Podcast Answer Man

Does every podcaster need to be on YouTube?

That is the question I’m answering in this episode of Podcast Answer Man.

A recent LinkedIn post, sent to me by my friend Stuart Crane, talked about YouTube’s latest podcast-focused features and the growing amount of podcast consumption happening on YouTube. The post suggested that the future of podcasting is not audio-first or video-first, but audience-first.

There is a lot i...

Last week, while attending a social media conference in Lima, Ohio, I heard a speaker recommend something I had never seriously considered before: Submit your podcast to IMDb.

The idea was that IMDb has become a highly trusted source that AI tools and search engines often reference when gathering information about people. If that's true, having an accurate IMDb profile and podcast listing could influence what people learn about you...

I recently came across a LinkedIn post that made a strong case for podcast hosts getting to the point more quickly.

The idea was simple: if your episode could be ten minutes, don’t stretch it into forty-five. Respect your listener’s time. Say the thing.

And honestly, I get it.

If I’m reading a book, listening to an audiobook, or sitting in a conference room while someone gives a presentation, I usually appreciate ...

Welcome to episode 500 of Podcast Answer Man.

This milestone episode gave me an opportunity to reflect on what podcasting has meant to me over the past two decades, how the podcasting space has changed, and why I still believe so deeply in the power of this medium.

There is no shortage of commentary today about whether podcasting is growing, shrinking, oversaturated, being disrupted by AI, replaced by YouTube, or simply no longer w...

In this episode, I share the thinking behind my new live streaming and video content strategy.

For the past several months, I’ve been very clear that Podcast Answer Man is an audio-only podcast, and that is still true. I remain a strong advocate for creating audio content that is designed first and foremost for the person who will listen later, away from the screen, in the flow of their real life.

At the same time, I’ve...

A question came up while I was preparing for my podcasting workshop at Social Media Marketing World:

Does the world really need another podcast?

It is a fair question.

There are already millions of podcasts out there. Many industries feel crowded. A lot of topics have already been covered. AI has made it easier than ever to create average content. And with so much short-form video competing for attention, it is understandable that ...

In this episode, I recorded while out for a walk using a small wired lavalier recorder clipped to my shirt. It was not a studio setup. It was not polished. It was not carefully produced. And that is exactly the point.

The recorder I used for this episode is the TASCAM DR-10L PRO - https://amzn.to/4d9vEHd

In a world where AI is making it easier than ever for content to sound clean, refined, and professional, I believe genuine presen...

I missed an episode last week. It was the first time since recommitting to a weekly publishing schedule for Podcast Answer Man that I failed to release an episode on Friday morning at 12:01 a.m. And you know what? The world is still spinning.

In this episode, I talk through what happened, why I made the conscious decision to miss the week, and how I’m thinking about consistency, commitment, grace, and returning to the microph...

This episode came from a pattern I’ve seen over and over again.

So many people come to me asking for audience growth strategies. They’ve been podcasting for a while, they feel like they’ve hit a plateau, and they believe the answer is getting in front of more people.

In this episode, I challenge that assumption.

I share my own experience of going from a tiny audience to tens of thousands of listeners almost overni...

In this episode, I share something I’ve been seeing over and over again in conversations with people who are on the verge of launching a podcast.

There’s this belief that you need to have everything figured out before you’re allowed to speak, teach, or share your voice. I challenge that idea directly.

I talk about the fear of not being experienced enough, not having the right credentials, or not feeling confident ...

Over the years, I’ve told my origin story in podcasting many times. I’ve shared how I got started, how things grew, and how this work eventually became my full-time career.

But what you’ve almost never heard is this story told alongside Stephanie.

Recently, Stephanie and I were invited to be guests on the Our Family Invests podcast with Mike Neubauer. And after the conversation, we both agreed. This was our favori...

In this episode, I’m sharing a conversation with Heather Bayer who was one of the first people in her industry to launch a podcast. She didn’t wait for permission. She made a decision about who she was and who she was there to serve.

More than a decade later, she’s still showing up every single week.

She now has over 650 episodes, a global audience and a business built through relationships that started with her v...

In this conversation, I sat down with Jason Cabassi, someone I had the privilege of helping launch into podcasting back in 2011. Since then, Jason has gone on to produce more than a thousand episodes and build an entire podcast network centered around the shows he loves.

We talked about how it all started with a fan podcast for The Walking Dead, the unexpected opportunities that followed, and how a simple curiosity-driven approach ...

In today’s episode, I’m sharing a replay of a conversation I had two years ago with Alex Freeman on the UpFlip podcast. When that interview first aired, it quickly became one of the most significant entry points into my world. For several months afterward, people were reaching out to me saying they had discovered my work through that interview. Many told me they had listened to the episode multiple times, taken notes on...

In this episode, I share one of the most important lessons I’ve learned from more than twenty years of podcasting and content creation. Success in this space, more often than not, comes down to two simple things: getting started and staying in the game longer than everyone else.

I talk about how my own definition of success has evolved over the years. I’ve learned to pay attention to resonance and relationships. Are the...

Have you ever felt like your podcast is a grind?

You’ve been showing up consistently. Publishing episodes every week. Doing everything people say you should do. And yet, after months or even years, it feels like nothing is really changing.

You keep telling yourself:

“Once my audience gets bigger, everything will change.”

More listeners.

More opportunities.

More success.

But after helping thousands of podcasters ov...

In this episode of Podcast Answer Man, I talk about a milestone moment that I never thought I’d see so soon. For the first time in history, audio podcasting has surpassed AM/FM talk radio as the most popular way Americans consume spoken-word audio.

This episode is part industry insight, part personal reflection, and part behind-the-scenes look at what I’ve been building lately. I also share several important updates rel...

Lately, I’ve been seeing a growing narrative that video podcasting is no longer optional. That if you’re not producing high-quality video alongside your podcast, you’re already behind.

I don’t buy it.

In this episode, I offer a thoughtful, experience-based response to that claim. Not because I dislike video. I actually enjoy video podcasts and have been consuming them for decades. But because I believe we ar...

In this episode, I share a conversation that was recorded at the Cincinnati Podcast Studio with Brian Erickson.

I originally invited Brian to join me for an episode of my What Are You Creating? podcast, which I typically produce as an audio-only show. Since Brian runs a studio devoted to high-quality video podcast production, he invited me to come to the studio and record the conversation there.

What took place was a very unscripte...