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036 Successful Life Mindset – Design Your Own Day

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 18 May 2012 13:38:44 +0000

In this episode of Successful Life Mindset, Cliff and Tracy talk about the following:

- When you’re clear in your mission & purpose, it’s much easier to not get upset when choosing not live by other people’s expectations of you. – Cliff Ravenscraft
- Turning off all the notifications.
- Designing Your Day
- Shifting your business focus
- Quote: If you think you can or you think can’t, you’re right! – Henry Ford
- Quote: Go where you are celebrated, not where you are tolerated. – Pastor Tom

Get a copy of Tracy’s books and movies at http://TrostMovingPictures.com

Please give us a call on our voicemail feedback hotline at 859-795-4067 or feel free to email Tracy at Podcast@TrostMovingPictures.com.

Please take a moment to leave feedback in the comments section below or by calling in your feedback on our voice mail hotline at 859-795-4067. Or use your voice memo application on your iPhone to record feedback or questions. Simply email it to feedback@gspn.tv.

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210 Family From The Heart – Dropping Out Of The Rat Race

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 18 May 2012 13:31:30 +0000

In this episode, Cliff and Stephanie talk about the following:

-Updates Houses Goals
-New Studio Plans
-Mardel’s Homeschool Resource Center http://www.mardel.com/homeschool/resourcecenter.aspx
-New Flooring For Upstairs

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029 Authentic Life Radio – Covering Up Our Gray

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 18 May 2012 13:24:46 +0000

In this episode Sarah and Stephanie talk about the following:

-Sarah’s Birthday/Getting Older
-All About Marshmallows
-Our Boys Are Leaving Elementary School This Week
-Sister Amish Princess
-Movies

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Video Recording For FFTH 210 – Dropping Out of The Rat Race

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 18 May 2012 00:32:01 +0000

261 Podcast Answer Man – Michael Hyatt Talks About Building A Platform – How Many Downloads Is A Good Number? – And More…

Cliff Ravenscraft — Thu, 17 May 2012 21:45:22 +0000

Michael Hyatt Talks About Building A Platform
In this week’s episode, I am super excited about talking with Michael Hyatt. Michael is the Chairman of Thomas Nelson Publishers, the largest Christian publishing company in the world and the seventh largest trade book publishing company in the U.S. He has over 200,000 subscribers to his personal blog that is focused leadership, productivity, publishing, social media, and the valuable resources that he discovers.

In this episode, I talked with Michael about his new book titled Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World. In the book, he shares his story about how he built the platform that he has today in the online world. What I learned in this episode is that for the first four years that Michael published his personal blog, he never had over 1,000 subscribers to his blog. Michael shares a little insight into how he went about getting noticed in his niche market.

I highly encourage you to pick up the PHYSICAL COPY of Michael’s book between Monday, May 21st and Friday, May 24th from one of the retailers listed at http://MichaelHyatt.com/platform. If you do, and you forward your paid receipt to gifts@MichaelHyatt.com, you’ll receive all the digital versions of the book as well as over $300 worth of other bonuses.

Michael and I also spoke briefly about his This Is Your Life podcast that he launched back in February of this year. After episode 008, this podcast became one of the top 5 podcasts that I have every subscribed to with my favorite episode being episode 10 titled HOW TO SHAVE 10 HOURS OFF YOUR WORK WEEK. I highly recommend that you subscribe to Michael’s podcast in iTunes today.

Random Plug of The Week
This week’s random plug of the week goes out to the The MasonWorld Late-Night Internet Marketing Podcast by Mark Mason. If you check out his show and like it, please be sure to let him know you heard about the show from The Podcast Answer Man!

iTunes Changed Their Mind!
iTunes changed their mind. They now want 1400×1400 artwork! Back on April 5th, I published episode 256 of Podcast Answer Man where I reported that iTunes updated it’s specs to suggest 1200×1200 artwork. Without any rhyme or reason, they now have updated their specs, again, to state that they now prefer 1400×1400 artwork!

Podcast Artwork for $175
Most podcasters do not invest enough into the artwork for their podcast. The truth is that your podcast artwork is often what sets the 1st impression for your podcast. This is especially true when it comes to those who find your show in a podcast directory.

I’ve been working with Jenny Hamson for several years and she does all my podcast artwork. I’ve also personally contracted her to do the artwork for all of my coaching and consulting clients. In all the years that I have worked with Jenny, she’s never failed to provide artwork that not only meets expectations but delivers far more than could have been anticipated. If you are looking for artwork, please contact Jenny Hamson today and tell her that Cliff sent you!

Two Quick Questions
In this episode, I answer two questions from Tommy Kendrick of the Actor’s Talk Podcast. The first question that Tommy asked was “How many downloads is a good number for a podcast.” He also asked about whether or not he should break down this podcast into a shorter version and a longer version for his podcast. I provide my thoughts on both of these questions in the episode.

iTunes Ratings & Reviews
I started Podcast Answer Man in December of 2006. Until April 2012, I really never asked anyone to provide a rating and/or review for this show in iTunes. If you find this show has been valuable to you, would you please go to my iTunes Listing to both rate and review Podcast Answer Man?

The Podcast Mastermind
One of the reasons that I love working with podcasters so much is due to the fact that they are influencing someone every single time they produce a podcast episode. The world needs great leaders! I believe that podcasters who take their leadership position seriously can make a positive difference in the lives of others. The world needs you and your message! They need you to be a leader!

Many people ask me how to grow the audience of their podcast. I believe that one of the best things you can do is to BELIEVE IN YOURSELF! To take yourself seriously! To consider yourself to be a professional!

Are you willing to invest in your future success?
Are you willing to be the greatest leader you can be?
Are you wiling to commit to your personal and professional growth?

If so, please consider joining The Podcast Mastermind!

Register For BlogWorld Today!
If you are serious about your podcasting efforts, I highly recommend that you attend the leading podcast industry conference. I know for a fact that some very exciting things are going to be happening at this year’s NYC event, relating to podcasting. If you haven’t registered yet, feel free to use my affiliate link to get registered today. Use promo code GSPN10 for 10% off!

The Virtual Ticket Option
Not able to attend BlogWorld NYC this June? No problem at all! The Virtual Ticket option allows you to consume all the content of the podcasting track sessions, as well as every session from all of the other tracks at BlogWorld & New Media Expo. The Virtual Ticket is also great for those who will be attending the conference as there will likely be multiple times where there is more than one session that you would like to sit in on during the same time slot. Those who are attending the conference can get the Virtual Ticket at a discounted add-on price.

To order your Virtual Ticket for BlogWorld today, feel free to use my affiliate link. Use promo code GSPN10 for 10% off!

Blue Host Affiliate Signup
I want to send out a special word of thanks to the folks behind the following domains that were used to create a new hosting account with BlueHost with my Blue Host affiliate link recently. As you know, I earn a commission each time someone clicks through my link to sign up with Blue Host. So thank you!

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Note: The fact that I have linked to these accounts is only to acknowledge that these folks have used my affiliate link to create a hosting account with BlueHost. These links are not an endorsement of any content that may be posted to these sites. If you ever recognize content blatantly offensive at any of these links, please let me know and I will be sure to evaluate and consider if the link should be removed from this post. These accounts are all brand new and may not be active yet. Also, it is possible that some of these domains were previously owned and my not have been transfered to BlueHost just yet.

Free Month of Media Hosting With Libsyn!
Because of all the years of sending clients to sign up for accounts with Libsyn, they have created an affilate programs only given to a hand selected group of podcasting experts. I’m delighted that I am now able to offer new podcasters ONE MONTH FREE when they sign up for a new account with Libsyn. Simply use promo code GSPN when you sign up!

PODCAST VIDEO TUTORIALS: I have a growing list of video tutorials that I have created based up on the the top things my clients have hired me to help them with. See the full list of tutorials by clicking here.

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035 Successful Life Mindset – Would You Do It For Free?

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 11 May 2012 14:38:55 +0000

In this episode of Successful Life Mindset, Tracy and I respond to some audio feedback provided by Jay from Dallas Texas. Jay had come away with the idea that we were promoting the idea of finding a passion that would would be willing to pursue, even if you were not going to get paid to pursue it.

One of my favorite quotes says… “Find something that you love to do so much that you would be willing to do it all day long for free. Then become so excellent at doing that one thing that people would be willing to pay you to do it.

It’s our tha this podcast episode will help clear up our thoughts on what we mean when we say to look for the work that you would be willing to do for free.

Get a copy of Tracy’s books and movies at http://TrostMovingPictures.com

Please give us a call on our voicemail feedback hotline at 859-795-4067 or feel free to email Tracy at Podcast@TrostMovingPictures.com.

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515 PABL – What Is Most Important?

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 11 May 2012 14:31:37 +0000

In this episode of Pursuing A Balanced Life, I share an update about how I’m trying to fight to keep margin in my life.

Lately, I’ve been blessed by having my brand exposed to thousands of new people every single month and and there are more requests for my time than I have time to say yes to.

I share how I’ve gone through and got more clear about what I want to say yes to and what I want to say no to.

I also share about how great life is without any notifications, badges, or sounds coming from my cell phone all day.

I hope that this episode is a source of encouragement to you.

Don’t forget to tweet about your pursuit of a balanced life, joining us in the #PABL campaign.

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209 Family From The Heart – So That’s How We’re Going To Start This Episode?

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 11 May 2012 14:20:55 +0000

In this episode, Cliff and Stephanie talk about the following:

- Update on Cliff’s question for margin.
- Lice, Lighters & Teacher Threats. Oh My!
- http://GoatMilkStuff.com
- Mardel Homeschool Curriculum Sale May 14-19 40% off!
- Avengers movie review
- Stephanie’s 1/2 Marathon
- Apple Computer Experience!
- Another McKenna Story.

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028 Authentic Life Radio – A Beautiful Journey

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 11 May 2012 14:11:22 +0000

In this episode Sarah and Stephanie talk about the following:

-Each person is different
-Disciplining our kids
-Our Life Journeys

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Desiring A Distraction Free Lifestyle

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 11 May 2012 12:34:27 +0000

260 Podcast Answer Man – Will Google Plus Be An Option For Live Streaming?

Cliff Ravenscraft — Thu, 10 May 2012 18:52:08 +0000

Will Google Take Live Streaming To The Next Level?
A recent post on the Google Blog announced that Google Plus Hangouts On Air feature is going to be rolled out to all members of the Google Plus Community.

The post said that you will be able to broadcast publicly. By checking “Enable Hangouts On Air,” you can broadcast your live hangout—from the Google+ stream, your YouTube channel or your website—to the entire world.

They also said.. “Once you’re off the air, we’ll upload a public recording to your YouTube channel, and to your original Google+ post. This way it’s easy to share and discuss your broadcast after it’s over.”

Erik Fisher and I talk a little bit about this and other things related to Google Plus!

Had To Take My Web Hosting To The Next Level!
Those who have been following my journey for a long time know that I have been often experienced growing pains when it comes to the hosting of my websites. If you haven’t done so already, I highly suggest that you check out my blog post on web hosting for podcasters.

I want to point out that everyone who has signed up for a hosting account with my BlueHost affiliate link (145 people since I started tracking) have been extremely satisfied and well served by the shared hosting platform that BlueHost provides.

On February, 10th, 2011, I released Episode 196 of Podcast Answer Man where I shared that I had, indeed, outgrown the shared hosting environment. To hear about how and why I moved over to a ServInt Hosting’s VPS hosting account, I would strongly encourage you to listen to that episode starting at 35.5 minutes into the episode which you can do by clicking here.

When I moved to Servint Hosting, I signed up for the least expensive package at $49 per month (Essential VPS) package. This account gave me 768 MB of Guaranteed RAM and offered 1.5GB Burst RAM. During the first year of my service with ServInt, I had not experience an issues, whatsoever, with my website.

However, just a few months ago, I started to receive a lot of promotion from folks who have audiences between 200,000 to 750,000 people and I’ve been mentioned by these folks on a repeated basis. As a result, the traffic to my site has increased dramatically and I had noticed issues where my site was beginning to load slowly and there were a few times when I would send out a status update on Twitter, Facebook, etc and the inbound links would simply cause my site to crash.

For this reason, I talked with the support department over at Servint and learned that based upon my server stats, I would be better served by their (Ultimate VPS) package that gives me 3 GB of Guaranteed RAM and 6 GB Burst RAM. This new package is $129 per month. I made the decision, immediately, to do the upgrade and it only took them about 1 hour to have my entire account moved to a new machine. After they copied everything over, they flipped a switch and my site was up and running on my new Ultimate VPS package and my site has been running great ever since.

I’m so delighted about the increased amount of traffic to my content and interest in my brand. These are the types of expenses that I don’t mind paying increased costs for.

If you are just getting started you can get a shared hosting account, today, with my BlueHost Affiliate Link. However, if you have already outgrown shared hosting, you could sign up for a great VPS account, today, using my Servint Hosting affiliate link.

Other items mentioned in this episode
- New version of LiveFyre due to be released on May 11th, 2012
- Thoughts on landing interviews for your podcast.

Random Plug of The Week
This week’s random plug of the week goes out to the The Construction Industry Podcast by Cesar Abeid. If you check out his show and like it, please be sure to let him know you heard about the show from The Podcast Answer Man!

Are you willing to invest in your future success?
Are you willing to be the greatest leader you can be?
Are you wiling to commit to your personal and professional growth?

If so, please consider joining The Podcast Mastermind!

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208 Family From The Heart – They Didn’t Pay Me To Say That

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 04 May 2012 14:16:12 +0000

In this episode, Cliff and Stephanie talk about the following:

-The book Boundaries
-Disney’s Social Media Mom’s Celebration
-Getting a Treadmill?
-Great McKenna Story
-Meeting Goals

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027 Authentic Life Radio – First Time Ever

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 04 May 2012 14:06:48 +0000

In this episode Sarah and Stephanie talk about about their recent trip to Disney.

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034 Successful Life Mindset – The Owie Under The Scab

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 04 May 2012 13:51:17 +0000

In this episode of The Successful Life Mindset, Tracy and I discuss the following:

- We measure ourselves by our intentions, but we measure others by their actions.
- The most misunderstood words in the world are the words that are never spoken.
- The Owie Under The Scab
- Shaking off the dirt!

Get a copy of Tracy’s books and movies at http://TrostMovingPictures.com

Please give us a call on our voicemail feedback hotline at 859-795-4067 or feel free to email Tracy at Podcast@TrostMovingPictures.com.

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259 Podcast Answer Man – A Case of Stolen Network Identity – The BlogWorld Virtual Ticket Option – PJ Jonas Tells Us About Using A Publicist

Cliff Ravenscraft — Thu, 03 May 2012 22:18:06 +0000

A Case of Stolen Network Identity
In this week’s episode, I share how upset I was to learn that someone had gone and copied everything that I had spent seven years building at gspn.tv. Some say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. To some degree, I certainly believe this is true. However, there is a point where one can cross the line when imitating others.

One person, who I will not name, crossed this line when he created an exact duplicate of more than 90% of the content of my entire gspn.tv website. This person had created a logo and website header that was an nearly exact replica of my own. This person also used my own custom graphics that I spent hours creating or spent a great deal of money paying for.

This person also went so far as to copy, word for word, every single page of my website, including my network’s mission statement and a letter to the community, regarding Plus Membership, that I spent hours creating. If that were not enough, this person also created a podcast called “The Succesful Life Mindset” which is the same name of my own show at http://SuccessfulLifeMindset.com.

Just when I thought there would be no more that could shock or surprise me, I about fell over when I learned that a majority of this person’s podcast episodes started off with a word for word duplication of my own network ID that says “Entertaining, Educational, and Encouraging content that makes a difference… This is gspn.tv. Join The Community!” The only difference to any of this was that he replaced “gspn.tv” to put in his own network name.

Click here to see just a VERY SMALL SAMPLE of what I found.

To say that I was upset over this would be a gross understatement. Rather than get behind the microphone, in an emotionally charged state, I chose to not record an episode of Podcast Answer Man last week. Instead, I spent approximately 8 to 10 hours sending emails to this person to insist that he remove a very long list of things that were duplicated from my site.

I did approach this person with as much grace and patience that I had within me. I am very delighted to report that this person has seen the error of his ways and he’s complied with every single item that I’ve sent. After everything had been taken care of, I spent nearly an hour on a video conference with this person, via Skype, to get the story behind why this person did what he did. Though I know many of you would like to hear the details of that conversation, I’m choosing to simply tell you that the situation was peacefully resolved, without any threat of legal action and that I am quite certain that this person will not be doing anything like this to me, nor anyone else for that matter, ever again.

Has anything like this ever happened to you? Let me know in the comments section below.

Random Plug of The Week
This week’s random plug of the week goes out to the The Local Method Podcast by Albert Hathazi. If you check out his show and like it, please be sure to let him know you heard about the show from The Podcast Answer Man!

Logitech HD Pro Webcam C910
I am so excited about the new Logitech HD Pro Webcam C910 webcams that I just purchased.

It’s great because it has a Carl Zeiss 1080p lens, auto focus, provides great color and it works PERFECTLY on the Mac! It’s so nice to finally be able to stream in widescreen format for my Live Show Thursdays!

