The Cliff Ravenscraft Show

How do you balance your business life and your faith? I'm often complimented on how well I consistently share my faith through the content that I create for Podcast Answer Man without ever sounding “too strong” or “preachy.” These comments tend to take me by surprise as I feel that I rarely talk openly about […] I have other podcasts that might be of interest to you. See my list of shows at  ...

My Closing Keynote for Podcast Movement 2014 (00:06:25) In this episode of Podcast Answer Man, I share the audio recording of the closing keynote address that I gave to those who attended the Podcast Movement conference on Sunday, August 16th and 17th, 2014 in Dallas, Texas. In my talk, I explained that if you have […] I have other podcasts that might be of interest to you. See my list of shows at...

Twitter Analytics (00:25:51) It's been several months since we've had a social media segment with my great friend, Erik Fisher. Today, Erik joins me to discuss Twitter Analytics. This service allows you to review how many views your tweets are getting on Twitter's service and how much engagement each tweet is getting. We also briefly […] I have other podcasts that might be of interest to you. See...

Shocking Podcasting Patent Lawsuit Update (00:16:25) In this week's episode, I share the story published by ArsTechnica that Personal Audio, LLC had attempted to drop the lawsuit against Adam Carolla, but Adam refused to drop his defence of the lawsuit. It seems that Personal Audio LLC, had dropped the other lawsuits that they had filed […] I have other podcasts that might be of interest to you. S...

Next Level One Day Mastermind Event I'm very excited to announce my very first one day LIVE EVENT. I will be hosting the first Next Level One Day Mastermind event on Friday, August 15th in Dallas TX in the Galveston Room at the Westin Galleria. (pictured below) I describe this event in great detail starting […] I have other podcasts that might be of interest to you. See my list of shows at  ...

How Much Should I Charge My Sponsor? Some recently posted this question… “I've been approached by an ad agency about advertising in my podcast. They have a client that's very targeted for my audience. So they're asking me for rate information. I have no idea what to quote them, as I've yet to have a […] I have other podcasts that might be of interest to you. See my list of shows at   http://C...

Working Out The Kinks With My Live Stream (00:04:14) Some of you know that I have been broadcasting a live stream of the recording of my podcasts since 2006. Until recently, I never really talked about this a great deal. However, in the past few episodes, I've mentioned that I've been looking to take my […] I have other podcasts that might be of interest to you. See my list of shows at   http...

Next Level Studio Logo (00:34:44) I am very excited about the new logo that I had created for my new studio space that will be known as the “Next Level Studio.” Special thanks to my great friend, Jenny Hamson, for the amazing work that she always does for myself and many of my clients. In […] I have other podcasts that might be of interest to you. See my list of shows at   http://CliffRavensc...

Permission To Relaunch Your Podcast During my current session of Podcasting A to Z, I had shared the story how I once did a complete relaunch of my Help I Got A Mac podcast by deleting the first ten episodes that I had published and restarting the show with a brand new first episode. One […] I have other podcasts that might be of interest to you. See my list of shows at   http://CliffRavenscr...

Permanent Podcasting App in iOS 8? Special thanks to Troy Heinritz for alerting me to a Mac Rumors article noting that the Podcasts App, from Apple, is pre-installed in the new iOS8 beta 2 version of the software. If this remains in iOS8, it means that every iOS 8 user will have the podcasts app […] I have other podcasts that might be of interest to you. See my list of shows at   http://Cliff...

I'm In My New Studio! I know that I've been talking about getting ready to move into my new studio for a very long time. We started the building process, of our new home, a full year ago. I've been dreaming of the day that I would actually have all this extra space for all […] I have other podcasts that might be of interest to you. See my list of shows at   http://CliffRavenscraft.com/podcast...

Why I Found Stitcher's Last Email To Be Misleading! (00:34:32) Recently, the CEO of Sticher Radio, Noah Shanok, sent an email, to those who use their app, to apologize for “instances where their ad system performed in unexpected and sometimes suboptimal ways, for example by delivering ads at less than ideal times, serving repetitive ads, […] I have other podcasts that might be of interest to you....

Immediately after recording this episode, I announced to those who were watching live, in the chat room, that I would personally rate this episode about a 6 out of 10 on a quality scale. Going into the episode, I was pretty excited about the content that I had planned for the show. However, I ended […] I have other podcasts that might be of interest to you. See my list of shows at   http://Cl...

Why Every Entrepreneur Should Become An Expert At Saying No! Recently, I received an email, from Gloria, that said… “I Just spent the day listening to your podcast! So valuable and I feel so blessed to have found it! In episode 321, you mentioned a talk you gave about four reasons entrepreneurs should say no. […] The post 358 Should I Use SoundCloud? Setting Boundaries With Your Audience? Co-Hosti...

    Catching Up On Voice Messages In this week's episode of Podcast Answer Man, I share my latest thoughts as I continue to daydream about what life will be like when I am in my new studio space once our new home construction is complete. Also, in this episode, I answer six questions that […] The post 357 How Do I Get More Feedback From My Audience? And Much More! appeared first on The C...

Response To Last Week's Episode Last week's episode of Podcast Answer Man prompted a large amount of feedback related to three items. First, I had made a point to produce the entire episode without a single audio clip included. Second, episode 355 was the longest episode, of Podcast Answer Man, that I have ever published, […] The post 356 The Response To Last Week’s Episode & An Interview With...

This week's podcast episode is unique in several ways. First, I made the intentional decision to not use any audio clips within the podcast from beginning to end. I did this as a means of motivation for brand new podcasters who may be struggling to find the right music or audio branding for their podcast. […] The post 355 Why You Should NOT Start A Podcast – My Thoughts Regarding Spencer Haw’s Blo...

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 &...