The First Five Minutes of Your Podcast

Send us feedback/questions via TextShould you podcast through the holidays? 4:00 Staying consistent to be consistent 4:40 Dave talks about his Trip to Florida to hang out with Glenn the Geek of the Horse Radio Network Glenn runs his show like a business. Dave was super impressed with his STANDING DESK ($250). Doing his live show wasn't that scary as Glenn had a structured outline Dave's presentation at the Tampa Bay Business Owners Group Jim has been helping people do some business podcasts. Jim gets to help without doing the heavy lifting, and gets to watch it grow. The power of a companion guide can help build your list 1545 Ways to remember items by writing things down 16:00 Jim's listener really loved his companion guide 17:20 Randall wishes a Podtastic New Year and Launching a New Show 18:50 Raspberry Pie Device GEEK OUT! 20:00 What Are You Going to Do New in 2017? Jim is hunting "big fish" and Dave is going to try to involve his audience more. 22:20 NPR Stats show you lose 20-30% of their audience in the first five minutes What makes you tune out of a podcast? (Got a pet peeve? Share it for the School of Podcasting Episode) Maybe record your intro at the end of the show and then move it to the front (when you're more relaxed) 29:20 The Happy Grief Show - making your show match your intro 33:15 Dave talks about cool stuff he got in the mail from listeners 34:15 Which plugin to use? PowerPress vs Libsyn Feed (both are Good, Dave prefers Libsyn feed as you don't have to worry about plugin conflicts) 36:05 Taxes with Podcasters Dave uses an online Captial One Account to hold his money for Taxes Captial One actually pays interest on the money in your account 43:14 Thanks to Our Supporters  44:45 Gimlet Media is using Soundcloud! Are you Kidding Me? 46:40 Free Imports at www.libsyn.com for the first quarter. Use the Libsyn coupon code sopfree to get a free month. 47:47 Is Spreaker up to something with Ad insertion? Places to get sponsors (see podcastingresources.com ) 50:36 Google Hangout Audio Quality (Studio?)   Visit Dave at www.schoolofpodcasting.com Visit Jim at www.theaverageguy.tv Start Podcasting Now  Go to www.theschoolofpodcasting.comThis week's awesome supporter is Greg from the Indie Drop-in Network. Connecting listeners with amazing independent creators/ Submit your show at https://indiedropin.com/ Leave Your QuestionGo to askthepodcastcoach.com/voicemail and leave your message to be answered on the next show.Support the showBE AWESOME!Thanks for listening to the show. Help the show continue to exist and get a shout-out on the show by becoming an awesome supporter by going to askthepodcastcoach.com/awesome want a one time donation? Buy Dave a Coffee.