PJ Jonas Tells Us About Using A Publicist
In this episode, I am delighted to feature an interview with PJ Jonas from GoatMilkStuff.com and the host of the Busy Mom’s Survival Guide with PJ Jonas podcast. In the interview, you’ll learn how she and her family grew a business out of creating soap from Goat’s milk.

However, the true purpose of the interview is to help you understand how PJ has made it onto the Today Show and into Oprah’s magazine. I hope that you enjoy the interview and are inspired to dream big and make a decision as to whether or not hiring a publicist might be a line item in your budget at some point in the future.

iTunes Ratings & Reviews
I started Podcast Answer Man in December of 2006. Until April 2012, I really never asked anyone to provide a rating and/or review for this show in iTunes. I’ve decided that I am going to begin asking for my community to please go to my iTunes Listing to both rate and review Podcast Answer Man.

To order your Virtual Ticket for BlogWorld today, feel free to use my affiliate link. Use promo code GSPN10 for 10% off!

The Podcast Report Now Online!
I’m excited to announce that the Podcast RSS feeds are all set up and that The Podcast Report is now available on the Zune, iTunes, Blackberry, Stitcher, and almost every one of your favorite podcasting applications.

Accounts that were created recently:
- http://TheGoldenCord.com
- http://WinSolutionGuys.com
- http://WestMichiganIndie.com

PODCAST VIDEO TUTORIALS: I also have a growing list of video tutorials that I have created based up on the the top things my clients have hired me to help them with. See the full list of tutorials by clicking here.

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026 Authentic Life Radio – Off To Disney

Cliff Ravenscraft — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:06:22 +0000

Hey everyone! Cliff here. I really wish I could tell you what Stephanie and Sarah talked about in this week’s episode of Authentic Life Radio. However, I was not here when the recorded and they are out of town, hanging out at Disney’s Social Media Mom’s Celebration.

Here’s the deal. It’s Stephanie and Sarah, so you know you are going to want to listen. Enjoy! :)

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033 Successful Life Mindset – But What If My Passion Is …?

Cliff Ravenscraft — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:40:45 +0000

In this episode of Successful Life Mindset, Cliff and Tracy talk about a question that comes up quite often when you suggest that you really can live your dreams that if you follow your passion, the money will follow.

The question is usually phrased like.. “That sounds great and all, but what if my passion is to throw a touchdown pass at the superbowl? Are you telling that if I just believe this is possible, I can achieve it?”

Have a listen to Tracy and Cliff as they share how they respond to people who ask this sort of question.

Get a copy of Tracy’s books and movies at http://TrostMovingPictures.com

Please give us a call on our voicemail feedback hotline at 859-795-4067 or feel free to email Tracy at Podcast@TrostMovingPictures.com.

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258 Podcast Answer Man – How Andrew Zarian Went From Hobby To Building The Profitable GFQ Network

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 21:47:56 +0000

From Hobby To Profitable Podcast Network
In this episode, I interview Andrew Zarian of the Guys From Queens Network. Andrew shares how he started out with a hobby of streaming video via Ustream.tv after being laid off in 2008 and how he turned that hobby into the profitable podcast network that he runs today.

I hope that you are inspired by the humble beginnings and how Andrew’s passion for creating content became his full-time career. Their is a great deal of valuable insights for those who might be considering the creation of their own podcast network.

Random Plug of The Week
This week’s random plug of the week goes out to the Shark Tank Fan Podcast with Pierce Marrs and Steve Hayes. If you check out their show and like it, please be sure to let them know you heard about the show from The Podcast Answer Man!

Podcamp Nashville Review
I spoke at Podcamp Nashville this past weekend. I want to thank you Pierce Marrs and Stu Gray for joining me for my panel session. In this episode, I share a review of this year’s Nashville Podcamp event. Overall, it seemed, to me, that it was the least attended podcamp that I’ve attended up to this point. In spite of that, I share why I still considered my trip to Nashville and Podcamp Nashville a total success.

Sutton Parks
I had the privilege of meeting Sutton Parks at Podcamp Nashville. He had lead a session titled “Why You Should Write A Book And How To Do It.” In the episode, I tell you about his book, “You Can Sleep In Your Car, But You Can’t Drive Your House To Work.”

Accounts that were created recently:
- http://YourTaxTeacher.com
- http://InspirationNextExit.com

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007 World According To Meagan – Siete

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 03:06:42 +0000

In this episode of The World According To Meagan we cover the following topics.

Topics covered in this episode:
-I passed Spanish 101%
-Upcoming events at school
-April 27th busy day mom is out of town
-Field trips
-He who shall not be named situation
-Chamber Choir
-Shell problems in math
-Dance team
-Advanced math class
-Smelly Sweatshirt
-NJHS sign ups

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032 Successful Life Mindset – Playing To Win Or Playing Not To Lose?

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:58:08 +0000

In this episode of Successful Life Mindset, Cliff and Tracy talk about dealing with bitterness and our need to forgive when friends let us down.

Also, we talked about our need to move forward in our life focused on the bigger picture and not focused on the fears that we might not have enough.

Get a copy of Tracy’s books and movies at http://TrostMovingPictures.com

Please give us a call on our voicemail feedback hotline at 859-795-4067 or feel free to email Tracy at Podcast@TrostMovingPictures.com.

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207 Family From The Heart – Blue Like Jazz Movie Review and More

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:51:18 +0000

In this episode, Cliff and Stephanie talk about the following:

-Blue Like Jazz Movie Review
-McKenna’s Birthday
-Moving Non Stop
-Take a Leek?
-World According To Meagan
-Always There for the Kids

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025 Authentic Life Radio – Call Me Pink!

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:40:32 +0000

In this episode Sarah and Stephanie discuss the following:

-Update on our Crazy/Busy last two weeks
-Last few weeks of school
-Call Me Pink….

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257 Podcast Answer Man – New Libsyn Stats Algorithm – Bringing Audio Clips Into Skype Call – And So Much More!

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:48:59 +0000

Random Plug of The Week
This week’s random plug of the week goes out to the Busy Mom’s Survival Guide with PJ Jonas. If you check out her show and like it, please be sure to let PJ know you heard about her show from The Podcast Answer Man!

Problem Getting Audio Clips Into Skype Call
Chris called in to say that he used to be able to use a Sound Mixer audio driver on his Windows 7 computer to get audio clips, played from his computer, to go out to his Skype calls. When he recently installed Windows, he no longer had that sound driver and wanted to know if I had any thoughts on how to get audio clips to play out to the Skype calls. In the episode, I share two possible solutions based upon the criteria that he provided.

Interview With Rob Walch
I always enjoy talking with Rob Walch about the latest things happening over at Libsyn. In this week’s podcast, I share a recorded interview we did earlier this week.

New Libysn Stats Algorithm: Rob shared how Libsyn has recently changed their they way the process their stats and how and why they will be even more accurate than ever before.

Getting Geeky: Rob and I did get a little geeky in this interview. Rob shared some important information about which Libsyn Media URL to use when promoting your .mp3 file. Also, we went into a pretty lengthy discussion as a followup to last week’s episode where Stephanie had asked about adding a 2nd show to her Libsyn Account.

Rob’s Speaking At BlogWorld: Rob is actually leading two panel sessions for me at the BlogWorld & New Media Expo. I encourage you to attend the following two sessions:
The 411 on Recording and Producing a Great Interview
The Multiple Ways To Make Money With Your Podcast

My New Libsyn Affiliate Offer: Because of all the years of sending clients to sign up for accounts with Libsyn, they have created an affilate programs only given to a hand selected group of podcasting experts. I’m delighted that I am now able to offer new podcasters ONE MONTH FREE when they sign up for a new account with Libsyn. Simply use promo code GSPN when you sign up!

iTunes Ratings & Reviews Marketing Research
I started Podcast Answer Man in December of 2006. Until April 2012, I don’t think I’ve ever asked anyone provide a rating and/or review for this show in iTunes. I’ve decided that I am going to begin asking for my community to please go to my iTunes Listing to both rate and review Podcast Answer Man.

My goal is to see if I can keep Podcast Answer Man as the #1 Show in the Podcasting Category and to see if I might be able to maintain a position within the top 50 podcasts in the Technology category.

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- http://ItJustIsPod.com
- http://QuilterInTheGap.com
- http://GaryCarpenter.me
- http://ManiFestini.com

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206 Family From The Heart – Watch Them Sweat

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 18:07:06 +0000

In this episode, Cliff and Stephanie talk about the following:

-Winnie’s visit
-Goodbye One Tree Hill
-Shark Tank
-Headshots
-Hunger Games second viewing
-McKenna’s new look
-New Kindle?
-Iphone 5?
-NYC Meetup
-Meagan’s sad news

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031 Successful Life Mindset – What is True Success?

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 17:58:57 +0000

In this episode of Successful Life Mindset, Cliff and Tracy discuss the following:

- When do you consider yourself a success?
- What is Success?
- The power of being yourself.
- What is failure?
- Read, Fire, Aim philosophy
- Book: Creating The Magic by Lee Cockerell
- ARE – Appreciate, Recognize & Encourage

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514 PABL – There Is A Chicken On The Side of The Road

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 17:53:19 +0000

If you want to know what is included in this episode of Pursuing A Balanced Life, you’ll just have to click the PLAY button.

I recorded this episode earlier in the week and shared most of the things that have been going on since I last recorded.
I could go through and preview the episode at certain spots and make a list of topics. However, I’m behind schedule for leaving town for Nashville for the weekend.
Hope you don’t mind. Also, the title of this episode will make sense about 2/3 of the way through.

Don’t forget to tweet about your pursuit of a balanced life, joining us in the #PABL campaign.

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205 Family From The Heart – The Theme Of Freedom

Cliff Ravenscraft — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 21:42:40 +0000

In this episode, Cliff and Stephanie talk about the following:

-Living life with purpose looks different for everyone
-EOTC episodes with David Foster
http://gspn.tv/eotc124
http://gspn.tv/eotc127
http://gspn.tv/eotc129
-Remembering David Foster
-Meeting Dave Ramsey
-Book When Pleasing Others Is Hurting You by David Hawkins

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030 Successful Life Mindset – Living In The Now

Cliff Ravenscraft — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 21:33:46 +0000

In this week’s episode, Cliff shares that one his great friends, David H. Foster, had passed away this week.

To Cliff, David was a mentor, his pastor, and even a trusted business advisor. Cliff shares just how much of a profound impact that David had on his life.

Also in this episode, Tracy brings up the the importance of “Living In The Now.” Wouldn’t it be great if we could master the art of enjoying each and every moment that we have in life as the gift it was intended to be?

Get a copy of Tracy’s books and movies at http://TrostMovingPictures.com

Please give us a call on our voicemail feedback hotline at 859-795-4067 or feel free to email Tracy at Podcast@TrostMovingPictures.com.

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256 Podcast Answer Man – iTunes Now Prefers 1200×1200 Podcast Artwork – Is Weekly Better Than Every Other Week? – Facebook Posting Advice – And So Much More!

Cliff Ravenscraft — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 20:56:47 +0000

iTunes Changes Podcasting Specs To Request 1200×1200 Podcast Artwork
If you look at the updated iTunes Podcast Specs, you will notice that they now “PREFER” square .jpg images that are at least 1200 x 1200 pixels. They also have stated that in order for a podcast to be eligible for an iTunes Store feature, the accompanying image must be at least 1200 x 1200 pixels.

Please note that if you still have artwork that is 300×300 or 600×600, you will not be in any danger of being removed from the iTunes podcast directory. In fact, you can still submit new podcast feeds with the smaller podcast artwork images. The update simply communicates that they “prefer” that you update your artwork to 1200×1200 resolution and only those who do use this new resolution will be eligible to be featured in the iTunes store as a “featured podcast.”

Facebook Content Published via 3rd Party Services Gets 67% less engagement on Facebook.
This week, Erik Fisher brings us news from another great Hubspot article related to Facebook Fan Pages. In the article, Hubspot said that after switching to the new brand page design the minute it became available, the HubSpot social media team instantly noticed how their likes, shares, and comments — in other words, our overall engagement — had tanked. In this episode, Erik and I go through the points of the article and we discuss how you can be sure to get the most engagement with your Facebook page.

PocketCasts Doesn’t Show My Podcast Right Away!
There is no doubt that Pocket Casts is my all-time favorite application for managing podcast subscriptions. Jared called in to say that he noticed that when he posts a new show, it seems like any other applications can immediately download the new episode, but there are times when it will take hours, or even a day or more, for the new episode to show up in Pocket Casts. He wanted to know if this was normal and if there was anything he could do about it.

How do I add a 2nd show to my Libsyn Account?
Stephanie had been using a Libsyn hosting account since 2010 for a single podcast. She now wants to add a second show and wanted to know if she needed to add a new, second, account for the show or if there is a way to add additional shows under the account that she’s already spending $20/mo on.

Weekly or Every Other Week. Which is Better?
Austin called in to ask for my opinion about which format would allow for more engagement with the podcast audience, a weekly show or a show produced every other week. In the episode, I provide my opinion on this. However, I want to just state again, that simply publishing an episode and making it available online, alone, no matter how often you produce it, will not lead to audience engagement. You’ll need to invest in relationships to see real engagement from your community.

Portable Studio For High Quality Sound
Ray called in to say that he has a motor home and is on the road a lot. He asked me what I would recommend, as far as equipment is concerned, for producing a show that has very high quality audio from the road. In the episode, I close my eyes and list all the gear that I would have available to me if I had a motor home to lug it around in.

Random Plug of The Week
This week’s random plug of the week goes out to the Dr. David Geier Show from Dr. David Geier. If you check out his show and like it, please be sure to let him know you heard about it from The Podcast Answer Man!

Podcamp Nashville April 14th
For those of you who live near Nashville TN or are willing to travel there for a sigle day Podcamp experience, this year’s Podcamp Nashville is being held on Saturday, April 14th at the Cadillac Ranch (305 Broadway; Nashville, TN).

I will be attending and speaking at Podcamp Nashville this year. I’m working on putting together a panel session that will help those in attendance learn Why Your Business/Brand Needs To Launch A Podcast!. If you are able to come, I hope to see you there!

Accounts that were created recently:
- http://ManiFestini.com
- http://GaryCarpenter.me
- http://DisAfterDark.com

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029 Successful Life Mindset – What Is A Trigger Thought?

Cliff Ravenscraft — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:53:01 +0000

In this episode of Successful Life Mindset, Tracy and Cliff discuss the following:

- The Traveler’s Gift Book
- Tracy’s book Just Believe
- What is a Trigger Thought?
- Guilt, Perfectionism, Performance, Value, and more!

Get a copy of Tracy’s books and movies at http://TrostMovingPictures.com

Please give us a call on our voicemail feedback hotline at 859-795-4067 or feel free to email Tracy at Podcast@TrostMovingPictures.com.

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204 Family From The Heart – Meatball Hoagie High

Cliff Ravenscraft — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:22:37 +0000

In this episode of Family From The Heart, we discussed the following and more.

-Karen’s visit
-BlogWorld NYC
-Hunger Games
-The Rader’s for dinner
-Cliff’s heading to TN
-A brief mention of Fringe
-Karen Kingsbury’s Loving
-A visit to Kroger
-Podcamp Nashville

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024 Authentic Life Radio – Bless His Heart

Cliff Ravenscraft — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:16:29 +0000

In this episode Sarah and Stephanie discuss the following:

-We are exhausted!!!
-Dinner at the Ravenscraft’s
-Hunger Games

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255 Podcast Answer Man – Consistency Vs Can’t Live Without Content – New Podcast For BlogWorld & New Media Expo – And More!

Cliff Ravenscraft — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:23:23 +0000

The Podcast Report – Devoted to the Podcasting Track of BlogWorld & New Media Expo
Earlier this month, I accepted an offer to join the BlogWorld & New Media Expo team in building an amazing Podcasting Track for their conference. Over the past few weeks, I have been on the phone with no less than 60 individual podcasters. I am delighted to say that we have filled all 24 sessions of the Podcasting Track for the June NYC event!

I made the decision that the best way to promote a podcasting track for the conference would be to have a podcast devoted to it. I am happy to share, in this episode of Podcast Answer Man, the first, full, episode of The Podcast Report, a podcast that is 100% devoted to the Podcasting Track of BlogWorld & New Media Expo.

I’m still working on getting the new podcast setup with media hosting, rss feed, and submission to the various podcast directories. However, that should all be taken care of by the end of today and the new show should be available for subscription within the next few days.

I’ll update this post when I get everything secured. If you see this message after April 15th, please leave me a comment below and tell me that I forgot to come back and update the post. ;)

Consistency Vs Can’t Live Without Content
Robert Duff from the Voices Among Us Podcast called in to ask about what seems to be conflicting advice that I’ve provided here on Podcast Answer Man.

In episode 254, I mentioned that we should be producing “Can’t Live Without” content. In the past, however, I have recommended that it’s important to “just get something out there” and how important it is to be consistent with the release of your podcast.

In this episode, I do my best to explain why and how we should strive to achieve both consistency AND that “Can’t Live Without” content.

A Podcasting Success Story From Kickstarter
Special thanks to Elsie Escobar, a Podcast Mastermind member, for telling me about the amazing success that the Idle Thumbs Video Game Podcast had on Kickstarter.

