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Feb. 17, 2017

You Don't Need $1500 To Start a Podcast

Moving to YouTube Live? 7:00 Would you podcast Live? 11:50 Launching a Podcast - You Do Not Need 1,500 19:45 What do you pay for that you don't use? 24:15 Hindeburg Journalist is on Sale (the sale is over Tunrtable Losing Fire 26:55 Patreon was down -...

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Feb. 10, 2017

Your Podcast Questions Answered

cast Network Gone Bad 11:55 Media hosting is like the Electric Company 15:30 Getting back into iTunes after you get removed. 18:55 Battling Bad Audio Last week 19:45 Jim's Inner Show Roundtbale 22:30 Loundness Units 26:05 Tips for Setting volume...

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Feb. 3, 2017

Should I Join a Podcast Network?

2:00 Test stuff Bluehost is awful 6:30 Daves typical Day 6:54 Should I join a network? 10:27 Making a book out of my show and sell them. 13:40 What Makes a Podcast Explicit? 16:08 The Messengers Podcast had to Go Explicit on their last episode...

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Jan. 27, 2017

Patreon Best Practices

3:00 How do I know people are listening 5:10 Don't ask for help in Facebook if you haven't gone through the proper channels. 7:40 SOund is still not good 8:40 Podbean and their directory 10:45 Bluehost is crap 13:15 PAtreon Best Practices 21:35 Making...

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Jan. 20, 2017

Rob Greelee Joins to Talk Spreaker Ad Revenue Beta

We somewhat break format today to have Rob Greenlee join us to talk about the new Ad Revenue Sharing that is happening on the Spreaker platform (you can get a free month at Spreaker using the coupon code sopfree).  Keep in Mind This is a Beta...

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Jan. 13, 2017

YouTuber Vs Podcaster Vs Journalism

2:00 Apple is looking for a podcast producer thanks to Emil from thestorybehind.com 5:58 Searchability and Discovery is going to be tough 7:55 Toast Talk Podcast Bingo 14:26 Recording a Roundtable 16:32 Turning Down interviews - Doing what you do best...

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Jan. 6, 2017

2017 Podcast Predictions - Happy New Year

2017 Podcast Predictions - Happy New year

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Dec. 30, 2016

The First Five Minutes of Your Podcast

Should you podcast through the holidays? 4:00 Staying consistent to be consistent 4:40 Dave talks about his Trip to Florida to hang out with of the Glenn runs his show like a business. Dave was super impressed with his ($250). Doing his live show...

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Dec. 24, 2016

Changing the Name of Your Show

2:25 Free Resources for Podcasters? 3:35 are coming out of the woodwork. 6:05 Feedback - You have to check the email that you give out. 8:15 Live "radio streaming station" Dave uses 9:25 You need to send more than one email 11:30 Recovering from...

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Dec. 9, 2016

Is It Rude To Ask Someone About Their Podcast Stats?

2:10 Jimmy Fallon does a podcast skit. The cool part is he didn't have to explain what a podcast is. 6:20 Dave shares that he's testing getting his podcast on the Amazon platform (he hasn't been approved.) 7:50 Is it Rude to ask how many downloads you...

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Dec. 2, 2016

Post Black Friday Reflections

1:30 Reverse Engineering Things We Watch on TV 6:20 Free Podcast Hosting From pippa.io 9:00 "partners" with podomatic. We don't need more podcasts, for these to flourish, they need advertiser Chris Nesi from share some insights on (this idea has...

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Nov. 25, 2016

Wordpress Security and Backup

1:40 iTunes Reviews Take Too Long to Show Up - Issues (To Track Your Own Reviews, Check out 6:14 New and Noteworthy is a Waste of Time 9:22 Podcasting Burnout 13:48 How do you define success with your podcast? 19:44 What is the Best Platform to Sell...

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Nov. 18, 2016

Why Do We Keep Using Skype?

This was recorded on 11-12-16 Dave an Jim are back in their respective studios. Happy Veterans day to all of our veterans.  2:15 DC Podfest reflections - I'm a Digital Influencer, and 6:20 Why Do We use Skype? Why not  or ? ? Jim states...

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Nov. 12, 2016

Put Some Energy Into It

Got a question? Call it in 888-563-3228 Dave flies solo today and decides to give Smiletime.com one more try. Some people had some issues getting smiletime on their phone so you will hear me mention mixlr. I received some feedback from people saying...

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Nov. 2, 2016

Hey Are You Jim Collison?

See Call in your questions 888-563-3228 7:00 How to Ask For Help 15:00 Doing a Call in Show - Different strategies 27:30 This is a brave podcast - Facebook Live on a Desktop 28:50 Geekslife.com 32:0 Strbucks podcast 33:15 What Jim Learn While He was...

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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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