Send us feedback/questions via Text Today on Ask the Podcast Coach episode 172 I am joined by Chris Nesi from the House of Ed Tech and we talk about: 4:32 My Episode isn't' appearing in iTunes 5:14 Your guest promoting your show 7:38 Your guest sounds like they are in a cave 11:32 Bad sound quality 15:00 How do you make the phone - NOT sound like the phone 18:10 Do you have issues with skype? 22:36 Make your guest feel comfortable 24:26 YouTube Downloads. Should I add my show to YouTube? 28:10 W...
Jun 01, 2017•56 min
Send us feedback/questions via Text David Fori asked a question on Quora. I am thinking about launching a podcast, I don’t want any paid sponsors I want to use it to boost it in the rankings. I have a company and I want potential customers to find and listen to the podcast. Here was Dave's response: I want to be an Olympic gold medalist, does anyone know where I can buy a Gold Medal? Even if I could buy a medal, it doesn’t make me an athlete. There are no shortcuts. There is no golden ticket. Th...
May 26, 2017•1 hr 5 min
Send us feedback/questions via Text Today Jim Collison from the Average Guy Network and Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting talk about inadvertently offending people 18:40 Should You Start a Second Podcast? 23:50 My Audio Isn't Loud Enough 25:53 Revoice.me 28:00 Worst Thing About Starting a Patreon? 32:49 Can a show for "Everyone" get a Sponsor? 41:00 Dave is not promoting blue host anymore... 43:00 Skype Talk 47:00 Mp3 Tag Software's Website is Confusing 51:00 ID3 tags - do we need them ...
May 19, 2017•59 min
Send us feedback/questions via Text Happy Star Wars Day - Mark Hamil has never won an oscar. 5:27 Mixlr Changes their pricing 10:50 Would You Be interested in a banner exchange for podcasters? Take the Poll 20:40 Your First Podcast and Changing Formats 30:20 Podcasting for Free is it possible? 38:00 Chinese Images on Artwork? 46:50 Thanks to our Awesome supporters Become an Awesome Supporter today 48:45 You have to let people know it's your services ( Patreon , Memberships, Books, Services) 50:4...
May 13, 2017•1 hr
Send us feedback/questions via Text Ask the Podcast coach features Podcast Consultant Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting and "The Coaches Coach" Jim Collison from the Average Guy Network . This week we talk about: 2:10 Patreon as a sponsorship tool 7:16 Affiliate links as ads (see shareasale.com ) 9:40 Patreon Shootout between Dave and Jim 19:40 What to do with a long interview from Kim at toastmasters101.net 29:12 Best Podcasting Practices from the Bridge Ratings 3 8:55 How your audienc...
May 05, 2017•1 hr
Send us feedback/questions via Text What kind of things can you edit if a show goes, "long"? If you start a question with, "I probably shouldn't " (you're probably right) Are T-shirts a good way to grow your audience? We play a little Podcast Rodeo with the Manly Dad Want a full review? Check out www.podcastreviewshow.com Adam Curry of the No Agenda Show was on Podcast Legends and gave the history of podcasting he also talked about his new tool to make podcasting east at http://smallbatch.audio/...
Apr 22, 2017•1 hr
Send us feedback/questions via Text You can get free podcast consulting by joining Dave Jackson and Jim Collison as they bring their years of experience help you get your podcast questions answered: Today we mention Steve Martin's Master Class 5:50 Is it unfair that shows like stown have a large team producing them? 17:00 Dave celebrates 12 years in podcasting 18:15 Rebranding Your Podcast in Libsyn 22:50 Making sure your artwork meets Apple Specifications (see pixlr.com, http://www.iloveimg.com...
Apr 15, 2017•1 hr 3 min
Send us feedback/questions via Text 3:50 Podcast Rodeo form radioyo.fm (you can be featured on iTune - not a typo) Dave likes abovecast.com for "radio streaming" 7:50 Using Linkedin on your podcast 10:10 Stitcher or Google Play? 11:20 Jim (and Dave) use bufferapp.com 12:30 Embed codes for players 13:10 It Takes 24 hours for your latest episode to show up in iTunes 16:30 Satchel App https://satchelplayer.com/ 19:20 What do you need to submit to iTunes? 21:20 Podcasts app are like shoes 22:45 Walk...
