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Send us feedback/questions via Text 00:00:57 Special Guest Host Binky from Binky and the Whiz. 00:03:52 Glow.fm 00:06:53 Buy Me a Coffee see Dave's Page 00:20:18 Music in Podcasts 00:22:33 CCPA 00:24:23 Consistent Release Dates 00:27:10 Podcasting Reddit Group Reaches 1 Million 00:28:39 Podcaster Being Sued For Slander Tulsi Gabbard Files $50M Lawsuit Against Hillary Clinton for ‘Russian Asse...

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 podcast questions. This week Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting and Jim Collison from The Average Guy Network answer your questions. Today we start off with a podcast on Facebook from the hosts of the Latter Day Lesbian Podcast who took a scree...

Send us feedback/questions via Text Every week Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting and Jim Collison from the Average Guy Network   Everyone was watching the ball fall on US TV. Same topics with different views and approaches. This episode 279 is part of the Power of Podcasting Network 00:06:26.400 Power Rant: Quick Money 00:10:16.150 Multiple Local Podcasts 00:15:35.100 Podcorn Spam 00:25:2...

Send us feedback/questions via Text Today Dave Jacks from the School of Podcasting and Jim Collison from the Average Guy Network take a look back at the year in podcasting. Just using stats to gauge your show might not be a good strategy. 4:15 Taking phones calls on a live podcast ( callinstudio.com) 11:00 Biggest Surprises of 2019 26:00 Most overused phrase in podcasting 32:30 Ross's great p...

Send us feedback/questions via Text Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting and Jim Collison from the Average Guy Network answer your questions on the following topics this week: 00:01:39.900 End of Year Wrap Up 00:07:19.750 Chris Nesi and Tik Tok 00:18:44.200 Changes in 2020? 00:23:43.150 Surviving Editing 00:26:02.350 Adding a Different style of Episodes to a Feed 00:28:18.700 What to Post Du...

Send us feedback/questions via Text Today Jim is back from his trip to London and explains how he got to do a presentation as the sunset on London how cool). 7:50 Dave is going to move website from Siteground to Maple Grove Partners (they are a little more expensive than coolerwebsites.com but they provide a little more service). This is a TEST to dip his toe in the water. 15:44 Awesome $20 Suppor...

Send us feedback/questions via Text Today while Jim is in London, I hang out with Kyle Bondo of Gagglepod.com and talk podcasting.   0:45 The Story of Gagglepod.com 02:45 Powerrant - "Find me in Apple..." 05:23 Water Reminder Tool Ula 50% off Deal 07:20 Is it too late to get listed in Apple in 2019? 09:45 Getting a Link to Apple 15:17 Choosing You Podcast Name is Hard 19:50 Kyle's M...

Send us feedback/questions via Text 3:19 Overcoming Podcasting Solo Jitters with Chris Nesi 14:01 Black Friday Deals - what did you buy? Here is what Dave bought? 16:35 Using Child Themes in WordPress Child Theme Configuration or Dave jas used Child Themify in the past. 22:40 Web Hosting Pricing. Typically around $10 Coolerwebsites is $7/month. Places like Siteground start cheap and you end up pay...

Send us feedback/questions via Text 01:39 - How does Libsyn syndicate your show to Apple? https://support.libsyn.com/kb/directories/ You submit to these places once, and then they syndicate all your future episodes 8:46 Apple Search is bad - Jim can't find anything 14:13 Soundcloud issues 19:54 Facebook Groups are Getting Spammy 22:53 Vice Versa 27:09 Awesome Supporters 29:20 Intro/Outro Ques...

Send us feedback/questions via Text Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting and Jim Collison from the Average Guy Network answer your podcast questions. Including: 3:49 Jim is going to London and is taking a USB Interface. He bought a Behringer unit. (BEHRINGER audio interface (UMC22). Mixers are great if you're recording things via a live stream where you want to adjust the tone of your v...

Send us feedback/questions via Text 01:26 Shipping Microphones to Guests 04:04 Jared Easily on Podlords 4:52 Where did Dave's beard Go? 7:48 What podcasters can learn from Peloton bikes (the Nordictrack S22i is less expensive is very similar) 17:28 Reddit Groups 21:16 The Case Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CASE_Act 22:34 YouTube Changes and Commercial Viability? 27:37 Facebook and YouTube...

Send us feedback/questions via Text Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting and Jim Collison from the Average Guy Network answer your questions Getting caught up with Jim and his students. 3:15 Doyo event 8:50 Losing your content 14:48 My Guests are not prepared when I interview them 19:50 Bob Pittman is the Donald Trump of Podcasting 26:4o Moving a Podcast off of a Free Media Host 28:40 Rebran...

Send us feedback/questions via Text Jim is still out on assignment and Joel Sharpton from Always Listening (a podcast on podcast news that Joel does with Jay “PodVader” Soderberg), as well as a professional podcast editor, joins the show as guest co-host 3:32 Google Play Music is Almost Dead (and that's a good thing) 8:40 Putting your show on YouTube 11:04 Where is Jason Bryant? 11:38 the EU...

Send us feedback/questions via Text Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting and guest co-host David Hooper from Big Podcast talk a little book publishing and answer your podcast questions 1:49 The Daves share insights into writing a book, working with publishers and the magic that is Steve Stewart and his Audacity Course 10:30 Podcasting helps the writing process 15:05 Podcast Websites Bring Mo...

Send us feedback/questions via Text Today we look at comparing last year to this year (comparing seven days of downloads). Jim Collison from the Average Guy Network and Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting answer your podcast questions including: How do I know if my podcast is growing? 9:50 the power of persistence 12:22 Goodbye Podcoin 14:30 Drunkcasting 20:54 Streaming vs Downloads 26:00 T...

Send us feedback/questions via Text You want to switch web hosting companies. How do you do this without losing your audience? You have a tool to help you build a Church website. Should I use them for my podcast? These questions and more are answered on today's episode as Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting and Jim Collison from the Average Guy Network tackle your podcast questions inc...

Send us feedback/questions via Text Today Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting and Jim Collison from the Average Guy Network answer your podcast questions including: Taking on too many projects can lead to mistakes 7:00 Road Trip to Mapcon ? 09:00 Spext.co seems similar to Descript  13:00 Otter.ai and Jonathan from Trivia Warfare 16:15 Seo, YouTube, Thumbnails can be an all-day job 19:00 Pat...

Send us feedback/questions via Text Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting and Jim Collison from the Average Guy Network are back from Podcast Movement and share what they saw and learned. In general, the whole thing was great. The only drawback was all the parties were super loud. 07:13 Meeting Leo Laporte 10:15 We create content creators - Tom Webster's presentation. 15:00 Dave's p...

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 1...

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...

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 wit...

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 s...

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 m...

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 you...

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...