Do you wish to create and launch a Podcast?

Wish you had an easy-to-follow checklist of things to do, in the exact order, that you could just follow, keep checking the checkboxes, and end up with a podcast at the end of it?

Wish someone would give you a simple system with specific recommendations for microphone, recording and editing software, best-practices, avoiding unproductive rabbit-holes, where to submit your show, and just tell you step-by-step what to do, instead of giving you 20 different options for everything and leaving you with more questions than answers?

Stop wishing and start reading, because that's EXACTLY what this book helps you do: It shows you how to start a podast from scratch, really fast.

This book assumes that you kind-of have an idea about podcasting. So, if you're like “Hmm, I wonder what a podcast is and whether I should start one?”, then this is not for you.

But this is for you if you just want to dive right in to the actual creation, publishing and launching of a Podcast, and not spend hours reading about "What's your Why?". Even if you’re not fully sure about all of it, the Podcast Launch Checklist in the book will help you with that.

It gives you a list of questions to ask yourself - and answer honestly, before you even think about creating a podcast.

Crowd-Sourcing How-To and Business Advice is not the best idea

If you try to crowd-source information via Facebook groups - even if you’ve joined the biggest podcasting group - you’re still going to get so confused with the myriad of answers with differing opinions and options that you’ll get with every question.

There are screenshots in the book taken from a Facebook group - it had 33 comments - and it is just mind-blowing to think that the first 8 comments alone offer 8 different suggestions for a podcast microphone

Then there's a screenshot from another Facebook group where a question about editing software gets 83 comments, and almost every answer recommends a different tool.

“What mic should I use”? 50 suggestions – and that’s without the various permutations and combinations of pre-amps, mixers, noise gates, blah, blah, blah.

“Where should I host my podcast?” Another 60 suggestions.

“What editing software should I use?” Another 70. You get the idea.

It is practically impossible to get everyone’s opinion at every step of the way and still get something done.

So you’ve got to kind of take a leap of faith here with me, that I won’t misguide you. I’ll give you a few options for every step of the way, and you can decide based on various factors that I’ll be pointing out.

And trust me – there’ll be plenty of time and money for you to waste down the road on more expensive equipment, of which there’s no shortage :-)

But when you’re first getting started, you don’t have need to spend $1,000 on podcasting gear when you can do almost as well with gear that costs about $100.

And even if you could afford to throw away $1,000, that still doesn’t mean your show will get off to a great start or become a success. Buying an expensive basketball won't automatically turn you into an NBA player, and an expensive tennis racquet doesn't mean you'll get to play at Wimbledon.