Apr 15, 2017•59 min
Send us feedback/questions via Text The Messengers Documentary Premier Stories 7:35 Auphonic Saves the day 9:15 Google Translations 12:10 Podcast Chapters 17:30 How Long Does it take to build an audience? 20:25 When do you say, I have an audience? 22:44 Podhero Information Gathering 26:00 When half your audience hates something and the other half loves it. 28:10 Surviving your first one-star review 31:25 Dealing with Race issues 37:15 When someone says you offended them. Going out of character 3...
Apr 07, 2017•1 hr
Send us feedback/questions via Text 1:30 Where do You listen to Podcasts? ( take the poll ) 3:10 Cool Stories From Radio - Ways to Grow your Audience - T-shirts at an event 5:15 Lengths of Podcasting See article 10:00 How do you stop being boring? 13:10 What is Good content? 18:10 Podcasts hosts need to interact with every listener 19:15 Podcast is not fair as the media only promote shows from the media! 21:30 Jim got a letter from a listener 22:55 How do I contact Google Play Music (g.co/podcas...
Mar 30, 2017•56 min
Send us feedback/questions via Text Dave Jackson of the School of Podcast is joined by Carey Green of Podcast Fast Track to answer your podcast questions live. 1:20 Carey and Dave have known each other a while - we were promo buddies 3:10 Carey and Podcast Fast Track 4:30 what's a good ratio for advertisement vs content? - Poll 9:15 Dave's Radio Book Insights 13:10 HD Radio Drives me Nuts 14:40 Carey defines what he won't work with 19:40 Dave almost quit doing the podcast review show 23:10 Long ...
Mar 18, 2017•58 min
Send us feedback/questions via Text Today Dave Jackson is at Podfest in Florida and Jim is in the driver's seat and Mike Howard is filling in. Mike does some serious video for his podcast, and today we dig in deep into his gear. 5:00 Check your self for Cancer 6:35 Mike's Video setup 9:20 hosting video files for iTunes Mike uses a Virtual Private Server Mentioned In This Episode OBS Open Broadcast Softwar e XSPLIT Vmix switchboard 26:40 Workflow post recording 32:15 Don't Get Cheap on the PC 42:...
Mar 11, 2017•57 min
Send us feedback/questions via Text LEaving Zoom WEbinar 4:00 How any podcasts do you listen to? 5:00 Behind the Scenes of Dave's Closing Keynote at Podfest.us 7:00 When in doubt practice and cut stuff loose 10:15 Behind the Scenes of my Local Podcasting Episode 11:35 Corey from Ivy Envy had his audience for him to go to Spring Training 12:45 The importance of backing up your Wordpress 14:45 Dave's Loves Manage WP, but that works for him. You may be different. Some consultants prescribe things t...
Mar 03, 2017•1 hr 4 min
Send us feedback/questions via Text Moving to YouTube Live? 7:00 Would you podcast Live? 11:50 Launching a Podcast - You Do Not Need 1,500 19:45 What do you pay for that you don't use? 24:15 Hindeburg Journalist is on Sale (the sale is over Tunrtable Losing Fire 26:55 Patreon was down - but its back 28:00 Twitter Went Nuts 35:40 Polling what is the makeup of this audience? 37:20 Acronis backup system 40:40 Changing the Name of a Podcast Featured Supporter of the Week Glenn Hebert Check out Glenn...
Feb 18, 2017•48 min
Send us feedback/questions via Text cast Network Gone Bad 11:55 Media hosting is like the Electric Company 15:30 Getting back into iTunes after you get removed. 18:55 Battling Bad Audio Last week 19:45 Jim's Inner Show Roundtbale 22:30 Loundness Units 26:05 Tips for Setting volume levels 30:05 Patreon Update 33:00 Making Easy to remember Links 35:00 Jim's Skis Are Famous 37:30 Huzza Gets Purchased and Shut Down 39:10 Streaming to Facebook 45:20 Poll Do You Listen to Radio Still? 52:20 Is The LAM...
