Podcast Unfiltered

Should you build a community around your podcast or should you create a podcast around your community? Why is a community important anyway? And how can you create that community and constantly deliver to them, giving your business a boost? This week's guest Mansi Zaveri has been building the community for parents since 2011 with her organization Kidsstop press. And in 2017, she launched her podcast to further add value to the parents. She hosts another podcast called Raising parents which is a short 20 mins conversations with parents on wide-ranging topics around parenting. For brand partnerships, collaborations and sponsorship opportunities, send us an email at hi@wyn.studio Podcast Unfiltered is a WYN Studio production. Find us at http://wyn.studio. Connect with us: Mansi:  Instagram & Twitter Bijay: Instagram & LinkedIn See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Where should you begin when starting a fictional show? How to know if a story is meant to be an audio show? And How should you evaluate a script? This week's guest RJ Mantra knows all about the different mediums of storytelling, be it theatre or Radio and especially Podcasting. With years of experience in this field, being an RJ, a comedian and now a podcaster Mantra knows a thing or two about creating fictional shows. He has his podcast channel MnM Talkies which specialises in audio dramas and has multiple shows ranging from horror to romance to thrillers. For brand partnerships, collaborations and sponsorship opportunities, send us an email at hi@wyn.studio Podcast Unfiltered is a WYN Studio production. Find us at http://wyn.studio. Connect with us: RJ Mantra: Instagram & Facebook Bijay: Instagram & LinkedIn See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What should you know about podcast sponsorships to get ahead of the curve and leverage that information? What thoughts do brand managers have while deciding to sponsor a podcast? What metrics do they consider?  This week's guest Aditya Kuber, who has worked with Audioboom and BookMyShow in the past shares some thought-provoking insights on podcast monetization. He is the co-founder of Ideabrew Studios For brand partnerships, collaborations and sponsorship opportunities, send us an email at hi@wyn.studio Podcast Unfiltered is a WYN Studio production. Find us at http://wyn.studio. Connect with us: Aditya: LinkedIn Bijay: Instagram & LinkedIn See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How can you make money off of your podcast? Ravi and Bijay talk about what expectations should one have from monetizing their podcast along with busting some myths regarding creating an audience for an audio show. They also talk about effective ways to create a loyal audience and what not to do.  Apart from that, they discuss methods to successfully monetize your podcast and some practical ways Ravi has marketed his podcast in the past. Ravi Jayagopal is the co-Founder & co-Developer of DigitalAccessPass.com and also the creator of CoolCastPlayer.com. He also has his podcast SubscribeMe.fm where he talks about making, marketing & monetizing online digital content with membership sites, online courses and recurring subscriptions. For brand partnerships, collaborations and sponsorship opportunities, send us an email at hi@wyn.studio Podcast Unfiltered is a WYN Studio production. Find us at http://wyn.studio. Contact Us Ravi: Insagram Bijay: Instagram  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you do a long-form interview-based podcast, have you ever wondered how can you make the nuggets from your podcast episodes more accessible to your listeners? This week's guest Deepak Jayaraman seem to have figured out a way to organize these nuggets of wisdom so that listeners can listen to these short clips based on themes. He has released 74 episodes of his show Play to Potential but also he has released 644 odd short clips pulled out of these 74 episodes. And he has created playlists on his website for people to listen to a different perspective from different guests on the same topic. We dive deep into his process in this episode.  For brand partnerships, collaborations and sponsorship opportunities, send us an email at hi@wyn.studio Podcast Unfiltered is a WYN Studio production. Find us at http://wyn.studio. Find Deepak @DpakJraman on Twitter and Bijay @bijayspeaks on Instagram.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How to be a great conversationalist? How to decide who to bring as a guest on your show? And What do marketers look for in a podcast before sponsoring? Varun and Bijay talk about how to evolve your content with changing times, is it a good idea to go for shorter episodes and leveraging Clubhouse as a podcaster.  Varun Duggirala is the host of a podcast series on the evolution of advertising, media and content in today's world called "Advertising is Dead" and “The Varun Duggi Show”. He's also the co-founder of The Glitch, a marketing communications company. For brand partnerships, collaborations and sponsorship opportunities, send us an email at hi@wyn.studio Podcast Unfiltered is a WYN Studio production. Find us at http://wyn.studio. Connect with us: Varun: Instagram & Twitter Bijay: Instagram & LinkedIn See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How to set and build a story for your fictional audio show? What's the best way to ask for feedback and what to consider while giving one? Nikesh Murali answers all these questions in great detail and goes deeper into the narration part of audio content and the art of storytelling. Nikesh, an award-winning writer and professional voice actor is the man behind Indian Noir, a chart-topping podcast featuring thrilling crime and horror audio stories set in India. He is an internationally acclaimed spoken poetry artist and also the author of a multi-award winning, Amazon bestselling short story collection 'The Killing fields'. Together with Nikesh, we produce a mythology fiction show, Heirs of The Pandavas- check the show out for gripping narration and great sound design. Find Nikesh @indiannoir and Bijay @bijayspeaks on Instagram.  For brand partnerships, collaborations, and sponsorship opportunities, send us an email at hi@wyn.studio. Podcast Unfiltered is a WYN Studio production. Find us at http://wyn.studio. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What's next for podcasting in India? Where is the next growth of podcast coming from? What does it mean to run a podcast company in India today? How are podcasters going to make money and when? Sreeraman answers all these questions and goes deeper into why a company should consider creating their platform and in some cases why not. He also talks about how creators can be better at negotiating while selling their content and some actionable tips for when you're looking for sponsors. Sreeraman Thiagarajan is the CEO of Aawaz. Aawaz is the largest spoken-word audio and podcast network in Indian languages and has over 1000 hours of original content on it. He also runs startup communities, writes bylines for The Economic Times and is listed as Google Launchpad mentor. For brand partnerships, collaborations and sponsorship opportunities, send us an email at hi@wyn.studio Podcast Unfiltered is a WYN Studio production. Find us at http://wyn.studio. Connect with us: Sreeraman: Twitter & LinkedIn Bijay: Instagram & LinkedIn See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Podcast Unfiltered gives you a sneak peek into the creative process behind some of the most iconic podcasts and bring forth the insights shaping the Indian podcasting industry. In the show, Bijay Gautam, host of the chart-topping podcast, The Inspiring Talk and co-founder of WYN Studio having produced podcasts including the Mythology fiction show Heirs of The Pandavas, Kya Swaad Hai- a podcast on food, chats with prominent podcasters and movers and shakers of the Indian podcasting industry. Tune in to learn more about successfully creating, growing and monetizing your podcast. Podcast Unfiltered is a WYN Studio Production. Find us at http://wyn.studio. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Isha Soni hosts a podcast called Culture Chao. Culture Chaos is a podcast about life abroad, trying to make sense out of different cultural norms and a whole new way of living. As a Mumbai girl, Isha has always loved her city but during the course of her life, she has moved to several cities and an uncountable number of houses. On this episode, you will learn: Isha's Podcasting process Researching content for your podcast Scripting for audio Finding topics and a lot more. Check out Isha's Podcast: https://castbox.fm/channel/Culture-Chaos%7D-id1815923?country=in Want to launch your own podcast? Join my Six Weeks Group Podcast Coaching here: https://bijayspeaks.com/coaching  Check out my other podcast The Inspiring Talk( http://theinspiringtalk.com (http://theinspiringtalk.com/) ) where I chat with today's most successful and inspiring personalities every week.

