Better Podcasting

This week we conclude our arc on introductory episodes, this time talking all about episode 1. We'll discuss how to balance your episode one with your episode zero, ways to make your episode one carry a punch, and some things to consider for your first episode if you're not going to have an episode zero.

In this week's Better Podcasting Download, we get SP's take on Libsyn adding a destination for Radio.com, and we talk about how Apple is making changes to their categories.

Finally, we run down this week's feedback including another deal that is saving hobby podcasters money.

Find full episode information including links referenced in this episode at http://www.betterpodcasting.com/184/.

If you want to follow us elsewhere, you can follow us on all of our socials at https://www.betterpodcasting.com/contact or email [email protected]. The full back catalog can be found at https://www.betterpodcasting.com.

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Want to join in to some geeky chatter? Check out the BEST geek community around on the GonnaGeek Discord Server at http://www.betterpodcasting.com/discord/.

This podcast was recorded on Wednesday, June 5, 2019  - Streamed Live to Geeks.Live. Audio/Video Production by Stephen Jondrew of GonnaGeek Productions, proudly Canadian.

This week we start our arc on introductory episodes, this time talking all about episode 0. We'll discuss what episode zeros are, why you may want to do them, how to use them effectively, and things to avoid in your episode zero.

Finally, we run down this week's feedback including one about podcast superstitions.

Find full episode information including links referenced in this episode at http://www.betterpodcasting.com/183/.

If you want to follow us elsewhere, you can follow us on all of our socials at https://www.betterpodcasting.com/contact or email [email protected]. The full back catalog can be found at https://www.betterpodcasting.com.

Check out our companion shows at https://www.betterpodcasting.com.

Want to join in to some geeky chatter? Check out the BEST geek community around on the GonnaGeek Discord Server at http://www.betterpodcasting.com/discord/.

This podcast was recorded on Wednesday, May 29, 2019  - Streamed Live to Geeks.Live. Audio/Video Production by Stephen Jondrew of GonnaGeek Productions, proudly Canadian.

Today we talk about celebrating the wins that you have with your podcast. We'll discuss reasons celebrating can be beneficial, some reasons why people celebrate, and how some people celebrate podcast wins.

In this week's Better Podcasting Download, we discuss a change to Podtrac's statistics. 

Finally, we run down some feedback, including one listener's unfortunate experience listening to our most recent show.

Find full episode information including links referenced in this episode at http://www.betterpodcasting.com/182/.

If you want to follow us elsewhere, you can follow us on all of our socials at https://www.betterpodcasting.com/contact or email [email protected]. The full back catalog can be found at https://www.betterpodcasting.com.

Check out our companion shows at https://www.betterpodcasting.com.

Want to join in to some geeky chatter? Check out the BEST geek community around on the GonnaGeek Discord Server at http://www.betterpodcasting.com/discord/.

This podcast was recorded on Wednesday, May 22, 2019  - Streamed Live to Geeks.Live. Audio/Video Production by Stephen Jondrew of GonnaGeek Productions, proudly Canadian.

The podcast world is buzzing again about Podcast Transcriptions, so we thought it was time for us to talk about them. In this episode we'll discuss how you can get them, what they are, pros of using podcast transcriptions, cons, and our opinion on whether or not it's worth creating transcriptions for your shows.

In this week's Better Podcasting Download we discuss how THREE companies were IAB Compliant Certified over the last week, what that means for hobby podcasters, and we theorize on why certain companies are getting certified (and others aren't).

Find full episode information including links referenced in this episode at http://www.betterpodcasting.com/181/.

If you want to follow us elsewhere, you can follow us on all of our socials at https://www.betterpodcasting.com/contact or email [email protected]. The full back catalog can be found at https://www.betterpodcasting.com.

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Want to join in to some geeky chatter? Check out the BEST geek community around on the GonnaGeek Discord Server at http://www.betterpodcasting.com/discord/.

This podcast was recorded on Wednesday, May 15, 2019  - Streamed Live to Geeks.Live. Audio/Video Production by Stephen Jondrew of GonnaGeek Productions, proudly Canadian.

As your podcast evolves, you may find that you need to drastically adjust the length of your show. If you're making this change suddenly, there are some things that you may consider as you work through the change; in this episode we discuss those things.

Finally, Stephen shares some of his reasons for not fully recommending Pinecast as we run down some feedback from our Discord server. Plus Stephen shares a piece of NEW GEAR that he bought to try out.

Find full episode information including links referenced in this episode at http://www.betterpodcasting.com/180/.

If you want to follow us elsewhere, you can follow us on all of our socials at https://www.betterpodcasting.com/contact or email [email protected]. The full back catalog can be found at https://www.betterpodcasting.com.

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Want to join in to some geeky chatter? Check out the BEST geek community around on the GonnaGeek Discord Server at http://www.betterpodcasting.com/discord/.

This podcast was recorded on Wednesday, May 8, 2019  - Streamed Live to Geeks.Live. Audio/Video Production by Stephen Jondrew of GonnaGeek Productions, proudly Canadian.

There are a lot of different component involved with the podcasting process, and when you break down those component, there are a ton of little things that become a part of your regular routine. While these things may be time consuming, after awhile they can easily be forgotten about. This week we've picked some of these items to discuss, some ways they've affected us week to week, and some tips we have to help you.

