Become a Podcast Manager: Why you should add podcasting to your skillset as a Virtual Assistant

Thank you so much to the incredible Haylee Gaffin for this guest article!

Podcasts have taken over the world in the last few years, and podcast hosts and producers are busier than ever. If you want to stand out from the crowd as an in-demand virtual assistant, adding podcast skills to your resume is crucial. 

Plus, you can utilize the administration skills you already have to pitch yourself as a VA to podcast hosts. Keep reading to learn how you can grow your virtual assistant business by offering podcasting services.

How You Can Help Business Owners Produce and Maintain Their Podcasts

These days, it’s not enough to just have a great social media presence or email list.

Savvy business owners know that hosting a podcast is an amazing way to grow their brand. They use their podcasts to share their message with a bigger audience, promote their products and services, and create a community around their brand. 

As a virtual assistant, you can help business owners maintain their podcasting schedule and grow their business at the same time. 

Use the Virtual Assistant Skills You Already Have

Podcasts require efficient administrative and logistical work, which as a virtual assistant, you already know how to do.

You can help out podcast hosts by:

• Managing their podcast social media accounts
• Monitoring their podcast Facebook group to grow their community
• Coordinating guest interviews 
• Overseeing email correspondence related to their podcast
• Manage podcast bookkeeping
• And more

Truthfully, there are an endless amount of ways that you can put your virtual assistant skills to use in the world of podcasting. As the medium continues to evolve and gain popularity, it’s important that you use your creativity to offer solutions to podcast hosts. 

For instance, some podcast communities grow so large that the host goes on a live tour. As their virtual assistant, you could book their travel and accommodations, manage their schedule, and more. If you keep your administration skills sharp and constantly look for growth opportunities, you will never be out of a virtual assistant job.

Podcast Skills to Add to Your Virtual Assistant Resume

Since podcasting is an ever-changing medium, there are likely some podcast skills you still need to learn to land a podcast client as a virtual assistant. Don’t worry: the skills you already have are a great jumping-off point into the world of podcasting. Now you just have to narrow in and learn the industry to become an in-demand virtual assistant for podcast hosts. Check out the skills I recommend learning below.

Basic Podcast Editing

This is a big one. Learning how to edit podcasts will require dedicated time, but it is also the most lucrative skill you could add to your resume. By editing their podcast for them, you are saving hosts countless hours every month, which is a luxury they’re willing to pay well for. The easiest way to learn basic podcast editing is through GarageBand, which is a user-friendly program that all Apple users can access.

Creating Show Notes

Podcast show notes are web pages for each episode that summarize the content and include all the links and offers mentioned in the podcast. To create show notes, you have to listen to each episode and find the most valuable information that readers can skim through to get the gist of the episode.

Research and Interview Skills

If your client is a busy business owner, they will look to you to help them plan their guest interviews. They may even want help finding the perfect guests for their podcasts, so it’s important that you know how to research and network. 

Once guests are secured, you can use your research to craft interview questions for the episode. To come up with great questions, you need to know what the listeners want to know and what their pain points are, which requires more research. All in all, your research skills can save your clients tons of time, which will make them love you even more.

Manage Sponsorships

As a podcast grows, the host can take on bigger brand deals and sponsorships, which you can keep organized. You can match podcast hosts to the perfect sponsorships for their niche and craft their pitches. From there, your job may include communicating with brands, creating contracts, and maintaining the sponsorship schedule.

Grow Your Skills With My Podcast Launch Kit

If you want to stay ahead of the game as a virtual assistant, it’s vital that you don’t sleep on podcasting skills.

To learn everything you need to know about podcasting and more, check out my Podcast Launch Kit. I’ll teach you basic podcast editing, episode planning, managing sponsorships, and more. 

By the end of the self-paced course, you’ll have a ton of new skills to offer podcast hosts and take your virtual assistant business to the next level. Check it out today—plus use the code BYTEBODEGA to get $50 off when you pay in full!!

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