The School of Podcasting

So I started a new plan, and here is what I'm not doing: Drinking soda Eating Frosty's from Wendy's Eating Fast Food What Am I Doing? Eating Vegetables Eating Fruit Drinking 80 oz of water. So am avoiding salad dressing unless its fat free and low in sodium. If I really need some soda, I can drink clear stuff like Sprite. Get a New Plan Stan I knew I was going out of town, so what did I do? I boug...

Quick Takeaways from Podcast MidAtlantic Patience is a gentle version of courage - Kathy Kelly Special Mouse Podcast Podcasting Changes Live - Jeff Bradburry and Scott Swanson Watch other Media Types - Jeff Bradburry and Anythony Minaya Tell great stories - everyone Being Creative is fun. Podcasting Changes Lives I'm definitely having Jeff on my show in the future. The great thing that happened th...

What Podcaster's Can Learn from Johnny Manzel I live in Cleveland, Ohio. Out sports teams are not good. We have tremendously talented people like LeBron James and Johnny Manzel, but still we can't win. Last year out football team the Cleveland Browns draft Johnny Manzel with their first round pick. Johnny rubbed his fingers together in a way to say, "I'm going to get paid." It became his signature...

I recently got some bloog work done. The results were not great. Here they are: TOTAL CHOLESTEROL --- 224The ideal total cholesterol is less than 200. Your cholesterol is in the high range. HDL CHOLESTEROL --- 37The normal range is greater than 45 for men. HDL is the "good" cholesterol. It is believed to remove excess cholesterol from the body tissues. It is desirable for this to be in the normal...

Periscope and Podcasting Periscope is a live streaming service from Twitter. It's pretty cool. My step-son is at Perdue and last week we got to see his first performance with the band via periscope. I had 36 people watching my cat in a baby's sleeping shirt. During the week I would open it up and just talk about whatever hit me. It's an interesting way to connect with your audience. In general, th...

As a podcast consultant I should be telling everyone to start a podcast. I do. I believe there is a lot to be learned from starting a podcast. You learn to: Organize your thoughts Prioritize your goals Speak with confidence Work with people from different cultures As much as podcasting is about talking, I think the top podcasters are at the top because they learned how to listen. We Predicated Dis...

Today I share a story about getting outside of your comfort zone, and we talk with the Real Brian about how his podcast has lead to him getting paid to host two more. Donnie Pushed Publish On His Podcast. I got this email in my inbox: Hello Sir, I am writing this to simply introduce myself and say a big Thank You! Not long ago I was inspired to begin a daunting task of creating a podcast. I have l...

Glenn the geek has been podcasting since 2008. He does it full time. He grew his audience by reaching out to leaders in his field and partnering with them. He has a background in sales, and found the right sponsors for his shows. He embraces his audience, and knows that if you want people to listen you have to be entertaining. You might be thinking that if he is making a living from his podcast he...

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I attended Podcast Movement last week, and I am busting at the seems to tell you about it. To keep this short, here are my top memories and take always from Podcast movement. 1. The Door Key Was Branded Yeah, you know the magnetic door key. It had their logo on it. I often lose hotel keys and have to ask for another one. I didn't this week. What a HUGE first impression. I told Dan and Jared that t...

Podcasting News: Midroll Purchased by Scripps - Another shot of legitimacy for podcasting? Ask the Double Rainbow Guy The article mentions CPM (the amount you make per 1000 downloads) of $100. This seems unrealistic to what I typically hear ($15 - $30 CPM). Honda's 2016 Accord will have the ability to have Apple Car Play, and Android Auto. Full Story Podcast Rewind: I recently was asked back on th...

I watched the movie bite size on NetFlix. It was very eye opening. You will watch a few over weight teenagers and in the end they don't want to lose weight. Their parents are spending thousands of dollars, telling them to get off their butt, but its not  working. In one instance, the father of one of the children has a stroke and has to get himself into shape. What happens? The family starts to do...

Today I will answer the questions that I receive on a regualr basis.    Podcasting News: Popular Science has launched a Podcast caled Futuropolis Salary.com listed "On Air DJ" as one of the the top 12th jobs on the brink. Speaking of that, CBS Radio eliminated more than 200 positions in companywide layoffs this week, including an unconfirmed number in Chicago Ira Glass now owns This American Life....

In today's episode, (not safe for work) I share clips from a podcast I set out (as an experiment) to be the Worst Podcast Ever. It would: 1. Have F-bombs. 2. Insult the audience. 3. Deliver no value 4. Use Potty humor and be overtly immature The reason? I had two: 1. I wanted to test podbean.com (who during the test had a technical issue, and my files quit downloading). 2. I wanted to see what kin...

Podcast Rewind: Spreaker Live show with Rob Greenlee - My Appearance  Darren Rowse from ProBlogger (now a podcast) on the New Rainmaker - Dareen started getting new listeners to his content less than 24 hours of launching his podcast. Startup Podcast stated that 50% of customers at Dating Ring (the company they spotlighted this season) came from the Podcast Serial Brought 341,000 New Listeners to...

Group Coaching: Castermind Group Coaching I'm starting something new and I have room for three people. I may expand this in the future, but for now as I test this out there will be three people (four including me). We will meet once a month on a Tuesday night. We will talk about where we we are, and where we want to be. We will talk strategies, measuring our progress, and sharing what works and wh...

While we know that we can watch our health using a scale and a tape measure, but there are other ways and one of them is to measure your resting heart rate. Today I talk about a free app that allows you to accurately record your resting heart rate. An athlete's resting hear rate may be around 40. Don't be depressed if you're not in that ball park. Measure it, exercise, eat right and see if it goes...

There is a great saying, that those who learn from their mistakes are smart. Those who learn from other people's mistakes are wise. Marc Johansen sent in a voicemail stating how another podcasters who has been on the scene for almost to years stated that Apple created podcasting (they didn't) and many other obvious "untruths." It seems everyone who can press record has now dubbed themselves a podc...

Is This You? You don't FEEL like exercising. You don't FEEL like eating healthy. So you don't. This leads to you NOT exercising and eating right. That decision leads to you feeling bad about yourself. It damages your confidence. With less confidence, you don't FEEL like you can lose weight. It's too tough. You FEEL horrible, sad, dejected. You know you'r not a loser, but you sure feel like one. Or...

Quick Tip for Crowdfunding When you find a tool to help your fund your audience (Patreon, JoyRide, etc) instead of sending those people to their website, use a pretty link and direct them to the page. Why? Because what if a better system comes along? You will have all these past episodes pointing them to a website that no longer is relevant. I lucked out once and I have a link to Audible. Audible...

I recently read an article from Michael Hyatt and he started doing some weight training and brought up the five most important benefits that have NOTHING to do with bulking up Better metabolism.  Weight loss.  Strengthened bones.  Improved mental function.  Heightened well-being.  You can read the full story here. Another article talks about ways of battling Sugar Cravings.  I'm happy I'm down to...

Today I have the joy of interviewing Jessica Kupferman and Elsie Escobar from the Podcast called She Podcasts and now they have launched a specific Podcasting School of Women ($997). This segregated approach lead some men going, "Do we need a special school of Women?" and the answer (according to Jessica and Elsie is yes. Podcast Rewind - Dee Snider on Radio 2:21 Today I play a small clip from Dee...

Today we look at what are the key ingrediants to stories that are used in books, movies, plays, and how some podcasters have used these elements to make engaging content for their audience. If you want to dive deeper into engaging content check out my friend Erik K Johnson at  www.podcasttalentcoach .com who really know the ins and out of content shaping.  Last 5 in 5 from Josh Rivers Read to Lead...