PodBites

Today we are joined by Ant McGinley, who is a radio presenter at Communicorp UK and producer of several podcasts, including award winning football funny show “On The Left Side”.

Ant started his love affair with audio on a student radio station in 1996. After graduation he went to work for BBC Radio 1, Classic FM and Kerrang Radio. He made his very first podcasts in 2005, only stopping because he took the opportunity to present a morning show on commercial radio. In 2013 he took a leap of faith and decided that podcasting was the future. Since then he’s made about 450 podcast episodes and picked up 3 nominations including 1 Award for his work. (Statistically this means at least one in every hundred episodes he does is quite good.)

He picked up the award for his satirical football show "On The Left Side" which he makes with his long time colleague Jim Salveson. The show has won critical acclaim and led to them both being hired to create new podcast content for the Communicorp radio group.

Ant is based in Manchester, UK, but his passion and experience has led him to being invited to speak on podcasting at events and on radio stations around the world. One of the examples, is the worlds largest podcaster conference Podcast Movement where he was with his keynote presentation “Podcasting from Nothing”. In this talk, Ant guides the room from starting without any idea, or equipment, to releasing a show on all good podcast apps (including Castbox) in just 20 minutes.

In this episode, we are talking about podcast content creation. We discuss what is the difference between radio and podcast content, podcasting as business, and some key things about podcasting in Europe.

Friday, June 27, 2019 4:01 PM #Livecast #Replay

We are joined by Wei Jiang, a venture partner at ZhenFund.

ZhenFund is one of the most respected early stage investors in China.

ZhenFund was founded in 2011 by former entrepreneurs, co-founders of New Oriental, the largest provider of private education in China, Bob Xiaoping Xu and Victor Qiang Wang. The goal of ZhenFund is to invest in the most promising innovators. The fund was launched in collaboration with Sequoia Capital China. ZhenFund now has a network of over 600 portfolio companies, including over 10 unicorns based in China and has offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Silicon Valley. The total size of the fund is around 1 billion dollars.

Wei’s investment portfolio includes such companies as Leap.ai, Subtle Medical, Citcon, and many others.

Wei held leadership positions in a number of world class internet companies: Prior to ZhenFund, he was the Chief Marketing Officer at Google Greater China. Wei was an entrepreneur himself, he had founded startups in both US and China. Earlier in his career, Wei worked for eBay, Intuit and NBC internet.

In this episode, we are talking about why ex-Googlers are so special and what are the most interesting segments in media & entertainment that can flourish in the future.

At the beginning of the episode, a quick re-cap about Podcast Day in London last week.

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In this episode, I am joined by Jim Lechleitner who is a Co- founder and Managing Partner at the Park Bridge and an expert in U.S.- China relations.

Jim has been active in multiple aspects of U.S. China relations for over a decade. Prior to co-founding Park Bridge, Jim was the Head of the U.S.-China Advisory Practice at Starr Strategic Holdings, a boutique investment bank focused on cross-border M&A, government advisory, and strategic consulting. In that role, Jim routinely advised Fortune 500 companies in education, healthcare, agriculture, real estate, and financial services on China strategy and capital raise initiatives.

Jim started his career in China at the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy, where he was responsible for building out the Center’s operations and development strategy.

In this episode, we are talking about the U.S.-China podcast market and challenges and opportunities for the podcasters.

#Livecast This is a special episode before the Podcast Day in London 13th June with Peter Niegel from Radio Days Europe https://www.radiodayseuropepodcastday.com/

Peter Niegel has been a senior audience researcher with the Danish Broadcasting Corporation since 2000 and is today among the leading audio audience researchers in Europe. He spoke at national and international conferences on a variety of audio related subjects. Peter holds a Masters Degree in History in Media Science and in Corporate Communication. He is a member of the Executive Committee of Radiodays Europe.

In this episode, we are talking about Podcasting in Europe.

