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June 24, 2019

How Should You Celebrate Your Podcast Milestone?

Thanks to everyone who chimed in with an answer: Melanie from the show likes to throw a party for her listeners Brad from the loves milestone shows - loves where people take small clips from past shows (or breaking format …

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June 17, 2019

Overcoming Your Fears So You Can Start Your Podcast

I Have A Fear of Heights True or False: Starting a Podcast is Hard Start a Podcast May Require Your To Overcome Fear Hiking in Utah is Different than Hiking in Ohio Get a Guide/Mentor To Help You Avoid Mistakes …

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June 10, 2019

How To Rebrand Your Podcast Without Losing Your Audience

You picked a name for your podcast (need help with picking a name, ) and you've decided that maybe you went a little too "inside baseball" and you want to change the name of your podcast without losing your subscribers. …

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June 3, 2019

Don't Worry About Things You Can't Control

There are so many things that are changing in podcasting that can cause stress as you worry. Some things you have no control over. You may need to take some steps, but after that it is out of your control. …

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May 27, 2019

The Biggest Pain in Creating a Podcast

Starting a podcast is not hard. Starting a GOOD podcast takes time, dedication, talent, etc and today I asked my audience, "What is the biggest pain in starting and creating a podcast." Here is what they answered: Your Biggest Pain …

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May 20, 2019

Does Your Podcast Name Need a Trademark?

Thinking Outside the Box Today's talk about Podcast Trademarks was inspired by a Facebook post. As a tech support person for Libsyn I see a large number of podcasts on a weekly basis (get a free month at Libsyn.com using …

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May 13, 2019

Podcoin App Pays Listeners to Listen to Podcast

There is more money coming into Podcasting and Geoff and David Cook are hoping to get some of it by building a podcast app that focuses on helping you find new podcasts, integrate social ingredients (likes, etc), and pay you …

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May 6, 2019

Podcast Pre-Interviews - Ensuring Valuable Conversations

I came across Kent Convington's and I liked the content I was hearing. I was lucky enough to have Kent ask me to be on his show. Then he did something only one other person has done. He asked for …

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April 29, 2019

Is It Possible to Air Check My Own Show?

Back on , we talked about how do you know if your show connects with your audience? That focused on making sure your content was great. Your podcast is a presentation of information. As someone who speaks at conferences, and …

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April 22, 2019

Focus Is More Important Than Microphones

Every podcaster has one thing in common: they all have 24 hours in the day. Today I'm going to share a ton of research and strategies to get your more productive. Last week I talked about five things that you …

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April 15, 2019

Five Things That WON'T Grow Your Audience

We only have so many hours in a day, and today I'm starting a two-part series on being more productive. The first thing you need to identify is activities that take up your time and provide no benefits. Today I …

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April 8, 2019

Saying More With Less - The Power of Editing Your Podcast

So many people fear they will sound stupid or unprofessional but this is not something you need to worry about as even a show that is recorded live can be edited before being sent to your audience. Today I share …

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April 1, 2019

Listening, Talking, Planning, and Adjusting with Big Podcast Author D…

David Hooper has a background in the music and entertainment business, the music business, and has spent the last four years writing the . It's one of the best books I've read on podcasting (and I'm only about 50% of …

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March 25, 2019

The Top Podcasting Crutch Words and How To Stop Saying Them

What is Your Crutch Word - How Did You Get Rid of It? Crutch words are we words we use when our brain can't come up with something to say. They are used to fill up silence that some feel …

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March 18, 2019

What Does it Feel Like to Be a Podcaster?

I got an email from someone struggling to start their podcast, "The biggest issue I’m dealing with is psychological: the show is not coming together in the format that I really wanted—and at this point there seems to be nothing …

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March 11, 2019

My Weekend with Procasters: Start with the Story

Podcast Industry Leaders Gather in NYC I attended the 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: …

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March 4, 2019

Podcaster Burnout: Sources, Symptoms, Solutions

I was on the Podcasters roundtable with Ray, Bandrew talking burnout. We talk about The Signs of Burnout The Sources of Burnout Solutions to Burnout SPONSOR: Alitu Web Based Podcast Maker It's a web app, where people can log in …

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Feb. 25, 2019

Your TOP Podcast Peeves 2019 Edition

Podcast Pet Peeves 2019 06:13 A peeve is defined as "a source of annoyance or irritation." Today we are talking Podcasting Pet peeves, but not just pet peeves but your TOP pet peeves. When you listen to a podcast and …

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Feb. 18, 2019

Finding Love in Podcasting - Being Found By Google

As valentines was this week so we have a special edition of "Because of My Podcast," and speaking of finding things, today we talk about some tools to help you be found in Google. Because of My Podcast We Found …

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Feb. 11, 2019

Word of Mouth is Your Army

Spotify Buys the Best and Worst in Podcasting Spotify bought Gimlet and Anchor. Does this have any effect on "Joe Independent podcaster?" not immediately, but it is a big company, with big pockets, who will spend money to promote podcasting …

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Feb. 4, 2019

Building Community The No BS Approach to 1000+ Members

Last week we spoke about making sure you have great content, today we have tips on building your community. Because of My Podcast - I've Got press Passes to the On Air Festival is advancing the culture of audio. We …

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Jan. 28, 2019

How Do You Know Your Podcast is Connecting With Your Audience?

Before you start promoting your show, how do you know if it's good? How do you know if it will connect with your audience? Ready to Start Podcasting? Imagine you want to start a lawn mowing business and the only …

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Jan. 21, 2019

The Podcast Launch Attitude

2019 Prediction I see more and more people getting into podcasting who Want to spend zero money Spend very little time on creating content Make large amounts of money - quickly My prediction is 98% of the people who get …

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Jan. 14, 2019

Three Opinions on the Rode Rodecaster Pro

The has caught the attention of many podcasters, and some have pulled the trigger. (Paranormal podcast) and from Teachercast have purchased the unit. I want to thank Rode for shipping me a unit to play with. Their first impression was …

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