Why You Should Plan Your Podcast Like It Belongs On Netflix

<p>Planning your podcast is absolutely vital if you want it to succeed. Of course you've got to understand what success looks like for your podcast first. But we covered that in last week's episode so if you haven't listened to it you might want to go back and catch up.</p><p>Of course I'm going to talk about my podcast planning tool kit at this point. But it is how I plan my podcasts. The tool kit is my place to get down all my thoughts, and the processes I use to make sure nothing is missed out when it comes to planning my podcast and the episodes.</p><p>It's a tool to understand your podcast and plan your episodes so you can get the best from it. It's not just a pdf you also get a masterclass from me. Yes you get to see my face AND I even put make up on for you. That's some level of effort from me. It's £39 and you can find it on my website <a href="https://www.charlotte-foster.co.uk/podcast-planning-toolkit" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.charlotte-foster.co.uk/-podcast-planning-toolkit</a></p><p>Here's my planning method - I'll be honest there's a lot of ground work I ask you to do so if you want to just dive in and start recording your podcast you might think you can skip this. But the ground work is so important. You wouldn't build a house without decent foundations - what would Kevin McCloud from Grand Designs say about that? (Yes I've been watching the telly again this week!) So why would you start a podcast without solid foundations? The effort you put in now will be rewarded.</p><p><strong>Build Your Foundations</strong></p><p>Last week I told you the 5 questions you want to ask and indeed answer before you start your podcast. There's loads on why those questions are important in that episode so rather than go through them all again I'll just sum up what they are</p><ol><li>Why are you doing a podcast</li><li>Who is your podcast for</li><li>What does success look like for you</li><li>How much time do you have to commit to your podcast</li><li>How much money do you have to commit to your