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Podcast editing services for bold businesses and creators

Here’s the thing…You sound great.

But imagine what you could sound like working with a full-service podcast production team who knows your show, your style, and your goals to build an audience and turn your show into a money-making machine.

At The Wave, our main goal is to help you get your time back by providing production services that free you to focus on the things you like best — like creating and recording new content for your show.

Exclusive offer: Clients with an active subscription will receive complimentary access to our coaching community with weekly strategy sessions on how to grow and monetize your podcast.

Build your own package in three easy steps

  • Number of Minutes

    Select your monthly raw minutes (the minutes you record each month before editing). If your minutes don't match our packages perfectly, select the closest one.

  • Editing services

    Choose your core service. Video packages include audio editing. You can learn about the different between Basic and Advanced Video Editing below the calculator.

  • Writing services

    Pick your add-on services including administrative supporting, writing services, and marketing materials. Your cost estimate will update in real time. Learn more below.

Pick your podcast editing price

It's just as easy as customizing your smoothie order.

Want to know what some of those options mean?

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Editing

Writing

  • Show notes are the writing associated with your podcast. These notes help listeners understand what your episode is about and find resources mentioned in the episode. Show notes can be posted on your hosting platform and on your website to give you an SEO boost.

    Our show notes include:
    ✶ Dedicated female writer
    ✶ Length: 150 words summarizing content
    ✶ Time-stamped bullet points describing high-level themes of the episode
    ✶ Incorporation of any resources mentioned in the episode
    ✶ Inclusion of any call-to-actions and external links
    ✶ Up to two high-impact quotes per episode

    Examples
    ✶ 448. The Sacred Power of Curiosity | Embodied with Elizabeth DiAlto
    ✶ How to Legally Protect Yourself and Your Assets with Andrea Sager, CEO and Founder of Legalpreneur | She Leads First

  • In addition to the show notes detailed above, we will include all of the copy elements you need to post your podcast on your website and get your content discovered by Google.

    Our show notes + blog post includes:
    ✶ Dedicated female writer
    ✶ Length: 150 Words
    ✶ Keyword research and incorporation
    ✶ Episode title creation, if requested
    ✶ Time-stamped bullet points describing high-level themes of the episode
    ✶ Incorporation of any resources mentioned in the episode
    ✶ Episode title creation, if requested
    ✶ Inclusion of any call-to-actions and external links
    ✶ Meta description for your web page
    ✶ Website Slug name or URL
    ✶ Recommended Categories and Tags
    ✶ Excerpt / Summary
    ✶ Up to four high-impact quotes per episode

    Examples

    ✶ #637: My Customers Have Bought All My Offers… What’s Next For Them? | Online Marketing Made Easy
    ✶ 4 Important Life Lessons I Learned the Hard Way (So That You Don’t Have To) | The Mel Robbins Podcast

  • Part of producing a successful podcast is marketing it to your target audience on social media. Our captions will make it easy to share your podcast episodes far and wide.

    Our social caption writing includes:
    ✶ Create engaging captions for social media posts
    ✶ Inclusion of any call-to-actions
    ✶ Inclusion of relevant emojis, if requested
    ✶ Inclusion of two relevant hashtags

    Examples

    ✶ Earn Your Happy on Instagram
    ✶ American Building Podcast on LinkedIn

  • A transcript documents the entire conversation of your podcast and can be extremely helpful for SEO as well as make your podcast more accessible. We offer a less expensive computer-generated transcript package that has an average word accuracy of about 80%. Even though slightly less accurate, this transcript will still add major SEO points to your website and hosting platform.

    Our computer-generated transcript includes:
    ✶ Audio run through transcription software
    ✶ Speaker labels with correct name spelling
    ✶ Exported into a Google Doc

    Examples
    ✶ How to Be Human | Episode 38: Learning Lessons

Administrative

  • Save time and let us do the episode scheduling for you. We will take your audio file and written content and upload them to your hosting platform for you. With your permission, we will also schedule episodes on your regular schedule.

    Audio scheduling includes:
    ✶ Creating new episode drafts in your hosting platform
    ✶ Uploading the approved episode audio
    ✶ Inclusion of dynamic insertion, if requested
    ✶ Uploading the approved title and episode writing
    ✶ Uploading the episode cover art, if applicable
    ✶ Scheduling the episode for your desired time or leaving it in draft for you to post

  • Save time and let us upload and schedule your video on YouTube. We will take your video file and written content and upload it to YouTube for you. With your permission, we will also schedule episodes on your regular schedule.

