Hello… My name is Kevin Field and I’m the founder of Radio Skills for Podcasters. If you’ve just stumbled across this website here’s what you can find on the site. The About Us page provides background to why I started this website, podcast, course and resource centre. The Podcast Series Page is a direct link…
This post stems from one of my clients who asked this question: I’m not feeling confident when starting my podcast, how can I get more confident in what I’m doing? How did you do it? I started in radio broadcasting, originally hospital radio, college radio, short-term stations and then professional broadcasting. I’ve been broadcasting for…
How to create better podcasts with your interview guests? If you want to get more listeners, keep them listening for longer with just a few tweaks of your interviews for podcast then read on. Let’s face it interview podcasts are everywhere. They proliferate the podcast world. Yet so many people just get either the interview…
Are you scared that your podcast won’t get listeners? Is it wrong to suggest that some people start to podcast really caring if they get listeners. It is just for fun, we don’t really care if we have any listeners. Hey it’s just some friends shooting the breeze on microphone and we release it every…
How can Snapchat help grow your podcast? If you don’t know what snapchat is where have you been? Do you know how it works? Here’s a simple overview of snapchat from the people at Mashable. It is a beginners guide. Time Magazines Adults Guide to Snapchat – a Fun read. It seems a superb tool to…
Grow your podcast audience with love. How to “Love your listeners and be loved in return” and build a loyal community. A bit of escapism at first to set this up – Nat King Cole first recorded the song Nature Boy in 1948. It’s a great song, I really like David Bowie’s version for the film…
Podcasters – Ten things that will help podcasters create content… Have you ever come to the point where you just can’t find the inspiration for content in your next episode? You feel like you’ve exhausted your options. Perhaps you just haven’t had time to research your next topic. You have the podcasters block. Let me introduce…
Podcasters – Don’t fear the competition understand them. I used to find it interesting when a programme controller would frown upon me mentioning the competition. “Don’t mention the competitors ever Kevin”. “Oh, Ok boss…” Why, I thought – what are you afraid of? Are you scared that they might switch over? I felt as if…
Never give up on your dream and don’t be afraid to fail. Chris Coleman is the manager of the Welsh national football team. They’ve had an incredible tournament in Euro 2016. After their unexpected win over Belgium something he said struck a chord with me. In the video above Chris said “Don’t be afraid to…
We’re all just a toaster away from being toast. I recently read an article using a toaster to explain the current situation befitting radio stations. The problem with many radio stations is they sound very much the same. Just slightly different music, similar features, they all do traffic news, weather and with the same sort…
10 tips for using audio more effectively in podcast stories There’s often discussion about sound quality of some podcasts. It varies from podcast to podcast. The best podcasts I listen to have great sound and great content. Sometimes a podcast has wonderful ideas and great stories, that aside it seems sometimes little thought had been…