The Daily Dave - Podcasting Tips - Is it Time To Breakup With Your Obsession Over Your Stats - The NoStats90 Challenge Download numbers, likes, reshares, and followers are useful numbers to track, but focusing on them too much can leave us distracted, frustrated, and eventually burned out. That’s because we’re focusing on stuff we can’t control, instead of stuff we can . The 90-Day No-Stats Challenge is a fun way to see what can happen when you put your energy into making stuff people love, inst...
Feb 04, 2024•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 205 - Solo Podcasting , Navigating Loneliness, Mental Health for Solo Podcasters Acknowledging the Solo Podcaster's Unique Mental Health Challenges : Isolation and Loneliness : Solo podcasters often spend hours recording, editing, and promoting episodes alone, which can lead to feelings of isolation and loneliness. Pressure to Perform : Without co-hosts or a team to share responsibilities, solo podcasters may feel the weight of the entire production process, leading to burnout and st...
Feb 02, 2024•26 min•Ep 205•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 204 - Building Community - Authenticly Engaging Your Solo Podcast Audience Authentic Engagement Through Social Media Presence: As a solo podcaster, your social media presence serves as a vital bridge between you and your audience. Use platforms like Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook not just to promote episodes but also to interact with your listeners. Respond to comments, ask for feedback, and share behind-the-scenes glimpses of your podcasting process. By actively engaging with your audi...
Feb 01, 2024•20 min•Ep 204•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 203 - Tech Talk - Tech Essentials for Solo Podcasters - Microphones, Soundproofing and Post Production In this episode, we demystify the world of podcasting equipment and setup for solo hosts. Explore the essential tools and tech that empower solo podcasters to deliver high-quality audio and create a professional-sounding show. Closing Thought: "In the solo podcasting orchestra, your tech is the conductor. Tune your instruments, and let your solo symphony resonate." Point 1: &q...
Jan 31, 2024•32 min•Ep 203•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 202 - Mastering the Art of Solo Scripting - Crafting Your Narrative Structural Foundation: Building Blocks of a Compelling Script Point: Establish a clear structure for your solo podcast script, incorporating a well-defined introduction, body, and conclusion. Supporting Detail: Break down your script into segments such as introduction, main content, and conclusion. Use hooks, anecdotes, or intriguing questions in the introduction to capture your audience's attention. The body should ...
Jan 30, 2024•26 min•Ep 202•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 201 - The Freedom of Solo Podcasting - Unleashing Your Voice - Complete Creative Control: Solo podcasting empowers you with complete creative control over your content. Unlike collaborative efforts where compromises might be necessary, solo podcasting allows you to shape your narrative, choose your topics, and control the overall direction of your show. This independence fosters a unique and authentic expression of your voice, ensuring that your podcast is a genuine reflection of your th...
Jan 29, 2024•17 min•Ep 201•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 200 - The Two Types of People - How To Demonstrate Confidence as a Podcaster Dave does an exaggerated, self-indulgent intro to shed light on podcasters that puff themselves up in their podcast - a little tongue and cheek, but it seems in podcasting that some podcasters are way to inwardly focused at the expense of those that they come in contact with - what type of person are you when you enter the room, join a conversation or host your show? Be a more confident podcaster by making the c...
Jan 26, 2024•24 min•Ep 200•Transcript available on Metacast E199 - CO-HOST - Jen Jones Donatelli - Find Your Groove as a Multipotentialite and Identifying Greatness in Others Are you someone who loves to do #allthethings? If so, you’ll find your happy place here at Creative Groove! We offer classes , community , and coaching around writing, creativity, freelance success, and the Artist’s Way . Pull up a chair (or magic carpet)—all are welcome here. Jen is the founder of Creative Groove and what Emilie Wapnick would call a multi-potentialite. I often joke...
Jan 24, 2024•34 min•Ep 199•Transcript available on Metacast EPISODE 198 - Podcasting Success: Embrace Your Multipotentialite Superpower Welcome to another episode of "How to Podcast Series," the go-to podcast for podcasters navigating the exciting journey of starting and growing their shows. Today we've got something special for all you budding podcasters out there. Ever felt like you have many interests and creative pursuits, making it challenging to answer the question, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" Well, you might ...
Jan 22, 2024•17 min•Ep 198•Transcript available on Metacast EPISODE 197 - GUEST - Rachel Lacy - Co-Founder of The New KidsPod App - Podcasting is the best Parental Hack - A New App You Need To Be On Rachel Lacy is the Co-Founder & Head of Content at the amazing, new and fun podcast app just for kids - The KidsPod App! The Mission of the Kids Pod App is founded on a simple idea: Every kid should have access to the power of audio A mom and self proclaimed podcast lover passionate about finding and sharing podcasts for kids. Introducing KidsPod: A fun a...
