Rapid Fire Podcast Questions

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 with a Lapel Microphone
19:44 How often should you switch web hosts? (see www.coolerwebsites.com) Jim uses Maple Grove Partners
22:21 Where can I learn How to Podcast? Check out www.schoolofpodcasting.com/start or www.schoolofpodcasting.com/babysteps (free videos)
23:47 Dave loves Bandrew Says podcast because he shares his belief
27:09 How many times do you let guests slide?
32:16 THANK YOU TO THE AWESOME SUPPORTERS
33:54 Audioburst Tool and the joys of band transcripts
39:41 I want to make money promoting me (not ads).
42:26 Jim's news secret weapon-sleep
44:43 Dave's workflow of working out an idea
48:18 Dave's embarrassing moment
50:06 How long does it take to "get traction" - Power Rant

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The Biggest Pain in Creating a Podcast

Starting a podcast is not hard. Starting a GOOD podcast takes time, dedication, talent, etc and today I asked my audience, "What is the biggest pain in starting and creating a podcast." Here is what they answered:

Your Biggest Pain in Podcasting

01:23 Thanks to everyone who contributed

Positioning My Podcast - from Timothy of kdoipodcasting.com

Running Out of Content - Chris Nesi from the House of Ed Tech

Scheduling - Todd from the Trucker Dump

The Abundance of Choice - Stephanie from the Virtual Ex-Pats

Mouth Noises - Moxie Your Brain On Facts

Thumbnails - Bandrew from the Bandrew Says

Show Notes - Matt from the Author Inside You 

Show Notes - Seth from Geekville Radio

Running Out of Content - Dave Logical Weight Loss

Question of the Month

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Because of My Podcast I Was Hired For an Event

33:28

Jas from Giving Up The Ghost podcast was asked to do a live recording of Ghost Stories at an AKIA store for a private sleepover party after only four episodes!

Here is the description of their show:

Podcasting LIVE from one of the MOST haunted cities located DEAD center in North America - Winnipeg, MB Canada. Join us as we explore the unknown! Welcome to Giving Up The Ghost
Each week we will cover, explore and share our research of unexplained paranormal phenomena in Winnipeg and surrounding areas! Join your AudioCurators Jas and Sherrie as they discover the dark side of local history, Urban legends and their haunting origins as well as everything that goes bump in the night. Are you afraid of the dark? well, you should be.

For more information on Sherrie’s Art and Gallery please view her talent at https://www.facebook.com/ChicAndTique/
For more information on Jas’s publications and fiction writing, please visit her website www.jnflamand.com and her FB page https://www.facebook.com/jnflamand/

The Memory of Creating a Podcast Will Be With You Forever

35:18

When you start a podcast it will change your life for better or worse, and you won't be able to take it away. I recently drove 12 hours in a car with my brother and sister-in-law to see my cousin's oldest child graduate from High School. Yes, 24 hours (round trip) in a car is not a great time, but it is a memory I have with my family that we will always have. To have that memory I had to say Yes to taking the trip.

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Mentioned on This Show

Acuity Scheduling 

Calendly Scheduling Tool

Ivy Envy 

Episode 624 Is Anyone Reading Show Notes?

Episode 400 of the School of Podcasting

Gordon Firemark episode about Podcast Trademarks

Terry Gross book "All I Did Was Ask"

Howard Stern Comes Again Book

 

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How to Do a Podcast Like Joe Rogan

I get the question, “How do I make a podcast like Joe Rogan?” Please let me put my tongue in my cheek and answer this question.

Joe did the following to prepare for his podcast:

1988: Started doing comedy in Boston

1994: Moves to LA six years after to do television (including News Radio)

1997: Start working with the United Fighting Championship (nine years after starting)

2000: Releases first stand up special released (12 years after he started)

2001: Start hosting Feat Factor on TV (NBC)

2003: Takes over hosting The Man Show on Comedy Central

2003: Also involved with Last Comic Standing television show.

2006: Goes back to comedy

2009: Launches his podcast

He Makes it Look So Easy

Watch Joe do an interview and he makes it look easy. He is a very INTENSE listener, and you might think all you have to do is ask some people some questions, but it’s just not that easy. There is a lot of prep involved in doing interviews. Joe’s background in comedy and working in clubs for years gives him the ability to think on his feet.

Do you have to wait 21 years to start your podcast? No, but if you want someone to consume your content in 20 years and think, “They make it look so easy” you do need to start now. You can help anyone with your message in your head. You can change the world with a recording on your hard drive.

I would love to help you

Does Your Podcast Name Need a Trademark?

