The Podcasting Party

Today I’m walking you through six simple steps that you can take to turn your blog post into a podcast episode. I'm going to talk about it from the standpoint of a blog post and you want to turn it into a podcast episode, but if you have a podcast episode that you'd like to take and turn it into a blog post, you can take these same steps and reverse them. So let’s dive in!  

 

Show Links:

• Episode 77: How to Organize Your Podcast Production
• Jeff Goins Article: 5 Easy Tricks to Help You Write Catchy Headlines
• Get the CHEAT SHEET from today’s episode to help you turn your blog posts into podcast episodes!  

 

Show Takeaways: 

• Learn how to take your already written blog post and turn it into a podcast episode
• Discover the six simple steps involved in creating a podcast episode
• Listen into to hear how to repurpose your blog posts 

Today I am excited to welcome my friend, fellow podcaster, and enneagram coach Amy Wicks to the show. Amy is joining me today to discuss podcasting and the enneagram and why each of the nine types would make an amazing podcaster. It’s such a fun episode, just like Amy, and I can’t wait for you to listen in to hear the unique reasons your type would (or currently does) make you a great podcaster. 

 

Amy Wicks is a faith-based Enneagram Coach, writer, and speaker who 

lives in Kansas City with her tree-climbing arborist-husband and three 

kids who can be found on the limbs of a tree, themselves. Often. She is 

the voice of the weekly Simply Wholehearted Podcast and has co-authored 

The Unseen Way, a book study created for Unseen: The Gift of Being 

Hidden in a World that Loves to be Noticed (Sara Hagerty, Zondervan, 

2017). She loves giving her time to the moms at Radiant Church in Kansas 

City over a good cup of coffee.

 

 

Show Links:

• Connect with Amy
• • On Instagram
  • Website
  • Work with Amy
• That Sounds Fun with Annie F. Downs
• Bridgetown Church Podcast 
• Amy’s Mic
• Alana’s Mic
• Amy’s book: Should Christians Use the Enneagram
• Listen to Simply Wholehearted Podcast 

 

Show Takeaways: 

• Listen in to hear the ways your unique type would (or currently does) make a great podcaster
• Understand what the enneagram is and how it has impacted both Amy and Alana as podcasters 
• Learn what the enneagram is and how it can be an asset to podcasting

Last week I shared my experience with podfade,  and one of the biggest reasons that I believe podcasts hosts podfade is because of their lack of planning and systems and their podcast production. 

That’s why  I am excited to talk to you today about how to get organized in your podcast production. We are going to talk about everything from batching to show notes, to templates. Let’s get started and get organized! 

Show Links:

• Get my Show Notes Template
• DM me on Instagram
• Shoot me an email
• Work with Me

 

Show Takeaways: 

• Learn how I stay organized throughout my podcast process
• Listen in to the ways I found to save time and energy when it comes to creating show notes
• Discover how I work smarter, not harder, when creating social media content for my show

Do you struggle with perfectionism? Then today’s episode is for you. I had the pleasure of sitting down with my friend, Andrea Fortenberry. Andrea and I discuss how she overcame her perfectionistic tendencies to start her podcast, how she keeps perfectionism at bay while creating and producing her podcast, and how her release schedule has helped her. I loved our conversation so much and following my last  episode on podfade, I think this will be just the encouragement you need to push past perfectionism and start (or get back to) podcasting!

Pronounced,  AWN-DRAY-UH, Andrea Fortenberry is a writer, speaker, and Bible teacher. She is the host of The Perfectionist’s Guide to Mothering, a podcast that equips moms to find freedom from perfectionism and show up for the life God has for them. 

She is on the staff of MOPS International as an Executive Leadership Coach, where she encourages and supports coordinators across the country. 

You can connect with her at andreafortenberry.com or on Instagram @andreafortenberry.

 

Show Takeaways: 

• Listen in to hear how Andrea overcame some of the obstacles and fears of launching a podcast
• Learn how Andrea keeps her perfectionism at bay while she’s creating and producing her podcast 
• Discover how Andrea chose an intentional release schedule for her podcast and help it helps her 

 

Show Links:

• Join The Podcasting Party Community FB Group
• DM me on IG
• Blue Yeti
• Favorite Podcasting App: Anchor
• Andrea’s Favorite Podcasts
• • Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast
  • The Alli Worthington Show
  • Out of the Ordinary with Lisa Jo Baker & Christie Purifoy

 

 

Welcome back to The Podcasting Party!  I am so excited to be back with you today. I know we've had a little bit of a break and I'm going to talk more about that in the show. Today on the show I am talking about podfade, not a super popular topic among podcasters. However, I believe it’s a very important topic because at some point most podcasters will podfade, so the question is not if or when but, what do we do when it happens? How do we come back after we podfade? I’m sharing some of my personal stories and, as always, I have some tips and encouragement for you. 

