For most podcasters, recording is what happens with whatever time is left after work and family. This can be a big challenge especially for the long haul. How do you fit podcasting into your life? Join Ray Ortega, +Daniel J. Lewis +Dave Jackson, and +Emily Peck Prokop to discuss balancing the demands of podcasting with all of life's other responsibilities. You can subscribe to the RSS mailing list (http://eepurl.com/GnBwr) to get new Rounds delivered to your inbox automatically. Sign up to appea...
May 31, 2016•54 min
Join Ray Ortega, +Daniel J. Lewis +Dave Jackson, +George Whittam and +Ian Robinson to discuss whatever the Roundtabler's want including iTunes New and Noteworthy, audio vs video podcasting, advertising, "simple" podcast gear setups and more. You can subscribe to the RSS mailing list (http://eepurl.com/GnBwr) to get new Rounds delivered to your inbox automatically. Sign up to appear on a future Podcasters' Roundtable! Thanks and I can't wait to see you on a future Roundtable! Subscribe to Podcast...
May 21, 2016•1 hr 4 min
Podcasting is still young and yet has been, in my opinion, very successful as a medium. But what's left? What can podcasting be doing better to help itself grow? Join Ray Ortega, +Daniel J. Lewis +Dave Jackson, Scott Black, and James Gass to think about things we'd like to see podcasting do in the future. You can subscribe to the RSS mailing list (http://eepurl.com/GnBwr) to get new Rounds delivered to your inbox automatically. Sign up to appear on a future Podcasters' Roundtable! Thanks and I c...
May 03, 2016•1 hr 7 min
All podcasters will, at some point, wrestle with the decision to "podfade." Whether it's 7 episodes into your show or 1007, at some point you'll have to consider when to stop podcasting or else time will do it for you;) Join Ray Ortega, +Daniel J. Lewis +Dave Jackson, Mario Zamarron, and Roberto Suarez to discuss what to consider when it comes to podfading. You can subscribe to the RSS mailing list (http://eepurl.com/GnBwr) to get new Rounds delivered to your inbox automatically. Sign up to appe...
Apr 18, 2016•1 hr 1 min
How much preparation do you do before an episode? Some podcasters write out their entire show, some create an outline and some do no prep at all. What works for you and how do you decide how much work you do before you turn on the mic.? Join Ray Ortega, +Daniel J. Lewis +Dave Jackson, Jay Soderberg, Joe Stuber and others to discuss podcast prep. You can subscribe to the podcast only RSS mailing list to get new Rounds delivered to your inbox automatically. Sign up to appear on a future Podcasters...
Apr 04, 2016•1 hr 4 min
What is your favorite podcasting hack? Have you made your own microphone stand? Found a unique way to record Skype? Use a cool trick to limit reverb? Join Ray Ortega, Daniel J. Lewis, Dave Jackson, +David LaFaire +Seth Resler and others to discuss our favorite tricks for producing a podcast. Join Ray Ortega, +Daniel J. Lewis +Dave Jackson +David LaFaire +Seth Resler, +Jeff R. and +Harry Duran to discuss our favorite tricks for producing a podcast. You can subscribe to the podcast only RSS mailin...
Mar 24, 2016•1 hr 7 min
Apple is changing the way you submit a podcast to iTunes as well as the access that you get to that podcast once it's accepted it the iTunes store. Find out what's new and how to avoid breaking your podcast by using the added functionality wrong. Join Ray Ortega, +Daniel J. Lewis and +Todd Cochrane to discuss Podcasts Connect, a new podcast dashboard for iTunes. Some of the new controls include: Refresh feed: updates iTunes with the newest information in your RSS feed. Use only when necessary. A...
Feb 29, 2016•38 min
Do you know how many people listen or watch your podcast? Do you have stats? Are they accurate? Would you know if they weren't? Podcast audience measurement can be a tricky thing. Most of us leave that task to our podcast media host or some other third party stat tracking service. But how do they measure stats and who is doing it most accurately? Many companies and member groups have been working on podcast audience measurement since podcasts began but not everyone agrees on how this should be d...
Feb 17, 2016•1 hr 6 min
Podcasts are syndicated to the world. But what if your focus is on a specific geographic location? How does a local podcast reach its audience with a global medium? Join Ray Ortega +David Jackson +Daniel J. Lewis +Jason E. Norris +Karen Unland and +Mike Dell to talk about the challenges of being a "local" podcaster. You can subscribe to the podcast only RSS mailing list to get new Rounds delivered to your inbox automatically. Sign up to appear on a future Podcasters' Roundtable! Thanks and I can...
Feb 03, 2016•1 hr 2 min
Does your podcast pay for itself? Do you get some kind of monetary compensation that helps you pay for web and media hosting, gear upgrades, premium plugins, etc? There is an in between world that most podcasts fall into somewhere between pure hobbyist and "professional." In the middle is a whole bunch of shows that make enough money to pay their operating costs (media and web hosting, domains, etc.). Join +Ray Ortega, +David Jackson,+Daniel J. Lewis, +Stephen Grasso and +Gary Pearce to discuss ...
