If it’s just you, then keeping track of your podcast can be very simple. However, as you add hosts, guests, sponsors, and other additional factors, the information that you have to manage for each episode grows significantly. Handling multiple podcast episodes in different stages of production requires you to juggle a lot of information. A real project management solution is essential at that point.
I’m on my third podcast now and have released around 30 episodes in total at the time of writing. I’ve tried all sorts of technological solutions to the problem of organising all the information that surrounds each one. I have used a shared Google Doc, Trello, various calendar solutions, and my trusty notebook and fountain pen. None of these solutions worked out, and I often found that they would solve one part of the problem very well but not another.
How hard can it be to organise a podcast?
Podcast producers need to keep track of quite a lot of information. I’ve mentioned some examples of this above. Here are some more:
- Recording dates for episodes;
- Release dates for episodes;
- Podcast guests/interviewees;
- Episode sponsors, if you’re in the happy position of having these;
