In Episode #444, Eric and Neil discuss how to make a professional podcast. Tune in to learn what Eric and Neil use to create their own podcast. They’ll break down their processes and tell you how they can remain hands-off, yet still maintain the highest quality of podcasts.

• 00:27 – Today’s topic: How to Make a Professional Podcast
• 00:37 – Eric and Neil record their podcast at The Network Studio in LA, which is a professional studio
  • 00:52 – The best podcasts around have the best audio quality
  • 01:07 – If you can have professional audio quality, you set yourself above what others are doing
• 01:13 – Make sure to edit your fillers to make it sound more professional
• 01:39 – Eric and Neil hires writers to create show notes based on the podcast which are pushed to WordPress and iTunes
• 01:55 – Good hosting is important for podcasting and Eric and Neil use Libsyn which will publish to different channels automatically
• 02:20 – Use a player for your website that won’t require you to go to iTunes
  • 02:23 – Smart Podcast Player by Smart Passive Income is a good tool
• 02:40 – For starters, you can use Skype for interviews and record it with ECamm Recorder
• 02:52 – Upload your recorded files to Dropbox and you have your people work on them from there
• 03:11 – You have to hire a great team that will enable you to be hands-off
• 03:37 – Eric and Neil might try Zencastr which is a web app that can record conversation
• 04:02 – Make sure you have a good mic
• 04:30 – Marketing School is giving away 90-day FREE trial to Crazy Egg which is a visual analytics tool
  • 04:43 – Go to SingleGrain.com/giveaway to get your FREE copy
• 04:48 – That’s it for today’s episode!

1. Prioritize the quality of your audio, it will drive listeners to your podcast.
2. Hire a great team who will work on the post-production of your podcast.
3. Not everyone has access to iTunes so have a player on your website that will work on all devices.

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