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August 27, 2025404. Thoughts from Podcast Movement 2025
I'm back from Podcast Movement 2025 in Dallas and I have thoughts, especially after my previous episode about why you should attend live events for your podcast.
Please share this episode from your podcast app or https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/pm25
Introduction [00:00]
Why Attend Live Events for Your Podcast?
Podcast Movement + Sounds Profitable + Podnews [01:35]
NYC and Austin locations might be long-term [03:37]
Conference recordings will be free [06:42]
The Podcast Movement conferences are getting smaller [10:47]
The expo hall was pleasant again [12:59]
Where should podcasters go now? [19:41]
Do you value The Audacity to Podcast? [22:44]
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Start and grow your own podcast for passion and PROFIT! Learn more and follow at https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/
Supercharge your audience engagement and grow your podcast! https://podgagement.com/
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25 min
August 20, 2025403. Why Attend Live Events for Your Podcast?
Live events can provide great opportunities to grow your knowledge, create content, expand your network, and grow your podcast audience.
Please share this episode from your podcast app or https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/whyattend
More episodes about getting the most from live events.
7 tips for effective blog/podcast cards
How to Get the Most from Podcasting and Social-Media Conferences
Avoid These Mistakes If You Go to Events
9 Tips for How to Grow Your Audience by Attending Social-Media Events
1. Grow your knowledge [01:26]
2. Grow your content [02:56]
Example of when I compiled "micro-interviews" from Podcast Movement 2016
3. Grow your network [05:43]
4. Grow your podcast [09:47]
Love the podcast? Consider giving back what you feel it's worth to you!
Start and grow your own podcast for passion and PROFIT! Learn more and follow at https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/
Supercharge your audience engagement and grow your podcast! https://podgagement.com/
Send questions and feedback
Call (903) 231-2221
Email [email protected]
Send a message or voicemail through https://podcastfeedback.com/audacity
Mailing address: The Audacity to Podcast, PO Box 739, Burlington, KY 41005
17 min
August 13, 2025402. What Does It Take to Podcast Full Time?
It takes more than high quality content to make a full-time income from your podcast!
Please share this episode from your podcast app or https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/fulltime
Introduction [00:00]
Option 1: A big audience [01:37]
Option 2: A generous audience [02:15]
StickerMule: https://stickermule.com
Dashery, by TeePublic: https://www.dashery.com/
Redbubble: https://redbubble.com/
Option 3: A company that will pay you [07:04]
Grow toward the P.R.O.F.I.T. you want [08:15]
Love the podcast? Consider giving back what you feel it's worth to you! https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/giveback
Start and grow your own podcast for passion and PROFIT! Learn more and follow at https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/
Supercharge your audience engagement and grow your podcast! https://podgagement.com/
Send questions and feedback
Call (903) 231-2221
Email [email protected]
Send a message or voicemail through https://podcastfeedback.com/audacity
Mailing address: The Audacity to Podcast, PO Box 739, Burlington, KY 41005
11 min
August 06, 2025401. Should Podcast Episodes Have a Consistent Length?
Unlike traditional broadcasting, there are no "show clocks," scheduled ad breaks, or rigid time slots for podcasts. So should you care about publishing episodes of different lengths?
While I think episodes don't have to be the same length, there are some considerations.
Please share this episode from your podcast app or https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/consistentlength
1. What does your audience expect?
2. Don't force a length
3. Should you mention the difference in length?
Community Corner
Thanks for the streaming support from Randy Black!
I'll be speaking at Podcast Movement 2025 in Dallas, TX! Join my session "What You Need to Know About Podcasting 2.0."
Start and grow your own podcast for passion and PROFIT! Learn more and follow at https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/
Supercharge your audience engagement and grow your podcast! https://podgagement.com/
Send questions and feedback
Call (903) 231-2221
Email [email protected]
Send a message or voicemail through https://podcastfeedback.com/audacity
Mailing address: The Audacity to Podcast, PO Box 739, Burlington, KY 41005
17 min
July 30, 2025400. What's a Podcast Anymore?
This fundamental question that has been challenged and even abused: what is a podcast anymore? There's plenty of misinformation and disinformation out there about what a podcast is. My efforts to help set the definition straight may be fruitless, but there's more to consider here than only the meaning of the word.
