Comments on: The 7 Secrets To A Successful Podcast

By: Cat Smith

Cat Smith — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:49:04 +0000

I love that you mentioned Voice 123 for the voiceovers as I’m a talent there. They have voices for every budget so no matter how small your podcast is, you should be able to find someone at a very reasonable price. I personally can be found at http://www.voice123.com/catsmith, but there are hundreds of demos to listen to, and you can just put out a general- I need this- audition listing.

By: Jaimie Dee - Atlanta Wedding Photographer

Jaimie Dee - Atlanta Wedding Photographer — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 07:56:00 +0000

Loved this! I really felt that the podcast for this article really helped me follow along as well. It really made it come to life for me. Definitely prefer listening to reading. That way I can multi task. I’ll make sure to keep this tips in mind for future podcasting ventures! Thanks for posting

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Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:18:02 +0000

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By: Mwangi

Mwangi — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:10:45 +0000

@Mark: Not neccesarily, my understanding is that people began using services such as cachefly and s3 to host videos for three reasons:
1) Cost effective as compared to paying for increased or dedicated hosting when the volume of data moving goes past a certain amount.
2) Scalability
3) Speed of data transfer

Though I am yet to fully test it, I would imagine unlimited hostgator hosting might be able to offer these things, though I would definitely love to hear feedback from anyone who has used the service to host videos.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:42:33 +0000

@Mwangi, thanks for quick reply

I have shared hosting with Hostgator but to host video, I thought you need a dedicated server

Mark

By: Mwangi

Mwangi — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:51:39 +0000

@Mark: I would recommend either of the following:
1) Amazon S3: I have been with this service for close to 3 years now and my most expensive monthly bill is about $5 and I store A LOT on Amazon S3. However recent developments have meant that my favourite option is:
2) Hostgator: They now offer unlimited hosting as part of their domain name/hosting packages, which means once you sign up with hostgator, you never need an external storage service again ( though should you ever, jump over to Amazon S3 as soon as you can). So go online, Google ” Hostgator COUPONS” get yourself a discount on domains and hosting and give it a go.

Hope I have been of help,
Mwangi

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:05:18 +0000

Thanks Tony and Yaro

Really good content.

One thing which I’m unsure about is the best service to host my podcast.
I’ve heard AmazonS3 is good.
Where do you get your audio hosted? Do you host on your own server?

I’d appreciate any comments or feedback

Mark

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:58:23 +0000

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By: ali

ali — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 03:41:59 +0000

Awesome tips, Mwangi. I always thought that podcasting is complicated. But after reading your article, you made it seems simple. Will definitely try this sometime. Thanks.

By: Entrepreneurs Blog

Entrepreneurs Blog — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:36:37 +0000

Excellent post. I was inspired to start my own podcasts on iTunes and on the blog after listening to Yaro. This post provides excellent tips for improving it, thanks.

By: Mwangi

Mwangi — Thu, 07 May 2009 11:12:21 +0000

@Diane: I am glad I could inspire you. Should you decide you want to take advantage of all the info Yaro, Gary Vaynerchuk, Paul Colligan etc shared be sure to get the Conversations with Podcasting Gurus packaga ( mypodcastingtutor.com/yaro ). Otherwise just get started and learn as you go along

By: Diane

Diane — Thu, 07 May 2009 00:36:30 +0000

Mwangi,

WOW! That was a great example of a quality podcast! I love the background music, the clear sound of your voice, and the easy steps. Before I landed on this page, I read “Podcasting Hacks” and have been putting off getting started, but now you have inspired me to take the leap!

Thanks so much!

By: Mwangi

Mwangi — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:26:26 +0000

Go for it

By: Tyrone

Tyrone — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:17:01 +0000

Hey thanks Tony for sharing such meaningful secrets of podcast. Now I am looking forward to make my own podcast.

By: Mwangi

Mwangi — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 08:36:35 +0000

@Dominique and Camillion: Hopefully these tips plus the free stuff on my newsletter will be all you need to get you started.