Jan 20, 2016•1 hr 6 min
As podcasters, it's important to have your own website, a home for your show. But domains can be like tattoos, get one and you want more. And while I don't have any tattoos, I do have 12 domain names. Dave on the other hand has...97! So how many domain names do you have? Do you own the domain name for the name of your podcast? Should you? What do you do if the .com is already taken? +David Jackson, myself and others discuss how domain names and podcasting go hand in hand. You can subscribe to th...
Jan 01, 2016•52 min
RSS feeds are the core of podcasting, without one you don't have a podcast. On this Round we'll be chatting about all things RSS as it pertains to a podcast. Join+Ray Ortega +Daniel J. Lewis +David Jackson +Stargate Pioneer +Krystal O'Connor and +Shawn Thorpe to find out how podcasters are creating their RSS feeds and what issues they have encountered while maintaining one. You can subscribe to the podcast only RSS mailing list to get new Rounds delivered to your inbox automatically. View the ch...
Dec 16, 2015•1 hr 8 min
Do you talk to your audience and if so, do they answer? Join+Ray Ortega +Daniel J. Lewis +David Jackson +Scott Roberts +Todd Cochrane and Dan Quick aka +thepolycast to discuss the various ways that podcasters have conversations with their audience. You can subscribe to the podcast only RSS mailing list to get new Rounds delivered to your inbox automatically. View the chat from this Round. Sign up to appear on a future Podcasters' Roundtable! Thanks and I can't wait to see you on a future Roundta...
Nov 23, 2015•1 hr 3 min
Podcasters are made up of all different types of people. So what was it that attracted you to podcasting? What is it about your interests, history, skills, etc. that lead you to becoming a podcaster? Join+Ray Ortega +Daniel J. Lewis and +David Jackson +Jon Moonie and +Maya G to explore the traits common to all podcasters but more interestingly the ones that are not. You can subscribe to the podcast only RSS mailing list to get new Rounds delivered to your inbox automatically. View the chat from ...
Nov 05, 2015•1 hr 14 min
Time to get all your iTunes search, rankings and algorithm questions answered! There is a lot of mystery about what goes on in the background of iTunes as it pertains to your podcast. On this Round we'll do our best to find out as much as possible about how your show moves around inside iTunes. Join+Ray Ortega +Daniel J. Lewis and +David Jackson +Rob Walch and +Angelo Mandato to take a deep dive behind the scenes of the iTunes podcast section. You can subscribe to the podcast only RSS mailing li...
Oct 20, 2015•1 hr 14 min
A special Roundtable themed live-streamed via blab.im to celebrate International Podcast Day. Visit InternationalPodcastDay.com to participate! You can watch the entire #PodcastDay 24-hour event on blab.im. You can subscribe to the podcast only RSS mailing list to get new Rounds delivered to your inbox automatically. Sign up to appear on a future Podcasters' Roundtable! Thanks and I can't wait to see you on a future Roundtable! Subscribe to Podcasters' Roundtable
Oct 07, 2015•1 hr 5 min
You've thought about starting a podcast. You even bought a microphone and a domain name but there's still one or two obstacles in your way. Join +WordsPressed (Charlie Moss) and +Kelly Huston to find out what has stopped them from launching a show. +Ray Ortega +Daniel J. Lewis and +David Jackson will work through the issues these future podcasters are having and provide strategies for actually getting content into an RSS feed and out to the world. You can subscribe to the podcast only RSS mailin...
Sep 15, 2015•1 hr 4 min
A round up of some of the latest news and fads making their way around the podcasting space. Join Ray, +Daniel J. Lewis +David Jackson +Lex Starwalker and +Jeff Holbrook to chat podcast advertising, donation models, mobile live-streaming, podcast networks and more. You can subscribe to the podcast only RSS mailing list to get new Rounds delivered to your inbox automatically. View the chat from this Round. Sign up to appear on a future Podcasters' Roundtable! Thanks and I can't wait to see you on...
Sep 02, 2015•1 hr 18 min
At some point during your podcast journey you're going to have to make a really hard decision. Stop podcasting, decline a good opportunity, delete an episode, "fire" a co-host, start over, etc. Join me (Ray Ortega),+David Jackson, +Daniel J. Lewis +Darrell Darnell and +Danny Peña to talk about how a podcaster's gear setup may or may not change over time. You can subscribe to the podcast only RSS mailing list to get new Rounds delivered to your inbox automatically. View the chat from this Round. ...
Aug 10, 2015•1 hr 11 min
How do you know when it's time to get your next piece of podcast gear? Can you stay with the gear you started with or is it best to evolve your setup? Join me (Ray Ortega),+David Jackson, +Daniel J. Lewis +Alan Mead and +Bryce Cooke to talk about how a podcaster's gear setup may or may not change over time. You can subscribe to the podcast only RSS mailing list to get new Rounds delivered to your inbox automatically. View the chat from this Round. Sign up to appear on a future Podcasters' Roundt...