Naga Subramanya hosts a popular podcast called Passion People Podcast where he chats with people redefining success by doing what they love. He is a very active member of Indian Podcasting Community and part of O2 Pod Collective where he along with fellow podcasters aim to increase awareness about podcasting by organizing events and meetups. On my chat, I ask him about his journey, interview process and his wedding. Check out Passion People Podcast here: https://castbox.fm/x/1dBQe  Download Castbox here https://castbox.fm  Want to launch your own podcast? Join my Six Weeks Group Podcast Coaching here: https://bijayspeaks.com/coaching  Check out my other podcast The Inspiring Talk( http://theinspiringtalk.com ) where I chat with today's most successful and inspiring personalities every week.

Today, I am chatting with Shankar and Vishnu from Writer and Geek Podcast. These two brothers got into podcasting to chat about everything that you'd like to Google but you simply won't because you are too lazy to do that. They chat about everything under the sun from smoking to aeroplanes. Shankar is a writer by profession and apparently talks less while Vishnu is a software engineer and he does most of the talking. :) I invited Shankar and Vishnu on Podcast Unfiltered to talk about how they pick a topic, how they research content and what does success means to them. It is entirely different for both of them which I found pretty fascinating. Check out Writer and Geek here: https://writerandgeek.com/ Download Castbox here https://castbox.fm  Want to launch your own podcast? Join my Six Weeks Group Podcast Coaching here (https://bijayspeaks.com/coaching ) : https://bijayspeaks.com/coaching  Check out my other podcast The Inspiring Talk(http://theinspiringtalk.com) where I chat with today's most successful and inspiring personalities every week.