There were looking to raise $30,000 to relaunch their podcast and ended up raising a total of $136,924. I encourage to take a look at their Kickstarter project page for a heavy dose of inspiration!

Random Plug of The Week
This week’s random plug of the week goes out to the Man Cave Radio Podcast from Jesse & J.J. Lahey. If you check out their show and like it, please be sure to let them know you heard about it from The Podcast Answer Man!

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- http://NavigateTheNoise.com
- http://tscn.tv

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038 Hunger Games – The Movie Review

Cliff Ravenscraft — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:07:49 +0000

In this episode of the Hunger Games Fan Podcast, Stephanie and I share our reactions to the movie, The Hunger Games.

We would like to invite you to “Join The Community” in the discussion group that we have set up for The Hunger Games which you can find listed at http://gspncommunity.com/groups.

Please be sure to tell someone you know about http://HungerGamesPodcast.com

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037 Hunger Games – Mockingjay Chapter 12

Cliff Ravenscraft — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:57:14 +0000

In this episode of the Hunger Games Fan Podcast, Stephanie and I share our reactions to the 12th chapter of the third book in the Hunger Games Trilogy, Mockingjay.

We would like to invite you to “Join The Community” in the discussion group that we have set up for The Hunger Games which you can find listed at http://gspncommunity.com/groups.

Please be sure to tell someone you know about http://HungerGamesPodcast.com

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254 – Podcast Answer Man – How To Grow Your Audience And Market Your Podcast! Facebook Interest Lists And More!

Cliff Ravenscraft — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:36:20 +0000

So You Have A Podcast… Now What?
One the questions that I am asked most often is “How Do I Grow My Audience?” Many times it’s phrased something like, “I’ve been podcasting for (insert number) of months/years and I only have (insert number) of people who are consistently downloading each of my episodes.”

Those who have been listening to Podcast Answer Man for a long time know that I really don’t like the mindset behind that question. I’m all for growing our audience. However, I’d prefer to say, I’ve been podcasting for (insert number) of months/years and I’ve been blessed to grow my audience to a point where (insert number) people are consistently downloading each of my episodes, and I’m ready to take the reach of my show to a whole new level.

Remember that each of these “downloads” represents a person/human being. Do you know how many pastors would love to speak to 50, 100, or even 300 people, consistently, each and every week? I’ve often avoided going too deep into answering this question on Podcast Answer Man, in the past, due to the fact that I’ve always want to drive home the point that I feel strongly that the quality of the relationship you have with your audience/community is much more important than the quantity of people who download your show.

In this episode, I share two pieces of audio feedback from our community where I was asked how we can effectively market our podcast and grow our audience. In response, I shared the following items.

1. There is power when your show has a narrow niche focus.

2. I suggest only podcasting about things for which you are passionate about.

3. Before you record your first episode, you should know why are you podcasting in the first place. I recommend having a having a mission/purpose for your show.

4. Become crystal clear on exactly who your target audience is! Imagine your occupation was that of a bounty hunter. How hard would your job be if you were not given any clear description of the person you are supposed to be looking for. Same principle applies when trying to go out and find new people to listen to your show!

5. Build it and they will come does not, often, work in podcasting! Creating an amazing show is about 30% of the equation. The other 70% is marketing and relationship building.

6. Obviously, you should submit your podcast to podcast directories like iTunes, Zune, Blackberry, and Stitcher Radio.

7. Content Is King! Create high value content that people can’t live without! It’s an added bonus if your content is so great that they are compelled to share it with others.

8. Entertainment goes a long way. Don’t Be Boring!!!

9. Keep it positive! The world is seeking hope and encouragement! Give it to them!

10. Be ENTHUSIASTIC! Don’t do it more than what is natural for you though!

11. Prepare ahead of time. I spent more than two hours preparing for this episode, thirty minutes in post production, and over an hour on these show notes.

12. Audio Quality Is Queen! Remember that there are times when the Queen will trump the King! Many people, including myself, will not listen to your GREAT CONTENT if your audio quality is not that great!

13) Build relationships with your audience! Learn the first name, last name, and a MINIMUM of at least one other personal fact about AS MANY of the people who download your show as possible.

14. Include the voice of your audience in your show.

15. Thank members of your community publicly, both in your show and in your online efforts.

16. Establish and build meaningful relationships with other content creators in your niche/industry.

17. Create keyword rich titles, show notes, etc for your podcast. And all that other SEO junk. :)

18. Make Yourself newsworthy! http://PodcastAnswerMan.com/newsworthy

19. Interview others in your show.

20. Accept requests for being interviewed on other people’s podcasts and blogs.

21. Consider a press release.

22. Participate in other online (and offline) communities where those in your target audience can be found.

23. Use social media to build authentic relationships with your audience and others.

24. Speak at events where your target audience can be found.

25. Educate your audience on the benefit of podcast subscriptions and teach them how to they can subscribe to your show. See http://PodcastAnswerMan.com/itunes

26. Create a mailing list! This allows you to keep in touch with those who may have fallen out of the habit of downloading or listening to your show for whatever reason.

Many books could be written about how to market a podcast and grow your audience. You see, your podcast is actually a product that you create. Once you have the product, it is at that point where the marketing of your product begins. You’ll notice that most of what I have shared, at least early on, is focused on creating an amazing product that those who do find you will want to tell others about.

I just want to point out that, even if you have amazing content and amazing audio quality, you will still need to go out and promote/market your show if you want your audience to grow.

Random Plug of The Week
This week’s random plug of the week goes out to the Your Website Engineer Podcast from Dustin Hartzler. It is no secret that I only recommend using WordPress for your web presence. Dustin’s podcast and website is a gold mine of information to help you get the most out of your WordPress Experience.

Here are just a few episodes that I recommend that you check out:
- 061 – Hidden Features In WordPress
- 058 – How to Add an Admin User to the WordPress Database
- 056 – How to Create a Favicon for Your Website
- 043 – WordPress eCommerce Solutions

Facebook Interest Lists
Have you heard about the new Facebook Interest Lists feature? I hadn’t heard about it until our gspn.tv Social Media Correspondent, Erik J. Fisher, brought it up for a topic to cover on this week’s Social Media Segment.

Erik and I went through a great Hubspot Article that described how brands could benefit by making the most of this new feature. After our discussion I’ve determined that this new feature isn’t something that would compel me to use Facebook any more than I already do. However, I know that there is a large percentage of the Podcast Answer Man community that do focus a lot of their engagement with their community through the Facebook platform.

I hope that the information provided on Facebook’s Interest List feature was helpful to you. Please let me know in the comments section below what your feelings are about this new feature.

Accounts that were created this week:
- http://NavigateTheNoise.com
- http://tscn.tv
- http://AHappyHomeMedia.com

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028 Successful Life Mindset – Inspiring Others To Action

Cliff Ravenscraft — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 23:58:32 +0000

In this episode of Successful Life Mindset, Tracy and Cliff discuss the following:

- How Great Leaders Inspire Action
- TED Talk Link: http://gspn.tv/5ef7
- Ask your subconscious mind anything!
- What is your why?

Please give us a call on our voicemail feedback hotline at 859-795-4067 or feel free to email Tracy at Podcast@TrostMovingPictures.com.

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203 Family From The Heart – We’re Normal?

Cliff Ravenscraft — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 18:35:05 +0000

In this episode of Family From The Heart, we discussed the following and more.

-Space Camp Update
-Busy, Busy, Busy
-Company Visiting
_And More

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036 Hunger Games – Mockingjay Chapters 10-11

Cliff Ravenscraft — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:48:40 +0000

In this episode of the Hunger Games Fan Podcast, Stephanie and I share our reactions to the 10th and 11th chapters of the third book in the Hunger Games Trilogy, Mockingjay.

We would like to invite you to “Join The Community” in the discussion group that we have set up for The Hunger Games which you can find listed at http://gspncommunity.com/groups.

Please be sure to tell someone you know about http://HungerGamesPodcast.com

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023 Authentic Life Radio – Disney Goodness

Cliff Ravenscraft — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:22:35 +0000

In this episode Sarah and Stephanie discuss the following:

-Girls Night
-Summer Clothes Shopping…in Winter
-Sickness Strikes Our Homes
-Lydia Gaining Confidence
-Kids Growing
-School’s End Quickly Approaching – Middle School
-Feedback – Much Needed Encouragement
-Exciting News!!!

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027 SLM – Is Resistance A Good Thing?

Cliff Ravenscraft — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 13:52:11 +0000

In this episode of Successful Life Mindset, Cliff and Tracy discuss the following:

- Book: E-Myth Revisited
- Cliff’s hired a third person to the team.
- How many businesses get started.
- Running a business v/s a business running you.
- A special email.
- Your life should be focused on helping others.
- Thoughts on resistance.
- How Tracy got back into running.
- Cutting all sources of retreat.

Please give us a call on our voicemail feedback hotline at 859-795-4067 or feel free to email Tracy at Podcast@TrostMovingPictures.com.

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202 Family From The Heart – Mission Complete

Cliff Ravenscraft — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 13:42:40 +0000

In this episode of Family From The Heart, we discussed the following and more.

-Begins with Ramblings
-Steph and Sarah’s trip to Disney
-Space Camp
-Team Member 3
-Very Proud of Meagan
-McKenna Clothes Shopping
-The “Talk” MIssion Complete

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253 Podcast Answer Man – Slow Start With Affiliate Programs And An Interview With Gary Takacs

Cliff Ravenscraft — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:09:21 +0000

Mixergy Interview
I started off this week’s episode explaining what honor it was to be invited as a guest on Andrew Warner’s Mixergy podcast. If you would like to see the interview, please check it out at by clicking here.

Random Plug of The Week
This week’s random plug of the week goes out to the Communication Diva Podcast from Jenn Swanson. CommunicationDiva.com is a site that wants to help, with articles, audio podcasts, and discussions about how we can all improve the way we talk to each other, and perhaps build better relationships. If you check out show, please tell her that you heard about her from The Podcast Answer Man.

Slow Start With Affiliate Programs
Dan Mattson called in to explain that’s has not had a lot of initial success building affilate relationships with folks in the wooden boat industry. In this episode, I provide some of my thoughts on how Dan could proceed with building relationships with big suppliers the mentioned in his feedback. I also reminded Dan of a creative way to generate income around his niche field by creating a Wooden Boat Weekend Workshop.

I had brought this up to him in the past and I noticed that he had still not purchased the domain, WoodenBoatWeekend.com. I believe that with a great bit of determination, such a workshop could generate some serious income. As a favor to Dan, I went ahead and registered the domain so that nobody would go and squat on it after my giving it such public attention. I’m happy to transfer the domain to Dan should he decide to take action on this idea.

Interview with Gary Takacs
Gary Takacs’ passion is helping dentists develop their ideal practice. Specializing in the ‘business of dentistry’, his unique, in-depth knowledge of the components of a successful practice has helped thousands of dental offices thrive in today’s challenging business environment.

Gary recently added and audio podcast as a marketing channel for his consulting business. I am always inspired by others who have found a way to create a successful podcast around their business, and Gary has certainly done that. I hope you enjoy this interview.

Register For BlogWorld Today!
If you are serious about your podcasting efforts, I highly recommend that you attend this leading podcast industry conference. I know for a fact that some very exciting things are going to be happening at this year’s NYC event, relating to podcasting. If you haven’t registered yet, feel free to use my affiliate link to get registered today. Use promo code GSPN10 for 10% off!

Accounts that were created this week:
- http://TodaysHomeRemedies.com
- http://KyleBieda.com
- http://MetalMoment.com

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035 Hunger Games – Mockingjay Chapters 8-9

Cliff Ravenscraft — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 01:48:16 +0000

In this episode of the Hunger Games Fan Podcast, Stephanie and I share our reactions to the 8th and 9th chapters of the third book in the Hunger Games Trilogy, Mockingjay.

We would like to invite you to “Join The Community” in the discussion group that we have set up for The Hunger Games which you can find listed at http://gspncommunity.com/groups.

Please be sure to tell someone you know about http://HungerGamesPodcast.com

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026 SLM – Your Limitations Are of Your Own Making

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 13:17:19 +0000

Below are just a few of the notes from the conversation that Tracy and I had during this week’s episode.
- A bit rusty, but back in in the studio.
- Tracy met with leaders in Honduras
- Working on a major event. http://onenationoneday.com
- Your mental limitations are of your own making.
- Three of Cliff’s goals have been achieved in 2012!
- Sometimes the key to believing is to start doing it.
- Book: The Question Behind The Question

Please give us a call on our voicemail feedback hotline at 859-795-4067 or feel free to email Tracy at Podcast@TrostMovingPictures.com.

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201 Family From The Heart – Bitter Sweet Symphony

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 12:37:01 +0000

In this episode of Family From The Heart, we discussed the following and more.

- What items of importance were grabbed as tornados approached.
- Will the Ravenscraft’s get the New iPad?
- Back to regular workouts?
- No more Bitter Sweet Symphony!
- A new Disney adventure?
- Space camp coming soon.

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022 Authentic Life Radio – Perfect Rock Star

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 11:50:34 +0000

In this episode Sarah and Stephanie discuss the following:

-Our Tornado Experiences
-Why we didn’t record last week
-God’s humor and His loving kindness
-Time management as a family – Crazy Schedules
-We Are Perfect Rock Stars

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252 Podcast Answer Man – You Inspired Me To Stop Podcasting?

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 10:58:30 +0000

You Inspired Me To Stop Podcasting
I never thought the day would come where I would be happy to receive feedback from a podcaster who said that I’ve inspired them to end several of their podcasts. However, I could not be more delighted to receive such feedback from John Wilkerson of the Wired Homeschool Podcast. John has been producing several podcasts for many years. However, he recently decided to suspend production of all podcasts, except for the Wired Homeschool. To learn why, please listen for his call in this episode.

Random Plug of The Week
This week’s random plug of the week goes out to the South Geek Ramble & Review Podcast from Donovan Adkisson. I encourage you to check out this tech show that covers technology from a “Southern” perspective. If you decide to check it out, please tell Donovan that you heard about the podcast from the Podcast Answer Man.

Would SoundCloud Work For Podcasting?
Yesterday, I posted an hour long video that is a screencast of a conversation that I had with Ben Fawkes from SoundCloud.com. Ben wanted to tell me about how they are opening up their platform for podcasting. I figured that the podcasting community would be interested in hearing what I learned on the call. Click here to see the post.

Podcast WorkFlow & Heil Mic Placement
Tom Lelyo called in to ask two questions. First, he wanted to know if there was a better podcast production workflow than the one that he is using. I suggested that he first go through my free How To Podcast tutorial and then my WordPress For Podcasters tutorial. I tried to give an overview of my production workflow in the episode.

Tom’s other question had to do with the proper mic technique for the Heil PR-40 microphone. Have a listen to the episode to hear what I shared in response to this question.

Facebook Timeline Is Here For Facebook Pages
In this week’s social media update, Erik J. Fisher informs us that Facebook will force all Facebook pages to convert to the Timeline layout on March 30th. If you have a Facebook page, you can go ahead and tweak and publish your timeline layout now. Check out the article that Erik mentions at http://gspn.tv/fbpagesetup.

Accounts that were created this week:
- http://thelightnetwork.tv
- http://DecreaseMyRealEstateTaxes.com

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— Cliff Ravenscraft (@GSPN) March 8, 2012

200 Family From The Heart – Doesn’t Get Any More Real Than This!

Cliff Ravenscraft — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 22:12:04 +0000

Can you believe that this is our 200th episode of Family From The Heart? We have shared so much of what has been going on in the lives of our family these past few years and we are so thankful to each and every one of you who have been on this journey with us.

You’d think we would spend hours preparing all sorts of things to say to make this 200th episode super special. Instead, we simply got behind the microphone in the style that Stephanie enjoys most, with nothing prepared.
Please note that this episode may not be suitable for younger audiences. We give parents full warning in the episode before saying anything.
We hope you enjoy this 200th episode!

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034 Hunger Games – Mockingjay Chapters 6-7

Cliff Ravenscraft — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 21:46:45 +0000

In this episode of the Hunger Games Fan Podcast, Stephanie and I share our reactions to the 6th and 7th chapters of the third book in the Hunger Games Trilogy, Mockingjay.

We would like to invite you to “Join The Community” in the discussion group that we have set up for The Hunger Games which you can find listed at http://gspncommunity.com/groups.

Please be sure to tell someone you know about http://HungerGamesPodcast.com

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251 Podcast Answer Man – Major BlogWorld Announcement – Interview With Leslie Samuel – And So Much More!

Cliff Ravenscraft — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 20:35:55 +0000

Leslie Samuel’s Online Content Paves Way For Dream Job!
I am so excited about this week’s “Where Are They Now” interview with Leslie Samuel from LearningWithLeslie.com and Interactive-Biology.com. Leslie’s story is full of so much valuable insight and inspiration. I know that you are going to love hearing about how a site with some online videos and an audio podcast paved the way for him to fulfill his dream of teaching Biology at the University level, even though he did not have his PHD.

