Send us feedback/questions via Text Today Ramona Rice from Podcastwebsites.com joins Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting to talk about the most frequently asked podcast questions in honor of International Podcast Day. Questions include: What Microphone? ATR2100 is a great place to start. Here is a kit with a stand and pop filter What Media Host. Libsyn.com is a great choice with prices starting at $5/month (use the coupon code sopfree to get a free month). If you want your website and med...
Sep 30, 2017•1 hr 2 min
Send us feedback/questions via Text Ask the podcast coach answers your podcast questions every week live. This week we answered questions about 3:00 Zencast.com and recording shows with people in different locations 6:00 We help Nancy answer questions about owning your feed (find Nancy at whineat9.com) 13:00 We talk about podcast titles 22:00 International Podcast Day 26:40 Shows with common phrases like Fantasy Football 28:00 Music intros at the beginning 30:00 Do I Need a Mixer ( see this epis...
Sep 19, 2017•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 185
Send us feedback/questions via Text Fresh back from Podcast Movement 2017, Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting and Jim Collison from the Average Guy Network share their thoughts on Podcast Movement 2017 Topics Mentioned Favorite Take Aways Meeting Ravi From Coolcastplayer.com All comedians use the same microphone on a comedy night Ribbon Microphones 17:50 Redirecting your Feed to Anchor is a really bad idea as you are "leaving" your host, and losing all control Podcast Awards - Well Done ...
Sep 03, 2017•1 hr
Send us feedback/questions via Text Dave is joined by Chris Curran of the Podcast Engineering School. Find Chris at www.podcastengineeringschool.com . Call in your question 888-563-3228 How to take care of your mixer? 11:14 Most Common Mistake 17:22 Behringer ultavoice xm1800s $23 24:00 Why podcasters obsess over their sound - the psychology 30:00 Changing items in Libsyn 32:20 what is the Libsyn slug? 34:00 Email Dave about Libsyn? Email libsyn first... 39:00 Biggest take aways from the Podcast...
Sep 02, 2017•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 183
Send us feedback/questions via Text How long should your intro be? What should be in it? Should it be scripted? Should it be the same every week? This week Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting and Jim Collison from The Average Guy Network talk about intros and take questions from the live audience. 9:50 Podcast Mixed Messages 14:00 Podcast Artwork 19:30 Your First Podcast Episode 29:15 Trolls 41:10 Don't pick the small office to record in 49:09 Get Featured 52:20 Jim's hardware Tip - Check...
Aug 30, 2017•59 min•Ep. 182
Send us feedback/questions via Text How do you start a podcast network? Should I start a podcast network? Dave Jackson from www.schoolofpodcasting.com and Jim Collison from www.theaverageguy.tv are join By Glenn Hebert ( www.horseradionetwork.com ) and Jason Bryant from www.mattalkonline.com Other topics include: Learning from Podcasts that didn't go as you had hoped. Setting up expectations with co-hosts When NOT to start a podcast Find Jim at www.theaverageguy.tv Find Dave at www.schoolofpodca...
Aug 06, 2017•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 181
Send us feedback/questions via Text Do you have enough time to podcast? How much time does it take? Today Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting and Jim Collison from the Average Guy Network tackle that question in addition to the following subjects: What did you give up to podcast? How much time does it take to create an hour long podcast How to get the most out of podcast movement Why you should avoid Windows S (for now) Be sure to have multiple backups of your podcasting files (Dave uses ...
Jul 29, 2017•1 hr 4 min
Send us feedback/questions via Text Dave Jackson of the School of Podcasting and Jim Collison of The Average Guy Network take your live questions. In this week's show, we talk about Jim got to record his podcast live in front of a lot of people, and he got to hang out all week with his audience. The challenges of scheduling interviews when your guests are on a global stage. See Calendar tools A Podcast named " Searching for Shame " and coming up with a pitch to get people to listen Find Jim at w...
Jul 24, 2017•59 min
Send us feedback/questions via Text Today Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting and Jim Collison from the Average Guy Network answer questions about: A teacher wants to create multiple shows with one login, paying one fee, but wants multiple podcasts ( see spreaker.com using the coupon code sopfree ). While you will have limited space, you will have more than enough space for your project. Soundcloud lays off 40% of their workforce (See https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/12/soundshroud/ ) Trint...
Jul 22, 2017•1 hr 1 min
Send us feedback/questions via Text Dave Jackson ( www.schoolofpodcasting.com ) and Jim Collison ( www.theaverageguy.tv ) answer your podcast questions including: Soundcloud 8:20 Getting Good Recording Levels 19:50 Libsyn Advanced Stats Grandfathered in? 20:30 Spotify open to everyone? 24:20 Spreaker and getting answers quickly from your hosting company 27:30 My numbers and followers are spiking, is it real? 32:40 Recording and Streaming Live and taking Phones Calls 42:00 Advertiser looking for ...
Jul 13, 2017•1 hr 2 min
Send us feedback/questions via Text You never know who is listening says Cale from www.hamradio360.com who got a message from NASA. In this episode we also talk about: Microphone Technique How do you gauge success if you don't count downloads and money? How do you make money with a podcast? FIRST, make a show that is great and obtain an audience. This may take a year or two. (depends on the content, and depends on the niche, it may not take long, but if you have 50 downloads per episode after 30...
Jul 01, 2017•1 hr 2 min
Send us feedback/questions via Text Dave is flying solo today and discusses and update with the Messengers: A Podcast Documentary update as well as brainstorming an idea about creating a podcast focus group service for the community. There is no show on 6/24/17 we will return on July 1st at 10:30 AM EST at www.askthepodcastcoach.com/live Supporter of The Week: John Muntz Check out John Muntz where curiosity meets exploration! Leave Your Question Go to askthepodcastcoach.com/voicemail and leave y...
Jun 22, 2017•1 hr
Send us feedback/questions via Text In this episode we talk about the following: 2:00 Portable recorders, are they needed? 11:30 Apple Announcements 28:00 Supporters Join at www.askthepodcastcoach.com/awesome 30:40 Radio Vs Podcasting 35:30 Should you record episodes or build a website first? 40:40 Recording Skype with multiple people in the same room 44:00 Listing Amazon Books. Start your podcast today at www.schoolofpodcasting.com/start Supporter of The Week: John Muntz Check out John Muntz wh...
Jun 17, 2017•59 min
Send us feedback/questions via Text 1:55 YouTube Issues - Strike One! Jim had a channel closed. no notice, etc. Just GONE. 10:00 Disruption Podcast and killing media 15:00 Willam Shatner Shats on a podcaster. Being asked to appear on a podcast 21:26 How to approach a podcaster 25:00 What if someone asks you to take something down? 30:37 I Want an Audience NOW 38:30 Thanks to Our Supporters 42:15 Dave can't let his issues go..... 42:44 Super Niche Podcasts 45:39 Dave dealing with negative comment...
Jun 09, 2017•1 hr 3 min
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•57 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 5 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 Supporter of The Week: John Muntz Check out John Muntz wher...
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
