Podcasting Observations Newsletter

School of Podcasting Episodes

March 28, 2016

Podcast Interview Wizard: Brainstorm With Yourself and Create Better …

Today I look at tools available for podcasters to help them produce a better show. Podcast Interview Wizard and Who is Jim Edwards Jim Edwards is a guy I've known online for years. I loved his "I Gotta Tell you" email list. W...

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March 21, 2016

Commitment to Community: How Danny Peña Grew His Podcast Audience

Danny Peña got his first video game console from his Grandmother and his life was forever changed. Little did Danny know (who goes by the name of Godfree on his show) that he would someday be getting paid to fly around the wo...

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March 14, 2016

Are Review Swaps Hurting Podcasting?

I went to Podfest.us a couple of weeks ago and I saw a person do a presentation that offered to help people launch their podcast for $8999. Just for that weekend there was a sale and they would only charge you $3990. This is ...

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March 7, 2016

Jim Harold Makes A Living Talking about Ghosts

You will notice that I am in pursuit of people who have been able to make a living with their podcast. Today we interview Jim Harold who does the Paranormal Podcast t and the Campfire Podcast. Podcasting News In a nutshell, u...

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Feb. 29, 2016

Creating Compelling Podcasts - Podfest 2016 Reflections

Podfest hapned this weekend in tamp Florida. Wow was it fun. I got to hang out with Hall of Fame podcasters like Danny Pena, and meet some people who are trying to get their podcast off the ground. I love, love, love, the pod...

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Feb. 22, 2016

5 Voice Related Tools for Engagement and Podcast Promotion

Because of my Podcast: I'm Working For Libsyn - Dave Jackson A couple of weeks ago I let you know that my "Day job" had gone away. A little update on the story, I reached out to the head of HR only to find she no longer works...

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Feb. 15, 2016

Book Guest Spots On Other Podcasts: Are You Making These Mistakes?

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 podcaste...

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Feb. 8, 2016

Episode 500: Groundhog Birthday - A Podcast Launch Story

If you're new to the School of Podcasting, when Dave hits a milestone like 100, 200, 300, 400, he breaks format and tries to do something that is educational, entertaining, and slightly weird. Today being that it is both my 5...

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Feb. 1, 2016

Monetizing with Membership Sites: Ravi Jayagopal of Digital Access Pa…

Last week we talk about being a "hobby podcast" and that you can be a hero to someone. We mentioned that you do NOT have to make money with your podcast. Today we are going the other way and looking at making money with your ...

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Jan. 25, 2016

Unleash the Hero in You and Positively Impact Your Audience

Because of my Podcast Darren Dake Darren Dake from the Coroner talk podcast has told us (about a year ago) where he was asked to do some state wide training in Missouri). Well Darren is back because now - because of his podca...

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Jan. 18, 2016

Avoiding Burnout on the Road to Being an InFluencer with Tarun Steven…

There are a number of things you need to be successful in podcasting. Great Content Great Sound Great Promotion Great Attitude No matter how great your show sound, and how much you promote it, without great content, it won't ...

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Jan. 11, 2016

3 Things You Need To Make Money With Your Podcast

Today's episode is a special "Dual Episode" as Dave and "The Real Brian" from Profitcast take on the subject of what is needed to make money with your podcast. We got together to talk about three bullet points: Abundant vs Po...

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Jan. 4, 2016

Getting the Other Side of the Story: $57 Dollar Guy & Glycast.com

I recently was very concerned when I saw a video from a company call Glycast.com It stated, "“ It’s a new approach to podcast advertising. This is how it works. You give us your podcast feed, and we give you a new one to dist...

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Dec. 28, 2015

My Favorite Podcast 2015: A Listener Loyalty Study

in no particular order) 01:25 Exponent - the nuances of tech strategy - Submitted by Max Flight of AirplaneGeeks.com , TheUAVDigest .com, and PaxExPodcast.com 2:48 Up In Your Business - brings in inspiration to help you to cr...

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Dec. 21, 2015

Evaluating Your Podcast Year

Because of My Podcast the Creator From the Blacklist Gets Interviewed on Podcast Troy produces numerous podcast, but today he is talking about the Blacklist Exposed podcast he had the creator of the hit NBC show contact Troy ...

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Dec. 14, 2015

You Don't Need Thousands of Downloads To Sell Ads - The Return of Gle…

Creative Ways to Get Your Advertisers to Promote Your Podcast Glenn made quite a splash when he was on the show earlier this year (it's the most shared episode on the site). 7:02 "Glenn the Geek" is America's Horse Husband an...

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Dec. 7, 2015

Audience Participation Blue Print - Today in iOs

The Podcast That Has More Audience Participation Than Any Podcast I've Heard Rob Walch is the VP of Podcast relations, but he started off 11 years ago as the host of Podcast411. In 2007 he started the then Today in iPhone (la...

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Nov. 30, 2015

Your Podcast Call To Action (CTA) - 11 Tips for Better Engagement

Increasing Your Podcast's Audience Engagement With Better Calls To Action We love our audience, and we want to connect. We want them to take steps to deepen their level of engagement. We want them to take actions. These often...

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Nov. 23, 2015

Don't Keep Your Audience Waiting

I've been talking about your podcast from TOP to Bottom over the last couple of weeks. Sometimes its good to go back to the basics and reexamine our shows. The first week we talked about Headlines (the title of your show note...

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Nov. 16, 2015

You Got Them to Push Play - Does Your Intro Make them Push STOP?

Last week we talked about the importance of headlines, and I gave you a free resource to help you make better headlines. Now in Podcasting you headline is your "Show Notes" title. You can get the free resources at www.schoolo...

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Nov. 9, 2015

How to Create Better Episode Titles Quickly and Easily

This is an abbreviated list of headline samples from the book " Writing Riches " by one of my favorite authors and podcaster's Ray Edwards . If you buy his book, buy some paper and pencil along with it. This topic starts at 6...

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Nov. 2, 2015

Google Play Terms & Patreon is Paying $3.5 Million a Month To Creators

Any time my podcast can get in front of more people I'm happy. From what I've heard on the Feed Podcast where a Google Rep was interviewed here is what is what we think is going to happen. Google will pull an episode and host...

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Oct. 26, 2015

How to Podcast Step 1: Your Podcast Idea

I'm going to be going over podcasting in the next few episodes. So many people think it starts with a microphone (which is a logical start), but it doesn't. It starts with an idea. It might be an idea that is fueled by a need...

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Oct. 19, 2015

Four Podcasting Tools Reviewed

Today we have a few tools to peak at. One allows you to record your podcast or go live, the other allows you to add your Blab.im sessions to your Wordpress website, Ray Edwards will teach you how to write better pages, and th...

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