The podcast world is buzzing again about Podcast Transcriptions, so we thought it was time for us to talk about them. In this episode we’ll discuss how you can get them, what they are, pros of using podcast transcriptions, cons, and our opinion on whether or not it’s worth creating transcriptions for your shows.

In this week’s Better Podcasting Download we discuss how THREE companies were IAB Compliant Certified over the last week, what that means for hobby podcasters, and we theorize on why certain companies are getting certified (and others aren’t).

Finally, we run down feedback including a look down memory lane for us.

Find full episode information including links referenced in this episode at http://www.betterpodcasting.com/181/.

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, May 15, 2019  – Streamed Live to Geeks.Live. Audio/Video Production by Stephen Jondrew of GonnaGeek Productions, proudly Canadian.

Main Topic: Podcast Transcriptions

• About Podcast Transcriptions
  • Types of Transcriptions
    • Manual Podcast Transcriptions
    • Automatic Podcast Transcriptions
    • Google’s Automatic Transcriptions
• Why Do People Use Podcast Transcriptions (Pros)
  • Data extraction
  • Referencing data in the future
  • Potential SEO benefits
  • Potentially helping the hearing impaired
• Cons
  • Why some of these could have a negative impact instead
• Our Thoughts
  • Practicality
  • Personal Satisfaction

Better Podcasting Download: 3 Companies Become IAB Certified
Better Podback: 

• Why Stephen isn’t using the Rodecaster Pro anymore
• Recovering deleted data on an SD card
• Portable video/hdmi capture cards
  • Why Stephen stopped using on in his video chain
• Bad podcasting advice
• Feedback on Better Podcasting #19 (yes #19)

Links Discussed

• IAB Podcast Compliant Companies
• Better Podcasting #169
• Better Podcasting Episode #19

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As your podcast evolves, you may find that you need to drastically adjust the length of your show. If you’re making this change suddenly, there are some things that you may consider as you work through the change; in this episode we discuss those things.

In this week’s Better Podcasting Download we say farewell to Podcon and share our opinion on the challenges that may have lead to its end.

Finally, Stephen shares some of his reasons for not fully recommending Pinecast as we run down some feedback from our Discord server. Plus Stephen shares a piece of NEW GEAR that he bought to try out.

Find full episode information including links referenced in this episode at http://www.betterpodcasting.com/180/.

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, May 8, 2019  – Streamed Live to Geeks.Live. Audio/Video Production by Stephen Jondrew of GonnaGeek Productions, proudly Canadian.

Main Topic: Adjusting Podcast Show Length

• Considerations
  • Release schedule
  • Reasons for changing
  • Recording predicaments
•  Action to Take
  • Retaining your audience
  • Adding value to the change
  • Updating materials
  • Launch time-frame
  • Affects on your hosting options

Better Podcasting Download: Podcon Is Over
Better Podback: 

• Stephen’s thoughts on Pinecast
• Marketing Strategy by GonnaGeek
• SP Travels Using 2 Microphones
• Can you use RX on a Ghost Hunter Podcast?
• Problem with Zoom H6 Recorder Stopping
• SD Card Replacement Advice

Links Discussed

• Reddit Stopping
• Stephen’s Pinecast Post on Discord
• Ghost Hunter Reddit Post

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There are a lot of different component involved with the podcasting process, and when you break down those component, there are a ton of little things that become a part of your regular routine. While these things may be time consuming, after awhile they can easily be forgotten about. This week we’ve picked some of these items to discuss, some ways they’ve affected us week to week, and some tips we have to help you.

Key categories for this segment include:

– Prep/planning
– Recording
– Editing
– Misc Considerations

In this week’s Better Podcasting Download we discuss a recent update with Overcast and Stephen gives his first thoughts with the Rodecaster Pro multitrack to SD recording.

Finally, we reveal what microphones Stargate Pioneer used in which segments last week.

Find full episode information including links referenced in this episode at http://www.betterpodcasting.com/179/. 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, May 1, 2019  – Streamed Live to Geeks.Live. Audio/Video Production by Stephen Jondrew of GonnaGeek Productions, proudly Canadian.