This is my 400th episode of The Audacity to Podcast, to to commemorate this milestone, I want to jump back to this fundamental question because how we answer it will affect the future of our content and even of the whole podcasting industry.
Please share this episode from your podcast app or https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/definition
The definition of a "podcast"
https://whatsapodcast.com
Other attempted definitions of a "podcast"
What's wrong with redefining what a "podcast" is?
True podcast distribution and consumption are unique
Strict definition versus usage description
Is the definition a "gatekeeper"?
Should you really call your content a "podcast"?
More about calling your content a "podcast" vs. a "show": https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/are-you-really-a-podcaster-and-should-you-really-be-podcasting-tap182/
Community corner
Thanks to Bryan Entzminger, Dreb Scott, and Steve Webb for streaming support to The Audacity to Podcast totaling about 4,500 satoshis!
Support The Audacity to Podcast through your modern Podcasting 2.0 app or at https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/giveback
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Start and grow your own podcast for passion and PROFIT! Learn more and follow at https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/
Supercharge your audience engagement and grow your podcast! https://podgagement.com/
Send questions and feedback
Call (903) 231-2221
Email [email protected]
Send a message or voicemail through https://podcastfeedback.com/audacity
Mailing address: The Audacity to Podcast, PO Box 739, Burlington, KY 41005
23 min
July 23, 2025399. Where to Find Your First Podcast-Guesting Opportunities
Podcasting guesting is consistently the #1 way to grow your own podcast. This works because it gives you the opportunity to get in front of more ideal listeners, provide value and demonstrate your knowledge, and it's easy for them to follow you over to your podcast.
But how do you find the first shows you should try getting on?
Please share this episode from your podcast app or https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/firstguesting
Understand how in-app podcast recommendations usually work
Podcasting 2.0's "podroll" spec: https://podcasting2.org/tags/podroll
How to Add Podcast Recommendations with Podroll: https://podcasting2.org/docs/guides/how-to-add-podcast-recommendations-with-podroll
Look at your podcast's "outgoing" recommendations section
Bonus: check Podgagement's "incoming" networking list
https://podgagement.com
Check the recommendations sections for other podcasts you think have your ideal audience
How to approach these guest opportunities
Example prompt with Gemini 2.5 Flash in Magai: https://app.magai.co/public/1752980668283x821243579549614100
Join Magai for the best AI toolbox (I earn through this link): https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/magai
This is only the first place to look!
Be sure to join Podgagement to help you discover your podcast networking opportunities! https://podgagement.com
Community corner
Thanks to Bryan Entzminger from https://TopTierAudio.com for streaming 411 satoshis
Thanks to Cameron Stack from https://PodLabs.org for interviewing me for his upcoming miniseries on podcast awards!
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Start and grow your own podcast for passion and PROFIT! Learn more and follow at https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/
Supercharge your audience engagement and grow your podcast! https://podgagement.com/
Send questions and feedback
Call (903) 231-2221
Email [email protected]
Send a message or voicemail through https://podcastfeedback.com/audacity
Mailing address: The Audacity to Podcast, PO Box 739, Burlington, KY 41005
25 min
July 16, 2025398. Will Changing Hosting Providers Grow Your Podcast?
I see podcasters often think that their podcast might grow faster if they switch podcast hosting providers, like from Blueberry to Captivate or vice versa. But is this true? Short answer, no. Now, of course, I'm going to give you more details about that.
