Podwrecked

Episode #028

• Tim and Kyle go through their 2019 Predictions

• Each prediction used simple True or False criteria turns out that Tim and Kyle are really good guessers!

• What did we learn?

What did we learn?

• Tim and Kyle nailed 15 out of 20 predictions correct

• If you visit our 2019 predictions list, we did not get #1, #2, #3, #7, and #20 correct.

Quotes

“Market like the year you are in.”
― Gary Vaynerchuk

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Tim and Kyle record a LIVE episode at the VAPODA November Meetup to talk to attendees about the podcasting secrets that were revealed this year.

Episode at a Glance:

• Recorded Live at the Howell Branch Library in Fredericksburg during the Virginia Podcasters Association (VAPODA.org) Meetup.
• Tim and Kyle continue to experiment with how to produce a live show
• We reveal secret lessons learned we discovered at DC Podfest
• YouTube recent policy changes for shutting down channels that are not "commercially" viable

What did we learn?

• Live is still a challenge
• Using Hindenburg Pro vs other DAWs to lessen editing process
• Smart Speakers and Verbal Branding is about to eat the world
• Videos and Podcasts are not enemies, they are delivery systems for CONTENT! You can love them both and should!
• Be willing to fix your audio production process by learning new tools - Like #hindenburgjournalist

Industry Predictions:

• DC Podfest in 2020 will be another great conference that you cannot miss! #dcpodfest2020
• Read our growing list of podcast industry predictions for 2020!

Podwrecked is an extension of:

• Gagglepod - It is Time You Were Heard!
• Virginia Podcasters Association (VAPODA) Monthly Meetup for learning how to podcast and network with other podcasters!

Audience Challenge:

• TODO: Way-Back Music
• TODO: Prediction Music

Visit the Podwrecked Lighthouse:

• Email Us: podwrecked AT GMAIL DOT com
• All our Show Notes: podwrecked.com
• All our Episodes: podwrecked.libsyn.com

Podwrecked is a Gagglepod production. Learn more at gagglepod.com.

Episode #027

• We recorded this episode LIVE at the Howell Branch Library in Fredericksburg during the Virginia Podcasters Association (VAPODA.org) Meetup.

• We continue to experiment with how to produce a live show

• We reveal secret lessons learned we discovered at DC Podfest

• YouTube’s recent policy changes for shutting down channels that are not “commercially” viable

What did we learn?

• Live is still a challenge

• Using Hindenburg Pro vs other DAWs to reduce your editing process #hindenburgjournalist

• Smart Speakers and Verbal Branding are about to eat the world

• Videos and Podcasts are not enemies, they are delivery systems for CONTENT! You can love them both and should!

• Be willing to fix your audio production process by learning new tools

Shout Outs

• DC Podfest 2020 will be another great conference that you cannot miss! #dcpodfest

Quotes

“Content isn’t king, it’s the kingdom.”
― Lee Odden

Support the Show

Every episode is a work of passion that requires a lot of coffee! We research, read, record, mix, edit, and produce every episode ourselves.

We would greatly appreciate it if you could do two things for us:

1. FEEDBACK: Send us a quick note of encouragement to us. This keeps us going when times get tough!

2. VISIT: If you enjoy this podcast, please consider visiting our website at podwrecked.com!

Thank you for taking the time to listen. You are appreciated!

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Episode #026

• Recorded Live at the Howell Branch Library in Fredericksburg during the Virginia Podcasters Association (VAPODA.org) Meetup.

• Tim and Kyle have been experimenting with how to produce a live show

• Nate and Preston attended our October 2019 Meetup to see how the secret sauce is made

• We recorded this BEFORE DC Podfest (dcpodfest.com) where Kyle attended for the 4th year and Tim for the 3rd Year!

• We spent an hour setting up our gear

• We think that coil rolling of audio cables is a lost art

• We go through what gear we use to take our podcast “LIVE”

What did we learn?

• Live includes a lot of improvs and you have to be good on your feet (or mouth)

• Location can cause problems with sound (e.g. echo, room size, power, lighting)Soundproofing on-the-fly can work but it does not completely remove microphone bleed.

• Our microphones were air-gapped and the audio files used the double-header technique where we each record our own audio file and they are synced together in post-production.

• Kyle is using the ZOOM H4N Pro and an Audio-Technia ATR2100 microphone.

• Tim is using the ZOOM H5 (just to be bigger) and a Samson Q2U microphone.

• Headphones help you hear your sound and hitting record on a portable recorder can make or break your live recording.

Quotes

“Little things can make such a big difference during recording.”
― Matt Cameron

Support the Show

Every episode is a work of passion that requires a lot of coffee! We research, read, record, mix, edit, and produce every episode ourselves.

