Episode 228 - CO-HOST - Queon Wilcox - Podcaster Basic Training - Overcoming the Obstacles We Face in Podcasting "Mediocre Dads" is a podcast that celebrates the imperfect and embraces the idea that being mediocre is a choice. Hosted by a dad who acknowledges his flaws but refuses to settle for less, the show offers a refreshing and relatable take on fatherhood. Each episode delves into a different topic, from managing screen time to tackling picky eaters with humor, honesty, and pract...
Mar 27, 2024•58 min•Ep 228•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 227 - Mastering Concise Content Creation - Podcasting Tips for Engaging Audiences In the world of podcasting, brevity is key. As the saying goes, "If I Had More Time, I Would Have Written a Shorter Letter." This sentiment has been echoed by great minds throughout history, from Locke to Franklin and Thoreau to Cicero, highlighting the importance of concise content creation. Mastering the art of concise communication is transformative for both creators and listeners. It's not...
Mar 25, 2024•24 min•Ep 227•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 226 - Book Review NPR's Podcast Start Up Guide - What this book will do for your podcast My thoughts on this podcast book! I listened to the audio version on Audible and then purchased the book, it was that good - a little leaning toward podcasting with a "team" behind you, so keep that in mind. As solo podcasters we do it all, but this book can help and be an ongoing resource as you move forward into podcasting greatness! From NPR comes the definitive guide to podcasting—f...
Mar 22, 2024•15 min•Ep 226•Transcript available on Metacast BONUS - Listener Shout Out from Scarlett Classic from the Classic Advice Podcast Scarlett has been listening to the How To Podcast Series and she has started her podcast! As family of the How To Podcast Series, I would love to invite everyone to go over to her podcast and support her on her journey as a brand new podcaster! Please enjoy a taste of her new podcast and drop her a note to congratulate her on taking action and starting her new show! https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scarlett75...
Mar 21, 2024•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 225 - If You Are Struggling To Start Your Podcast With Little Support From Those Around You - You Are Not Crazy, You're First So I was listening to the Mel Robbins Podcast and she had Jamie Kern Lima, author of Worthy as her guest - Jamie was telling her story and sharing some of the lies that we hear as creators of something new - like a podcast! There are 5 lies that you are telling yourself that are holding you back from greater success, purpose, and true fulfillment. Jamie went f...
Mar 20, 2024•30 min•Ep 225•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 224 - CO-HOST - Jamie Haberman - Starting a New Podcast - Hospice Buddy Cafe - Life Conversations over Coffee Jamie Haberman - Creator of Hospice Buddy, Author, & Girl Power Alliance Ambassador After graduating high school at the age of 17, I began my career in the healthcare industry. I have always enjoyed taking care of people, and I was drawn to the critically and terminally ill population.Over the years, I have learned a lot from my colleagues and patients, and I’ve met amazing p...
Mar 18, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Ep 224•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 223 - CO-HOST - Tammy Vincent - Captivate, Podcasts Are Safe to Listen To, Community Engagement and Growth “Child of Dysfunction” is your guide into the world of resilience and healing. Hosted by Tammy Vincent, the adult child of two alcoholic parents, this podcast delves deep into the experiences of growing up in a chaotic and dysfunctional environment, facing childhood neglect, abuse, and trauma while overcoming adversity. With personal insights and expert interviews, we explore the ch...
Mar 15, 2024•47 min•Ep 223•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 222 - CO-HOST - Marti Statler - Podfest Recap, Be A Rebellious Podcaster, Leave room to pivot You could be a best seller in under a year, but you can’t sell a book that isn’t written. We have an expert team that makes writing your book simple. Your book will open doors, give you the authority you deserve, and the credibility your brand demands. We handle everything from writing your book, polishing & publishing, to promoting it to your audience. Hands-on so you can be hands-off.You’r...
Mar 13, 2024•41 min•Ep 222•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 221 - Google Podcasts Closing Down, Where to Send Your Listeners and rss2ytm Google announced that it is shutting down Google Podcasts in 2024 to transition podcast listening to its new YouTube Music app. However, many users don't want to use YouTube Music for podcasts, especially Android users who like the experience of having a separate podcast-listening app. Thankfully, there are some good alternatives. If you're on Android, try Pocket Casts, Podcast Addict, or AntennaPod. If ...
Mar 11, 2024•18 min•Ep 221•Transcript available on Metacast The Daily Dave - Podcasting Tips - How to Use Zoom to Record, Save Money on Paid Services and Get Amazing Audio There are many online recording platforms that would love to grab your money on a monthly basis to record your solo or guest podcast recording time. Zoom has had a bad rap for poor audio quality, that it is not a podcasting first experience - a lot of gurus will direct you away from zoom (probably because they have an affilate link to get you to use) What if you used zoom differently -...
