The Job of an Independent Podcaster

So what actually is the job of an independent podcaster?

It’s now halfway through 2020 and I’m approaching the 1-year anniversary of the Mosaic of China podcast. So I thought I would have a go at writing my own job description.

1) Technical Production

• Audio Equipment Set-Up

• Web Hosting & Content Aggregators Set-Up

2) Artistic Production

• Format & Content Design

• Brand & Art Design

• Sound & Music Design

• Web & Social Media Design

3) Content Production

• Series Content Production

• Guest Outreach, Research & Coordination

• Studio & Interview Production

• Editing & Post-Production

4) Audience Outreach & Marketing

• Copy Writing & Image Sourcing

• Web & Social Media Community Management

• Marketing & Audience Building

Most people think that recording interviews is the main part of my job, so it might be a surprise to see it tucked away in part 3c) of the list above. In fact, most of my time these days is spent in guest coordination, sound editing, and audience outreach.

I hope this helps to demystify the effort it takes to get a project of this kind up and running. My question for anyone else in the podcasting arena is, does this correlate with your experiences? What have I missed out?!

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