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Episode Number: 311 Show notes can be found at: http://onceuponatimepodcast.com/311 Podcasting Lessons Learned are the most important part of the process. We all start podcasting somewhere, but I decided to share my podcasting lessons learned along my ...

Episode Number: 311 
Show notes can be found at: 
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Podcasting Lessons Learned are the most important part of the process. 
 We all start podcasting somewhere, but I decided to share my podcasting lessons learned along my podcasting journey. 
A bit of a disclaimer first, this is not a Podcasting 101 course, so some items I will mention, but not go into complete depth. I will leave that to the Podcasting Gurus; Daniel J. Lewis (<a href="https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Audacity to Podcast</a>), Dave Jackson (<a href="http://schoolofpodcasting.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">School of Podcasting</a>) Ray Ortega (<a href="http://podcastersroundtable.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Podcasting Roundtable</a>) and others to discuss those subjects in more depth. 
Oh, one more disclaimer, as time marches forward, Social Media platforms will come and go, so I will try to talk more general in themes (that hopefully) will be applicable on any new platforms that we haven&#8217;t even seen at the time of this Blog post. 
Last time a podcast was posted was 3/6/16 
Before we begin, I want to say something important. 
If you are a current podcaster, I want these points to encourage you. 
If you have never been a podcaster, I want to share something with you right now. 
So, to all you non-podcasters &#8211; look at your thumb. Go ahead, look at it. Your thumb-print is unique and so are you. Your life path, experiences and your point of view is different than anyone else&#8217;s, and we need to hear from you. 
If you need a reason to podcast it&#8217;s this &#8211; you are unique and special. As we go through this list and you&#8217;ve never thought about podcasting, I hope you will get some more intermediate and advanced tips and ideas to help you along the way. 
And now, here are my Podcasting Lessons Learned; 
1. Count the Podcast Cost 
A podcast takes a lot of work. Read that again. Read it one more time. Lots of popular podcasters make it look easy, but it&#8217;s not. 
Now, I&#8217;m not trying to squash your podcasting dreams. I&#8217;m trying to give you the truths I learned (much later) &#8211; up front, so you know what to expect ahead of time. 
You&#8217;ll thank me later. 
Podcasting is a tough gig. It takes more time, energy, money, emotional investment than anything you can think of. 
We&#8217;ll leave that here for now, but if you stop reading (or listening to this podcast episode) before the end, at least you&#8217;ll know this fact. 
2. Solo Host or Co-Host(s) 
There are lots of factors that lead to someone that listens to it consider it to be something they&#8217;d like to continue to listen to; 
&#8211; Quality of the audio of the finished product, 
&#8211; Quality of the speaker(s) voice, 
&#8211; Editing (limiting of extraneous information, filler words, etc), 
&#8211; Brevity (staying on point and limiting &#8220;<a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=rabbit%20trail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">rabbit trails</a>&#8220;), 
&#8211; Likability of the speaker(s)&#8217;s speech pattern, 
&#8211; Speaker(s) knowledge of the subject, 
and much more. 
When I thought it might be fun to launch the OUAT Fan podcast, I asked my wife to join me as a co-host. There were many reasons; 
1. Was that I was the sort of funny banter guy and she was the well-read, well-studied Disney, Fairy Tale, etc fan, 2. I figured the listeners would appreciate 2 different voices discussing the show, 3. She would save me when I (often) forgot a name of an actor that came up in an off-the-cuff comment (Note: Always prep well before recording.

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More than 60 Podcasting Lessons Learned – 311

More than 60 Podcasting Lessons Learned – 311

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