Be Outstanding: Build A Podcast
Audio can be a very powerful tool. With a climbing unemployment rate, everyone is looking for a way to stand out of the crowd and show potential employers that they’re the ones that are best suited for the job. Believe it or not, there are many people suited for your job; it is a competition [...]
Teach Yourself To Be Successful
So you want to be popular and get “a million unique’s” on your website now that you’ve posted your first piece of content. Web marketing folks will tell you how they can rank you #1 in search engines and promote you by utilizing their social circles (most of which are unrelated to your audience). Let [...]
Make Friends In Your Industry, You’ll Be Rewarded
So many people are out to make a quick buck in the most “automated” way possible. These “get rich quick” or “get wealthy with little work” schemes may be great ways to build bank but what have you learned in the process? Have you learned any techniques to make yourself more approachable, a better sales [...]
Build Your Audience One Person at a Time
If you’re a struggling video caster or podcaster, you’re probably struggling to find an audience for your show, not struggling for new content. Content is easy to build if you’ve got a passion for your branding. However, audiences are not free and you’re asking them to take time out of their day to listen or [...]
How Often Should I Release A New Episode?
I’ve received a few e-mails lately asking about how I handle some of my shows release schedules. In short, how often should a podcaster or video podcaster create a new episode? Every situation may be different but there are some obvious trends I’ve seen over the last few years. Although a release schedule really depends [...]
Women Need More Podcasts!
It’s fairly well known that most podcasts, today, are catering to the 18-34 demographic with way too many focusing on men and what men want. From video games to beer games, hobbies and wines, many of the most dominant podcasts are catering to guys and are hosted by guys. Less than 20% of internet users [...]
Creativity, Quality and Passion
I’ve listened to a lot of different and unique podcasting techniques. Aside from the “big boys” in the industry with their 200,000+ downloads per episode and those that have been doing this in “real life” before the advent of podcasting, you’re making it all up as you go along. What puts your podcast on par [...]
My Podcast Receives No Listener Feedback – Why?
If podcasting is the door to many opportunities where the hell is the key? A huge podcaster issue, a nightmare of sorts, is listener feedback and the lack of any to be found. If podcasting is the door, listener feedback is the metaphorical key to opening the door. Or, is it? Podcasters track their downloads, [...]
Being Afraid of Failure is Being Afraid To Learn
There are a lot of people on the internet thinking about their own video and audio podcasts. Hell, there are a TON of people that are thinking about starting their own projects from websites to full blown businesses. Of course, economic times have everyone worried for any job at all, let alone starting their own. [...]
Audio-Technica AT897 – Shotgun Mic Review
When it comes to audio quality in video content you want to spend a few extra dollars to get your show to professional levels. Video podcasting is no different, we’ve been using Shure SM11 lapel mic, which we talked about in a prior article. The SM11 is a great affordable (roughly $100) microphone for the [...]
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