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Podcasters' Roundtable
by Ray Ortega, Dave Jackson, Daniel J. Lewis.
Discussing the issues that face podcast producers and podcasting. Each Roundtable features a new podcaster from the community of viewers listeners. We talk less about the 'how-to' and more about the 'why.' You'll learn how to improve your podcast through the shared experience of other podcasters.
Episodes
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Podcasters Don't Care About Live-Streaming
If you're a podcaster, do you also record your show live, as-in, do you live-stream? Why or why not? Do you even care about live? What's different about live vs time-shifted podcasts?
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The Money's in the Reruns!
Nearly 50% of monthly podcast downloads come from older episodes. What are you going to do with that info!? 👀 Watch this episode: https://youtu.be/OXz3Z7vuV5A ✅ Subscribe via YouTube https://youtube.com/podcastersroundtable
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Did You Forget to Categorize Your Podcast?
If you only chose one category for your podcast when you submitted to Apple Podcasts (you DID submit to Apple Podcasts, right!?) you might be missing out on opportunities to be found. Watch this Round https://youtu.be/xyFFDPcRMfY
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Ads for Everyone!
Podcasts, no longer a word you have to explain to anyone. So, with everyone knowing what a podcasts is, are the advertisers flooding into the space to reach people who might not be listening to their messages elsewhere? Is it easier for you to get an advertiser for your podcast in 2021? How do…
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Should Your Plumber Have a Podcast?
You've heard that everyone has a podcast. Does that mean your plumber, local accountant, independent coffee shop, etc., should too? If you're a local business looking to get customers through your door, is a podcast a good use of your time? Guests: Marco Perazzo and Sheldon Eakins Watch/sub on...
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Spending Money on Your Podcast
How much money have you spent on your podcast? Are you done? Are there more things you could improve by spending more money (gear, services, advertising...)? Watch on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBFGHevGoo8 Optimize your titles https://headlines.sharethrough.com/ How people find your...
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Is Video the #1 Way to Grow Your Podcast?
Can video really be the number one way to grow your audio podcast? Our guests think so and we're going to find out why.
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155: Podcast Subscriptions - What Does That Even Mean Anymore?
Paid podcasts. There are many ways to get paid as a podcaster and now Apple and Spotify are launching their own avenues for podcasters to produce premium content. Beyond the differences like price setting, cost to the creator etc., all stuff bound to change over time, what does it really mean for...
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154: Finding Untapped Podcast Fans
What can you do beyond simply publishing a podcast to find more podcast listeners? Join Ray Ortega, Dave Jackson, Noel Davila, and Roger Nairn to chat about communities for your podcast, outside of your podcast itself, virtual podcast events, Spotify's growing market share, podcast awards and…
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153: Who Pays for Podcasts?
Does moving podcasts behind a paywall work? Will Apple be testing the waters? Join Ray Ortega, Dave Jackson, York Campbell, and John Lund to discuss subscription models for podcasts. Stories discussed on this Round Title: Apple Spotlight Main Takeaway: This sounds promising for the independent...
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152: Netflix won't be the Netflix of Podcasting
Netflix is going to make movies available as an audio only experience. Will this pull people away from podcasts? Join Ray Ortega, Dave Jackson, Elikqitie, and Lee Uehara to discuss some of the final podcasting stories of 2020. Watch this Round: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFKgG5VGrmk You can...
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151: How To Dominate Podcasting!
If you created 500, three episode, podcasts, would you be the number one podcaster? This seems to be Spotify's approach with Anchor but does it work? Is it valuable? Are they really 'dominating' podcasting? Join Ray Ortega, Dave Jackson, Angela Connor, and Zack Jackson to music podcasts, getting...
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150: Are We All Music Podcasters Now?
Have you heard you can use any music you want in your 'podcast' now!? Let's talk about the catch. Join Ray Ortega, Dave Jackson, Jordan Blair, and Bob Bender to music podcasts, getting your show in shape and other stories in podcasting. Stories discussed on this Round Title: Buzzsprout Adds...
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149: Do You Trust Podcasts?
Do you trust and value the opinion of your favorite podcast more than other media? If yes, why do you think that is? Join Ray Ortega, Dave Jackson, Nicole Ackermans, and Elzie D. Flenard, III to discuss what makes a podcast trustworthy. Watch this Round: https://youtu.be/75eyx7JcU7U You can...
