Send us feedback/questions via Text Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting and Jim Collison from the Average Guy Network answer your questions on the following topics this week: 00:01:39.900 End of Year Wrap Up 00:07:19.750 Chris Nesi and Tik Tok 00:18:44.200 Changes in 2020? 00:23:43.150 Surviving Editing 00:26:02.350 Adding a Different style of Episodes to a Feed 00:28:18.700 What to Post During a Break 00:30:12.600 Thanks to Our Awesome Supporters 00:31:59.175 Transfer Audio Audience to V...
Dec 21, 2019•1 hr•Ep. 277
Send us feedback/questions via Text Today Jim is back from his trip to London and explains how he got to do a presentation as the sunset on London how cool). 7:50 Dave is going to move website from Siteground to Maple Grove Partners (they are a little more expensive than coolerwebsites.com but they provide a little more service). This is a TEST to dip his toe in the water. 15:44 Awesome $20 Supporters 18:28 Starting a meetup in your town 26:45 London took NINE YEARS to happen. 33:07 Awesome $10 ...
Dec 16, 2019•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 276
Send us feedback/questions via Text Today while Jim is in London, I hang out with Kyle Bondo of Gagglepod.com and talk podcasting. 0:45 The Story of Gagglepod.com 02:45 Powerrant - "Find me in Apple..." 05:23 Water Reminder Tool Ula 50% off Deal 07:20 Is it too late to get listed in Apple in 2019? 09:45 Getting a Link to Apple 15:17 Choosing You Podcast Name is Hard 19:50 Kyle's Microphone is an ATR2100 20:49 Working with Celebrity Handlers 31:05 Multiple media hosts? 39:02 Thanks to Our Awesome...
Dec 07, 2019•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 275
Send us feedback/questions via Text 3:19 Overcoming Podcasting Solo Jitters with Chris Nesi 14:01 Black Friday Deals - what did you buy? Here is what Dave bought? 16:35 Using Child Themes in WordPress Child Theme Configuration or Dave jas used Child Themify in the past. 22:40 Web Hosting Pricing. Typically around $10 Coolerwebsites is $7/month. Places like Siteground start cheap and you end up paying $20 a month. 29:30 Similar Name Podcast 45: 03 Disagreeing with Dave on Anchor 50:22 Listening t...
Nov 30, 2019•1 hr 1 min
Send us feedback/questions via Text 01:39 - How does Libsyn syndicate your show to Apple? https://support.libsyn.com/kb/directories/ You submit to these places once, and then they syndicate all your future episodes 8:46 Apple Search is bad - Jim can't find anything 14:13 Soundcloud issues 19:54 Facebook Groups are Getting Spammy 22:53 Vice Versa 27:09 Awesome Supporters 29:20 Intro/Outro Questions 39:38 Nady Microphone horror stories 41:38 Podcasting during the holidays 45:12 Jims trip to London...
Nov 23, 2019•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 273
Send us feedback/questions via Text Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting and Jim Collison from the Average Guy Network answer your podcast questions. Including: 3:49 Jim is going to London and is taking a USB Interface. He bought a Behringer unit. (BEHRINGER audio interface (UMC22). Mixers are great if you're recording things via a live stream where you want to adjust the tone of your voice where using a USB interface makes the interface less frightening and it works great. 11:55 Dave's su...
Nov 16, 2019•1 hr 2 min
Send us feedback/questions via Text 01:26 Shipping Microphones to Guests 04:04 Jared Easily on Podlords 4:52 Where did Dave's beard Go? 7:48 What podcasters can learn from Peloton bikes (the Nordictrack S22i is less expensive is very similar) 17:28 Reddit Groups 21:16 The Case Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CASE_Act 22:34 YouTube Changes and Commercial Viability? 27:37 Facebook and YouTube Censorship 31:46 Our Awesome Supporters 34:02 Simplecast 37:36 Free Podcasting: you get what you pay for...
