Jabriel AlSuhaimi gives a tip about batching and scheduling

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Jabriel: Hi, my name is Jabriel AlSuhaimi.

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I'm an independent podcaster, DJ,

content creator, creative strategist,

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a bunch of different things, and I'm

on a lifelong journey of constant

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creation, collaboration, and learning.

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And today I'm going to give you

a tip about batching, scheduling,

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and using a content calendar.

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I like to consider myself as

somewhat of a jack of all trades.

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I like to throw myself into

new things and challenge myself

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to be better going forward.

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In terms of podcasting, I've

helped launch shows like curious

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humans with Johnny Miller founders

for good with Craig Turner.

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And I'm currently the producer,

editor, and co host of the Movie

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Newbie which is a film review podcast.

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Podcasting has been a part of my life

since I was about nine years old when my

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parents got an iPod and I just stumbled

across this podcast called the muggle

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cast, which was basically a Harry Potter

podcast that, um, I think people used to

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phone in and record the podcast that way.

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I think that was about 2009.

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And then since then, I've basically

forgot about the medium until: 2017

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uh, I was in buenos Aires in Argentina.

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And I met this amazing podcast producer.

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Her name is Ninah Kopel and she introduced

me to the world of podcasting of, and what

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it was like at the time and introduced me

to the shows like cereal, this American

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life, a lot of American based podcasts,

and then fast forward to graduating from

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my bachelor's program, it was towards

the end of: 2019

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work in music, although at the time

there was a little pandemic that hit.

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And it was called COVID 19.

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So I was jobless working out of my parents

house and I basically fell into podcasting

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and the editing side of podcasting.

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And it's basically changed my life

and I haven't looked back since.

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So that's how I got into podcasting.

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I think the biggest thing for me about

podcasting, it's that it's a medium that

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anyone can do with very little barriers

to entry, at least for the moment.

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I think anyone can create a podcast.

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They can basically do it at home and do a

make believe podcast with their friends.

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It's something that kids can probably do.

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Anyone of any age can do.

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And I, that's probably the

main thing that I love.

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Although I think that's something

that's starting to change with a lot

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of bigger companies coming into it.

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It's making podcasting a

little bit scarier to start.

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But for me.

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I think everyone should

try it at least once.

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I think one of the best things you can

do when starting a podcast is learning

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how to manage the way you create.

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So one thing for me as someone who can be

a little bit messy with the way I go about

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my day, I think batching and scheduling

your podcast is very, very important.

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So what I like to do is have a recording

day and editing day and then uh, admin

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day where I'll basically write the show

notes, show summary, um, show description,

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and then there's also a production day.

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So if you can figure out a good schedule

for yourself, like where you think

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you'll be the most productive, and that's

if you're doing everything yourself.

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It could be possible that you're working

with a producer or an editor and...

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Maybe you have to find days that work

with them, or if you have a co host,

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maybe it's a specific day of week where

you need to start recording, but figuring

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out a schedule, batching your content,

and then sticking to that schedule.

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Because one of the most important

things is being consistent.

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And I think consistency in podcasting is

what keeps the audience there, and what

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keeps you motivated to keep on going.

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So, I guess that's my big tip.

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You can find me at Jabriel AlSuhaimi

dot com and Sibling Creative dot works

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or you can check me out on LinkedIn.

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Just put in Jabriel AlSuhaimi and

you can see all of my links in

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the show notes and thank you for

listening to podcasting people.