All right . So we are about a week out from podcast movement Most wonderful time of the year . I love podcast movement . I'm so excited about this . I think we had like references before feeling like summer camp summer camp for podcasters .
Yeah , you just you just go and hang out all together for like a week and get to do fun stuff and like have parties and get together and just have a good time . I love it .
Learn new tools , learn about new shows , and you come back and you've got a queue full of stuff to listen to . That's true .
All right . So for the Buzzsprout team , we have two sessions this year . So if you are going to Podcast Movement on Wednesday , so if you are going to Podcast Movement on Wednesday , both Tom and I have sessions that we're speaking at and mine is at 930 am . I don't know why mine are always first thing in the morning . It happens like almost every time .
You're such a peppy morning person , I guess it's perfectly fine .
You know what ? I'm actually excited because it's going to be like ripping off a band-aid . I'm just going to get it done like first thing in the morning and then have the rest of the day just chill .
Yeah , you don't want to be thinking about that . You have to give a talk all afternoon . Oh yeah , you know that's terrible , yeah , and people are like ready to go in the morning . I think your crowd will be better .
Hopefully .
Yeah , that's the time . That's the right time to talk .
I have a really fun talk . I'm super excited listener support .
This is going to be my first time speaking in the expo hall , so is it going to be one of the sessions where people get headphones to listen to you ?
I think so . It says creator expert talk stage in the expo hall and I have a feeling that I'm going to be right on stage fighting the ambient conference noise . We'll see what happens .
I think it's okay . I like those talks when I go to them as a audience member , do you ? It's a pretty neat experience to put on the headphones and sit there and then you can . It just feels a little bit like you're listening to a podcast . For whatever reason . I feel a little bit more connected to the speaker . I can hear them really clearly .
Okay , well , that's good . I actually haven't been to one of those , so I'm not sure , like , how well you can hear with headphones and stuff , or how the microphone like .
I think it's a better sound , I think it's better audio quality than when you go into a private room , cause even in those private rooms they are sound treated and stuff .
But you know , like maybe I just had bad luck , I always sit next to like people behind me or chatting to each other or something , and it still is a room Like there still is a little bit of reverb and stuff . And for people who have like hearing issues , like I do , I have a hard time focusing on certain noises and loud environments .
So for me it just lets me focus on the speaker a little bit better and so I think it's great . Like I actually prefer those talks where I can go in , I can get headphones and I can listen .
So you're talking about different monetization strategies . You're going to cover at least three or four that you've done . What is Tom talking on ?
So , tom , he's talking later that day at 3.15 PM . He's talking about understanding podcast statistics . This is great . I mean we had him on I don't even remember when a couple months ago or something like that to talk about podcast statistics . So this is his wheelhouse and it's a great talk . So that's going to be a great one . He's at podcaster stage two .
And then , guys , I think this might be the best I heart party possible for you to , because it's at a restaurant . I was a little confused because it's called something like chicken and pickle or chicken pickle or something like that , and I looked up , like what is this ? It's a restaurant .
It's a restaurant but they also host pickleball tournaments and they have like 11 pickleball courts , so I think that we need to pack our keep podcasting pickleball paddles and see Maybe to give away , but not to use . That's right , because you guys have the fancy ones , huh .
We're bringing our pro level paddles . If we're going to play , we're playing to win Jordan .
Yeah , I was thinking about it .
I'm like I wonder who's going to challenge you guys , cause I'll already have all my pickleball gear there , because I'm going a few days early to help move my daughter into college and then I have got nothing to do for a couple of days , like a Saturday and Sunday , until you guys arrive .
So I figured I'd go try to find some pickleball courts around Fort Worth Dallas area .
Yeah so .
I'll be ready to go . You're going to be warmed up . Except this feels a little bit weird . Usually at these podcast movement , you know , evening after party things , you don't want to be , I don't know , drenched in sweat .
Yeah , running around in Dallas it's still hot , so it's not going to be like a little .
It sounds like it's not going to be like a little .
It sounds like it's going to be indoors , though I think that they have some courts indoors and some are outdoors .
Okay .
So you guys are . Maybe we need to arrive early and secure an indoor court . You guys can just set up camp there .