Mar 10, 2024•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Daily Dave - Podcasting Tips - International Women's Day 2024 There’s a Desire for More Women-hosted Shows Some think that because women make up nearly half of the listenership, it’s pointless to craft content catering to one gender over the other. However, audience data says that is NOT TRUE! There is a great need and desire for more stories that include specific female perspectives. Plus, we know from experience that when you focus in on an audience, you’ll have a better time creating ...
Mar 08, 2024•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 220 - Scott Wachter - PodCamp Toronto, Talker's Block, Working with Industry Pros as a Form of Content Marketing Award Winning Producer - Podcast Host - Working with other podcasters to make great showsExperienced Editor and Broadcast Tech with a demonstrated history of working in the computer games industry. Skilled in Storytelling, Premier Pro, Video, Audio Editing, and Writing. Strong media and communication professional graduated from York University. https://www.linkedin.com/in/...
Mar 08, 2024•45 min•Ep 220•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 219 - The Right Zoom Settings to Use to Make Zoom a Great Option for Non-Techy Guests Despite what you might hear in the podcasting space, many podcasters use Zoom to record their remote podcast interviews, despite the app's default settings compress audio and tend to lessen its quality. Here are ten steps to make your Zoom recordings settings to give you a higher-quality result! Download and setup Zoom Zoom has apps for Macs, PCs, Apple iPhone, and Android. To download the Zoom app,...
Mar 06, 2024•25 min•Ep 219•Transcript available on Metacast The Daily Dave - Podcasting Tips - Facebook and Instagram are down, again - I can't reach my community - you need a website Are you getting tired of social media platforms dropping the ball, you can't sign-in to your Facebook, or Instagram - to all those podcast gurus that tell you to build your community on a social platform - one question - how are you feeling now?! Facebook and Instagram are down yet again causing content creators, communities and interaction with a content creator...
Mar 06, 2024•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 218 - The Best Way to Catch a Fish is to Fish Where the Fish Are - Podcast Commercials I love fishing - I always catch and release. It is so relaxing to sit on the dock and watch your bobber out in the lake dunk under the water when you get a hit! Fishing where there are fish is way more fun than fishing in a pond with no fish. A podcast listener's native home is, wait for it, a podcast app. Instagram, Facebook, TikTok or X will never be the home for podcasting. By creating a commerc...
Mar 04, 2024•30 min•Ep 218•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 217 - Dave Guesting on the The Travel Collective - What is a PODCAST, Yes you can start your own or be a guest Would I be a good guest? Do I have to have a lot of technical gear? Should I start my own podcast? Meet Dave Campbell - who decided to start a podcast, now he has 8, and hosts a how-to podcast show and mentors those who want to start their own podcast! . Hear about his 8 podcasts- Everything from Music, to being a Dad, to starting a Podcast! Contact Dave if you are interested in...
Mar 01, 2024•44 min•Ep 217•Transcript available on Metacast The Daily Dave - Podcasting Tips - Leap Year Episode - An Extra Day in Our Calendar and Thoughts Around Bonus Content Without leap day, our calendar would be off by about 24 days every century, or every 100 years! The first leap year was introduced in 46 BCE by Julius Caesar of Rome. People born on a Leap Day are sometimes called leaplings . More than 4 million people around the world are leaplings. On non-leap years, some leaplings choose to celebrate their birthdays a day early on February 28,...
Feb 29, 2024•17 min•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 216 - Mike Van Pelt - Make Your Podcast Story Worthy, Contagious Curiosity, True Man Life Coaching Hi, I'm Mike Van Pelt Men's Mentor & Life CoachI help men unpack the goodness that’s already in their heart and discover the True Man inside of them. Mike Van Pelt is an entrepreneur, author, speaker, and men’s life coach leader. He is the founder of True Man Life Coaching and host of the popular men’s podcast, True Man Podcast.Mike’s experience and passion for coaching, guiding...
Feb 28, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Ep 216•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 215 - CO-HOST - Adinah Johnson - Reflections on PodFest 2024 and How Research Can Help Your Podcast Content ___ https://howtopodcast.ca/
Feb 26, 2024•43 min•Ep 215•Transcript available on Metacast The Daily Dave - Podcasting Tips - Dave Plays with PodStatus - Get Your Podcast Reviews and Rankings All in One Place Reviews and rankings of your podcast. Monitor reviews for all of your podcasts. Track your ranks hourly in 175 countries. Daily in your inbox. Your podcast under control The tools you need to monitor your podcasts, know your listeners, and get more downloads. Turn reviews into useful feedback with automatic review collection, and detailed filters. 175 countries. Analyze your podc...
