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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...

Send us feedback/questions via Text Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting and Jim Collison from the Home Gadget Geeks podcast answer your questions live Utah podcast summit Jim’s big show 8:00 podcaster dead 18:25 finding content 23:30 book publisher 27:00 3% rule 31:50 reading reviews 38:00 pay gap in podcasting 49:00 should I list my show 51:59 Apple episode numbers 57:00 guest microphones...

Send us feedback/questions via Text Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting and Jim Collison from The Average Guy Network are back. Jim celebrated a birthday and Dave took a trip to Georgia to watch a high school of graduation. This week to discuss: 2:45 Apple is shutting down Apple iTunes and muting sounds on computers 10:33: What makes a good guest 16:24 Can you add ID3 tags on Hindebrugh (Fi...

Send us feedback/questions via Text 01:20 Rob Greenlee joins Libsyn 03:17 Should I move from Podbean to Libsyn? 05:00 Too many companies to keep up? 06:26 Now that Spotify owns Anchor are they still bad? 09:35 Should I give my Libsyn login information to chartable.com? 10:18 Thoughts on Megaphone 10:49 Changing Hosting companies - do I resubmit? 15:34 Who initiates a 301 redirect 16:42 Podcasting...

Send us feedback/questions via Text The easter egg At the Avengers movie is no big deal What podcasters can learn from Disney and handling a franchise How much planning went into the 12 Marvel Movies - Great planning equals great content 10:50 Submitting your show to Apple was broke and now is fixed 15:20 Sometimes people who should know better -don't 17:20 What to do when each host their own...

Send us feedback/questions via Text It's the Avenger's Weekend and Game of Thrones so what can podcasters learn from these super popular programs. Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting and Jim Collison from The Average Guy Network discuss podcasts topics brought up by their live audience and items from Facebook groups. 4:50 Paul from www.improveandhavefun.com being on multiple chann...

Send us feedback/questions via Text Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting and Jim Collison from The Average Guy Network love to talk podcasting. Today joined by an awesome chat room we talk about: 2:39 Podcast Launches 8:06 Big Name Interviews 15:50 Booking Agents 20:11 Interview Focus and Strategies 22:07 Editing an Interview 24:58 The Never Ending Woz 26:07 Doing Homework to be a guest 28:3...

Send us feedback/questions via Text 3:18 NAB reflections 4:05 Jim's New Podcast 6:32 Show Notes 9:10 Podcast Business Journal YouTube Article 14:34  Think Like a Hacker Podcast 16:58  Podcast Rodeo Show Doozy 19:49  Samson MBA38 Boom Arm 23:16  Blue Compass Boom Arm 28:24  Grammarly  Gets Aggressive 31:20 Mic Placement 37:29 Leaving Mixers On 42:44 Knox is Kooky 43:54 Self Hosting is Not a Go...

Send us feedback/questions via Text No show next week as Dave will be at NAB. Find Dave at  www.schoolofpodcasting.com  and Jim at  www.theaverageguy.tv [3:15]  Do you need to listen to podcasts to be a good podcaster? [10:00]  Record to computer or Recorder? [32:20]  Article 13 51;24 Is Second Life the last hope for freedom of speech? Work With Me Join the  School of Podcasting  or let me  be you...

Send us feedback/questions via Text Nebraska Floods 3:32 Oofah means something different in Australia 6:00 Cultural Differences 8:14 Replacing your router 11:48 Chartable Power Rant 14:36 Streaming From an Event 21:28 Streamyard and Mobile 23:13 Getvokl.com 27:16 Our Awesome Supporters 28:59 Streamyard on the phone 34:00 Seeing Apple Stats 40:42 Google Podcast App 44:26 Proof Podcasting is on the...

Send us feedback/questions via Text Join Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting and Jim Collison from The Average Guy Network as they answer your podcast questions 1:33 Rodecaster Pro acting a bit wonky 7:06 Where am I on the charts? chartable.com 13:15 Apple search and why to put links on your website 26:00 Awesome supporters 28:00 How much is Streamyard ? 33:01 Rob's talk at Podfest 37:...

Send us feedback/questions via Text Thanks to all the people who helped fill in Jim's chair while he was off teaching high school kids how to write code! 4:00 What Jim learned while he was gone. 6:50 YouTube Chat and Hangouts 10:00 Maybe try Streamyard 13:00 Hangouts going away ? Separating Shows For a Separate Channel? 22:00 Charitable has an outage - this means your audience can't down...