Here are a few key points that I pulled from the interview:
- Leslie is from St. Maarten and came to the states to study biology.
- It was his dream to teach biology at the University level.
- He simply didn’t have the desire to go through what was needed to get his PHD.
- He accepted a job teaching High School Biology.
- “If I can’t teach at the university level offline, I’ll do it online!”
- In January 2011, he created: http://Interactive-Biology.com
- Produced videos between 3 to 8 minutes approximately three times per week.
- Even though he can now upload videos in excess of 60 minutes, he still prefers creating videos at 3 to 5 minutes.
- “If you are going to do somethign online, you might as well do it about something that you are passionate about.”
- A listener sent feedback with a story about how his wife was singing his podcast jingle in her sleep!
- In the first year, he did not focus on monetization at all.
- Today, he is bringing in between $500 to $1,500 per month from study guides.
- Why does he do an audio podcast? He says, “I can’t see myself not doing it.”
- Audio podcasts had an amazing impact on his life and he wanted to do the same for others.
- Leslie shares what he’s learned about creating an online business at http://LearningWithLeslie.com.

Random Plug of The Week
This week’s random plug of the week goes out to the Video Snap Cast from Spencer Burnside. I absolutely love that he’s created an audio podcasters to help beginners in video production. If you decide to check it out, please tell him that you heard about the podcast from the Podcast Answer Man.

Major BlogWorld Announcement!
Last week, I shared just how excited I am that I was invited back to speak at BlogWorld NYC here in 2012, held June 5th, 6th, and 7th. In this episode, I revealed some more amazing news about BlogWorld.

I was not only invited to speak in the podcasting track for both BlogWorld NYC & LA, I was also offered the position of track leader for the entire podcasting track for the conference. It’s a very significant commitment, especially since the NYC event is only three months away, with 24 sessions to create and 40 to 60 speakers to invite to fill those sessions. However, there is absolutely no question that I am up for the task.

In fact, things could have not worked out more perfectly as far as my ability to shift a few priorities to slip this in as my #2 priority, just under The Podcast Mastermind.

If you are serious about your podcasting efforts, I highly recommend that you attend this leading podcast industry conference. I know for a fact that some very exciting things are going to be happening at this year’s NYC event, relating to podcasting. If you haven’t registered yet, feel free to use my affiliate link to get registered today.

What Can I Do With The Free Web Space From My ISP?
Butch called in to say that he’s been using some free web space that was provided by his ISP for the past several years to promote his personal brand. He’s getting ready to launch a podcast and wanted to know if I would recommend leaving that site up as a static landing page and have a separate page, using WordPress, for his podcast. I give my response to this question in the podcast.

Is The iPhone Enough For A First Time Podcaster?
Josh wrote in to say that he and his wife are expecting their first child. They thought it would be cool to create a podcast to talk about being first time parents. Josh wanted to know if I felt that he could get by with just the iPhone and an audio recording application or if I felt he should get a small, yet professional, digital audio recorder. I think my response may be shocking to some long time podcasting listeners.

What All Is Needed To Do A Podcast via Skype With Three People?
Johnny wrote in to ask what equipment each person would need to have to pull off a podcast where there were three co-hosts who were all three in different geographic areas. I give a pretty detailed response to this question in the episode.

Blue Host Affiliate Signup
I want to send out a special word of thanks to the folks behind the following domains that were used to create a new hosting account with BlueHost with my Blue Host affiliate link this past week. As you know, I earn a commission each time someone clicks through my link to sign up with Blue Host. So thank you!

Accounts that were created this week:
- http://DecreaseMyRealEstateTaxes.com
- http://CreateSpring.com

Note: The fact that I have linked to these accounts is only to acknowledge that these folks have used my affiliate link to create a hosting account with BlueHost. These links are not an endorsement of any content that may be posted to these sites. If you ever recognize content blatantly offensive at any of these links, please let me know and I will be sure to evaluate and consider for permanent removal. These accounts are all brand new and may not be active yet. Also, it is possible that some of these domains were previously owned and my not have been transfered to BlueHost just yet.

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180 Help I Got A Mac – The Final Epsode

Cliff Ravenscraft — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 19:01:56 +0000

Well my friends, all great things must come to an end and Chris and I bring you this final episode of Help I Got A Mac.
If you have not yet heard about why this and several other shows have been canceled, please listen to episode 242 of Podcast Answer Man which will explain everything in detail.
Link to that episode:
http://podcastanswerman.com/242/
In this final episode of Help I Got A Back, Chris and I discuss the following:

- Chris dumps his iPhone 4s for an android phone.
- Are we looking forward to iPad 3?
- Anything new on Apple TV?
- Mountain Lion
- Steve Jobs Biography
- Inside Apple Book
- Fox Report on Nightline
- iPhone 5 coming this year?
- Tim Cook as CEO
- iTextBooks

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513 PABL – Amazing Things Are Happening

Cliff Ravenscraft — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 19:11:11 +0000

In this episode of Pursuing A Balanced Life, I share some exciting news about the various things that have been going on related to my work/life balance.

I’m happy to announce that I’m finally in a place where I am experiencing a good deal of margin on a consistent basis. With that said, I am always faced with the opportunity to fill all the empty spaces on my calendar with work that I enjoy so much.

I also share some exciting business things that I have been working on these past few weeks.
At the beginning of the episode, I do share an update on how things are going in my pursuit of physical health/fitness.

Hope you enjoy the episode and that it is of some value to you.

Don’t forget to tweet about your pursuit of a balanced life, joining us in the #PABL campaign.

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250 Podcast Answer Man – Should Podcasters Have An Interest In Pinterest? And More!

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 19:12:21 +0000

Should Podcasters Have An Interest In Pinterest?
There has been an increasing amount of buzz in the media and in the social networking community about Pinterest. What is Pinterest? Rob Lammle from Mashable says that… “Pinterest is a place to organize and share online images that you find interesting or inspiring. Once uploaded or shared on Pinterest, these images become known as Pins, which the user can place on customized, themed Boards. You can create Boards for any topic imaginable, from cats to classic cars to cats driving classic cars. The possibilities are endless.”

I am happy to bring you a bit of a lengthier social media segment, with Erik J. Fisher, this week as we go into a bit of detail about how Pinterest can be good for extending your brand online. This segment starts at the 00:24:12 mark in the episode.

Random Plug of The Week
This week’s random plug of the week goes out to the Crimson Cord Podcast from James Caso. The reason I am highlight Jim’s podcast this week is due to the fact that he made a commitment to a date when his first episode would be published online and he did it. He put it online.

It appears that Jim is still working on submitting his podcast rss feed to the the various podcast directories. The important thing to note here is that we all have to start somewhere and I hope that Jim will be an encouragement to those who have been wanting to create a podcast for months but still have not yet published their first episode online.

I’m Speaking at BlogWorld NYC
I’m so excited that I’ll be returning to BlogWorld NYC here in 2012, held June 5th, 6th, and 7th. I am also happy to announce that I will be speaking at BlogWorld again. If you are serious about your podcasting efforts, I highly recommend that you attend this leading podcast industry conference. I have a feeling that some very exciting things are going to be happening at this year’s event, relating to podcasting. If you haven’t registered yet, feel free to use my affiliate link to get registered today.

Advice On Hosting Meetups
JD called in to ask if I had any advice on the topic of hosting meetings with your community. Based upon my experience of hosting meetings over the past several years, I recommend the following:

1) Determine the purpose for your meetup.
2) Choose your time, date and location.
3) Set up a RSVP page for your event.
4) Show some love for your community.

Note: I’ve had great success with both EventBrite.com and Facebook Event pages.

Honestly, I felt that I could have spent a little more time coming up with some thoughts on this subject. However, I ended up recording the beginning of this episode, and this question, after I had already recorded the social media segment about Pinterest. That’s the power of post production. If you have some additional thoughts on meetups, please feel free to add them in the comments section below. Perhaps I’ll address this topic in greater detail in a future episode.

Advice On Interviewing Others
David Dell, called in to ask for some tips on conducting interviews for your podcast. Based upon my experience in hosting many interviews of the past several years, I recommend the following:

1) Know what you want from the interview ahead of time.
2) Attempt to interview “talkative” people.
3) Prepare your questions ahead of time.
4) Share your questions with your interviewee ahead of time.

David had mentioned that in his days of interviewing people for the written media, he could take bits and pieces of the interview and weave them into a good story. However, he felt that he needed some advise in audio interviews since he believed that you’d be pretty much stuck with what the person said in the recording. I shared why I believe that you can practically do everything with an audio interview that you could do with a written interview.

My great friend, Pat Flynn, posted an article on his blog, this week, titled “Top 10 Tips for Conducting an Exceptional Interview.” I highly encourage folks to check that out for some additional insights!

Blue Host Affiliate Signup
I want to send out a special word of thanks to the folks behind the following domains that were used to create a new hosting account with BlueHost with my Blue Host affiliate link this past week. As you know, I earn a commission each time someone clicks through my link to sign up with Blue Host. So thank you!

Accounts that were created this week:
- http://lifesaverkitproject.org
- http://onlydave.com

Note: The fact that I have linked to these accounts is only to acknowledge that these folks have used my affiliate link to create a hosting account with BlueHost. These links are not an endorsement of any content that may be posted to these sites. If you ever recognize content blatantly offensive at any of these links, please let me know and I will be sure to evaluate and consider for permanent removal. These accounts are all brand new and may not be active yet. Also, it is possible that some of these domains were previously owned and my not have been transfered to BlueHost just yet.

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199 Family From The Heart – Achieving Goals

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:49:16 +0000

In this episode Cliff and Stephanie talk about the following:

- A quote for Evan Almighty
- marathon training update
- Cliff’s fitness update
- 3 speaking goals achieved
- Journey 2 movie review
- Read All About It

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021 Authentic Life Radio – Happily Ever After

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:27:43 +0000

In this episode Sarah and Stephanie talk about the following:

- Steph’s still in one piece
- Sarah’s journey to freedom – joy
- Our tribute to Whitney Houston
- Changes in our kids – We need help
- There is a Happily Ever After

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198 Family From The Heart – Just The Two Of Us

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 03:18:55 +0000

In this episode Cliff and I share about our trip to Florida. We also shared some amazing community feedback.

We are very excited about Anne-Sophie’s first digital product called Ultimate Guide to a Healthy Body Image. You can find it at http://myintercontinentallife.com/ultimateguide

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020 Authentic Life Radio – Hoping for Spring

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 03:07:28 +0000

In this episode Sarah and Stephanie talk about the following:

- A Kentucky Weather Update
-Remembering Forrest Gump
-Wishing for a snow day but hoping from spring
-Signs of kids growing up
-Secret desire to be a Disney Princess

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249 Podcast Answer Man – Taking Yourself To The Next Level And So Much More!

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 03:00:55 +0000

What Does This Have To Do With Podcasting?
The first 11 minutes of this episode may seem to have very little to do with the world of podcasting and taking your show to the next level. However, by the end of that 11 minutes, I hope that I will have convinced you otherwise.

Random Plug of The Week
This week’s random plug of the week goes out to the This Is Your Life Podcast from Michael Hyatt. This is a weekly podcast dedicated to intentional leadership. The goal is to help you live with more passion, work with greater focus, and lead with extraordinary influence. I am certainly subscribed!

During Michael’s first episode, he shared 10 ways to generate more blog traffic. I went through his list and explained how you could apply these items to generating more exposure for your audio podcast.

If you take some time to check out his podcast, please let him know that you heard about it from The Podcast Answer Man.

When The Right People Notice
Many of you will recognize the following quote that I often share from Jason Fried’s book “REWORK.”

That last part says “You have to do it for a LONG TIME before the RIGHT PEOPLE notice. After about 4 years into building my brand, people like Dan Miller began to take notice of my brand and began to tell others about me and the products and services that I offer.

Michael is another example of one of those “right people” that noticed! He has one of the most popular blogs in the eyes of those who are within my direct target audience. Michael has well over 188 THOUSAND subscribers to his blog!

Keep that in mind as you read what he wrote at the following link:
http://michaelhyatt.com/7-steps-to-launching-your-next-big-project.html

The blog post is having immediate impact. I’ve seen a significant amount of traffic, already, from this exposure! I can only imagine, at this point, what all will come from this! One thing is for sure! Well over one hundred thousand new people have heard or are about to hear about me for the very first time, and from someone they greatly trust. I am so incredibly thankful for the glowing endorsement that Michael gave of my products and services.

How Do You Keep The Content Flowing?
Tom called in to ask how we, as podcasters, can be sure that we’ll be able to consistently bring a steady flow of valuable content to our audience. I shared my thoughts on podcasting about things for which you are sincerely passionate about. I also shared how and why I decided to end the Virtual Assistant Podcast when I did.

Special thanks to Chris Bockay, Mark Mason, Bill Graff, Dave Stachowiak, Wade Wingler, and Rich Berning, members of The Podcast Mastermind, for sharing some tips on how they are able to keep a steady flow of valuable content flowing.

iPhone Mix Minus
Wade asked a question that has not been asked in quite some time. He wanted to know if it was possible to use his iPhone to set up a mix-minus with his mixer to record phone interviews. I covered this topic way back in episode 176. Click Here to listen to that episode and to see the diagram that I included in the show notes.

Free RSS to Email Solution
Debra called in because she noticed that Feedburner seems to have dropped its “subscribe via email” option. She wanted to know if there were another free solution to allow folks to subscribe to her rss feed via email. I shared that she could check out MailChimp’s RSS to Email Service. However, I strongly encourage her and everyone to READ THIS POST before you are enticed by the “FREE” option to start any mailing list.

Blue Host Affiliate Signup
I want to send out a special word of thanks to the folks behind the following domains that were used to create a new hosting account with BlueHost with my Blue Host affiliate link this past week. As you know, I earn a commission each time someone clicks through my link to sign up with Blue Host. So thank you!

Accounts that were created this week:
- http://repsonline.org
- http://lifesaverkitproject.org
- http://onlydave.com

Note: The fact that I have linked to these accounts is only to acknowledge that these folks have used my affiliate link to create a hosting account with BlueHost. These links are not an endorsement of any content that may be posted to these sites. If you ever recognize content blatantly offensive at any of these links, please let me know and I will be sure to evaluate and consider for permanent removal. These accounts are all brand new and may not be active yet. Also, it is possible that some of these domains were previously owned and my not have been transfered to BlueHost just yet.

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248 Podcast Answer Man – Getting More Tweets – Self Promoters – Affiliate Relationships – The Voice – And So Much More!

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:47:50 +0000

Random Plug of The Week
This week’s random plug of the week goes out to the Farm And Ranch Country Podcast from Bill Graff. If you take some time to check out his podcast, please let him know that you heard about them from The Podcast Answer Man.

Getting More Tweets
This week, our social media correspondent, Erik J. Fisher, shares three ways that folks can generate a greater amount of traffic to their content by having their community/audience tweet links to their followers.

The information comes from this amazing article from the Buffer App Blog.

Services mentioned during this segment:
- http://cloudflood.com
- http://paywithatweet.com
- http://clicktotweet.com
- Twitter @Anywhere Plus WordPress Plugin

Shameless Vs Shameful Self Promotion
Jason called in to ask for my thoughts on how to handle those who seem to spend most of their time promoting themselves in the community environments that we have worked so hard to create. I share some of my thoughts in this episode.

Affiliate Relationships With Smaller Brands
JD called in to ask my thoughts on how to manage affiliate relationships with smaller brands who do not have official systems for tracking sales that come from his referrals. I provide a few simple ideas and remind him that trust and faith go a long way in business relationships.

The Voice of The Host
Jeremy called in to ask if I had any thoughts on podcasters getting some professional training to make themselves sound a bit more “polished” and “professional.” I am not opposed to going down this avenue to take your podcast to the next level. However, I warn folks to never lose that authenticity in hosting your show. I’d rather be a bit unpolished and relatable than sound like the professionals on the radio.

Podcast Voicemail Setup
Tom called to ask about setting up the greeting with Google Voice for his listener feedback hotline. I gave a few short thoughts here and suggested that he check out my blog post at http://PodcastAnswerMan.com/voicemail.

All Audio On A Single Computer
Jadon wanted to know how he can record all audio sources into a single computer without the use of a mixer and such for when he is out on the road. If you are a mac user, you should check out Audio Hijack Pro. If you are a PC user, you could look into Total Recorder.

Blue Host Affiliate Signup
I want to send out a special word of thanks to the folks behind the following domains that were used to create a new hosting account with BlueHost with my Blue Host affiliate link this past week. As you know, I earn a commission each time someone clicks through my link to sign up with Blue Host. So thank you!

Accounts that were created this week:
- http://smokehousepodcast.com
- http://infiniteloveministries.com
- http://theshortsalepodcast.com
- http://consultativefirm.com
- http://karlsmelser.com
- http://yournewva.com

Note: These accounts are all brand new and may not be active yet. Also, it is possible that some of these domains were previously owned and my not have been transfered to BlueHost just yet.

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— Cliff Ravenscraft (@GSPN) February 10, 2012

129 EOTC – Know God, Love God & Live The Life For Which You Were Created

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:09:27 +0000

In this episode Cliff is once again joined by his good friend David Foster. Together they talk about true identity in Christ. They talk about money being a good thing and a God thing. And they talk about the journey of knowing God, loving God and living the life for which we are created.

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025 Successful Life Mindset – Core Belief System

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:06:04 +0000

In this episode Cliff and Tracy talk about our core belief system and how it’s programmed.

Please give us a call on our voicemail feedback hotline at 859-795-4067 or feel free to email Tracy at Podcast@TrostMovingPictures.com.

