How To Start A Podcast For Your Business With Zero Budget!

<p>It's January so if you're anything like me you'll have a million ideas and plans flying around your head for 2021, but maybe not the budget for all of them.</p><p>And with lockdown 3 taking place in England right now and restrictions across the rest of the UK and parts of Europe I totally understand why you might be wanting to think twice or maybe three times before you invest tonnes of money in a new podcast for you business.</p><p>Here's my guide to starting your podcast on zero budget.</p><h3>Kit</h3><p>First and foremost you need to be able to record your podcast. And whilst I'm sitting here with 8 different microphones I promise you do not need 8 microphones. Or even one to start with.</p><p>You can record your podcast on your mobile phone. The microphone in phones are actually fairly decent as long as you use them well.</p><p>What do I mean by use them well?</p><p>Speaking in to my phone in the same way I would if I was talking to a friend on the phone. So holding the top to my ear and the microphone is pointing at my mouth. This is how phone microphones are designed to be used best.</p><p>The other option with your phone is (and this is a reference for the UK mainly) to use it in the same way as contestants on The Apprentice use it. Although this sounds far breathier and my ps are really popping and not sounding great. If you do this I recommend you talk over the phone and not in to it. And if you can get a mic foam to go over the bottom of your phone that will take the edge of the breathiness off. (Super saving tip - you can use a sock. I have in the past.)</p><p>You also have a microphone in your phone headphones (or if you're posh your Airpods). Again this works absolutely fine if you want to record in to your phone or your computer.</p><p>If you're using your computer I would use headphones over the computer's in built microphone any day of the week.</p><p>You don't need any fancy software to record your podcast either. If you're using your phone (which I did when first starting my first podcast) yo