Perspective Shifts

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Future-Forward Thinking

Podcast Conferences, Cancel Culture, & Human Dignity

Large podcast conferences are at a crossroads, with the podcasting community wondering how next year's conferences and beyond will be reshaped by the winds of change. Here are three possible futures.

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Getting Past Your Personal Podcasting Humps

It's almost impossible to make a good podcast without listening to great podcasts. But it probably takes more than listening to get from good to great. The secret is learning those not-hidden secrets.

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Avoiding The Perils Of Un-aligned Podcast Advice

Finding advice on how to make your podcast better is easy. Knowing what advice to take and what to ignore is trickier. Before implementing any advice, take a close look at the agenda behind that advice.

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Podcasting: Too Diverse To Fail?

The next few months are looking pretty rough for podcasting. And just about every other industry. Historically, podcasting has proven itself to be rather resilient. But there are lean times ahead. Are you prepared?

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Solving Podcasting's Discoverability Problem At The Cost Of Our Mental Health

Regardless of your position on podcasting's "discoverability problem," you probably wouldn't mind it if it were easier for potential listeners to find your podcast, right? Me either. But would that come at a cost?

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Warning Our Way To Less Toxic Podcasting

It's hard to have a conversation about using technology to fight podcasting's misinformation and disinformation problems without being called an anti-free speech commie. But I'm going to do it!

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4 Questions To Help Predict Your Podcast's Success

Not every podcasting idea is a great podcasting idea. At least not beyond the person who had the idea. How predictable is your next podcasting project’s success (or failure)? And would you bet on it?

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Should Your Podcast Get Drawn Into The Spotifight?

Spotify has long faced criticism while buying its way into having a larger slice of the podcasting pie. At all levels. But that criticism is reaching a crescendo and podcasters are taking action. Should you?

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Are You Teaching How To Podcast Or A Podcasting MFA?

As an experienced podcaster, it's only a matter of time before you're called on to teach what you know. But what will you teach? And is it designed to make the next generation of podcasters better?

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Podcast Like A Celebrity With 5 Easy Tips

Celebrity podcasts are killing it, and plenty of podcasters wonder if there’s a secret to podcasting like a celebrity. As it turns out, there is! But is it relevant to podcasters who aren’t celebrities?

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What Podcasting Can Learn From Apple TV+

Streaming services like Apple TV+ are changing how television and movie content are created, consumed, and classified as successful or not. Changes an agile medium like podcasting can learn from.

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4 Questions To Uncover Your Podcast's Unique Point Of View

Your podcast is unique. Just like every other podcast. Or just like every other podcast tries to be. The truth is figuring out your show’s unique point of view is hard. Asking these four questions can help.

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Listening To Podcasts Is An Easy Habit To Break

Consistently releasing episodes on a set schedule is a good idea to keep your overall audience happy. But that doesn’t mean that every individual listener is listening to every individual episode. Is that OK?

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Avoid These 4 Bad Habits Of Bad Podcasters

It’s hard to predict which podcaster will be successful. But it’s fairly easy to see who won’t make it for long just by looking at their actions. Or inactions. Here are some of their bad habits for you to avoid.

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Using Music In Your Podcast: Fair Use Or Wise Choice?

Can you use commercial music in your podcast? Few questions shut up most podcasting pundits more quickly. But the better questions are “What’s the worst that can happen?” and “Will this ever change?”

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Podcasting. It's What's For Dinner.

Comparatively speaking, podcasting has been one of the slower-growing mediums for mass adoption. What we need is a big, bold PR push to spread the message of podcasting even wider. But would that work?

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Successful Podcasting Beyond The Top 100

Podcasters want to be in the Top 100 where all the listening activity takes place. At least that’s what we’re being sold. But the reality is quite a bit different. And a lot more rewarding.

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Knowing When To Say NO To Podcasting Opportunities

Podcasting’s recent growth spurt has resulted in a concentration of benefits at the top. But many mid-level podcasters are seeing more opportunities. Not surprisingly, not all are worthy of a YES.

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How Can You Give Back To Podcasting?

When was the last time you did something to make all of podcasting—not just your podcast—better? We’re all in this together, so here are 9 things you can start doing to give back to podcasting.

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Share Your Podcasting Brilliance With A New Podcast

Podcasters & podcasting companies build media kits, linktrees, and robust websites to showcase their work. Good ideas! But why not also leverage podcasting to showcase your podcasting work?

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Getting Your Podcast To Go Viral: A Healthy Move?

As social media starts to warm up to podcasting, podcasters are excited at the prospect of “going viral.” Will we just be chasing vanity metrics? Or is this a real chance for meaningful show growth?

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The Case For Upgrading Your Podcasting Recipes

It’s hard for anyone to know everything about podcasting. The most successful podcasters blend what they know with what they’ve learned. Their secret? Abandoning instructions that don’t work for them.

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Podcasting Listens A Lot Less White Than It Looks

A report from Nielsen shows diversity among US-based podcast listeners is skewing differently from the overall population, which brings implications, cautions, and opportunities for all of podcasting.

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If Podcasting Can't Please Everyone, Should We Even Try?

Two decades in & podcasting still draws ire from high-profile detractors whose broad brushes paint us in unflattering shades. But there’s truth in their criticism if only we’re brave enough to look.

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What We Talk About When We Talk About Podcasting

Podcasters tend to be helpful. So much so that the narrowly-focused advice given often becomes commoditized and generic. Here’s a way you can stand out, be more helpful, and be a lot less boring.