Please share this episode from your podcast app or https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/hostinggrow
Short answer: no
1. Podcast stats may be measured differently
Do IAB-Certified Stats Really Matter for Your Podcast? https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/do-iab-certified-stats-matter-for-your-podcast/
2. Included podcasting tools may be different
Get the networking feature in Podgagement: https://podgagement.com/
How many podcasts are currently in Apple Podcasts: https://podcastindustryinsights.com/apple
3. Look at podcast-hosting providers as toolboxes
4. My 2025 recommendations for podcast-hosting providers
Blubrry (WordPress-focused workflow): https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/blubrry
Buzzsprout (easiest to use): https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/buzzsprout
Captivate (everything else / powerhouse of tools): https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/captivate
Community corner
101§ + 47§ from Randy Black
Thanks to Lyndsay Phillips for interviewing me on her show Leverage Your Podcast, talking about Podgagement and how to engage your audience: https://www.smoothbusinessgrowth.com/category/podcast/
Start and grow your own podcast for passion and PROFIT! Learn more and follow at https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/
Supercharge your audience engagement and grow your podcast! https://podgagement.com/
Send questions and feedback
Call (903) 231-2221
Email [email protected]
Send a message or voicemail through https://podcastfeedback.com/audacity
Mailing address: The Audacity to Podcast, PO Box 739, Burlington, KY 41005
17 min
July 09, 2025397. Top 5 Podcasting Things to Evaluate Yearly
Intentional growth requires regular evaluation and adjustment. That applies to so many areas of life and business, and your podcast is no different. I've put together five things I suggest you evaluate about your podcast every year so that you can make the changes necessary to keep growing your podcast.
Please share this episode from your podcast app or https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/evaluateyearly
Why You Should Put Podcasting P.R.O.F.I.T. First [episode 388] :https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/why-you-should-put-podcasting-profit-first/
1. Your podcasting goals and PROFIT
2. Your episode structure and flow
How Long Should Your Episode Closing Be? https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/how-long-should-your-episode-closing-be-episode-396/
3. Your podcasting workflow
Magai, the powerful AI toolbox I use (affiliate link): https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/magai
4. A podcast trailer
15 Regrets from 15 Years of Professional Podcasting [episode 394]: https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/15-regrets-from-15-years-of-professional-podcasting-episode-394/
5. Your podcast description
Magai,: https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/magai
value4value Community Corner
150§ and 64§ from Randy Black
356§ from Bryan Entzminger
A couple of 5-star ratings on my episodes in Goodpods from "Barnabas"
If you love the Audacity to Podcast, would you consider giving back in value what you feel the show is worth to you? https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/giveback
Start and grow your own podcast for passion and PROFIT! Learn more and follow at https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/
Supercharge your audience engagement and grow your podcast! https://podgagement.com/
Send questions and feedback
Call (903) 231-2221
Email [email protected]
Send a message or voicemail through https://podcastfeedback.com/audacity
Mailing address: The Audacity to Podcast, PO Box 739, Burlington, KY 41005
28 min
July 02, 2025396. How Long Should Your Episode Closing Be?
How long should your episode closing be? While your episode openings should be as short as possible, the length of your episode closings can be a bit more dynamic. The answer is actually a little different this time: as simple as possible.
Please share this episode from your podcast app or https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/simpleclosing
Answer: as simple as possible
Spread out your calls to action
Give your audience a reason to stay until the end
Lead with value, leave with value™
value4value community corner
406§ from Bryan Entzminger
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Start and grow your own podcast for passion and PROFIT! Learn more and follow at https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/
Supercharge your audience engagement and grow your podcast! https://podgagement.com/
FEEDBACK
Call (903) 231-2221
Email [email protected]
Send a message or voicemail through https://podcastfeedback.com/audacity
MAILING ADDRESS
The Audacity to Podcast
PO Box 739
Burlington, KY 41005
15 min
June 25, 2025 395. How Long Should Your Episode Opening Be?
What is the first thing your audience hears when they play your latest episode? Are you providing value in your opening, or just keeping your audience from what they came to hear? Although the terms "intro"/"introduction" and "opening" are often used interchangeably, I'm going to be more specific to call the "opening" everything your audience hears before your episode's unique content.
Please share this episode from your podcast app or https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/shortopening
Answer: as short as possible
What about audio branding?
What about welcoming your new audience?
• When to Use Trailer, Full, and Bonus Episode Types [episode 353]: https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/when-to-use-trailer-full-and-bonus-episode-types/
Consider your most important audience: the one you already have
Bonus tip: use a unique cold open
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Start and grow your own podcast for passion and PROFIT! Learn more and follow at https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/
Supercharge your audience engagement and grow your podcast! https://podgagement.com/
FEEDBACK
Call (903) 231-2221
Email [email protected]
Send a message or voicemail through https://podcastfeedback.com/audacity
MAILING ADDRESS
The Audacity to Podcast
PO Box 739
Burlington, KY 41005
17 min

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