Blog Posts

Jan. 10, 2026

Twitter Followers vs Podcast Listeners

May 28, 2011 I am heading back from BlogWorld NY 2011 - It was a great show (sans the last keynote).  One of the things that stuck with me from the show was a side conversation I was in about the importance of growing your twitter fo…

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Jan. 10, 2026

The first and last word on the CBR vs VBR question.

May 14, 2014 Update - 4/9/24 CBR - Constant BitRateVBR - Variable BitRate -------- I like to say there are two ways to explain VBR vs CBR.  There is the non-tech way to explain it and that is simply: …

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Jan. 10, 2026

Listens Do Not Equal Listeners or Why Twitter Bombing is BS

This is an article I wrote for the September 2014 issue of Podertainment MagazineThere is a trend I am starting to see with some podcasters - they are starting to heavily spam Twitter.  What they are doing is sending out massive amo…

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Jan. 10, 2026

Will Increasing your Bit Rate equal More Listeners?

Jun 12, 2016There was a suggestion recently on one of the Google+ Podcast communities that we should be going to higher bit rates for our Audio files to compete with the big guys. The basic idea was Indie podcasters needed to up their game by uppi…

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Jan. 10, 2026

The Pod 11 - The most influential Entities in Podcasting

Jun 16, 2016This list is in response to this other list - The Pod 22 the Most influential people in NY City Pro Podcasting Rather than look at individuals - I wanted to look at the teams and entities that are really the most influ…

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Jan. 10, 2026

Hey Podcasters What’s in your Wallet?

At NAB/NMX in 2015 in Las Vegas last year I was walking over to the Las Vegas convention center Sunday morning with Gary Leland.  I had my big suitcase full of stuff for the libsyn booth - it was definitely over packed.  In the suitca…

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Jan. 10, 2026

Thoughts on Podcast Movement 2016 and Podcast Hall of Fame

Let me start by saying KUDOS to the Podcast Movement Team (Dan, Gary, Jared, Mitch and all the Yellow Shirts).Podcast Movement 2016 was the best podcasting event I have been to and I have pretty much been to them all. It had a great mix of indie p…

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Jan. 10, 2026

Sorry Virginia there is no such thing as the perfect length for a podcast.

Apr 29, 2017 One of the first questions I get about podcasting and likely the most common question overall for this space is “What is the right length for a podcast?”   Sadly there are a bunch of at best “fake news&rd…

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Jan. 10, 2026

Privacy does really matter in Podcasting

Oct 13, 2019 (This article original was posted in Podcast Business Journal on June 6th 2019 - I am re-posting here so as to make on going updates on this topic) There is no opt-in for podcast listeners when it comes to tr…

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Jan. 10, 2026

How to Get your own Transcript in Apple Podcasts - Using Libsyn & Temi

Jan 29, 2024 edited - 3/8/24Apple just announced they will be supporting Transcripts in Apple Podcasts with the roll out of iOS 17.4 and this is for ALL podcasts big and small.  If you do nothing - your show will get the transcript A…

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Jan. 10, 2010

A Podcast by any other name is still a..

Sep 28, 2010 Note this is a republish of a column I wrote for Blogger and Podcaster Magazine back in June of 2007. In honor of Blog world I am reposting this article now.   In the beginning God created Adam and then Adam (with…

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