How Technology Can Aid With Your Online Start-Up

March 18, 2021

Venturing Into The Social Media World

Using technological advancements to your advantage is an important aspect to relay your brand, marketing ideas and personal opinions. The internet allows you to reach out to a vast worldwide audience, which is certainly key when you are in the social media trade and want to share content of your choosing and build an online company to incorporate your creative ideas through the median of videos, photos or audio content. 

It is through filming, editing and posting your videos online that you might realise that the life of a podcaster instead is suitable for you. You are not going to be camera shy or scared of voicing your thoughts. We can’t all have the same opinions, how dull would that be! So to progress from recording videos on your phone to regular content, you are going to need more professional equipment. 

Basic Equipment You Are Going To Need At Home

  • Microphone (an essential!)
  • Digital recorder (to record your content)
  • Computer (to store and edit your content)
  • Headphones (enables you to listen to what you are recording, particularly useful if you feel you need to re edit)

Each device is important in its own way but together they form the basis of your podcast needs if you want to focus on recording audio content to share with others on social media and on your website. . 

Having The Latest Phone Upgrade
When you start out experimenting with filming snippets and editing videos for your social media page, you want a decent phone to be able to achieve this. To ensure you have the latest upgrade with all the necessary specifications to carry out your daily tasks, then it is worth doing some research on the Latest Deals guide to find the ideal contract to suit your needs. This will allow you to record videos of a decent quality.

Why It Is Good To Express Your Opinions

Everyone has different opinions, which is rightly so. Starting conversations online, encourages people to have a discussion and healthy debate. It allows you to express your thoughts and challenge someone else's view, but also question why they have that particular thought process and what you can learn from their point of view. 

You might even learn something from the other person which you were not aware of previously when they bring facts into the discussion. The main aspect is to be open to learning from others and not just being blindsided by your own opinions. 

Learning From Others

To learn the tools of the trade of the podcasting world then you certainly need some  guidance if you want to learn how others have been successful and how this can benefit you in your personal developmental journey. The best way to progress in this career is to learn through the experience of others and make contacts with other podcasters to explore and share ideas and initiate conversations. 

Mark Asquith

That British podcast guy, Mark is co-founder of Captivate.fm, the world's only growth-oriented podcast host. A Harvard, TEDx, Podcast Movement and Podfest speaker (amongst many more!), he's a wildly approachable Brit and Star Wars/DC Comics geek.

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