Category: Ask the Podcast Coach

Ask the Podcast Coach for January 17, 2015

This week on Ask the Podcast Coach, we talk about the Podcast Awards and the controversy it created in some of the groups, especially the Facebook Group.  We spend some time talking about Stitcher Support and podcasting SquareSpace.  Dave covers some traits that he thinks is helpful in becoming a successful podcaster.  We also had a long discussion about the new service Joyride finished up by a power rant from Dave about the 8 weeks to get into New and Noteworthy. We cover the fact that you can now use Spreaker to post directly to YouTube with just your audio. 

Click for more / Podcast Player>

Ask the Podcast Coach for January 10, 2015

This week on Ask the Podcast Coach, we talk about the number of different portable recorders you can purchase.  A long discussion around jump cuts and we give some advice on always checking your feed after you post it.  Jim talks a little bit about the new Amazon Echo, Dave talks about Play.it.  Barry calls in to talk about moving his site to WordPress.  We get a call about using Compressors and we have a discussion around Old Media verses New Media.  You can find this podcast at http://askthepodcastcoach.com/portable-recorders-video-cuts-moving-websites/ Want to join the live show?  http://askthepodcastcoach.com/live each and every Saturday

Click for more / Podcast Player>

Ask the Podcast Coach for January 3, 2014

This week on Ask the Podcast Coach, we got a voicemail from Kim who had a question about recording with portable microphones.  We had some discussion about some other options for recording your guest when they don’t have a mic.  We talked about Crowdcast and the use of it for podcasting.  Bill called in and had some questions about getting the right recording levels when recording live.  You can find this podcast at http://askthepodcastcoach.com/in-person-interviews-crowcast-insights/ Want to join the live show?  http://askthepodcastcoach.com/live each and every Saturday morning, 9:30amC/[spp-timestamp time="10:30"]E Jim’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/jcollison Dave’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/learntopodcast Contact Jim at jim@theaverageguy.tv Find this and

Click for more / Podcast Player>

Ask the Podcast Coach for December 27, 2014

This week on Ask the Podcast Coach, Dave takes a question on Normalizing and Compression.  He has some links for his videos at the link below. There is a long discussion about iTunes and the itpc link.  We are going to have to wait until Apple gets back to us an just exactly what that does.  We have a quick discussion about headphones and earbuds and then talk about how far out we schedule our shows.  Dave asks the question, what are you doing different in 2015.  I had a terrible answer.  We cover some security questions right at the

Click for more / Podcast Player>

Ask the Podcast Coach for December 20, 2014

This week on Ask the Podcast Coach, we test out the call in feature of Blog Talk Radio by having me just call in!  Gave me a chance to see what the “other side” sounded like!  We had Mike Dell of http://podcasthelpdesk.com call in and chat with us about the new features just released in Powerpress 6.0.  Dave gave an update on New Media Expo Speakers.  Jason Bryant called in from New York and was ready to do some shopping at B & H but found out later they were closed on Saturday.  Seriously?  We asked the question, “Will there

Click for more / Podcast Player>

Ask the Podcast Coach for December 13, 2014

This week on Ask the Podcast Coach, we take a call from Fred who asks about Audio, Video and Streamcasting. I bring up a new tool that I am testing out from http://zoom.us.  John Wilkerson calls in to ask if there is any way to get out dated podcasts removed from the iTunes podcast directory.  We had a long discussion on the Chrome browser and its desire to use a lot of memory on your PC.  We finish the show with a long discussion around Lavalier Mics and are joined by Daniel J Lewis.  You can find this podcast at

Click for more / Podcast Player>