Feb 25, 2024•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 214 - Foundations of Podcast Success - Navigating Quality Content & Patience Podcasting Foundations: Building on Two Essential Pillars Before delving into our top promotional strategies, let’s pause to evaluate the bedrock of our podcasting endeavor. We'll start by examining the two fundamental pillars of successful podcasting: quality content and patience. It's crucial to ensure that what we're currently producing merits promotion and to maintain realistic expectations r...
Feb 23, 2024•30 min•Ep 214•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 213 - American Idol vs. The Voice - Why This podcast exists in a sea of podcasts about podcasting I was asked by a future guest co-host of the How To Podcast Series to share the reason why this podcast exists here as an episode. I go over this story with each of my guest co-hosts as I believe it helps us in our pre-interview meet and greet to focus in on you, the listener and why I do this show. So, if you haven't been a guest co-host yet here is what we are going to discuss when we ...
Feb 21, 2024•26 min•Ep 213•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 212 - Why People Tune Out of Your Podcasts and How to Keep Them Listening Why People Tune Out of Your Podcasts and How to Keep Them Listening In the realm of podcasting, capturing and retaining audience attention is a vital endeavor. However, it's not uncommon for hosts to wonder why their listenership might dwindle over time. Fortunately, the solution may lie in a relatively simple fix. Here are some actionable tips to enhance your podcasting game and ensure that your audience remai...
Feb 19, 2024•22 min•Ep 212•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 211 - Gabrielle Pimstone - Insights for Podcasters from an active Podcast Guest Wendy's Resturant had a commercial back in the day where they asked the important question.... "Where's the beef?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U80ebi4AKgs Gabrielle and I share our Podcast Beef's as we tackle how to be a better podcast interviewer and guest - real examples from our experiences on both sides of the interview to give you some practical suggestions on how you can improv...
Feb 16, 2024•53 min•Ep 211•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 210 - CO-HOST - Suswati Basu - Podcasting Changed My Life and Continues to Create Legacy Hi, I’m Suswati, journalist and editor, discovering what makes us human and “how to be”, whilst showcasing polarising conversations. Hoping to explore important social and psychological issues together with you. Do you struggle with anxiety and overwhelm, does this stand in the way of you starting your podcast? Suswati joins us to talk about how her podcast changed her path. https://howtobe247.com/ _...
Feb 14, 2024•47 min•Ep 210•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 209 - Understanding Analytics, What Stats Mean, and What Stat You Should Focus on To Grow Your Show in 2024 We take a look under the hood at the topic of Analytics and Stats - what stat should you focus on this year? We talk about downloading your Geographic Location list of your listenership and how you can upload this entire list into Google Maps - pinning all these listeners on a global map so that you can witness your total global domination! What a fun exercise - here is a YouTube l...
Feb 12, 2024•40 min•Ep 209•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 208 - CO-HOST - Devon Jones - Beer, French Fries and 88 Podcasting Questions Answered You're going to have a ton of questions. Luckily, we have a book for that! We decided to comb the internet for questions so that we could compile them and turn them into blog posts.What started out as a simple idea turned into a 146 page interactive eBook that outlines in incredible detail, every answer to every question a podcast beginner might ask.The book includes:• 88 of the most asked questions...
Feb 09, 2024•43 min•Ep 208•Transcript available on Metacast The Daily Dave - Podcasting Tips - Spotify For Podcasters Joins With Riverside.fm and Removes Some Native Features Podcasting has evolved quite a bit since its early days. As a format, it is increasingly becoming more visual and interactive, with more people around the world creating, listening, and engaging with the medium than ever before. And while the core vision of Spotify for Podcasters has remained — to make podcasting so brilliantly simple that anyone, anywhere, can share their voice w...
Feb 08, 2024•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 207 - Foster enduring intimacy that captivates and retains an audience Fostering enduring intimacy that captivates and retains an audience is paramount. Here are a few guiding principles I'd like to impart: Authenticity : Strive to be genuine. Avoid contrived attempts to win over listeners. Authenticity resonates deeply and invites engagement. It's the cornerstone of connection, although not the sole rule to prioritize. Preparation : While spontaneity can inject freshness, thorou...
Feb 07, 2024•25 min•Ep 207•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 206 - CO-HOST - Paloma Bartschi - Building a Membership, AI Tools, SpeakPipe and Buy Me A Coffee Born in the year of the horse Paloma felt drawn to these great creatures from an early age. At the age of five, she took her first riding lesson. She looks back now to over 40 years of riding experience of which she was blessed to share 21 years with her Islandic Horse companion Ljomi. The animals have always been her friends and until her teens they were connected by a very special bond. As ...
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