With six years of online business (and 4 years podcasting) under my belt, I’ve had a wide variety of both DIY and outsource experiences.

While this episode discusses the right time to DIY your podcast vs. the right time to outsource your podcast, you can apply the messages to almost any project in your business.

Below are the episode details. Enjoy!

Segment 1: What I Wish I Knew Before Starting a Podcast

A personal story about how my podcasting microphone collected dust for 18 months before I started.

What moved the needle, what got me to start.

Once I was ready, my first podcast launched within a month.

The first version of your podcast isn’t the final version.

Personal corporate life story that gives context to the value in knowing how to do something FIRST, before outsourcing.

Segment 2: Can you DIY your own Podcast?

After almost four years of podcasting, I only recently started doing my own editing (September ‘23). Secret: it’s SO much easier than I was making it out to be.

Benefits of editing your own podcast:

Creative freedom

Cost savings (a real thing for many of us)

Empowering to know how to edit

Helps you to hire more efficiently if / when the time comes to outsource

Great exercise in healing your inner perfectionist & allowing yourself to be imperfect

Segment 3: What should you outsource in podcasting

What may be outsourced:

Editing

Graphic design for your cover graphic

Copy

Show notes

Repurposing

The issue with the message of ‘outsource everything’ is that it can lead to over (& sometimes unnecessary) outsourcing. I probably over outsourced, too early on, and learned some costly lessons that I’m hoping to save you from.

Cons of outsourcing too soon:

Cost

not being able to move quickly and make changes on a whim

relying on others’ schedule

When is the right time to outsource?

In my opinion, only after you know how to do the things, and can hire someone else who will do them YOUR way and efficiently.

When your business reaches the point where the expense doesn’t feel so tight

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