Jan 19, 2024•50 min•Ep 197•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 196 - CO-HOST - Brad Nelson - The Debt Free Dad Podcast, Creating Community, Hats and Ice Cream Dave welcomes Brad from The Debt Free Dad Podcast - a great money smart podcast with great heart and great advice! More about Brad: Brad has dedicated his life to serving and helping people with their personal finances. He provides an eye-opening outlook on debt and money that challenge today's popular thinking through speaking, The Debt Free Dad Podcast, social media, and his online membe...
Jan 17, 2024•42 min•Ep 196•Transcript available on Metacast The Daily Dave - Podcasting Tips - Meet A Podcaster in 2024 - Join Our Meetup Group Today My challenge to you in 2024 is to get out and meet your fellow podcasters! We do so much of our podcasting life alone - all the behind the scenes stuff that nobody will ever see and most don't truly appreciate. Even our family members roll their eyes when podcasting comes up in conversation - if this sounds like your situation, you need to meet my friends at our next How To Podcast Meetup! We connect wi...
Jan 15, 2024•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 195 - CO-HOST - Rafael Velez - A Listener Joins the Show, A Podcast for Student Athletes Student Athletes Spotlight About the podcast You will hear great conversations with student-athletes as they share their academic and athletic experiences. From freshmen to senior year, you will hear interesting and valuable stories that will help you in the process of your future or present collegiate experience. Join us! https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/studentathletesspotlight ___ https://h...
Jan 15, 2024•56 min•Ep 195•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 194 - CO-HOST - Anthony Vivino - We Get Deep Into Podcasting, Feel The Pressure and Get Set Up For Making Money With Your Podcast Anthony is a listener of The How To Podcast Series and now a fellow podcaster and co-host here on the show! About This is just a place holder page as I start building this site. Sorry, no cliché gif of a road construction sign, but as I was typing that, it occurred to me that might be a good first episode! “Have you ever wondered why the road construction sign...
Jan 12, 2024•56 min•Ep 194•Transcript available on Metacast EPISODE 193 - Brian Teague - At The Table Podcast, How Often To Release An Episode, Interview Tips I am a husband and father with a passion for family, and growing the kingdom by sharing my life and experiences and investing in others. From growing up to walking on at Oregon to marriage and raising kids, I want to share the things that life has taught me in order to help others. Brian Teague is a husband, father, and former educator who fell in love with Houston when he moved here with his wife ...
Jan 10, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Ep 193•Transcript available on Metacast EPISODE 192 - Jesse DJSkoob Blount - Starting A Podcast, Branding, Know Your Zone of Genius The podcast - The Undiscovered Entrepreneur!! A podcast for brand new entrepreneurs that want advice from other entrepreneurs that are just getting started just like they are. I am building a community that can learn from each other, support one another, and follow the progress of each story. Join me, DJ Skoob as we try to figure out how this entrepreneur stuff works. https://www.tuepodcast.net/ https://w...
Jan 09, 2024•43 min•Ep 192•Transcript available on Metacast EPISODE 191 - CO-HOST - Sam Mitchell - Host of Autism Rocks and Rolls - People are differently-abled, not disabled Meet SamInternational Motivational Speaker, Podcast guest and host, Entrepreneur, Podcast coach, Educational writer, Blogger, Educator and trainer for businesses on employment and autism. Who We Are Autism Rocks and Rolls Corporation was started by 20-year-old Sam Mitchell, in October of 2019. It began with a simple interest in media when he was a junior in high school and has led t...
Jan 08, 2024•47 min•Ep 191•Transcript available on Metacast E190 - CO-HOST - Marnie Lee Wills - Being Accountable, Action Builds Confidence, Being a Mom Podcaster Welcome to the SportsFit Mums Community: This podcast will Inspire and motivate the sport and exercise loving mums and mums 2 be; to have the confidence in themselves and their bodies to return to what they love doing a much stronger and more conditioner than ever before. Your health and fitness journey do not have to stop in pregnancy as I promise you that can just be the start of a new look y...
Jan 03, 2024•48 min•Ep 190•Transcript available on Metacast The Daily Dave - Podcasting Tips - Podcast Editing and Support Show and Our Meetups Yep - I did it again - I created yet another podcast! Here is your sneak peek at my new companion show to the How To Podcast Series - I give you, the Ppodcast Editing and Support Show - a podcast for want to be podcast editors - how to start a podcast editing business and how to get paid to do client work for fellow podcasters and this podcast is also for podcasters looking to hire a podcast editor, like me! What...
Jan 02, 2024•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast EPISODE 189 - CO-HOST - Fatima Bey - The Mind Shifter - Be Everywhere, Be Real and Be Different About our guest co-host - Being a MindShift Coach is something I have been doing my whole life. It is only in recent years that I decided to give it a name and make a living from it. You see, none of us were born to work just to pay bills. On the contrary, you were born with a purpose and you should make a living doing it. As The MindShifter, I am doing just that. My journey of struggle, self-discover...
