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Oct. 21, 2016

When Your Equipment Dies Half Way Through the Show

Cal in your questions 888-563-3228 Dave is flying solo and is using smiletime.com and is using the chat room as his co-host. It's a cool tool for about 20 minutes of the show. Then things go south. It's a free service, and well, sometimes you get what...

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Oct. 14, 2016

Behind the Scenes of Radio With Michael Sharkey

We are joined by Michael Sharkey from the Talent Show and Zen Shark Media who helps people shape their content. Firetalk is dead and we've moved to huzza.io 3:50 What does a producer do for the show? 6:23 What is a typical day like in radio? 10:50 Any...

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Oct. 1, 2016

Automation and Authentication

Rob Greenlee, head of , co-host of the , and the joins us for another fun session of Ask the Podcast Coach. Rob has previously worked for Podcast One, and Microsoft. 1:20 Social Media Question: Automation vs Authentication from Jeffery at 15:10...

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Sept. 23, 2016

Do I Split My Topics into Separate Podcasts - Mastering the Tease

Today Dave is joined by the host of the podcast Tim Wohlberg. 2:42 Do I Split  My Topics into Separate Podcasts? from 11:19 Update from Podcast Mid Atlantic see for the virtual ticket 17:27 Nails on a Chalkboard to Tim - You Need to Tease Your...

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Sept. 15, 2016

Web Hosting For Podcasters - Voice Over Work

2:00 Switching hosting at , there are so many hosting types. Does it matter? You can get by with shared hosting, if you have the budget go for the Wordpress hosting. Dave has most of his sites on , and the is on but he is thinking of moving back to...

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Sept. 2, 2016

Are You Missing Out? - Changing Feed Locations

Call in your question for the show at 888-563-3228 1:20 I had a client pose an interesting question to me today: Is there a way to turn off comments/ratings for their podcast on iTunes/Google Play etc? I've never had anyone ask me to do that for...

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Aug. 26, 2016

Podcast reviews and The Messengers

Dave is preparing for a film crew to show up at his house to interview him for the Messengers Documentary (support the film by going to ) Call in your question by calling 888-563-3228   2:40 Live Streaming Discussion 5:15 Transcripts and...

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Aug. 19, 2016

Live From Podcamp Pittsburgh

Dave and Jim overcome a hurdle of not recognizing Dave's microphone so prior to this episode there were three "miss-starts". Dave shares a bit about Podcamp Pittsburgh.  4:00 How Can I Grow My Audience Watch Dave's impromptu Presentation at...

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Aug. 12, 2016

Podcast Guest Strategies - Podcast Promo Exchanges

Dave and Jim kick the tires on after leaving blab.im 2:00 Michael is the first one into the pool 3:30 Chris Nesi had issues with which might've been a cache issue. 08:10 Create great content and ignore the live audience. 08:40 The Grocery store...

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Aug. 5, 2016

Pay to Join a Network - Best Tools For Donations - Goodbye Blab

1:50 Getting Old Sucks 2:20 How Dave's chair ruined his sound. His chair was adjusting knobs when it swiveled. 4:51 A New Microphone From 6:14 Audition Crashing Problems? 7:51 John is using as a producer and how he is using it to record the podcast...

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July 29, 2016

Get in Front of Your Audience - PowerPress Sites

Jim shares about a large summit he went to and almost lost his voice. They both talk about the power of meeting your audience face to face. 3:20 Dave talks about the book 08:00 How you inspire others to do things they may have thought they couldn't...

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July 21, 2016

Streaming Radio - Night Ranger - Rode VideoMic Me

See www.askthepodcastcoach.com/133 for full notes

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July 8, 2016

No Show This Week - 7-9-16

After multiple busy days and nights at Podcast movement, Dave's voice needs a bit of a break. So now show this week on 7/9/

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July 1, 2016

Donations - Private RSS Feeds - Kiss My RSS

1:40 Tip Jars vs Patreon. You can use Paypal, (from square). What percentage will follow you? Some experts say 3% is good. 7:30  Do you listen to podcasts on a website? 8:33 Web hosting solutions? Dave uses and , Jim likes 9:48 Best way to use...

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June 23, 2016

Your Podcasting Website - How Long Does it Take To Launch

Happy Fathers Day One Day Early 2:15 Survey - What would you want to receive, CD, USB Stick, or Business Card 6:02 - Different is better than better 8:00 Integrating Libsyn RSS feed with new Wordpress website. Should I use PowerPress? If it's a...

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June 16, 2016

ID3 Tags, iTunes Listings, PowerPress Updates

3:22 What are Meta/ID3 tags used for?  Are they Important? 10:28 ID3 Listings are Taking Longer to update. Remember it takes up to 24 hours for your latest episode to appear in iTunes. Your subscribers have instant access to episodes in your...

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May 27, 2016

The Big Blab Announcement

Blab says they are not doubling down on braodcast tools - whatever that means 8:30 the name podcasting 09:10 Podast Awards Slate Anounced -still needed funding 18:38 Making an Mp3 file in iTunes and File formats 21:50 Upgrade to Windows 10 24:14...

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May 20, 2016

How long does it take to build a podcast audience?

Blab Woes 2:00 How long does it take to build a podcast audience?  and Book -defining your podcast success 11:30 Facebook Ads  14:34 I have a slight delay from when I speak to what I hear 17:25 Recording on the Road. Dave likes the...

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May 12, 2016

How Do I Get Started?

Today Jim is out on assignment, and Aaron Dowd "the Podcast Dude" fills in this week. 1:30 How do I Get Started? Mentioned

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May 6, 2016

Low Budget Podcasting - Finding Topics For Your Show

and take your podcast questions. 1:09   at the SOP. Compressors. 2:22 Mailing Lists. Check out , are very popular and integrate with everything it seems. Currently Dave is using 3:52 How Long should my show be? 5:44 CRM Software that emails...

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April 28, 2016

The Joys of Live Podcasts - Google Play Music

1:25 Podcast Coach vs Mentor and Show Vs Podcast The story of the butt-head coach.  9:25 Put Your Shirt On! - The Joys of Live 10:43 Stay focused or interact with the chat room? 15:47 Multi Camera Shots on Blab How Do you do it? Wirecast...

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April 22, 2016

How Long Should Your Intro Be?

Dave is back after last week being out for a funeral. Thanks to Mike from jpeg2raw.com for filling the seat.  Brief discussion on parents, and making them laugh or cry. 3:45 Recording on the Road. Audio Technica 2100  Samson Go Mic ....

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April 14, 2016

Awesound and Audio Enhancers

Special thanks Jim for moving into the driver's seat and to Mike Howard from for filling in while Dave was out attending a funeral.  2;45 photography Piracy 5:35 Broken Camera 8:10 Facebook Live 12:10 Awesound Interview 35:15 Flow of...

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