Is Video the #1 Way to Grow Your Podcast?

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Is Video the #1 Way to Grow Your Podcast?

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63 minutes

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Jun 8, 2021

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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.

Released:

Jun 8, 2021

Format:

Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

A rotating panel of guests who debate issues facing podcasters and podcasting as a media format. Each Roundtable features a new podcaster from the community of listeners to talk less about the how-to and more about the subjective issues facing podcast producers.

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PR006 – Competition in Your Niche: We discuss the concept of "competition" as is applies to podcasters podcasting in the same niche. - How much do you share with podcasts in your niche? Do you cross promote their shows? Do you have them as guests on your show or even co-host shows toge.. by Podcasters' Roundtable
70 min listen
PR016 – Podcasting is “Back?”: Is podcasting making a comeback? Did it ever really falter? - The raw numbers tell us podcast viewers have grown every year since it's inception in 2004 so why are we increasly hearing that podcasting is back? by Podcasters' Roundtable
69 min listen
PR026 – Live-streaming Your Podcast: Should you add live-streaming to your podcast production? Recording live won't give you a big boost in numbers, isn't likely to help you get discovered, and probably won't attract a lot of participation all while adding more to your workflow. - by Podcasters' Roundtable
64 min listen
PR020 – Can You Ask Too Much of Your Audience?: Podcast award season is here and that means asking your audience for votes, in some cases, constantly asking them. How do you deal with this as a podcaster...as a listener? Are we asking too much or is it a great way to show your support of a show? by Podcasters' Roundtable
59 min listen
PR021 – The Gifts of Podcasting: The holiday season is a great time to give thanks and dream of new podcasting goodies. So what are podcasters thankful for and what kind of podcasting stuff makes a podcaster's wish list? - Get ready for a fun-filled discussion about the things we've ... by Podcasters' Roundtable
63 min listen
PR012 – What Do You Call Your Podcast?: - The term podcast has a specific meaning and if you have a show (audio or video) that you post to an RSS feed, congrats you have a podcast. - But what do you call it? If not a podcast then what? A show, internet broadcast, netcast, by Podcasters' Roundtable
72 min listen
PR008 – What Do Podcasters Owe Their Audience?: As a podcaster, what do you owe your audience? - Whether someone subscribes to your show or listens only once, what obligation do you feel to that person? - Do you feel like you should always bring your best content, be well organized, by Podcasters' Roundtable
80 min listen
PR001 – Control and Ownership of Your Podcast: How much of your podcast do you own? - Join Ray Ortega, Dave Jackson, Daniel J. Lewis and Mike Dell to discuss taking as much control over your show as possible whether you're using WordPress, Libsyn, Feedburner, by Podcasters' Roundtable
54 min listen
PR004 – What’s Going on with FeedBurner?: Over the last year several changes have been made to Feedburner including twitter feed shut downs, deprecation of API's, the loss of the .jp domain and a failure of the statistics system. - All of this led to a perfect storm of fear that the core serv... by Podcasters' Roundtable
60 min listen
PR013 – Dealing with Negative Feedback: Ever receive a negative comment regarding your podcast? How did it feel? How did you respond? - Certainly, if you've been podcasting for any significant amount of time there's no doubt that indeed you've received a negative iTunes review, by Podcasters' Roundtable
86 min listen
PR007 – Podcast Promotion Challenges: How do find balance when it comes to producing content and then having to promote it via any number of ways (social networks, blogs, forums, etc.)? - Have you ever been overwhelmed trying to keep up? Has the need to always be promoting your show in or... by Podcasters' Roundtable
73 min listen
PR028 – Breaking the Mold: Is podcasting really any different than old media? Are we, as podcasters, simply falling into the mold created by media producers before us? - Podcasting may be one of the few remaining truly free mediums. There are no rules, no gatekeepers, by Podcasters' Roundtable
69 min listen
PR002 – Processing Your Podcast’s Audio: A live discussion about processing your podcast's audio with hardware and/or software. - We discuss if this is a necessary step or just something audiophiles enjoy. - Roundtable guests for round two: David Jackson, Mike Phillips, by Podcasters' Roundtable
57 min listen
PR009 – When to Start Another Podcast?: How do you know when it's time to add another podcast to your lineup? - We discuss some of the things to consider when thinking about starting another show as well as our opinions about when is the right time for adding a new podcast. - by Podcasters' Roundtable