Jul 29, 2015•1 hr 7 min
When you start a podcast, one of the first decisions you make is what kind of show are you going to produce? Solo host, co-hosted, roundtable, interviews, a mix of many? Join +Ray Ortega,+Daniel J. Lewis +David Jackson +Colin Gray +Paul Peterson and +Doug Payton to discuss the various types of formats you can chose for your podcast. You can subscribe to the podcast only RSS mailing list to get new Rounds delivered to your inbox automatically. Read the chat from this Round. Sign up to appear on a...
Jul 04, 2015•1 hr 22 min
Do you podcast alone or with others? Having a co-host can be extremely helpful when it comes to creating compelling, dynamic content that is interesting to listen to. Co-hosts can also help relieve some of the workload that comes with producing a podcast. But of course having co-hosts can create its own issues as well. Join +Ray Ortega,+Daniel J. Lewis +David Jackson +Jerod Morris +Tawny Fineran and +Pilar Orti to discuss the ins and outs, ups and downs of having a podcast with co-hosts. You can...
Jun 14, 2015•1 hr 7 min
These days, podcasting has many best practices. But podcasting is an open medium, not governed by any single person or entity. So, while following best practices can be helpful, do you ever take advantage of podcasting's openness and challenge the status quo? What does the status quo, as far as podcasting is concerned, look like? Join +Ray Ortega,+Daniel J. Lewis +David Jackson +Harry Duran and +Rick Calvert to discuss going beyond normalcy. You can subscribe to the podcast only RSS mailing list...
May 28, 2015•1 hr 16 min
Have you ever changed the name of your podcast? Maybe you've changed the name, content, twitter handle and any other established elements that make up a single show? Or perhaps the shift has been more subtle like a change in your artwork, colors, website, etc. The question is when do you know it's time for a change? Watch me,+Daniel J. Lewis +David Jackson +Kenn Blanchard and +Joshua Rivers discuss when and why podcasters might consider rebranding their show. You can subscribe to the podcast onl...
May 09, 2015•1 hr 18 min
Live from NMX/NAB 2015 show floor! We talk with the live audience, having them step up to the microphone one by one and tell us what is their biggest, current issue with producing a podcast? Join me (Ray Ortega) and +Daniel J. Lewis as we talk with the in-person Roundtable audience about their current podcasting issues. You can subscribe to the podcast only RSS mailing list to get new Rounds delivered to your inbox automatically. Sign up to appear on a future Podcasters' Roundtable!
Apr 28, 2015•41 min
When you start a podcast you become much more than a podcaster. You've crossed the line from media consumer to media producer. So have you taken your new talents outside the "studio?" Perhaps you've been on TV, written an article for a newspaper or magazine, or given presentations at a conference all as a result of having a podcast. Join me(Ray Ortega) +Daniel J. Lewis +David Jackson +Corey Fineran and +Wayne Brekke others to discuss what other kinds of content your podcast can lead to. You can ...
Apr 06, 2015•1 hr 8 min
Podcasting has a lot of apps these days. Apps to subscribe to podcasts, apps for your own podcast, apps to help you create podcasts and more. Join myself (Ray Ortega) +Daniel J. Lewis +Rob Greenlee +Joseph Rampolla and +Jeff Nielsen to discuss many of the apps available to podcasters and podcast consumers. You can subscribe to the RSS mailing list to get new Rounds delivered to your inbox automatically. To view the chat archive which includes links, please visit the Event page for this Round. Ci...
Mar 26, 2015•1 hr 18 min
If you brought a group of podcasters together in a room, what would they talk about? Mixers, the buzz surrounding podcasting, podcasting in seasons, podcasts on Windows Phone, listener engagement, forums, live-streaming, rising podcast listenership, podcasting on-location, and more. Join myself (Ray Ortega)+David Jackson +Daniel J. Lewis +Jim Collison +Nick Seuberling +Allan Newsome +Jason Bryant +Shawn Thorpe and +Adam Tinkoff to as we tackle some of the latest issues in podcasting. You can sub...
Mar 12, 2015•1 hr 22 min
What do you do when you notice your download numbers have stopped growing? Do you even notice? Do you care? Do you look for new ways to "get the word out?" Join myself (Ray Ortega)+David Jackson +Daniel J. Lewis +Jeffrey Powers +Max Flight +Christopher Gronlund and +Craig Wealand to discuss what to do, if anything, when your podcast stops growing. You can subscribe to the RSS mailing list to get new Rounds delivered to your inbox automatically. To view the chat archive which includes links, plea...
Feb 25, 2015•1 hr 21 min
What new podcast gear, software or apps have you tried? As podcasters we are continually testing new items to help us improve the quality of our show or just make production easier. Those new things (gear, software, apps, etc.) might be as simple as a new service for recording Skype or as complex as a whole new hardware setup. Join me (+Ray Ortega) +Daniel J. Lewis and +Jason DeFillippo to find out what new tools we've tried, tested or bought to improve our productions. If you can't watch the li...
Feb 09, 2015•1 hr 4 min
