Welcome To The Podcast Answer Man Podcast!
I (Cliff Ravenscraft) launched the Podcast Answer Man podcast back in December of 2006, one year after I started podcasting. I had been approached by several people, asking me to help them figure out how to launch a podcast. Technically, I was still podcasting as a hobby at that time and I had decided to start doing some paid consulting work on the side.
One thing led to another and less than a year, after launching the Podcast Answer Man podcast, I became convinced that I could actually make a living doing podcasting full-time as my career. If you want to hear the full story of how this happened, I would encourage you to listen to Episode 425 of PABL & Episode 88 of FFTH. Today, just a few years later, I’m happy to announce that I’ve created a very successful podcast network and a podcast and new media consulting/coaching business.
Podcast Answer Man is perfect for the brand new podcaster and seasoned podcasters alike. My goal is consistently encourage podcasters to dream big and to always think about how they can take their podcast to the next level.
If you like this podcast, you may also like the Social Media Serenity, Virtual Assistant Podcast, and Business Tech Weekly podcasts. Of course we invite you to please check out the complete list of our podcasts.
Please note, this podcast has his own site devoted to it at PodcastAnswerMan.com.
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Three PAM Episodes Per Week?
In this week’s episode of Podcast Answer Man, I explain why I had recently given a great deal of consideration to the thought of producing three 20 minute episodes or two 30 minute episodes, per week, instead of continuing my production of one 60 minute episode each week.
There are three reasons I had considered this change. First, I thought it would be good practice to apply the SCORRE method to each of my podcast episodes, having a focus on a single subject and one objective for each episode. Second, I thought it might make it easier to turn the archives of this podcast into a knowledge base where it would be easy to point people to a show with a single topic per episode. Third, I knew that if I doubled or tripled the amount of episodes I produced each week, I knew that it would increase the number of downloads that iTunes tracks, thus increasing my ranking and exposure within the iTunes podcast directory.
Ultimately, I came to the decision that I will not be moving to multiple episodes per week based upon three potential drawbacks. It would create a break in my consistency. I fear that I would end up overfeeding my audience, and it is simply a great deal more work to produce three shows in a week as compared to a single episode.
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Hey folks, I’m in Orlando Florida this for a conference. However, before I left town, I recorded this extra episode and scheduled it for release here on the site while I was away.
Using Vine To Engage With Your Audience
In this week’s social media segment, Erik Fisher and I talk about how we can use Twitter’s Vine Application to engage with our audience.
Why Don’t I Have Thousands of People Listening To My New Podcast?
I recently received some feedback from Michael Fiorre wh left the following comment on the show notes for episode 305.
Hey Cliff, how ya doin? I’ve been listening to you for a little while now and I really appreciate what you’re doing. I’ve learned a ton from you! You’re tutorials have been amazing. I do however have one question. I always hear people say things like…”I just put out my first few episodes and have thousands of listens”. How is that possible? Because I started mine and I got nothing. lol. My website is coming along rather nicely. I’ve designed it myself including all the graphic art (it’s a work in progress).
So Im sitting here saying to myself “awesome, I have the podcast set up great. Im on stitcher, Blackberry, and iTunes. The websites starting to look great. The images have all been sized correctly and put together. The artwork was just re-done the other night. Facebook page is up and running, as well as the twitter. But at the end of the day there’s no one listening to The American Rubbish. Are we a work in progress, yes I believe so. Are we comedians? No! Are we funny enough to have a few listeners, yes!
So whats going on here Cliff. You’ve gotten me this far, any tips on how to take this home now? Facebook is a great outlet but many people I know barely know what a Podcast is. I know you have this A to Z course, but Im broke so thats kind of an issue. lol.
I share my full response to this question in this episode.
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Get Creative When Naming Your Podcast In iTunes!
In this week’s episode of Podcast Answer Man, I explain how you can get creative with the way that you name your podcast so that your show will turn up in more search results within iTunes.
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