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I am starting a series on podcasting myths, Apple has a “New and Noteworthy” section in their app that 15 years ago when there were maybe 1000 podcasts would give you a significant bump in your downloads. Please check your calendar and r…

I Love Podcasting In the messenger’s documentary, I am asked, “When do you think you will stop podcasting?” and I answer, “The day after I die.” I’ve never thought of quitting. I love helping people on a global basis. However, if there is one thing …

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…

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…

My name is Dave Jackson and I founded the School of Podcasting in 2005 (www.schoolofpodcasting.com) I am 100% obsessed with podcasting. It allows me to be creative. It allows me to help people (I’ve been teaching people software for over 20 years). …

When I talk to people and ask them how do they discover podcasts, many of them say “I hear  about them on another podcast.” This is great as other podcasters have audiences who are already listening to podcasts. But what about growing a …

Today we continue our conversation with Daniel J Lewis of the Audacity to podcast. We also hear some great stats from Rob from www.podcast411.com and we get some insights into podcast flow from Adam Curry. Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Em…

I was recently told about a “new” Podcast Media host called Castmate.fm Before we get into their features, here is what I'm looking for in a podcast media host: 1. Unlimited storage and unlimited bandwidth. This allows me to store all my…

This week we look at some stats from a recent Edison Research where we see that 32 million people listen to 6 podcasts a week (on average). 82 million people listen for 12 hours a week. We also here from Nocturnal from the nocturnal podcast where he…

Today I provide 20+ reasons why you should be podcasting. We play with a free podcasting software that allows you to have sounds play with a click of a button, we talk about cleaning up noisy files, and we have a list 5 in 5. Why You Should Be Podca…

Today we talk about the benefits of Live Podcasting, Podbean seems fishy to me, and podcast promo swap goes live. Podcast Promo Swap is Live This almost free service is a way to keep up to date with other podcasters looking to swap promos. What's a …

Ray Ortega decided to start a podcast about what he knew: produce. A few years later he took what he knew: how to podcast and turned it into a career. Ray is the host of the Podcasters Studio podcast. In this interview we talk about 1. What stops pe…

Bob Andelman is  someone who knows books and media. He has co-authored a on of books, and has written syndicated columns. Bob interviewed me a while back on his show. There I learned he has done over 700 interviews. Bob started turning these into po…

I attended Podcamp Cleveland this weekend. It was a great time and I met some great people. I also had the joy of meeting some people who had no idea what a podcast was, and when I showed them some things on our lunch hour it just blew their minds. …

I've been podcasting since 2005, and right now I'm saying this is the best deal I've found on production music (royalty free so you can use it in your podcast as intro/outro/transition music). You can get a CD with 40 production tracks for $8.41 (wh…

NOTE: THis article is fomr 2009. Pricing may have changed, but the concepts are still the same. Amazon is still an open door to a massive bill. I have always been (and still am) a fan of libsyn.com For $12 a month, I get unlimited storage of my back…

Well this is my 200th episode of this podcast. Let me say up front, just becuase there are 200 episodes does not mean that these are great episodes or I am better than any other podcaster. It is a fun to listen back on some of the old episodes. I pl…

This is show 194 that originates at www.schoolofpodcasting.com The Importance of ID3 Tags I got an email from a listener of one of my listeners: “I recently also subscribed to Weekly Web Tools and downloaded all the back episodes. When listeni…

One of the issues that Podcasters who have been podcasting for a while are starting to face is that feedburner has a limit to how big your RSS feed can be. When this happens your new shows fail to show up in your RSS feed. I found this out when all …

Today I talk about an episode in a popular Podcast of  “No Agenda” which features Adam Curry and John C Dvorak. This podcasts gets thousands of dollars in donations but calculates to .01 a listener. On the episode for 8/13 John makes a g…

As a podcast consultant, I recently had someone send me a file that was exported at 190 kbps. What is a kbps (kilobit per second)? We don't care (and not its bit, not bytes). Think of it like this: The more paint (bits) you use, the more accurate a …