So You Want to Start a Podcast - Finding Your Voice, Telling Your Story and Building a Community that Will Listen - 7 Steps to Take You from Idea to Hit Show  (English, Paperback, Meinzer Kristen)

Though they are the fastest-growing form of media, podcasts can actually be tricky to createand even harder to sustain. Few know the secrets of successfully creating a knockout podcast better than Kristen Meinzer. An award-winning commentator,producer, and former director of nonfiction programming for Slates sister company,Panoply, Meinzer has also hosted three successful podcasts, reaching more than ten million listeners. Now, she shares her expertise, providing aspiring podcasters with crucial information and guidance to work smarter, not harder as they start their own audio forum. Meinzer believes that we each have a unique voice that deserves to be heard. But many of us may need some help transforming our ideas into reality. So You Want to Start a Podcast asks the tough but important questions to help budding podcasters define and achieve their goals, including: Why do you want to start a podcast? ? Think about specifically why you want to start a podcast versus a blog, zine, YouTube channel, Instagram feed, or other media outlet. Find out if a podcast is really the best way to tell your storyand what you really need (and dont need!) in order to get started. What is your show about? ? For any advertiser, corporate partner, or press outlet, you need a snappy pitch. How would you describe what you want to do in two to three sentences? Who is your podcast for? ? Who are you trying to reach? How will your content and tone appeal to those listeners? How is your show going to be structured? ? Create a step-by-step map planning the show out. Think about length, segments,interviews, advice, news reads, and other aspects of successful podcasts you can adapt for your own. With this motivational how-to guidethe only one on the subject availableyoull find the smart, bottom-line advice and inspiration you need to produce an entertaining and informative podcast and promote it to an audience that will love it. So You Want to Start a Podcast gives you the tools you need to start a podcastand the insight to keep it thriving! About the Author Kristen Meinzer is an award-winning host, producer, and former director of nonfiction programming for Slates sister company, Panoply. Her hosting credits include Stitchers By the Book, along with Moth Storyslam winner Jolenta Greenberg; Panoplys When Meghan Met Harry along with MTVUK host James Barr; and WNYC/PRIs Movie Date, along with Rafer Guzman. As a producer, shes worked on Happier with Gretchen Rubin, Girlboss Radio, Food 52s Burnt Toast, The Sporkful, Vanity Fairs Little Gold Men, and other award-winning shows. As a guest lecturer,Kristens taught at CUNY J-School, Brooklyn College, and Columbia University. Her work has been celebrated in Time magazine, the Washington Post, Bust, Buzzfeed, Vice, The Guardian, the Evening Standard, Real Simple, Indiewire, and dozens of other publications. She lives in Brooklyn