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197 Family From The Heart – We Will Bring You A Change Of Clothes

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:58:50 +0000

In this episode Cliff and Stephanie talk about the following:

-Steph’s trip to Co
-Superbowl Commercial Party
-Kids are still alive
-Mardel is Awesome
-Daddy Daughter dance night
-God blesses our finances

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019 Authentic Life Radio – Making Us New

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:44:39 +0000

In this episode Sarah and Stephanie talk about the following:

-Steph’s trip to Colorado
-Steph’s finding out who she is in Christ
-Getting new names

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024 Successful Life Mindset – How Much Money Do You Plan To Make

Cliff Ravenscraft — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:51:56 +0000

In this episode, Cliff brings up the topic that many people have not given much thought as to how much money they desire to earn over the next twelve months. Tracy and Cliff both discuss just how “important” it is to decide, ahead of time, how much money you desire to earn.

Please give us a call on our voicemail feedback hotline at 859-795-4067 or feel free to email Tracy at Podcast@TrostMovingPictures.com.

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196 Family From The Heart – Single Dad Weekend

Cliff Ravenscraft — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:22:35 +0000

In this episode Cliff flies solo while Stephanie is out of town. He shares his plans on how he hopes his Single Dad Weekend will go.

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018 Authentic Life Radio – Mom, You’re Embarrassing Me!

Cliff Ravenscraft — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:14:43 +0000

In this episode Sarah and Stephanie talk about the following:

-Steph is leaving for CO tomorrow
-Husband and wife time/Marriage is hard
-Celebration of Marriage
-Pursing our dreams
-Our dancing skills
-Boyfriends/girlfriends
-Embarrassing our kids

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Thoughts From The Journey – Colorado, Here I Come!

Stephanie Ravenscraft — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:31:51 +0000

As I sit on the plane heading to Chicago I can’t believe I’m on this journey. Or rather that this adventure is part of my journey.

I first learned about the Captivating Retreat several months ago in an email from Ransomed Heart Ministries. I’d never heard of such a thing before. I remember reading the email thinking “That’s Amazing, I would love to do that.”. But I never believed it would be possible. The cost, the time away, I just didn’t think it was possible.

Through an unexpected spontaneous moment at my kitchen table, my husband offered to send me and my best friend, Sarah. I was Shocked!! Again, I never believed it was possible and now I’m given the chance to share it with Sarah.

A few weeks into planning Sarah realized due to scheduling she would not be able to attend. I struggled with whether I should still go. Could I do this alone? Did
I want to? Through much prayer it became clear that this adventure was meant for me to do alone.

So I sit on this plane missing Sarah, and thinking how this all began. I like so many had lost myself in the hustle of the everyday. The things I love most being wife, mom, friend and business partner had become tasks to get done with my lost focus. I had become a hollow version of myself. Tied together with a smile but coming undone, to steal lyrics from Taylor Swift.

In November God started a work in me that has been leading to this weekend. Breaking me down, exposing my sins and confessing to those who hold me accountable. Taking apart the puzzle that is Stephanie and putting me back together piece by piece. Rearranging the pieces in the correct order make me a beautiful masterpiece for Him.

All leading up to this moment, on this plane, on this adventure to find all that my
God has in store for me.

I have so many emotions right now, excitement, terror, joy, anxiety all at the same time. But as I get closer to Colorado I’m more and more excited to spend this weekend with my Savior, learning more about both of us.

I truly can not wait to share what comes from this adventure with all of you.

247 Podcast Answer Man – Facebook Edge Rank – iTunes New And Noteworthy – How To Celebrate 100th Episode – And So Much More!

Cliff Ravenscraft — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:44:44 +0000

Facebook Edge Rank
This week, Erik Fisher shares some amazing insight that is sure to please those of you who manage Facebook fan pages. A few episodes back, we talked about how Facebook had changed their algorithm in such a way that content from fan pages are ranked with the lowest priority when it comes to what displays in the news feed of your fans. Have a listen to this episode to learn how to make your content a top story on Facebook.

iTunes’ New & Noteworthy Section
Ken Jones called in to ask if I had some insight into how iTunes mangages their New & Noteworthy section. One thing that I forgot to mention in the episode is that I am not aware of any way to go back and see any archives of which shows were featured previously in the New & Noteworthy section. For those who are interested in learning more about iTunes ratings and ranking, please check out the blog post that I did at http://PodcastAnswerMan.com/itunesratings.

How To Celebrate Your 100th Episode
Melitsa called in to say that she’s getting close to her 100th podcast episode and would love some thoughts on what she could do to celebrate this occasion. I shared a couple of my own thoughts in the episode. I know that many of you, in the Podcast Answer Man / gspn.tv community have many shows which have reached the 100th episode milestone. Please share any additional thoughts that you have on ways to celebrate in the comments section below.

What Camcorder Do I Recommend?
Fr. Jim Tucker called in to ask my opinion on which camcorder he should look into. I shared that my own experience with the “VIDEO” side of things is a bit limited. I did share that I am extremely happy with my Canon Vixia HF G10. I used this camera to record THIS INTERVIEW.

What To Do When You Get Bored!
John called in and shared that after 197 episodes where he’s interviewed experts in his niche field, he’s starting to get a little bored with his show format. In the episode, I share some of my thoughts about things he could consider. I also share my thoughts on his concept of doing a live call in show.

Moving RSS From Libsyn to WordPress:
Chris called in to say that he is currently using Feedburner for his podcast. This Feedburner account is currently pulling from his Libsyn rss feed. He wanted to know how he can change it so that his Feedburner account will pull from his WordPress rss feed instead. He also wanted to know if it is possible to only send the podcast episodes and not all the blog post entries out to Feedburner.

Blue Host Affiliate Signup
Special thanks to the folks behind http://88888ee.com (Explicit Language Warning!) for using my Blue Host affiliate link this past week to create their hosting account. As you know, I earn a commission each time someone clicks through my link to sign up with Blue Host. So thank you!

Random Plug of The Week
This week’s random plug of the week goes out to the Special Chronicles Podcast from Daniel Smrokowski. If you take some time to check out his podcast, please let him know that you heard about them from The Podcast Answer Man.

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— Cliff Ravenscraft (@GSPN) February 2, 2012

023 Successful Life Mindset – Mental Attitude And Mastermind Principle

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:30:27 +0000

In this episode of Successful Life Mindset, Cliff and Tracy share about the following:

- Napoleon Hill
- Think & Grow Rich
- The best definition of success is this: “Success is the knowledge with which to get whatever you want from life without violating the rights of others and by helping others to acquire it.”
- Success in the higher brackets of achievements is something that can be had only by taking others along with you.
- A negative mental attitude can bring you nothing but failure.
- Your mental attitude is the one and the only thing over which you have complete control.
- Your only real limitation is the one you accept and set up in your own mind.
- Remember always, you are where you are and what you are because of your mental attitude in which you relate yourself to other people.

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195 Family From The Heart – You May Not Like The New Me

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:19:38 +0000

In this episode of Family From The Heart, Cliff and I share about the following:

- K I S S I N G
- Orlando trip
- What’s been on our tv lately
- Not enough reading
- 22 hours
- Best Mistake Ever
- Quickbooks Online for Personal Finances
- Next Week’s show

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017 Authentic Life Radio – We Be Crazy

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:12:10 +0000

In this episode Sarah and Stephanie talk about the following:

- Random thought from Sarah
- Stephanie talks about prep for Colorado trip
- Sarah’s weekend trip with Andy
- Snow days…Are we going to have one?!?!?!
- Go through a lot and Grow through a lot
- We Be CRAZY
- Sarah’s realization about herself
- Steph has too many and Sarah has none
- Are we going to make it through adolescence?
- Feedback
- Professor Alan – letting others serve us
- Caryl – Our themes for the year
- Stephanie – Ideas for paper hoarders, and it goes with Steph’s theme for the year

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246 Podcast Answer Man – The Podcast Mastermind

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:48:51 +0000

The World Needs You To Be A Leader!
Since December 2006, I’ve personally helped hundreds of individuals launch successful podcasts through my one-on-one consulting and coaching. I have found one common thread among all podcasters who have achieved great success. They each understood their role, as a leader and they each took that role seriously.

Being a leader is not about holding a certain “position” in an organization. Having a degree from an institution does not make you a leader!

Leadership is more about how you have chosen to live your life. Leadership is more about how you think, how you act, how you talk, the tone in your voice, etc. Leadership means that you understand that you are influencing someone and that you don’t take that responsibility lightly.

One of the reasons that I love working with podcasters so much is due to the fact that they are influencing someone every single time they produce a podcast episode. The world needs great leaders! I believe that podcasters who take their leadership position seriously can make a positive difference in the lives of others.

The world needs you and your message! They need you to be a leader!

If someone were to ask, “Why should I listen to your podcast?” you should be able to immediately give a thirty second response, with confidence, as to why they should never miss an episode. I add more subscribers to all my shows by this one method alone! It’s why I try to accept as many invitations as possible to be a guest on other podcasts.

Are you willing to invest in your future success?
Are you willing to be the greatest leader you can be?
Are you wiling to commit to your personal and professional growth?

If so, please consider The Podcast Mastermind…

What Is A Mastermind?
The concept of the mastermind group was formally introduced by Napoleon Hill in his book, “Think and Grow Rich.”

In the video below, Hill defines the mastermind by saying that “A group that consists of two or more people, who work in perfect harmony for the attainment of a definite purpose.”

Please watch this video, and then I’ll highlight a few key points below.

Key points from the video above:

The mastermind is the principle through which you may borrow and use the education, the experience, the influence and perhaps the capital of other people in carrying out your own plans in life.

The mastermind is the principle through which you can accomplish more, in one year, than you could accomplish without it in a lifetime, if you relied entirely on your own efforts for success.

When you form a true mastermind alliance with others, and work with them in a spirit of perfect harmony, you can draw freely upon the spiritual forces within you in carrying out your plans and desires.

The mastermind principle can give you absolute protection against failure, provided always that your purpose, in using this principle, is beneficial to all whom you influence.

Control your mental attitude and make yourself friendly and agreeable with everyone whom you are closely associated if you expect friendly cooperation in return.

A negative mental attitude can bring you nothing but failure.

Remember always, you are where you are and what you are because of your mental attitude in which you relate yourself to other people.

Your mental attitude is the one and the only thing over which you have complete control.

Success in the higher brackets of achievement is something that can be had only by taking others along with you.

The best definition of success is this: “Success is the knowledge with which to get whatever you want from life without violating the rights of others and by helping others to acquire it.”

Your only real limitation is the one you accept and set up in your own mind.

I have studied the work of Napoleon Hill for several years now with a spirit of discernment. While I don’t always agree with the “higher power” with whom Hill attributes many of the truths he teaches, I have come to experience that every statement made above is undeniably true.

One of my favorite verses from the Bible is Proverbs 15:22 that says: “Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.”

Nearly every great achievement that I’ve made personally and professionally can be tied to the reality of the mastermind principle at work in my life.

Napoleon Hill said that there is no such thing as something for nothing. Everything, including your personal success, has a price that must be paid. He suggested that if you want to move forward on a path toward success, he suggested that you do three things:

1) Decide definitely where you wish to be and what you wish to be doing during the next three years.

2) Decide how much money you desire to be making and what you are going to do to earn it.

3) Involve yourself in a mastermind group.

I’ll be the first to tell you that you that you can do all of the above without any financial cost to you whatsoever. However, if you are a podcaster and you want to take your personal and professional life to a level you never dreamed possible, I encourage you to consider joining The Podcast Mastermind.

Description And Benefits of The Podcast Mastermind

Key Benefit #1 – The Mastermind Group:
The initial goal of The Podcast Mastermind is to grow to 100 podcasters, where each member has committed to being a part of a smaller mastermind group of no more than ten individuals. Each mastermind group will have two 90 minute meetings per month.

Within these mastermind groups, each individual is invested in the personal and professional growth of every member within the group!

The greatest benefits of The Podcast Mastermind include the synergy created by the accountability that comes from working on your goals in collaboration with others, the ability to use the experience and knowledge of others in your mastermind group and the invaluable feedback and support of other podcasters.

What Does This Mean To You?

- Dramatic improvements in both your personal and your professional life.
- You will have more focus and greater confidence in yourself and your abilities.
- You will have more clarity about what to do next.
- You’ll have the momentum and energy that you need to sustain you through those rough spots.
- You will experience less false starts and spend less time learning through trial and error.
- You will have a deeper understanding of how you are perceived by others.
- You will sharpen your leadership and communication skills.
- You will be giving and receiving support in a warm and friendly environment.
- You are going to achieve your goals faster than you ever thought possible.

Key Benefit #2 – The Podcast Mastermind Success Seminars
There will be a minimum of one Podcast Mastermind Success Seminar each month. These seminars will be led by hand-picked experts who are going to share with you top tips and information that you will need to ensure your personal, professional, and podcasting success.

These seminars will be held via GoToWebinar or a telephone conference calling service depending on the guest expert and content being delivered.

Unlike the two monthly mastermind group calls, you are NOT REQUIRED to attend these Podcast Mastermind Success Seminars as they are presented live. Each of these seminars will be recorded in high quality audio for the teleseminars or in HD video for the webinar sessions.

The entire catalog of the Podcast Mastermind Success Seminars, including all Podcast Answer Man digital training products, are available as a global benefit to all members of the Podcast Mastermind.

Key Benefit #3 – The Podcast Mastermind Online Member Portal

The most important function of the exclusive Podcast Mastermind Online Member Portal is its ability to allow members to stay in touch with other members of their mastermind group between the two monthly scheduled meetings.

One of the dangers of not staying in constant contact with other podcasters is that you may find something that works for you and stick with it. This may sound great. However, this approach will ultimately cause you to fall behind the curve and miss out on amazing opportunities to grow your brand and improve your productivity and effectiveness.

Every Podcast Mastermind member will post and describe a minimum of one valuable resource that they have found each month. These resources can be anything such as a web or mobile application, a WordPress plugin, an online service, a piece of specialized software, a book, etc.

The Podcast Mastermind Online Member Portal will also be the place where members will access all the recorded content mentioned in Key Benefit #2.

Key Benefit #4 – Amazing Promotion of Your Online Efforts to Others!
Over the years, I’ve developed a rather significant and extremely loyal online community around the shows that I produce. As I get to know each individual of The Podcast Mastermind more closely, I will come to understand their goals, hopes and dreams.

There is no doubt that as I create content for my various shows, I’ll be looking for natural ways to promote the online efforts of those within The Podcast Mastermind.

Also, as I have continued interactions with others through my one-on-one consulting/coaching and other various business pursuits, I know that I’ll be confronted with those “divine appointments” where I will be able to make a connection to folks that would have never happened had I not been so closely connected to those within The Podcast Mastermind.

The best part about this is that every member of The Podcast Mastermind is also a podcaster. This means that each and every member comes with an online community of people that they influence as well. I am sure that you can understand how the close connections and synergy with the other members of The Podcast Mastermind can take the promotion of your online efforts to a whole new level.

The Podcast Mastermind Is An Exclusive Organization!
Not everyone who applies for membership in The Podcast Mastermind is accepted. We are looking for very specific characteristics in those whom we consider for membership. Please look over the list below to see if you exhibit the main qualities we are looking for.

- You are a success-minded individual with a positive mental attitude! If you consistently see the glass half empty, you need not apply.
- You are a highly motivated individual. You have dreams and a determination to see those dreams become reality.
- You have a desire to gain more focus and clarity in your life and/or your brand.
- You have a willingness to commit several hours per month to your own personal and professional self improvement.
- You have a commitment to your own personal success as well as the success of every individual in your mastermind group (up to 9 other people within your group).
- You are unwilling to settle for an “ordinary” life. You are eager to pursue a life that fulfills you on new levels.
- You are passionate about your life and the work you do.
- You acknowledge that you have fears about the uncertainty of the future, but you are committed to moving forward, in spite of your fears, to progress through the plans you have set out to achieve your goals.
- You have a willingness to operate outside of your comfort zone when the need arises.
- You have the ability to graciously receive help, advice, criticism ,support and encouragement.
- You have the ability to graciously give help, advice, criticism, support and encouragement.
- You are willing to be held accountable to the goals you set for yourself.
- You are an active listener who seeks to first understand the real issue before offering advice.
- You take responsibility for your own success, and you refuse to place blame elsewhere for any failures you encounter.
- You are willing to invest time, money, emotion, willpower and energy into taking better care of yourself and creating the life you want.
- You are willing to give as much as you receive from the Podcast Mastermind Group.
- While circumstances may change, you have a very good idea of what you wish to be doing during the next three years.
- You are willing to make a make a minimum of a one-year commitment to The Podcast Mastermind should your application be accepted.
- You are willing to commit to the required attendance of the two 90-minute monthly mastermind group calls.

Are You Ready For The Podcast Mastermind?
If you struggle with several of the statements above, you may not yet be ready for The Podcast Mastermind. There are many people who are not yet ready to pursue success in their lives.

Prior to September 2007, I was not willing to take myself seriously. It sounds crazy, but I was actually afraid that I might succeed! While it was so easy for others to see the potential within me, I struggled to understand my value and my need to become the leader that I was designed to be.

