Welcome to Better Podcasting! We talk about podcast tips, tools and best practices to help you succeed with your podcast! Just like you we podcast purely out of the love and the fun of it. Podcasting is our hobby and we love that it is yours too! We always encourage your questions and feedback and you can find all of our contact information at betterpodcasting.com.
There are a lot of podcasts in the world, and that means that your podcast may have a lot of competition. So, in a situation like this, how do you stand out in the crowd? In this episode we’ll talk about a bunch of best practices to make your show unique, and some things to…
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This week we’re pleased to offer another interview, this time with Dan Hughley of Focusrite. We’ll discuss Focusrite’s podcast consideration, endeavors and some hardware available for podcasters. We also chat about Dan’s history and how he got to where he is today. In this week’s Better Podcasting Download we chat about some recent de-indexing that…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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This week we’re pleased to interview Craig Reeves from Mackie about their future which involves exploring creating a device for podcasting (and other content creation). Other topics of discussion include Craig’s history, how he got in to this line of business, and some technical information about some of the Mackie products that podcasters may be…
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Many industries have a code of ethics established for their industry, but Podcasting doesn’t have anything formally established. In this episode we discuss some things that we’ve seen over the years (and some things that we’ve had conversations with other podcasters) that might be a consideration when discussing Podcasting Ethics. Our segment isn’t intended to…
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We’ve often spoken about how to podcast with co-hosts remotely, but what about the situations where you’re going to record in the same room together? Things can actually be a lot different (and more complex in some ways) when you’re recording multiple people in the same room together. In this episode we’ll discuss some best…
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Although there are many podcasts which release on a weekly basis, there are many podcasts that use a non-weekly release format. In this episode we’ll discuss some release schedules, benefits to these, and some best practices if you’re going to go non-weekly. We’ll also cover seasonal podcasting. In this week’s Better Podcasting Download, Stephen shares…
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Ever considered doing some YouTube projects associated with your podcast? This episode we discuss ways you can use YouTube to help your podcast, best practices if you’re going to, and share some cautionary tales from our experiences. In this week’s Better Podcasting Download we chat about Apple Podcast Connect changing their terms of service, and…
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