The winter holiday season is coming and that means some people will be taking a break from their podcast. In this episode we discuss some of the ways that you can keep working on your podcast while you still take a break from podcasting.

In this week’s Better Podcasting Download we highlight an article by SP on avoiding the question “Whatever happened to that podcast?”

Finally, we have listener feedback about how to manage listener feedback.

Find full episode information including links referenced in
this episode at http://www.betterpodcasting.com/209/.

If you want to follow us elsewhere, you can find us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/betterpodcasting, you can follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/betterpod or email podcast@betterpodcasting.com. The full back catalog can be found at http://www.betterpodcasting.com.

Want to join in to some geeky chatter? Check out the GonnaGeek Discord Server at http://www.betterpodcasting.com/discord/

This podcast was recorded on Wednesday, November 27, 2019 – Streamed Live to Geeks.Live.  Audio/Video Production by Stephen Jondrew of GonnaGeek Productions, proudly Canadian.

Main Topic: Working on your podcast while you take a break

• Things that you can do
• Reason you may not want to work on your podcast
• How to balance your break vs podcast production

Better Podcasting Download: Whatever Happened To My Podcast?

Links Discussed

• Reddit Article by SP

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There are often occasions where you may want to consider implementing some changes to your podcast. In this episode we discuss some of the reasons you may consider revising your show, some of the benefits to doing so, and some of the best practices that we recommend.

In this week’s Better Podcasting Download we talk about a controversy surrounding the iHeart Podcast Awards.

Finally, we take listener feedback including some listener’s experiences doing #NaPodPoMo.

Find full episode information including links referenced in
this episode at http://www.betterpodcasting.com/208/.

If you want to follow us elsewhere, you can find us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/betterpodcasting, you can follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/betterpod or email podcast@betterpodcasting.com. The full back catalog can be found at http://www.betterpodcasting.com.

Want to join in to some geeky chatter? Check out the GonnaGeek Discord Server at http://www.betterpodcasting.com/discord/

This podcast was recorded on Wednesday, November 20, 2019 – Streamed Live to Geeks.Live.  Audio/Video Production by Stephen Jondrew of GonnaGeek Productions, proudly Canadian.

Main Topic: Podcast Changes

• Reasons you may want consider making changes to your podcast
• Benefits to changing your podcast
• Best practices

Better Podcasting Download: iHeart Radio Podcast Award Controversy

Links Discussed

• iHeart Podcast Awards Controversy

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Over the past few weeks you may have heard of something called NaPodPoMo (National Podcast Post Month), this week we explain what it is, discuss some pros/cons to it, and give some general best practices if you want to participate.

In this week’s Better Podcasting Download we discuss the annual Apple holiday schedule and YouTube needing to know about whether or not your target audience involves children.

Finally, we take listener thoughts on NaPodPoMo.

Find full episode information including links referenced in
this episode at http://www.betterpodcasting.com/207/.

If you want to follow us elsewhere, you can find us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/betterpodcasting, you can follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/betterpod or email podcast@betterpodcasting.com. The full back catalog can be found at http://www.betterpodcasting.com.

Want to join in to some geeky chatter? Check out the GonnaGeek Discord Server at http://www.betterpodcasting.com/discord/

This podcast was recorded on Wednesday, November 13, 2019 – Streamed Live to Geeks.Live.  Audio/Video Production by Stephen Jondrew of GonnaGeek Productions, proudly Canadian.

Main Topic: NaPodPoMo

• What is National Podcast Post Month
• Benefits to participating
• Challenges of participating
• Ways to best participate

Better Podcasting Download: Apple Podcasts holiday schedule. YouTube audience setting.

Links Discussed

• NaPodPoMo

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In this episode we discuss some of the ways that we’ve prepared to push through our podcast through challenging circumstances. We discuss the ways we accomplished our podcast, some key take-aways, and some things we would do differently if we were to do it today.

