NaPodPo…what?!
Hello, my name is Jennifer Navarrete, @epodcaster online, and I'm the founder
of National Podcast Post Month, or NaPodPoMo, as we like to call it.
What is NaPodPoMo?
It's a 30 day podcasting challenge held every November.
This is the 16th annual event, which began with a crazy idea back in
2007, when I heard about National Novel Writing Month, also known as
NaNoWriMo, and other 30 day challenges around blogging and video that were
happening during the month of November.
When I couldn't find a month long challenge for podcasting,
I decided to create it.
Now 16 years later, we're still going strong with a robust
group of global podcasters.
So how does NaPodPoMo work?
The challenge is pretty simple.
Post 30 podcast episodes during November to successfully complete the challenge.
That's it.
Your NatPodPomo specific podcast can be a micro podcast, which is
like one to three minutes long.
It can be a nugget podcast, which is around 5 to 15 minutes long.
Heck, it could be a commuter podcast, 25 to 30 minutes long, or even a long
form podcast, which is 45 minutes+.
Although in a challenge like this, probably shorter is the key to success.
But hey, if you want to go long form.
Knock your socks off.
It can be live.
It can be recorded.
It can be released daily.
It can be batch recorded and released when you have episodes available.
You can start strong, stall out because life or work gets in the way, and then
make up episodes later on in the month.
You can even join the challenge on the very last day, record all 30 episodes on
November 30th, and you will still have successfully completed the challenge.
How you do it is entirely up to you.
Now that's not to say that 30 episodes in 30 days is a walk in the park.
I mean, this is a challenge after all.
So who is NaPodPoMo for?
It's for aspiring new podcasters who want to dip their toes into the
podcasting stream to see if this whole podcasting thing is for them.
It's also for seasoned podcasters to experiment with new tools, tech, show
ideas, all in a safe community space.
And since everyone is experimenting, there's a real
fun energy to the challenge.
So what can you expect from the official NaPodPoMo podcast?
Tried and true tips and best practices, along with some words of wisdom
from myself and podcasters who have taken the plunge into NaPodPoMo
and have lived to tell the tales.
And in case you're wondering, I'm not just the founder of NaPodPoMo, I'm
also participating in the challenge.
And thanks to support from Blueberry Podcast Hosting, I'm coming to you live.
Using their Podcasting 2.0 Live Item Tag, also known as LIT feature
inside of the PowerPress plugin.
This is a grand experiment for me and part of the new enhanced features
available with Podcasting 2.0.
Have no idea what I'm talking about?
Not to worry as a big believer in learn, share, grow.
This experiment is one that we will all learn about together.
Have questions?
My DMs are open.
Want to learn more?
Join the Facebook group or the community on Hive.
Or use the #NaPodPoMo hashtag on any of your favorite social media platforms.
And of course, visit www.NaPodPoMo.org.
That's N A P O D P O M O dot O R G.
The 30 day podcasting marathon runs from November 1st to November 30th.
So join the podcasting fun.