WEBVTT 00:00:05.160 --> 00:00:08.140 You're listening to The Internet Pathfinder. 00:00:08.300 --> 00:00:10.859 I'm your host, Steve Phillips. In this podcast, 00:00:11.320 --> 00:00:15.339 my goal is to inform, educate, and reminisce 00:00:15.339 --> 00:00:18.160 as we find a path through the world of technology, 00:00:18.399 --> 00:00:22.359 the internet, and podcasting. This is the second 00:00:22.359 --> 00:00:25.480 episode of the podcast. I'm, of course, always 00:00:25.480 --> 00:00:28.199 looking for your feedback and thoughts as I fine 00:00:28.199 --> 00:00:32.109 -tune this, uh... This nice podcast that we've 00:00:32.109 --> 00:00:35.649 been traveling together as a group in the 28 00:00:35.649 --> 00:00:40.649 Day Challenge on Podcast Movement. Some of the 00:00:40.649 --> 00:00:43.689 feedback I received on the last episode referred 00:00:43.689 --> 00:00:47.729 to the fact that I tended to use the words so 00:00:47.729 --> 00:00:52.049 as my transition point, which I've come to realize 00:00:52.049 --> 00:00:55.909 that that is my verbal tick, aside from the fact 00:00:55.909 --> 00:01:00.719 that I use um a lot. I don't know how that meshes 00:01:00.719 --> 00:01:03.939 with everyone else, but I think that when recording 00:01:03.939 --> 00:01:06.579 a podcast or doing something in the audio format 00:01:06.579 --> 00:01:10.599 where you're lightly scripted and you're thinking 00:01:10.599 --> 00:01:13.299 about what you're trying to talk about, some 00:01:13.299 --> 00:01:15.459 of those verbal tics are something you have to 00:01:15.459 --> 00:01:18.659 consciously think about to avoid while you're 00:01:18.659 --> 00:01:22.340 doing it. And one of the things that I think 00:01:22.340 --> 00:01:25.670 kind of help with that is pre -planning. your 00:01:25.670 --> 00:01:28.129 strategy while you're doing your podcast, while 00:01:28.129 --> 00:01:32.989 you're going through the variety of methods that 00:01:32.989 --> 00:01:36.650 you break down what you're going to talk about. 00:01:36.810 --> 00:01:41.950 I find that creating a kind of notes setup is 00:01:41.950 --> 00:01:44.629 something that is essential when you're recording 00:01:44.629 --> 00:01:47.189 because then you keep all of your thoughts in 00:01:47.189 --> 00:01:50.170 one location. Not only that, but I've been known 00:01:50.170 --> 00:01:53.480 to use this There was this notes website that 00:01:53.480 --> 00:01:57.000 I used at one point, and I decided not to use 00:01:57.000 --> 00:02:00.680 that because Notepad was just as easy. And I 00:02:00.680 --> 00:02:04.040 tend to go in there, I type in, I break everything 00:02:04.040 --> 00:02:08.960 into blocks. So I put my intro block, I put each 00:02:08.960 --> 00:02:13.400 little segment that I go into. So I'll have the 00:02:13.400 --> 00:02:17.240 tech history lesson next, and then what I tend 00:02:17.240 --> 00:02:20.169 to do when I record though... is when I'm kind 00:02:20.169 --> 00:02:23.050 of splitting into a different topic, rather than 00:02:23.050 --> 00:02:25.370 running on an all -in -one recording and trying 00:02:25.370 --> 00:02:28.210 to edit and fix it later, I actually create, 00:02:28.270 --> 00:02:30.849 because I record everything in Adobe Audition, 00:02:30.849 --> 00:02:32.669 and this is kind of a little bit of a podcast 00:02:32.669 --> 00:02:36.789 how -to at the same time while you were listening 00:02:36.789 --> 00:02:40.610 to this podcast. One of the things that I like 00:02:40.610 --> 00:02:45.750 to do is I create individual audio files inside 00:02:45.750 --> 00:02:49.080 Audition. And that's one of the nice things about 00:02:49.080 --> 00:02:52.900 using a multi -level, multi -track sound editor 00:02:52.900 --> 00:02:56.240 is that you get to have these files in there 00:02:56.240 --> 00:02:58.680 without necessarily saving them or overwriting 00:02:58.680 --> 00:03:00.819 another. It all shows up. You create a multi 00:03:00.819 --> 00:03:02.580 -track and you can place these all in different 00:03:02.580 --> 00:03:04.659 places. Use the razor blade tool and chop them 00:03:04.659 --> 00:03:11.060 up. So what I'm doing in this is I create each 00:03:11.060 --> 00:03:14.020 segment separately. I have what I want to talk 00:03:14.020 --> 00:03:18.080 about written down. I pull up the tabs. reference 00:03:18.080 --> 00:03:20.939 something from the internet and I record them 00:03:20.939 --> 00:03:22.800 