Thinking Outside the Box

Today's talk about Podcast Trademarks was inspired by a Facebook post. As a tech support person for Libsyn I see a large number of podcasts on a weekly basis (get a free month at Libsyn.com using the coupon code sopfree ). I always find it interesting when people are launching a NEW show and when I go to look up their account, I see that there is another show with the same name. One of my favorite examples is the name "Outside the box"

If only there was a tool where you could search the Internet to see if anyone is using the name?

Podcast Honeymoons

Sometimes we skip steps like this because we are so excited, and we just can't hide it, and we move forward without doing something like a quick Google Search or a search in Apple. This can also continue as you enter what I'm calling Podcast Honeymoon.

This about when you find someone to date, and HOLY COW they just check every box. You do fun things like celebrating your one-month anniversary. You celebrate the anniversary of anything and everything (your first email, phone call, first date, first kiss). You are what my mother use to call GAGA (way before Lady Gaga). You think about the time

Fast forward nine months later and that awesome accent that was so quaint is now like nails on a chalkboard. I recently went to watch my ex-step-son graduate from Perdue University with my ex-wife. My ex-wife is a person who must examine ALL options before making a decision and I was like, "Oh, I remember this as she tried to decide the t-shirt or hoodie, and black vs white."

What does this have to do with podcasting?

When you first start a podcast you may be thinking about it all the time. You may start to have issues at work. You may be working at your podcast at work (not recommended). You might be thinking about your podcast when you are with your family. I'm reading Howard Stern's new book Howard Stern Comes Again, and he talks about how he was obsessed with ratings and consequently, was not a great husband or father. I did the same thing. While both my ex-wife and I will admit "we probably shouldn't have got married in the first place" podcasting was a source of tension. I know of people who edit their podcast on the clock at their job.

I'm here to remind you that is not an option. If it has been a while since you did a job search. Before I worked at Libsyn, the last teaching job I got took a while to get hired even though I had decades of experience and a degree. It is easier said than done, but jumping off a cliff and building the plane on the way down may not be the best choice you've ever been

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Talking Podcast Trademarks with Gordon Firemark

Gordon is the producer and host of Entertainment Law Update., a podcast for artists and professionals in the entertainment industries. His practice also covers intellectual property, cyberspace, new media and business/corporate matters for clients in the entertainment industry. He is the author of The Podcast, Blog and New Media Producer's Legal Survival Guide.

Copyright vs Trademarks

Do I need one for my show?

How do they protect me?

How much do they cost?

Check out all things Gordon Firemark at Firemark.com

Check out his Podcast Law Book

Check out the Podcast Release Form

 

Mentioned In This Episode

Question of the Month: "What is your biggest pain in creating a podcast?" Deliver your answer via our contact page (don't forget to mention your show and website) 

Utah Podcast Summit (use coupon code sop )

Wordpress Kent

Podcast Baby Steps ( Brand New To Podcasting> Start here)

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Podcoin App Pays Listeners to Listen to Podcast

There is more money coming into Podcasting and Geoff and David Cook are hoping to get some of it by building a podcast app that focuses on helping you find new podcasts, integrate social ingredients (likes, etc), and pay you one podcoin (1-4 cents) for every 10 minutes.

I wanted to find out more about this app. Podcoin was created by David Cook who credited the idea to a speech his brother Geoff Cook gave to Princeton University in April 2018. It’s not the first time they’ve been business partners. David and Geoff previously co-founded myYearbook with their sister Catherine in 2005. The trio then sold the company to Quepasa for $100 million in 2011.

It's been around since January of 2019 and currently has 15 million users that are consuming 1,500,000+ Listening Minutes PER DAY

For more information see https://www.podcoin.com/audience

Find the app on Apple and Android

Fixing Mistakes In Your Podcast

You are listening back to your podcast and there is a mistake you HAVE to fix. Here are your options when using Libsyn

Thank you for contacting Libsyn Support

It gets tricky with Spotify, and Google Play Music.

If you upload a file with the same file name, all the other directories and apps up EXCEPT the two above. There are two options

Strategy 1

If you go to content > previously published > edit the episode

Then click on the Scheduling Tab and go to the advanced sub-tab

You will see the destinations. Uncheck Spotify, Google Play Music and click Publish (which acts as a save button).

Then rename your episode file, go to content > add new episode

Then click on the Scheduling Tab and go to the advanced sub-tab

You will see the destinations. Make sure to UNCHECK ALL of the destinations EXCEPT Spotify, Google Play Music and click Publish (which acts as a save button).
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This will create a version of that episode just for those destinations, and the original version never goes offline.

