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It was my first day of kindergarten. I'm five years old and about 2 tents of a mile (or .32 kilometers to my friends across the pond) away is my school. I'm standing at the back door, and reach for the handle. My mom is standing by the stove and say…

I had someone ask me about starting a podcast. They wanted to “Stand Out” without “Niching Down.” The easiest way to stand out is to Niche down. When you do a show like We Have Cancer, Adoptees On, or the Chameleon Breeder, y…

Zoom is really stepping up their game with the Zoom Podtrack P4 portable recorder (see my review), and the Zoom ZDM1 Dynamic microphone. It's great to see a company that is embracing podcasting and creating products specifically for podcasts. Here i…

The Rodecaster is a great piece of equipment that has taken podcasting by storm. Check out the different packages Rode RODECaster Pro Integrated Podcast Production Studio Rode RODECaster Pro with Dual PodMic Microphones, Stands, and Cables Kit Rod…

Bounceast is a deal right now on App Sumo that is typical $99/year (ou $9.99/month) and I've had a few people ask me about it so I went ahead and put out the $39 for lifetime access and give it a shot. If you want the original files created go to w…

Table of Contents 01:29 How Do You Compete Against Large Networks? 06:44 25 People Vs 1 09:42 Two Things That Kill Podcasts 11:52 Buying an Audience 15:32 Life Without the School of Podcasting 17:01 So How Do You Compete? 19:24 Jet Ski vs Cruise Shi…

Today we are talking about Plugins. Plugins are things you add to your audio editing software to make it better, more efficient, etc. The best way to avoid buying these (or using these) is to record good audio in the first place. That is not always …

Enjoy and Start a Podcast The Messengers: A Podcast Documentary Is Now Available On YouTube The Messengers: A Podcast Documentary” is an engaging exploration of the rapidly growing world of podcasting. The documentary delves into the h…

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. I would love to help you if(window.strchfSettings === undefined) window.strchfSettings = {}; window.strch…

How do you soundproof a room without forever making it “your studio” I've always loved the idea of having some sort of ceiling hooks that could be used to hang a thick blanket. Vocal Booth To Go (I've seen them at Podcast movement) have …

I just hit play on Brene Browns the Call to Courage on Netflix. I have no idea who she is (tons of bestsellers it turns out like Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead , been on Oprah)…

Apple has been removing people for putting keywords in the title of their show, and in their author tags. For example, my show title used to read “School of Podcasting – Learn to podcast, start a podcast, podcast growth. Now it reads: &#…

An email went out today from Apple with insights into how they want your “metadata” to be formatted Dear Podcast Provider, To improve your experience with Apple Podcasts, we want to share the following information and updates. Optimize Y…

Anchor.fm is a free podcasting platform that makes creating a podcast super easy. That's the good news. In fact, I feed anchor has probably helped create a few meetings at podcast hosting companies to talk about their user interfaces. There is a dar…

Avoid Podcast Panic My goal is to help you avoid podcast headaches and podcast panic. Every day I see people in Facebook groups freaking out, “I just released an episode and its now showing up in Apple podcasts!” Today after watching thi…

I recently did an episode where I got the opinions of two other people besides myself to discuss their experience using the new Rodecaster Pro from Rode. We all agreed that it's a great unit, and we all agreed that it was missing one big thing: the …

I attended and spoke at Social Media Marketing World last year. It was a “Magical” event filled with thousands of speakers and as is it focused on Marketing, many of the people I met were new to me. It was amazing, and I made some great …

Today on episode 638 I am talking about controlling a conversation from two different angles. Why Squadcast is the Best Tool for Recording Interviews I speak with Zach Moreno, one of the founders of Squadcast (save 50% off using the coupon code sopf…

Welcome to episode 635 of the School of podcasting Podcast Question Of the Month If there is a slider between 1 I LOVE PODCASTING and 10 is I HATE Podcasting, where are you? Are you feeling like a three? Seven? Lets us know and WHY you are feeling t…

Just a quick update as I realized I have two time-sensitive items I meant to mention in my last episode. The Podcast Awards Are Open You can nominate the School of Podcasting in the Technology category at the Podcast Awards https://www.podcastawards…

Google announced their new podcasts app is out yesterday. It's a simple app that Android owners can user to listen to podcasts. If you haven't take the steps to get your show in the Google App, I talk about that here. But if you're in Google…

Is My Website Already Set? Go to your website and right-click anywhere on the page and choose “View Page Source.” Then press CTRL+F which will bring up find box and search for ” application/rss+xml ” and you may be surprised …

Glenn the Geek Hebert (from horseradionetwork.com )shares what he learns from talking to “Radio People” from Podcast Movement. We discuss being more focused with our podcast, so I bring on Addy Saucedo who is the author of The Podcast Pl…

Because of My Podcast Danny Peña’ is Now on Twitch.tv Danny is a Hall of Fame podcaster who shared his story about how he started off with a cassette deck (see episode 506), and ended up playing video games with Bill Gates, and getting a spot on CBS…