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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
How Stressful is Podcasting To You?
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Dave is back from Podcast Movement, shares how the attendees have changed, and asks the question, "How stressful is podcasting for you?"
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Playing with the Wisdom App and Talking 301 Redirects
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Today Dave and Jim are playing (we do that a lot on this show) with new technology. We ended up with quite the audience using the Wisdom App. They say you can monet…
How to Clean a Sticky Zoom H6
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A few weeks ago someone asked, "How do you clean a Zoom H6? " Today a listener who had the same issue got an answer from Zoom.
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Receiving Promotional Consideration From Our Guest
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Special Co-host David Hooper
David Hooper of bigpodcast.com and author of the book 101 Podcast Episode Templates
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Asynchronous Interviews
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Today Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting and Jim Collison from Home Gadget Geeks answer your questions about the following topics.
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What Makes You Try a New Podcast?
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Jim is back and Dave got some feedback from the show? We've heard the "Signal to Noise Ratio" has become a bit more noise. So today we cut the show shorter when we …
You Did How Many Interviews?
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Dave is joined by David Hooper Host of the Build a Big Podcast and author of the book Big Podcast and 101 Podcast Episode Templates. Check out Dave's Amazon page
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The Class Reunion Podcast
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How would you shape a show designed to reach the classmates of a class reunion from 1977? Jim and Dave talk with "D.R." about her project.
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Mid Year Podcast Goal Checkup
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Holy Cow it's July! It just seemed like yesterday it was January and we were looking at the new year with new hope and determination. Life has happened the last six…
Am I Destined to Be a Poor Podcaster?
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Our lead question today is, "I do an entertainment show. I don't teach how to make money, etc. I talk 70's and 90's movies. Am I destined to be a poor podcast?
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We Want to Connect with People
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Today I am joined by one of my favorite people in the "podcast guru" space Matthew Passy from thepodcastconsultant.com where he offers many different services from …
Examining Listener Feedback
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Jim and Dave and back, but at a special time (1:30 PM ET) as Dave has a special event he had to attend. Two hours before we started the show we got a GIANT letter f…
What is the Best First Question?
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Today Jim is out and we are joined by Neil Hedley of Knopp Studios (www.knoppstudios.com )who has a wide range of experience in copywriting, radio, comedy, TV, coac…
Defining Boring
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I always say that an episode should make you laugh, cry, think, groan, educate, or entertain. If it doesn't - t's boring. Is this too harsh?
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Podcast Launch Discussion
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James Rose and Kim Krajci are both launching new shows and want Dave and Jim's opinions. We also talk with Ross from Live Stream Universe about having multiple show…
Does Listening at 2X Indicate That Show is Bad?
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Today we have many interesting discussions ranging from Spotify's video offering, does listening to a podcast at a faster signal the podcast is boring? We see a new…
Trashing Podcast Trailers
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Dave is starting a new podcast called The Podcast Trailer show which spurred a discussion on:
Do we need a trailer?
What makes a good trailer?
What do you use it fo…
Dirty Little Podfader?
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I've heard some people refer to labeling someone as a Podfader carries with it major amounts of shame. To this, I say HUH? Jim and I discuss other topics listed bel…
Words Have Power
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Today Dave shares how he presented words heard many times before that had an impact on his audience. Jim has finished his taxes ahead of schedule.
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Payments Around Interviews
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Would you pay someone to be a guest on your show? Would you charge a guest to be on your show? As always Dave and Jim go where the chat room leads up. We also ask, …