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Simply Sound Company SS1 PreAmp Review While I've never used any preamps like the Triton Audio Fethead Microphone Preamp or the Cloudlifter CL-1, I was really impressed with the amazing amount of boost to the sound. The large dose of extra gain can make help a budget microphone/preamp combination sound clean and more professional. Some microphones such as the Heil Pr-40 and the Sure SM7B are known for really low outputs. This creates a situation where you have to turn the gain up on your mixer or recording device. This can leave the door open for added hiss depending on your mixer or recording device. The Simply Sound SS1 is designed for dynamic microphones only. More Clean Gain Triton Audio Fethead provides 27 db of clean gain with a price for $89 Cloudlifter CL-1 provides 25 db of clean gain for $149 The Simply Sound SS1 - provide 27 db of gain for $99 The Simply Sound website shows the Fethead at a $149 price tag, but at BNH, I show a price of $89 My Opinion As I had said, never using any preamp (besides the one in my mixer, and I've also used the DBX 286,  and the Aphex 230) even without a preamp, I never thought I sounded bad. With that said, the concept makes sense. I know that when I turn the gain up on any mixer there comes a point where noise is introduced. Using the SS1, I basically turned my gain all the way down. The construction is super rugged and resembles the Cloudlifeter all-metal casing (but cooler looking in black) you're not going to break this. You do need some phantom power (so a typical route might be to plug your microphone into the SS1. Then plug the ss1 into your mixer. The mixer would need to have the Phantom Power Turned on. For my recording today I had my EV Re320 going into the SS1 and that went directly into the Zoom H5. It was an amazing amount of boost. How I did the test. I set my levels using the H5 recorded some audio, removed the SS1 from the chain, and plugged it back into my Zoom H5 without touching any knobs. Do you NEED this? As with all things podcasting, it depends. If you're happy with your audio, no. If you struggle to get enough signal into your recorder, or the sound has a fair amount of noise, then this is well worth the money. Check it out at simplysound.co Second Line Podcasting WordPress Theme I no longer recommend Appendipity themes. This is a theme I loved and have on most of my websites. The face of the company Joey Kissimmee was last seen online in late 2016, and they are no longer replying to any support emails that I send. Unfortunately, this is not the first time I've done this. Semiologic was a cool theme until Thesis came out. Then they went from needing no knowledge of code to having to know a ton of code. I really like Appendipity themes as there was a lot of flexibility (and no need for knowledge of code). I love the Divi theme, but they come close to having too much flexibility and people can get overwhelmed because it does everything (and the learning curve can be a bit large). Divi is a well-managed theme, with a huge community and awesome support. You can join Elegant Themes (the creators of Divi) for $89 a year. I did the one time fee of $249 for lifetime access. In addition to their themes, they have some cool plugins. One thing I just discovered is when you purchase a Second Line Theme, you can only use it on one website. This puts it int the "Depends" situation. The good news there is a one time fee. On the Evanto market, it shows six months of support with extended support for $17.63 a year. If you have multiple sites (for me I have at least four) that can add up ($59 X 4 = $236). Second Line Theme Support So far Second Line support has been great answering all my questions. The theme I'm using (Dixie) is skewing my featured image. When I informed this of the problem, they told me exactly what to do if I wanted to edit some files. The means you're going to need to understand FTP, and not be afraid to edit some code (always make a backup of any files you are editing when it comes to theme code). I was surprised that the theme allowed a featured image to be skewed disproportional as I don't know ANY designer that would allow an image to be reshaped (and if you have any text on your image it makes it blurry). The Power Of Elementor While the Second Line theme makes it easy to set colors, headers, and the theme seems to make it possible to adjust everything (except a skewing featured image...) what I also found amazing was a free plugin that they recommend you use (and they have some built-in features for it ) called Elementor. This is an open source page builder (That looks a lot like, Divi). This will work with most themes, and its a super easy drag and drop page builder. The cool thing is you can use that plugin on any theme.  Always Consider Your Source I hear people that advise new podcasters and they try to sell people packages and strategies that work for them. The problem is they are not you. For example, as I have multiple websites, I might lean toward Divi over Second Line. If you had one website, then a like Dixie or Satchmo might be just the trick if you only have one website. It might be a better fit for you. What Is Up With Libsyn Stats? Libsyn rolled out new stats back on September 18th. Here are our blog posts that go over the stats changes: https://blog.libsyn.com/2017/09/18/stats-overhaul-iab-compliance-podcasts-stats-libsyn-company-announcement/ https://blog.libsyn.com/2017/09/18/libsyn-stats-overhaul-need-know/ NOTE:  Libsyn sent out an email to all Libsyn users on September 18th - if you did not see that email - you might want to check your spam folder.  It would have gone to the email registered to your Libsyn account. Rob Walch  also talked about it more on our latest episode of the Libsyn Podcast: http://thefeed.libsyn.com/105-stats-follow-up-and-apple-podcasts-feed-tags The conversation starts right after the promo at the 52 Minute mark. My Poker Game Analogy Picture yourself at a poker game (a really, really big table) Ben Robins, Audible.com Lindsay Lawrence, WideOrbit Ilwira Marciszek, AdLarge Media Eurry Kim, New York Public Radio Earl Swigert, WideOrbit Yukifumi Touya, Digital Advertising Consortium Inc. Hirofumi Kanda, Cyber Communications Inc. Dan Misener, Pacific Content Mohammad Al-Abdullah, RhythmOne Jose Alvarez Muguerza, BlogTalkRadio John Zoephel, Pandora Kevin McCaul, Acast Stories USA John Rosenius, Acast Stories USA Ilham Elkatani, DoubleVerify Steve Mulder, National Public Media Stephen Haptonstahl, National Public Media Candace Williams, BlogTalkRadio David Marple, Triton Digital Conrad Trautmann, Westwood One Robert Peterson, Westwood One Bob Charish, BlogTalkRadio Jason Cox, Slate Bosko Milekic, AdGear Technologies, Inc. Francois Fortin, AdGear Technologies, Inc. Andy Toh, BlogTalkRadio Bruno Nieuwenhuys, Adswizz Inc Rob Walch, Libsyn Joel Withrow, Slate Erik Barraud, Adswizz Inc Erik Diehn, Midroll Media Robert Freeland, Podtrac Dan Jeselsohn, New York Public Radio Angelo Mandato, RawVoice Hugo Martel, Triton Digital Tim Clarke, Cox Media Group Greg Batusic, PodcastOne Hernan Lopez, Wondery LLC Allan Bressler, CBS Local Norm Pattiz, PodcastOne Kit Gray, PodcastOne Jim Kott, WideOrbit Rob Kass, Nielsen Millie Mrvica, Westwood One Jaime Singson, Sizmek Kelli Hurley, Westwood One Brian Lynch, Westwood One Ryan Granner, ESPN.com Joe Mead, ESPN.com Skyler Tobey, ESPN.com Jennifer Susalis, CBS Local Silvia Mihailescu, Adswizz Inc Stefan Olson, Minnesota Public Radio Karim Rayes, RhythmOne Todd Cochrane, RawVoice Jean-Luc Wasmer, Triton Digital Peter deVroede, Midroll Media Todd Pringle, Midroll Media Yi Huang, Condé Nast Gregg Rogers, Sizmek Alixandra Liner, New York Public Radio Brett Robinson, National Public Media The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) empowers the media and marketing industries to thrive in the digital economy. Its membership is comprised of more than 650 leading media and technology companies that are responsible for selling, delivering, and optimizing digital advertising or marketing campaigns. They were up to deal the next hand and they stated that "downloads are wild" and everyone went "WHAT?" at the table and they didn't want downloads to be wild. For the industry to be able to move forward, the table had to come together and decide on what would constitute a download. Their answer can be seen in this report. They are currently working on a second version.  