Doing Question Research

Welcome to Pocket-Sized Podcasting, brought to you by Alitu: The Podcast Maker. And on this episode, we’re talking about doing question research. One of the best ways to come up with episode ideas is simply to answer the common questions your audience is asking. But what if you don’t have an audience yet? Well, there are a couple of handy and free ways to find these questions. The first is simply to type something you think your avatar would ask into google, then scroll down to the bottom and you’ll see suggestions of what they’re also asking. Another is a service called http://Answerthepublic.com - here, you just type in your main topic, let’s say, “sharks”, and it’ll spit out every single question people ask around that thing. From “what do sharks eat?” and “where sharks are found”, to “how sharks sleep” and “were sharks before dinosaurs?”. Your listeners will love these episodes, and they’ll throw up some great compelling episode titles, too. By the way, are you enjoying Pocket-Sized Podcasting so far? If so, could we ask a quick favour that you give us a rating and review on your listening app of choice? That would really make our day, here at this humble wee podcast. Cheers!