Show Takeaways: 

• Learn exactly what Podfade is and why it happens
• Understand how to prevent podfade 
• Discover how to come back after you’ve podfaded 
• Listen to Alana’s story of podfading

 

Show Links:

• Join The Podcasting Party Community FB Group
• DM me on IG
• Find out more about the PodcastHER Community

 

To get the full show notes, listen on my website or find more podcasting resources head to my website: https://alanadawson.com/podcast

Today's episode is all about the upcoming changes you can expect from the Podcasting Party, as well as the results from the most recent listen survey and how those responses impacted the upcoming changes. 

I'm so glad to be back with you and I can't wait for you to listen in! 

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT:

• PodcastHER Community
• Editing Services
• Done For You Podcast Package

JOIN THE FACEBOOK COMMUNITY

Consider this your invitation to join The Podcasting Party Community Group on FB. I share podcasting Tips every Tuesday. It’s a great place to collaborate with other podcasters and learn more about creating, growing, and monetizing your podcast.

 

 

All month long we are covering podcast monetization in what I'm dubbing March Monetization Madness! 

Join me as I discussed seven ways to monetize and the pros and cons to each, monetization misconceptions and mindset surrounding monetization. As well as my favorite ways to monetize and how I utilize them in my business, how to pitch to advertisers and sponsors, and what to including your media kit. 

• Get the Monetization Mini-Training
• Join the Podcasting Party Community

 

Today I get to talk with not one but TWO fabulous ladies and podcasters. The dynamic duo of the podcast Martha + Mary Show. Katie M. Reid and Lee Nienhuis are co-hosts and friends. And I can't wait for you to meet them both.

Lee Nienhuis is the author of Brave Moms, Brave Kids and Countercultural Parenting, and a passionate Bible teacher. She is the communications specialist for Moms in Prayer International and the host of the Moms in Prayer Podcast and co-host of The Martha + Mary Show. A sought-after speaker, she shares a dynamic vision for the next generation of Christ followers. Lee and her husband, Mike, have four kids and live in West Michigan. Connect with Lee at leenienhuis.com   Katie M. Reid is the author of Made Like Martha and A Very Bavarian Christmas. She is a dynamic speaker and co-host of the Martha + Mary Show. As the Inspiration Doula, and a coach with the Ministry to Business team, Katie helps creatives bring life to their projects and purpose. Katie and her husband, Adam, have five kids and live in the middle of Michigan. Connect with Katie at katiemreid.com       LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

• The Beyond Podcasting Virtual Summit
• Katie's Mic: Yeti Snowball
• Lee's Mic: Blue Yeti
• Garageband
• Canva
• That Sounds Fun with Annie F. Downs
• Out of the Ordinary
• Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast
• Journeywomen

 

JOIN THE FACEBOOK COMMUNITY

Consider this your invitation to join The Podcasting Party Community Group on FB. I share podcasting Tips every Tuesday. It’s a great place to collaborate with other podcasters and learn more about creating, growing, and monetizing your podcast.

Has the flame gone out of podcasting?

For some of you, 2020 was the year that allowed you the time and space you needed  to start your podcast, which is amazing.

And then for others of you, I would guess for most of you, 2020 was the year that made it nearly impossible to continue to podcast for you. You had kids home, and spouses home, loved ones home, and it's hard to keep up a podcasting routine when your regular routine is thrown out the window.

Or maybe it wasn't 2020 at all but the newness of podcasting has worn off and the daily grind has set in and those butterflies you once had for podcasting is no longer there.

Whatever the reasons I talk to podcasters everyday who are ready to breakup with podcasting.

Since February is the month of love and Valentine's Day is just around the corner,  I wanted to get back to basics and discuss the 3 ways to fall back in love with podcasting again. I promise today's episode is value back and is just what you need to get your podcasting relationship back on track!

 

 

LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

• 10 Ways to Put the Fun Back into Podcasting, Kick Podfade to the Curb and LOVE YOUR PODCAST Again
• No One Will Notice if I Stop Podcasting & Other Lies Podcasters Believe with Jenn Collins
• Why You Should Survey Your Listeners

 

JOIN THE FACEBOOK COMMUNITY

Consider this your invitation to join The Podcasting Party Community Group on FB. I share podcasting Tips every Tuesday. It’s a great place to collaborate with other podcasters and learn more about creating, growing, and monetizing your podcast.

If you listened in to last week's episode then you know I answered all your podcast questions. 

Well, almost all of them. You see, one of the questions I get quite regularly is about how to relaunch a podcast. To talk more about that I knew I needed to have on my friend, Noelle Rhodes.

Noelle is the host of the Friending Show, a podcast about female friendship, which she relaunched. 

In this episode Noelle tell us what it was like to relaunch a podcast, what she learned, and the advice she'd give to you.