So before this , we're actually going to have the Buzzsprout meetup .
Oh really .
So Tuesday we are going to find a spot , I think probably five , six . We're going to find a spot , I think probably five , six . We're going to have probably an hour , hour and a half . We'll have drinks , we'll have food .
Oh , I'm not drinking anything .
I got to stay sharp for pickleball . Yeah Well , we're not drinking water . We'll be hydrating up , we might have a Gatorade and we'll be ready to go for our pickleball championship at the I heart party . But , jordan , actually you said we have two talks breaking news .
Oh what .
We've got a third talk .
Are you serious ?
Adobe podcast is doing the podcast primer this year and that's going to be on Monday from one to three , and Jay reached out and asked me to come talk about hosting shows and how to get a podcast online and out to directories , and so I'm going to go and talk about Buzzsprout .
So that'd be great . Will that just be you from one to three , or are you like a part of a panel , or do you know Well ?
it's one to three , so it's a full two hour thing . I think Jay from Adobe podcast is doing a lot of it , and then Ariel Nissenblatt is going to be part of it .
Of course .
I think she's talking about probably the marketing side and probably the some monetization stuff , and I think it's for people we actually , jordan and I did this talk four years ago with Crystal and with Carrie Ann .
Yeah .
And the idea is you might be coming to podcast movement and I think they got feedback Like some people show up to talks and they go . This is actually a little bit over my head . I don't think I understand some of these terms . So the podcast primer is two hours . We're going to give you everything you need to know to start a podcast .
We're going to start at the very basics , we're going to work our way up and so you'll be really comfortable for the rest of the week to keep learning and keep building your knowledge . So I'll be there talking about Buzzsprout and teaching people about how to set up a podcast .
That's awesome , and it's on Monday , or is it Tuesday ?
It's Monday , so it's actually the day before podcast movement really kicks off .
Oh wait , wait , wait . I'm putting the pieces of the puzzle together . Now , this is exactly when we're supposed to be setting up our booth , isn't it ?
Alvin has just worked himself out of booth setup .
Sorry guys , I have to go hang out with a bunch of fun podcasters and talk about podcasters . I saw something on the list and then I just reached out . It's like Jay , please get me out of this . I can't hang these LED lights up and tweak each one individually ever again .
Oh my gosh , yeah , okay . So yeah , buzzsprout has three talks this year . That's pretty awesome . And then , as always , we're going to have our Buzzsprout booth in the expo hall .
So you have to come by , you have to grab swag , you need to get on our text chain so you can be notified when we are doing our meetup , when we're attending certain parties or going to certain sessions , things like that . I think we just kind of do like we don't flood your text messages with things . We're not promoting a ton of things .
It's just , hey , we're gonna be here at this time or hey , this is a session that so-and-so is speaking at . You might want to go check that out . It's very limited . So definitely get on that text chain . And then you also need to get some Buzzsprout swag . And it sounds like Kevin , are we doing secret swag just for Buzzcast listeners ?
I mean I ordered some um . Half of it came in . I uh , I'm not like over the moon about it , but it's fine , Cause I'm kind of testing some like new products with our logos on them and so , yes , I'm happy to give out the stuff that I got . I'm another box might come in . I won't be here , but I have it shipped to the office .
So , Alvin , maybe you can grab that if something comes in with my name on it . Yeah , I mean , we always want to meet Buzzcast listeners , whether we have special swag or not . So please come say hi , and if we do get special swag , I'm happy to share it with you .
Yeah , and it might be like a limited run , so that's right .
We need to make an enamel pin for Buzzcast listeners . We do like one just for everybody who comes in who listened to this show . You know we don't need to make a ton of them , there's not .
you know , we know that we only need like 20 .
Well , we love each and every one of you , so maybe we could try to figure something out .
Yeah , that'd be awesome , all right , well , I'm super excited for Podcast Movement . If you're going to be going to Podcast Movement , tap the Texas Show link in the show notes to let us know that we're going to see you there , because we'll keep an eye out for you . I'm really excited about it . Yeah , well , until next time .
Thanks for listening and keep podcasting .