Feb 11, 2017•57 min
Send us feedback/questions via Text 2:00 Test stuff Bluehost is awful 6:30 Daves typical Day 6:54 Should I join a network? 10:27 Making a book out of my show and sell them. 13:40 What Makes a Podcast Explicit? 16:08 The Messengers Podcast had to Go Explicit on their last episode themessengerspodcastdoc.com/podcast 21:00 Explicit and itunes 22:40 Business cards and Podfesst 24:30 Bad TV 26:16 Apps For Your show 28:48 What do Podcast Website need? 30:37 I want to make something memorable - what is...
Feb 03, 2017•55 min
Send us feedback/questions via Text 3:00 How do I know people are listening 5:10 Don't ask for help in Facebook if you haven't gone through the proper channels. 7:40 SOund is still not good 8:40 Podbean and their directory 10:45 Bluehost is crap 13:15 PAtreon Best Practices 21:35 Making the Phone Suond Better 26:22 Podbean's Patreon Feature 26:56 Mp3 Skype Recorder 30:22 Surely People Can't Be Listening to Me 34:30 Getting MOre Android Subscirbers 35:35 Getting More Podcasts Guests 38:40 Free An...
Jan 28, 2017•54 min
Send us feedback/questions via Text We somewhat break format today to have Rob Greenlee join us to talk about the new Ad Revenue Sharing that is happening on the Spreaker platform (you can get a free month at Spreaker using the coupon code sopfree). Keep in Mind This is a Beta Test It only works in the USA at the moment. You need to setup your taxes and bank account It only works on the embedded player and apps (not spreaker.com - that's coming) You can join or not join, but you can't choose adv...
Jan 20, 2017•59 min
Send us feedback/questions via Text 2:00 Apple is looking for a podcast producer thanks to Emil from thestorybehind.com 5:58 Searchability and Discovery is going to be tough 7:55 Toast Talk Podcast Bingo 14:26 Recording a Roundtable 16:32 Turning Down interviews - Doing what you do best 21:28 YouTuber Vs Podcaster Vs Journalism 27:48 New and Noteworhty Broken? Who Cares! 28:28 Jim is going to Podcast Movement 30:56 Getting the most out of conferences conferencetopia.com 32:32 How do you get a gu...
Jan 14, 2017•57 min
Send us feedback/questions via Text Dave shares some insight on the Radio City Music Hall Rockets 2017 Podcast Predictions 1:40 Jim thinks Facebook live will lead to people tuning out of live streams (Dave agrees there will be a ton of noise). 4:45 Dave thinks Apple will go to less than 50% of consumption in your stats (other apps will rise up to replace). Jim fixes the bad search by having a website go right to his item homegadgetgeeks.com which point to his apps 8:10 Jim thinks The bigger show...
Jan 07, 2017•54 min
Send us feedback/questions via Text Should you podcast through the holidays? 4:00 Staying consistent to be consistent 4:40 Dave talks about his Trip to Florida to hang out with Glenn the Geek of the Horse Radio Network Glenn runs his show like a business. Dave was super impressed with his STANDING DESK ($250). Doing his live show wasn't that scary as Glenn had a structured outline Dave's presentation at the Tampa Bay Business Owners Group Jim has been helping people do some business podcasts. Ji...
Dec 31, 2016•54 min
Send us feedback/questions via Text 2:25 Free Resources for Podcasters? www.podcastingresources.com 3:35 Advertising Networks are coming out of the woodwork. 6:05 Feedback - You have to check the email that you give out. 8:15 Live "radio streaming station" Dave uses Abovecast.com 9:25 You need to send more than one email 11:30 Recovering from When Things Go Wrong 15:00 Behind the Scenes of the Solopreneur Hour 16:00 How to stop saying crutch words 21:10 No Show Next Week 23:45 Presentation Tips ...