Nov 09, 2019•59 min•Ep. 271
Send us feedback/questions via Text Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting and Jim Collison from the Average Guy Network answer your questions Getting caught up with Jim and his students. 3:15 Doyo event 8:50 Losing your content 14:48 My Guests are not prepared when I interview them 19:50 Bob Pittman is the Donald Trump of Podcasting 26:4o Moving a Podcast off of a Free Media Host 28:40 Rebranding your show 33:00 ID3 tags are not used in 99% of apps 35:25 "A Very Special" episode that breaks...
Oct 26, 2019•59 min
Send us feedback/questions via Text Jim is still out on assignment and Joel Sharpton from Always Listening (a podcast on podcast news that Joel does with Jay “PodVader” Soderberg), as well as a professional podcast editor, joins the show as guest co-host 3:32 Google Play Music is Almost Dead (and that's a good thing) 8:40 Putting your show on YouTube 11:04 Where is Jason Bryant? 11:38 the EU Supreme Court and Facebook see https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/03/technology/facebook-europe.html 32:11 L...
Oct 06, 2019•1 hr•Ep. 269
Send us feedback/questions via Text Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting and guest co-host David Hooper from Big Podcast talk a little book publishing and answer your podcast questions 1:49 The Daves share insights into writing a book, working with publishers and the magic that is Steve Stewart and his Audacity Course 10:30 Podcasting helps the writing process 15:05 Podcast Websites Bring More Visitors and Downloads 18:15 Good Audacity Course? See Audacity Course www.hatetoweight.com http:...
Sep 28, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 268
Send us feedback/questions via Text Today we look at comparing last year to this year (comparing seven days of downloads). Jim Collison from the Average Guy Network and Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting answer your podcast questions including: How do I know if my podcast is growing? 9:50 the power of persistence 12:22 Goodbye Podcoin 14:30 Drunkcasting 20:54 Streaming vs Downloads 26:00 Thanks to our Patrons 27:20 Proper Podcast Length and the importance of focus groups 31:48 Mike Rowe ...
Sep 21, 2019•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 267
Send us feedback/questions via Text You want to switch web hosting companies. How do you do this without losing your audience? You have a tool to help you build a Church website. Should I use them for my podcast? These questions and more are answered on today's episode as Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting and Jim Collison from the Average Guy Network tackle your podcast questions including: 5:30 Captin Bob ( https://cominghomewell.com ) created a meetup for me (and other reflections fro...
Sep 14, 2019•1 hr 1 min
Send us feedback/questions via Text Today Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting and Jim Collison from the Average Guy Network answer your podcast questions including: Taking on too many projects can lead to mistakes 7:00 Road Trip to Mapcon ? 09:00 Spext.co seems similar to Descript 13:00 Otter.ai and Jonathan from Trivia Warfare 16:15 Seo, YouTube, Thumbnails can be an all-day job 19:00 Patron Changes will Change a bit in 2020 23:30 Starting a second show 28:14 Using a VA to help remove so...
Aug 31, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 265
Send us feedback/questions via Text Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting and Jim Collison from the Average Guy Network are back from Podcast Movement and share what they saw and learned. In general, the whole thing was great. The only drawback was all the parties were super loud. 07:13 Meeting Leo Laporte 10:15 We create content creators - Tom Webster's presentation. 15:00 Dave's presentation including a fire alarm 19:15 Free puppies and beer - cheesey? 28:30 Audimute.com sound baffling 31...
Aug 24, 2019•1 hr 1 min
Send us feedback/questions via Text Every Saturday Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting and Jim Collison from Home Gadget Geeks 2:00 Transcripts into a different language 6:00 When people start driving in your lane - why you need to focus on your audience 8:00 The benefit of competition ( Gatorade Commerical ) 10:00 Streamyard as a tool for Google Hangouts 14:45 Mighty Networks vs Facebook 18:20 Dave is using the Rode Podmic and a Rode Interviewer , and the SC6-L Mobile Interview Kit and E...
