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Send us feedback/questions via Text Got a Question? 888-563-3228 1:10 Is there anything wrong with this clip? 3:40 Does Phantom Power Hurt an RE320? 13:43 It's OK To Sound Like You 20:21 Building Community Via iTunes Reviews Jeff Brown Input: What is a way you've maximized iTunes ratings and reviews that you'd recommend others consider? Mathew Passy The best way I have seen someone...

Send us feedback/questions via Text 1:42 I need an interface with 4 USB inputs Zoom H6 $349 Audiobox from Presonus Scarlet 18i8 $349 The Sound Devices  MixPre-3 is $649  and the  MixPre-6 is $899 Presonus Ar8 $400 8:46 Alex Inc has aired the first episode 12:34 Apple released a new version of Safari that broke some things 13:16 How do Podcasters Shoot themselves in the Foot? 16:38 Is the Lame Enco...

Send us feedback/questions via Text This show was plagued with technical issues with Dave finally powering up the world's slowest Laptop to do the show. Hence, no music in the show. Dealing with Technical Challenges 3:45 Windows 10 update 5:10 Deleting Facebook 18:35 Mastodon New Platform? https://mastodon.social/about 25:15 Forums vs Facebook 26:50 Thanks to our Awesome Supporters 28:30 Maki...

Send us feedback/questions via Text Happy St Patricks Day and March Madness 4:15 What Happens if I wake up tomorrow with a million downloads? 07:00 What would you do if you have $1000 dollars 11:55 Listening to podcasters Faster 13:15 Finding Money to Pay For Your Podcast 14:30 How many mixers do you have? 15:45 Dave ponders cutting his cable TV 16:55 Spending money on equipment you are testing 19...

Send us feedback/questions via Text Got a question? call it in 888-563-3228 (courtesy of podcastvoicemail.com ) 12:50 Matt from the Author Inside You  joins us with some questions 17:12 is this too niche? podcastguests.com 23:18 Becoming the official podcast of an event 34:43 What lights are you using? 36:44 Dave Handles a Bad Pitch By Narking on the Company 38:09 Awesome Supporters 42:00 Accessin...

Send us feedback/questions via Text Dave and Jim are joined by Emily Prokop from The Story Behind Podcast and E Podcast productions to talk all things podcasting 2:12 the 70 Million that Twitter gave Soundcloud is never coming back.  3:55 Squarespace makes it harder to leave them for an actual media host 7:00 The basic Libsyn page ( see www.thestorybehindpodcast.com  ) 10:45 The computer skill of...

Send us feedback/questions via Text Call in your questions 888-563-3228 Quick Podfest Reflections - Nice Back Fat Stephen from Mic Rentals.com 8:21 Your Podcast Launch 27:01 Thanks to our Awesome Supporters 28:08 What was up with Dave's voice on the School of Podcasting 32:32 Audacity Tips? stevestewart.me 34:17 I'm So sorry about your cat 36:20 SHotgoun microphones 38:12 We have a weird...

Send us feedback/questions via Text 2:30 The New Mixer Review 8:27 Thanks for the Awesome Supporters 12:10 Rob Explains www.voxnest.com  and Dynamo Dynamic Ad Insertion 60/40 split  19:45 What if you have ads on Spreaker? 23:00 Having a Launch on a certain day 26:25 Podcamp Toronto - Need a Passport? awards.podcamptoronto.com 27:45 Podsumit in Canada 28:20 Interviewing On Site 33:05 What to bring...

Send us feedback/questions via Text To Dave is Joined by Jeff From Teachercast.net Dave has a new mixer the Presonus AR-12 and it has been a little overkill to get everything going this week 3:16 Dave is not happy with the mixer's volume on the input 6:56 Jeff has helped produce podcasts for Microsoft. 10:34 Podcasting Cures Cancer 12:16 Dave is sporting the Just a Podcaster T-shirt from just...

Send us feedback/questions via Text Nick Seuberling from Cincinnati Soccer Talk joins us this week as Dave dusts off his award 2:15 Gear Talk: HOw do you record multiple people on location on the road? Nick is using the  BEHRINGER XENYX 1002B   09:15 Quitting a show that is getting thousands of downloads per episode 17:10 Thanks to Our Awesome Supporters on Patreon. Become an Awesome Support and k...

Send us feedback/questions via Text  Jim's new mixer the Mackie PROFX8V2  after accidentally dumping an entire glass of wine into the mixer. The V2 may have better preamps. The  PROFX4V2 is $119 but not USB. Jim loves the Alesis Multimix 4 USB FX is one of Jim's favorite Smaller boards. USB devices d mix minus automatic, but you can't split the track. 10:50 Dave forgot to press reco...

Send us feedback/questions via Text IT'S FREEZING! 2:35 Bernie the Cat is No Longer With Us 7:15 Planning For Your Podcast If You Die 12:16 Planning For your Success 18:00 Dave got added to a bunch of emails lists that he didn't sign up  18:57 Are we catering to the CPM model too quickly? Getting .0002 cents per download 25:11 Sponsors vs Selling Your Own Products 29:56 What about Affili...