all separately and then piece them all together 00:03:22.800 --> 00:03:26.960 whether they have a transition point or not so 00:03:26.960 --> 00:03:30.719 that it helps me to better edit the process and 00:03:30.719 --> 00:03:34.520 not necessarily have to go back and listen to 00:03:34.520 --> 00:03:37.240 the entire thing and figure out where the mistake 00:03:37.240 --> 00:03:42.379 happened. It allows also for me to go back and 00:03:42.379 --> 00:03:44.819 listen to the previous segment to have a natural 00:03:44.819 --> 00:03:48.569 progression. into the next topic and so it's 00:03:48.569 --> 00:03:52.750 it's something i've i've learned over the years 00:03:52.750 --> 00:03:54.569 i used to just kind of fly by the seat of my 00:03:54.569 --> 00:03:57.729 pants and and just sit there and stumble through 00:03:57.729 --> 00:04:00.710 the the podcast try and figure out where i was 00:04:00.710 --> 00:04:03.650 going what i was planning on doing and it it 00:04:03.650 --> 00:04:07.330 just it was a mess plus i i had to listen to 00:04:07.330 --> 00:04:09.229 it and when you have limited time and you're 00:04:09.229 --> 00:04:12.590 recording as many podcasts as i do i've already 00:04:12.590 --> 00:04:17.589 got several podcasts in the can for this week 00:04:17.589 --> 00:04:19.769 so by the time you're hearing this this comes 00:04:19.769 --> 00:04:23.129 out on a Wednesday I've already pre -recorded 00:04:23.129 --> 00:04:27.610 a Star Trek podcast which comes out on Tuesday 00:04:27.610 --> 00:04:32.269 nights I have a geek general geek podcast that 00:04:32.269 --> 00:04:36.089 comes out early Tuesday afternoons I have a Transformers 00:04:36.089 --> 00:04:39.009 podcast that comes out Tuesday afternoon and 00:04:40.519 --> 00:04:43.720 I also pre -record in advance multiple episodes 00:04:43.720 --> 00:04:48.360 of the random geek show that I do, Altered Geek, 00:04:48.439 --> 00:04:54.339 so that I can have the content, which isn't necessarily 00:04:54.339 --> 00:04:58.439 timely, but it gives me enough wiggle room between 00:04:58.439 --> 00:05:01.800 the multiple shows so that I can cohesively put 00:05:01.800 --> 00:05:04.720 these together. I can edit them, I can look at 00:05:04.720 --> 00:05:06.899 them, I can go back and reference them, and then 00:05:06.899 --> 00:05:08.939 at the same time I have them all ready to go 00:05:08.939 --> 00:05:11.319 and release for the next week. So I'm essentially 00:05:11.319 --> 00:05:14.980 ahead of the game focusing on the next week and 00:05:14.980 --> 00:05:18.699 gathering information while I'm editing these 00:05:18.699 --> 00:05:22.639 shows. So by the time you hear these shows, I've 00:05:22.639 --> 00:05:25.620 already either A, recorded the new episode, or 00:05:25.620 --> 00:05:28.879 I've gotten in the process of doing the next 00:05:28.879 --> 00:05:34.100 episode. So I just wanted to kind of give a little 00:05:34.100 --> 00:05:37.860 bit of the process of how I break down and edit 00:05:37.860 --> 00:05:41.079 things when I'm building a podcast. It's something 00:05:41.079 --> 00:05:45.759 that I'm very passionate about. I love podcasting. 00:05:46.040 --> 00:05:49.680 And so it's something that I'm trying to turn 00:05:49.680 --> 00:05:53.319 more into a business model and less of a hobby, 00:05:53.399 --> 00:05:57.459 which it's been a hobby for the better part of 00:05:57.459 --> 00:06:04.889 a decade. When I decide to do this as a business 00:06:04.889 --> 00:06:10.769 instead, it puts a lot more emphasis into my 00:06:10.769 --> 00:06:15.370 thought process while I'm doing this. And I just 00:06:15.370 --> 00:06:17.889 wanted to give everyone kind of a little bit 00:06:17.889 --> 00:06:21.509 into the how -to this works for anybody that's 00:06:21.509 --> 00:06:25.930 listening. And I would like to have people ask 00:06:25.930 --> 00:06:30.879 me questions and me be able to answer them the 00:06:30.879 --> 00:06:33.699 best that I can of what I've experienced anyway 00:06:33.699 --> 00:06:40.800 and what my process is or what I've done to manage 00:06:40.800 --> 00:06:43.540 multiple shows at the same time not to mention 00:06:43.540 --> 00:06:47.519 I also guest on other shows on my podcast network 00:06:47.519 --> 00:06:51.160 which I do not host I have the ability to host 00:06:51.160 --> 00:06:54.500 them but I choose not to because I have this 00:06:54.500 --> 00:06:57.800 show along with three