By: Dominique

Dominique — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:09:57 +0000

thanks for the tips..have been wondering how podcast are made as am interested to add postcasting to my own site.

By: Camillon

Camillon — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 04:01:17 +0000

I really like Yaro’s podcasts. It’s a good start for those new to blogging and making money online.

By: Mwangi

Mwangi — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:34:41 +0000

@Andy: I am glad you found value on the post. I think its very important that we think not only of our passions but areas where we are naturally inclined to dominate: Mike Filsaime talks about the same idea as well.
@Peter: Godspeed with that! Maybe once its done you can come back here and leave us with a link to the first podcast on this comments thread.

By: Peter Cameron

Peter Cameron — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:50:13 +0000

Hi Mwangi and Yaro! Thanks to you now I possess good knowledge for starting my own podcast, first-class quality podcast!! Now I am going to create it!

By: Sweaty Hands

Sweaty Hands — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 14:14:52 +0000

“You must choose an area where you can win. No, scratch that. Not just win, but absolutely dominate.”

This is also true in my experience. Following this single, simple tip can be the difference between average podcast/blog/site and the MOST successful one in that niche.

Once you put yourself in the mind-space that you want to dominate something it allows you to stretch your energy and literally have a whole different approach to marketing.

Great post, I really enjoyed it.

Andy

By: Mwangi

Mwangi — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 08:39:37 +0000

@Classifieds and @Earn: Glad I could be of help.

By: Earn Extra Money Online

Earn Extra Money Online — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 05:51:31 +0000

Best part of that article: ” Big Haired Man Called Yaro.”

Lol, but beyond the quote, some very good points about podcasting…I just redesigned my blog, so soon I’ll be integrating more forms of media, so this info definitely helps!

By: Classifieds

Classifieds — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 05:03:40 +0000

Thanks for sharing these tips, I never knew how people make high quality Podcasts but now I do. Podcasts are a great way to bring interesting info to your users

By: Mwangi

Mwangi — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 13:03:49 +0000

@Cashmere: Glad I was able to teach you a little bit more about a pretty cool tool.

By: Cashmere Lashkari

Cashmere Lashkari — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 05:17:13 +0000

That’s taught me heaps about a technology I know nothing about!

By: Mwangi

Mwangi — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:53:58 +0000

@Internet Marketing: That type of enthusiasm can be infectous.
@Reyn: No time like the present
@SEO101: Interistingly enough, a lot of people who even lack any of those things, excluding the charm obviously, still do quite well podcasting.

By: Mwangi

Mwangi — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:52:08 +0000

@articles: You appear to be suggesting that distributing using a podcast hosting/online radio service is automatically linked to critical mass or popularity whereas those are two separate concepts. Many of the podcasts on free podcast networks struggle to get listeners whereas many free podcasts, I know of at least 7, not to mention Entrepreneur’s Journey podcast, are published independently and yet get huge numbers of listeners.

Those two ideas are not automatically linked and chances are if you’re getting all those listeners it isn’t just because of the access the free network gives you but probably your content + marketing: if that’s the case then whether you were on a service like blogtalkradio or just going it alone, you’d still succeed.

By: SEO 101

SEO 101 — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 04:27:59 +0000

Podcasting is both an art and a science. These days, most software take the hard work out of making people sound good. However, there is nothing more than a smooth set of vocal cords and wit and charm with timing that can take the cake.

Something to think about.

By: Reyn Aria

Reyn Aria — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 04:25:11 +0000

Awesome tips, Mwangi. I always thought that podcasting is complicated. But after reading your article, you made it seems simple. Will definitely try this sometime. Thanks.

By: Internet Marketing

Internet Marketing — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:44:09 +0000

Podcast Away! Do it….get on the mic. I personally love what we do so when I hear Yaro do a piece on Podcasting I always take the extratime to check out the goods he has regarding the golden nuggets he’s found.

That’s the beauty of the net, that we can’t do all the research on an individual level, but as a collective,. the nifty things we find. Rocks my world!