Strategy 2

Go to Content > Previously Published > Edit

Rename your original file and use the replace option and click Publish (which acts as a save button).

The current apps will have a small amount of time when the file will not play (as the apps update they will see the new file name, but there may be people who go to play the file and it won't work (as it's still looking at the old name).

This can take up to 24 hours.

But the episode will update on all platforms.

What If I'm Not Using Libsyn?

The bottom line is if you upload the new file with the same name, then it won't update on Spotify or Google Play Music because they make

Question of the Month

What is your biggest pain in podcasting?

Go to www.schoolofpodcasting.com/contact and upload your file or use the speakpipe button by 5/24/19

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What should My Podcast Logo Convey?

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 brand, and the show has a brand, how do you handle that?

22:40 Thanks to our supporters

23:30 getredcircle.com yet another free media host that (in Dave's opinion ) is destined to fail.

27:24 How do I get more engagement from my listeners? 

32:34 What should your logo convey? From Brandon from floridafocuspodcast.com

Thanks to our awesome $10 supporters

41:14 Portable power for your Zoom H5 or Zoom H6.

Anker Power Bank (safe for planes)

44:52 Dave was approved to be an Amazon Affiliate

anything 25,000 mah and above you may have issues taking it on a plane

50:24 Art Stickers still a thing? ( Many people love them) Check out Sticker Mule

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Cheese festival blues

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Podcast Pre-Interviews - Ensuring Valuable Conversations

I came across Kent Convington's Fast Lane Podcast University Podcast and I liked the content I was hearing. I was lucky enough to have Kent ask me to be on his show. Then he did something only one other person has done. He asked for a pre-interview.

He started off by asking about any stories in my life and my career in podcasting. If I wasn't so long winded it would've lasted about 15 minutes, but because I rambled on a bit, it probably lasted 34. Kent was looking to craft a story. Not just have me rattle of stats. He was looking not just for facts and stories, but interesting stories.

This also got me thinking about what my "best material" is, and a few days later when we recorded the interview I was prepared.

Today I return the favor and ask Ken to "pull back the curtain" and explain what is going through his mind when he does a pre-interview.

Behind My Podcast Curtain

You will hear what little I do as a "Pre-interview" (something I may change in the future). I typically tell people who they are talking to, why I brought them on the show, and what I plan on asking them about. With Kent, there isn't much information about him online so I had to do some digging into his background to see how he got into podcasting.

How Kent Does a Pre-Interview

Kent is on the lookout for stories, and things to enable the audience to not only get to know the guest but to find entertaining stories.

He is looking for items that will help paint the mental image, the vivid pictures inside the "Theater of the Mind."

What are the biggest hurdles?

What is the most memorable moment?

Tell me about a time when _____ happened.

You are looking for the challenge and conflict.

Polishing the Stories using  The Ladder of Abstraction S. I. Hayakaw ( explanation )

When to do a Pre-Interview

Profile Interviews: Designed to help tell the story of the guest

Advice Podcasts: Where an expert is on to share tips and insights.

Across the Table Interview: You are looking for the truth. Less of a team approach.

So Many People Have a Podcast About _____

If you're worried about starting a podcast because "so and so" is "sooooo popular" and "owns" the niche. That is like telling the Quarterback in High School to quit because they will never be as good as Tom. Well if Tom quit because he would never be as good as Joe Montana, then we wouldn't have Tom Brady today.

Don't obsess over what other people are doing and instead focus on your audience. Realize we all have different strengths and different passions.

Mentioned in this Episode

Fast Lane Podcast University

Roy H Williams "Wizard of Ads"

The Ladder of Abstraction

Chris Curran Podcast Engineering School

Natalie at Bizchix

Dan O Day

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Luminary: Should I Say or Should I Go

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 channels

12:05 Dave's Presentation at Podcast Movement

12:30 Buffer or Hootsuite

14:40 www.tweetdeck.com and the power of lists

16:50 Oscar from Peaceful Thrill Seeker is looking for interviewees see www.podcastingresources.com

24:05 Our Awesome Supporters THANK YOU.

25:40 Luminary are you in or are you out?

37:02 Swoot App

and Podcoin

39:14 Elikqitie from Travel Gluten Free Sponsors to cover basic costs of podcasting Gary V Shows how to contact sponsors video

45:04 Luka from Chill Zone (Dave's Beef With Anchor ) Need low-cost podcast hosting? https://www.whooshkaa.com/  ( a better bad choice). Use the coupon code sopfree to get a free month at Libsyn. Please note Shout Engine will NOT redirect your feed (and you lose your audience - do not use them).

49:34 the Fat Fifty and Frisky show has earned 19 cents on Anchor.

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