Podcast Answer Man

The New New Twitter Is Getting Close It's been a few years since Twitter had a major overhaul of their web user interface. Twitter recently rolled out a redesign of their User Profiles. The change to the new design will eventually happen for all users. However, you can click here to get the new design […] The post 354 The New New Twitter – Book Recommendations – And Much More appeared first on The...

Why Do I Not Recommend Using Your Media Host's RSS Feed? Several people have been emailing me, recently, telling me that they have been getting a lot of conflicting advice regarding which rss feed they should use. Specifically, there have been many folks that have been told that the best option for new podcasters, who […] The post 353 Can I Make Money If My Podcast Is Not A Business? How Long Can...

Twitter Photos & Tag Spam In this week's social media segment, Erik Fisher joins me to discuss Twitter's new ability to upload four pictures to a single tweet using their mobile application. We also talk about the ability to tag people in the photos you upload form the mobile Twitter app. This led us into […] The post 352 Twitter Photos – Photo Tagging – Skype TX – Patreon – Naming New Studio...

Remote Controlled On Air Sign I don't know why I didn't think of this sooner. However, it recently occurred to me that I could use one of those WeMo switches by Belkin to operate a plugged in On Air Light/Sign that I could place just outside my studio. In fact, I may place a second […] The post 351 On Air Signs – Shark Tank Podcast – And So Much More appeared first on The Cliff Ravenscraft Show ....

Ten Common Mistakes That New Podcasters Make In this episode, of Podcast Answer Man, I share ten of the most common mistakes that I have seen thousands of brand new podcasters make. I not only share my thoughts on why these are mistakes, I also give suggestions of what you can do if you have […] The post 350 Ten Common Mistakes That New Podcasters Make And What To Do If You’ve Made Them – & Mu...

Dealing With Negative Feedback It's been a long time since I last covered the topic of dealing with negative feedback. Earlier this week, I was listening to the Jillian Michaels Show and she had an episode titled Haters Are Gonna Hate. In this episode, I shared about seven and a half minutes from Jillian's show […] The post 349 Dealing With Negative Feedback – How To Come Back From A Podfade – Dro...

It's been a long time since I recorded an episode of Podcast Answer Man that I actually deleted. I have had a few episodes where I went back and re-recorded a section or two. There have even been a few episodes that I had to do some heavy editing on to turn them into something […] The post 348 The Episode I Almost Deleted appeared first on The Cliff Ravenscraft Show .   I have other podcasts...

Keynoting At The Podcast Movement In this episode, I talk with Jared Easley and Gary Leland who, together with Dan Franks and Mitch Todd, are putting together the new Podcast Movement National Podcasting Conference. During my conversation with Gary and Jared, I ask why they made the decision to start this conference. We also talked […] The post 347 Appear. In Free Peer to Peer Video Conferencing &...

Why I Still Defend The Term PODCAST Matt Lovell is one of thirty students who are currnetly going through the 15th session of my Podcasting A to Z training course. Matt started a conversation inspired by something that he heard on Dan Miller's podcast. Dan had stated that, starting in 2014, he was no longer […] The post 346 Should We Stop Using The Term Podcast? appeared first on The Cliff Ravensc...

Social Media Marketing World In this episode of Podcast Answer Man, I talk with Michael Stelzner from Social Media Examiner. The main focus of our conversation is to discuss what the Social Media Marketing World Conference is about and who, specifically, should consider attending. (Starts at 00:38:57)     Podcasting Patent Update Special thanks to […] The post 345 Podcast Patent Update –...

In this episode of Podcast Answer Man, I share one of the top five most difficult decisions that I've had to make in my business. February 2014 marks the second anniversary of The Podcast Mastermind. In spite of the fact that it was responsible for generating over $57,000 in profit for my business in 2013, […] The post 344 Why I’m Shutting Down The Podcast Mastermind, Even Though It Generated Over...

Reducing or Eliminating Mouth Noises Over the past eight years, I've had the privilege of working with thousands of people on the launch of their podcast. On average, about one out of ten individuals have experienced a significant issue with mouth noises. In this episode, I invited Renee Chambliss, professional audio book narrator, to share […] The post 343 Five Tips for Reducing or Eliminating Mo...

