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Ask the Podcast Coach

Dave Jackson, Jim Collisonwww.askthepodcastcoach.com

Dave Jackson has been helping people launch podcasts since 2005 and every Saturday he is joined by Jim Collison to is runs the Average Guy Network. Together they have 20 years of podcasting experience and coaching.

Episodes

Translating Your Podcast Into Another Language

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, 20191 hr

Getting Ready for Podcast Movement 2019

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, 20191 hr 1 min

Updating You Podcast Workspace

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, 20191 hr 1 minEp. 261

Listener Created Episode Notes?

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, 20191 hr 1 min

The Power of Swag

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, 20191 hr 4 min

How do you create a successful podcast?

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, 201959 minEp. 257

The Super Awesome Episode

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, 20191 hrEp. 256

Is There a Podcast Pay Gap?

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, 20191 hr 4 minEp. 255

What Makes a Good Guest?

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, 20191 hrEp. 254

Rapid Fire Podcast Questions

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, 201957 minEp. 253

What should My Podcast Logo Convey?

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, 201955 minEp. 252

Luminary: Should I Say or Should I Go

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, 20191 hr 1 minEp. 251

Launching an Interview Based Podcast

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, 201959 minEp. 250

Rethinking Show Notes

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, 201959 minEp. 249

Is the Internet Doomed?

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 Featured Supporter of the Week Glenn Hebert Check out Glenn's Horse Radio Network: Free Podc...

Mar 31, 201956 min

Oofah!

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, 201955 minEp. 247

Is My Podcast Charting

Send us feedback/questions via Text Join Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting and Jim Collison from The Average Guy Network as they answer your podcast questions 1:33 Rodecaster Pro acting a bit wonky 7:06 Where am I on the charts? chartable.com 13:15 Apple search and why to put links on your website 26:00 Awesome supporters 28:00 How much is Streamyard ? 33:01 Rob's talk at Podfest 37:29 Joining a Network 45:30 Your Audience tunes into you 50:00 John Lee Dumas is a nice guy and a good spo...

Mar 16, 201957 min

Hangouts - Streamyard - Chat Tools - Shuffling Technologies

Send us feedback/questions via Text Thanks to all the people who helped fill in Jim's chair while he was off teaching high school kids how to write code! 4:00 What Jim learned while he was gone. 6:50 YouTube Chat and Hangouts 10:00 Maybe try Streamyard 13:00 Hangouts going away ? Separating Shows For a Separate Channel? 22:00 Charitable has an outage - this means your audience can't download your show 23:20 YouTube Chat has people putting nasty comments from Bangs naughty Bits 32:49 Ross fills u...

Feb 23, 20191 hr

A Day In The Life of a Full Time Podcaster

Send us feedback/questions via Text Today Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting is joined by Jim Harold who has been podcasting since 2005, he's an author and full-time podcaster. Check him out at www.jimharold.com 3:00 Dave gets a potential book deal after having someone saw his book More Podcast Money 4:00 Jim shares book and publishing tips from his experience as an author 8:00 What does the day look like for a full-time podcaster 16:00 What does a full-time podcaster do for health insur...

Feb 16, 20191 hr 2 minEp. 244

Spotify. Gimlet, Anchor and Patreon

Send us feedback/questions via Text Facebook Failure 4:40 Spotify buys Gimlet 7:42 Anchor's "Sponsors" 12:22 Anchor blocks access to Apple and Stitcher stats 17:00 Things you shouldn't obsess over (reviews, linking to reviews, removing reviews) 19:56 is Patreon Sustainable? ( Yes ) They addressed the slow payments, future features, and sustainability in a video 30:02 Thanks to our Awesome Supporters. Become an Awesome Supporter Today 33:02 Update from Gimlet 38:56 castq.io a new "service" for po...

Feb 10, 201958 minEp. 244

The Word of the Day is Gimbal

Send us feedback/questions via Text Today Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting is joined by Josh Rivers from Podcasting Experiments to talk about the following topics: 3:29 Shane from tourpreneur.com has a question about Gimbles 8:09 Osmo Mobile 2 Smartphone Gimbal another popular one is Smooth-4 Smartphone Gimbal (Black) 9:04 Thanks to our top supporters 9:55 What earbuds? 12:51 Rode Giveaway and Dave is part of it. How? 14:39 New Media Hosting? 19:25 Podcast Websites Support is Awesome 2...

Feb 02, 201956 min

Podcast Marketing Outside of Apple

Send us feedback/questions via Text Today Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting g is joined by Juergen Berkessel of the Podcast Growth Show author of the book the Podcast Marketing Bible , and his company Polymash 4:33 Instagram 7:42 Michael Stelzner is leaving Pinterest 10:00 Link Tree https://linktr.ee/ 11:00 Dave accidentally had two Twitter Tools on when he was playing with recurpost 12:23 Kari Porter Bond did not get punched in the face when she restarted her Keywest Perspective podcas...

