Podcasters' Roundtable
A rotating panel of guests who debate issues facing podcasters and podcasting as a media format. Each Roundtable features a new podcaster from the community of listeners to talk less about the how-to and more about the subjective issues facing podcast producers.
Episodes
If you're a podcaster, do you also record your show live, as-in, do you live-stream? Why or why not? Do you even care about live? What's different about live vs time-shifted podcasts?
Nearly 50% of monthly podcast downloads come from older episodes. What are you going to do with that info!?
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If you only chose one category for your podcast when you submitted to Apple Podcasts (you DID submit to Apple Podcasts, right!?) you might be missing out on opportunities to be found.
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Podcasts, no longer a word you have to explain to anyone. So, with everyone knowing what a podcasts is, are the advertisers flooding into the space to reach people who might not be listening to their messages elsewhere? Is it easier for you to get an advertiser for your podcast in 2021? How do you even start to look for an ad if you want them?
Roundtablers: Ray Ortega, Dave Jackson, Shane Rogers, and Martin Donison.
You've heard that everyone has a podcast. Does that mean your plumber, local accountant, independent coffee shop, etc., should too? If you're a local business looking to get customers through your door, is a podcast a good use of your time?
Guests: Marco Perazzo and Sheldon Eakins
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How much money have you spent on your podcast? Are you done? Are there more things you could improve by spending more money (gear, services, advertising...)?
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Can video really be the number one way to grow your audio podcast? Our guests think so and we're going to find out why.
Paid podcasts. There are many ways to get paid as a podcaster and now Apple and Spotify are launching their own avenues for podcasters to produce premium content.
Beyond the differences like price setting, cost to the creator etc., all stuff bound to change over time, what does it really mean for your show?
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What can you do beyond simply publishing a podcast to find more podcast listeners?
Join Ray Ortega, Dave Jackson, Noel Davila, and Roger Nairn to chat about communities for your podcast, outside of your podcast itself, virtual podcast events, Spotify's growing market share, podcast awards and more.
Does moving podcasts behind a paywall work? Will Apple be testing the waters?
Join Ray Ortega, Dave Jackson, York Campbell, and John Lund to discuss subscription models for podcasts.
Stories discussed on this Round
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Netflix is going to make movies available as an audio only experience. Will this pull people away from podcasts?
Join Ray Ortega, Dave Jackson, Elikqitie, and Lee Uehara to discuss some of the final podcasting stories of 2020.
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If you created 500, three episode, podcasts, would you be the number one podcaster? This seems to be Spotify's approach with Anchor but does it work? Is it valuable? Are they really 'dominating' podcasting?
Join Ray Ortega, Dave Jackson, Angela Connor, and Zack Jackson to music podcasts, getting your show in shape and other stories in podcasting.
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Have you heard you can use any music you want in your 'podcast' now!? Let's talk about the catch.
Join Ray Ortega, Dave Jackson, Jordan Blair, and Bob Bender to music podcasts, getting your show in shape and other stories in podcasting.
Stories discussed on this Round
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Do you trust and value the opinion of your favorite podcast more than other media? If yes, why do you think that is?
Join Ray Ortega, Dave Jackson, Nicole Ackermans, and Elzie D. Flenard, III to discuss what makes a podcast trustworthy.
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We always want to know how to get more listeners but perhaps an even harder task is to get those who are already listening to send you feedback or interact with your podcast in any way. How do podcasters have more conversations with their listeners, how do they know who is listening?
Join Ray Ortega, Dave Jackson, Scott Orr, Steph Paige, and Kennedy to discuss getti...
New podcasts are entering the space at a blinding pace. There were over 300,000 new podcasts added to Apple Podcasts in just the last three months. Are most of these podcasts making it past episode 7? Is there just a bunch of podfaded shows filling up the directories?
Join, Ray, Dave, Lee Uehara, and Kimchi Chow to discuss the impact of so many new podcasts.
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Join Ray, Dave, Danielle Desir, Derek Graziano, and Aseloka Smith to discuss podcast ownership and recent podcast news.
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The public facing image of podcasting needs to look more like the podcasters who make up the medium.
Join Ray, Dave, Mary Nichols (DJ Fusion), and Brian Smith to talk about diversity and equality in podcasting, and a million podcasts in Apple Podcasts.
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Will tweeting your podcast episodes bring in tons of new listeners?
Join Ray, Daniel, Dave, and Effie to talk about how twitter can and can't help you grow your podcast audience.
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We talk about the top 5 networks getting the majority of ad deals.
Join Ray Ortega, Daniel J. Lewis, Dave Jackson, Sarb Johal,
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