The most important key you need to create a podcast is good content. Listeners are attracted to, and become subscribers, when you provide something they want to hear. It is not great production or having the best equipment that makes your podcast popular, it is the content you provide in every episode.

If you already have the concept for your podcast, the next 2 key elements you need are a microphone and a means to record.

The Content Alliance recommends using the Samson C01U condenser microphone. It is a USB microphone that comes with a software based pre-amp, so no additional hardware is required. You simply just plug it into your computer and you are ready to go.

For software we recommend GarageBand on the Macintosh OSX platform, and Castblaster for Windows based PCs. If you are not comfortable with either of these there are plenty of alternatives, most free, available for download.

Once you have this all setup it now comes down to recording your podcast and becoming comfortable with using the software and eventually exporting the MP3 file ready for broadcasting.

Now that you have the MP3 file, you need to setup a podcast feed to allow for listeners to download and subscribe. If you would like one of our established podcasters from the Content Alliance to assist you with this part of those process, send an email to getstarted@thecontentalliance.com.