Aug 10, 2019•1 hr
Send us feedback/questions via Text If you're new to attending a podcast event, today we talk about getting ready for Podcast Movement. In addition to talking about how to attend an event, Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting and Jim Collison from Home Gadget Geeks answer you questions about: Google Hangouts is officially gone How many social media accounts should you have? What is good swag to give away 12:15 Growing your audience 17:20 Getting Ready for Podcast Movement 27:45 Arnie from ...
Aug 03, 2019•1 hr 1 min
Send us feedback/questions via Text Every week Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting and Jim Collison from The Average Guy network answer your questions live. The benefits of having an organized workspace. Here is Dave's Dual Monitor Stand Deverb in Adobe audition can help remove "boomy" podcast No one has a right to an audience Link to article Medium Article from Magaphone with some bad insights Audiomute tour for dave Moving your feed without losing listeners (do not do this if you don't ...
Jul 28, 2019•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 261
Send us feedback/questions via Text 01:50 Listener created show topics via Google Docs or Trello 8:39Apple to fund independent podcasts? 12:55 Squdcast V2 is coming and people will be able to buy time instead of a monthly subscription 15:48 Zoom.us recording is just not a great 17:03 Dave might switch to zoom if it had the cool feature with pulling in chat as Streamyard does 20:15 What operating system makes it easier to create podcasts? Should I use a Windows Surface? 30:45 The ease of Streamya...
Jul 21, 2019•1 hr 1 min
Send us feedback/questions via Text 01:30 The Power of Swag 3:30 What do you think of Whooskaa? 15:50 What about Zoom.us 19:10 Our Awesome Supporters 20:10 Are we seeing a middle tier of podcasting? 33:15 People are reading my show notes and not listening to my show 37:00 ROI of Podcasting 40:00 Podcasting for your company 46:39 What numbers do I report, weekly? Monthly? Episodes? 50:55 Bleeding microphones into other channels 53:00 Leo Laporte charges 90 cpm 54:50 Getting feedback on your show ...
Jul 06, 2019•1 hr 4 min
Send us feedback/questions via Text What Goes into a Successful Podcast? Know who your target audience is and know what they want. Give it to them via audio that is not distracting Use a consistent schedule so they can add you to their routine Your content should be so good it inspires people to tell their friends . Don’t quit Don’t worry about making money for three years. Don’t OBSESS about your stats Focus on your audience . The math of podcast downloads is Total Number of downloads = Value X...
Jun 30, 2019•59 min•Ep. 257
Send us feedback/questions via Text Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting and Jim Collison 1:20 YouTube Live/ Hangouts Going Away 8:35 How to Separate Poly Wave Files 10:34 Multi-Track to the computer via the Rodecaster 13:12 Changing the title of the episode on the website for SEO 15:50 Sharing an interview previous to going public 19:50 Podcasting Video 22:35 Is Pissed Off Explicit? 30:55 Thanks to our Awesome Supporters 32:50 The joys of shipping things to your supporters 38:30 Does Audi...
Jun 22, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 256
Send us feedback/questions via Text Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting and Jim Collison from the Home Gadget Geeks podcast answer your questions live Utah podcast summit Jim’s big show 8:00 podcaster dead 18:25 finding content 23:30 book publisher 27:00 3% rule 31:50 reading reviews 38:00 pay gap in podcasting 49:00 should I list my show 51:59 Apple episode numbers 57:00 guest microphones POST SHOW (Available to our Awesome Supporters ) 01:06:00 Chapter Markers 01:07:00 David Letterman I...
Jun 16, 2019•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 255
Send us feedback/questions via Text Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting and Jim Collison from The Average Guy Network are back. Jim celebrated a birthday and Dave took a trip to Georgia to watch a high school of graduation. This week to discuss: 2:45 Apple is shutting down Apple iTunes and muting sounds on computers 10:33: What makes a good guest 16:24 Can you add ID3 tags on Hindebrugh (File > Properties) use the tag copy and Paste in MP3 Tag 17:48 Bring your daughter to your podcast ...