others that are my my primary 00:06:57.800 --> 00:07:01.040 concern and i put more of my time and energy 00:07:01.040 --> 00:07:03.639 into those and marketing those and i do the rest 00:07:03.639 --> 00:07:06.259 of the these shows that i guest on that's for 00:07:06.259 --> 00:07:10.439 those hosts to manage uh but some of my podcasts 00:07:10.439 --> 00:07:12.980 i i do with co -hosts some of them i do with 00:07:12.980 --> 00:07:17.740 just by myself and when you have a co -host it's 00:07:17.740 --> 00:07:22.220 definitely easier to riff on one another over 00:07:22.220 --> 00:07:26.490 doing The trying to figure out what you're trying 00:07:26.490 --> 00:07:30.829 to say and trying to block everything to almost 00:07:30.829 --> 00:07:34.970 an exact science, which I found to be very helpful 00:07:34.970 --> 00:07:37.389 for me gathering my thoughts because otherwise 00:07:37.389 --> 00:07:40.269 I go off in weird directions and there's not 00:07:40.269 --> 00:07:47.230 really a pattern to some degree. Topic two can 00:07:47.230 --> 00:07:52.810 also cause you to be able to... need a co -host 00:07:52.810 --> 00:07:55.769 or not need a co -host so that's that's another 00:07:55.769 --> 00:07:57.329 thing that i've kind of discovered over the years 00:07:57.329 --> 00:08:00.730 anyhow i'm going to cut over to the tech history 00:08:00.730 --> 00:08:03.149 lesson i hope i didn't bore anybody with the 00:08:03.149 --> 00:08:05.449 podcasting aspect but the tech history lesson 00:08:05.449 --> 00:08:07.610 is something that i'm kind of enthused with because 00:08:07.610 --> 00:08:13.990 i enjoy geeky history i enjoy learning and and 00:08:13.990 --> 00:08:17.769 reminiscing on things that you may not necessarily 00:08:17.769 --> 00:08:22.110 remember And I tried to do this on my other podcast 00:08:22.110 --> 00:08:25.750 and it didn't quite fit with the format. Whereas 00:08:25.750 --> 00:08:29.509 here, I think it kind of does because it's technology 00:08:29.509 --> 00:08:32.590 -based, it's internet -based, it's part of our 00:08:32.590 --> 00:08:37.629 history of how do we got to now. And it's something 00:08:37.629 --> 00:08:42.350 that if you're any kind of a tech buff, you're 00:08:42.350 --> 00:08:44.809 going to kind of enjoy these little tidbits. 00:08:44.889 --> 00:08:51.450 So back in February of 2005, There was the discovery 00:08:51.450 --> 00:08:56.850 of the first mobile phone virus, Cabir, which 00:08:56.850 --> 00:08:59.490 was announced. Specifically, Cabir is a worm 00:08:59.490 --> 00:09:01.889 which infects phones running the Symbian OS. 00:09:02.370 --> 00:09:06.909 Whenever a phone is infected, is activated, the 00:09:06.909 --> 00:09:11.250 message Kirby is displayed. Infected phones also 00:09:11.250 --> 00:09:13.269 attempt to spread the virus through Bluetooth 00:09:13.269 --> 00:09:16.929 signals, which it shows it on, for example, a 00:09:16.929 --> 00:09:21.059 Nokia gauge. I did not know that viruses started 00:09:21.059 --> 00:09:24.200 on the dumb phones to that degree. I knew in 00:09:24.200 --> 00:09:25.899 the smartphones they were pretty commonplace, 00:09:25.980 --> 00:09:28.980 but for them to be on these kind of dumb phones 00:09:28.980 --> 00:09:34.080 is astounding that they made this work. In 1999, 00:09:34.419 --> 00:09:38.899 we got the taste of our first internet bank of 00:09:38.899 --> 00:09:41.779 Indiana, which opened, becoming the first full 00:09:41.779 --> 00:09:44.220 -service bank accessible only through the internet, 00:09:44.299 --> 00:09:49.240 which it was... Just a couple of dudes that just 00:09:49.240 --> 00:09:53.159 started the first internet bank. That's crazy. 00:09:53.500 --> 00:09:56.820 I enjoy online banking, actually. It's one of 00:09:56.820 --> 00:10:00.220 the things that makes it easier for me. I mean, 00:10:00.240 --> 00:10:02.799 I get direct deposit with jobs and whatnot, but 00:10:02.799 --> 00:10:06.179 I enjoy online banking because I can pay everything 00:10:06.179 --> 00:10:08.460 online or I can get into my account online. I 00:10:08.460 --> 00:10:11.039 don't have to actually go to the bank. I can't 00:10:11.039 --> 00:10:13.100 even tell you the last time I've been in a bank 00:10:13.100 --> 00:10:20.490 for any reason. I really don't. And in 1924, 00:10:20.690 --> 00:10:23.409 the first presidential radio address is delivered 00:10:23.409 --> 00:10:26.529 by Calvin Coolidge, broadcast from the White 00:10:26.529 --> 00:10:29.769 House. He talks and it's carried on five stations 00:10:29.769 --> 00:10:33.269 with an estimated five million listeners. So 00:10:33.269 --> 00:10:37.269 it's like the precursor to podcasting in a sense 00:10:37.269 --> 00:10:40.990 in that we have streaming devices that play our 00:10:40.990 --> 00:10:43.769 podcasts. We can listen to them in our car now. 00:10:43.909 --> 00:10:47.399 I mean, the connections. are very much like radio, 00:10:47.580 --> 00:10:52.419 however much more out there, you could say. Because, 00:10:52.460 --> 00:10:54.279 I mean, yeah, you can do internet streaming. 