What We Do

Audio Editing & production

  • Podcasts start at $750 per episode

 

HOW IT WORKS

We’ll advise you on the best tech set-up for your space and budget, and coach you on best recording practices. After your recording session, you’ll send us the audio files, and we stitch them together, cleaning up the audio quality, editing for clarity, and scoring with music. You’ll receive a draft and either send a list of edits that you’d like made or approve it for publication.

For a podcast that has not yet been launched, there is a start-up fee to cover meetings, file organization, tech set-up, and troubleshooting.

Please note: editing audio is a slow and painstaking process. It usually takes 3-4 times the length of the original audio, depending on its quality and the number of speakers. For example, a one-hour interview with two speakers could take 3+ hours to edit. Shows with lots of clips, music, or sound design take longer.

Consulting

Whether your podcast is just an idea, in its fifth season, or somewhere in between, it’s always good to get some unbiased, straightforward feedback. Together, we’ll talk with you about your successes, frustrations, and goals. Then, our team will provide recommendations on how to get started, build or grow a community of listeners, push through a creative block, and improve your podcast or radio show.

If a show goes out over the airwaves, but no one hears it-- does it make a sound? Identifying your audience and creating a plan to incorporate them into your editorial strategy is key to building a show that successfully builds a thriving listener base. Together, we’ll identify who your show should reach and how to engage them.

Pricing depends on the size of your staff and overall budget. Please include this information with your inquiry.

 

for a one-time q&a
“Can I pick your brain?”

  • You can choose the team member you want to collaborate with and set up an hour-long video chat. Bring all your questions and frustrations, whether they’re about getting started, monetizing what you already have, or breaking through stagnant download numbers. We’ll discuss your goals, and make a roadmap for improvement. After the meeting, we’ll send a packet of resources tailored to your needs.

    • $400 for an hour

for an on-ramp
“Where do i start?”

Ready to start a podcast but… you don’t know where to actually start? Our team will

  • Solidify your idea, format, and goals

  • Map out podcast content

  • Create a production schedule

  • Develop your marketing and audience growth strategies

  • Advise on the tech you need to sound your best

  • Work with you to script, record, edit, and publish a trailer

    • Starts at $2000

    • Ongoing editing services start at $750/episode

 

Foundational Feedback
on existing podcasts/radio shows

Our team can provide editorial guidance, digital/audience development strategy-- or a combination of both.

  • You’ll fill out a questionnaire and send it back to us. We’ll review it and figure out which of us, or which combination of us, would be best suited to help you.

  • You’ll assign us 3 episodes of your show to listen to (not to exceed 2 hours total).

  • We’ll provide comprehensive feedback on the show’s sound, content, and feel.

  • We’ll do an audit of your social media presence and strategies for audience engagement.

  • Then, we’ll provide recommendations on how to improve, a list of resources to solve problems specific to your show, and connections with producers-for-hire if desired.

  • All our feedback and recommendations will be written up in a report, and we’ll discuss it all on a phone call or meeting up to an hour long.

    • Starts at $797

Audience Architects

We’ll take your Foundational Feedback and build out an audience growth strategy for you to implement. The plan will include a checklist of next steps and production strategies to fold the new plan into your current work flow. Using the new target audience segmentation as a framework, we’ll identify other shows that may provide opportunities for promotional partnerships, and create a media kit that includes press releases and template emails for reaching out. We’ll also schedule a follow-up meeting 4-6 weeks out to discuss your progress implementing the plan.

  • Starts at $1,597 (includes Foundational Feedback session)

Project Partners

Want to start an ongoing partnership to get regular and consistent feedback and growth strategies for your show? 

We’ll take your Foundational Feedback and work on your Audience Architects plan over a weekly, monthly, or per-season basis, depending on your needs and budget.

  • Monthly retainer starts at $3,197/month (first month includes Foundational Feedback and Audience Architects)

  • Please note that regular editing and production services are not included in this retainer but may be added on

Need help with something else? Contact us with your questions and budget and we’ll create a custom proposal for you.

 

If you want to interview someone in the Kansas City area, but you live elsewhere in the world, you can pay me to go sit next to them with my recording equipment-- a Zoom H5 recorder and an RE-50 microphone. I’ll record clean audio and room tone for you and send the files promptly. I’ve done this work for the likes of Gimlet, 99% Invisible, Latino USA, and WGBH.