Better Podcasting

In this week's show, we take some time to run down some a bunch of ways to that you can save time with your podcast. We've got some recommendations for every step of the podcast process! In this week's Better Podcasting Download, we talk about how one popular podcaster is suing Twitter. Finally, we take your podcast feedback, including a message from one podcaster who has fun a totally silent chair. Not familiar with Better Podcasting? We talk about podcast tips, tools and best practices to help you succeed with your podcast! Just like you we podcast purely out of the love and the fun of it. Podcasting is our hobby and we love that it is yours too! We always encourage your questions and feedback and you can find all of our contact information at betterpodcasting.com. We thank you for listening, downloading and subscribing to Better Podcasting. We hope you come back for more Better Podcasting! If you want to follow us elsewhere, you can follow us on all of our socials at https://www.betterpodcasting.com/contac

We kick off our first episode of 2018 by talking about something that is very relevant to us both personally - Podcasting through a job change. We'll share best practices for how you can balance your podcast as you go through such an eventful time in your personal life (plus share some personal stories). In this week's Better Podcasting Download we run down a few main topics that happened since we last recorded, including IAB Podcast Measurement Guidelines Version 2.0, Libsyn acquiring Pair Networks and iHeart Radio having messed up stats. Finally, we'll take your feedback including some follow-up we received in regard to our gear arc. Not familiar with Better Podcasting? We talk about podcast tips, tools and best practices to help you succeed with your podcast! Just like you we podcast purely out of the love and the fun of it. Podcasting is our hobby and we love that it is yours too! We always encourage your questions and feedback and you can find all of our contact information at betterpodcasting.com. We th

This week we conclude our 2-episode annual tradition of talking about our gear upgrades from the past year - this time it's this Stargate Pioneer edition. In this week's Better Podcasting Download/Better Podback combined we talk about some work arounds to get podcasts on your Apple Watch. Not familiar with Better Podcasting? We talk about podcast tips, tools and best practices to help you succeed with your podcast! Just like you we podcast purely out of the love and the fun of it. Podcasting is our hobby and we love that it is yours too! We always encourage your questions and feedback and you can find all of our contact information at betterpodcasting.com. We thank you for listening, downloading and subscribing to Better Podcasting. We hope you come back for more Better Podcasting! If you want to follow us elsewhere, you can follow us on all of our socials at https://www.betterpodcasting.com/contact or email podcast@betterpodcasting.com. The full back catalog can be found at https://www.betterpodcasting.com.

This week we kick off our 2-episode annual tradition of talking about our gear upgrades from the past year - this time it's this Stephen edition. In this week's Better Podcasting Download we talk about our initial experience with the new Apple stats being provided. Finally, we take your #podcast feedback, including a poll based on our Geeks.live live-stream stands in from last week, Heather Welch and Bandrew Scott. Not familiar with Better Podcasting? We talk about podcast tips, tools and best practices to help you succeed with your podcast! Just like you we podcast purely out of the love and the fun of it. Podcasting is our hobby and we love that it is yours too! We always encourage your questions and feedback and you can find all of our contact information at betterpodcasting.com. We thank you for listening, downloading and subscribing to Better Podcasting. We hope you come back for more Better Podcasting! If you want to follow us elsewhere, you can follow us on all of our socials at https://www.betterpodca

This week Stephen is away and SP has a special guest host - Jason Bryant - and he's going to share his knowledge of podcasting WORLDWIDE. In this week's Better Podcasting Download we discuss how Patreon had a very odd few weeks - and have reversed a change. Finally, we take your feedback including a VOXER message from a listener who followed up about Podcast Mirror. Not familiar with Better Podcasting? We talk about podcast tips, tools and best practices to help you succeed with your podcast! Just like you we podcast purely out of the love and the fun of it. Podcasting is our hobby and we love that it is yours too! We always encourage your questions and feedback and you can find all of our contact information at betterpodcasting.com. We thank you for listening, downloading and subscribing to Better Podcasting. We hope you come back for more Better Podcasting! If you want to follow us elsewhere, you can follow us on all of our socials at https://www.betterpodcasting.com/contact or email podcast@betterpodcastin

