If you’re a guest (interviewee) on a podcast, my guess is that you don’t have hundreds of dollars to spend on acoustically treating (“soundproofing”) your room. I used to think that you need an entire room covered in acoustic panels to have a great podcast room setup but I’m here to tell you (as well as past me) that you don’t have to! In this blog, I’m going to give you some practical advice to Read more…
So, you’ve done a few podcast interviews as a guest and realized that it’s time to step up your game in terms of your audio setup. Or maybe you’re new to podcast interviews and just want a good sound setup from the get-go. You’re not sure which gear to go for or how big your budget should be. You want to understand (at least on a basic level) how, why, and what makes sound quality Read more…
(PODCAST INTERVIEW TIPS PT. 4) Have you ever been interviewed on a podcast, celebrated as the episode went live, and then found yourself wondering “now what”? Do you put your phone on the table, stare at it intensely, and wait anxiously for new customers to start calling frantically? Will they even remember where to find your business or how they can get in touch with you after listening to the whole episode? You’ve probably already Read more…
One of the most important contributors to the success of your podcast is the sound quality. A distracting echo, an overpowering wind whooshing across the microphone, electrical noise, overbearing background noise – all of these things can act as a distraction or worse, a source of frustration for your audience. The cleaner and more consistent, the audio of your podcast is, the more effectively its message will come across to your audience. In this article, Read more…
Part 2 of our Podcast Interview Tips series – when I listen to guest speakers on podcasts, I notice that many of them don’t really know how to get the most amount of traffic to their website and get people to really remember their brand and remember how/where to find their business or project after the interview. A Podcast is a verbal-only platform (with the exception of video podcasts) and there are certain limitations that Read more…
Is your internet connection good enough for you to be a guest on podcasts? Maybe your connection is not performing like it’s supposed to? When most of your time is spent growing your brand, you might not have the time to get an I.T. degree on the side. That’s why we’re here to help you get the most out of your internet connection or understand why your internet isn’t performing like it’s supposed to. Psst! Read more…
If the title ‘do podcast guests get paid’ piqued your interest, you’ve probably already listened to a good amount of podcast shows featuring a Q&A with a featured guest. You might be wondering: “why are there so many interview-based podcasts and what’s in it for the guest speakers? Is there an easy secondary source of income that I’m potentially missing out on?” If these are questions you’ve asked yourself then keep reading. Before I answer Read more…
As of 2020, there are more than 850,000 active podcasts and more than 30 million podcast episodes. In 2018 the numbers stood at 550,000 and 18.5 million. This means that an average of roughly 5,75 million episodes have been recorded each year, and 2020 is likely to produce even more than that. Roughly 30% of these podcasts are interview-based. This means that there are about 1,7 million interview-based podcast episodes recorded per year. That’s 4 700 PER DAY! At Podcast Connection, we handpick and match guest Read more…