In this week’s Better Podcasting Download we talk about how podcasting is finally being scanned for copyrighted music.

Finally, we have a short Better Podback section showing some of the extra fun we have in our Discord server.

Find full episode information including links referenced in
this episode at http://www.betterpodcasting.com/206/.

If you want to follow us elsewhere, you can find us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/betterpodcasting, you can follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/betterpod or email podcast@betterpodcasting.com. The full back catalog can be found at http://www.betterpodcasting.com.

Want to join in to some geeky chatter? Check out the GonnaGeek Discord Server at http://www.betterpodcasting.com/discord/

This podcast was recorded on Wednesday, November 6, 2019 – Streamed Live to Geeks.Live.  Audio/Video Production by Stephen Jondrew of GonnaGeek Productions, proudly Canadian.

Main Topic: Ways We’ve Planned For Difficult Podcasting Circumstances

• What we did
• Key Take-Aways
• What we would do differently today

Better Podcasting Download: Pex scans podcasts for music

Links Discussed

• Pex Announcement

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In this episode we discuss what it means to podcast to perfection. We’ll discuss some of the benefits, some of the challenges and some situations where you may want to consider podcasting with perfection in mind.

In this week’s Better Podcasting Download we give our initial thoughts on the Zoom L-8.

Finally, in the Better Podback we discuss the challenges of loudness standards.

Find full episode information including links referenced in
this episode at http://www.betterpodcasting.com/203/.

If you want to follow us elsewhere, you can find us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/betterpodcasting, you can follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/betterpod or email podcast@betterpodcasting.com. The full back catalog can be found at http://www.betterpodcasting.com.

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This podcast was recorded on Wednesday, October 16, 2019 – Streamed Live to Geeks.Live.  Audio/Video Production by Stephen Jondrew of GonnaGeek Productions, proudly Canadian.

Main Topic: Wouldn’t it be great if…

• Benefits to podcasting with perfection in mind…
• Difficulties to podcasting with perfection in mind…
• Situations where you may want to podcast with perfection in mind.

Better Podcasting Download: Zoom L-8 Announcement

Better Podback: 

• LUFS

Links Discussed

• Zoom L-8

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Do you have podcast ambitions? You should. Today we take some “Wouldn’t it be great if…” podcast ambition statements and discuss some considerations to help you work toward these, then we talk about some of the reality factors to do with these concepts.

In this week’s Better Podcasting Download, we talk about some recent podcast news to do with Libsyn.

Finally, we take listener feedback, including a listener question about buying a domain name internationally.

Find full episode information including links referenced in
this episode at http://www.betterpodcasting.com/202/.

If you want to follow us elsewhere, you can find us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/betterpodcasting, you can follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/betterpod or email podcast@betterpodcasting.com. The full back catalog can be found at http://www.betterpodcasting.com.

Want to join in to some geeky chatter? Check out the GonnaGeek Discord Server at http://www.betterpodcasting.com/discord/

This podcast was recorded on Wednesday, October 9, 2019 – Streamed Live to Geeks.Live.  Audio/Video Production by Stephen Jondrew of GonnaGeek Productions, proudly Canadian.

Main Topic: Wouldn’t it be great if…

• Wouldn’t it be great if by podcast got 100 listens per episode?
• Wouldn’t it be great if my podcast was featured on Apple Podcasts?
• Wouldn’t It Be Great If My Podcast had person X for An Interview?
• Wouldn’t It Be Great If My Podcast Won A Podcast Award?
• Wouldn’t It Be Great If My Podcast Got On TV?
• Wouldn’t It Be Great If My Podcast Made Money?
• Wouldn’t It Be Great if I’d get free stuff to talk about on my podcast?
• Wouldn’t It Be Great If My Podcast Got 100 Reviews On Apple Podcasts?

Better Podcasting Download: Deezer podcast submission

Better Podback: 

• Buying a domain internationally

Links Discussed

• Libsyn’s CFO Resigns

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