This show we'll ask what is a podcast buddy, and we'll run down things you should look for when you've got one. Before we get there though, we'll have another HOW I SAVED MY PODCAST story. In this week's Better Podcasting Download, we talk about a brand new service called PODCAST MIRROR and the potential pros and cons of sing it. Finally, we'll run down your feedback this week, including one listener's question about whether or not we'll be doing our gear arc again this year. Not familiar with Better Podcasting? We talk about podcast tips, tools and best practices to help you succeed with your podcast! Just like you we podcast purely out of the love and the fun of it. Podcasting is our hobby and we love that it is yours too! We always encourage your questions and feedback and you can find all of our contact information at betterpodcasting.com. We thank you for listening, downloading and subscribing to Better Podcasting. We hope you come back for more Better Podcasting! If you want to follow us elsewhere, you

This show we're going to tell you all of the dirt on each other as we discuss how you can handle disagreements with your cohosts. We've got tips on how to handle disagreements, how you can resolve disagreements and what to do if a disagreement causes you to move on from your cohost.  In this week's Better Podcasting Download, we talk about a recent Top 10 Podcasts of 2017 list on Time Magazine (www.geeks.link/top102017) and a discussion surrounding this (www.geeks.link/top2017discussion). Finally, we take your #podcast feedback including a video clip from one viewer answering our question - What Is A Podcast? Not familiar with Better Podcasting? We talk about podcast tips, tools and best practices to help you succeed with your podcast! Just like you we podcast purely out of the love and the fun of it. Podcasting is our hobby and we love that it is yours too! We always encourage your questions and feedback and you can find all of our contact information at betterpodcasting.com. We thank you for listening, down

This show we go slightly off the beaten path as we do a high-level overview of PC Hardware and what it means to podcasters. In this week's Better Podcasting Download we followup to our previous talk about Podcast Communities as we discuss how community moderation can affect the tone of discussion. Finally, we'll take your feedback around the #podcasting world. Do you have something to say about the art of hobby podcasting? Not familiar with Better Podcasting? We talk about podcast tips, tools and best practices to help you succeed with your podcast! Just like you we podcast purely out of the love and the fun of it. Podcasting is our hobby and we love that it is yours too! We always encourage your questions and feedback and you can find all of our contact information at betterpodcasting.com. We thank you for listening, downloading and subscribing to Better Podcasting. We hope you come back for more Better Podcasting! If you want to follow us elsewhere, you can follow us on all of our socials at https://www.be

For Americans it's Thanksgiving this week, which means just one thing - holiday season has begun. As a podcaster you have additional complications in an already busy time of the year, and that's why today we're discussing ways you can handle the holidays with your podcast. In this week's Better Podcasting Download Stephen gives you the final result on the Zoom L-12 warranty story. Finally, we'll take your feedback from around the #podcast world. Not familiar with Better Podcasting? We talk about podcast tips, tools and best practices to help you succeed with your podcast! Just like you we podcast purely out of the love and the fun of it. Podcasting is our hobby and we love that it is yours too! We always encourage your questions and feedback and you can find all of our contact information at betterpodcasting.com. We thank you for listening, downloading and subscribing to Better Podcasting. We hope you come back for more Better Podcasting! If you want to follow us elsewhere, you can follow us on all of our soc

In this week's show we're going to tell you all about why babies are NOT podcast killers, and we've recruited some stories to support this. Thank you to DigitalSoup, Jay, Keir, Amos and Emily for contributing to this episode.  In this week's Better Podcasting Download we tell you how SP is finally on Spotify AND how Blubrry bought CastFeedValidator.  Finally, we'll take your feedback from around the #podcast world! Not familiar with Better Podcasting? We talk about podcast tips, tools and best practices to help you succeed with your podcast! Just like you we podcast purely out of the love and the fun of it. Podcasting is our hobby and we love that it is yours too! We always encourage your questions and feedback and you can find all of our contact information at betterpodcasting.com. We thank you for listening, downloading and subscribing to Better Podcasting. We hope you come back for more Better Podcasting! If you want to follow us elsewhere, you can follow us on all of our socials at https://www.betterpodca