00:10:54.500 --> 00:10:57.179 You can do things like that. But I think podcast 00:10:57.179 --> 00:11:03.100 streaming has a better long -lasting value. Because 00:11:03.100 --> 00:11:07.519 not only do they last forever in their format 00:11:07.519 --> 00:11:09.720 and where they're located, but you can stream 00:11:09.720 --> 00:11:13.100 them on anything, anywhere. It's not necessarily 00:11:13.100 --> 00:11:16.750 relegated to... This one streaming location, 00:11:17.070 --> 00:11:22.110 this one key element. But I always find it funny 00:11:22.110 --> 00:11:28.230 watching how much radio has transformed over 00:11:28.230 --> 00:11:31.529 the years and how much it's at the same time 00:11:31.529 --> 00:11:33.450 stayed the same. And yet you look at something 00:11:33.450 --> 00:11:36.269 that kind of spawned out of that concept, which 00:11:36.269 --> 00:11:39.610 is podcasting. And that's a totally different 00:11:39.610 --> 00:11:42.730 medium that has a totally different set of standards. 00:11:43.419 --> 00:11:47.220 but it's still essentially the same down to its 00:11:47.220 --> 00:11:51.539 core of somebody talking into the ether and hoping 00:11:51.539 --> 00:11:55.620 somebody's listening. I'm going to cut it right 00:11:55.620 --> 00:11:59.700 here, though, and end the tech history lesson. 00:11:59.899 --> 00:12:04.059 Moving on to the podcast highlight of the week. 00:12:04.139 --> 00:12:08.360 So here is one that, yes, we hosted on Geekcast 00:12:08.360 --> 00:12:13.899 Radio, but... It's a very well -informed podcast 00:12:13.899 --> 00:12:18.120 done by a few of our movie buffs who talk about 00:12:18.120 --> 00:12:22.000 movies. And I think they do a really good job 00:12:22.000 --> 00:12:25.360 at it. And I think that it's kind of, you get 00:12:25.360 --> 00:12:26.620 a little bit of the news and a little bit of 00:12:26.620 --> 00:12:29.539 conversation on the various films. And they do 00:12:29.539 --> 00:12:32.360 a lot of spotlights. And so without further ado, 00:12:32.500 --> 00:12:38.659 here's their clip. Because the world needs another 00:12:38.659 --> 00:12:42.220 movie podcast. The Geek Cast Radio Network presents 00:12:42.220 --> 00:12:44.320 for your listening pleasure, The Cinema Geek. 00:12:44.379 --> 00:12:47.399 Hosted by Amanda, Kevin, Matt, and Dan. Each 00:12:47.399 --> 00:12:49.740 week we dive head first in the landscape of movies 00:12:49.740 --> 00:12:52.899 as we discuss movie news. Play movie games. Go 00:12:52.899 --> 00:12:55.639 in -depth on reviews. And even have a top ten 00:12:55.639 --> 00:12:58.080 countdown or two. Also, don't miss our director 00:12:58.080 --> 00:13:00.440 retrospective series, where we review noted directors' 00:13:00.700 --> 00:13:03.340 movies, film by film. Bottom line is, if you 00:13:03.340 --> 00:13:06.220 love movies and love podcasts, you need to experience 00:13:06.220 --> 00:13:08.600 The Cinema Geeks. You can find us on iTunes, 00:13:08.919 --> 00:13:17.799 blog .radio, or geekcastradio .com. And we're 00:13:17.799 --> 00:13:20.799 back. So I hope you guys enjoyed that particular 00:13:20.799 --> 00:13:25.460 clip and that it may be relevant to you as a 00:13:25.460 --> 00:13:28.440 podcaster or as somebody that just loves movies 00:13:28.440 --> 00:13:30.659 and wants to stay informed. They release weekly, 00:13:30.799 --> 00:13:36.700 just like this show. Call to action time, guys. 00:13:37.019 --> 00:13:40.379 Find the podcast on InternetPathfinder .com, 00:13:40.419 --> 00:13:43.460 which leads to the Facebook page. Of the podcast. 00:13:43.600 --> 00:13:46.899 I should be posting these more often. And unfortunately 00:13:46.899 --> 00:13:50.740 have not. These will be also posted on. Alteredgeek 00:13:50.740 --> 00:13:55.200 .com. Geekcastradio .com. Where it will be featured. 