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Dave Jackson has been helping people launch podcasts since 2005 and every Saturday he is joined by Jim Collison to is runs the Average Guy Network. Together they have 20 years of podcasting experience and coaching.

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Shipping Microphones to Guests Nov 09, 2019

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01:26 Shipping Microphones to Guests

04:04 Jared Easily on Podlords

4:52 Where did Dave's beard Go?

7:48 What podcasters can learn from Peloton bikes (the Nordictrack S22i is less expensive is very similar)

17:28 Reddit Groups

21:16 The Case Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CASE_Act

22:34 YouTube Changes and Commercial Viability?

27:37 Facebook and YouTube Censorship

31:46 Our Awesome Supporters

34:02 Simplecast

37:36 Free Podcasting: you get what you pay for

39:52 SEO and your Podcast Feed

44:16 IG and Facebook Pages For Your Podcast

50:38 Being famous has its drawbacks

53:56 Outsourcing Social Media

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Now With More Chapters Oct 26, 2019

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Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting and Jim Collison from the Average Guy Network answer your questions

Getting caught up with Jim and his students.

3:15 Doyo event

8:50 Losing your content

14:48 My Guests are not prepared when I interview them

19:50 Bob Pittman is the Donald Trump of Podcasting

26:4o Moving a Podcast off of a Free Media Host

28:40 Rebranding your show

33:00 ID3 tags are not used in 99% of apps

35:25 "A Very Special" episode that breaks format

39:20 Catalina breaking Mac and apps

40:36 Chapters in Mp3 files?

44:10 Our Awesome Supporters

46:00 Taxes are coming

47:30 November is coming

48:30 Jim is coming to London and wants to meet you!

49: 40 Why Dave hates Flying

52:40 $9 Voice Levelor Plugin (sale)

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Facebook Can Delete Content on a Global Basis? Oct 05, 2019

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Jim is still out on assignment and Joel Sharpton from Always Listening (a podcast on podcast news that Joel does with Jay “PodVader” Soderberg), as well as a professional podcast editor, joins the show as guest co-host

3:32 Google Play Music is Almost Dead (and that's a good thing)

8:40 Putting your show on YouTube

11:04 Where is Jason Bryant?

11:38 the EU Supreme Court and Facebook

see https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/03/technology/facebook-europe.html

32:11 Losing Your Job with Social Media

36:21 Our Awesome $20 Supporters

38:22 Joel's Hardware Setup

Ferrite Recording Studio

iPad Pro

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Plugging items into Ferrite

Ferrite

01:05:46 Multi-Channel of the Rodecaster Pro into Hindenburg?

01:13:23 Dealing with hiss in recordings Brusfri noise reduction app on an iPad

01:21:00 Krisp app noise reduction showcase ($8/month) 14-days Free Trial of Pro

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Leveraging Your Podcast Into a Book Sep 28, 2019

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Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting and guest co-host David Hooper from Big Podcast talk a little book publishing and answer your podcast questions

1:49 The Daves share insights into writing a book, working with publishers and the magic that is Steve Stewart and his Audacity Course

10:30 Podcasting helps the writing process

15:05 Podcast Websites Bring More Visitors and Downloads

18:15 Good Audacity Course? See Audacity Course

www.hatetoweight.com

http://www.thestorybehindpodcast.com

Buzzsprout Audacity Tutorial

21:00 Streaming Vs Downloads

22:20 I'm Sorry Kyle (from podwrecked.com )

27:51 Thrive Under Pressure

31:46 Are Podcasters Open to Feedback?

39:19 Awesome Supporters

41:22 Reading Your Own Book

43:57 David talks about his panic attack on stage

50:10 Catching Mistakes

53:17 Monetization without a product

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What Dave Uses as a CRM

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Insights and working with Non-Profits

Do What You Do

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This episode 268is part of the Power of Podcasting Network

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Measuring Podcast Growth Sep 21, 2019

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Today we look at comparing last year to this year (comparing seven days of downloads). Jim Collison from the Average Guy Network and Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting answer your podcast questions including:

How do I know if my podcast is growing?

9:50 the power of persistence

12:22 Goodbye Podcoin

14:30 Drunkcasting

20:54 Streaming vs Downloads

26:00 Thanks to our Patrons

27:20 Proper Podcast Length and the importance of focus groups

31:48 Mike Rowe - new "The Way I Heard It" book - and coming to TV

34:38 Shorters Show Require Editing

37:57 Fixing Apple Formatting Issues

42:09 Netflix Fatigue

50:32 Good Podcasting Books? Big Podcast and So you think you want to start a podcast (or join the School of Podcasting)

51:44 Five microphones into the Rode Rodcaster Pro?

