How To Start A Podcast (Step-by-Step Beginner Guide) - Hookycrash

 Did you decide to start your podcast? 

But not getting the proper direction and proper guidance to start it. 

So in this blog post, I will be walking you through the step-by-step process to start your podcast.

Also, you need to know certain things before starting a podcast or you can say the essential things you need to be aware of while starting a podcast

Starting a podcast is not that tough work, just you need to have proper guidance in order to start it in a proper and in a systematic way so that it will help you to grow in your podcast very faster.

According to Statista, If you see back in 2006, there were only 22% of the adult population of the u.s. were aware of podcasting but by 2020 the figure of podcast listeners increased up to 75%.

So, you can imagine how the podcast industry is growing in the world. And also by 2023 the prediction number of podcast listeners we're about 160 million which is actually a huge amount. 

So now you might have assumed or got an idea of why you need to start your podcast earlier, it is not much late yet, so start it as soon as possible so that you can enjoy the organic growth of your podcast at an earlier stage.

• What is a Podcast
• Benefits of having a Podcast
• How to Start A Podcast (Step-by-Step beginner guide)

What is a Podcast?

A podcast is a digital form of audio content, which you provide to your audience. 

YouTube is in the video form of content. Similarly, podcasting also helps you to connect with your audience in a form of audio rather than video. 

Podcasting is much easier than YouTube because here you need not have to do much investment for your setups like lighting, camera, etc. 

You just have to own a mic and a laptop, where you can record and edit your podcast and can publish it.

To make it more minimal, you can just start your podcast with your smart mobile phone. 

You don't require any other professional Mic or editing software. 

You can easily do it from your mobile which I will show you in the upcoming points in this blog. 

So do not miss out on the organic growth and opportunity of podcasts, just start whatever you have and whatever you can provide to your audience, just start right now so that you can grab the organic attention of the people in the earlier stage because as I already mentioned, podcasting is growing way too far and the organic reach is high.

Benefits of podcast

If you see, having a podcast or starting a podcast is very easy nowadays because there are lots of tools and lots of things available on the Internet, so that you can start your podcast easily. 

But the thing comes out, is that why you need to start a podcast? What are the benefits of it? 

So here, I will discuss with you some of the major benefits of podcasting

So, the number one benefit is You can build a personal brand from your podcasting series. 

It is similar to YouTube, where you need to record a video editor video and publish it. Here, you just have to record your audio and edit it and publish it. 

And you don't have to show your face which is the biggest benefit for most of the shy people who are afraid of the camera and afraid to face the camera. 

So here you just have to publish your audio by providing some value in it so that people can know you from your audio and can follow you, from there you can be a Personal brand from it. 

And the second benefit is you can also earn money from it by just running the ads on it, or publishing or promoting some sponsorship content or sponsorship product on it and you can also make sales from it. 

There are many ways to earn from your podcast just that you'd have to have some listeners. On your podcast. So that Brands can contact you. So it's totally up to you how consistent and how productive you are in your podcast so that it will help you to grow as a professional podcaster in the future and you can also make money from it. 

The third benefit is that podcasts are having such a high organic reach in the market. Because nowadays podcasting is used by most people, so that's why it has a high organic range. So you don't have to miss this opportunity, you just have to grab it and just have to put it whatever content you have and whatever value you can provide to your audience, just be an early adopter in the podcast

How to Start a Podcast?

Here, I will discuss it with you. The 9 simple step-by-step processes, which you need to follow in order to start a podcast. 

The steps which I am going to follow are very easy to implement and also, it is beginner-friendly. 

So if you are just starting off with your podcast, you can easily follow the step-by-step thing and you can easily achieve your successful podcast series. 

The tips or process, which I'm going to say, in this blog post is very much a basic and essential part of your podcast. 

Apart from these, there are also plenty of important things, which you need to know. But as a beginner, as you want to start it, you have to go step by step. 

So the tips or steps, which I am discussing in this blog post, are very beginner-friendly so you can easily Implement and achieve your podcast goal and after that, you can evolve yourself and can improve it to the next level.

1. Choose a platform

As if you want to start your podcast then choosing the right podcast hosting platform is very important 

Now if you see there are plenty of hosting platforms available in the market but here I will share some of the best podcast platforms that I personally prefer 

• Anchor ( Free)

• Buzzsprout (Free for a limited time)

There are other platforms as well but Anchor is personally used and tried 

Choosing a good podcast platform helps you to grow faster and provide the best possible service for you whenever you need 

The best feature of Anchor is that you don't need to promote your podcast on other platforms, Anchor itself distributes all of your podcast on major podcasting apps or sites (which will help you to get more virality)

2. Things you require to start a podcast

For starting a podcast you don’t need much equipment you can just start with just a phone with you.