00:13:56.120 --> 00:13:59.779 And I jumped the gun. And had already submitted 00:13:59.779 --> 00:14:01.759 it. Last week when I recorded the first episode. 00:14:02.059 --> 00:14:06.899 To Google Play. Stitcher and iTunes. You can 00:14:06.899 --> 00:14:09.840 find the podcast on there. And you can get a 00:14:09.840 --> 00:14:14.190 hold of me. On Twitter at. scp21 or this podcast 00:14:14.190 --> 00:14:20.070 at interpathfinder and let me know what you guys 00:14:20.070 --> 00:14:21.990 think let me know what you'd like to hear me 00:14:21.990 --> 00:14:27.450 talk about as a segmented topic and we will talk 00:14:27.450 --> 00:14:31.129 about it on the podcast and since we already 00:14:31.129 --> 00:14:33.669 have been talking about podcasting this episode 00:14:33.669 --> 00:14:36.049 why don't we keep with that theme and go on with 00:14:36.049 --> 00:14:39.250 where you guys have been hosting your podcast 00:14:40.169 --> 00:14:43.370 I have been one of those people that used to 00:14:43.370 --> 00:14:47.789 host his own podcast on his own server. I used 00:14:47.789 --> 00:14:52.250 to manually code the RSS feeds. I used to also 00:14:52.250 --> 00:14:55.990 manually do this for multiple podcasts. I think 00:14:55.990 --> 00:14:58.009 we had 12 shows going to begin with when we first 00:14:58.009 --> 00:15:02.809 started Geekcast Radio. And I did the art. I 00:15:02.809 --> 00:15:06.570 did parts of the editing. I had organized the 00:15:06.570 --> 00:15:10.399 website and done all that work. I also wrote 00:15:10.399 --> 00:15:13.639 all the RSS feeds and did the distribution. So 00:15:13.639 --> 00:15:16.559 it was a nightmare to deal with. And then I ended 00:15:16.559 --> 00:15:20.399 up using PowerPress at some point and integrating 00:15:20.399 --> 00:15:23.559 all of the podcasts in that way, like importing 00:15:23.559 --> 00:15:28.019 the RSS feeds and creating posts. And we managed 00:15:28.019 --> 00:15:31.240 to link them that method, and then it was still 00:15:31.240 --> 00:15:35.000 linking to the server and putting massive issues 00:15:35.000 --> 00:15:38.059 on the server. And it started to cost... extra 00:15:38.059 --> 00:15:40.039 money that I wasn't accounting for on my shared 00:15:40.039 --> 00:15:46.139 hosting. Luckily, around the time it was, I think, 00:15:46.159 --> 00:15:50.960 June or May of 2015, we were approached by Blog 00:15:50.960 --> 00:15:54.580 Talk Radio, who we've been with ever since. And 00:15:54.580 --> 00:15:57.500 honestly, they've been awesome to us. They've 00:15:57.500 --> 00:16:01.740 been wonderful. I've not had any regrets on it. 00:16:02.980 --> 00:16:08.970 So I think that... With their combined merger 00:16:08.970 --> 00:16:13.629 with Spreaker and them becoming VoxNest, I'm 00:16:13.629 --> 00:16:15.429 looking forward to what they have coming in the 00:16:15.429 --> 00:16:17.970 future. And I think that it's only going to go 00:16:17.970 --> 00:16:22.909 up from here. However, that being said, when 00:16:22.909 --> 00:16:26.710 they did that, I had put myself into this box 00:16:26.710 --> 00:16:30.970 of... I had already been active with my website 00:16:30.970 --> 00:16:39.779 for... What was it then? Seven years? Or six 00:16:39.779 --> 00:16:42.539 years. Yeah, six years. So I had six years of 00:16:42.539 --> 00:16:47.159 content on my WordPress site, which was all linked 00:16:47.159 --> 00:16:49.179 to the backend server. And we were still linking 00:16:49.179 --> 00:16:51.500 a lot of our stuff even to the server after that 00:16:51.500 --> 00:16:56.559 point. We had the website still linking to the 00:16:56.559 --> 00:17:00.299 server, but we had our iTunes and all of our 00:17:00.299 --> 00:17:02.840 feeds linking to Blog Talk Radio, which, again, 00:17:02.919 --> 00:17:06.279 mistake. We also had everything piloted through 00:17:06.279 --> 00:17:11.200 FeedBurner. Again, another mistake there. And 00:17:11.200 --> 00:17:16.259 what had happened is as our podcast grew, as 00:17:16.259 --> 00:17:20.380 our library grew as well, it put us in this pickle 00:17:20.380 --> 00:17:22.460 that we had to kind of go back on some of our 00:17:22.460 --> 00:17:24.400 retired shows because they were limited runs 00:17:24.400 --> 00:17:28.140 of, say, like 20 to 50 episodes. We had to go 00:17:28.140 --> 00:17:35.019 into our account and copy the MP3 URL. and replace 00:17:35.019 --> 00:17:37.759 