    Video scheduling includes:
    ✶ Creating a new video draft for you on YouTube
    ✶ Uploading the approved episode video
    ✶ Uploading the approved title and additional copy
    ✶ Uploading the episode thumbnail
    ✶ End screen selection
    ✶ Scheduling the episode for your desired time or leaving it in draft for you to post

  • Use the text from your show notes to help your podcast get discovered on Google with SEO. We will use best practices to upload your episode content and writing to your website as a blog post and schedule for release.

    Blog post scheduling includes:
    ✶ Formatting your episode as a blog post on your website
    ✶ Include keywords, categories, and tags on the post
    ✶ Scheduling your blog post on your website

  • Increase your episode downloads by promoting your podcast through an email newsletter to your email list.

    Email newsletter scheduling includes:
    ✶ Formatting your email newsletter on your email service provider
    ✶ Scheduling your email newsletter on your email service provider

  • Save time by having our team post your podcast-related content to your social media platforms for you.

    Social media scheduling includes:
    ✶ Draft, schedule, and publish 1 post per episode on two social platforms (2 posts total)
    ✶ Scheduling on the following platforms: Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, LinkedIn, Facebook
    ✶ Post at optimal times for Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok
    ✶ LinkedIn: Select the specific audience who can see your LinkedIn Page post.

Marketing

  • We will find the best moments throughout your episode to create 30-60 second clips and deliver them to you to be used on social. These clips can include captioning and will feature the effects that are common in social clips, including bolding of words and phrases, animations, and other effects.

    Our social clips include:
    ✶ 1 video clip for every 20 minutes of raw footage
    ✶ 1 cover image for every clip
    ✶ Clip design based on assets provided (video or audio)
    ✶ Inclusion of auto-generated captions if desired
    ✶ Marketing specialist’s selection of high-impact clips or direction from the client on clips
    ✶ Delivered in an MP4 format

    Examples
    ✶ The Modern Millennial
    ✶ Okay Sister
    ✶ Am I Doing This Right?
    ✶ Vitally You

  • We will create static graphics that you can use as your YouTube thumbnail, website thumbnail, or social media post. Give us your required size specifications, and we will do the rest.

    Our episode artwork includes:
    ✶ Two unique graphic sizes per episode
    ✶ Podcast title
    ✶ Episode number
    ✶ Episode title
    ✶ Images of the guest and host, if desired
    ✶ Delivery of one png image in desired size (1800x1800, 1080x1920, or 1280x720)

    Examples
    ✶ Rewrite the Mother Code
    ✶ Great Job! Podcast
    ✶ Online Marketing Made Easy

Need More Guidance?

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Let’s be honest. Sometimes you have needs that are different from the norm and that’s ok! If you’re having trouble determining what editing options are right for you or think you need something different, take our Custom Proposal Quiz and let it help guide you to the right services for YOU!

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • When you submit an audio-only episode to our editing team, you will receive your first edit back 2 business days later. Any edits will be delivered 1 business day later. For video episodes, please allow 3 business days to receive your first edit back. Any edits will be delivered 1 business day later. We also batch-edit episodes for podcasters who prefer to review many episodes at once.

  • Once an episode is ready for review, your editor will send you a link to Frame.io. This platform allows you to play your audio file and make comments throughout the track at specific time stamps. We offer unlimited revisions, so feel free to go through as many rounds of feedback with your editor as you need to feel happy with the final product.

  • When submitting a new editing request, you will not upload the raw files to our portal. Instead, you will upload your files to a cloud-based folder and then input the link to this folder in the request form. A few popular cloud-based storage tools are Dropbox, Box, Google Drive, and WeTransfer. We accept links from any of these sites. We can also download your files directly from a recording tool like Riverside.fm, Squadcast, or Zencastr.

She loves working with us (and we think you will too!)

Karen Cahn, The IFundWomen Show

“Your team does such great work!"

I'm seriously so blown away by the quality and the speed at which your team works. You have a very happy customer over here. There has not been one hiccup, and your team is so incredibly professional and kind.

- Karen Cahn, The IFundWomen Show

Still not sure what editing services are right for you?

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