Two Decades of Podcasting Insight
Jan. 11, 2013
291 Thoughts From New Media Expo 2013
Thoughts From NMX 2013 This week's episode was recorded late Monday evening, after hosting an amazing meetup here in my suite at the Rio hotel in Las Vegas. It is my hope that by listening to this conversation, you'll be insp...
Jan. 3, 2013
290 Ain’t Nobody Got Time For That – Goals Vs Resolutions And More!
So Looking Forward to a Week in Las Vegas! I'm excited about so many different things when it comes to Las Vegas. Some of the things that I'm most looking forward to are the fact that I’m going to be able to hang out with 15 ...
Dec. 20, 2012
289 Where Does Microsoft Stand on Podcasting Today?
Where Does Microsoft Stand on Podcasting? This week, I'm joined by my good friend, Rob Greenlee. Rob manages the Podcasts Marketplace on Windows Phone/Zune at Microsoft. He and I have a very lively conversation about the stat...
Dec. 14, 2012
288 My Secret Podcasting Project Revealed And Much More!
My Secret Podcast Project Revealed In this episode, I finally reveal that The Lord of the Rings Fan Podcast is the secret project I've been working on over the past several months. I explain why I decided to create a Lord of ...
Dec. 7, 2012
287 The New MySpace – Domain Extensions – Playing Audio of Video Podcasts in the Apple Podcasts App – And More!
First Impressions of the New MySpace In this week's Social Media Segment, Erik J. Fisher and I discuss our first impressions of the new MySpace. We both created profiles which you can find at http://new.myspace.com/gspn and h...
Nov. 29, 2012
286 How My Production Quality Has Evolved Over 3000 Episodes And Why I Don’t Like Anything On Facebook
How My Production Quality Has Evolved Over 3000 Episodes I received a question from Matt on the voicemail feedback hotline. He said that he'd love to have a link to my first episode and possibly have me put together a montage...
Nov. 22, 2012
285 What Was I Thinking? How Essential Is It To Publish Every Week? TV Show Fan Podcast Thoughts & More
What Was I Thinking That's the thought that came to mind as I was preparing the content to record this week's episode of Podcast Answer Man. The first half of this episode sounded more like an episode of Pursuing A Balanced L...
Nov. 15, 2012
284 One Event To Rule Them All – Phone Interviews – Apple Podcasts App Updated Review – Pop Filters – USB Sound Card – And So Much More!
One Event To Rule Them All I open this week's episode explaining why I am thrilled that NMX has made the decision to do a single event each year. Many of you know that I have been working hard to put together an amazing podca...
Nov. 9, 2012
283 iPad Mini Review – The SEO of Permalinks – Guest Posting – And So Much More!
My Thoughts on the iPad Mini Most people who know me, know that I am a huge fan of Apple products. When the original (1st generation) iPad came out, I purchased it hoping to use it to consume more ebooks. At the time, I had j...
Nov. 2, 2012
282 Sound Effects For Your Podcast – Speak It Forward Bootcamp Review – Is TweetBot For Desktop Worth $20? And Much More
Speak It Forward Bootcamp Review I spent a few days last week in Atlanta, Georgia so that I could attend Kent Julian's Speak It Forward Bootcamp. I went because I've been receiving an increasing number of invitations to speak...
Oct. 18, 2012
281 Leo Laporte Coming To NMX – Five Twitter Tips For Getting More Retweets – And So Much More!
Leo Laporte Is Coming To NMX I could not be more thrilled than I am to announce that I was able to get Leo Laporte to come to NMX (New Media Expo). Have a listen to the episode and you'll certainly hear my excitement and lear...
Oct. 11, 2012
280 Soundseeing Tours of China – Two Years of Podcasting With Zero Feedback – LinkedIn Skills Endorsements – And More!
8th Annual Podcast Awards Nominations Open Till October 15th The nomination process for the 8th Annual Podcast Awards is now open. If you consider nominating any of the shows that I produce, please see http://gspn.tv/awards f...
