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There are a few times in your life when you can say, "I don't know," and yet you still have to move forward. One is when you are in college. If you're not ready to declare a major what do you do? When you are having a baby, but you don't know the sex, what do you do when your honest answer is, "I don't know."

Podcast on the New Media Expo Floor on "Podcast Alley"

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Because of My Podcast: I Am Being More Effective At My Job

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I'm Not Sure What To Podcast About: What To Do When You Can't Find a Topic [8:48]

In those situations you take general classes (in the situation of college), and you go buy diapers, lots and lots of diapers, if you have a baby on the way. These are all skills you will need moving forward. No matter what your podcast is going to be about you will need to know the following:

1. How to plug a microphone in, and how to talk into it without having "popping P's"

2. You need to get proper recording levels

3. You could go to Wordpress.com (as a temporary play ground - not a permanent solution) and start tinkering around with understanding websites.

4. You can learn how to move files around to position them where you want them.

All of these skills will be used no matter what type of podcast you launch.

What happens if you never launch a podcast? You sell your microphone on ebay. What if your DO launch a podcast, and then later change your mind? There are very popular podcast hosts Mignon Fogherty (known as Grammar Girl) and Cali Lewis of geekbeat.tv who didn't find their current success on their first attempt at podcasting. Both of their show are their SECOND podcast.

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