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Promote Your Show on Other Podcasts, But DON' Make it Exclusive!
May 24, 2023

Promote Your Show on Other Podcasts, But DON' Make it Exclusive!

The Daily from the New York Times -one of the biggest, and in my opinion, best, podcasts out there is expanding. They're going to offer a daily 10 minute recap of the day's headlines. But in this week's rollout, they …

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Why my Lululemon Pants are like finding a new podcast
May 18, 2023

Why my Lululemon Pants are like finding a new podcast

Yes, I'm a 42 year old man and I'm recording this podcast while wearing a pair of my new Lululemon pants. And I found them the same way most people find podcasts. Look, we all know the pandemic changed EVERYTHING. …

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What If Your Guest Wants To Add Something?
April 27, 2023

What If Your Guest Wants To Add Something?

We've all been there as podcasters. We finish our interview, we sign off, and the guest sends us an email and says, "oh, can I add something?" What's important to remember in podcasting is that, in most cases, this isn't …

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Why Your Podcast Needs YouTube and An Email List
April 21, 2023

Why Your Podcast Needs YouTube and An Email List

Two things that will be central to growing your podcast in 2023 are a YouTube channel and an email list. First, YouTube. Now don't be scurred. If you're camera shy, this doesn't mean you need to shoot video of your …

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What Podcasting Can Learn From Baseball
April 6, 2023

What Podcasting Can Learn From Baseball

I grew up a die-hard Boston Red Sox fan. Every April, we thought, "this could be the year." Until it wasn't. But in honor of what used to be our national pasttime, today I'm going to tell you what podcasting …

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YouTube Podcasts and More March Podcasting News
March 28, 2023

YouTube Podcasts and More March Podcasting News

To paraphrase a great philosopher of the early 2000's.....FINALLY.....The Jag Show....has come back....to podcasting. First, apologies for the hiatus. I've spent much of the last six months on a passion project - the WJPZ at...

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2023 Podcast Predictions
Jan. 5, 2023

2023 Podcast Predictions

What's better than one podcast producer's 2023 predictions? How about 5? I moderate this month's roundtable with Matt Cundill of The Sound Off Media Company, Catherine O'Brien of Branch Out Programs, Johnny Podcasts of Stra...

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Happy 2023, Podcasters!
Jan. 2, 2023

Happy 2023, Podcasters!

Hey everyone, it's been a minute. Gonna break down the last month or so of podcast news and look forward to 2023. First, a programming note. Yes, I've "pod faded" with this show a bit. That's largely because I've been …

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10-ish Podcasting News Stories From The Last Month
Nov. 16, 2022

10-ish Podcasting News Stories From The Last Month

It's been awhile since we did a recap of news in the podcasting world - so I'm gonna share some headlines that have grabbed my attention over the last month or so: The biggest story is Edison Research's Spoken Word …

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Bonus: WJPZ at 50 Podcast Trailer
Nov. 7, 2022

Bonus: WJPZ at 50 Podcast Trailer

A great way to promote your podcast is in other podcasts. It's what's known as a "Feed drop." If you can work out a trade with a similar podcaster, you can promote each other's shows. The old adage is "fish …

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8 Things Disney World Can Teach You About Your Podcast
Nov. 2, 2022

8 Things Disney World Can Teach You About Your Podcast

My wife and I are back from a week in Disney World with some friends, and a lot of the things they do there can apply to you and your podcast. Now I realize Disney has about a 90 year …

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Are Podcasts Coming to TikTok?
Oct. 20, 2022

Are Podcasts Coming to TikTok?

TikTok continues to out-innovate (and out-grow) other social media apps. And podcasting could be their next feature. PodNews, via AudioMeans, reports that there is a new "bot scraping our feeds." Or, in English, another part...

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How Spotify's Greed Cost People Their Jobs
Oct. 13, 2022

How Spotify's Greed Cost People Their Jobs

The big news in podcasting this week was Spotify canceling 10 shows from its Parcast and Gimlet studios, leading to a layoff of just under 5% of its workforce. And it's all because of...greed. https://www.hollywoodreporter.c...

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Audacy's Problems Spread to Radio and Podcasting
Oct. 7, 2022

Audacy's Problems Spread to Radio and Podcasting

I really don't want this to be a podcast where I talk about radio, an industry I left in 2017 after almost 20 years. But for the second straight week, we've got a radio company who's trying to break podcasting. …

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Is iHeart Scamming the Podcasting Industry?
Sept. 29, 2022

Is iHeart Scamming the Podcasting Industry?

Is iHeart scamming the podcasting industry? That's the implication of an article this week that was widely discussed in the podcasting world. The story is from Bloomberg and written by Ashley Carman, one of the most respecte...

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When Should I Release My Podcast?
Sept. 23, 2022

When Should I Release My Podcast?

Yesterday, I went to the North American International Auto Show, known to locals here as the Detroit Auto Show, or just the Auto Show. And it reminded me of a common question I get from podcasters - when should I …

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What Shane Hawkins Can Teach Us About Podcasting
Sept. 15, 2022

What Shane Hawkins Can Teach Us About Podcasting

Did you see 16 year old Shane Hawkins pay tribute to his dad at the recent Foo Fighters tribute to Taylor Hawkins? Well, turns out how you heard about it and how you watched and reacted to it - can …

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Lessons from Podcast Movement 2022
Sept. 8, 2022

Lessons from Podcast Movement 2022

Season 4 of The Jag Show starts with a recap of what I learned at Podcast Movement about long and short form video, branded podcasts, how to grow your show, and finally, the dust up over Ben Shapiro's appearance.

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Podfade Happened To Me Too
June 28, 2022

Podfade Happened To Me Too

You may have noticed that it's been awhile since I've come out with a new episode of this podcast. And for that, I apologize. I've often talked about "PodFade" in this show - it's when after a certain number of …

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How Matt Got to Episode 300 (Podcast Superfriends)
May 24, 2022

How Matt Got to Episode 300 (Podcast Superfriends)

In our May 2022 livestream, the 5 "Podcast Superfriends" assembled to talk about how Matt Cundill pushed through the usual podcast obstacles to get to the 300th episode of The Sound Off Podcast. We cover lessons learned, and ...

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JAG on The ROCC Pod - Royal Oak Chamber
May 4, 2022

JAG on The ROCC Pod - Royal Oak Chamber

For over a year now, three co-hosts and I have been working on a podcast for the Royal Oak Michigan Chamber of Commerce. We interview various members of the Chamber about themselves and their businesses. Once a quarter, we ...

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What Can Elon Musk and Twitter Do For Podcasting?
April 28, 2022

What Can Elon Musk and Twitter Do For Podcasting?

To watch this podcast as a video, you can do so here: https://youtu.be/hp4JmAZhTPE Elon Musk is buying Twitter for $44 billion. And while much has been discussed about the political and free speech ramifications of this move...

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Repurposing Webinars as Podcasts
April 22, 2022

Repurposing Webinars as Podcasts

I joined Brenda Meller of Meller Marketing on Tuesday for a presentation on how to repurpose LinkedIn Live videos as podcasts. While Brenda works mostly with LinkedIn, the tips here are applicable to video webinars of all ki...

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iHeart, Podcasting, and NFT's
April 15, 2022

iHeart, Podcasting, and NFT's

iHeart has launched a podcasting network for NFT's. More on that later. Here are this week's podcasting headlines: Wanna know which advertisers are investing in the top 5,000 podcasts? Podchaser has a new tool to track that...

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