If you were going to "Sit at the table" you had to agree to the terms and they all did. Much like when the music industry went from Cassettes to CD's it was a pain. This meant we had to buy all of our favorite music again. But the audio was better. As a music listener, I had no choice but to buy a CD player. It's the way the industry went. Could Libsyn communicate better? I guess so, there is always room for improvement. It gets tough as no podcast company is going to peel back the curtain 100% as if they tell you how they do their stats, you open the door for people to game the system. I personally don't know the formula (I just help you "drive the car" as a Libsyn support person, I don't build it). This is similar to the guy who throws the chicken in the Fryer at KFC. He knows hows to cook the chicken but has no idea what the 11 herbs and spices are. The numbers are lower as the INDUSTRY (remember to poker table above) decided to move toward a number closer to the unique downloads This is an Industry-Wide Situation I did a test over the last few weeks, and I released an episode that had tracking from Libsyn, Podtrac, and Blubrry. In a recent episode of Podcast Ninja, Todd Cochrane explained how years ago Podtrac, Blubrry, and Libsyn came up with specs for an organization for the Association of Downloadable Media (it starts at the 11:44  mark ). So for years, Podtarac, Blubrry, and Libsyn were close in numbers. Fast forward to today and due to how apps are now consuming media it appears that the larger the file size, the greater your numbers were being inflated. So last week I sent out a file that I encoded at 320 kbps (DO NOT DO THIS) and here are my numbers after 24 hours. Libsyn: 1193 Podtrac: 991 Blubrry 1748 If you click into the episode on Blubrry you will see the number of 1247 unique downloads which is closer to the IAB standard that Libsyn and Blubrry are using. You Didn't Lose Your Audience I know it is quite a blow to your ego to have the total number of downloads decline, in some cases, people are losing large amounts of their audience. The truth is the same people that listened to your last episode are listening to your current episode. The way it is reported is different. In a way, it's like if we all told time in minutes. There were 1440 minutes in a day, and then everyone decided to tell time in hours and agreed there are 60 minutes in an hour. So now there are 24 hours in a day. That sounds like a lot less than 1440, but I didn't lose any time. I just changed the way I report it. Obviously, those who have CPM deals with advertisers are in a completely different situation. Remember that some of the people on the IAB technical board were from companies like Midroll, Adswizz and other advertising companies. It doesn't make it any better, but they should have an idea of why this is happening as they were they during the planning. Yes it Sucks As I said, any time your numbers go down, it hurts. Hang in there, they will go back up (if you look at the Edison research on podcast listenership on the graph there is one year where it shows the numbers went down - why? They changed the criteria). In the long run, the podcast industry will benefit from this move. It Will Get Better I was recently in the Libsyn headquarters in Pittsburgh PA, and I got a brief tour of the new stats. It looked very impressive as libsyn continues to bring you the best media hosting in the industry. Use the coupon code sopfree. Start Podcasting in Six Weeks  I'm bringing back the six-week group coaching class where we meet live on Saturdays and we walk through the whole process. You can start with zero, and by the end of February have a well researched, properly planned, properly executed podcast. To be first in line go to www.startpodcastinginsixweeks.com Where Will I Be? Big Podcasts - Nashville, TN October 21st I will be attending the Big Podcast Event put on by David Hooper and Rik Roberts about growing your audience in Nashville Tennessee see bigpodcasts.com DC Pofest - Washing DC November 10-11, 2017 I will be in DC at DCPodfest speaking on "Is Your Podcast Making These Mistakes?" 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Because of My Podcast I Got Media Passes - Cheri Field Cheri Fields has at least 7 children, and produces the Creation Science for Kids Podcast http://creationscience4kids.com/ What Podcaster's Can Learn From Amazon.com Amazon is an amazing company. Recently I purchased an Amazon Echo, and Later and Amazon Dot. These devices allow me to do things through voice activation system known as Alexa. You can control Alexa with an Amazon Echo, an Amazon Dot, and Amazon Tap, and now you can control your Amazon Fire TV.  If you're interested, check out my Buyer's Guide. The item that made me purchase the Echo? The ability to say “Alexa, add eggs to the grocery list.” The more I examine the Amazon company, the more I believe there are tips we podcasters can learn from them. Amazon Makes It Easy To Find Stuff Their search is at the top of their page. You don’t have to search for the search. Amazon understands their customer may want a number of things, so they make it easy to find. Podcasters you need a search button that is easy to find, if you provide topics that are more of a reference. Podcasters you could use categories to create filter to only show those episodes that are categorized a certain way. Customer First Mentality Any research into amazon and you will read how they make all decisions based on serving the customer. They are spending money on items that will better serve the customer. So when you are thinking about purchasing some equipment for your podcast you need to ask yourself who the purchase is serving, you or your audience? Amazon project lead Ian McAllister has described a sort of reverse engineering that happens frequently at company HQ. “We try to work backwards from the customer, rather than starting with an idea for a product and trying to bolt customers onto it,” he wrote on Quora.com. When someone approaches you to to be a guest on your show, you need think, “Will my audience want to hear this content?” Personalized Recommendations There are plugins that can add related links to other episodes on your site. So when someone listens to an episode about Topic A there could be links to more Topic A shows at the bottom of the post. There are plugins such as Yet Another Related Wordpress Post Plugin (which has lots of features, but can be a bit of a resource hog), and Related Wordpress Posts is a lighter weight plugin with an easy setup. If you’re using Appendipity themes, this is a built in feature They Don’t Always Win, but They Try I completely