How To Share Your Podcasting Brilliance & Not Be A Jerk About It [S3E78]

At some point, many podcasters feel the need to share the knowledge they have gained with other less experienced podcasters. But how you do that, and how you bill yourself and the materials you have to present matters.  Do We Need Another Book About Podcasting?   There’s always room for more books about podcasting. But have you amassed the experience necessary to allow you to fill a book about podcasting? This may come off a bit hypocritical of me, as I had less than a year of podcasting experience under my belt when I started writing https://www.wiley.com/en-mq/Podcasting+For+Dummies-p-9780471748984 (Podcasting for Dummies). The same goes for the other early podcasting books like https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1887056.Podcasting (Podcasting: Do-It-Yourself Guide), written by http://twitter.com/geeknews (Todd Cochrane) of https://blubrry.com/ (Blubbry) and http://vig-fp.pearsoned.com/educator/product/Tricks-of-the-Podcasting-Masters/9780789735744.page (Tricks of The Podcasting Masters), written http://twitter.com/podcast411 (Rob Walsh) from https://libsyn.com/ (Libsyn).  But a lot of time has passed, and podcasting is no longer brand new. So while you can write a book about podcasting today, there’s a lot of ground—and history—to cover. Are you up to that task? Should You Write A How-To Podcast Course? If you feel you really do have a unique take on podcasting that is worthy of a course, then yes, absolutely, you should make that course. But take some time to do some research on what already is out there, and have a self-check-in to make sure you can deliver the goods. Reputation matters in this space, and there are plenty of people with tarnished reputations in podcasting. We have a long memory. You really don’t want to be That Guy. Should You Become A Podcast Coach? If you do want to coach, drill down on what you do best. If audio engineering is your kick, then maybe you can coach people on getting the most out of a particular DAW or a select group of audio plugins. Perhaps you’re an excellent editor of the written word and could coach people on transforming text written to be read into something written to be narrated and heard. Or maybe you’re a Speech-Language Pathologist and are able to coach podcasters on how to get the most of out their voice as a vocal coach.  Is Podcast Mentorship Right For You? If you're a regular listener/reader of my content and you've been podcasting for a while, you’d probably make a great mentor for another podcaster! I prefer unstructured mentor/mentee relationships (hi, https://twitter.com/steph_colbourn (Steph)!) and mentorships that are free. Just remember that being a mentor is not the same thing as being a coach or a teacher. The dynamic is different when the person on the other end is a student. The expectation of the one passing on the knowledge—that’s you—is different as well. To me, mentorship is much more general and open-ended in nature. Coaching and teaching tend to be best when they are highly specialized and have a well-defined goal, outcome, and end-date. So which is the right approach for you? Suggestion: get your peers involved and crowdsource the decision. Reach out to a small number of people you trust—people who know you and who won’t bullshit you—asking for their input. Include a link to this article so they can quickly understand the possibilities and pitfalls. Then review their feedback and make your best decision.  Tomorrow morning, I’ll be hosting a room on Clubhouse that’s all about https://www.joinclubhouse.com/event/xBg3DY57 (keeping the magic of podcasting alive in you, the person behind the microphone). I’d love for you to join me. And do let me know if you need an invite. I have a few to spare. ----- Read the full article and share with a friend: https://podcastpontifications.com/episode/how-to-share-your-podcasting-brilliance-not-be-a-jerk-about-it... Support this podcast