How to Podcast – Key Ingredients: Episode 39

The Social Media Church podcast is a weekly conversation with church leaders about social media. On this episode, we break from the typical conversation and open the floor for host DJ Chuang to describe the key ingredients that go into making a podcast so you can think through the preparation for the podcast you should be producing.

Show Notes

Connect with DJ Chuang at djchuang.com, on Twitter @djchuang, facebook.com/djchuang

my List of Christian podcasts that aren’t sermons

Results from a 2007 study conducted by The Barna Group showed that 38% of evangelicals and 31% of other born-again Christians had listened to a sermon or church teaching via podcasts

5 Podcast Ideas to Connect to an Online Audience

Facebook Groups: Online ministry & church practitioners, Social Media for Churches

Google+ Community: Social Media in the Church, Church Tech

Podcast Resources

• ing Church Trilogy: Podcasting Church, Tweeting Church, & The Serving Church [Kindle Edition] by Paul Alan Clifford
• Podcast Answer Man has a suggested equipment list and Learn How To Podcast 101 video tutorials
• The Audacity to Podcast (TAP)
• TAP069: Top Podcast Directories and How to Get in Them
• howtopodcasttutorial.com – step-by-step podcast tutorials

Podcast Hosting

• Buzzsprout.com (freemium) has tutorials @ Podcasting 101
• sermon.net (free)
• sermoncloud.com (freemium)
• sermondrop.com (freemium)
• libsyn.com

Podcasting Buzz

• Podcasting – Is the Old New Again? (Chris Brogan)
• The Resurrection Of Podcasting (Six Pixels of Separation)
• Podcasting Renaissance: Is Podcasting Making a Comeback? (Social Media Examiner)

#aside Lon Solomon’s NOT A SERMON, JUST A THOUGHT sixty-second messages based on real-life issues, broadcast throughout the Washington D.C. metro area — [ed.note: and ought to setup a podcast feed to increase distribution]