forgot that Amazon launched a “Fire Phone.” That tells you how much of an impact it had on the phone space. They’ve done quite a few things that didn’t land well. It wants to infiltrate people’s lives to such an extent that they can’t imagine living without it — that they don’t even try to imagine living without it. We always joke that "No one will punch you in the face," here at the School of Podcasting. Your podcast is a recipe, not a statue. One of the cool things about being cloud based, is they are constantly adding new features to the Alexa system Keep Your Pages Loading Fast After analyzing the ratio of sales to website performance, Amazon discovered that for every 100ms of page load time there was a 1% decrease in sales. So how fast does your website need to be? Many usability experts propose that the ideal page load time is 2 seconds or less. You can easily test the page load time of your own website by using free tools such as WebPageTest.org So podcasters be careful loading tons of plugins if you're using WordPress. Some of those may slow down your site. Make it Fun Google the phrase "Alexa Easter Eggs" and you will find a giant list of goof things you can get Alexa to say. There are Make it Easy The one thing the Amazon Echo and Dot do is they make it super easy to ORDER STUFF. With a few phrases, "Alexa order Angel Soft Toilet paper" it is pretty much on the way. She will state what size the package is and the price and ask me if I want to order it. There are safeguard can put in so your kids do order every thing under the sun. Podcasters who are saying thins like, "Find me in iTunes" are missing a golden opportunity to lead their customers by the hand and show them exactly how to subscribe to their show. One of the things I did as a young grocery clerk was if someone asked where something was, I would take them to it, and make sure they could reach it. I wanted to see that product go into their cart. I would also ask if there was anything else they were looking for before I returned to whatever I was doing before. Make it easy. You can do this by finding your show in iTunes, and right clicking on your art work and copying the link then add a button to your site and attach that link to the button (there is a tutorial for this at the School of Podcasting Amazon's Ultimate Goal - Routine Amazon wants to be your right arm. They want to be integrated into your life. When I recently traveled without my Amazon Dot, it was weird not to wake up, check my to do list, get the weather, and hear my custom news. If you can podcast on a regular schedule, you become part of your audience's routine. Podcast Glossary "K" I couldn't think of any "I's, or J's" so we are moving o the the K's. kbps - This is stands for kilo bits per second. This is a measurement that you use when you are exporting your files. 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Spreaker Live Show #54 for April 13th, 2016Our Topics This Week: Spreaker Podcaster “Store” Custom Show Apps and Services. We have another new "Spreaker How-To" segment with co-host Alex Exum @AlexExum and he is based in LA and hosts "The Exum Experience" and the "Spreaker Studio Review" show. Show Duration: 43 minutesHost: Rob Greenlee, Head of Content, Spreaker @robgreenlee - rob(at)spreaker(dotcom)Co-Host: Alex Exum, Spreaker Host of "The Exum Experience" and the "Spreaker Studio Review" shows at @AlexExumSpreaker Blog Posts at http://Blog.Spreaker.com:- Is 2016 the year of Podcast Advertising?- Spreaker will be at NAB Show in Las Vegas - April 16-21th at RAIN Summit on the 17th and on three Podcasting Panels T-Shirt Winning Comments from: Loren Weisman host of “Wait What Really Ok” Podcast: We recently discussed music in podcasts: I have uploaded a few things over the past few years, but in the last month, decided to create a Podcast called Wait What Really Ok and the experience has been amazing. The SEO aspects alone have allowed many of my episodes to come up all over the Internet. As example, if you search “how do you add music to your radio show or podcast legally”. - It is the first result with Siri- Comes up on Google, Yahoo and Bing on the top and has been slowly building. He says, I did the show with SSA Music Publishing’s Paula Savastano and I think it could be a solid and short promo piece that could help many podcasters understand not only how to legally use music, but also how to get those musicians paid (it is pennies or actually less on the dollar, but still, it's paying musicians.) Let’s Play a Sample of this Episodehttp://www.spreaker.com/user/lorenweisman/how-do-you-add-music-to-your-radio-showDetailed Show Notes:- Podcaster services, training and custom apps to help you make a successful show - https://Spreaker.com/store- Free & Pro plans - Get extra audio storage, live streaming time and advanced real-time stats - Free Speech - 30m Live, 10 Hr Audio, No custom RSS, Basic stats, Ads - On-Air Talent - 45m Live, 100 Hr Audio, Custom RSS, Basic Stats - $4.99/$39, -$20 - Broadcaster - 3 hr Live, 500 hr Audio, Custom RSS, Auto Insert, Adv. Stats - $19.99/$199, -$40 - Anchorman - 5 hr Live, 1500 hr Audio, Custom RSS, Auto Insert, Full Stats, Show Promotion - $49.99/$499, -$100 - Station - Unlimited Live, Audio Storage, Custom RSS, Auto Insert, Full Stats, Show Promotion - $119.99/$1,199, -$240- 1 hour of 128kbps=60 MB of file size- Build a Mobile App dedicated to your podcast - Create an App Wizard Process- /store/app- $99.00 per iOS/Android app, all included, Customized to your specifications, LIVE or pre-recorded, Interact closely with fans in real-time through the chatbox, Listeners can like your tracks and follow you, You can choose to publish the app under our account or do it yourself and generate revenue from it. * Any app changes that involve a re-submission to the app store will be charged $15.00, per submission.- Ad CampaignsYou create to promote your show, and now Spreaker is giving you the chance to place these ads throughout the platform. Purchase a campaign plan of your choice, starting at $10.00 (impressions cost $2.00 every 1000), upload and edit your ads and info, and submit it to Spreaker. Placed on Spreaker's pages, including users' Newsfeeds and the Explore page. Manage from Settings: tracks budgets, run and pause ads, edit images and info, and more. Ad Dimensions: 300x250, PNG/JPG, 250 KB- Voiceover - /store/voiceover - Music Radio Creative - Play PROMOIntros, outros, transition jingles - those are just some of the ways to make your show stand out from the rest! Custom made jingles allow you to make a great first impression and set a professional tone to your show. Starts at $30 and goes up.- Custom Artwork - 3,000x3000, 1400x1400, 400x400, 982x275 .jpg - /store/artworkMake A Great First Impression - Attract more listeners with professionally made imagesPodcast's artwork is important element to not just your content, but your brand with BOLD Letters, Colorful and Human Photo ideal and makes a first impression on listeners. Readable at 75x75 pixel size. As listeners browse shows on Spreaker, deciding in a matter of seconds what to pass up based solely on who has attractive or unattractive images (or worse, no images at all). Here's where 99designs comes in- TranscriptionReading vs ListeningReading is much faster than listening- Social Media SharingIncluding the complete text of your audio included on your episode's page makes it easier for people to share it via Twitter, Facebook, Google+, and the myriad of other social media sites out there. - Indexing & SearchThe biggest advantage to having a transcription is that search engines can easily index your content with the text available. Better indexing will lead to more search traffic and more visitors. Spreaker has partnered with Scribie to offer you the best transcription service available at unbeatable rates, starting at $0.80 /minute.