Just like Henry Ford, my wife was among the first of ten individuals within my first personal mastermind. Through their encouragement, I overcame my fear of both failure and success and left my career in insurance behind. If you have not heard my full story, I encourage you to watch the entire video found at the bottom of my ABOUT PAGE.

When I took the bold step to leave my career in insurance and pursue my calling in life, did I find immediate success? Absolutely not! I failed hard and failed often. In 2008, my first year in business for myself, I had experienced more all-consuming fear, anxiety and doubt than I’d ever experienced in my life, combined, up until that point.

I recently released THIS PODCAST EPISODE where I shared, publicly to the whole world for the first time ever, the most scathing, negative and critical piece of feedback that I had ever received in all my podcasting history. If you LISTEN TO IT, you’ll hear that it is only due to the mastermind concept that I made it through those challenging times and pushed through to where I am today.

Are you ready for The Podcast Mastermind?
The ability to apply for charter membership to The Podcast Mastermind is currently available by invitation only. More details about the application process will be posted when we are ready to expand the group beyond the charter members.

If you have been one of my one-on-one consulting clients, Podcasting A to Z students, or a long-time member of the Podcast Answer Man community and you feel that you should be on the Charter Member Invitee List, please email me at Cliff@PodcastAnswerMan.com.

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— Cliff Ravenscraft (@GSPN) January 27, 2012

022 Life Love And The Movies – You Mean You Still Have Fears?

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:30:38 +0000

In this episode of Life, Love and The Movies, Cliff and Tracy discuss the fact that even the most successful people will often struggle with fear of the unknown.

Cliff also shares the most scathing, negative, email that he’s ever received. The purpose of this was to explain how, in the midst of fear and doubt, he was able to get through this by leaning into the advice and counsel of success minded individuals.

Please give us a call on our voicemail feedback hotline at 859-795-4067 or feel free to email Tracy at Podcast@TrostMovingPictures.com.

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194 Family From The Heart – Cruise Update And Fire At The Middle School

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:22:23 +0000

In this episode of Family From The Heart, Stephanie and I share the following:
- Fire at the middle school.
- Current Cruise Update
- Stephanie leaves town in two weeks.
- Cliff’s 2012 Goals.

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245 Podcast Answer Man – PDF Files In Your Feed – Are Facebook Fan Pages A Thing of The Past? – Interview with Jason Cabassi And More!

Cliff Ravenscraft — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:47:09 +0000

How Do I Get Rid of This Hiss Sound?
Tom called in and told us that he had a hiss sound when he talks into his microphone. While I didn’t have enough information to diagnose his problem, I did share how I typically go about troubleshooting such issues. The key is going through, step by step, to rule out problems within each item within the equipment setup.

Help! I have PDF documents in my iTunes Feed!
Kirk called in and said that he’s got an issue where iTunes is pulling in a PDF document that was linked to in the show notes of a recent podcast episode, but the .mp3 file would not come through. In the episode, I share how he can go about fixing this issue.

Are Facebook Fan Pages A Thing of The Past?
I am so happy to bring in my great friend, Erik J. Fisher, as our official gspn.tv Social Media Correspondent. This week, Erik brings us up to speed on an issue where Facebook fan pages are not getting as much exposure in the news feed as personal profile “subscriptions.” I encourage you to check out the full article that we discussed by clicking here.

Podcast Mastermind Group
I briefly mentioned that the Podcast Mastermind Group that I have been planning for the past few months is about to launch this weekend. If you would like become one of the charter members, please email me today at Cliff@PodcastAnswerMan.com.

Where Are They Now Interview
Jason Cabassi does a television show fan podcast called The Waking Dead Cast. The Waking Dead television show is based on one of the most successful and popular comic books of all time, written by Robert Kirkman.

The following description is from the show’s about page: “AMC’s The Walking Dead captures the ongoing human drama following a zombie apocalypse. The series follows a group of survivors, led by police officer Rick Grimes, who are traveling in search of a safe and secure home. However, instead of the zombies, it is the living who remain that truly become the walking dead.”

Jason and his co-host Karen were huge fans of the television series and they had already been enjoying lengthy conversations about the tv show before deciding to podcast about it.

In the early part of our interview, you hear that Jason actually launched his fan podcast several months before the television show actually started. As a result, he thought that he would have the first fan podcast devoted to the show. Jason was shocked, however, to learn that there were already two other Walking Dead podcasts that had already launched before him. I think this is valuable information because, as you hear later in the interview, the fact the he was not the first to market did not keep him from experiencing a tremendous amount of success in getting the actors on to his show, doing something that he’s not able to share due to a non-disclosure agreement, and the potential of actually being on the show in the next season.

I hope that this is a source of inspiration for those of you who became discouraged to learn that there were already a number of podcasts devoted to the niche topic that you wanted to focus on with your podcast. I was about the fifth or sixth LOST podcast out there and that single show led to my currently full-time career in podcasting. So don’t worry about the others in your niche field. Create your unique show and get your voice out there!

An interesting note about Jason is that he is a technical writer by day and he used to work for Apple. He actually wrote the owners manual for the first ever iPod and the iPhone. It was when Apple decided to incorporate podcasting into iTunes that he was first introduced to the world of Podcasting. At first, he was very skeptical of the idea of listening to content created by random people without professional broadcast training. However, it did not take him long at all to find a few shows that were created around topics for which he was passionate about to quickly turn him into a fan of audio podcasts.

I hope that you find the conversation with Jason inspiring to you in your own podcasting journey and that you’ll be able to use that inspiration to take your own show to the next level.

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Random Plug of The Week
This week’s random plug of the week goes out to the How To Be Happy Podcast from Jared & Emily Akers. If you take some time to check out their podcast, please let them know that you heard about them from The Podcast Answer Man.

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— Cliff Ravenscraft (@GSPN) January 19, 2012

128 EOTC – Is God More Real Than Your Bank Account?

Cliff Ravenscraft — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:23:59 +0000

I am so delighted to have Wayne Jacobsen join us once again here on Encouraging Others Through Christ. This time around, Wayne shares some thoughts around a message that he sent me in an email a few weeks ago.

Here’s what he had written to me…

This has been one of the greatest joys of my journey, God setting me free from any concern about my financial income and that happened 15 years ago when we had nothing and God just kept providing for us. We got our kids through college without any savings for it, because I had been in “ministry” and never made enough to do it. But since we have found him faithful in the Matthew 6 kind of way, “Stop planning and fretting, just follow me.” Receive what he gives, charge for what he asks us to charge for, give away whatever he asks us to give away, save what he asks us to save.” It’s amazing how much clarity I have about these things and how much peace that has left me in these many years…. But I know there isn’t a prepackaged formula, but a place he “wins” us into, which also means there were plenty of scary times for my puritan-work-ethic-farming background!

Of course, I can’t pass up this opportunity to plug Wayne’s book, “So You Don’t Want To Go To Church.” Those who have been following my journey know just how much of an impact that this story had on my journey.

Here are some important links that I think you should know about:
- God Journey Podcast – Website | Podcast
- LifeStream Blog – Website | Podcast
- The Jesus Lens – Website
- So You Don’t Want To Go To Church Anymore – Amazon
- He Loves Me – Learning to Live in the Father’s Affection – Amazon

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016 Authentic Life Radio – I’m A Puzzle

Cliff Ravenscraft — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:47:06 +0000

In this episode, Sarah and Stephanie talk about the following:

- Meagan’s home early from school
- We share some of our vices
- Being present with our kids
- Disciplining kids
- Steph’s a puzzle….And so is Sarah
- Feedback calls from Kristina, Carol, and Karen

Special thanks to Sarah for taking the show notes for this weeks episode. So much better than last week’s one sentence Stephanie came up with.

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127 EOTC – He Redeemed My Mind To Think Big

Cliff Ravenscraft — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:59:47 +0000

I am excited to share a message from my good friend, David H. Foster, from his Renegade’s Guide To God podcast.

In this episode of the Encourage Others Through Christ podcast, I have taken the most recent podcast from my good friend, David H. Foster, and edited it down to be included here for you.

There are a few “thoughts” that I have jotted down that I hope will stick with you after having listened to this powerful message.

- All truth is God’s truth!
- God wants us to think our own thoughts.
- We are called to be transformed by the renewing of our minds.
- The world needs you to be a big thinker.
- Jesus wants you to live a big life.
- Our mind is not only in bondage to our fears and doubts, but also in bondage by our limiting beliefs about life.

I love what David shared at the end. We are called to think “redemptively,” to think in terms of “reconciliation” and to think “restorationally.”

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021 Life Love And The Movies – Find Your Root – You May Need To Throw It Away!

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 01:35:53 +0000

In this episode of Life, Love and The Movies, Tracy and I discuss the following:
- Our attitude determines our altitude.
- Do we own things or do they own us?
- Is peace determined by what is going on in your life?
- Core Beliefs – AKA Our Roots!
- Book – The Story of You

Please give us a call on our voicemail feedback hotline at 859-795-4067 or feel free to email Tracy at Podcast@TrostMovingPictures.com.

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193 Family From The Heart – I Asked For Her!

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 01:24:32 +0000

In this episode of Family From The Heart, Stephanie and I discussed the following:
- Cliff’s trip to the hospital.
- Check out the blog post at http://gspn.tv/hospital2012
- Stephanie’s New Journal
- Check out most recent epodes of http://EncouragingOthersThroughChrist.com
- Book – So You Don’t Want To Go To Church Anymore – Wayne Jacobsen
- Stephanie’s 2012 Goals

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015 Authentic Life Radio – Make Good Choices

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 01:11:59 +0000

In this episode, Sarah and Stephanie talk about a little bit of everything, from country cooking, to parenting and marriage.

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244 Podcast Answer Man – Streaming On The iPad – Building Community From From The Hospital – Skype Audio Quality – And An Interview With Connie And Sheila

Cliff Ravenscraft — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:06:24 +0000

Building Community From From The Hospital
I started this episode off by sharing that I spent this past weekend in the hospital. I mentioned that if you wanted to know why I was in the hospital, you could read all about it in my blog post found at http://gspn.tv/hospital2012.

I made the decision to share this in Podcast Answer Man because I felt that the blog post linked above provides some great insight into how I’ve naturally connected with my audience over the years. If nothing else, you can pull up the post to see what LiveFyre looks like when there are over 200 comments.

I’m happy to announce that I feel healthier than I have ever felt before and I’m ready to achieve all the goals that I’ve set for myself here in 2012!

New Chat Leads To Streaming On The iPad
I recently received an email from Ning, the creators of the platform that I use for my gspn.tv online community and that I will be using for my new Podcast Mastermind Group.

In the email, they announced that they had completely rewritten their chat system so that it is now based upon Java and HTML5. Basically, this means that the chat functionality will now work on iOS and other mobile devices.

This news prompted me to move my Live Streaming Page over to my online community site. While doing some testing, I noticed that Ustream was prompting me to try out their new web based broadcaster. I decided to give it try and you can find out what happened by watching this video.

Skype Audio Quality
Tommy called in to ask if there were any differences in audio quality from Skype to Skype calls and Skype to regular telephone calls. In the episode, I provide the answer to this question.

Podcast Mastermind Group
I briefly mentioned that the Podcast Mastermind Group that I have been planning for the past few months is about to launch within the next ten days. There will be a special incentive for the first 50 people who become members of this exclusive group. If you would like become one of the first 50 members, please email me today at Cliff@PodcastAnswerMan.com.

Where Are They Now Interview
Connie Williams and Sheila Tidwell are the hosts of an amazing podcast called Connie And Sheila Talk. I absolutely love Connie and Sheila. They were my very first client who hired me for a full one day, on site, consulting job, something I hope to do a great deal more of in 2012 and beyond.

You can find their show at http://ConnieAndSheilaTalk.com. As mentioned in our conversation, the show has a Real Estate focus, and while I have zero interest in real estate investing, I’ve listened to over 50 of their 84 episodes that are currently online. I have found so much of the success principles that they have shared in their podcast to be transferable to my own business pursuits. I am consistently inspired by the stories they share, the books they talk about, and the guests that they have interview.

I consider Connie And Sheila Talk to be among one of my favorite Self Help/Business Management podcasts in the iTunes directory. Their show is a perfect example of taking a particular niche topic and bringing a fresh and relaxed approach to the content at hand. Their show is never overly technical, but has just the best balance of transparency, authenticity, and personal touch that makes you feel comfortable listening to their show.

I would say that by listening to only three consecutive episodes of their podcast, you could not help but come to know, like, and trust Connie and Sheila. They are simply fabulous! I hope that you find a great deal of value and inspiration from our recorded conversation and that it will help you apply a few things to take your own podcasting journey to the next level.

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Random Plug of The Week
This week’s random plug of the week goes out to Albert Hathazi from TheLocalMethod.com. Albert has created a weekly podcast devoted to helping local businesses become market leaders within their community. If you take some time to check out his podcast, please let him know that you heard about him from The Podcast Answer Man.

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— Cliff Ravenscraft (@GSPN) January 12, 2012

512 PABL – Off To The Hospital To Get Checked Out

Cliff Ravenscraft — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 20:18:44 +0000

Click Here For The Latest – Update #7 – Final Update

Update #1
January 7, 2012 2:40 PM – So here I am. I am sitting in my office/studio and I am packing up my briefcase with all my tech gear for what could be a few hours, days, or potentially weeks at my local hospital.

I don’t mean to alarm anyone by my first post here, but on Thursday morning, I had experienced a twitch/spasm in my left eye. I’ve had these in the past and they were typically due to stress or going extended periods of time without having enough sleep. The thing is, however, that I have been getting plenty of sleep lately and haven’t been experiencing much stress due to the successful steps of adding so much more margin to my life.

By the end of the day, Thursday, the eye spasms continued and I assumed that perhaps I was experiencing some subconscious stress or fear about sharing a MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT about the future of the content here at gspn.tv. If you haven’t yet heard about that, you can read and hear all about that by clicking here.

I wasn’t too worried. I was a bit surprised, but the feedback from the announcement has been 100% positive so far. Sure, some folks have expressed a bit of sadness that some shows were no longer going to be produced, but everyone had shared that they understood the reasons that I had shared and I’d say that well over 99% have shared that they were extremely optimistic about what this means for the content that will continue as we move forward.

I also figured that if my left eye spasms were somehow tied to that stress, that they would go away over night.

However, Friday morning, I woke up and began to work on the various items that I had laid out for myself on my to do list.

I am going to insert here that I forgot to tell you that I had an issue where I slept on my left arm the wrong way. I had a bit of pain in my shoulder when I moved my left arm around. I also figured this would go away.

Back to Friday.. I was sitting here working and I noticed that I started to feel a little bit of “numbness/tingling” from the tips of my fingers up through my arm, in through my shoulder and into the area right behind my left side of my chest cage. It was more like a “sensation.” This didn’t bother me much at all. I thought maybe I had a pinched nerve.

About 11am on Friday, January 6th, I noticed that the left side of my check and lips started to have a numbness sensation as well. Almost as though I was just at the end of having novocaine from a dental visit wearing off. Though, it was very much limited precisely to the left side of my mouth and face.

These were the only symptoms that I had experienced and I was having no problem thinking clearly. In fact, I spent most of the day working on things like my new consulting page on my business website. I didn’t have any issues with dropping facial features, no slurred speech, no headaches, no problem with balance, and no problem writing or understanding human speech.

I didn’t tell Stephanie about this until it had been going on for several hours. Though, I will share that I had experienced other symptoms of things before this and the eye spasms on Thursday. In a future update, I will share more about what I had experienced and why I never shared it with ANYONE.

I had asked Stephanie to simply keep an eye on my through the day yesterday and I promised if I thought it was getting any worse, I would immediately agree to go to the hospital. It never got worse and so I never went to the hospital.

This morning, I woke up feeling no worse that I did yesterday. In fact, I feel just fine. Though I can still tell that there is the “VERY SLIGHTEST SENSATION” on just the left side of my body. It don’t know if I would call it numbness or tingling, but just something that doesn’t feel like it should and it is exactly ONLY ON THE LEFT SIDE of my body.

This afternoon, I reached out to my friend Robert Johnson. I think I knew that I needed someone to tell me to go to the hospital to get checked out. Something that I did not want to do.

Again, in a later post, I will share why I didn’t want to go to the hospital and how those reasons fly right in the face of what I say I believe about God’s provision and the amazing insights that I had recently gained about what I believe God has prepared for me on the journey again.

So… In spite of the fears that I will tell you about in future updates, I am on my way to the hospital to get checked out. I’m praying that it is nothing serious. I will share that I do have fears right now. And I do ask that you will please keep me in your prayers.

I will be very much monitoring and responding to comments left on this post throughout this ordeal. I imagine that this one blog post will end up having well over 1,000 comments before all is said and done. Rather than create new blog posts with updates. I will add further updates below. At the top of the post, I will clearly indicate which post is the latest.

I know that as I share this, those of you in the community would want to know what is happening. I am so thankful for each and every one of you.

I’m off to the hospital now. Just got to get my MacBook Air.

I wonder if I can get Stephanie to stop at Chipotle on our way. – LOL

Update #2
January 7, 2012 5:09 PM – I’m here at the the St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Edgewood, Kentucky. I bet some of you thought I was kidding about stopping at Chipotle. Well, I wasn’t. I decided to drive, so Stephanie and I stopped at Chipotle on our way to the hospital and I had my burrito bowl with white rice, black beans, grilled chicken, tomato salsa, and cheese.

