Podcasting How To - How to Edit Your Podcast

So you have the ideas, you have the software, now all you need is to make your podcast into a bite size package ready for delivery to the adoring masses.

How long should a podcast be? A good question to ask when you want to create your own podcast.

That's a common question and a good one too- too long and people will lose interest, and too short and there is not enough content... I would say from experience that about 20 minutes is the average length you want to be shooting for. Once you have recorded it, (which you can do with just a simple computer headset), then you will be wanting to make it bite size and easily deliverable- in other words, you need to edit it.

Now, don't worry, it is nowhere as bad or as difficult as you think, I promise!

Here are some tips and tricks on editing it.

OK, well lets assume you have the ideas, that has been covered in other articles by me on how to create a podcast.

Now you need some editing software. As a radio man, I personally like to use Cool Edit, or Adobe Audition- and that might be a long term investment and worthwhile one, but I am guessing you are wanting free right now?

Well, the good news is, there is good free editing software, called Audacity, and it is rather easy to master.

First, you need to grab it. If you go to Google and type in "Audacity", you will see as the first search result- "Audacity Free Download"- just hop over there and download it, and install it on your computer.

With a little configuring, you can record audio into your computer, edit it, and mix music into it. Then with another small bit of configuration, you can export that track and, hey presto, you can have your podcast ready! Hurray!

There are lots of tricks you can use once you understand Audacity, like making audio louder or softer, and moving it around in the places you want it.

It is a relatively short learning curve, but it is worth learning I have to say, a Brian Tracy, the well known author is known for saying- "All skills are learnable".

Now I guess you would like some training, so if you go to Google and type in "the podcasters bible", you can grab a load of free training videos, which I made for you. Enjoy!

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