- WordPress ThemesHave premium WordPress themes created, designed, and developed for your podcast.Appendipity's podcasting themes keep your podcast front and center and help you grow your audience and loyal fans.- Podcast Course, Mentoring, and Production Service by Colin GrayEmpower your podcasting with these professional services from The Podcast Host.- Podcast Liberation: Set Your Podcast Free with this Podcast Course - $148For any aspiring podcaster, the hardest step is the first show. 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Spreaker Live Show #54 for April 13th, 2016Our Topics This Week: Spreaker Podcaster “Store” Custom Show Apps and Services. We have another new "Spreaker How-To" segment with co-host Alex Exum @AlexExum and he is based in LA and hosts "The Exum Experience" and the "Spreaker Studio Review" show. Show Duration: 43 minutesHost: Rob Greenlee, Head of Content, Spreaker @robgreenlee - rob(at)spreaker(dotcom)Co-Host: Alex Exum, Spreaker Host of "The Exum Experience" and the "Spreaker Studio Review" shows at @AlexExumSpreaker Blog Posts at http://Blog.Spreaker.com:- Is 2016 the year of Podcast Advertising?- Spreaker will be at NAB Show in Las Vegas - April 16-21th at RAIN Summit on the 17th and on three Podcasting Panels T-Shirt Winning Comments from: Loren Weisman host of “Wait What Really Ok” Podcast: We recently discussed music in podcasts: I have uploaded a few things over the past few years, but in the last month, decided to create a Podcast called Wait What Really Ok and the experience has been amazing. The SEO aspects alone have allowed many of my episodes to come up all over the Internet. As example, if you search “how do you add music to your radio show or podcast legally”. - It is the first result with Siri- Comes up on Google, Yahoo and Bing on the top and has been slowly building. He says, I did the show with SSA Music Publishing’s Paula Savastano and I think it could be a solid and short promo piece that could help many podcasters understand not only how to legally use music, but also how to get those musicians paid (it is pennies or actually less on the dollar, but still, it's paying musicians.) Let’s Play a Sample of this Episodehttp://www.spreaker.com/user/lorenweisman/how-do-you-add-music-to-your-radio-showDetailed Show Notes:- Podcaster services, training and custom apps to help you make a successful show - https://Spreaker.com/store- Free & Pro plans - Get extra audio storage, live streaming time and advanced real-time stats - Free Speech - 30m Live, 10 Hr Audio, No custom RSS, Basic stats, Ads - On-Air Talent - 45m Live, 100 Hr Audio, Custom RSS, Basic Stats - $4.99/$39, -$20 - Broadcaster - 3 hr Live, 500 hr Audio, Custom RSS, Auto Insert, Adv. Stats - $19.99/$199, -$40 - Anchorman - 5 hr Live, 1500 hr Audio, Custom RSS, Auto Insert, Full Stats, Show Promotion - $49.99/$499, -$100 - Station - Unlimited Live, Audio Storage, Custom RSS, Auto Insert, Full Stats, Show Promotion - $119.99/$1,199, -$240- 1 hour of 128kbps=60 MB of file size- Build a Mobile App dedicated to your podcast - Create an App Wizard Process- /store/app- $99.00 per iOS/Android app, all included, Customized to your specifications, LIVE or pre-recorded, Interact closely with fans in real-time through the chatbox, Listeners can like your tracks and follow you, You can choose to publish the app under our account or do it yourself and generate revenue from it. * Any app changes that involve a re-submission to the app store will be charged $15.00, per submission.- Ad CampaignsYou create to promote your show, and now Spreaker is giving you the chance to place these ads throughout the platform. Purchase a campaign plan of your choice, starting at $10.00 (impressions cost $2.00 every 1000), upload and edit your ads and info, and submit it to Spreaker. Placed on Spreaker's pages, including users' Newsfeeds and the Explore page. Manage from Settings: tracks budgets, run and pause ads, edit images and info, and more. Ad Dimensions: 300x250, PNG/JPG, 250 KB- Voiceover - /store/voiceover - Music Radio Creative - Play PROMOIntros, outros, transition jingles - those are just some of the ways to make your show stand out from the rest! Custom made jingles allow you to make a great first impression and set a professional tone to your show. Starts at $30 and goes up.- Custom Artwork - 3,000x3000, 1400x1400, 400x400, 982x275 .jpg - /store/artworkMake A Great First Impression - Attract more listeners with professionally made imagesPodcast's artwork is important element to not just your content, but your brand with BOLD Letters, Colorful and Human Photo ideal and makes a first impression on listeners. Readable at 75x75 pixel size. As listeners browse shows on Spreaker, deciding in a matter of seconds what to pass up based solely on who has attractive or unattractive images (or worse, no images at all). Here's where 99designs comes in- TranscriptionReading vs ListeningReading is much faster than listening- Social Media SharingIncluding the complete text of your audio included on your episode's page makes it easier for people to share it via Twitter, Facebook, Google+, and the myriad of other social media sites out there. - Indexing & SearchThe biggest advantage to having a transcription is that search engines can easily index your content with the text available. Better indexing will lead to more search traffic and more visitors. 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Feedback from Last Week's Show About Video Podcasting Hey there! I checked out your podcast today where you spoke about video podcasting. I think the way you explained it makes perfect sense. I  was actually looking for a way to upload videos faster to YouTube and found a specific way to do it where you compress the file.   There is free software called Handbrake that people suggest. (I think it has been used in the past to rip DVDs illegally, but that is not what I am using it for.) Basically, once you create the HD file (which is usually about 1GB for videos I have made that are about 5-7 minutes at 1080p) and then use Handbrake to compress the file. I can usually get it down to around around 100-150mb (yes...MB) and less if the file is smaller.   I was wondering if you thought this was a good option so you can have HD on all platforms. It doesn't seem to lose in quality especially with simple "blog" type videos.   Anyway, just thought I would check in on that. Thanks for all the hard work!   -Derek Daniel   Free Websites For Those Podcasting on a Budget I had someone contact me this week. They were on SoundCloud, they didn't have a website, and yet, they wanted to end up making a living from their podcast. Their topic was "talking about movies and video games with my friends." Not to say that you it is impossible to do this, but without hearing your show it I would say it is highly unlikely.  Why do you need a website to do a podcast? 1. Easy Clicks If you are going to force people to search for the item that will bring your revenue, you're making it too hard. It has to be easy - peasy. 