Better Podcasting

Welcome to Better Podcasting! We talk about podcast tips, tools and best practices to help you succeed with your podcast! Just like you we podcast purely out of the love and the fun of it. Podcasting is our hobby and we love that it is yours too! We always encourage your questions and feedback and you can find all of our contact information at betterpodcasting.com.

Better Podcasting #174 – Free Podcast Promotion

As a hobby podcaster, you probably don’t have endless funds to help promote your show. You’re in luck, because today we’re going to run down a bunch of methods to help promote your show for free, and some experience that we’ve had using these. In this week’s Better Podcasting Download, we’ll talk about the BBC…

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Better Podcasting #173 – When Your Source Material Ends

Sometimes you might find that your podcast’s source material is no longer available. If this happens to you, there are several decisions that have to be made for the future in the show. This week, we discuss some of these decisions, and Stargate Pioneer provides actual examples of decisions that he is making for two…

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Better Podcasting #172 – Mackie’s Future in Podcasting: Craig Reeves Interview

This week we’re pleased to interview Craig Reeves from Mackie about their future which involves exploring creating a device for podcasting (and other content creation).  Other topics of discussion include Craig’s history, how he got in to this line of business, and some technical information about some of the Mackie products that podcasters may be…

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Better Podcasting #171 – Podcasting Ethics

Many industries have a code of ethics established for their industry, but Podcasting doesn’t have anything formally established. In this episode we discuss some things that we’ve seen over the years (and some things that we’ve had conversations with other podcasters) that might be a consideration when discussing Podcasting Ethics. Our segment isn’t intended to…

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Better Podcasting #170 – Recording With Co-Hosts In The Same Room

We’ve often spoken about how to podcast with co-hosts remotely, but what about the situations where you’re going to record in the same room together? Things can actually be a lot different (and more complex in some ways) when you’re recording multiple people in the same room together. In this episode we’ll discuss some best…

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Better Podcasting #169 – Non-Weekly Podcasting

Although there are many podcasts which release on a weekly basis, there are many podcasts that use a non-weekly release format. In this episode we’ll discuss some release schedules, benefits to these, and some best practices if you’re going to go non-weekly. We’ll also cover seasonal podcasting. In this week’s Better Podcasting Download, Stephen shares…

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Better Podcasting #168 – YouTube Podcast Projects

Ever considered doing some YouTube projects associated with your podcast? This episode we discuss ways you can use YouTube to help your podcast, best practices if you’re going to, and share some cautionary tales from our experiences. In this week’s Better Podcasting Download we chat about Apple Podcast Connect changing their terms of service, and…

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Better Podcasting #167 – Assessing and Implementing Changes

This week in the show, we discuss how to consider making a change to your show, some things to pay attention to, and ways that you can implement changes to your show. In this week’s Better Podcasting Download, we discuss Spotify buying Gimlet and Anchor and our theories on what this could mean for the…

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Better Podcasting #166 – USB Microphones

Lately we’ve seen a lot of discussion surrounding using USB microphones, and often we’ve seen people ask about how to record multiple people at the same time. In this episode we’ll be discussion challenges facing trying to use multiple USB microphones, tips if you’re going to try it, and some other advice surrounding USB microphone…

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Better Podcasting #165 – Real Time Audience Engagement

This week in the show we talk about real time audience engagement. Whether it’s while you’re recording, or in between your episodes, there are various ways to interact with your audience AND a variety of benefits that come with doing so. BUT before we get our featured segment, Stephen has one heck of a “How…

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