We would greatly appreciate it if you could do two things for us:

1. FEEDBACK: Send us a quick note of encouragement to us. This keeps us going when times get tough!

2. VISIT: If you enjoy this podcast, please consider visiting our website at podwrecked.com!

Thank you for taking the time to listen. You are appreciated!

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Episode #025

• We discuss how U.S. podcast audiences have grown to 62 million listening weekly.

• We notice that for the first time, more than half (51 percent) of the U.S. population has listened to a podcast, up from 44 percent last year.

• We marvel at how over 144 million people, or 20 million more people than just a year ago, have listened to a podcast.

• We ask with all these people now listening, what are you doing to make sure they are listening to YOU?

• Kyle conducts a master class in content creation

What did we learn?

• Finding your Ideal Listener: When you figure out your topic, it leads you to online sources. Online sources lead you to people interested in that topic. These people? They are your potential future listeners.

• Define Your Ideal Listener: Refine your ideal audience thinking down to some specific details.

• Find Your Flock: Where there are two or more people interested in something, you can find something built around it (e.g. books, magazines, blogs, websites)

• Sort Your Flocks: When you find a flock, evaluate each flock by lurking with a purpose and learning up-to-the-minute dialog about your flocks.

• Expanding the Search: Choose active or recent discussions, statements, articles, or posts that best represent a point of view about your topic.

• Qualifying your Sources: Content Walking - Active issues, complaints, controversies, problems, and interesting points of view you find.

• Bird Watching with Purpose: Once you start reviewing, searching, collecting and visiting these flocks, the hope is that you will continue to revisit them over and over again until it becomes a habit.

• Go Do the Work: At one point you have to just take what you have and start podcasting so that you can learn what your audience likes and doesn’t like.

Shout Outs

• Happy 14th Podiversary to Dave Jackson and the School of Podcasting

Quotes

“[You] don’t need to build an empire.”
― John Carmack, Creator of DOOM

Additional Reading

• Marketing Land: U.S. podcast audiences keep growing, 62 million listening weekly

• Convince & Convert: The 14 Critical Podcast Statistics of 2019

• Top 7 Strategies: How to grow your podcast audience

Support the Show

Every episode is a work of passion that requires a lot of coffee! We research, read, record, mix, edit, and produce every episode ourselves.

We would greatly appreciate it if you could do two things for us:

1. FEEDBACK: Send us a quick note of encouragement to us. This keeps us going when times get tough!

2. VISIT: If you enjoy this podcast, please consider visiting our website at podwrecked.com!

Thank you for taking the time to listen. You are appreciated!

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Episode #024

• We talk about the reasons you should choose a niche

• We discuss a way to find your smallest, most sustainable audience to give your show, content, and research a direction.

• We ask what niche questions should you ask yourself when designing your podcast.

• We ask what topic approaches can you take to help you target your first niche.

• We explore how you can define or even change your niche.

What did we learn?

1. Choosing a niche based on personal thoughts you want to share.

2. Choosing a niche based on the passions you spend energy on.

3. Choosing a Niche based on fiction or non-fiction stories you want to tell.

4. Choosing a niche based on your Expertise in a craft, a skill, or a hobby.

5. Choosing a niche based on a revelation you’ve had that changed your life or the way you look at the world.

6. Choosing a niche based on a collaboration or a team you’ve created around an idea or topic.

7. Choosing a niche based on a discovery or how to process that you have learned, developed, or are creating.

BONUS - Choosing a niche based on doing something that is FUN!

Quotes

“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.”
― Alan Kay, Computer Scientist

Additional Reading

• 19 Untapped Podcast Ideas

• Profitable Niches List – 2019 Update

Support the Show

Every episode is a work of passion that requires a lot of coffee! We research, read, record, mix, edit, and produce every episode ourselves.

We would greatly appreciate it if you could do two things for us:

1. FEEDBACK: Send us a quick note of encouragement to us. This keeps us going when times get tough!

2. VISIT: If you enjoy this podcast, please consider visiting our website at podwrecked.com!

Thank you for taking the time to listen. You are appreciated!

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Tim and Kyle give you their personal insights into their top 3 favorite podcasts (at the moment) for International Podcast Day.

Episode at a Glance:

• Tim and Kyle's Top 3 Favorite Podcasts in 3 categories for International Podcast Day.
• #1 - What is our favorite Podcast about Podcasting?
• #2 - What is our favorite Podcast about Personal Development?
• #3 - What is our favorite Guilty Pleasure Podcast?