2. Email List Growth IF you want to build an email list (and as they say the money is in the list, why? Easy Clicks) you have to have a sign up form. No website- no form. 3. Reputation It's $10 a month if you go to www.schoolofpodcasting.com/hosting and go with the cheapest plans it's around $9. If you drink 5 20 oz bottle of Mountain Dew a month, you have spend close to $10 on soda. Switch to water, and you have the money. Would you buy a car from someone selling it out of a tent (and it looked like they were going to bolt the minute they got your money). You don't date someone who is going to leave it two weeks. You get the point. In a nutshell If you don't have $10 a month (.03 a day) then don't start a podcast expecting it to pay your mortgage. Seriously. In the immortal words of Mick Jagger, "You can't always get what you want." 4. Ease of Listener Subscriptions When you have a website, you can put a link to your iTunes listing, and make it easier for people to subscribe in iTunes, Stitcher, etc. Without a website, you're saying things like "Find my show in iTunes." Have you tried the iTunes search? I've typed in the exact name of someone's show and still had zero results. 5. Easy Contact The one page you need on a website is a contact page and and about page. We all want interaction with our audience. While you can say your phone number and email address in your podcast, when it is a clickable link on your websites, it's super easy and requires no memorization. I Am Always Open To Other Points of View So when a client told me they were using Tumblr as their website I thought, "Really?" Then I looked at the website notold-better.com and yeah, that's a free tumblr website.  Now to be honest, he had his graphics made by a graphic designer, and that graphic matches the artwork of his podcast. So if you have 2-3 hours to learn how to adjust a tumblr site, check out their themes, and go from there. Keep in mind, you won't have all the flexibility of a Wordpress site, but you will be saving $9 a month. You can even put Google Analytics code into a tumblr site for stats. So if someone is really pushed for a budget, or they just wanted to test the waters, I would Tumblr is a platform I would recommend. Time Saving Tip Using Libsyn If you decide that you are going to use Tumblr as your website, you could use Libsyn as your media host (use the coupon code sopfree to get a free month at Libsyn.com) and Libsyn will automatically publish your content to Tumblr. One More Thing about $9 a Month Just so I know we're on the same page, you say you don't have 30 cents a day to spend on your podcast. Thirteen dollars a year on a domain (another .03 a day), and you'll use Canva to make your artwork for free, and you want the product and art you provide enough income to generate enough money to live on. Can you please enlighten me of anyone who has put out no money, and generate a business that provided enough income to live on? Even a lottery player has to buy a ticket, and the chances of you spending no money and generating a podcast that will generate enough income to live on is about the same odds as winning the lottery. Not Updating My WordPress Cost Me $200 I've always said to keep things simple. Remove any plugins or themes you are not using on a WordPress website. I thought I had done that, but I forgot to do it on one website. I do a show about Jillian Michaels. She has raving fans, and they love to buy her stuff. The best part is most of that is sold through places that have an affiliate program. When her book came out on Audible, I made a four figure affiliate check. You can be an audible affiliate by clicking here. Well on my website for Jillian Michaels I had been using the Thesis theme years ago. I now use themes from Appendipity which runs on the Genesis Framework. I never removed the Thesis theme, and my site got infected with Malware. I got blacklisted by Google. I went to my hosting company who in 2013 DID remove the malware for free, only to find out they no longer offer that. I went to a few different places, and could not find anyone who did a one time cleaning. I ended up going with sucuri.net who (like everyone else) charges $200 for the year. It's a great system, and they keep me more than updated on the status of my site. They even have a security tool to help block hackers. If you're website is healthy now you might look into the plugin Wordfence. It can help keep you safe (and it's free). Podcasting Pulling in Some Big Names Tony Robbins (famed motivational speaker and New York times best Selling Author) now has The Tony Robbins Podcast. Jeffrey Glaser who has quite the TV resume.  He oversaw such hit shows as “Glee,” “Empire,” “Arrested Development,” “Modern Family,” “New Girl” and “American Horror Story” at the network’s production arm, and guided more than 25 shows to syndication. He has been named president of content at podcasting network Wondery, spent 19 years at 20th Century Fox Television, where he oversaw many hits and guided more than 25 shows to syndication. More info The New York Times has launched a podcast team. Full Report. They launched a Modern Love show that is getting 300,000 downloads a week.   Podcast Rewind I appeared on the Podcaster's Roundtable where we talked about Show Prep I appeared on the first episode of the Podcast Producers  Jessica Rhodes is the person behind interview connections, and she has her own Rhodes to Success podcast, Corey is the man behind Podfly.net a podcast editing service.   Thanks for the iTunes Reviews I was turned on to SOP by Daniel J. Lewis, Cliff Ravenscraft, & Ray Ortega. Dave's content is solidly produced from a technical POV. Great audio as one would expect from a podcast about podcasting. The flow of the show is superior and feels like radio but no commercials :-) As I've made my way through the back catalog I am picking up so much information as I look to take my own podcast, House of #EdTech to a higher level! ~ Chris Nesi Host, House of #EdTech Podcast chrisnesi.com To leave a review go to www.schoolofpodcasting.com/itunes (view in iTunes, and then rate and review). Want yuor reviews from all countries and stitcher coming to your inbox? Check out My Podcast Reviews   START YOUR PODCAST Go to www.schoolofpodcasting.com/start

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This is a replay of the live broadcast with Dave Jackson, Ileane Smith, Jason Bryant, Austin Wood, Kim Krajci, Jim Collison, John Bukenas, Mike Dell, Carla, Craig Wealand, and James Prescott Recap From Last Week on the Live365 Streaming 1:35 Dave checked his stats and he is up to 22 listeners so far this month. The stats are not impressive for the $89 a month they are charging. If you want a streaming station you can get the same playlist features with Abovecast.com, but you will have to list your show in directories manually (Dave is working on a list for those interested).  Libsyn as a New Player that has a lot more tools to customize your player on your site. 4:25  This is what it looks like 2016 will looks to be the year of the player. Appendipity player is in beta. Dave hasn't played with it yet. He has a copy of it.  Austin Wants to Know How to Grow Your Audience 8:25 Identify your audience Create content that will impact them in a positive way Go to where you audience is Make friends with your audience Tell them about your show The equation for the number of downloads is:  Value in your episode multiplied by the amount of time spent promoting your shows = Total Number of Downloads Austin should get a domain name, I prefer to have a self hosted Wordpress install (use the coupon code podcastcoach), and get a microphone like the Audio technica 2100 James Prescot: How to Grow Your Podcast  15:45 See above  John Bukenas Has A Client Who Got a Cease and Desist Order 17:40 How do you avoid this?  