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Info on Podcasting Pitfalls
Another example; let's say that, suddenly, your soda cans are only half-filled. What happened? The obvious answer is that there was an error in the programming of the filling machine; something that the supervisors didn't notice.
The question is: did you implement a quality control plan which inspected the possible risk points in the production process?
The same may happen to your podcast. You may have finished your interview, your horoscope reading or whatever is your podcast about. The file is closed, uploaded and ready to be heard by the audience. Unfortunately, the microphone had an error and all the audio is garbled. That is the kind of things that need to be avoided. Plus, it is essential to have a communication channel with the audience. A quick solution is an email in your webpage where they can tell you of any problem.
What Kind Of Pitfalls Exist In Podcasting?
From the two main types of podcasting pitfalls in the podcasting community, the legal issue is the most serious one. Copyright has become a very delicate matter in our country in these days. We now hear about the RIAA trying to put into jail minors and their parents for inflicting the copyright law; all for downloading a song from the World Wide Web.
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You must avoid, in all the possible means, this possibility. Assure yourself by transmitting music that doesn't have copyright or whose owner gives it away for free. There is plenty of it in the internet so don't worry about it. You will have enough to choose from.
The second kind of pitfall, and maybe the most common kind, is the one related to technical issues. We have already mentioned them, but only briefly. There are many ways in which some part of the recording process can fail. Have you even considered all the elements that involve a podcasting?
There is the computer, the internet connection, the software that you use for recording, the hardware used for recording, the internet connection of the individuals that you are interviewing or their phone connection, and the upload of the file to the podcasting provider. Make a block diagram of your podcasting process in order to spot the weakness that your system has.
Sometimes, people get tired of all the problems. You don't want to spend your time mumbling "technical and legal and issues and podcasting and technical…" over and over again. Podcasting should be a relaxing experience in which you can feel that you are learning something. However, that doesn't mean that you can forget about the exigencies of the outside world.
As you have noticed in the article, it is very important to consider legal issues; podcasting is considered a business by the majority of people, and if you infringe their rights, even without any desire of personal gain, you may find yourself in big trouble, and a lot of expenses. Avoid podcasting pitfalls with adequate planning and responsibility.
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