Wednesday, June 5, 2019 11:07 PM #Livecast #Replay

Stephen is CEO of Krempl Communications International. As an international trainer, speaker and author he has worked with thousands of leaders in more than 30 countries. He worked for Fortune 500 companies, such as Starbucks, YUM Brands, PepsiCo, and Motorola.

Stephen is an expert on how leaders can stand out and get noticed in their corporations. Stephen is an author of five books including: The 5% Zone: How to Stand Out as a Global Leader.

As a trainer, Stephen is doing lectures, in house and online programs that focus on developing high potential leaders. His online program is called Winning in the Work World.

In this episode, we are talking about what makes a perfect pitch and how important is storytelling.

Friday, May 31, 2019 9:49 PM #Livecast #Replay

Jessica is the founder and equal co-owner of Interview Connections which is the first podcast booking agency. She started the business in 2012. The Interview Connections team of Booking Agents work with clients such as Ali Brown, JJ Virgin, Perry Marshall, and other authors … as well as numerous PR agencies.

Jessica is a podcaster herself, doing a regular show called #RockThePodcast. Jessica has been a featured speaker at Podcast Movement, Podfest Multimedia Expo, and Dream Business Academy.

In today's episode, we are talking about how to get booked on more podcasts.

May 22 10:01 PM #Livecast #replay

James is a radio futurologist - a writer, consultant and public speaker on radio’s future. He is Managing Editor of a daily podcast newsletter, podnews.net, and he runs the media information website media.info.

James has worked in radio since 1989 as an award-winning copywriter, presenter, and internet strategist. In 2001 he joined the original Virgin Radio in London. In 2007 he joined the BBC to work on the BBC iPlayer for radio, the one that later became the UK Radioplayer. After that James has worked for a variety of media companies in Europe, North America, Asia and Australia.

In this episode, we are discussing the future of audio content, listeners’ preferences, and the winners of British Podcast Award.

May 15 6:00PM PT #Livecast #replay

Podbites EPISODE #3

Guest: Rob Walch

Rob Walch was inducted into the Podcasting Hall of Fame in 2016 and is the VP of Podcaster Relations for Libsyn.

Rob is Co-Author of “Tricks of the Podcasting Masters”Que 2006, which was an editors pick as a Top10 Reference book for 2006 by Amazon. Rob started podcasting in 2004 as host of the award winning podCast41. Additionally Rob is host of Today in iOS (iPhone) Podcast – The first and largest podcast about the iPhone.

Since 2004 Rob has presented at well over 100 events on the subject of podcasting and New Media.

Rob has consulted on podcasting for Jack Welch, Tim Ferriss, and eBay to name just a few.

In this episode, we are talking about podcasting trends, investments, advertising and various types of content creators.

May 1 6:00PM PT #Livecast #replay

Podbites EPISODE #2

Guest: Edith Yeung

Edith Yeung is the creator of the China Internet Report and a partner at Proof of Capital and 500 Startups.

Edith invests in blockchain and AI startups, including Stellar, Oasis, Solana, Silk Lbas and many more.

Earlier in her career, she worked as General Manager of Dolphin Browser, a Sequoia-backed mobile browser with over 150 million installs worldwide.

Edith frequently speaks at the internet and investment conferences around the globe, and also she is featured by BBC, Bloomberg, CBS, NPR, Techcrunch etc.

In this episode, we are talking about internet, cross-border investments, blockchain, and how the smart speakers will influence podcasting.

April 24 6:00PM PT #Livecast #replay

Podbites EPISODE #1

Guest: John Zagula

John Zagula is managing director and Founding Partner of Ignition Capital.

John was also a Founding Managing Director of Qiming Ventures in China.

He serves on the boards of directors of and as an advisor to several private companies with operations in both the United States and China, including Castbox. Prior to that, John was General Manager of global marketing for Microsoft Corporation where he spent nearly a decade in several senior marketing and strategy positions. John is an investor, adviser, marketing expert, author, and an adjunct professor of business and entrepreneurship at the University of Washington.

In this episode, we are talking about creative industries. Also, we are discussing how to use podcasting as a marketing tool.