Google Search. Lots of Searches.  If you want to go the full route, you hire a lawyer.  Dave had a member of the School of Podcasting who had the Miami Valley Music Cast, but got a notice from the people who had musiccast. So he had to change the name of his show to www.audiogumshoe.com As podcasting gets bigger we might see more legal issues come into the arena. Companies have to defend their trademark, and it gets fuzzy.  Craig Brings Up Making Sure your Website is Accessible to People Who Are Blind 24:25 Make sure your images and menus are setup for screen readers. Blab is not very accessible. Libsyn and Blubrry (media hosts for podcasts) are both accessible (use the coupon code sopfree to get a free month on either site).  31:00 Congrats to Craig who won an award for Best Education Podcast.m Chuffed is the word of the day. It means happy or content Miss Ileane Joins the Chat Thanks To Al Holtz for the Promoting the Show.  32:35 Dave's My Favorite Podcast 2015 is coming out on Monday, and Al said he loved the Ask the Podcast Coach - especially when Miss Ileane is on the show.  Kim wants to know how to change the email that is listed in the feed 37:40 Kim from onthetablepocasts.com asks how to find the email address. First you need to know what generates your RSS feed. It's in the iTunes settings of PowerPress. Thanks to Mike Dell from podcasthelpdesk.com (who works for Blubrry) We talk about identifying your audience and getting feedback from your target audience.  New Media Expo in 2016? 42:15 is NMC Dead? For 2016 more than likely.  Be Sure to Update Your PowerPress Plugin if You Update Your Wordpress 42:10 Mike Dell chimes in to let us know that the latest Wordpress update had some extra special ingredients. If your feed says "no title" then update Wordpress AND PowerPress and then let iTunes refresh your feed. Wordpress is a big target as 25% of the Internet runs on Wordpress. Predictions For Podcasting? 46:33 Dave hopes to see less tools designed by people who are designing tools for podcasters who have zero experience with podcasters. We all want to see the number of people consuming podcast goes up. More money will come into Podcasting. There will probably be another big break out show. We hope that the "Little guy" doesn't get squeezed out." We will probably see people quit podcasting because they aren't making a living with it after a few months.  Revisit Live Streaming Discussion and SquareSpace 57:15 Jason from Mattalkonline.com chimes in with his disappointing numbers from Live365.  Mentioned on this Episode Check out Jim at www.theaverageguy.tv Check out Dave at www.schoolofpodcasting.com   Join the School of Podcasting at www.theschoolofpodcasting.com use the coupon code ask20   Become an awesome support of the Ask the Podcast Coach show at www.askthepodcastcoach.com/awesome  

Did You Plug it IN? News and Articles Move over Millennials, Seniors Are Discovering Podcasting, Too http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/2747478 Howard Stern (again) http://cccnews.info/2015/11/17/howard-stern-demonstrates-the-value-of-live-radio-over-podcasting/ 38 podcasts so meta… https://medium.com/@harryduran/28-podcasts-so-meta-they-all-cover-the-topic-of-podcasting-itself-da977dcf3c3f ----------------- Inverted Audio problem Thanks to Daniel J. Lewis from The Audacity To Podcast for helping me figure out what was wrong. I *THOUGHT* I had the portable recorder problem figured out.   I bought a new cable and the plug end for the 3.5mm makes it so it doesn't go in the socket all the way (Size does matter I guess:) ).  Anyway, it gave me a mirror effect left to right.  SO when it is played on a mono speaker (iphone, ipad and others) the left cancels out the right. ***UPdate! It wasn’t the cable after all. It was the setting on my recorder for Mic Type.  It was set to Stereo and to fix it, I had to set it to Mono.  Ugh! -------------------- Tech Support - Did you plug it in? Why those of us in Tech Support ask the simple questions first. ------------------ Blubrry Announcements of the week PowerPress supports in Feed fundraising links for certain apps http://www.powerpresspodcast.com/2015/11/04/powerpress-podcasters-can-now-crowdfund-their-podcast-directly-to-subscribers/ Clammr Player Plugin integration with PowerPress.  http://www.powerpresspodcast.com/2015/11/16/clammr-wordpress-plugin-supported-by-powerpress/ Blubrry Partners with Trition with a private plugin for Blubrry Pro customers for Ad management. http://www.powerpresspodcast.com/2015/11/19/triton-tap-plugin-powerpress/ Appendipity  themes player bug in PowerPress 6.2 which caused some themes issues with the player.  Angelo is working on releasing  PowerPress 6.2.1 as I record on Friday.  Should be out Friday evening so if you are having player troubles with your theme, it will be fixed SOON.. Update your PowerPress whenever it’s updated. ***update, I'm testing 6.2.1 now and it should be out tonight (11/20/15) ------------------- Support the show.. See everything on the left sidebar of the site (in a computer browser).

Joey Kissimmee says that he's not techy, but he has created iPhone apps, SaaS products, WordPress themes, and is now working on WordPress plugins. He says that he has always been a hard worker. His first job was washing dishes in a beat up old sandwich shop in Chicago when he was twelve. In 2000, he started working at Walmart and doing a little business online to make some extra money to have fun with his wife and kids. “At first,” he says, “it was just selling junk on eBay.” But he found some mentors, he listened, he learned, and he implemented the things he learned. He created a few tools that he couldn't find and then turned these tools into products. Somewhere around 2008 or 2009, he realized he was making some pretty good money from his online business and decided to take it seriously. By early 2010, he was able to retire from his job at Walmart to work his online business full-time. Please see Disclosure* (below) concerning affiliate links on this page. Key Segments [03:00] Joey is not a developer, so how did he get into the SaaS world? He says he's not techy. Joey wasn't even sure what SaaS meant until long after he was creating SaaS products. [03:55] He didn't set out to become an entrepreneur; he just wanted to sell some junk on eBay. [04:25] When he first started to get involved with marketing, his mentors were creating little tools to perform tasks. [05:05] He started creating iPhone apps in 2011, and that's where he really learned to hire people to create things. [06:25] Anything he had to do repeatedly, he would pay someone to automate for him. He systematized his processes and created tools for himself. [07:00] In about 2010 a buddy in the affiliate marketing world told him: “Dude, you could sell this stuff.” [07:40] He was a good listener, and he took action. He just implemented what worked. He created TubeSlicer.com as a tool to do the five things he knew how to do with Photoshop for creating YouTube thumbnails and then turned this into a product. He did the same thing to create Image Ad Creator a product to create images for split testing Facebook ads. [09:15] Every product he created was to solve his own problems, and then he figured out a way to turn it into a viable product. He created Tube Slicer, Image Ad Creator, TimelineSlicer, and Podcast Artwork Slicer out of his own needs. Appendipity, his premium WordPress theme, was created the same way and turned into a huge success. [10:00] “I don't care who says what, outsourcing is an art form.” When you're outsourcing you don't have to know coding, you have to know the lingo. [11:30] Rule #1: Know how you want to use the product. The coder doesn't really care about or understand the Ux (user experience). Your problems aren't unique. There's a good chance that a dozen other people have the same problem; so if you can figure out how to solve it for yourself, you just solved it for a dozen other people. [12:14] Rule #2: Know the lingo. [13:00] To communicate Ux to the designer for his WordPress designers he draws on a legal pad and then scans it and sends it to them. For iPhone apps, he used Balsamiq to do wireframes. 