Sonam Shekhawat is India's only Emmy Award Winning writer from India. She has written some of the very popular Cartoon series such as Chota Bheem, The Little Singham, All Hail King Julien among many others. She has written script for platforms like dreamworks.tv, Netflix, Pogo, Discovery Kids, etc. On this episode, we chat about: * Writing a good story * Building characters * Making your story engaging  * Sonam's story writing process and a lot more. Download Castbox here https://castbox.fm Join my six weeks group podcast coaching program: https://bijayspeaks.com/coaching Check out my other podcast The Inspiring Talk(http://theinspiringtalk.com) where I chat with today's most successful and inspiring personalities every week.

I am chatting with Vikram and Vidhur from Muncher Media. Muncher Media is a podcast Network based in Delhi that produces shows like FIlm Fued and The Persuit of Wellness. These two school friends come from totally different background but came together to setup this Network for the love of this medium. Check them out: https://munchermedia.com  Download Castbox here https://castbox.fm Check out my other podcast The Inspiring Talk(http://theinspiringtalk.com) where I chat with today's most successful and inspiring personalities every week.

Today, I am chatting with Padma Priya from Suno India. Suno India is a podcast platform on issues that matters. Their first podcast, Dear Pari that discussed on different topics around Adoption has gained wide accolade.  Suno India within very short span of time have been able to release 5 podcasts under their network on topics ranging from election to rare diseases. I invited Padma to chat about how they got in to podcasting and raising social issues on podcasting Check out Podcasts from Suno India: https://www.sunoindia.in/ Download Castbox here https://castbox.fm Check out my other podcast The Inspiring Talk(http://theinspiringtalk.com) where I chat with today's most successful and inspiring personalities every week.

 I am chatting with Neil Patel. Neil is host of [The Indian Startup Show](https://castbox.fm/channel/The-Indian-Startup-Show-id491523?country=us) which is about Indian Startups, Entrepreneurs and more. This is one of the top Indian podcasts on Entrepreneurship. Neil has already produced over 100 episodes of this show and it definitely is not an easy task to consistently produce those many episodes.  On this episode, Neil shares the learning he has gathered over those 100 episodes, his tips on being consistent, finding guests and lot of other things.  Download Castbox [here](https://castbox.fm) https://castbox.fm Check out my other podcast [The Inspiring Talk](http://theinspiringtalk.com/) ( http://theinspiringtalk.com ) where I chat with today's most successful and inspiring personalities every week.

I am chatting with Abhinandan Sekhri, CEO and co-founder of [NewsLaundry](https://www.newslaundry.com/podcast), which is a media critique, news and current affairs portal based in New Delhi. Newslaundry is the pioneer media in India in terms of adopting podcast as part of their content strategy. They currently have 5 active podcasts on News and Current affairs and entertainment categories.  I invited Abhinandan to chat with me to understand how media portals like NewsLaundry looks at podcasting and why mainstream media in India is not serious about podcasting as yet. It is really interesting conversation.  Download [Castbox here](https://castbox.fm) https://castbox.fm Check out my other podcast [The Inspiring Talk](http://theinspiringtalk.com)(http://theinspiringtalk.com) where I chat with today's most successful and inspiring personalities every week.

On this episode, we bring you Amar Vyas. Amar is co-founder of Gaatha Story which is home of bunch of great shows including wildly popular storytelling podcast [Baalgatha.](https://castbox.fm/channel/Baalgatha%3A-Kids'-Bedtime-Stories-from-Panchatantra%2CJataka-and-More-id330097?country=us) We discuss about: * Piloting your show before launching it. * Streamlining the process of podcast production. * How Amar with his wife Minu runs 8 shows on side of their day job and lot more. **Resources:** * [How Amar Beta Tested a podcast using WhatsApp](https://bit.ly/2Tdk0zp) https://bit.ly/2Tdk0zp * [How to set up a podcast recording studio in less than 150 dollars?](https://bit.ly/2EMJdgL) https://bit.ly/2EMJdgL * [7 Ways to record podcast interviews online](https://bit.ly/2rTiDKq) https://bit.ly/2rTiDKq Download [Castbox here](https://castbox.fm) https://castbox.fm Visit http://gaathastory.com to know more about Amar's work.

It's Saif and Faiza from The Musafir Stories podcast with whom I am having conversation this week. This couple hosts India's own travel podcast where they talk about different destinations, itinerary and everything travel. Download castbox.fm here https://castbox.fm Find more about The Musafir Stories here http://themusafirstories.com

On the first episode of Podcast Unfiltered we bring you Amit Doshi, Founder of India's largest podcast network, IVM Podcasts. Amit shares about: * How he got into podcasting? * Raising money for IVM podcasts. * What type of content works in India? * What's stopping us from creating regional content? * How successful is IVM in monetizing their shows and lot more. Download castbox.fm here https://castbox.fm Visit http://ivmpodcasts.com/ to know more about IVM podcasts.