65 min listen
PR010 – Podcasting “Success” with Pat Flynn: What defines success in podcasting? Is it subscribers, downloads, website traffic, money or something else? - Watch/listen to +Pat Flynn from the Smart Passive Income blog and podcast along with +Daniel J. by Podcasters' Roundtable
76 min listen
PR005 – Podcasting Pet Peeves: On this Round, I talk to six podcasters (the largest Roundtable to date) about their podcasting pet peeves. Those things they see other podcasters doing that frustrate them. We also talk about things we've done wrong with our own podcasts and how we fi... by Podcasters' Roundtable
69 min listen
PR023 – Are Conferences Worth It?: Recorded live on the show floor at New Media Expo 2014 (NMX), Ray, Daniel and Dave ask, Are Conferences Worth It? This is an audio only Round. See the player below. - Attending a conference is rarely a cheap endeavor. You spend money on travel, by Podcasters' Roundtable
50 min listen
PR030 – Growing Your Audience: - +Ray Ortega, +Daniel J. Lewis, and +Dave Jackson, recreate their presentation given at New Media Expo 2014 titled, "How to Grow Your Audience from 100's to 1000's." - For those of you looking for new ways to increase the number of people who list by Podcasters' Roundtable
80 min listen
PR043: Podcast Jargon: - Podfading, normalization, Byte Range Requests... if you've been podcasting long enough it's likely you are familiar with one or more of these terms. Podcasting has it's own language and depending on your experience level you are more or less schoo... by Podcasters' Roundtable
75 min listen
PR019 – Deciding What to Podcast About: Did you have a hard time deciding what your podcast should be about? Are you sure you made the right choice? How do you decide and does it even matter what choice you make? - Watch +David Jackson, myself (+Ray Ortega ), by Podcasters' Roundtable
70 min listen
PR011 – Podcast Purchase Decisions: - What gear, software and services would you purchase if you were starting your first podcast? - Find out what experienced podcasters +David Jackson +Daniel J. Lewis +Jeffrey Bradbury and myself (Ray Ortega) would purchase if we were starting ou. by Podcasters' Roundtable
82 min listen
PR017 – Modifying Past Episodes: Have you ever considered deleting an old podcast episode or updating it because the information was now out of date? Perhaps you've been asked to take an old episode out of your library because the information is now wrong. What would you do? - by Podcasters' Roundtable
68 min listen
PR003 – The Future of Podcasting: Rob Greenlee, Steven Lee, Daniel J. Lewis and Ray Ortega discuss where podcasting has been, is now and where it's headed in the future. by Podcasters' Roundtable
72 min listen
PR029 – Getting Personal: How much personality in your show is too much? Do you fear being "vulnerable" with your audience or do you share everything? - This Round features: +Ray Ortega, +Daniel J. Lewis, +Dave Jackson, +Neil Perrin, +Jeffrey Powers, and +Tyler Smith. - by Podcasters' Roundtable
58 min listen
PR051: Challenging the Status Quo: These days, podcasting has many best practices. But podcasting is an open medium, not governed by any single person or entity. So, while following best practices can be helpful, do you ever take advantage of podcasting's openness and challenge the stat... by Podcasters' Roundtable
76 min listen
PR038: Podcasting and the Law: Podcasting has been referred to as the wild, wild West of media because essentially podcasters can do, say, show anything they want on their podcasts. This is true, you can do whatever you want. But what happens when someone else doesn't like what y... by Podcasters' Roundtable
79 min listen
PR032 – Podcasting Best Practices: - One of the cool parts about podcasting is that the show is truly yours. You decide what to say, how it looks/sounds, where to publish and hundreds of other decisions that make up your podcast. - But with no must-do rules to follow there is a larg... by Podcasters' Roundtable
86 min listen
PR018 – When Not to Start a Podcast: When is choosing to start a podcast the wrong decision? - Have you heard that you need a podcast or that podcasting is the hottest thing going and you want to start your own? Have you asked yourself if a podcast is really the best way to spend your li... by Podcasters' Roundtable
68 min listen
PR040: Beyond iTunes: Move over iTunes, we want to talk about every other place you can put your podcast! - Stitcher, Soundcloud, Miro, your own site, there are plenty of places to distribute your podcast outside of iTunes. What are your favorites? by Podcasters' Roundtable
66 min listen
PR039: Your Podcast’s Platform: Does your podcast have a home? Where do you post your episodes, shownotes, details about the host(s), links, etc? - Many podcasters use their own hosted version of WordPress as a home base for their podcast but is this always the best decision?... by Podcasters' Roundtable
83 min listen

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