them all so that we could get an accurate count 00:17:37.759 --> 00:17:40.339 and in reading not only through the website but 00:17:40.339 --> 00:17:43.200 on blog talk radio so we could get the the accurate 00:17:43.200 --> 00:17:46.400 metrics on on the episodes and not only that 00:17:46.400 --> 00:17:49.119 we were monetizing and so we were losing out 00:17:49.119 --> 00:17:53.579 on all this monetization and i think that for 00:17:53.579 --> 00:17:57.039 anybody starting out i think it's very wise no 00:17:57.039 --> 00:17:59.559 matter what host you go with i think it's wise 00:17:59.559 --> 00:18:03.299 to have a website for one as well as the social 00:18:03.299 --> 00:18:06.259 channels, even if you don't use them. What I 00:18:06.259 --> 00:18:09.720 like to do is I like to install Jetpack on WordPress. 00:18:10.359 --> 00:18:13.099 And so when you create the post and you copy 00:18:13.099 --> 00:18:19.180 the MP3 URL from your podcast hosting provider, 00:18:19.380 --> 00:18:21.279 which is a totally separate entity, I'll talk 00:18:21.279 --> 00:18:25.240 about that in a second, your web hosting, you 00:18:25.240 --> 00:18:27.559 want to have a WordPress site and have Jetpack 00:18:27.559 --> 00:18:30.750 installed, which... will allow you to do a social 00:18:30.750 --> 00:18:34.309 share so when you publish a post it will automatically 00:18:34.309 --> 00:18:39.829 allow you to customize when you post it the description 00:18:39.829 --> 00:18:43.170 box you can schedule it for whatever day i like 00:18:43.170 --> 00:18:47.009 to like i stated before pre -record all my shows 00:18:47.009 --> 00:18:49.809 i schedule them for a certain day certain time 00:18:49.809 --> 00:18:52.829 and then i customize that little box so i have 00:18:52.829 --> 00:18:57.119 the title a little bit of a description And I 00:18:57.119 --> 00:19:00.720 use a specific hashtag. So with Blog Talk Radio, 00:19:00.980 --> 00:19:05.160 you use BTR Prime so that it gets flagged and 00:19:05.160 --> 00:19:09.819 it gets shared that way. So what I do there is 00:19:09.819 --> 00:19:12.779 I make sure I take care of all those little steps. 00:19:12.960 --> 00:19:14.940 And when you hit publish on it or it's scheduled, 00:19:15.160 --> 00:19:18.960 it automatically posts to your Facebook, which 00:19:18.960 --> 00:19:20.700 if you tie your Facebook to your Twitter, you 00:19:20.700 --> 00:19:23.539 don't have to do that as well. But I tie it to 00:19:23.539 --> 00:19:26.740 the Facebook, which then the Facebook... publishes 00:19:26.740 --> 00:19:29.519 to Twitter automatically, and then it publishes 00:19:29.519 --> 00:19:32.680 to Google+. So you automatically get that distribution 00:19:32.680 --> 00:19:37.180 platform with your website and with social media. 00:19:37.299 --> 00:19:41.700 So it takes a lot of steps out that way. I also 00:19:41.700 --> 00:19:45.000 do it so that I still use PowerPress on the back 00:19:45.000 --> 00:19:47.779 end of WordPress. You don't have to sign up for 00:19:47.779 --> 00:19:50.400 Blueberry to use it, although a lot of their 00:19:50.400 --> 00:19:54.490 premium features you do. So what I do there is 00:19:54.490 --> 00:19:58.210 I use it to build the RSS feed on the website 00:19:58.210 --> 00:20:01.509 itself. I don't actually use it for the distribution 00:20:01.509 --> 00:20:04.730 platforms. I use my podcast host, which there's 00:20:04.730 --> 00:20:10.470 Libsyn, there's Blueberry, there's Podbean, there's 00:20:10.470 --> 00:20:14.549 VoxNest, which has Spreaker and BlogTalk Radio. 00:20:15.420 --> 00:20:17.859 So, I mean, it's more or less pick which one 00:20:17.859 --> 00:20:19.940 you're comfortable with. I would not recommend 00:20:19.940 --> 00:20:22.559 SoundCloud, however, because of all the varying 00:20:22.559 --> 00:20:26.119 issues that they've had over the past year. Plus, 00:20:26.259 --> 00:20:28.500 there's a lot of limiters on them. I've had to 00:20:28.500 --> 00:20:31.619 deal with them with my employer, and I've had 00:20:31.619 --> 00:20:36.460 to deal with them for my own podcast. And it's 00:20:36.460 --> 00:20:40.140 not as user -friendly and as nice as I would 00:20:40.140 --> 00:20:43.650 like. And the numbers don't necessarily reflect 00:20:43.650 --> 00:20:47.170 where you're getting certain content. Plus, they 00:20:47.170 --> 00:20:50.789 have to host the files themselves. So it's a 00:20:50.789 --> 00:20:53.789 broken distribution platform. So if your distribution 00:20:53.789 --> 00:20:57.589 comes from like Podbean or Libsyn or BlarkTalk 00:20:57.589 --> 00:21:01.930 Radio, you have to import the files to SoundCloud. 