How to Move From Soundcloud to Another Podcast Host: It’s Time
Soundcloud is losing money. Lots of money. Key people at the company are leaving. It’s time to get your podcast off of Soundcloud
Enough With the Templates and Shotgun Marketing!
OK, there must be some new course, or guru telling people how to contact people to be potential guests. Here is the format Tell people how much you love the show Tell them your story Tell them what topic you can talk about and how much my audience is going to benefit. Kiss the butt…
Omny Studio Podcast Media Hosting Review
I have a set of criteria that I use when I look at podcast media hosting. What I upload, is what I want downloaded completely unchanged, or at least in the same format I uploaded it. Give me a way to leave without having to beg. Charge me for your service. Provide accurate stats Provide…
A Really Bad Idea to Kick Off the New Year
Wow. I mean, Wow. Did that guy just say what I think he said? “It’s a new approach to podcast advertising. This is how it works. You give us your podcast feed, and we give you a new one to distribute to your audience. ” Really? I mean REALLY? Their idea is they inject ads into…
SoundCloud Dead Hosting Walking? Some Think So
But it’s too big to fail! … maybe not. From the guy who does the Next Market podcast Use the coupon code sopfree at Libsyn.com, Blubrry.com Podbean.com or Spreaker.com to get a free month . Not sure why Soundcloud would fail? Read this Why Soundcloud Makes me Nervous Soundcloud brings in next to no audience Spreaker is…
Quit Peeing in the Sandbox – Buy Your Way to the Top at Soundcloud
Recently Apple sent out communication to media hosts Like Libsyn and Blubrry (and others) stating that anyone keyword stuffing their author name tag would NEVER be featured in iTunes. It was a polite way of saying KNOCK IT OFF! You see iTunes use to search your description field until people started stuffing their descriptions with…
Why Feedburner is a Bad Idea
I got a voicemail from Greg Whitaker and he asked, “Why is it bad to use Feedburner and how do I leave?’ http://www.mediafire.com/download/0dw6byf6wy5cdoq/greg_whitaker.mp3 Let’s go back in time a bit. Feedburner was a great idea when iTunes first came on the scene because we needed an iTunes compliant feed, and well, there was hand coding…
Jerry Seinfeld – Half the Time Nobody Got His Show
Jerry Seinfeld was talking about his show coming to Hulu.com He explains how his show was not connecting with the audience for the first four years. Podcasters are trying to reproduce the Seinfeld model. You do a show for yourself because its fun. You tweak it a little Your audience finds you You gain their…
Podcasts App Breaks in iOs 9 – Podcasts App Alternatives?
If you haven’t updated your iOs device to iOs 9, and you’re an avid Podcast listener using the native Apple Podcasts app, don’t upgrade your operating system to iOs 9 (mine apparently did it automatically). They changed some things in the program, and some people are not too happy (they removed the tile view) This…
Power Rant: The Pros and Cons of Podcast Deadlines
I feel bad for people who set unrealistic deadlines and then Stress themselves out because they are unrealistic Make bad decisions because they are operating in “Panic Mode” Here is an important question to ask: The world has waited 10 years for your show. Why can’t it wait two more weeks? I don’t want you to…