I was at the new media expo and I introduced myself to some guys sitting at a table. We did the “Exchanging of cards” and they proceeded to tell me how much better their podcast was than everyone else’s. They explained to me that their podcast was so over the top they could offend the…
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Each month I ask my audience a question and they answer and we all learn together. This month I asked, “What have you changed about your show and why?” Some people added/removed co-hosts. Some people updated artwork and intro music. Others start/stopped writing out their podcasts. Some adjusted their attitude, or cut back on some…
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Podcast Industry Leaders Gather in NYC I attended the On Air Festival in NYC in New York City where what some might describe as “Procasters” were in attendance. When I went to talk to people instead of finding people who spoke into microphones I found: Producers Editors Writers and I was amazed to find that:…
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Today we hear from Troy Heinritz of the Blacklist Exposed reveal what it was like to see Dax Shepard record his podcast in a sold-out Chicago Theater.
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Once a month this year, I’m going to ask you a question and use those answers for an episode. I want to understand you more and in general, get a better understanding of what you like and dislike. This month I asked, “What are those things that make you go “Uggh” when listening to a…
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This week we look at some stats from a recent Edison Research where we see that 32 million people listen to 6 podcasts a week (on average). 82 million people listen for 12 hours a week. We also here from Nocturnal from the nocturnal podcast where he explains how he was able to connect with…
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This show originates from www.schoolofpodcasting.com This is show number 195. Defining Podcast Success My last episode had 515 downloads in two weeks. If I compare myself to Leo Laporte who has THOUSANDS of listeners I will feel awful. However, if I got in a room of 515 people that would be a lot of people….
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Today I talk about David Letterman and what we can learn from his retirement. We also talk a little Podcast Movement (use the coupon sop to save at podcastmovement.com). Some people are NOT going to Podcast Movement because they invited Glenn Beck. How cool is it to be so hated that people will bite of…
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I attended Podcamp Cleveland this weekend. It was a great time and I met some great people. I also had the joy of meeting some people who had no idea what a podcast was, and when I showed them some things on our lunch hour it just blew their minds. It was great fun. During…
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At Podcast Movement Kevin Smith said to forget hanging around people who would answer, “Why?” when you said you wanted to try something, and instead hang around people who said, “Why not!” Troy Heinritz is a why not kind of guy. He had spent some time in radio, and start a podcast. In today’s episode…
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With so many people focusing on New and Noteworthy, I wanted to see how many people use New and Noteworthy. So I asked people how they found new podcasts and here is what they said. The number one way was hearing the podcaster being interviewed on another podcast. This data is from 100 respondents from…
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Today I take a look at Podcasts.com a new free media hosting company. I’ve seen a few services like this come and go along the last 10 years. So many people get excited because its free media hosting. Here are some of the things that I have experienced. They show Adam Carolla on their front…
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Today I share some insights into how the “podcasters” community is now being able to show social proof (300 members in the Google+ group alone) and influence (Soundation is looking at implementing a solution with their software for podcasters). Â We also get to hear a new lavalier microphone, and get a last five in five….
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Today is a bit of a history lesson. We explain how feedburner used to be THE way to get your RSS feed “iTunes Ready.” Now there are plugins like PowerPress which we discussed ina previous episode. Likewise, “Back in the day” iTunes was a huge deal (and still accounts for 59% of my traffic). Over…
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I’ve said in the past that Podcast promotion can be boiled down to “find your audience and tell them about your podcast.” If we look at Christianity, it used this principle. Jesus would find his audience (tax collectors were seen as the scum of the earth – his target market), he go to know them…
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Shoes protect your feet and provide comfort yet they have different shapes, colors, materials. Your podcast has some basic functions, yet there are many different styles and formats that you can use.
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On today’s show we hear about some podcasting statistics, we talk with Rob Greenlee about pocasting at Microsoft and his new “New Media Show” with Todd Cochrane, and he recently interviewed some people who are looking to connect podcasters with sponsors. Podcasting Statistics From Blubrry.com This was a sampling of 69.7 million audience listens/views across…
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How do you generate lots of traffic, and get people talking about you? You state in a conference from a podium that “Podcasting is Dead,” or you make a blog post that “Podcasting is Over” etc. Then all the podcasters get bent out of shape (and I count myself in that category) and we all…
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I was holding our webinar last week, and I used freeconferencecalling.com to test out the service. I really liked their web interface. It allows you to have multiple callers, and mute each one. Then when you unmute a person, they are notified. I’ve had people talk about doing a podcast “Live” and how they could…
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I looked for a new podcast and never really found what I wanted (a daily motivation podcast of 5 minutes or less). What I did find as I search floored me in some cases. I thought, “Are people still doing/saying that?” I did some research on some subjects and found out some things as well….
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