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148: Getting Listeners to Engage
We always want to know how to get more listeners but perhaps an even harder task is to get those who are already listening to send you feedback or interact with your podcast in any way. How do podcasters have more conversations with their listeners, how do they know who is listening? Join Ray...
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147: So Many New Podcasts! But At What Cost?
New podcasts are entering the space at a blinding pace. There were over 300,000 new podcasts added to Apple Podcasts in just the last three months. Are most of these podcasts making it past episode 7? Is there just a bunch of podfaded shows filling up the directories? Join, Ray, Dave, Lee Uehara,...
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146: Who Owns Your Podcast? Are You Sure it's Yours?
Join Ray, Dave, Danielle Desir, Derek Graziano, and Aseloka Smith to discuss podcast ownership and recent podcast news. You can subscribe to the episode mailing list to get new Rounds delivered to your inbox automatically. Sign up, if you'd like to appear on a future Round. Thanks and I can't…
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145: Equality in Podcasting
The public facing image of podcasting needs to look more like the podcasters who make up the medium. Join Ray, Dave, Mary Nichols (DJ Fusion), and Brian Smith to talk about diversity and equality in podcasting, and a million podcasts in Apple Podcasts. You can subscribe to the episode mailing…
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144: Social Media Marketing for Your Podcast
Will tweeting your podcast episodes bring in tons of new listeners? Join Ray, Daniel, Dave, and Effie to talk about how twitter can and can't help you grow your podcast audience. Watch this Round: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prfVcG7oEYM You can subscribe to the episode mailing list to get new...
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143: Which Podcasts Get Ad Deals?
We talk about the top 5 networks getting the majority of ad deals. Join Ray Ortega, Daniel J. Lewis, Dave Jackson, Sarb Johal, and Kayden Taylor to chat about podcast ads, how COVID is affecting podcast consumption, the importance of having an introduction at the beginning of your podcast and...
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142: Better Names for Your Show
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. Watch this Round: https://youtu.be/xCZlnd4nBPc You...
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141: Locked in a Room with a Microphone!
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. Watch…
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140: Where Are the Subscribers?
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. You…
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139: The Formula for Podcast Success
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...
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138: Finding New Podcasts
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;)). You can subscribe to the episode mailing list to get new Rounds delivered to your inbox automatically. Sign up…
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137: Don't Make This Mistake!
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...
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136: Have We Outgrown RSS?
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. You can subscribe to the episode...
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135: Promoting Your Back Catalog
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. You can subscribe to the episode mailing list to get new Rounds delivered to...
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134: Should Your Audio Podcast Be On YouTube?
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. You can subscribe to the episode mailing list to get new Rounds…
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133: Turn Off the Mic., There's No Money in Podcasting.
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...
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132: Exclusive Podcasts. An Oxymoron?
Is Apple going to start investing money in original podcasts? Spotify, Luminary, Stitcher, there are plenty of places that have podcasts that can only be consumed on a their own platform. Is that really a podcast? Does it matter if it's not? Join Ray, Dave, Daniel and Stephanie Fuccio to answer…
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131: How Many Podcasts Are There?
How many podcasts are in Apple Podcasts/iTunes and how many of those podcasts are actually producing regular episodes? Join Ray, Dave, and Daniel to talk about the number of podcasts you are sharing real estate with and what it means to podfade. You can subscribe to the episode mailing list to…
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130: Is Your Podcast Searchable?
Podcasts, along with podcast audio players, are now surfacing in Google searches. Can yours be found? What exactly are these searches turning up and are they useful to your show? Join Ray, Dave, and Evo Terra to talk about this new way to find podcasts and if they think it will get more people to...
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129: Is Your Podcast Everywhere?
Can your podcast be found anywhere people are looking for your podcast? How about places they aren't looking for traditionally defined podcasts (read: YouTube)? Where do you put your podcast? What platforms that support audio do you ignore or resist? Join Ray, Dave, Andrew Clews and Paul Colligan...
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128: At What Speed Do You Listen?
PS, there's only one real answer;) #purist Watch this Round on YouTube and subscribe to know when we're live! Subscribe ✅ http://youtube.com/podcastersroundtable Join the Roundtable at podcastersroundtable.com/guest
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127: Podcast Myths
Do Apple Podcasts ratings and reviews move your podcast up the 'charts?' Can you use copyrighted music as long as it's only a few seconds? Is YouTube is a bad place to put your podcast? Some of these you've heard, some of these you think are correct but what's the truth? Join this Round to bust…
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126: Are You Feeling Burned Out?