Jan 01, 2024•42 min•Ep 189•Transcript available on Metacast The Daily Dave - Podcasting Tips - Asking for a 5 Star Review is Simply A Plea to Stroke Our Podcast Ego If we could agree for a moment that if 5 stars is the best rating possible ranking that we can give for a podcast or a podcast episode, does that also then imply that what we are listening to is absolutely perfect - no room for improvement? I fear that requesting a 5 star review is not a realistic ask of our community - I propose instead, that we ask for a realistic review and constructive fe...
Jan 01, 2024•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Daily Dave - Take Part in The January Analytics Diet Challenge - Do Not Watch Your Stats for the Month of January I have a challenge for you as we enter this new year! I challenge you to take the entire month of January off - off from your podcast? Nope! I want to challenge you to take the entire month off of obsessing over your analytics and stats - that you do not look at, review, study and view your stats - at all! Nothing, for the month of January. Having the right audience is more impor...
Jan 01, 2024•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast EPISODE 188 - CO-HOST - Debbie McCulloch - Older and Bolder, Canadian Podcasters, A Powerful Why Older & Bolder - Podcast by Debbie McCulloch https://pod.link/1674808395 ___ https://howtopodcast.ca/
Dec 29, 2023•38 min•Ep 188•Transcript available on Metacast EPISODE 187 - CO-HOST - Jenny Cheifetz - New Podcaster, Audacity vs Descript, Audience Building ABOUT THIS PODCAST - Sideline Sisters is a show about how much we (women) love sports! It will incorporate interviews with athletes, coaches, experts, and friends from around the world to emphasize how much sports impacts us and the camaraderie athletics provides us.It's a fact that women bond over our mutual love of sports, and this show will offer a community for women globally. Most shows focus...
Dec 28, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep 187•Transcript available on Metacast The Daily Dave - Thanks for a great year, Our Listeners Are Amazing and a New Podcast Thank you to each of you for following us and joining us this year on our mission to support podcasters at all stages to start, grow and build their podcast within a community of fellow podcasters that cheer you on all the way! We just hit 98,000 plays which is mind boggling to say the least, your support for the show and for what we do here is so encouraging! Here is a list of the countries that are listening ...
Dec 26, 2023•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast EPISODE 186 - 2023 Podcasting Stats to Use as a Guide When Reviewing Your Stats Ever woner how your podcast stacks up in comparison to other podcasts? You might be suprised at how amazing your show when you measure yourself up by what is being reported in our industry! Be encouraged! Regular and quality content will lead you to the podcast of your dreams! How Many Podcasts Are There, Right Now? How Many Podcast Episodes Are There? How Many Active Podcasts Are There? How Many People Know What a P...
Dec 25, 2023•25 min•Ep 186•Transcript available on Metacast EPISODE 185 - CO-HOST - Karen Roberts - Rebranding, Monetization, ROI and a Free Offer for You Have fun podcasting Podcast Profits Unleashed If you're a coach, consultant, therapist or healer with an online coaching program, use your podcast to drive leads and sales, saving you time to live life on your terms My free giveaway of my event is https://podcastprofitsunleashed.com/free https://podcastprofitsunleashed.com/ ___ https://howtopodcast.ca/...
Dec 22, 2023•46 min•Ep 185•Transcript available on Metacast E184 - CO-HOST - Harris Eddie Hill - Holding The Door For Others, Inclusive Podcasting Harris Eddie Hill (they/them) is an out-and-proud nonbinary and autistic ADHD podcaster, best-selling author, award shortlisted speaker, and founder of the Centre for Childhood Trauma Healing. Harris has survived and overcome complex and simple trauma, unaccepting family members, cancer, abusive relationships, physical paralysis and mental health challenges, yet has found their way to emotional freedom and is ...
Dec 20, 2023•35 min•Ep 184•Transcript available on Metacast The Daily Dave - Don't Forget Your Audience When Podcasting As we get close to the end of the year I have a challenge for you to consider when you go to record your next episode - ask youself, what is the most important thing to focus on - is it what my podcast is about - or - is the most important thing about your podcast is who it is for? Keep your audience in mind and at the forefront of everything you do in and around your podcast - everything we do, we do it for you! ___ https://howtopo...
Dec 19, 2023•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast EPISODE 183 - CO-HOST - Dawn Kennedy, Coffee, Regular Podcast Releases, Be a Good Person Dawn Kennedy, CEO of Convoy Road Coffee Roasters, LLC and Business Consultant, helps businesses achieve remarkable results, even in challenging times. The Profit Accelerator Podcast Dawn KennedyYou're in business to bring your gifts and talents to the world. It isn't easy. It takes grit and commitment, and this show is here to help. Each week Dawn Kennedy, attorney, author, mentor, and CEO of a growi...
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