Main Topic: The little (but routine) things of podcasting
Better Podcasting Download: Rode adds multitrack SD recording support, Overcast gets an update.

Links Discussed

• Better Podcasting 78 – The Reality of Podcasting
• Better Podcasting 71 – Podcasting Checklists
• Twitter poll by Play Comics

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For those of you who have talked to Stargate Pioneer about choosing a media host, you know that he’s got a pretty tight list about his recommended criteria for this. Today we’re going to run down this criteria and expand on the reasoning behind these suggestions – plus a few more.

In this week’s Better Podcasting Download, we talk about Luminary (Note this was recorded on Wednesday, April 24, 2019).

Finally, we take listener feedback.

Find full episode information including links referenced in this episode at http://www.betterpodcasting.com/178/. 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, April 24, 2019  – Streamed Live to Geeks.Live. Audio/Video Production by Stephen Jondrew of GonnaGeek Productions, proudly Canadian.

Main Topic: Our criteria for choosing a podcast media host
Better Podcasting Download: Luminary launch

Links Discussed

• Forbes Luminary Article
• Compression Information

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This week in the show, we do a little self-analysis by reviewing our top 10 downloaded episode of 2018. We do this review to help provide some insight on what episodes worked best for our audience, and what other podcasters might be interested in.

In the Better Podcasting Download, we look at two reddit articles – one about interrupting, and the other about apologizing to your audience.

In this week’s Better Podback, we run down some Discord feedback, including someone who wasn’t satisfied with the Shure SM58. Finally, we wrap it up with a heartwarming story from Stephen – as he gets a little real about his recent podcast endeavors.

Find full episode information including links referenced in this episode at http://www.betterpodcasting.com/175/. 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, April 3, 2019 – Streamed Live to Geeks.Live. Audio/Video Production by Stephen Jondrew of GonnaGeek Productions, proudly Canadian.

Main Topic: Top 10 Better Podcasting Downloads of 2018
Better Podcasting Download: Podcast Interruptions and Podcast Apologies

Links Discussed

• Reddit – Podcast Interruptions
• Reddit – Podcast Apologies
• Jason Bryant 10 Years

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As a hobby podcaster, you probably don’t have endless funds to help promote your show. You’re in luck, because today we’re going to run down a bunch of methods to help promote your show for free, and some experience that we’ve had using these.

In this week’s Better Podcasting Download, we’ll talk about the BBC pulling out of Google Podcasts (and why it’s a non-issue), and an update about StreamGuys going with RAD statistics.

Finally, we’ll take listener feedback and Discord feedback – including a recent discussion that showcased possible issues with the Rodecaster Pro.

Find full episode information including links referenced in this episode at http://www.betterpodcasting.com/174/. 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, March 27, 2019 – Streamed Live to Geeks.Live. Audio/Video Production by Stephen Jondrew of GonnaGeek Productions, proudly Canadian.

Main Topic: Free Podcast Promotion Ideas
Better Podcasting Download: BBC Pulls out of Google Podcasts

Links Discussed

• Episode 156 – Promoting Your Podcast in Person
• BBC Blog Post on Google Podcasts

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Sometimes you might find that your podcast’s source material is no longer available. If this happens to you, there are several decisions that have to be made for the future in the show. This week, we discuss some of these decisions, and Stargate Pioneer provides actual examples of decisions that he is making for two of the shows that he currently participates in.

In this week’s Better Podcasting Download, we discuss recent Patreon changes, and what it means for the hobby podcaster.

After we take your feedback in our Better Podback, we close the show with a #Podwarming moment that is special to both of us.

Find full episode information including links referenced in this episode at http://www.betterpodcasting.com/173/. 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, March 20, 2019 – Streamed Live to Geeks.Live. Audio/Video Production by Stephen Jondrew of GonnaGeek Productions, proudly Canadian.

Main Topic: How to proceed if the source material of your podcast ends
Better Podcasting Download: Patreon changes

Links Discussed

• Patreon Changes

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