Jan 27, 20191 hr 2 min

Which Sounds Worse a Blue Yeti or a Cell Phone?

Send us feedback/questions via Text This week Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting and Jim Collison from the Average Guy Network take your questions live and talk about the following subjects. 4:10 The Phone Sounds bad from last week 5:40 Blue Yeti vs Cell Phone 15:45 Camera Audio is horrible 16:18 Does good content make you sit through audio that sounds bad? 22:46 Chromecast is going away 25:30 Dave's TV in the background 33:05 YouTube Flagged the NFL without sound (creepy?) 34:45 Jonatho...

Jan 19, 201958 minEp. 241

Using the Rodecaster Pro For Live Calls on Your Podcast

Send us feedback/questions via Text Today Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting is joined by John Bukenas of Audio Editing Solutions. Jim Collison from the Average Guy Network joins us to kick the tires on a few things including: Rode Rodercaster Pro in a Live Streaming Situation and for Taking Live Calls Using Call In Studio to create a call QUE Dave has a new TV as his background 2:35 Asking better interview questions 6:10 John helps produce shepodcasts.com hatetoweight.com and brillianto...

Jan 12, 201955 minEp. 240

Should I Launch My Podcast With a Patreon Campaign?

Send us feedback/questions via Text Dave Jackson of the School of Podcasting and Jim Collison from the Average Guy Network catch up after being off for the holiday, and talk a little clarity in podcasting, promotion, and the following subjects 3:43 Are you moving toward your goal 7:15 We need to get on Instagram 8:00 Don Miller's Storybrand Book and having a clear message 12:57 The early episodes of Ask the Podcast Coach were HORRENDOUS 16:00 Thanks to our $20 Supporters! as you get mentioned ev...

Jan 05, 20191 hr 2 minEp. 239

The Return of Bossjock Studio

Send us feedback/questions via Text Today Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting and Jim Collison from theaverageguy.tv answer your podcast questions about 1:30 Update on the Rode Rodecasterpro Link to reviews of the Rode Podcaster Pro 9:30 Backpack studio 16:55 Changing Your Brand 21:29 The history of Dave's gray hair 23:05 Should I release more episodes per week? 31:00 Thanks to our Awesome subscribers! see www.askthepodcastcoach.com/awesome 32:42 Common perks of Patreon 34:28 Patreon has ...

Dec 22, 201859 min

Behind the Scenes of an NPR Fellowship

Send us feedback/questions via Text Today Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting is joined by special co-host Monica Rivera from the You Wanna Do What ? podcast to talk a bit about her time after doing a fellowship with NPR 8:40 The Secrets of Dynamic Communication 11:48 Using Transcriptions to speed up your editing (check out otter.ai ) also mentioned www.temi.com 15:28 Episode numbers in your show 19:30 Marketing for Podcasters 22:03 Making marketing materials 23:40 Headliner for making au...

Dec 16, 201858 minEp. 237

Where to Spend Your Podcast Budget

Send us feedback/questions via Text 1:30 The best money I've ever spent on Podcast was .... 7:08 Is this many downloads good for my show? 11;45 Starting off your show with a mistake got Dave a ton of "engagement." 12:55 Should I upgrade to a Sure SM7B with a Cloudlifter ? or Should I go DBX286 ? Also, see a Fethead 17:00 Wordpress 5 is out with Gutenberg is a bit of a culture shock and you can install the classic editor 20:15 Is Dave a Wet Blanket? Mentioned: Samson Q2U 24:06 What is shaping Dav...

Dec 09, 20181 hr 1 minEp. 236

Has Anchor Gone Legit?

Send us feedback/questions via Text 10:50 Is Anchor the New YouTube? 15:51 Celebrity in Podcasting 19:00 Global Audience Agency 25:00 Does all the garbage block good shows? 26:50 Doing a show like Joe Rogan 38:00 Cross promotion after 235 episodes and WEB RINGS 39:53 Thanks to ALL of your Supporters see www.askthepodcastcoach.com/awesome 45:00 Ann Murray, Mikey Dolenz, Alice Cooper, and John Lennon see picture 51:00 Do you have a link in your signature? 53;15 Jim's cool podcasting story. "Is tha...

Dec 01, 20181 hr 3 minEp. 235

Pointless Podcast Obsessions

Send us feedback/questions via Text Dave Jackson and Jim Collison gather for a post-Thanksgiving Food Coma induced episode of Ask the Podcast Coach Cracker Barrel to Go Was Delicious 3:48 Should I take time off for the holidays and skip some episodes 7:25 What email address should I use, my name or something generic like "Feedback?" 11:15 Facebook groups rarely give you a usable answer ( and can't take a yes or no answer) 15:13 Does speeding up playback make them sound like Chipmunks 16:10 Bedti...

Nov 24, 20181 hr 1 minEp. 234
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