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Dave Jackson has been helping people launch podcasts since 2005 and every Saturday he is joined by Jim Collison to is runs the Average Guy Network. Together they have 20 years of podcasting experience and coaching.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 67 minutes
- Episodes
- 527
- Years Active
- 2013 - 2025
Your Shows Format Will Evolve
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The show must go on! Dave's site is being bombarded with all sorts of bad stuff. Thanks to twitter and our community we all got together. Dave is getting prepared t…
Blog Talk Radio - Keeping it Simple - Podcasters Unite!
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FEATURED SUPPORTER: Dr. Craig Van Slyke from AI Goes to College
Generative artificial intelligence systems, like ChatGPT, are transforming the world of higher educat…
Battling Hiss - Spreaker Insights
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Happy PIE DAY. Today Dave and Jim answer your podcasting questions on the following topics today:
4:20 Dual XLR into 1/8" Cable Review
John Morgan from Lets Talk Meta…
Fixing Bad Audio - Stereo and Mono Files
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Reaching Your Audience
You need to go to where they are, make friends with them, and THEN tell them about your podcast (not go there, tell them about your podcast, a…
Calls o' Plenty! - Dave and Jim Are BACK!
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Missing Items on Your Website [5:20] Social Subscribe and Follow Plugin [12:00] Academy of Podcaster Awards [16:30] Can I start a Show a Certain Way [18:50 ] Gear …
Google vs Apple Part II - Noise Gates
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This week isn't your typical show as Dave and Jim took a week off to do some extreme sports (Jim) and spend some time with your family (Dave).
We start off the show …
Parking Websites - Easter Egg Hunts - Apple Vs Google
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Happy Valentines Day Everyone! Today we talk about a marketing idea of Easter Eggs in your podcast. This uses the idea of an "insiders club" which seems to work per…
Facebook Groups and Joyride
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FEATURED SUPPORTER: Dr. Craig Van Slyke from AI Goes to College
Generative artificial intelligence systems, like ChatGPT, are transforming the world of higher educat…
Do You Visit Podcaster's Websites?
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Bryan from Profitcastuniverse.com comes on board and brings his infectious energy. Dave and Bryan talk about how some catch phrases start by accident.
Do You Visit P…
Crowd Funding & Stats
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Today Dave and Jim talk about:
Getting into iHeart Radio (2:00)
From Justin Harvey: Is there a way to speed up the iHeart radio submission process? (not really)
Stitch…
Podcast Awards - Podcast Monetization
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Podcast Awards are Open
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Stitcher Experience 13:50
Jim shares his experience trying to get Stitcher to update his podca…
Portable Recorders - Video Cuts - Moving Websites
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What Recorder to Buy?
Michael is looking at different portable audio recorders. Is there much of a difference between the Roland R-05, the Zoom H4n and the Zoom H5.
T…
Interviewing Gear Options
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FEATURED SUPPORTER: Dr. Craig Van Slyke from AI Goes to College
Generative artificial intelligence systems, like ChatGPT, are transforming the world of higher educat…
iTunes Subscription Button Controversy & iTunes Compatible RSS
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Dave and Jim talk about how nice it is when technology works. Last week we had some issues and this week went smooth.
What is Normalizing and Compression[2:36]
Here a…
PowerPress 6.0 Launches
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In this episode we have a technical hiccup, but the show must go on. This means we start off with Jim as a caller until Dave's machine finally units updating itself…
Lavalier Microphones - iTunes Frustrations
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Screencasting / Video Strategy [1:40]
Fred from skillsinscreencastsandpodcasts.com wants to know my strategy for using video and audio. Steve Stewart has a class cal…
What Do RSS Feeds Do? - Testing Live Phone System
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My Old Mixer Died so I Bought a New One [2:30]
I purchased a Behringer Mixer when the old one died. I used Same Day Music. which allows me to split the price over tw…
Replacing Your iTune Artwork - Hangouts To Podcast?
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Replacing your iTunes Artwork 1:50
The big key when replacing your iTunes artwork is to change the name of your file. So if your original artwork was called, artwork…
Story Podcasts - Adjusting EQ - Wordpress Multi-Site
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Today we were under a bute force attack which made it very hard for the site to stay up. The community rallied and we got the word out and everyone showed up (YOU R…
Proper Recording Levels
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FEATURED SUPPORTER: Dr. Craig Van Slyke from AI Goes to College
Generative artificial intelligence systems, like ChatGPT, are tran…