Five Tips For A Relational Approach To Twitter In several recent episodes of Podcast Answer Man, Erik Fisher and I have discussed our desire to get back to using Twitter the way that we did in the old days. The main problem, however, has been that it is increasingly difficult to use twitter in this […] The post 342 – Five Tips For A Relational Approach To Twitter & A Conversation With Scott St...

Can I Play Music In My Podcast? One of the top five things that I am most often asked about is whether or not you can play music in your podcast. I created this extended edition of Podcast Answer Man to serve as a resource that I can point folks to as questions related to […] The post 341 Music For Your Podcast – How Can I Play Licensed Music In My Podcast? – Royalty Free Music – Independent Music...

New Media Expo 2014 Review I just returned from New Media Expo and the reality is that I should have taken this week off. I had such an amazing time at the event. However, the lack of sleep and the long days did wear me down quite a bit. With that, I originally recorded episode […] The post 340 New Media Expo 2014 Review appeared first on The Cliff Ravenscraft Show .   I have other podcasts t...

Tom Adams Shares The Value of A Small Narrow Niche Audience Podcasting to a small, niche audience is an often overlooked opportunity by many potential podcasters. Tom Adams has discovered just how valuable they can be. Tom is a consultant, executive coach and author, as well as the President of a boutique web marketing agency […] The post 339 The Value of Grind-It-Out, Slow & Steady Podcasting...

Creating Evergreen Content (00:38:45) In this episode, I talk about the value in intentionally creating evergreen content. In my weekly podcast, I may discuss topics that are extremely relevant today but may not be applicable months or years down the road. However, I will often create a segment of an episode or even full episodes […] The post 338 Evergreen Content & Thoughts Behind A New Openi...

Wired Lavalier Recommendation for Speakers and Presenters I've often been asked what type of lavalier mic I would recommend for a professor who wanted to record their classroom lectures or for speakers who wanted to have an audio recording of their own presentation. In this episode, I give my full endorsement of the Rhode SmartLav […] The post 337 Wired Lavalier Recommendation For Speakers & M...

In this week's episode of Podcast Answer Man, I asked Erik Fisher to join me for the whole show to discuss more thoughts related to what we started to discuss in episode 335, related to how Twitter seemed to be losing losing sight of what originally made it so useful in building relationships. This topic […] The post 336 Can You Automate Your Way To Relationships? Information Overload & Other...

Choosing A Name For Your Brand When creating a brand new podcast, I've noticed a large number of people who seem to get stuck when it comes to choosing the name of their brand and/or podcast. I am a huge fan of choosing a name that can clearly communicate the essence of what your podcast […] The post 335 Choosing Your Brand Name – YouTube Comments Changes & Twitter Losing Its Human Feel appear...

Behind Every Great Man, You Will Find A Great Woman! In this week's episode I am honored to have my wife, Stephanie, as a guest with me in the studio. I shared, previously, that we were shocked to learn just how many folks in the Podcast Answer Man community who had no idea that Stephanie […] The post 334 Five Tips For Getting Your Spouse On The Same Page With Your Entrepreneurial Journey & Sk...

I Checked My Guns At The Door! In this week's episode, I share my thoughts as I return from the Platform Conference. I talk about the conference itself, I share my favorite thing about the past week and I share a great deal of information about the talk that I gave and how I took […] The post 333 Checking Your Guns At The Door – Review of Platform Conference Dallas 2013 appeared first on The Cliff...

Why I Downgraded To Keynote 09 This week, I made the decision to go ahead and upgrade a few of my computers to the latest version of Apple's Mac OSX operating system, Mavericks. In the episode, I share my experiences with the upgrade and how much I love the multiple display support. During the upgrade […] The post 332 Upgrading To Mavericks – Keynote 6.0 Vs Keynote 09 (5.3) – New Media Expo Podcas...

Facebook Page or Personal Profile (00:24:41) In this week's social media segment, Erik Fisher and I respond to someone who asked our thoughts on promoting our brand with a Facebook Page vs. a Facebook Personal Profile.     Call Recorder May Continue To Work! (00:01:12) In last week's episode, I shared that Pamela, a software […] The post 331 Facebook Page or Personal Profile? And Much Mo...

Skype Cutting Access To Software Recorders I've recently been informed that Skype is shutting down it's desktop API in December 2013. This will affect podcasters who rely on software plugins like Pamela or Call Recorder to record Skype conversations for their podcasts. Skype has a brief note about this on their support website. The developers […] The post 330 Skype Is Shutting Off Access To Pamela...