WebSigCleveland.org - So You Think You Know Podcasting

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Kevin Lockett on "So You Think You Know Podcasting""So You Think You Know Podcasting"
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I was fortunate to have Kevin Lockett present a talk entitled So You Think You Know Podcasting at my October 17, 2015, WebSigCleveland.org meeting. Kevin's podcasting talk also provided resources and creative ideas beyond podcasting, which is why I decided to gather my notes, tweets, and Kevin's slides, and create this blog post.

Be sure to learn more about Kevin at his cleverly named website, DigitalKev.com, and on Twitter at @KevinLockett.

Kevin Lockett's Slides

Thank you to Kevin for providing his So You Think You Know Podcasting slides on slideshare. I have also embedded them here for your review:

You can download a PDF version of Kevin Lockett's So You Think You Know Podcasting slides here.

Tweets and Retweets

My notes on the presentation are included in my @sos_jr tweets I did during the meeting, so I have embedded them here.

My Notes/Comments

Kevin did a great job reviewing what to consider when starting a podcast. His thought process brings focus to his work, and is transferable to other creative endeavors like blogging and web content creation.

If you get a chance to hear his presentation in person, I recommend it. As a follow-up to his talk, I have provided the following useful resource links for some of Kevin's slides. Putting this blog post together helped me organize what I learned from Kevin in a form that I can reference again in the future. I hope it is useful to those reading my blog post.

Upload This! - Resources for uploading podcasts:

Free Stuff:

  • Google Calendar - Google's free online calendar.

  • Sunrise App - Sunrise is a free calendar made for Google Calendar, iCloud, and Exchange. Sunrise also connects with all your favorite apps like Facebook, Evernote, Wunderlist, Foursquare, TripIt, Todoist, and more to make sure you’re always up to date with the events happening in your life.

  • Free Conference Call - Kevin mentioned in his talk that he used a free conference call system to record his interviews for podcasting. He said there are many services, but two he was familiar with are FreeConferenceCall.com and FreeConferencePro.

  • Levelator - a software application that makes adjustments to audio signals.

  • Dropbox - a service that keeps your files safe, synced, and easy to share.

Here is the official description of the talk from the WebSigCleveland.org meeting website:

So You Think You Know Podcasting

During this session, Kevin Lockett (@KevinLockett) will discuss how he created his Digital Life with Kevin Lockett podcast and how creating a podcast is not as hard or easy as it seems.

Included in the workshop, you will learn:

  • The Show Process
  • Equipment/Software
  • Distribution
  • Promotion
  • Finding Guests
  • Show Ideas
  • Audio vs. Video
  • Audience Building
  • Branding

Kevin Lockett is a Social Media Strategist based in Akron, Ohio, where he also host and produces "The Digital Life with Kevin Locket” podcast.

 Kevin’s career kicked off in 2008 after seeing a presentation about social media at E.J. Thomas Hall.

 “I used to have all these ideas in my head, but I didn’t have the tech savvy skills to flesh them out or live in a big city like New York where my content could be published; but after seeing social media pioneer, David Meerman Scott’s lecture, I learned that there were platforms that would allow me to take my media and marketing thoughts and turn them into reality.”

From that forward, Kevin has worked on various digital projects, starting with Lock 3 Park in 2008, The Summit of Sustainability Awards, United Way’s Project Blueprint, The Global Village Festival and former Akron Mayor Don Plusquellic’s last Mayoral campaign.

After attending workshops at the Akron Digital Media Center, Kevin learned how to effectively shoot and edit video, which led the former DJ to launch his audio podcast“The Digital Life Kevin Lockett” (DigitalKev.com) podcast in 2013, where he has interviewed influencers in social media and pop culture including renowned ballerina Misty Copeland, Time Magazine’s Joel Stein, Cali Lewis from Geek Beat Live and Forbes Magazine’s Zack O’Malley Greenburg.

In 2015, Kevin created “Code Akron" (CodeAkron.com), where he introduces urban youth to technology through coding and business.  Also this year, Kevin wrote and published first eBook, So You Think You Know Content Marketing which recently hit #3 on Amazon's Best Sellers in Computers & Technology Short Reads list

A pop culture junkie at heart, it is not unusual for Kevin to watch The Walking Dead, Charlie Rose or General Hospital, while researching his next podcast interview or tweeting frantically during the Emmys, The Oscars, MTV Awards as well as The Tonys, while keeping an eye on the Cavs in the finals.  #GoCAVS

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