Have you podfaded, feeling like you're close or maybe wish you could take a break? Starting a podcast is not the hardest part, keeping going is. How do we deal with the constant grind of content production? Join Ray, Dave, and Bandrew (aka Podcastage) who is currently dealing with how to balance...
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125: Is Your Podcast Launch Freaking You Out? Chill Out.
Join Ray, Dave, Ginger Wiseman, and Emily Prokop to discuss podcast 'launches' (do they matter?), podcast artwork, how important is it, and more ways that tech is trying to 'solve' discovery. Podcasters' Roundtable on YouTube
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124: You Make Podcasts, So What. What Else You Got??
You have a podcast, that's probably why you're watching the Roundtable and you've probably recorded a bunch of episodes but do you create any other content to support your podcast? Join Ray, Dave, Jamie Eads, and Jessica Kupferman to discuss other ways to grow your podcast through content…
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123: How do you find more listeners in 2019?
Many podcasters will complain that 'the system' as it exists doesn't do enough to help grow their show. That they can't gain enough of an audience because they are locked out of the top charts or not part of a big network, but is that true? Is there more you could be doing for yourself to grow…
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122: Is There Any Hope for Google Podcasts?
Google's latest entry into the podcast market, Google Podcasts, isn't converting the number of Android listeners we'd hoped. Or is it? Have you used it? What can we do to get more people using Google Podcasts and if we're not successful, do you think Google will pull the plug...once again? Join...
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121: You Spent How Much on Podcast Gear!!??
You can start a podcast on any budget but some want all the latest and greatest gear. How much did you spend on your first podcast setup and did that investment grow over time or did you jump in headfirst and spend like you weren't planning on needing any more gear? Join Ray, Dave, Daniel, Alex...
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120: Does Pandora Offer Anything New?
Pandora is one of the last, big audio platforms to introduce podcasts but do they offer anything new besides another place to list your podcast? Which by the way, would probably be good enough considering the potential exposure to a whole new audience. But still, what's different? And what have...
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119: What Do Your Shownotes Look Like?
Do you create shownotes for each episode of your podcast? Where do you post them (website, ID3 tags, RSS tags)? And how do these notes look to your listener? Are your links clickable in a podcast app? Join Ray, Dave, Daniel, and Civilla Morgan to discuss how your shownotes look to your podcast...
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118: Podcast Stats, Charts & Other Confusing Info
Where do you get your podcast stats? Do you even look? How often? How much do they matter? And is your show ranked in Apple Podcasts? What does that even mean? Join Ray, Daniel, Paul Colligan, and Anthony Lemos to discuss stats, supposed podcast charts and cheating your way to the top. You can...
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117: What's Up with Apple Podcasts?
Apple is kicking out a lot of podcasters from the Apple Podcasts directory. Why? We let you know how to avoid having your podcast removed. Watch this Round https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkeR1CkhAL0 You can subscribe to the episode mailing list to get new Rounds delivered to your inbox...
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116: Is podcasting too difficult?
There are a lot of podcasts in the Apple Podcasts directory and by default, many other directories. But out of more than 500K podcasts, less than 25% of those will publish a new episode this year. So what's wrong? Is podcasting too difficult to maintain? Is it too easy to start? Join Ray, Dave,...
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115: Are There Too Many Podcasts?
Depending on where you read the stats, the number of podcasts ranges from ~250K all the way to 2 million! Um, that last one is not correct;) Are we oversaturated with podcasts? Do you feel like there are too many options? Is there room for another podcast about podcasting (insert any niche you...
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114: Is Radio the Next Wave of Podcasters?
With Podcast Movement just completed, what drove a much larger presence by radio producers and as podcasters, why should we care if radio takes up podcasting? Join Ray, Dave, Daniel, Rob Greenlee, and Tyler Stalman to talk about recent podcasting news. You can subscribe to the episode mailing…
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113: Are Podcasts More Popular Than Blogs?
Have podcasts become more popular than blogs? What happens when you 'boost' a podcast post on facebook to promote your show and what's still wrong with the Google Podcasts App? This and more! Join Ray, Dave, Daniel, Paul Colligan and Jonathan Bloom to talk about recent podcasting news. Subscribe…
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Discussing the issues that face podcast producers and podcasting. Each Roundtable features a new podcaster from the community of viewers listeners. We talk less about the 'how-to' and more about the 'why.' You'll learn how to improve your podcast through the shared experience of other podcasters.
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Ray Ortega, Dave Jackson, Daniel J. Lewis.
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