Our podcast doctors are here to help your podcast limber up and get into great shape Summer is well and truly here and, by now, the healthy eating and hours in the gym should have paid off for that beach body! But is your podcast in equally good shape? Our podcast doctors are here to help you shape up your … Read More
How To Improve Your Podcast With The Bengo Media Health Check
At Bengo Media, we pride ourselves on our extensive experience in the podcasting world. Over the years, we’ve honed our skills by creating top-notch and award-winning podcasts ourselves. Plus, we’ve also helped others develop the essential building blocks to embark on their own podcasting journeys. Our mission is simple: to give voice to your vision. And this also applies to … Read More
Five Biggest Mistakes That Separate Struggling Podcasts from High-Performance Podcasts
If you’re thinking about starting a podcast, yaaaay! You’ve come to the right place! Or maybe you’ve started your podcast and it isn’t quite performing how you’d hoped? Well, you’re in luck too, because this should really help you out. We’ve pulled together the top five mistakes that leave many podcasters struggling. These are the mistakes you don’t see the … Read More
Lessons Learned: A Year on the BBC Radio 2 Early Morning Breakfast Show
As the sun peeks over the horizon, casting a gentle glow on the world, early morning listeners tune in to BBC Radio 2, eager for companionship, information, and inspiration to kick start their day. Behind the scenes, the team at the Early Morning Breakfast Show team have been up prepping ready for the sound of ‘This is the BBC news … Read More
Celebrating International Women’s Day
At Bengo Media 75% of the on-air production team are women. They are truly experts in making sure everything runs like a well-oiled machine. Most of the brains behind our awesome podcasts are also women. 88% to be exact. Bengo’s audiobooks division…Who’s leading the charge? You guessed it—some seriously badass women! Not only are they passionate about storytelling, but they’re … Read More
Branded Podcasts – What Are They? (With Examples)
As of January 2024, there are 4,318,424 total podcasts registered. That’s a lot of audio! But inside this statistic is the world of branded podcasts – a marketing channel as old as podcasting itself. What is a “branded” podcast anyway? Okay, so all podcasts are technically branded. They’re either a brand in their own right, or the splinter of a … Read More
The Best Places to Publish Your Podcast
Producing a podcast is loads of fun – but it’s also hard work. Lining up schedules, booking in a recording session, setting up, making sure there’s a good capture… And all of this comes long before the often arduous editing and post-production process. Still, when all is said and done, at least you’re left with a brilliant show that you can … Read More
Celebrating One Year of Early Morning Magic: Our BBC Radio 2 Early Breakfast Show Journey with Owain Wyn Evans
Today, we’re popping the virtual champagne because it’s a special day for us – we’re celebrating one year of producing the BBC Radio 2 Early Breakfast Show with the fabulous Owain Wyn Evans! Let’s rewind a bit and talk about how this all began. Picture this: endless brainstorming sessions, countless cups of coffee, and a whole lot of hustle. … Read More
Recording a Podcast from Multiple Locations
Yep, we get it. It’s super tempting to try recording podcasts from multiple locations on Zoom. It’s convenient. There’s no travel. You even get a self-editing, speaker-focused video to go with it. And while all of that sounds lush – it comes with a heavy list of downsides. We’ve already covered why you shouldn’t record podcasts on Zoom, no matter … Read More
Audiobook Production Giveaway for Self-Published Authors
To celebrate the launch of a new initiative at Bengo Media, Audiobooks for Self-Publishers, and to help one lucky self-published author achieve their audio dreams… we’re giving away an entire audiobook production to one super star self-published author! We started Audiobooks for Self-Publishers to make the audiobook production process less daunting for self-published authors like you. Let’s face it, researching … Read More