying a podcast or video editor...
What difference does a microphone make ? Podcast recording tips
I recently had a great illustration of the difference that a good microphone can make to a podcast recording. To record remote guests, I get best results from the calling...
Unable To Play. Something went wrong. Try Again Later
Unable to play, Something went wrong. Try again later. Look familiar ? This is an iOS-specific problem that occurs when trying to stream podcasts in Apple Podcasts on iPad or...
Take Control – Podcast Interview Technique
If you're a podcast host who conducts interviews, we've compiled a few learning notes to help you build your verbal Kung Fu skills. Previously, I wrote about recording, structure and...
Podcast Interview : Pre-Flight Checklist
It's always good to send your guests some advance information or a checklist to orient them in how the interview will work, your expectations and optionally, your questions. Some of...
Word Wars – Podcast Interview Technique
Make no mistake, a podcast interview with a guest can be war. Odd learned behaviours, battles for conversational supremacy, promotional and conceptual agendas - they all come out. Your mission...
What’s The Story ? Podcast Interview Technique
From a listeners (and podcast editors) point of view, the worse kind of podcast interview is one where the interviewer has no idea on the story that they are trying...
How To Record A Podcast Interview
Let's start with two important considerations before getting too deep into tools and techniques - 1. There is more than one way to record a podcast 2. The best way...
A YouTube Channel is Not Just For Christmas
Embarking on the journey of growing an audience on a new channel is a challenge that many of us have undertaken. We see lots of people pinning their hopes on...
How to Add a Data Dashboard to WordPress
I've been doing some work for one of my clients to sum all of their digital headlines into an easy to view daily dashboard using Google Data Studio. My mission...
Water Cooler Games – Festival 2018 Commonwealth Games
The Water Cooler Games was a human art installation gathering together 40 suited participants - carrying briefcases and mobile phones - for a race along the beach, followed by a...
7 Tips to Make Your YouTube Channel Pop
Our experience of managing YouTube channels for organisations and individuals has given us a first hand insight into what happens when you manage your channel well. None of the tips...