00:21:01.970 --> 00:21:04.069 So those numbers don't count towards your metrics. 00:21:04.650 --> 00:21:06.970 So it's not really something that I would recommend 00:21:06.970 --> 00:21:10.170 using. Because they're totally different numbers. 00:21:10.250 --> 00:21:16.230 When I do metrics for work or my podcast network, 00:21:16.509 --> 00:21:18.890 I have to split them based on what locations 00:21:18.890 --> 00:21:22.750 they came from instead of having to subtract 00:21:22.750 --> 00:21:25.809 the number from the total number on the actual 00:21:25.809 --> 00:21:28.529 distribution, the originator of the RSS feed. 00:21:29.630 --> 00:21:31.829 So that's something you want to make sure you 00:21:31.829 --> 00:21:34.009 look into as well while you're doing it. And 00:21:34.009 --> 00:21:35.789 obviously, find something affordable. Find something 00:21:35.789 --> 00:21:39.299 that works for you, that you like. that you have 00:21:39.299 --> 00:21:42.900 a connection with, something that works for you. 00:21:43.819 --> 00:21:47.059 And if anybody's interested in having help or 00:21:47.059 --> 00:21:49.259 questions answered on that, please feel free 00:21:49.259 --> 00:21:52.200 to reach out to me. I would be more than willing 00:21:52.200 --> 00:21:55.859 to help out people on this endeavor. This is 00:21:55.859 --> 00:21:57.799 something that it's taken me years to figure 00:21:57.799 --> 00:22:00.559 out how to do certain things the right way, just 00:22:00.559 --> 00:22:02.799 by trial and error or running into problems. 00:22:02.960 --> 00:22:05.019 Like I think three months ago, I had to deal 00:22:05.019 --> 00:22:11.900 with... my feeds were stopped updating on iTunes, 00:22:12.599 --> 00:22:17.519 on Google Play, on Stitcher. And I was trying 00:22:17.519 --> 00:22:19.700 to figure out why my episode count was going 00:22:19.700 --> 00:22:22.279 down in the metrics. And I looked, and because 00:22:22.279 --> 00:22:24.539 I was still using FeedBurner as the patch through, 00:22:24.619 --> 00:22:27.519 which limits your feed at one megabyte. So if 00:22:27.519 --> 00:22:31.720 you have, let's say, 240 episodes on your podcast, 00:22:32.200 --> 00:22:36.359 it stops counting. certain podcasts like it cuts 00:22:36.359 --> 00:22:39.859 off your feed because it overloads it and it 00:22:39.859 --> 00:22:42.359 won't pull it from the originator anymore it 00:22:42.359 --> 00:22:45.259 just it stops because speed burner is the intermediary 00:22:45.259 --> 00:22:48.619 and so what that had caused me to do is i had 00:22:48.619 --> 00:22:51.619 to get all of my shows off of it and the reason 00:22:51.619 --> 00:22:54.720 i used it was because it was a nice i can keep 00:22:54.720 --> 00:22:58.299 the blanket url So when we made the transition 00:22:58.299 --> 00:23:00.940 from linking to the RSS feed from our website 00:23:00.940 --> 00:23:04.240 to the RSS feed of Blog Talk Radio, I didn't 00:23:04.240 --> 00:23:06.299 have to go in any social channels and change 00:23:06.299 --> 00:23:08.299 the URL because they were all linked to the feed 00:23:08.299 --> 00:23:12.460 burner RSS feed. However, because I didn't do 00:23:12.460 --> 00:23:15.839 it the correct way and change all of them, I 00:23:15.839 --> 00:23:18.099 had to go through manually and I had to request 00:23:18.099 --> 00:23:21.740 a change on every show, which has been insane. 00:23:24.279 --> 00:23:27.119 So again, I would definitely recommend doing 00:23:27.119 --> 00:23:29.920 it the correct way. If you need help, join the 00:23:29.920 --> 00:23:33.759 podcast movement group on Facebook. There's a 00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:36.720 lot of talented people in podcasting, a lot of 00:23:36.720 --> 00:23:44.279 reputable professionals in the field. And I consider 00:23:44.279 --> 00:23:47.559 myself to be a reputable professional, but I 00:23:47.559 --> 00:23:51.440 wouldn't say that I've finally made it because... 