In this week's show we discuss why you may want to share your personal story to your listeners (and reasons why you may not).  In the Better Podcasting Download we discuss some new information that supports why you shouldn't use copyrighted content within your podcast.  In this week's Better Podback we take your feedback including one listener's follow-up on reducing signal noise. Not familiar with Better Podcasting? We talk about podcast tips, tools and best practices to help you succeed with your podcast! Just like you we podcast purely out of the love and the fun of it. Podcasting is our hobby and we love that it is yours too! We always encourage your questions and feedback and you can find all of our contact information at betterpodcasting.com. We thank you for listening, downloading and subscribing to Better Podcasting. We hope you come back for more Better Podcasting! If you want to follow us elsewhere, you can follow us on all of our socials at https://www.betterpodcasting.com/contact or email podcast@

In this week's episode we discuss ways to help reduce noise in your audio signal chain. In this week's Better Podcasting Download we talk about how Podiant is officially changing their model. Plus this week Stephen has TWO personal podcast stories - one of which was his 15 minutes of fame.  Not familiar with Better Podcasting? We talk about podcast tips, tools and best practices to help you succeed with your podcast! Just like you we podcast purely out of the love and the fun of it. Podcasting is our hobby and we love that it is yours too! We always encourage your questions and feedback and you can find all of our contact information at betterpodcasting.com. We thank you for listening, downloading and subscribing to Better Podcasting. We hope you come back for more Better Podcasting! If you want to follow us elsewhere, you can follow us on all of our socials at https://www.betterpodcasting.com/contact or email podcast@betterpodcasting.com. The full back catalog can be found at https://www.betterpodcasting.co

In this week's episode we wrap up our two part arc on effectively asking and answering questions by discussing how real questions and answers could be tweaked. In this week's Better Podcasting Download we talk about how Ringr has a new feature and we give our first thoughts on using Discord video. In a special segment we discuss the question "Should I pay for podcasting advice?" Finally, in our Better Podback we take your feedback including one listener who saw Stephen somewhere else last week. Do you have something to say about the art of hobby podcasting? Not familiar with Better Podcasting? We talk about podcast tips, tools and best practices to help you succeed with your podcast! Just like you we podcast purely out of the love and the fun of it. Podcasting is our hobby and we love that it is yours too! We always encourage your questions and feedback and you can find all of our contact information at betterpodcasting.com. We thank you for listening, downloading and subscribing to Better Podcasti

In this week's episode we discuss some tips for effectively crafting a podcast question AND effectively answering one. In this week's FULL Better Podcasting Download we discuss how AudioBoom is going away from a free service, how Opinion is disappearing, how Cast (tryca.st) had a major outage and how Google bought a podcast app. Finally, we'll take listener feedback on what has been happening around the pod-space this week. Note that if you haven't checked out an episode of Better Podcasting before, this one is a bit different than our usual flow. Not familiar with Better Podcasting? We talk about podcast tips, tools and best practices to help you succeed with your podcast! Just like you we podcast purely out of the love and the fun of it. Podcasting is our hobby and we love that it is yours too! We always encourage your questions and feedback and you can find all of our contact information at betterpodcasting.com. We thank you for listening, downloading and subscribing to Better Podcasting. We hope you come

In this BONUS EPISODE of Better Podcasting, we share the recording from our live-stream that we did for International Podcast Day (or as we like to call it here, International Podcasting Day).  Friend of the show Heather Welch (from Sunshine and PowerCuts podcast) joins us to get in on some International Podcast Day fun. We discuss a brief history of podcasting (data courtesy of Emily Prokop of The Story Behind podcast), the GonnaGeek Network AND we do a fun podcast-letter game. This is a bonus episode so check back for episode #101 where we return to our regular episode structure. Not familiar with Better Podcasting? We talk about podcast tips, tools and best practices to help you succeed with your podcast! Just like you we podcast purely out of the love and the fun of it. Podcasting is our hobby and we love that it is yours too! We always encourage your questions and feedback and you can find all of our contact information at betterpodcasting.com. We thank you for listening, downloading and subscribing to B