You see, the last time I came to the Emergency room, I was admitted to the hospital and was forced to stay for nine days. This was when I had my gallbladder and appendix removed. During that stay, they didn’t allow me to eat food for six or seven days straight.

After we had Chipotle, I asked Stephanie if she wanted to stop any place else. There is no doubt that I wanted to do anything and everything to avoid the inevitable, ending up here at the ER. I was able talk her into stopping at Starbucks to get her a Chai Tea Latte with Sugar Free Vanilla with Non Fat Milk and no water.

Unfortunately, that only delayed us another ten to fifteen minutes.

Oh wait… I forgot to mention. Before we pulled into Chipotle, I noticed that the van had ticking noise. The oil level was obviously a bit too low. It has a known issue where it spits oil out on one of the spark plugs. So after Chipotle, and before Starbucks, I did stop at a gas station and purchased two quarts of oil, which I then put into the engine.

So, back to my story… After Starbucks, I drove us here to the Emergency Room. I signed myself in, told them my symptoms and they gave me a wristband.

So far, I’ve been taken back to have an EKG ran and now I am sitting here, in the waiting room, for them to have me come back and see a doctor.

That’s it for now.

Depending on where I end up later tonight, I will share with you the reasons why I’ve taken so long to get checked out. Though I’ll quickly share with you the other symptoms that I’d been experiencing since late October, 2011. I don’t know for sure, but I believe they are unrelated to the numbness on one side of my face symptoms that started yesterday morning.

Some of you know, from listening to my various podcasters, that I had another upper respiratory/sinus infection back in October, just before my trip to the West Coast.

Ever since that time, i had been experiencing a pain in my chest area. It was especially bad if I had been working all day, leaning forward, and then stood up. The feeling was as though the bones in my chest area were bruised badly. I thought it was a part of the infection and that it would go away after the antibiotics did their thing.

However, even a few weeks after all my sinus symptoms and such went away, I still had this “bruised chest” feeling. When I started working out at the gym again, on a daily basis, that pain went away. That is unless I had experienced any issue with either gas or heartburn. If I had either of those two things, that bruise feeling in my chest was back.

I had heard so many stories of friends who had gone to the ER with chest pain and were sent home after being told that it was little more than gas. I figured that my bruised chest feeling must be something like that since I had no other symptoms.

The fact is, I’ve needed to get an overall checkup for EVERYTHING for quite some time. But I’ve simply been putting it off for way too long.

Why? Why have I waited for so long? That, I will share in a future update, later this evening.

Update #3
January 8, 2012 12:38 AM – I can not begin to tell you all how thankful I am for all the prayers that you have spoken on my behalf.

In the ER, They ran an EKG, took a chest x-ray, did some blood work, and performed a CAT Scan. The great news is that it is confirmed that I did not have a stroke and all my results from all my tests came back normal.

The doctor made the decision to keep me over night to monitor my heart and to run two more sets of blood work six hours apart from each other.

I can tell you right now that your prayers are working. In the ER, I had one nurse draw my blood and got it on the first stick of the needle. Another nurse had to put an IV needle in my hand and got that in on the first stick of the needle. And the nurse who just left, after taking my blood again, also got it on the first stick of the needle.

I believe I only have to have my blood drawn one more time in the morning around 6am. Please pray that the nurse in the morning with also be able to get what she needs with a single stick of the needle and that I’ll do as well then as I have this evening. Also, please join me in praying that all the results turn out well and that there is absolutely nothing wrong with my heart at all.

I promised you all that I would share with you the details of why I didn’t come to the hospital earlier than I did. Well, I am happy to tell you that I took some time, here in my hospital room, to record episode 512 of Pursuing A Balanced Life. You can listen to this episode by clicking the PLAY BUTTON at the top of this post. It has all the details.

Thank you all so much!

Update #4
January 8, 2012 12:31 PM – Well, I want to first say that the nurse that took my blood this morning also got it on the first stick. Heck, if this streak continues, I may one day be over to get over my fear of needles. Seriously folks, I really appreciate your prayers in this area. I am sooooo feeling all these prayers.

So all my results from my blood work and second EKG came in and I have a clean bill of health on my heart. It is 100% confirmed that I did not have a stroke, no heart attack, and my heart is in really good condition.

This still does not explain the numbness on the left side of my body that I had experienced. By the way, that numbing sensation has gone away and I no longer feel any side effects. It is as if it had never happened. However, the doctor here does want me to stay here and have a consult with a neurologist. There is a good chance that this could happen later this afternoon or early evening. If they decide to order an MRI, I may have to stay her an another night. I’m just hoping if that is the case, they will not need to take any more blood.

I did get my blood work results and I learned that my LDL Cholesterol levels are a bit high. They should be under 100 and mine are currently at 140. I’m going to see if I can’t do some good research and take this into consideration with some dietary changes and see if I change my diet and keep my daily workouts up, if I can’t get that level brought down without medications.

I guess I will be going to Egg White Omelets from now on. I’ll miss my yokes. Here’s the deal. I am at the point where I am willing to do whatever it takes to be healthy. I’m just so thankful that so far, things have all check out fine.

I did ask if I could possibly get checked out and do the neurologist stuff as an outpatient. However, they said that if I stay here, I will get to see one today and if they order an MRI, I’ll get it tomorrow. If I were to do it as outpatient, it would be a few weeks before I get the consult.

So I am just sitting here. Waiting. Thanking God that so far nothing serious has been uncovered. Feeling good that my heart is in good shape.

I’ll post more as I know more. Thank you all again for all your prayers!

Update #5
January 8, 2012 4:53 PM – Time for another quick update. I had my visit with the neurologist and he did suggest that I have an MRI done tomorrow just to be on the safe side. I’ve confirmed that I should not have to have any more blood drawn (I am so thankful for that).

I still have the IV access thing that they put in while I was in the ER. He mentioned that they will use this to put some sort of dye into my blood for the MRI. As long as this IV doesn’t need to be pulled out and redone, I should be able to handle that pretty well.

If the results of my MRI tomorrow are okay I should be free to go home and would need no further followups. I’m praying for clear results from that MRI and that nothing is wrong.

One thing is for sure, I’ve exceeded my $3,000 deductible. Because of my family history and due the fact that I’m 38 years old, I may go ahead and have everything else all checked out through this year. Things like colon and all that fun stuff. However, I think I’ve had as much fun as I want to have here with the medical folks this weekend.

I am simply praying that I can get clean bill of health tomorrow and that I can go home tomorrow and that I don’t have to cancel any of my consulting clients on Tuesday.

I want to send out a special thank you to my friend Mark Mason, from MasonWorld.com, for sending me flowers with the Get Well balloon (Shown in the image above). That was a cool surprise.

My mom, dad, and my brother stopped by to see me this afternoon. It was cool to see them.

I’m excited that Stephanie and the kids are going to come and see me this evening. I’m also excited that they will be bringing some Chipotle. The food here at the Hospital is simply not that great!

I appreciate all your prayers. Please keep them coming for the results of tomorrows MRI.

Thank you so much!

Update #6
January 9, 2012 8:56 AM – So I just returned from having my MRI. That went much smoother than I had expected. I was so thankful to get in as early as I did. I was also thankful that the dye that they had to flush through my blood stream didn’t sting at all. It was simply a cool sensation.

The MRI took about 30 minutes in total and was actually quite relaxing. They had given me the option of the type of music I wanted to listen to and I chose classical. As the machine was making all it’s noises, I simply spent the 30 minutes in prayer, talking with God. In my conversation, I thought of my totally awesome wife, Stephanie and just how thankful I am to have her in my life. Sharing life with her is one my greatest joys. I then spent some time thinking about Meagan, Matthew, and McKenna and just how blessed I am to have these three amazing children.

Oh, by the way, I wanted to share that Stephanie and the kids came by and had dinner with me last night here in my room. It was the highlight of my day. A day or two spent in the hospital can really help you gain a good deal of perspective on life and offer a reminder of just how blessed we are.

Before my MRI had ended, while I was still talking with God, my thoughts went toward my good friend, Barry Morgan, who is currently being treated for a very advanced case of pancreatic cancer. I am trying to keep up with Barry’s journey through his God Is Bigger Than Cancer Facebook Page. I know that that many of you are joining me in praying that my MRI results come back 100% perfect and that I’ll be able to head home with a clean bill of health. Thank you for that.

Regardless of the outcome of my results, I hope that many of you will consider sending some prayers for Barry and his lovely wife, Lynne as they are going through something fear scarier that what I have been going through.

I am hoping that my next update will be full of great news, and possibly even be posted from home. We’ll see.

Update #7 – FINAL UPDATE
January 9, 2012 12:22 PM – Well my friends. It’s been quite a journey. I am happy to tell you that the neurologist reported that my MRI showed that my brain was 100% perfectly normal.

Honestly, with as much prayer that has been offered on my behalf the past two days, I had got to the point where I had expected nothing less. I am so delighted and enthusiastic that I could dance. I wont! But I could! :)

There was “one thing,” however, that the doctor pointed out. She said that they had noticed that I had a “nasal polyp” on my left side, and that there “may have been” one on my other side. She asked me if I had an issue with frequent sinus infections.

OH MY GOODNESS!!! For the past ten or more years of my life (could even be 20), I’ve had between two and five sinus infections each and every single year.

The doctor told me that it sounds like allergies could cause that polyp to flare up which could easily lead to those sinus infections. This could explain how the cigarette smoke at the Podcamp Cincinnati pre-party set off my allergies, which may have caused this polyp to flare up, which may have led to that sinus infection, which led to an upper respiratory infection back in late October.

She asked me if I’ve ever seen an ENT about this. I told her that I never knew that I had it. She said that if these sinus infections have been so bad, they could go in and remove this polyp and it might greatly reduce the number of sinus infections that I have in the future.

If this is true, and this visit to the hospital does nothing more than uncover this, and I get it treated, this would have been worth all the time and trouble spent here this weekend.

The thing is that I also talked with the other neurologist the other day and he explained that I may be able to recover from the “Ulnar Neuropahty” that I had been experiencing in my pinky finger and the left side of my ring finger on my left hand. Turns out that this might simply be from the fact that I have a habit of sleeping on my side or leaning too much onto my elbow while I work throughout the day. I do both every day.

I’ve also uncovered that eating my two egg omelet every day of the week could be leading to this reported high level of LDL Cholesterol. Regardless, I am going to do something about my Cholesterol, without medication.

I feel as though I have a new lease on life. I was already back to my daily routine of physical activity by going to the gym four days a week. This only energizes my efforts in that area and to reaffirm my commitment to healthy eating.

I can’t tell you all how much I am thankful for your prayers.

For all I know, I may have had a heart attack and major stroke and have been completely healed. Though I am more inclined to believe that I had slept on my side with my arm behind my head in such a way that I had a very severe pinched nerve. I believe that the “fears of the unknown” and a great deal of anxiety added to the symptoms that I had experienced.

As I shared in this 512th episode of Pursuing A Balanced Life, I am so thankful that God has broken me free from those fears! I am so thankful that I got all this stuff check out. I am ready to move forward on the journey that is set before me and I am eager to see what all will transpire in 2012!

Thank you! Thank You! Thank You!

184 Full Time Mom – From The Entire of My Heart!

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:28:48 +0000

Well my friends, with a great deal of thought and prayer going into this, that I have made the decision to end the Full Time Mom podcast. This final episode will certainly explain to you all the details behind my decsion.

The good news is that I’m not going very far. In fact, you can be assured that absolutely 100% of anything and everything I would have shared in any potential future episodes of the Full Time Mom podcast will be included in either the Family From The Heart podcast that I do with my husband at or in the Authentic Life Radio podcast that I do with my best friend, Sarah Rader.

I hope that if you are not already subscribed these two shows, that you will consider doing so.

I LOVE YOU FROM THE ENTIRE OF MY HEART!

Stephanie

109 Business Tech Weekly – It’s So Hard To Say Goodbye

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:45:58 +0000

Well my friends, with a great deal of thought and prayer going into this, we have made the decision to end the Business Tech Weekly podcast after 109 episodes. This show was started on September 8th, 2009. During this final episode, Andy and I share how we met and what led to the creation of this show.

We also shared how Andy and I have benefited tremendously from knowing each other. As you will hear in the show, Andy and I will be working on some projects together in the future. It’s just that both of us lost all passion for discussion technology tools for small to medium sized businesses about forty or so episodes ago.

If you want to fully understand the reason behind the decision to end this, and several gspn.tv shows, I hope that you will consider listening to episode 243 of Podcast Answer Man. You can find that episode at http://PodcastAnswerMan.com/243.

If you would like to continue to follow my ongoing business growth journey, I encourage you to check out both my Pursuing A Balanced Life podcast at http://PursuingABalancedLife.com and my Podcast Answer Man podcast at http://PodcastAnswerMan.com.

If you would like to continue to follow Andy’s ongoing business growth journey, I encourage you to follow him on Twitter at http://Twitter.com/AndyTraub, on his blog at http://AndyTraub.com, and on his podcast network at http://TakePermission.com.

There is no question that this final episode was AMAZINGLY GREAT! I personally feel that this is because we both knew that this was the right decision for each of us personally and overall, it was the right decision for the future health of the content and community of gspn.tv.

We hope you enjoy this final episode. It really is hard to say goodbye to yesterday!

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020 Life Love And The Movies – Self Sabotaging Mindsets

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:37:11 +0000

In this episode of Life, Love, And The Movies, Tracy and I discuss the following:
- Are we doing things to keep busy or to help us achieve our goals?
- Indecision is the greatest thief of opportunity.
- Secrets of the Millionaire Mind.
- Nothing is forever.
- Not every opportunity is something you should follow.
- Mission Statements & Core Values.
- And so much more!!!

Please give us a call on our voicemail feedback hotline at 859-795-4067 or feel free to email Tracy at Podcast@TrostMovingPictures.com.

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192 Family From The Heart – Mad Bucks And More

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:26:07 +0000

In this episode of Family From The Heart, Stephanie and I discuss the following:
- The MAJOR Announcement about gspn.tv content – http://PodcastAnswerMan.com/243
- Stephanie’s Accident
- MAD Bucks
- Cruise Update
- Mardel December 2011 Report – 496 Orders totaling $18,465 in sales.
- Stephanie’s Identity Crisis

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119 Social Media Serenity – Here’s Me With My Hand On The Red Button

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:16:52 +0000

Well my friends, with a great deal of thought and prayer going into this, we have made the decision to end the Social Media Serenity podcast after 119 episodes. This show was started on July 17th, 2009 and we have certainly covered a great deal of the changing landscape within Social Media these two and a half years.

I am excited to share that from this point forward, we will continue to cover social media news, updates, and experiences in the Podcast Answer Man podcast and Erik will join me on a weekly basis as my Social Media Correspondent.

In this final episode of Social Media Serenity, Erik and I discussed the following:
- You can now follow The President on Instagram.
- http://web.stagram.com/n/barackobama
- Google+ will censor profile pictures – http://goo.gl/kosRz
- Facebook Timeline Doesn’t Show in Internet Explorer 7
- Google+ Gets Face Recognition, Deeper Gmail Integration http://goo.gl/q6AgD
- The 50 Funniest Tweets Of 2011 http://ow.ly/8bvn1

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014 Authentic Life Radio – He Holds My Right Hand

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:04:37 +0000

In this episode, Sarah and Stephanie talk about the excitement of the new year. The continued journey Stephanie is on of letting God tell her who she is. They also share stories about why they are both wearing silly bands on their right wrist.

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Producing Less Good Content To Focus On Producing More Great Content – Podcast Series or Seasons – And Making A Dent In The World!

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 02:54:26 +0000

Producing Less For The Purpose of Greater Production
During the open of last week’s episode of Podcast Answer Man, I hinted that I was considering the thought of producing less shows moving forward. As I share in this episode, the reason is that I want to maximize the value of any of the work that I do, including the various podcasts that I might produce.

So many people have come to me, as a podcast consultant/coach, who are wanting to launch three to five podcasts before the end of their first year in podcasting, without understanding what all goes into the production of a single show. I believe that podcasts are most effective and valuable when they serve a niche audience and when that audience is served extremely well. Leo Laporte echoed this key area of success in the interview I did with him back in November.

To effectively super serve a niche community, I believe that you should be willing to devote a great deal of time, energy, and attention to making every aspect of your production and community environments as valuable and as high a quality as possible. I’ve come to the point where I understand that with all the shows that I currently produce (approximately five to ten a week on average right now), I am producing a lot of really good content. However, I personally feel that, on average, I only produce about two GREAT episodes each week. I’ve determined that this is simply not acceptable when I consider the hopes, dreams, and goals that I have for the future of my podcast network at gspn.tv.

The following are some of the big changes that I’ve decided to make moving forward. I share more details about each of these decisions in this episode.

- I will be ending the Balanced Living Weekly podcast after 83 episodes (final episode pending). This show was started on September 27th, 2009 with Fr. Roderick Vonhogen as my co-host. I will continue to share my pursuit of a balanced life in the Pursuing A Balanced Life podcast.