Tim's Top 3 Favorites (at the moment) Podcasts

• #1 - Podcast Engineering School
• #2 - Art of Manliness
• #3 - Verge of the Dude

Kyle's Top 3 Favorites (at the moment) Podcasts

• #1 - School of Podcasting
• #2 - The Ray Edwards Show
• #3 - Girl in Space

Industry Predictions:

• Read our growing list of podcast industry predictions for 2020!

Podwrecked is an extension of:

• Gagglepod - Life's too short for Bad Podcasts
• Virginia Podcasters Association (VAPODA) Monthly Meetup for learning how to podcast and network with other podcasters!

Audience Challenge:

• TODO: Way-Back Music
• TODO: Prediction Music

Visit the Podwrecked Lighthouse:

• Email Us: podwrecked AT GMAIL DOT com
• All our Show Notes: podwrecked.com
• All our Episodes: podwrecked.libsyn.com

Podwrecked is a Gagglepod production. Learn more at gagglepod.com.

Episode #023

• We give you our Top 3 Favorite Podcasts in 3 categories for International Podcast Day:

1. What is our favorite Podcast about Podcasting?

2. What is our favorite Podcast about Personal Development?

3. What is our favorite Guilty Pleasure Podcast?

What did we learn?

• Tim’s Top 3 Favorites (at the moment) Podcasts

1. Podcast Engineering School

2. Art of Manliness

3. Verge of the Dude

• Kyle’s Top 3 Favorites (at the moment) Podcasts

1. School of Podcasting

2. The Ray Edwards Show

3. Girl in Space

Quotes

“Burn your thesaurus.”
― Jay Jurisich, Zinzin

Support the Show

Every episode is a work of passion that requires a lot of coffee! We research, read, record, mix, edit, and produce every episode ourselves.

We would greatly appreciate it if you could do two things for us:

1. FEEDBACK: Send us a quick note of encouragement to us. This keeps us going when times get tough!

2. VISIT: If you enjoy this podcast, please consider visiting our website at podwrecked.com!

Thank you for taking the time to listen. You are appreciated!

Tell Your Story

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Episode #022

• We give you our Top 10 MAPCON from Atlantic City takeaways.

• We talk about where we’ve been for the past few weeks

• We introduce Podwrecked’s new tagline: Survive Your Podcast!

What did we learn?

1. Tim: Clear/Clarity - An aspects of podcasting you need to be clear (Intro/Outro, Show notes, Purpose, Why)

2. Kyle: The Future is Local and you need to double down on your niche - Meetups, Localized Content, Live Recording, Weekly FB Hangouts

3. Tim: Utilize tech to the fullest (Instagram, FB Live, Audiograms, LinkedIn)

4. Kyle: Goal Setting - Your podcast needs focus, discernment, and prioritization

5. Tim: Strong Branding (Audio brand, Intro/Outro, Music, Scripting FB Live, IGTV)

6. Kyle: Monetization requires that you have a small business connected to your podcast (email list, a product, and consistency)

7. Tim: Live, Live, LIVE! Don’t be a podcast elitist — use live streaming: YouTube, Periscope, Twitch, FB Live, IGTV — and go LOOOOOOONG with your “Value Bombs”

8. Kyle: Verbal Branding and Sonic Branding are something you should be thinking about before someone takes yours (Smart Speakers)

9. Tim: Conferences/Conventions are expensive. Plan accordingly and decide which events have what you need.

10. Kyle: Don’t be a podcast elitist and only create content for your podcast. Have you ever thought of turning your podcast into a book?

Quotes

“You don’t suck when you make an effort to do good work.”
- Niel J. Guilarte

“Oh! And by the way, check out my podcast!”
- Niel J. Guilarte

“Not everyone listens to podcasts”
- Ross Brand

“You need to create a niche. And if someone had already beaten you there? Create a sub-niche!”
- Dr. Tyson Franklin

“Sometimes you are not your target market.”
- Jeffery Bradbury

“Make a podcast that YOU want to listen to.”
- David Steele

“Podcasting is a delivery system.”
- Mathew Passy

“When I hit play, (yelling) START THE PODCAST!”
- Mathew Passy

“Don’t stop. Keep going.”
- Nick G.

“Don’t be only a podcaster but be an expert listener.”
- Karen Yankovich

“The future is local.”
- Samantha (Sam) Riley

Additional Reading

• Mid-Atlantic Podcast Conference (MAPCON)

• Independent Podcast Conference (ICON)

Support the Show

Every episode is a work of passion that requires a lot of coffee! We research, read, record, mix, edit, and produce every episode ourselves.

