Have you ever wondered how some podcasters can be so perfect? They never make mistakes. They never stumble over their words. They never have problems looking for the right name. They never have dead air. They're absolutely perfect!
You could never be that good, could you?
Well relax. You too can be as good as they are. And it doesn't take years of practice. It doesn't even take a high priced course! In fact, I'm going to give you the answer for free.
It's called editing.
Yup, it's that good ol' polishing step known as editing. Of course, the best speakers all practice over and over and over. And if you want to be as good as they are you'll have to do the same thing. But the reason they are perfect is because they have someone going over the podcast and correcting their mistakes.
And you should too!
So how do you do this here editing thing? First off, you're going to need a piece of editing software sometimes referred to as an audio editor or a sound editor. There are numerous ones around ranging in price from free to very expensive. Nero has one built into its burning software. I like Wavepad for my purposes. You'll have to find the one that meets your needs best.
You're also going to need a recording of your podcast. There are a number of methods to get this recording. But I prefer to just use the sound editor and a headset. And of course an outline or script.
Now before we start editing there is one thing you need to remember. Perfection is a machine quality. People are imperfect. Imperfection helps us to connect with other imperfect beings. In other words, don't try to be too perfect with your edited podcast. You want your audience to connect with you. That means you need to show emotion and you need to slip up once in a while.
There are six things you need to do while editing:
1. You need to add an introduction to your podcast. This can be a prerecorded intro but there should be some information specific to this podcast. You might also consider using music.
2. You need to add closing credits to your podcast. This can be prerecorded and modified if necessary for the podcast. Again some form of closing theme music should be used.
3. You need to listen for and eliminate excess dead time. Remember the rule regarding perfection. Some dead time is allowed. Too much puts your audience to sleep.
4. You need to listen for and eliminate speakers' delays. That's those umms, and ahhs, and hmms that we use to show we're still speaking while we think up our next words. You know the tells that we're told to eliminate in public speaking class. Yup. You need to get rid of those in editing -- no matter how skilled your speaker!
5. You need to listen for and eliminate mistakes. When recording if you make a mistake just repeat the line. The editor should erase the mistake and reconnect the recording so that the mistake disappears.
6. You should consider adding theme music. Just as music helps to carry emotions in a movie, music in a podcast will help your passion to touch your audience.
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