14:30 Once it's working the way you want it to work, fiddle around with the look of it. Once the mock-up's done and you've got a working prototype, send it to the designer. [16:00] His go-to place for designers was oDesk. He also used Freelancer and eLance. (Note: oDesk and eLance merged in 2015 and formed Upwork.) [16:40] You could get hosed in many ways. The developer and the designer could overcharge you. People could also steal your ideas. One way Joey protected himself was not to give too much information on the job posting. [17:00] Joey gives an example of how he does a job posting and then explains his filtering process for hiring. [18:50] Once he has filtered out the best candidates, he shares more detail privately with them. If he has a good feeling about an individual, he does a live Skype session with them. You have to trust your gut. No matter how qualified someone may seem, if you don't feel right about it, and there's just something off, forget it. [21:55] For design work, he now goes to 99designs but uses a slightly different process because of their crowd-sourcing-like model. [23:00] Now, he can also put the word out to his email list that he needs people and use a survey on Google Forms to collect responses. Requirements are in a question format. He doesn't use a code word in these surveys, but the rest of the process is the same. [24:50] Joey has developed four different types of software products but uses one well-refined process to find people in all cases. Joey picked these things up by paying attention, listening, being connected to a few good people, and doing it. [27:40] Joey recommends The 4-Hour Workweek, The ONE Thing, and Influencer (see Resources Mentioned below for additional details). [29:00] Joey takes the end of one year and beginning of the next to spend with his family and to reflect on his business. He reflects on how things have gone in the past year and what he might want to try in the next. [32:15] He is fortunate to be able to take himself out of the equation. He learned to create evergreen businesses that don't need his name or his face to make money. Create brands that can stand on their own. [35:15] Don't become brand dependent. Don't become the brand because you won't make any money if you take yourself out of the equation. Build the product as the brand. [35:45] You can create a SaaS product, and you don't have to be the actual product. Be behind the scenes. Let the product breathe. Build the product into a brand. Make it the best thing possible. [36:55] You don't have to make it the best thing possible at the beginning. The beauty of SaaS is the ability to release versions. Build a working prototype, release it for free or dirt cheap, and then get feedback from the customers. Let the customers build the features into it then package it up, raise the price, and sell it. People will buy it because it's customer driven. They built the product. [38:20] You will get a lot of crazy requests from guys who think so far outside the box, they lose the box. Filter by the majority of requests. [41:15] “You just gotta go out there and do it. I always tell people, and I preach this off the rooftops: ‘You must listen. It doesn't matter where you're listening from. You have to listen to everything that they say. Learn as much as you can. There's no possible way you can learn everything that they say and jot everything down. Just jot down and take mental notes of the things that resonate with you. Then when you're done listening and learning, go out there and implement it. That's the freakin' key thing right there. If you don't implement, if you don't take action, the only guaranteed results to zero is if you do nothing. You might as well do something. If you're gonna get zero anyway by doing nothing, you might as well go ahead and try to do something so you'll get some kind of result.'” [42:05] “Do something. That's the way I go about it. You know, hey, it's gonna be zero anyway if I do nothing. So I might as well get a zero by doing something. ‘Cause at least, I gave it a whirl.” [42:55] “If you can use your own product, you've got something good to share with people.” Resources Mentioned 99designs – web-based service for design freelancers. Appendipity – premium WordPress theme created by Joey Kissimmee. Appendipity is particularly well-suited to podcasting. This site uses Appendipity. Balsamiq – wireframing app. Freelancer – web-based service for freelancers of all kinds. Google Forms – online form app from Google. Results transfer into a spreadsheet. Image Ad Creator – app created by Joey Kissimmee “that allows you to create beautiful and professional looking image ads to use with your Facebook advertising.” IncomePress.com – Joey Kissimmee's primary personal website and podcast. Influencer: The New Science of Leading Change, Second Edition – book by Joseph Grenny, Kerry Patterson, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler about making change happen. Photoshop – SaaS for processing images. Podcast Artwork Slicer (server move in progress) – product by Joey Kissimmee to create inexpensive album artwork for iTunes. The 4-Hour Workweek – book by Tim Ferriss free yourself from as many tasks as you can so that you can live differently, doing only the things that you alone can do. The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results – book by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan describing a simple, powerful concept to focus on what matters most. TimelineSlicer (server move in progress) – app created by Joey Kissimmee to “create custom cover photos for your Facebook Timeline.” TubeSlicer.com (server move in progress) – app created be Joe Kissimmee to create thumbnails for YouTube videos Upwork – web-based freelancers of all kinds. *Disclosure: Some of the links on this page may be affiliate links. I may earn a commission if you purchase through these links. These commissions help to cover the cost of producing the podcast. I am affiliated only with companies I know and trust to deliver what you need. In most cases, affiliate links are to products and services I currently use or have used in the past. I would not recommend these resources if I did not sincerely believe that they would help you. I value you as a visitor/customer far more than any small commission I might earn from recommending a product or service. I recommend many more resources with which I am not affiliated than affiliated. In most cases where there is an affiliation, I will note it, but affiliations come and go, and the notes may not keep up.

Joey Kissimmee, owner of Appendipity - a proud sponsor of Podcast Day, takes the mic and camera to answer everyone’s questions about Appendipity. He shares what Appendipity can do for you and your podcast, including themes designed specifically for podcasters and specific plug-ins you will need.