We would greatly appreciate it if you could do two things for us:

1. FEEDBACK: Send us a quick note of encouragement to us. This keeps us going when times get tough!

2. VISIT: If you enjoy this podcast, please consider visiting our website at podwrecked.com!

Thank you for taking the time to listen. You are appreciated!

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Episode #021

• Dave helps us understand why creating hundreds of episodes and millions of minutes of audio is the secret to becoming better at podcasting.

• We discuss strategies for surviving that “Big Oops” after you hit publish on an episode.

• We tell you what happens when you overwrite your audio file versus reposting your fixed episode.

Special Guest

• Friend of the Show (and Hall of Fame Podcaster) Dave Jackson stops by

Where to find Dave Jackson

• School of Podcasting

• Power of Podcasting

• Ask the Podcast Coach

What did we learn?

• There are a lot of ways to help you mitigate the damage of those mistakes.

• You CAN recover from a bad episode.

• Publishing an episode that did not include your voice.

• Publishing an episode that only plays one of two voices on the recording.

• Interviews - Didn’t hit record.

• Interviewee that fell asleep.

• Cut and Paste from an old episode and publish the wrong one.

• Don’t listen with the ears of a podcaster but with the ears of a listener.

• You can go overkill on recording gear.

• You can go overkill on the number of audio file version saves.

• Hoarding audio files for “just in case” is a real thing that all podcasters do.

• The bare minimum for podcasting gear should be enough for a new podcaster to “get by” — this means settling for a $60 microphone instead of going out and buying the AKG C-24 that was used in Pitch Perfect 3. (Pro Tip: The AKG C-24 is a collectors microphone for the low low price of $9K).

• Some gear is just weird (with 10 feet of cable) and we just have to live with it.

• Be careful when you name your podcast the same as a podwrecked podcast.

• Subscribe to your show with Apple Podcasts/Overcast (on iPhone), and PocketCasts/Castbox (on Android) to know when your episode goes live.

• Google Play Music is NOT Google Podcasts - they are two separate things! Not many people will want you to remove content from an interview (or remove a snippet).

• Always ask in an interview “Is there anything in this interview you don’t want out in the world?”

• A single episode marked “Explicit” will drop you out of a lot of other countries unless you’re not interested in having an audience in those countries.

• When it comes to audio obsessions, remember that some folks in your audience are listening in the shower.

• Kyle thinks that Dave will one day soon create a podcast devoted to his Crazy Morning Zoo Crew Binky and the Wiz! This is a group of characters Dave introduced in School of Podcasting (SOP) Episode #400 and then resurfaced again in SOP Episode #600.

• If you want to hear a special promo Dave did exclusively for Podwrecked, please listen to the very end of the episode!

• PLEASE contact Dave and tell him you want this in the world

Questions to ask yourself if you Podwreck

• How long has the episode been out to the world?

• How many people already have this episode?

• Do I want everyone to get the corrected episode?

• Do I care enough to put a re-post in my feed?

• How long do you want to wait for Apple Podcasts to update from my change?

• Did anyone even notice there was a problem?

Elegant Solutions Notes

• If you don’t care about Spotify and Google Play Music, you can repost with the exact named file.

• Everyone who already downloaded it now has the “collectors edition” of that episode.

• You can repost the audio file with the same name and just not worry about those who already have it.

• You can post a NEW audio file and not worry about your subscribers getting a second version of the first file.

• Apple Podcasts will show the new post but not remove the old one because it is only a mirror of your own feed.

• It may take up to 24 hours to show any changes in the Apple Listing because it is only a snapshot of what is going on with your podcast in 24 hours (not minute-by-minute).

• Apple Podcasts may never remove the listing of the first listing of your changed episode.

Quotes

“Please subscribe to your own podcast!”
― Dave Jackson, School of Podcasting

“Remember, the Internet writes in ink!”
― Dave Jackson, School of Podcasting

“Nobody cares how the sausage is made. Just bring me content!”
― Dave Jackson, School of Podcasting

“As podcasters, there is a big chunk of our hearts that wants to serve [our audience].”
― Dave Jackson, School of Podcasting

“Please do not start your show off with an apology. Do it at the end where your super fans are!”
― Dave Jackson, School of Podcasting

Support the Show

Every episode is a work of passion that requires a lot of coffee! We research, read, record, mix, edit, and produce every episode ourselves.

We would greatly appreciate it if you could do two things for us:

1. FEEDBACK: Send us a quick note of encouragement to us. This keeps us going when times get tough!

2. VISIT: If you enjoy this podcast, please consider visiting our website at podwrecked.com!

Thank you for taking the time to listen. You are appreciated!

Tell Your Story

Podwrecked is an Oncetold Production. Tell your own story with Oncetold.