Dec 24, 2016•56 min
Send us feedback/questions via Text 2:10 Jimmy Fallon does a podcast skit. The cool part is he didn't have to explain what a podcast is. 6:20 Dave shares that he's testing getting his podcast on the Amazon platform (he hasn't been approved.) 7:50 Is it Rude to ask how many downloads you get? 17:40 Podcast Engagement - Sponsors That Fit 20:45 How much to charge for sponsorship ( Jessica Kupferman Interview ) 29:25 Do stats go down around the holidays? 32:40 Podcasting Myths 35:10 Dan Carlin Break...
Dec 10, 2016•58 min
Send us feedback/questions via Text 1:30 Reverse Engineering Things We Watch on TV 6:20 Free Podcast Hosting From pippa.io 9:00 Advertisecast.com "partners" with podomatic. We don't need more podcasts, for these to flourish, they need advertiser Chris Nesi from houseofedtech.com share some insights on pippa.io (this idea has been tried multiple times in the past (free hosting powered by sponsorship) and it hasn't worked - podango.com anyone?) 15:30 Common Podcast Questions 18:15 Dave has a sleep...
Dec 02, 2016•1 hr
Send us feedback/questions via Text 1:40 iTunes Reviews Take Too Long to Show Up - Issues (To Track Your Own Reviews, Check out My Podcast Reviews 6:14 New and Noteworthy is a Waste of Time 9:22 Podcasting Burnout 13:48 How do you define success with your podcast? 19:44 What is the Best Platform to Sell your Podcast? Patreon Gumroad Then you can earn affiliate income using links from places like Shareasale.com 22:38 Security and Backups iThemes Security Wordfence Updraft (for backups) - Jim Uses...
Nov 25, 2016•1 hr
Send us feedback/questions via Text This was recorded on 11-12-16 Dave an Jim are back in their respective studios. Happy Veterans day to all of our veterans. 2:15 DC Podfest reflections - I'm a Digital Influencer, Amolto Skype Recorder and Free Skype Recorder 6:20 Why Do We use Skype? Why not Tryca.st or Zencastr ? Zoom ? Jim states that Skype is going to change over the next few years, and he would jump ship and find a skype alternative 11:50 Google Hangouts Where is It? Google had some things...
Nov 19, 2016•58 min
Send us feedback/questions via Text Got a question? Call it in 888-563-3228 Dave flies solo today and decides to give Smiletime.com one more try. Some people had some issues getting smiletime on their phone so you will hear me mention mixlr. I received some feedback from people saying they are tired of my trying so many different options. It turned out that smiletime had changed their interface, and in the long run, I'm probably going back to Google Hangouts. 3:10 Adding Subscription Buttons To ...
Nov 13, 2016•49 min
Send us feedback/questions via Text See askthepodcastcoach.com/145 Call in your questions 888-563-3228 7:00 How to Ask For Help 15:00 Doing a Call in Show - Different strategies 27:30 This is a brave podcast - Facebook Live on a Desktop 28:50 Geekslife.com 32:0 Strbucks podcast 33:15 What Jim Learn While He was Gone - Growing Your Audience 47:30 POdfest coupons for october 44:50 Jim Gets Recognized in the airport Want to start a Podcast? Check out www.theschoolofpodcasting.com Need One on One Co...
Nov 03, 2016•52 min
Send us feedback/questions via Text Cal in your questions 888-563-3228 Dave is flying solo and is using smiletime.com and is using the chat room as his co-host. It's a cool tool for about 20 minutes of the show. Then things go south. It's a free service, and well, sometimes you get what you pay for. 7:25 Firetalk.com pulls one of the dumbest business moves I've ever seen. 10:55 Glen Hebert from horseradionetwrok.com helps Dave kick the tires on Smiletime.com Glenn is in Florida and had to postpo...
Oct 21, 2016•55 min
Send us feedback/questions via Text We are joined by Michael Sharkey from the Talent Show and Zen Shark Media who helps people shape their content. Firetalk is dead and we've moved to huzza.io 3:50 What does a producer do for the show? 6:23 What is a typical day like in radio? 10:50 Any thoughts on keeping your thoughts organized 13:42 Heilo insights its twitter with audio 15:50 International Podcast Day 18:55 Behind the scenes stories of Radio - its chaos 21:44 Podcast Bingo - A quick sample of...
Oct 14, 2016•54 min