- My wife, Stephanie, will be Ending the Full Time Mom podcast after 184 episodes (final episode pending). She launched this show on July 14th, 2007. I’m excited to announce that Stephanie will continue to share everything that she would have shared in this podcast in both the Authentic Life Radio and Family From The Heart podcasts.

- I will be ending the Business Tech Weekly podcast after 109 episodes (final episode pending). This show was started on September 8th, 2009 with Andy Traub as my co-host. Andy will continue share his business pursuits on his own Take Permission podcast network. From this point forward, I will bring all of my business technology and business growth experiences here into the Podcast Answer Man podcast and in my Pursuing A Balanced Life podcast.

- I have ended the Social Media Serenity podcast after 119 episodes. This show was started on July 17th, 2009 with Erik J. Fisher as my co-host. From this point forward, I will bring all social media news, updates, and experiences here into the Podcast Answer Man podcast. Beginning next week, I plan to have Erik become my Social Media correspondent for Podcast Answer Man. The thought is that we will try to include a ten minute social media segment each week.

- I am officially ending the Help I Got A Mac podcast after 180 episodes (final episode pending). I had started this podcast when I purchased my first Apple computer, as a means of sharing my experience on this new computing platform. The show was officially re-launched on October 14th, 2007 when Chris Beiting agreed to be co-host the show with me.

- I have ended the Almost Daily Devotional Podcast after 166 episodes. I had launched this podcast back on March 3rd, 2008 with the idea that I would produce three to five 10 minute episodes each week. There were a few times that I had achieved this goal. However, for the most part, the show’s production schedule had been pretty hit or miss throughout the years. I will continue to produce the content that I would have included in the Almost Daily Devotional in my Encouraging Others Through Christ podcast.

- After 124 episodes, I made the decision to re-brand the About The Church podcast. This was only the third podcast that I had ever created for our network and it was launched on April, 23rd, 2006, just four months after I started podcasting. Moving forward, the content for this show will be continue to be produced and on a more consistent basis. The show will known as the Encouraging Others Through Christ podcast.

Am I Leaving The Network Model Behind? NO WAY!
If there is any fear about making so many changes all at once, it is that folks may think that I am abandoning the gspn.tv network/community. This could not be further from the fact!

All of these decisions have been made in order that I can spend less time making good content and MORE TIME making GREAT content. As mentioned above, you can see that I have a plan for the content that would have been provided in each of the shows that are ending, with the exception of Help I Got A Mac, to be included in other existing shows.

Moving forward, there will be a renewed passion and drastic increase in the quality of all of the following main gspn.tv shows as the result of these changes.

- Podcast Answer Man – PodcastAnswerMan.com
- Family From The Heart – FamilyFromTheHeart.com
- Authentic Life Radio – AuthenticLifeRadio.com
- Life, Love, And The Movies – LifeLoveAndTheMovies.com
- Pursuing A Balanced Life – PursuingABalancedLife.com
- Encouraging Others Through Christ – EncouragingOthersThroughChrist.com

Podcast Series or Seasons
Those who have come to enjoy the entertainment podcasts that we produce for gspn.tv can rest assured that we will continue to produce shows like the Hunger Games Fan Podcast, Doctor Who Fan Podcast, Twilight Saga Fan Podcast and the gspn.tv Lost Fan Podcast.

In this episode, I share some thoughts that I’ve have recently related to how I may approach any new podcast launches with a end for the podcast in mind, a podcast series, or with the idea of only producing a certain number of episodes at a time, as a podcast seasons.

Bringing A Final Close To Premium Member Only Site
One year ago, I made the decision to give all the content, that we produce, away free of charge. Previously, we had partial premium model for many of our podcasts known as Plus Membership. As a result, I have been managing two separate websites for all the gspn.tv content since 2008. While we were using this partial premium content model, I would publish all free episodes of all our podcast to our gspn.tv main site while I would post every episode of every podcast on our gspn.tv Plus Member Access Site. This means that since January 2008, every single episode we published, which was about seven to fifteen episodes a week, had to be published to two separate websites.

Effective here in January, 2012, I will no longer be publishing content to the Plus Member Only site. I will leave that site active as an online archive. This old site will contain all of the content that had been produced from December 2005 through the end of 2011. Every episode of every show that we have produced since January of 2011 can be found at http://gspn.tv.

Later today, I will record a short special episode that will be put into every single podcast feed on that Plus Member site explaining what is going on and that those who were subscribe to the “Plus Member Feeds” will want to go and subscribe to the main gspn.tv feeds found on our site or in iTunes. I will point people to http://gspn.tv/shows as a resource to easily find the subscription links they are looking for.

Bottom Line – Making A Dent In The World
The bottom line is that I want to create Entertaining, Educational, Encouraging, and Inspirational content that makes a difference in people’s lives. I want to spend LESS time producing “good” content and I want to spend MORE TIME producing GREAT, can’t live without, content that helps to make positive change in the lives of those who listen.

I believe that I have been called, by God, to be a force of positive change in the world! I believe spending time creating the my own great content, that matters most, and helping thousands of people (other podcasters), around the world, take their shows to the next level, is how I will achieve this calling moving forward.

I hope to make an official announcement, to my Podcast Answer Man Mailing List, about the Podcaster’s Master Mind Group that I’ve been working on for the past two months. Stay turned for more details.

Blue Host Affiliate Signups
Special thanks to the folks behind RoundTablePodcast.com and ArizonaFootballLeague.com for using my Blue Host affiliate link this past week to create their hosting account. As you know, I earn a commission each time someone clicks through my link to sign up with Blue Host. So thank you!

Random Plug of The Week
This week’s random plug of the week goes out to Adam Baker of ManVsDebt.com. Adam’s Man Vs Debt podcast reached the top ten spot in iTunes in the Investing category. This put him right up next to Dave Ramsey and other big time mainstream traditional media guys. I share more thoughts on this in the episode. Congratulations Adam!

PODCAST CONSULTING: I’m available for one on one podcast consulting and coaching. Whether you want someone to get everything set up for you or you just need a little help along the way, I’d love to work with you. I’m able to demonstrate using screen sharing technology during our call which makes it just like I was there sitting next to you at the computer. If you are interested, email me at Cliff@PodcastAnswerMan.com.

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MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Check out PodcastAnswerMan.com/243 to learn why six shows have been canceled on the gspn.tv network.
— Cliff Ravenscraft (@GSPN) January 6, 2012

How Much Toilette Paper Does It Take To Flood A Cruise Ship?

Cliff Ravenscraft — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:05:32 +0000

Have you ever wondered how much toilette paper it would take to clog up the commode on cruise ship? In this video, you will learn that it takes A LOT!

Recently, I was browsing some photos and videos were stored on a very old external hard drive. This video is from July 17th, 2005. I had won a cruise for two as the reward for selling a “boat load” of insurance the year before.

Unfortunately, McKenna was only three months old at the time and the company’s guidelines would not allow for children to be brought on these incentive cruises. I was so delighted, however, that my best friend, Robert Johnson, was able to join me. I had completely forgot that we recorded this video.

Robert and I had so much fun on that cruise. In fact, the very first video project that I ever produced was done with footage from our time in the Bahamas. The resolution is quite low. But if you are interested, check it out below:

The Coke Bottling Process In 45 Minutes

Cliff Ravenscraft — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 01:11:02 +0000

I just spent the last 45 minutes watching this video. I didn’t intend to spend that 45 minutes watching how coke is bottled, but when I put it on full screen and bumped it up to 1080P resolution, I simply got sucked in. Here’s the video…

As I sit here, I’m asking myself what am I taking away from watching this. A few things struck me. There really is no limit on how large a company can become if you have dreams, goals, and plans and robots are AMAZING and I’m so happy that Matthew enjoys playing with the Lego Mindstorm as much as he does.

Overall, I’m glad I watched it. It’s inspiring to see things that “work.”

So thankful that content like this is available on YouTube and can be shared in blogs like this. If you end up watching it, I’d love to read your comments in the comments section below.

2011 Has Certainly Been The Year of Providence!

Cliff Ravenscraft — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:20:22 +0000

Here it is, Saturday, December 31st, 2011. It’s the final day of the year and I had decided I that I was going to take it pretty easy until the kids go back to school this coming Tuesday.

When I came down to my studio, a little after 11am today, the only thing I had planned to do was to sit down and answer as many of the 50 or so emails that are sitting in my email inbox. However, before I started on that task, I decided that I would grab my prayer journal and my pen to quickly write to God, thanking Him for how He worked in 2011, “The Year of Providence.”

I sit here at 3pm and I’ve not responded to a single email. Instead, I spent well over two and a half hours writing eighteen pages of content from my heart as I thought about 2011, The Year of Providence.

About half way through, I realized that I would want to share these thoughts with the gspn.tv community. I wish I had the time to actually go through and type each of these words into actual text so that you could simply read them from this blog post. However, I simply don’t have the time to do that at this point. Instead, I took the time necessary to take a photo of each of the eighteen pages with my iPhone, crop them, and turn them into a pdf document that you can download and read if you so desire.

One thing is for sure, for those of you who have been a part of this community for at least a year, you have certainly witnessed all that God has done to bless this Year of Providence. I hope that, if you read this, that you will be just as inspired as I am by all that God had done on our behalf within a single year. It truly is AMAZING!

If you would like to read this entry from my prayer journal, please right-click here to download the pdf document.

How has God provided for you in 2011? What are some of your goals and dreams for 2012? Feel free to leave any comments in the comments section below.

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Over 2.5hrs spent recalling just how much this truly has been The Year of Providence. Details here: gspn.tv/confirmed
— Cliff Ravenscraft (@GSPN) December 31, 2011

033 Hunger Games – Mockingjay Chapters 4-5

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:19:47 +0000

In this episode of the Hunger Games Fan Podcast, Stephanie and I share our reactions to the 4th and 5th chapter of the third book in the Hunger Games Trilogy, Mockingjay.

We would like to invite you to “Join The Community” in the discussion group that we have set up for The Hunger Games which you can find listed at http://gspncommunity.com/groups.

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019 Life Love And The Movies – The Harder I Work The Luckier I Get!

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:13:18 +0000

In this episode of Life, Love, and The Movies, Cliff and Tracy discuss the following:
- Tracy’s idea for a new show.
- Find a way to make living from the things that drive you.
- Super 8 Movie
- We Bought A Zoo
- 20 seconds of insane courage.
- The Book Restored by Tracy
- Steve Jobs Biography
- The Help – Don’t be afraid to stand out.
- The harder I work, the luckier I get!
- And so much more!

Please give us a call on our voicemail feedback hotline at 859-795-4067 or feel free to email Tracy at Podcast@TrostMovingPictures.com.

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191 Family From The Heart – Christmas – Movies – And More

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:06:08 +0000

In this episode of Family From The Heart, Cliff and Stephanie discuss the following
- Stephanie making progress on creating order in the house.
- Nothing like a clean studio.
- Christmas Eve was pretty nice.
- Christmas Day was AMAZING!
- An email from Emma
- We Bought A Zoo movie reactions
- A Christmas Snow movie reactions
- A Care Package from Tracy Trost
- Super 8 Movie reactions

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118 Social Media Serenity – Are Some Things Better Left Offline?

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:58:46 +0000

In this episode of Social Media Serenity, Erik and Cliff discuss the following:
- Chris Brogan’s post “Depression is an Offline Event – http://goo.gl/vcwqp
- Buffer App now has an iPhone App
- Bufferapp integrates with SocialBro – http://goo.gl/zoFBl
- http://SocialBro.com
- http://TheTwitCleaner.com
- http://manageflitter.com
- Charlie Sheen Tweets Phone Number to 5 Million http://goo.gl/aUmgB
- Gowalla purchased by Facebook http://goo.gl/nJgGb
- Your New Facebook Status: 63,206 Characters or Less http://on.mash.to/vGQ37z
- Where Are Your Twitter Followers? http://TweepsMap.com

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242 Podcast Answer Man – Less Shows Moving Forward? Facebook Like Button Info – Get Glue – Stitcher – Interview With Scott Iardella

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:24:14 +0000

Less Shows Moving Forward?
One of the thing that puzzles me is the number of people who seem to want to follow in my footsteps of creating a large number of podcasts. Since I started podcasting in December of 2005, I have launched at least 24 of my very own podcasts. At one point, I was producing an average of 15 to 17 podcast episodes every single week.

In this episode, I mention, for the firs time in public, that I’ve been thinking about drastically decreasing the number of shows that I am actively producing. Just this past week, I’ve updated my gspn.tv show description page to show that I am currently only actively producing ten shows at this time. Even with this reduction, I’m still producing a minimum of six shows each and every week.

I recently ended the Almost Daily Devotional podcast after 166 episodes. I decided that the content of that podcast should fit perfectly into another show that I had been producing called the “About The Church” podcast. Since I in the mood to make changes, I made the decision that I would go ahead an rebrand the About The Church podcast so that it would become the “Encouraging Others Through Christ” podcast from this point forward.

This is a perfect example of how I took two shows and combined them into one single show. The same content will continue to be produced, but in a single show instead of two. In 2012, I’ll be evaluating all the shows that I am actively producing to see if there is a way that I might be able to do something similar to reduce the number of shows so that I may focus more time and energy on making each show the best it can be.

Mission Statements and Core Values
I did a significant edit on opening of this episode before I uploaded it to the servers. I did leave enough of the original content to let you know that I have been inspired to take some time to develop a mission statement and to write down what my core values are, both for my business, and my personal life. I did this for gspn.tv several years ago and it helped me tremendously. However, I never got around to doing it for my consulting/coaching business. I was reminded of just how important this is while I was listening to where my good friend, Dan Miller, was being interviewed on episode 10 of Dave Ramsey’s EntreLeadership Podcast.

Facebook Thumbnail Previews
Special thanks to Bill who called in and left some feedback to explain where Facebook looks for the images it chooses for the Facebook Thumbnail previews on shared links. This is extremely valuable information to those of us who hope our community will share our content with their friends on Facebook.

Feedburner Stats?
Daniel from the Special Chronicles podcast called in to ask about how might best track his podcast downloads since the new version of feedburner seems to show a slightly different number than the old version. In my response, I mention Podtrac.com.

Blue Host Hosting
I quickly mentioned that I have an affiliate relationship with Blue Host Hosting. I’ve had a relationship with Blue Host for several years and have hundreds of clients who are hosting their WordPress powered podcast on their hosting platform. If you want to read my full thoughts on podcast hosting, I encourage you to check out http://PodcastAnswerMan.com/hosting.

Random Plug of The Week
This week’s random plug of the week goes out to Tommy G. Kendrick from ActorsTalkPodcast.com. Tommy has done an amazing job on launching a great looking website and an AMAZING SOUNDING first episode. If you know anyone who is an actor, director, or otherwise involved in this industry, please consider telling them about Tommy’s new show.

Getting Your Podcast Into GetGlue
Wayne called in to ask if it was still possible to get a podcast listed in the Get Glue social network. This is a social network that was designed to allow you to share what music you are listening to or what movies or tv shows you were watching. However, some folks found out that you could also share what podcasts you were listening to.

While I do have several of my gspn.tv shows listed in the Get Glue directory, I am not responsible for getting them submitted. It was my friend, Geoff Gentry, who added these shows. I’ve reached out to Geoff and he told me that he would be willing to explain if this is still possible in the comments section below. Please check the comments section for that update.

Listed On Stitcher Radio
I briefly mention that you can now find Podcast Answer Man and many other gspn.tv shows in Stitcher Radio. I hope to get around to inviting the folks from Stitcher onto an upcoming episode of Podcast Answer Man to learn a little more about this company and what all they have in the works.

In the episode, I share that I have a few reservations about the service, as it stands today. However, I am excited about anyone who is making way in the realm of getting podcasting built into car radios of the future!

You can download the Stitcher App at http://stitcher.com/gspn. If you sign up, please do use promo code “GSPN” to let them know that you heard about them from me.

Where Are They Now?
In this week’s Where Are They Now interview, I talk with Scott Iardella from StealthBody.com. Scott had produced twenty episodes of the “Smart Fitness Coach” podcast and things were going pretty well until he got hit with a Cease and Desist Notice from the legal department of a company that stated he was infringing upon their trademark. In our conversation, you’ll hear how Scott dealt with this shocking blow.

It is my hope that Scott’s story does not do anything to add to the excuses of those of you who have not yet launched your show. In sharing my own personal trademark issue from a few years back, I hope that you come away from this episode understanding that in both cases, Scott and I did not allow this to knock us out of the race. In fact, we are both extremely thankful that things turned out the way that they did.

I think it’s also important to note that out of well over one thousand podcasters that I personally know, I am only aware of three that have ran into such a trademark issue and actually received a cease and desist letter from a lawyer. Scott and I are two of those three.

I also hope that our conversation provides other valuable insights for you to apply to your own podcasting journey as well.

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— Cliff Ravenscraft (@GSPN) December 30, 2011

018 Life Love And The Movies – Do It Today

Cliff Ravenscraft — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 01:47:48 +0000

In this episode of Life, Love, and The Movies Tracy and I talk about the following:
- What are we doing to make a positive difference in the world?
- The do it now conversation!
- Doing it “now” can take nine months to plan.

Please give us a call on our voicemail feedback hotline at 859-795-4067 or feel free to email Tracy at Podcast@TrostMovingPictures.com.

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