Oct. 5, 2012
279 Tools To Manage Who You Follow On Twitter – Is Facebook Extorting Your Mom? And A Commercial Space Update
Tools To Manage Who You Follow on Twitter In episode 276, I shared how Robin Dunbar and Michael Hyatt influenced my decision to make a radical change in the way that I use twitter. If you have not yet heard that episode, I en...
Sept. 27, 2012
278 Feedburner Fear Fiasco – Flat Fee or Pay Per GB – Interview Tip – The Return of MySpace And More!
Personal Plug of the Week This week's personal plug of the week is the Entrepreneur On Fire podcast from John Dumas. John has taken the bold challenge of creating a daily podcast that will feature interviews with inspiring en...
Sept. 20, 2012
277 Podcast Awards Ceremony Coming To NMX And Michael Stelzner Shares How He Built Social Media Examiner And Provides Details About His Successful Podcast Launch
Personal Plug of the Week This week's personal plug of the week is the Dispatches From The Buckle podcast from Dr. Lee Camp. Before I discovered podcasting, I used to listen to this thing called the radio while I was on road ...
Sept. 13, 2012
276 When Taking Things To The Next Level Is Beyond Your Comfort Zone – Radical Twitter Decision – And So Much More!
My Own Next Step? – Way Beyond My Comfort Zone! The main purpose of Podcast Answer Man is to help inspire the podcasting community to think about how they can take everything they are doing to the “next level.” I have a stron...
Sept. 6, 2012
275 My First Keynote Speech – My Address To The Catholic New Media Conference 2012
Over the past few months, I have been talking about the fact that I would be speaking at the Catholic New Media Conference in Arlington, Texas. I'm excited to share the audio recording of the talk that I gave in this episode ...
Aug. 23, 2012
274 Apple Wins Podcasting Patent – Are You Creating Life Changing Content? – Is Twitter Going Downhill? – And Much More!
Are You Creating Life Changing Content? This week, I was reminded, once again, why it is that I produce this show and create the content that I make available here on this site. That reminder came from an email that I had rec...
Aug. 16, 2012
273 Recording Audio On A Tight Budget – Multiple Guests With Audio Clips – File Formats – And More!
Equipment Options For Under $200 My primary focus with Podcast Answer Man is to help people create amazing sounding and extremely well produced shows. However, I am often asked what is available to those who want to record th...
Aug. 9, 2012
272 What Is Success? My Best Podcast Episode Ever! SpeakPipe For Feedback! And So Much More!
The Strangest Secret I must have heard my great friend, Dan Miller, talk about The Strangest Secret by Earl Nightingale at least 30 to 40 times before actually searching out this resource for myself. I'm so glad that I did! W...
Aug. 2, 2012
271 PlugInPalooza – Backup Buddy – Lead Player Plugin – Pretty Link – And 13 Other Plugins That I Use & Highly Recommend
What Plugins Do I Use And Recommend Today? I typically receive between 40 to 100+ emails each day. There are a number of questions that I get over and over again and one of the more popular questions is “What plugins are your...
July 26, 2012
270 Is There A Market For Podcast Producers? Why We Wear Headphones – Apple Podcasts App Update – And SO MUCH MORE!
Is There A Market For Podcast Producers? Nathan called in to ask if I thought there was a market for someone who wanted to produce podcasts for others rather than produce their own show(s). He also asked how I might go about ...
July 19, 2012
269 New Social Media Strategy And My New Sony MDR-7506 Headphones
Sony MDR-7506 Headphones For the past several years, I had been using Bose AE2 style headphones. When I was in NYC for BlogWorld & New Media Expo, I visited the SiriusXM studios. While in the studio, I noticed that they only ...
July 13, 2012
268 How Do You Determine The Potential Size of A Podcast Audience? Facebook Now Allows Unpublished Posts. And So Much More!
How Do You Determine The Potential Size of A Podcast Audience? In this week's episode, Eddy called in to ask if it is possible to determine the potential size of a podcast audience. He explained that he was trying to find out...