Got Feedback? Call 888-563-3228 and get your voice on the show. The top two things I heard from clients consists of: How do I increase interaction How do I grow my audience Increasing Interaction With Your Podcast Audience Show up. Do you best to create a consistent schedule. If you show up, then they will make you part of their routine. This isn't mandatory (Dan Carlin is awesome and put out an episode every few months), but I would consider it best practice. Have someone who has never been to your website try and contact you. I AM AMAZED and people who do not have a page with a CONTACT link. Don't get cute and make it "buy me a cup of coffee" or "Interact" make the button/menu item say CONTACT. Why? Because it is what people are looking for. Let them choose the method of interaction. You can see if you go to my contact page that you can email me, call me (using podcastvoicemail.com ), or use the speakpipe button. You're choice. I've eliminated any reasons that you might have to contact me. One way to increase interaction is to ask for some. That's right, ask. If you want to know what they think, make it the last line of your show notes and ask them to leave a comment on your website or you can do what Michael Hyatt does and point them to his Facebook page. He who doesn't ask, doesn't get. How Do I Grow My Podcast Audience? I've spoken about this in numerous episodes: see here, here, here , and here . You need to Make contact that impacts your audience, GO to where they are, make friends, tell them about your podcast). Today I want to throw in something I am again not seeing on websites. A play button. If you want people to listen to your show give them a play button. This is one of the reasons I like Appendipity themes. If you want it, you can have a GIANT play button at the top of your page (see www.logicalloss.com for an example). People are not going to get hooked on your content if they can't find it. When you create content that impacts your audience, they are going to want to tell their friends. Make sure you have buttons that make it easy to do it RIGHT NOW. There are tons of plugins that can add share buttons (they are built in to the Appendipity themes). One of the best plugins is Social Warfare. This plugin is super functional and SMART. You can specify exactly how things get shared on the Internet. Another feature rich sharing plugin is Monarch from Elegant Themes if you are looking for a free tool, check out sharaholic in the Wordpress directory. International Podcast Day Recap Today we talk with Steve Lee of Modern Life Media and the co-founder of International Podcast day (Dave Lee, Steve's son is the other co-founder). Today we hear from Steve how: We had a much more global audience with people from around the world joining in on a live 30 hour live streaming podcast. Apple was involved and was tweeting out items this year Many communities were "doing their own thing" to promote International Podcast Day. Thanks to Steve and Dave for giving us a central spot to "start the conversation" Podcast Rewind I recently appeared on the PodupPod Podcast I appeared on the Moneycast talking about my different revenue streams and my book More Podcast Money Podcast News According to a new report released by comScore, almost one-third (29%) of adults with smartphones listen to a podcast at least once a month. In the 18-34 year-old range, the figure rises to 41%. The data indicates that 18-34-year-olds are more likely than the average smartphone-owning adult to listen to podcasts on their device at least once a week, 26% vs. 18%. Ready to Start a Podcast? Check out www.theschoolofpodcasting.com

First things first, I'm not a lawyer and do not take this as legal advice. Always speak to a lawyer. A few weeks ago I made a video about the service Audello. At the end of the video I saw something that really upset me. I was already somewhat upset as I can see where people are going to spend $300 for a product that is unnecessary. I took to the video camera, and the blog post with smoke coming out of my ears. My title warned people to stay away from this product and I called it a scam. That is over line. These as Yosemite Sam would say, "Are fighting words" and you know what? He's right. I went looking for what words could get you sued and I found a great post from Deb McCalister. She has some great advice (deb has worked in PR for a long time). Don't Be a Warning Bell Avoid comments like WARNING: Beware of… (or the variations: Stay away from…Don’t do business with…DO not  hire…Do not buy…Do not waste money…) SCAM ALERT: (Company or individual’s name) is a con artist… (or the variations: I got  taken in by…These scammers took my money…Don’t trust…) (Company or individual’s name) lied (or the variations: misrepresented…promised but did  not deliver…ruined my property description by doing shoddy work…did shoddy work…is the  worst company description…) She also stated that you want to keep things personal: Focus on your own experience, and don’t tell other people what to do. Keep your language in the first person. “I hired…” “I found…” “I paid…” “I thought…” “I feel… You should try to avoid telling people what to do. Give them the facts that you found, and let them make a decision. Don't Threaten Tactics to avoid saying I’m going to make it my business to tell everyone I meet what a crook you are. I am going to tell everyone not to do business with you. If you don’t fix the problem you caused, I am going to ruin your reputation online. So what did I say that was so bad? I called it a scam (it's not a scam is where you give people money and get nothing in return - you do get something in return with Audello). I told people not to buy it. Like I said, don't tell people what to do. Give them the facts that you found, and let them decide. Be Ready to Prove Your Claims   What Would My Updated Review Be? I downloaded and installed Audello last week. On my computer I could never get it to launch. I didn't contact their tech support as my goal was to get an overview of the program so I could talk about it. Their web interface was really all I needed. I do my recording in other software (so I didn't need it). Here are some of their features Playlists Future Dating of Shows The Ability to see where people stop listening Split Testing Audio bars Of all the features the one I feel is unique is split testing. This is geared toward having a selling proposition on a page. So if you have a page setup to collect email addresses, you could see what audio message worked best at getting people to sign up for your email list. Playlists can be done with the free plugin powerpress. Future dating of shows can be done in Wordpress. The ability to see how long people are listening is available if you are on the Stitcher platform. All of those features are free. This is where Audello will say that the main advantage of Audello is that all these features are under one platform (and that would be true). It is also true that Audello is around $197 - $294. When I imported my feed, not all the details came across. If you have multiple shows on Libsyn, when you upload a show through Audello it will randomly pick which show to assign the file (that is not acceptable in my opinion). So the software has bugs (most new software does), but for $297 I expected more. Mentioned in this segment: EFF ONline Defamation Law and Deb Mcalisiter Article Here is the message I received Brute Protect Plugin Last Saturday the School of Podcasting and Ask the Podcast Coach had Brute Force attacks that made it hard for my website to stay online. It was a horrible feeling. Working with the tech support at Host gator they determined that I was under a brute force attack. I searched for a plugin to help and found the Brute Force attack plugin. This free plugin was recently purchased by Automatic (the people who make Wordpress). The idea is they are creating a giant database of attackers that it is blocking. It also will email you when your site is down (and when it comes back up). Over the last 19 hours it has blocked 20 attempts to login to my site. If your site is having an issues, this seems to be helping. You can learn more about it at https://bruteprotect.com/ My Podcast Reviews Now Includes Stitcher Reviews I want to thank everyone who has written a review in iTunes or Stitcher. I've been using My Podcast Reviews to track these (and all the reviews I've had over the years). It's definitely worth the money as I don't have to go in and dig through all the international stores to see my reviews (i.e.e the ones from Australia, Canada, etc). It's a great way to keep up to date with what people are saying about you. Appendipity Podcaster Pro Now Compatible with PowerPress You can use this theme and leave Powerpress enabled, but turn of the ability for PowerPress to place a player in your post (or use both and have Appendipity at the top of the post and PowerPress on the bottom).   Ready To Podcast? Become a member today

Joey Kissimmee has been making money online since 2000. He is a multi-talented online entrepreneur, podcaster, pro blogger, iPhone app developer and premium Wordpress theme developer. In fact, the PublishPositionProfit.com website is actually based on one of Joey’s themes – thanks for that Joey! Joey’s Appendipity Wordpress theme business has grown by an incredible 2,000% in less than 12 months and so right now that is his main focus. In this interview Joey shares his success secrets and how he was able to build a sustainable business that earns money for him and his family even when he’s not there – allowing him to take December and January off completely, every year!

What should you consider before getting a WordPress Theme. What about plugins? Find out and get the show notes at http://www.msileanespeaks.com/2014/03/wordpress-theme-wishlist.html