If you are wondering if my brand new podcast was (or is) a success… The answer is “yes”.
If you are wondering how much I spent from the moment I decided I would create this podcast… The answer is: the gas it took to get to me to from Deltona to Orlando, FL.
If you don’t think I did it overnight… PLEASE… ask my first guest and local Orlando comedian, Clayton Anderson, how we conceptualized our first two deep conversations on an open Friday afternoon.
My first attempt at a podcast with Clayton Anderson the Comedian from Orlando:
Step 1 of “How to Start Podcast Overnight without Spending a Dime”
Decide on Concept
Maybe your Podcast is just you and some of the same friends “Casually Kickin’ It” to discuss video games, politics, or 80s Nostalgia. Shoot. Maybe your concept is how to be more creative or how to help people in some way. It really doesn’t matter what your concept is. All that matters is that their is a purpose and there is someone who can benefit from the conversation you are documenting and sharing with the world.
Step 2 of “How to Start Podcast Overnight without Spending a Dime”
Decide on Guest(s)
This one is easy…
Know how I know?
Tell someone, anyone, that you are ready to start a podcast and that you would like to have them on the show. After that person answers you, ask 5-10 more people.
If you don’t know where I am going with this one… I am saying EVERYONE wants to be on a Podcast (they just don’t know it yet).
Step 3 of “How to Start Podcast Overnight without Spending a Dime”
Host The Conversation and Record It
Recording it is the easy part. You can use a cell phone that doesn’t cost a dime. There’s an app for that. I happen to use all of my best camera gear, because that is how I best share my stories and I’m not scared of being in front of a lens and on a screen (big or small).
How to host? Be authentic and listen to your guest or co-host with an open heart, open-mind, and patience to let the funny (or the serious or the “whatever emotion you are trying to evoke”) happen as you remain present and enjoy your conversations (even if those conversations are you talking to yourself with no guest).
Last option, offer to pay another podcaster (like myself) $10 to $1,000 (or whatever you can afford or think an hour of their time is worth) to appear on your podcast, and take as many fucking notes as possible. But DON’T ask someone to be on your podcast for free. There is always some concession ae: a monetary value, a gift of experience, or reason. But if you don’t know the person that you want to interview, host, or co-host the podcast episode with, you should NEVER ask them to do it for FREE.
I hope this helps.
Keep on creating.
Much Love,
Alberto Tejera
(Available for podcasts, but not for the purpose of exposure. Only to help you learn and/or grow. You may determine my value and make me an offer.)
If you want to be a Podcast guest, please just leave us a comment.