Jun 01, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 254
Send us feedback/questions via Text 01:20 Rob Greenlee joins Libsyn 03:17 Should I move from Podbean to Libsyn? 05:00 Too many companies to keep up? 06:26 Now that Spotify owns Anchor are they still bad? 09:35 Should I give my Libsyn login information to chartable.com? 10:18 Thoughts on Megaphone 10:49 Changing Hosting companies - do I resubmit? 15:34 Who initiates a 301 redirect 16:42 Podcasting with a Lapel Microphone 19:44 How often should you switch web hosts? (see www.coolerwebsites.com) Ji...
May 18, 2019•57 min•Ep. 253
Send us feedback/questions via Text The easter egg At the Avengers movie is no big deal What podcasters can learn from Disney and handling a franchise How much planning went into the 12 Marvel Movies - Great planning equals great content 10:50 Submitting your show to Apple was broke and now is fixed 15:20 Sometimes people who should know better -don't 17:20 What to do when each host their own brand, and the show has a brand, how do you handle that? 22:40 Thanks to our supporters 23:30 getredcirc...
May 11, 2019•55 min•Ep. 252
Send us feedback/questions via Text It's the Avenger's Weekend and Game of Thrones so what can podcasters learn from these super popular programs. Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting and Jim Collison from The Average Guy Network discuss podcasts topics brought up by their live audience and items from Facebook groups. 4:50 Paul from www.improveandhavefun.com being on multiple channels 12:05 Dave's Presentation at Podcast Movement 12:30 Buffer or Hootsuite 14:40 www.tweetdeck.com and the po...
Apr 27, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 251
Send us feedback/questions via Text Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting and Jim Collison from The Average Guy Network love to talk podcasting. Today joined by an awesome chat room we talk about: 2:39 Podcast Launches 8:06 Big Name Interviews 15:50 Booking Agents 20:11 Interview Focus and Strategies 22:07 Editing an Interview 24:58 The Never Ending Woz 26:07 Doing Homework to be a guest 28:31 Avoiding Fake Voice 31:16 Hall of Fame Induction now on YouTube 33:22 Show intros and reading scri...
Apr 20, 2019•59 min•Ep. 250
Send us feedback/questions via Text 3:18 NAB reflections 4:05 Jim's New Podcast 6:32 Show Notes 9:10 Podcast Business Journal YouTube Article 14:34 Think Like a Hacker Podcast 16:58 Podcast Rodeo Show Doozy 19:49 Samson MBA38 Boom Arm 23:16 Blue Compass Boom Arm 28:24 Grammarly Gets Aggressive 31:20 Mic Placement 37:29 Leaving Mixers On 42:44 Knox is Kooky 43:54 Self Hosting is Not a Good idea 45:52 Should I Use Anchor? Not Before Reading This 48:34 Live Video Solutions Streamyard 52:55 Using Tw...
Apr 13, 2019•59 min•Ep. 249
Send us feedback/questions via Text No show next week as Dave will be at NAB. Find Dave at www.schoolofpodcasting.com and Jim at www.theaverageguy.tv [3:15] Do you need to listen to podcasts to be a good podcaster? [10:00] Record to computer or Recorder? [32:20] Article 13 51;24 Is Second Life the last hope for freedom of speech? Work With Me Join the School of Podcasting or let me be your podcast mentor Supporter of The Week: John Muntz Check out John Muntz where curiosity meets exploration! Le...
Mar 31, 2019•56 min
Send us feedback/questions via Text Nebraska Floods 3:32 Oofah means something different in Australia 6:00 Cultural Differences 8:14 Replacing your router 11:48 Chartable Power Rant 14:36 Streaming From an Event 21:28 Streamyard and Mobile 23:13 Getvokl.com 27:16 Our Awesome Supporters 28:59 Streamyard on the phone 34:00 Seeing Apple Stats 40:42 Google Podcast App 44:26 Proof Podcasting is on the rise 47:38 Castro having issues 51:58 Time to Ditch the Phone Work With Me Join the School of Podcas...
Mar 23, 2019•55 min•Ep. 247