In our 100th episode we go back to basics as we run down some of the key tips from our past 99 episodes to kick off the show. In this week's Better Podcasting Download we chat about a headset comparison that SP did recently, how Boss Jock Studio is no longer working the same with Dropbox and also how SoundCloud just changed some stats and what it means to you as a podcaster. Finally, we'll take listener feedback on what has been happening around the pod-space this week. Note that if you haven't checked out an episode of Better Podcasting before, this one is a bit different than our usual flow. Not familiar with Better Podcasting? We talk about podcast tips, tools and best practices to help you succeed with your podcast! Just like you we podcast purely out of the love and the fun of it. Podcasting is our hobby and we love that it is yours too! We always encourage your questions and feedback and you can find all of our contact information at betterpodcasting.com We thank you for listening, downloading and subsc

In this week's show we discuss reasons why stats ARE important to pay attention to when you launch your podcast.  In this week's Better Podcasting Download we discuss how one iOS app is being discussed within the podcast circles. Finally, we'll take your feedback including an audio clip from a recent appearance by Stephen and SP on another podcast. Not familiar with Better Podcasting? We talk about podcast tips, tools and best practices to help you succeed with your podcast! Just like you we podcast purely out of the love and the fun of it. Podcasting is our hobby and we love that it is yours too! We always encourage your questions and feedback and you can find all of our contact information at betterpodcasting.com. We thank you for listening, downloading and subscribing to Better Podcasting. We hope you come back for more Better Podcasting! If you want to follow us elsewhere, you can follow us on all of our socials at https://www.betterpodcasting.com/contact or email podcast@betterpodcasting.com. The full b

It's a busy episode this week and we start it all with recurring contributor Emily Prokop doing a review of different Zoom H6 capsule microphones. In our main topic we talk about Ways To Cultivate Audience Engagement.  In this week's Better Podcasting we give our take on the latest stats change by Libsyn, their communication process and what it means to you as a podcaster. Finally, Stephen gives his first impressions after two episode of using the Zoom Livetrak L-12 digital mixer and recorder Not familiar with Better Podcasting? We talk about podcast tips, tools and best practices to help you succeed with your podcast! Just like you we podcast purely out of the love and the fun of it. Podcasting is our hobby and we love that it is yours too! We always encourage your questions and feedback and you can find all of our contact information at betterpodcasting.com. We thank you for listening, downloading and subscribing to Better Podcasting. We hope you come back for more Better Podcasting! If you want to follow u

In this week's episode we do an update about Live Streaming options. We'll run down the changes (and other important notes) since our previous discussion way back in Episode 5. In this week's Better Podcasting Download we'll answer a couple big listener questions about Podcast Communities and Co-Host problems (before even starting podcast). Finally, we'll take your feedback about your week in podcasting. Do you have something to say about the art of hobby podcasting? Not familiar with Better Podcasting? We talk about podcast tips, tools and best practices to help you succeed with your podcast! Just like you we podcast purely out of the love and the fun of it. Podcasting is our hobby and we love that it is yours too! We always encourage your questions and feedback and you can find all of our contact information at betterpodcasting.com. We thank you for listening, downloading and subscribing to Better Podcasting. We hope you come back for more Better Podcasting! If you want to follow us elsewhere, you can foll

This show we ask the question What Will Your Show Be Like in 5 Years? This leads to a bunch of other questions to help you get to that point.  In this week's Better Podcasting download we'll discuss how there's one MEDIA HOST who is beginning crowdfunding and what that means for you. Finally, we'll take your feedback including a LIVE listener questions about our thoughts on going to podcast conventions. Not familiar with Better Podcasting? We talk about podcast tips, tools and best practices to help you succeed with your podcast! Just like you we podcast purely out of the love and the fun of it. Podcasting is our hobby and we love that it is yours too! We always encourage your questions and feedback and you can find all of our contact information at betterpodcasting.com. If you want to follow us elsewhere, you can follow us on all of our socials at https://www.betterpodcasting.com/contact or email podcast@betterpodcasting.com. The full back catalog can be found at https://www.betterpodcasting.com. Check out