Spotify recently announced that they’d like the podcasts on their platform to be 12 to 15 minutes in duration. Why does the duration of your podcast matter? It’s something I have often debated and one of the reasons Radio Skills for Podcasters podcasts are between 10 and 15 minutes. Why – in simple terms they…
Copyright music in your podcast? A few years back I was asked to cost a price for producing a podcast for Jazz FM with Robbie Vincent. I was Robbie’s producer at the time and we wanted to create a Sunday Morning Soul Podcast with some seasonal specials. I was convinced we could do it. I was…
One thing you should always remember is radio and podcast is always a one 2 one medium. You are never with an audience. You are always with a single person. In fact radio and TV have never really had an audience. We have never really had audience figures – watching and listening perhaps? Or maybe…
Series One – Episode 1 of Radio Skills for Podcasters: Knowing Your Audience. Kevin talks all things about knowing your audience. He lifts the lid on how radio stations get to know their listeners using social science techniques to create an Avatar or Marquee of their ideal listener and how you can do this too with your…
It may seem counter intuitive to some, yet if you’re aim is to grow your podcast audience I would argue that getting it into or onto traditional media sources may prove a wise investment in your time. There are 216 community radio stations in the UK, and tons of community stations in the US. The…
And… How to deal with those Terms and Conditions / Advisory Tag / Release Notes segments of your Podcast. I’ve listened to a few Podcasts lately where the end tag or terms, advisory or whatever you’d like to label it as has been rehashed or more over re-used from previous Podcast. This is so not OK!…
It’s the first major UK Podcaster awards competition for years, there have been others, but there’s every chance that these are here to stay. There are 18 categories with 54 UK Podcasters up for a gong. There’s a nod to the US market too in the International section with 5 nominations, which is a clever…
I was talking with a chap who has just left university and is working for me as an intern. He’s someone I’m training. He brings a great deal not withstanding his existing skills but also enthusiasm, can do attitude and a good amount of Indie music knowledge. As our Broadcast Assistant among other things he’ll be…
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 is based on one of our Twitter Tip of The Day posts – follow us @radio_skills: Task – take a podcast you’ve heard and dislike, rip it apart and rebuild it to a Podcast you’d like it to be. Learn from it. Have you ever heard the on the job critique. It…