How to Make Your Production Process Shorter (Without Hiring)

Streamlined Podcaster: Save Time Podcasting with Systems and Automation · Aug 21, 2026 · 8:15

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A written SOP is the fastest way to cut down your production time without hiring anyone. I walk through how I build mine: record yourself narrating the entire process, then hand the transcript to a large language model and have it write out the steps one by one. Talking through each step also forces you to justify it, which is how I've caught steps I didn't need anymore and cut them. Once the steps exist on paper, delegating or automating them gets a lot easier.

Resources & Links

Get my exact podcast production SOP — streamlined.fm/sop
Tella — screen recording with automatic transcripts and shareable video (affiliate link)
Claude — the large language model I use to turn transcripts into SOPs
Ecamm Live (affiliate link)

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