Key categories for this segment include:

In this week's Better Podcasting Download we discuss a recent update with Overcast and Stephen gives his first thoughts with the Rodecaster Pro multitrack to SD recording.

Finally, we reveal what microphones Stargate Pioneer used in which segments last week.

Find full episode information including links referenced in this episode at http://www.betterpodcasting.com/179/.

If you want to follow us elsewhere, you can follow us on all of our socials at https://www.betterpodcasting.com/contact or email [email protected]. The full back catalog can be found at https://www.betterpodcasting.com.

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Want to join in to some geeky chatter? Check out the BEST geek community around on the GonnaGeek Discord Server at http://www.betterpodcasting.com/discord/.

This podcast was recorded on Wednesday, May 1, 2019  - Streamed Live to Geeks.Live. Audio/Video Production by Stephen Jondrew of GonnaGeek Productions, proudly Canadian.

For those of you who have talked to Stargate Pioneer about choosing a media host, you know that he's got a pretty tight list about his recommended criteria for this. Today we're going to run down this criteria and expand on the reasoning behind these suggestions - plus a few more.

In this week's Better Podcasting Download, we talk about Luminary (Note this was recorded on Wednesday, April 24, 2019).

Find full episode information including links referenced in this episode at http://www.betterpodcasting.com/178/.

If you want to follow us elsewhere, you can follow us on all of our socials at https://www.betterpodcasting.com/contact or email [email protected]. The full back catalog can be found at https://www.betterpodcasting.com.

Check out our companion shows at https://www.betterpodcasting.com.

Want to join in to some geeky chatter? Check out the BEST geek community around on the GonnaGeek Discord Server at http://www.betterpodcasting.com/discord/.

This podcast was recorded on Wednesday, April 24, 2019  - Streamed Live to Geeks.Live. Audio/Video Production by Stephen Jondrew of GonnaGeek Productions, proudly Canadian.

There are a lot of podcasts in the world, and that means that your podcast may have a lot of competition. So, in a situation like this, how do you stand out in the crowd? In this episode we'll talk about a bunch of best practices to make your show unique, and some things to avoid as well. However, before we get there, we have to say farewell to co-host of Stargate Pioneer.

In this week's Better Podcasting Download, we discuss Apple redesign the Apple Podcasts websites.

Finally, we take listener feedback - including some chatter in our Discord server about some plugin deals.

Find full episode information including links referenced in this episode at http://www.betterpodcasting.com/177/.

If you want to follow us elsewhere, you can follow us on all of our socials at https://www.betterpodcasting.com/contact or email [email protected]. The full back catalog can be found at https://www.betterpodcasting.com.

Check out our companion shows at https://www.betterpodcasting.com.

Want to join in to some geeky chatter? Check out the BEST geek community around on the GonnaGeek Discord Server at http://www.betterpodcasting.com/discord/.

This podcast was recorded on Wednesday, April 17, 2019  - Streamed Live to Geeks.Live. Audio/Video Production by Stephen Jondrew of GonnaGeek Productions, proudly Canadian.

This week we're pleased to offer another interview, this time with Dan Hughley of Focusrite. We'll discuss Focusrite's podcast consideration, endeavors and some hardware available for podcasters. We also chat about Dan's history and how he got to where he is today.

In this week's Better Podcasting Download we chat about some recent de-indexing that happened with Google and how it affects you as a podcaster. In this week's Better Podback we take listener/viewer feedback, including a question about the Zoom L-12.

Plus, Stephen kicks it all off with his own HOW I SAVED MY PODCAST story - this one involving SMART HOME tech.

Find full episode information including links referenced in this episode at http://www.betterpodcasting.com/176/.

If you want to follow us elsewhere, you can follow us on all of our socials at https://www.betterpodcasting.com/contact or email [email protected]. The full back catalog can be found at https://www.betterpodcasting.com.

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Want to join in to some geeky chatter? Check out the BEST geek community around on the GonnaGeek Discord Server at http://www.betterpodcasting.com/discord/.

This podcast was recorded on Wednesday, April 10, 2019  - Streamed Live to Geeks.Live (interview pre-recorded on Tuesday, April 2, 2019). Audio/Video Production by Stephen Jondrew of GonnaGeek Productions, proudly Canadian.

This week in the show, we do a little self-analysis by reviewing our top 10 downloaded episode of 2018. We do this review to help provide some insight on what episodes worked best for our audience, and what other podcasters might be interested in.

In this week's Better Podback, we run down some Discord feedback, including someone who wasn't satisfied with the Shure SM58. Finally, we wrap it up with a heartwarming story from Stephen - as he gets a little real about his recent podcast endeavors.

Find full episode information including links referenced in this episode at http://www.betterpodcasting.com/175/.

If you want to follow us elsewhere, you can follow us on all of our socials at https://www.betterpodcasting.com/contact or email [email protected]. The full back catalog can be found at https://www.betterpodcasting.com.

Check out our companion shows at https://www.betterpodcasting.com.

Want to join in to some geeky chatter? Check out the BEST geek community around on the GonnaGeek Discord Server at http://www.betterpodcasting.com/discord/.

This podcast was recorded on Wednesday, April 3, 2019 - Streamed Live to Geeks.Live. Audio/Video Production by Stephen Jondrew of GonnaGeek Productions, proudly Canadian.