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How is Your About Page?

April 4, 2020 • 50 min

Every week Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting and Jim Collison from the Average Guy Network answer your podcast questions.

Your about page is one of the most popular pages on your show. Are you helping people by giving them the information they are looking for? Today Jim and Dave tackle that question along with podcast stats, saving money, free hosting (not anymore) redirects and more. Subscribe to the show and never miss an episode. Become a supporter and get access to the video and bonus content.

Table of Contents

01:08 Today's Coffee Pour

03:23 Laundry Impossible

05:14 Free Podcast Host Starts to Charge

09:17 Checking Your Subscriptions

09:54 Dave is leaving Freshbooks

16:27 Cheap Alternative to Mailchimp (see Sendfox )

18:07 Media hosts that don't do 301 Redirects

20:34 Q2U Shortage

23:34 Samson Q9U Pre-Order

24:32 New Youtube Program You Pay For

26:27 Sport Podcasting Update

33:28 Getting Athletes and Actors

35:39 What Camera? This sure looks like a deal.

37:32 Our Awesome Supporters

39:22 Jim's About Page

50:17 Charging People For Things they Value

55:26 Facebook Jail

56:17 Patreon Alternatives

57:36 Kim Shares a Story

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