Growing Your Audience Episodes

Get 25% off your membership fee using the coupon code santa now through December 25, 2007. Today I show how you can find out who is linking to your competitors using google. Then you can see if these same people might want to...

Thanks to Becky of Podcastdesigns.com for putting together another great piece of Album Art for my latest Podcast "Logical Weight Loss Podcast." www.logicalloss.com (as a member of the School of Podcasting you get 50% the pri...

In this episode I have input from a listener on how to stop robots ("bots" ) from spamming your phpbb forum for your listeners. We also have an open in invite from George of the oneminutehowto.com for anyone looing for exposu...

BIG NEWS School of Podcasting Subscribers will now get a month in the USATDOAY.com's Blogger and Podcaster guide (a $49 savings) for FREE. If you want to stay in the online version (or the printed version that will be publish...

Are you arguing with your significant other about your podcasting habbits? Ever wonder how Dave has 8 podcasts ? Is it true that he just has no life? NO. It revolves around careful planning, and involving your family and frie...

Today I went and looked at some numbers regarding people using phones to listen to the School of Podcasting's Morning Announcements. I use voiceindigo.com and I had anywhere from 15 to 47 downloads a month. I also looked at h...

Is there ONE thing that you can do to bring a giant number of listeners? Probably not, but the key values are the same - find out where your listeners hang out and get some information to them. "You need to move to where the ...

Join us as we interview "Ringmaster Greg" from the Dancing With Elephants Podcast ( https://www.dwithe.com ) about the contest that involved cross promotion with other podcasters to help give away an ipod shuffle. In the end ...

I am looking for answers to the question: I couldn't have done ___ if it was for podcasting. Or I sure am glad I started podcasting because _______ I talk with Ram Krishnan of www.castmetrix.com which is a company that allows...

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In this podcast we throw out some podcast promotion tips, why "hard sell" podcasts are stupid, and some new free services for podcasters. TIMELINE: 1:30 Feedback from Taylor Marek about a promtion that was being run by Dancin...

Dave gets some listener feedback from Chris at amateurtraveler.com and Paul from technobabelshow.com I was reading a book about marketing a musical group and it mentioned using chalk to promote your band. Would this work for ...

I change format today because I have a serious point to make. If we are the NEW MEDIA, we have the RESPONSIBILITY to RECOGNIZE that the Microphone has POWER. Here are some key points from my rant. BIG MEDIA wants us to fight ...

Dave follows up on last week's show with some tips from Don Lewis of https://www.thebigbreakpodcast.com/ and Sallie from www.author-izer.com as we try to remove hum from a non-skype call. Dave is using a Ground-Loop Isolator ...

Dave continues on with a few other mistakes that Podcasters may be making: 1. SHOW ME THE MONEY- The person who doesn't even have a podcast topic, but knows he can sell it. Get your audience first, then monetize it. Paul Coll...

Dave talks about some common podcasting mistakes these include: Making your first impression by apologizing for not putting out a show. Remember there are lots of new listeners on the way (so why not do this at the end if you...

Dave went back to colllege this week (but is still completely available to help new podcasters). He had a very difficult time getting bookmarks for his books. When he found one, he was amazed at how many times a day he viewed...

Dave talks about how easy it is (and free) to cross promote your podcast. This is helped by networking with other podcasters who have similar podcasts. I play a quick promo I did for the Daily Source Code, I then turned aroun...

Dave provides the results from last week's poll, a promtional Post Card Tool along with a podcasting idea. The One Minute How To PodcastA quick, fun way to cross promote your podcast. Check it out at https://www.oneminutehowt...

Dave talks about a new Podcasting Report https://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_Podcasting.pdf Dave mentions how you can find out information fromyour audience using www.surveymonkey.com TAKE THE SURVEY (10 quick questions)To t...

The holidays can be such a rush. Shopping, school events, travel, etc make the "Tour of Christmas 06" something that can make you tired jsut thinking about it. How are you going to find time to podcast? Dave explains some qui...

Dave talks the upcoming expo in Ontario California and why should be ready to take advantage of the opportunity. It's humour cast as Dave is really, really tired. We also talk about getting feedback from friends on your podca...

Dave reminds people about Podshow Music Rewind. It's very easy to cross promote your pdocast in front of other music lovers. Check out their submission form RIGHT HERE Last 5 In 5 from Alan Lew of Travelography (www.podcaster...

Dave talks about supporting listeners comments from a Customer Service stand point. He also points out a hidden trick that "regular" radio uses to get people to call in. Enjoy your holiday (the last 5 in 5 will return next we...