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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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How Many Podcast Subscribers Do I Have? May 26, 2018

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4:25 Splitting up a long interview

7:45 Conferences and virtual tickets

11:15 Live Streaming

28:05 Health Documentaries

31:46 Ringr Review / Weird Issues With Google Hangouts / Auphonic /

35:44 Zencastr is getting better...

36:36 How many Subscribers Do you Have?

39:20 Submitting your show to apps Podbean

Castbox .fm submission form

42:08 Audiomack.com limits uploads

45:20 podcastconnect.apple.com stats

54:50 Andoird devices are not all the same

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Is there an App Gap? May 19, 2018

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livestreamforthecure.com (epic Film guys)

3:42 What is the cheapest setup to record two people without latency?
Zoom H2
Rode Lavalier microphones

7:24 What should I take to Podcast Movement?

12:22 Updating a File that I've already published

16:02 New Google Search Widget
Update they only want one.

17:34 Audioboom has four weeks left

23:14 Audioburst.com supposed to be the biggest library of audio...*sigh*

27:00 Thanks to our supporters

27:50 App Gap? Do I Need My Own App?

You can get your own app at Libsyn.com (use the coupon code sopfree for a free month at Libsyn.com)

34:40 Do you need an RSS feed to be a podcast?

35:20 Recording Sample Rates 44.1 vs 48 K

36:07 Back to the can of Worms: Are we podcasters or Content Creators?

40:49 Describing podcasting to people 50+

Golden Opportunities

46:54 What's Radio?

47:25 Maps of the most popular shows on a map?

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Talking Dirty May 12, 2018

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Today on episode 209 Dave Jackson and Jim Collison are joined by a live chat room to talk about the following subjects

Mother's Day is Tomorrow
2:30 Should You Podcast Angry?
8:30 The Seven Dirty Words
11:15 Distorted View Daily
15:15 Should I upload in Mono or Stereo
20:40 Microphone Technique
22:44 voicecon.co
29:48 Thanks to our Awesome Supporters
30:36 Google Search
33:48 sonix.ai Transcription dave has been using Temi.com
40:00 Why are We texting?
42:00 What is the average rate for advertising?

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Computer Hardware Discussion May 07, 2018

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2:00 Why was there no episode last week?

2:40 Should I go directly into the computer with a USB microphone or use the H6 as an interface.

2:50 Do not update to Windows 1803 update

7:40 Anti-virus discussion

16:3o Utah Podcast Summit

20:20 Our Patron Supporters

31:13 Taking Your Podcast On Tour

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Stickers are Cool Apr 14, 2018

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1:55 YouTube vs Podcasting for a School

12:12 What to do when you run out of Room on Soundcloud

13:00 Collaborative Show Notes?

15:00 One Person Can Ruin a Group (Voxer)

27:38 Speakpipe works on androids.

29:30 Shindig events New platform we will try

belive.tv
stage10.tv

35:30 Thanks to our awesome supporters

36:00 Stickers? Sticker Mule

39:00 I made $6 with T-shirts! vis teepublic

40:16 When you get pitched a bad sponsor

45:30 Voxnest may be sending spam emails?

48:42 Radio Public pays $20/cpm

52:52 Pandora is working on podcasting

54:52 Updating Album Artwork (check out Kapa99 for Album Artwork)

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To YouTube or Not to YouTube Your Podcast Apr 07, 2018

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1:10 Is there anything wrong with this clip?
3:40 Does Phantom Power Hurt an RE320?
13:43 It's OK To Sound Like You

20:21 Building Community Via iTunes Reviews

Jeff Brown Input: What is a way you've maximized iTunes ratings and reviews that you'd recommend others consider?
Mathew Passy The best way I have seen someone maximize their use of ratings and reviews is Dan Cummins Timesuck Podcast. For every 100 reviews posted, he releases a special bonus episode and he lets the fans vote on the topic. Reviews pour into the show and he reads a few in the show update. It has helped him build a huge bank of reviews, which while having no impact on your ranking, do let people know whether or not you produce a quality product. It has also helped him to build a huge community with real engagement. I think it's a fascinating idea. Won't work for every type of podcast but I think this was one integral piece in his show's early success.

24:52 Article on iTunes Reviews

26:33 How do I make it easy to send audio clips into my show?

A) Speakpipe

B) Voicemail

D) Make a folder that people can upload to using a service like Dropbox or Media Fire

#) record on your phone and email clip

33:51 Should I put Audio podcasts on YouTube

Article by Paul Colligan on the Podcast Report

38:42 Joined by Steve who mentions Daniel J Lewis's article on why you shouldn't put your podcast on YouTube

52:00 Thanks so our Awesome Supporters

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I Need a 4 Input Audio Device for Podcasting Mar 31, 2018

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1:42 I need an interface with 4 USB inputs

Zoom H6 $349
Audiobox from Presonus
Scarlet 18i8 $349
The Sound Devices MixPre-3 is $649 and the MixPre-6 is $899
Presonus Ar8 $400

8:46 Alex Inc has aired the first episode

12:34 Apple released a new version of Safari that broke some things

13:16 How do Podcasters Shoot themselves in the Foot?

16:38 Is the Lame Encoder upgraded when you upgrade Audacity

http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/faq_installation_and_plug_ins.html#lame

25:34 Will mp3 be the format forever?

27:40 When recording on the road, should I record in mp3 format?

32:30 m4a Files cause issues with iTunes desktop.
See https://support.libsyn.com/kb/recommended-file-formats-encoding/

33:30 Best Wordpress Child Theme for Podcasters? see www.schoolofpodcasting.com/generatepress

Jim has uses theme mesocolumn
http://www.dezzain.com/wordpress-themes/mesocolumn/

wpthemedetector.com

38:20 Our Awesome Supporters

May 26th is Jim's birthday and he's going to do all sorts of physical challenges. Dave bought a Total Gym

44:10 Testing Voxnest Dynamo - Dynamic Ads

53:06 Ross from Live Stream Universe is Rocking Social as is Harry Duran From Podcast Junkies

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People Are Deleting Facebook, Are You? Mar 24, 2018

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This show was plagued with technical issues with Dave finally powering up the world's slowest Laptop to do the show. Hence, no music in the show.

Dealing with Technical Challenges
3:45 Windows 10 update
5:10 Deleting Facebook
18:35 Mastodon New Platform? https://mastodon.social/about
25:15 Forums vs Facebook
26:50 Thanks to our Awesome Supporters
28:30 Making Your site compliant for people who are visually impaired
34:40 Things that podcasters do who waste their time
38:00 Dave's Cable Cutting Update
42:40 Relocating your money for podcast services
44:15 Buying Courses You Don't Watch

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Creative Ways To Start Your Podcast Episode Mar 17, 2018

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Happy St Patricks Day and March Madness

4:15 What Happens if I wake up tomorrow with a million downloads?
07:00 What would you do if you have $1000 dollars
11:55 Listening to podcasters Faster
13:15 Finding Money to Pay For Your Podcast
14:30 How many mixers do you have?
15:45 Dave ponders cutting his cable TV
16:55 Spending money on equipment you are testing
19:15 Creative way to start off without sounding cheezy
27:30 We all want to be good, but do we want feedback?
31:10 Thanks to our awesome supporters
32:00 Give up with the idea of phone calls - it works
34:40 Interview Best Practices
39:55 Behind the Scenes With Glenn The Geek
45:05 Being asked to take things down after the interview
48:50 Don't waste 100% of your time focusing on something that delivers 2% of your downloads
54:30 How many podcasts/episodes has Dave created?

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