Now, most people don't invest unless they know the exact potential of podcast 

So, if you decided to invest some in your podcasting, so to create a professional podcast series then the thing which you need to invest is in a Mic and a laptop or tab

These are the basic thing which you required to start a podcast but in case you are not ready to invest money in it and just want to give try to podcasting then you can use you smartphone

Yes you heard it right, you can actually record clear audio from your smartphone itself and will also be able to edit it by using some apps

So there is no reason to stop your podcast episodes.

3. Choose a niche

Before recording your podcast, you should have a clear idea in your mind on which topic you want to record your podcast and have to publish. 

Now, if you are aimless and goalless in your podcasting, then you might face lots of issues regarding your Niche that is your topic. 

If you publish any podcast on any random topics, then there is a high chance that you will not be successful in your field because 

People will only follow you if you publish any random piece of content.

So it is always preferable to start a podcast on a particular Niche. That is on a particular topic. 

For example, your Niche could be cooking, Sports-related or Fitness related, etc.

So these are some of the topics on which you can do your podcast episode. You don't have to confuse yourself and do whatever stuff is coming in your mind or whatever topic you want to do a podcast about, you should have a clear goal in your mind that is on which topic you want to publish a podcast so that you can build a strong audience base for your podcast listenership

4. Record you audio

No, I'm assuming that you have your niche in your mind on which topic you want to record your podcast.

Now, it's time to record your podcast and publish it publicly so that you can see your result. 

No, well recording your podcast. The one tip I can provide you is that before actually recording a podcast. Have a few bullet point scripts from which you can refer yourself on what topic you need to cover under this podcast and what all things you need to speak about in this podcast. 

So that you will stay systematic and organized in your podcast and also it will help you to make your podcast much more valuable and informative to your listeners. 

In order to experience the quality of your podcast, you can use the best mics. But, If you don't want to invest in your mics, then you can actually record your podcast from your phone itself. 

You might have an in-built app for your voice recording. You can use it and can see the result. 

So, do not wait for any equipment or anything fancy, just do it, whatever you have, just utilize it and be your best in it, and start your podcast right now. Because now the organic growth is high on podcasts. So you will definitely benefit from it.

5. Edit cover image for your podcast

Now, I'm assuming that you have added an awesome piece of the episode in your podcast series, but now it's time to attract people. 

Now, you might have wondered how to attract people after publishing a podcast. The simple answer is by your cover photo. 

People will only click your podcast if they see a professional cover image of your podcast, 

People will only judge you from your cover photo. 

So you have to make your cover image very awesome. So I will be helping you out

So there are plenty of tools and software available in the market to edit awesome images for your cover. 

The first tool I prefer the most is Canva.com.

I personally use canva.com a lot because this is a free-end beginner-friendly tool. You can edit your graphics and also you can use your Photoshop if you are handy with it. 

But for a beginner, I'd suggest you use canva here.

Your cover image should describe what your podcast is about and what they will get inside your podcast.

6. Have a nice intro 

Having a nice intro will help the audience and listeners to stay engaged with your podcast. 

There is plenty of software available to edit awesome intro for your podcast. 

So, always try to introduce yourself in your intro so that people can know about you rather than just discussing the topic of today's podcast. 

So, by making an intro tried to add something about you and who are you in the intro so that people can know about you in a much better manner, which decides whether they will stick to your podcast in the end or not,

7. Choose awesome background music (optional)

Now the step in which I'm telling you is going to be optional, you can use it or you cannot use it just totally up to you, and your content type 

For some content types, background music is good and for some content types, it doesn't fit properly.

So if you are into some Niche, which is like some funny comedy, etc. then you can use Niche, related background music, so that people can relate and enjoy your content with that Vibe.

8. Optimize your title to increase plays

Now, I'm assuming that you are ready with your podcast episode. Now, it's time to publish it and while publishing it, you need to do some SEO tactics, so that people can know about it.

You cannot randomly just put out the title in your podcast. You probably have to do some SEO stuff so that people can find your episode easily and which will help you to grow your podcast Channel. 

For example, if you are recording podcasts related to 15 yoga tips. 

Then your title should include yoga tips in it so that it will make an SEO title and the next thing that comes, is then Podcast description, here, you have to add yoga tips and some related keywords to yoga. So that if people will search and they can find you easily 

The bottom line of that, you need to add your main targeted keyword on the title and description in a very optimized way, so that it should not look like keyword stuffing.

9. Launch and promote

Now, it's time to launch your brand new podcast episode, and also after publishing your podcast, the first thing you need to do is to promote your podcast episode on other social media platforms, which you have 

You can add your podcast Link in the bio of your Instagram, and you can also promote it as a post on Twitter, Facebook, and other social media platforms as well. 

By promoting your podcast on other social media platforms, you can actually gain more plays to your podcast. This will help you to grow your podcast channel faster 

Conclusion 

So I hope you gain some value from this blog post and now you know 'How to Start a podcast (step-by-step beginner guide)