So You Want to Start a Podcast?

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Hey there, wild ones—and welcome back to Wildly Unplug, the podcast where we trade burnout for beauty, hustle for healing, and discover ourselves again through nature, art, and adventure.

So… you’re thinking podcasting might be for you? Then I’m here to tell you—it IS.
If you feel the nudge, the whisper, the wild idea that you have something to say—follow that. The world needs your voice. Your stories. Your perspective. 

In this episode, I breakdown for you how to get started on your own podcasting journey! 

My personal notes that I have shared with people who have asked me how to get started: 

• Hosting Platform- https://www.buzzsprout.com/2278247. I like Buzzsprout because it is user-friendly, lets me upload transcripts, can create sound bites to use for social media, and has a monetization option. I used Podbean for the first podcast, and it is lackluster.
• Intro and Outro- Fivver.  I used Bearnie Baggs on Fivver. I shopped around and asked several creators if they could do the style I was looking for. I asked for a Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom style- all of them asked, “What is that?” and only one took the time to look it up and provide me with a sample I liked, so he is the one I went with. I also asked for the song that he used for the background with no voice on it- it was a little extra, but then I have the rights to that song to use in between clips or if I ever decide to change the intro verbiage, I can do that and still have the same song. 
• To find Guests- https://podcastguests.com/featured-guest/ 
• I use Google Drive under an email I made just for the podcast. I have an Excel style sheet (you will notice the name is in blue and underlined because I link it to the “script Google doc” with a checklist for each show to make sure I have done all the things and I also have a “script” for each show with a checklist, list of questions, and other info. Attached is a picture of my Excel checklist, and at the very end of this, I will have a link to the script so you can have visibility to your show.
• I schedule everything on Zoom and send the guest a Google Calendar invite through Zoom
• I save all my Zoom recordings on an external hard drive by the date 
• To edit, I use Final Cut Pro. This is nice because I can export audio for the podcast and video for YouTube
• ITranscribe to get the transcript 
• I use GoDaddy to host my website for my artwork and the show and blog (“field notes”)
• Canva is handy for creating social media content- they also have a good section to help keep you “on brand” with your colors

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