Re: Newbie to podcasting

Mant thanks. I've already worked out the technical issues with codecs, compression and storage.

I found a few articles here and there on the revenue side of podcasting, but as I figured, I'm months away from actually seeing anything like that. I have to establish some "credibility" first.

Also, my topic has a VERY SMALL audience at the moment. I need to expand the generality a tad to move towards attracting a larger audience. That will come once I get comfortable in these new shoes.

One thing I discovered early on was that after a couple "episodes" the thought of doing this regularly was scary. Is there really that much material to cover when you're not doing somerthing like industry news. So, I spent nearly a full day outlining topics and making rough "sketches" for 15 shows. That way if I feel I'm stuck for content, I can pull an idea from the existing list and go with that. As I come up with new ideas, I expand the list.

I ran into that situation this last weekend. We got heavy flooding and storms in our area and I wasn't feeling particularly creative. So when it came time to do something, I had nothing. So... I pulled one of the sketches from the pile and used that.

I had a creative flash yesterday (partially due to feedback) and added 6 more to the pile.