QA 67 – Kate Erickson Answers "How to Create a Podcast – Script, or No Script?"

In today's Q&A, we are helping Warren figure out if he should use a script or not while recording a podcast (and what will sound more natural) Do you have a question you want answered on our podcast? We would love to help you! Click here to ask your question! [Tweet "I wouldn't be here if I didn't start recording that first episode @katelerickson"] Resources Mentioned in this Episode Today's expert is from Kate Erickson of entrepreneuronfire.com Today's question is from Warren Cinco of breakingwork.com Kate's Podcast Let's dive into this week's question! JOCELYN: Hey y'all! You're listening to an Expert Q&A with S&J. Today's expert is Kate Erickson of Kate's Take: The Entrepreneur on Fire Audio Blog. Welcome to the Flipped Lifestyle podcast where life always comes before work. We're your hosts, Shane and Jocelyn Sams. Join us, each week, as we teach you how to flip your lifestyle upside-down by selling stuff online. Are you ready for something different? All right, let's get started. SHANE: What's going on guys? Welcome back to the Flipped Lifestyle podcast, this is our Q&A with S&J and today we have another expert to come on and help answer our question for this episode. We want to welcome back to the show, Kate Erickson of Kate's Take: The Entrepreneur on Fire Audio Blog and entrepreneuronfire.com. Kate, welcome back to the show. KATE: S&J thanks for having me back. SHANE: Awesome. JOCELYN: Yeah, we are excited to have you. Today's question is from Warren Cinco of breakingwork.com and Warren says, "Hi Shane and Jocelyn, love your site and podcast; been picking up valuable tips since I first heard about you guys and your stories are very inspiring. I have a question about doing a podcast. I want to start one of my own from my site, but my one hesitation is that I may not sound natural communicating. Do you follow a script or do you just talk normally? Which is better?" SHANE: And this is a great question because we've got someone who's been a part of like almost a thousand podcasts probably on entrepreneuronfire.com and her own podcast, Kate's Take. So what do you think about this question, like how do you think is the best way to approach doing a podcast? KATE: Well, I love where Warren's train of thought is at because these are the exact questions you should be asking yourself if you are thinking about starting a podcast and Warren, you are certainly not alone. Feeling like you might sound awkward on the mic is definitely going to happen when you first start. SHANE: That's right. KATE: Yeah, right, you guys know this as well. JOCELYN: Absolutely. KATE: But the key is to just start. The key is to just start recording because it's going to be awkward in the beginning, but that's the thing is that you are never going to find your voice and find what flow works for you until you get on the mic and start recording 'cause it's gonna be different for everybody. I know people who get on the mic with absolutely zero preparation and that's what works best for them. I know other people who literally have entire outlines in front of them while they are recording every single one of their podcast episodes. So, if you just start recording, you are going to find out really, really quickly what's going to work best for you. JOCELYN: Yeah, I agree with that. For me, podcasting was a little bit difficult because I don't like to hear myself and in fact, I always tell people that I never listen back to my shows until after they are aired because if I do, they would probably never be released. I'm very critical of myself especially so yeah, that's definitely a hesitation that a lot of people have. Shane and I do follow a script when we record; it's not a super – like every word we say is scripted but we do SHANE: It's more like an outline yeah, and I think we have to do that, we learnt – like I can just talk, I can do that. When I did my football podcast,