52:50 Profit from your podcast book update. Why am I doing this?

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Moving Your Podcast Sep 14, 2019

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You want to switch web hosting companies. How do you do this without losing your audience? You have a tool to help you build a Church website. Should I use them for my podcast? These questions and more are answered on today's episode as Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting and Jim Collison from the Average Guy Network tackle your podcast questions including:

5:30 Captin Bob ( https://cominghomewell.com ) created a meetup for me (and other reflections from Fincon and MIC DC)
11:00 Thank you to the awesome supporters
14:30 "Bad" Christian websites that prey on the uninformed
20:23 Moving your site to a new host.
30:30 Mapcon update?
34:00 Beyond the Podcast Summit
35:50 Whova app at conferences
42:00 Dave has his blood pressure prescription
44:30 Awesome Supporters
50:20 Chocolate or Vanilla
51:01 Chartable Rankings OMG!
53:11 What stats should I be checking

Find Dave at schoolofpodcasting.com. Find Jim at www.theaverageguy.tv
This episode 261 is part of the Power of Podcasting Network

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Busy Seasons and Sloppy Podcasts Aug 31, 2019

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Today Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting and Jim Collison from the Average Guy Network answer your podcast questions including:

Taking on too many projects can lead to mistakes

7:00 Road Trip to Mapcon?

09:00 Spext.co seems similar to Descript

13:00 Otter.ai and Jonathan from Trivia Warfare

16:15 Seo, YouTube, Thumbnails can be an all-day job

19:00 Patron Changes will Change a bit in 2020

23:30 Starting a second show

28:14 Using a VA to help remove some of the stress

35:29 Storychief mention and Tumblr

38:33 Thanks to our awesome supporters

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40:00 Scale About?

Membership sites insights ( I Use Thinkific )

52:00 It may be time to play with Squarespace

54:00 GOOD DAY SIR!

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Back From Podcast Movement REPOST Aug 24, 2019

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Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting and Jim Collison from the Average Guy Network are back from Podcast Movement and share what they saw and learned.

In general, the whole thing was great. The only drawback was all the parties were super loud.

07:13 Meeting Leo Laporte

10:15 We create content creators - Tom Webster's presentation.

15:00 Dave's presentation including a fire alarm

19:15 Free puppies and beer - cheesey?

28:30 Audimute.com sound baffling

31:30 Fixing a Boomy Rooms

33:48 Not everyone will like you.

36:30 New Media Show with Todd talking to Pandora

37:45 Alway Listening wit Jay "Podvader" Soderberg and Joel Sharpton

42:10 Thanks to our Supporters

47:25 Use of words on radio when there is no visual How to Tell better stories

Storyworthy book also available from Audible

52:30 podcastmusic.com discussion

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Translating Your Podcast Into Another Language Aug 10, 2019

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Every Saturday Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting and Jim Collison from Home Gadget Geeks

2:00 Transcripts into a different language

6:00 When people start driving in your lane - why you need to focus on your audience

8:00 The benefit of competition ( Gatorade Commerical)

10:00 Streamyard as a tool for Google Hangouts

14:45 Mighty Networks vs Facebook

18:20 Dave is using the Rode Podmic and a Rode Interviewer, and the SC6-L Mobile Interview Kit and EV RE-50

20:40 Jim's sponsored posts

25:45 Do I need a noise gate?

31:00 the Music thing is coming....

36:02 Our Awesome Supporters

37:42 Podhunt.app Discovery problem?

39:40 Active Podcasts in Apple

46:30 Podcast Movement Live Streaming

48:00 More Podcast Money Update

56:45 Arrival times and itinerary for PM19

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Getting Ready for Podcast Movement 2019 Aug 03, 2019

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If you're new to attending a podcast event, today we talk about getting ready for Podcast Movement. In addition to talking about how to attend an event, Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting and Jim Collison from Home Gadget Geeks answer you questions about:

Google Hangouts is officially gone

How many social media accounts should you have?

What is good swag to give away

12:15 Growing your audience

17:20 Getting Ready for Podcast Movement

27:45 Arnie from the Football History Dude Podcast got a press pass to the Hall of Fame

34:30 Good Giveaways

37:55 Business Cards the size of a Kindle.

39:20 Connecting with people with LinkedIn App

45:00 Tim Ferris proves it's not the tech https://www.instagram.com/p/B0gknQuH7Kx/

47:00 Jim on Gary V and BOJO.

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