I think you should always take a peak and see what content is resonating with your audience. I looked at the School of Podcasting Stats, and here are the top episodes of 2016. Here are my top ten (with #1 being the top and #10 being lower) Subscribe to the show in iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn,…
This needs a bit of backstory, so stick with me. I remember when I was in my early twenties talking to my Mom. I was impressed with myself, and I felt I had turned out OK, so I asked my Mom what her philosophy was when it came to raising children, or in this case,…
I was reading an article and while most of the information in it is fine, do I dare say “Good,” there was some information that was absolute crap and it is EASY to prove wrong. Case in point. If you simply launch with only one episode on your first day, and someone subscribes to your…
I was at Podcamp Pittsburgh last weekend. They had a speaker cancel at the last minute, so I went into a room and 20 minutes later I came out to deliver a presentation on How to Grow Your Podcast Audience. In the talk I talk about: Making sure your show doesn’t turn people off The…
Every wonder why you should start a podcast? Well I’m here to help you answer that question. I have a segment on my School of Podcasting show where my audience explains the opportunities they have had come their way because of their podcast. Here is a quick playlist If you want to help me get…
It seems like every time any press happens about podcasting the same shows are mentioned (Marc Maron, This American Life, Nerdist, 995 Invisible, Radiolab). These are all good shows, but there are great shows created in people’s closets, dining rooms, without a staff of 18 behind them, they deserve the spotlight as well. So here…
I’m reading a book by Mark Sanborn called Fred 2.0 – New Ideas on how to keep delivering extraordinary results. It talks about going above and beyond in serving your community. In it he asks these questions to help you identify your passions: “What do you love so much that you would do it…
I remember living in Cleveland there was a band that had the most awesome musicians. They were amazing. As a musician myself, I don’t say that very often. They were jaw dropping musicians and yet… I hated going to see them live. Why? Because they stared at their shoes the entire night. They had 150+…
We need to quit being cheap. I can go on and on about how we pay for things with time or money. Currently I’m watching Game of Thrones via Netflix DVD. They ship me a DVD with two episodes. I watch it immediately and ship it back. Two days later I get another two episodes….
Well, I’ve been at Libsyn almost a month. I doing support, and it’s a really interesting look at the podosphere. Here are some of the things I see that cause problems. Free tutorials that are outdated (promoting Feedburner) (see quit podcasting like it’s 2012) People worrying about Libsyn “Going out of business tomorrow”. When I spoke…