Send us feedback/questions via Text The Show Must Go On. We learn that dave pulled lots of muscles in his back this morning but the show must go on when you do a live episode.  If this was something we put out later (instead of doing a live show) we probably would've put off  2:58 Because of My Podcast Mashup Discussion (clip at the end of the show) 4:50 Episodes that have gone above and beyo...

Send us feedback/questions via Text Satish Gaire joins us to talk Podmio.com where their website states they are When Jim and I asked how this could be, Satish stated when a potential podcaster comes to your page we have to convince them. The idea is that this platform is more innovative (after playing with it for a week, it's not, and its kind of buggy). Here is the demo. https://youtu.be/ye...

Send us feedback/questions via Text Black Friday deals? - Here are some fun tools to think about Hard Drives, Alexa Devices, Google Home, Flash Drives Replacing things that are getting old slickdeals.com vs camelcamelcamel.com Looking at What Worked and What Didn't Keep Your Website (especially WordPress) updated. First Impression of a show Praxey.com will podcast listeners pay to talk to the...

Send us feedback/questions via Text Today we talk about the following topics: Merchandise / Swag There are places you can do this with Amazon and Teepublic make it easy to create t-shirts and other swag items. Collector's items and scarcity can help sell items Soundpage.fm  - create website from an RSS feed CPM at Spreaker is .0026 per download  The smallest episode on horseradionetwork.com i...

Send us feedback/questions via Text Randy Cantrell from the Leaning Towards Wisdom show growgreat.com joins Dave to answer your podcast questions Today we talk about Common Podcast Mistakes Advertising Questions - Do We Charge People to Be a Guest? FTC Guide Code3 Podcast Google Forms Dana Carvey Show on Hulu - How they didn't know his audience. Tips on Contacting support staffs Opening Chit...

Send us feedback/questions via Text Today we are joined by Tory Heinritz from the Blacklist Exposed Podcast and the Packers Fan Podcast. 7:30 Dealing with Celebs 13:30 Sports Podcasting 18:00 Dealing with Trolls 26:54 Supporters 27:15 Patreon 29:35 Serious Simple Podcast Plugin 33:08 iTunes Tags 38:00 Troy's Recording Process 47:45 Easy Solutions For Advanced Podcasts 55:02 Zoom Vs Skype Feat...

Send us feedback/questions via Text Today Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting is joined by special guest Stephen Jondrew of the Gonna Geek Network and co-host of the Better Podcasting Show Use the coupon code dop at bigpodcast.com this weekend in Nashville In Today's show, we discuss the following topics 2:00 Microphones 4:46 Weird Sounds in a Slightly Advanced Setup 10:15 Podcasting w...

Send us feedback/questions via Text Today Ramona Rice from Podcastwebsites.com joins Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting to talk about the most frequently asked podcast questions in honor of International Podcast Day. Questions include: What Microphone? ATR2100 is a great place to start. Here is a kit with a stand and pop filter What Media Host. Libsyn.com is a great choice with prices star...

Send us feedback/questions via Text Ask the podcast coach answers your podcast questions every week live. This week we answered questions about  3:00 Zencast.com and recording shows with people in different locations 6:00 We help Nancy answer questions about owning your feed (find Nancy at whineat9.com) 13:00 We talk about podcast titles 22:00 International Podcast Day 26:40 Shows with common phra...

Send us feedback/questions via Text Fresh back from Podcast Movement 2017, Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting and Jim Collison from the Average Guy Network share their thoughts on Podcast Movement 2017 Topics Mentioned Favorite Take Aways Meeting Ravi From Coolcastplayer.com All comedians use the same microphone on a comedy night Ribbon Microphones 17:50 Redirecting your Feed to Anchor is...

Send us feedback/questions via Text Dave is joined by Chris Curran of the Podcast Engineering School. Find Chris at www.podcastengineeringschool.com . Call in your question 888-563-3228 How to take care of your mixer? 11:14 Most Common Mistake 17:22 Behringer ultavoice xm1800s $23 24:00 Why podcasters obsess over their sound - the psychology 30:00 Changing items in Libsyn 32:20 what is the Libsyn...

Send us feedback/questions via Text How long should your intro be? What should be in it? Should it be scripted? Should it be the same every week? This week Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting and Jim Collison from The Average Guy Network talk about intros and take questions from the live audience. 9:50 Podcast Mixed Messages 14:00 Podcast Artwork 19:30 Your First Podcast Episode 29:15 Troll...

Send us feedback/questions via Text How do you start a podcast network? Should I start a podcast network? Dave Jackson from www.schoolofpodcasting.com  and Jim Collison from www.theaverageguy.tv  are join By Glenn Hebert ( www.horseradionetwork.com  ) and Jason Bryant from www.mattalkonline.com Other topics include: Learning from Podcasts that didn't go as you had hoped. Setting up expectatio...