Podcasters' Roundtable

Does the name of your podcast tell the potential listener what the show is about? Can you be found in search? 

Join Ray, Dave, Paul, and Amos to discovery optimization, new creative ideas for podcasts, and focusing on podcasts over live-streaming. 

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Are you stuck inside your house because of a global pandemic? Do you have a microphone?   

Join Ray Ortega, Daniel J. Lewis, Dave Jackson and Bandrew Scott to chat about how your podcast studio has also become your work office and the unique challenges that might be placing on your podcast.

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Do you have subscribe buttons on your website? Which ones should you include? Which ones are being used? 

Ray Ortega, Daniel J. Lewis, Dave Jackson, Suzy Buttress, and Andrew Wang to chat about getting more subscribers, networking with your podcast peers, podcast industry tensions and more.

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Does everyone have the potential to be the next big podcast? If you knew you weren't going to grow to be among the biggest podcasts listened to, would you avoid starting? Would you stop podcasting if you had already started?

Join Ray, Daniel, and Trevor to discuss what kind of success you can expect when starting a podcast. 

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How do you find new podcasts? How do you help new listeners find your podcast?

Join Ray, Dave, Daniel and Jared Sanders to chat about getting in front of a new ears (metaphorically;)). 

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If you're a podcaster you've certainly made a mistake that you wish you could take back. With any luck, after this Round, you'll never make that mistake again or maybe you'll avoid it all together!

Join Ray Ortega, Daniel J. Lewis, Kevin McKinney and Eric Broadbent to chat about our podcasting mistakes and why you might want to add video to your podcast or if you're a video podcaster or YouTuber, why you might want to get into audio only podcasting.

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Should we enhance the current RSS spec. to expand its capabilities or do we need to go further and create a whole new way to deliver podcasts?

Join Ray Ortega, Dave Jackson, Daniel J. Lewis and Evo Terra to RSS tags, how redirects work and other podcast news.

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Are your episodes designed to be evergreen? Do you promote your back-catalog? 

Join Ray, Dave, Evo Terra, Candace Spears, and Michael Teske to discuss getting more mileage out of past episodes and other podcasting news. 

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Is it a good idea or use of your time to distribute your audio only podcast to YouTube?

Join Ray Ortega, Dave Jackson, Daniel J. Lewis, Addy Saucedo, Jen Edds, Bandrew Scott to discuss YouTube as a podcast listening platform.

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Don't start a podcast in order to make money, there's no here to be made. Or so they say. What does making money in podcasting really mean and is there a chance to earn cash from your podcast?

Join Ray, Dave, Daniel, Eric Hunley, James Thomas to answer the question of can you make money in podcasting as well as a discussion around the articles linked below.

Articles Discussed:

Title: Adblock Radio is an Adblocker for Live Radio Streams and Podcasts

Main Takeaway: The creator is a bit of a jerk. He goes nuts trying to cover for the fact that he just wants to skip ads. Loudness wars?! Pfft! “He also feels that ads try to trigger impulse buying by exploiting our emotions and serendipitous discovery, short circuiting our rational thoughts.” 

URL: http://podcasternews.com/2019/09/30/adblock-radio-is-an-adblocker-for-live-radio-streams-and-podcasts/

Title: You’ll Never Make Money Podcasting

Main Takeaway: This has some folks irritated and I can see where it is not completely accurate but it may still be good for setting expectations low.

URL: https://twocents.lifehacker.com/youll-never-make-money-podcasting-1838640571

James Thomas

Title: How to get your podcast heard

Main Takeaway: There are many podcast pundits in the wild who may be misleading or building hope in podcasters who are unwilling to do the work to get their name out there. It takes time, dedication and perseverance. 

BTW: Doing the podcast that I do I find that I have to deal with issues Stateside-side podcasters rarely have to worry about (ie: time, location, language, third-world Internet problems, local political events and regulations).

URL: https://www.business.com/articles/get-your-podcast-heard/

Title: How to make your podcast stand out

Main Takeaway: This is an issue that is always on my mind. Not all podcast topics or niches will bring in thousands of listeners. The truth is some topics and niches have a small sample area. Maybe the key is to remember that most podcasters should look at their podcast as a tool to promote other things like  a product, service, foundation or club. 

URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00128-7

Dave Jackson 

Title: Podcasts Are Getting Attacked With Negative Reviews With No Help in Sight

Main Takeaway: if platforms such as Facebook and Yelp detect a business is being unfairly targeted with negative reviews they’ll temporarily suspend the ability to leave reviews. Me? Remove reviews altogether. Do we need them?

URL: https://www.searchenginejournal.com/podcasts-are-getting-attacked-with-negative-reviews-with-no-help-in-sight/323607/

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