00:23:51.839 --> 00:23:54.599 Even though I've got over a decade's worth of 00:23:54.599 --> 00:23:57.900 experience, I have not been able to turn that 00:23:57.900 --> 00:24:02.440 into my day job. Which eventually would be the 00:24:02.440 --> 00:24:05.079 goal. It's still a hobby. It still makes enough 00:24:05.079 --> 00:24:09.980 to pay for itself. But it's not... And you can 00:24:09.980 --> 00:24:12.339 always monetize. There's always ways to monetize 00:24:12.339 --> 00:24:15.359 your podcast. I've had places come to me for 00:24:15.359 --> 00:24:18.839 live reads. I've had... Some that I've turned 00:24:18.839 --> 00:24:21.680 down, some of them that I've been okay with. 00:24:21.720 --> 00:24:23.880 Some of them, I've had companies approach me 00:24:23.880 --> 00:24:29.740 for apps or services to be used on my podcast 00:24:29.740 --> 00:24:36.039 as an outreach. For instance, I use this program 00:24:36.039 --> 00:24:39.240 called Audiogram. And they approached me last 00:24:39.240 --> 00:24:44.559 January, January of 2017. And what it had allowed 00:24:44.559 --> 00:24:49.839 you to do... which is some web hosts or podcast 00:24:49.839 --> 00:24:52.819 hosts are starting to do this now, you can create 00:24:52.819 --> 00:24:55.920 an audiogram. So it's like an audio video of 00:24:55.920 --> 00:25:00.339 part of your podcast. You upload your podcast 00:25:00.339 --> 00:25:04.660 file and it will take that audio. You can select 00:25:04.660 --> 00:25:09.490 up to a two minute, 30 second window. or as small 00:25:09.490 --> 00:25:12.450 as you want. I would recommend between the 15 00:25:12.450 --> 00:25:15.269 second to one minute mark and not really going 00:25:15.269 --> 00:25:18.190 over because then you kind of lock yourself into 00:25:18.190 --> 00:25:20.670 that. But if there's a nice spot of your podcast, 00:25:20.970 --> 00:25:23.930 you can center around, whether it's you introducing 00:25:23.930 --> 00:25:31.970 your topic of your show, you can enter in your 00:25:31.970 --> 00:25:36.829 clip. and export this and post it on your social 00:25:36.829 --> 00:25:39.049 platforms and what this does is you can allow 00:25:39.049 --> 00:25:41.190 yourself to while people are listening to the 00:25:41.190 --> 00:25:43.730 new episode and you're waiting for the next episode 00:25:43.730 --> 00:25:47.150 to come out about two or three days after like 00:25:47.150 --> 00:25:49.269 if you do this weekly about two or three days 00:25:49.269 --> 00:25:51.789 after you've published your your episode for 00:25:51.789 --> 00:25:55.309 the week post the preview for the next week's 00:25:55.309 --> 00:25:58.470 topic if you've pre -recorded it or even if you 00:25:58.470 --> 00:26:01.690 haven't if you're teasing it record a small segment 00:26:01.690 --> 00:26:06.150 and upload it to the service And they had come 00:26:06.150 --> 00:26:08.470 to me last January, and I used it a couple times, 00:26:08.569 --> 00:26:10.470 didn't really see the relevance in it at the 00:26:10.470 --> 00:26:13.349 time or was just too lazy. I don't really know 00:26:13.349 --> 00:26:19.109 which. However, they re -contacted me back in 00:26:19.109 --> 00:26:22.450 August of 2017, and I've been using them off 00:26:22.450 --> 00:26:24.809 and on ever since. It just depends on what I've 00:26:24.809 --> 00:26:26.829 got going on that particular week, whether I've 00:26:26.829 --> 00:26:29.190 done them. But I would definitely say it helps 00:26:29.190 --> 00:26:32.750 with engagement. In podcasting, plus it puts 00:26:32.750 --> 00:26:34.890 a visual spin on it. You get to see the waveform. 00:26:35.650 --> 00:26:37.670 You can put in a topic. And now they've got this 00:26:37.670 --> 00:26:39.289 thing where it transcribes part of the audio. 00:26:39.910 --> 00:26:42.970 And you can even go in and edit it while it's 00:26:42.970 --> 00:26:46.970 playing the clip. And it will follow the audio 00:26:46.970 --> 00:26:50.970 with the words and turn your audio podcast into 00:26:50.970 --> 00:26:54.230 a video podcast. So you can share it on multiple 00:26:54.230 --> 00:26:59.630 platforms. And I think that it's very nice to 00:26:59.630 --> 00:27:04.049 have. And it's a great marketing tool. I would 00:27:04.049 --> 00:27:07.569 recommend you get it if you don't. I can put 00:27:07.569 --> 00:27:11.589 in the promo code because it's all referral -based 00:27:11.589 --> 00:27:13.410 and you get up to a certain amount of credits. 00:27:13.430 --> 00:27:21.329 And you spend credits on it, but it's not a service 00:27:21.329 --> 00:27:24.230 where you get to just do all this for free. And 00:27:24.230 --> 00:27:27.589 it's not like a monthly payment service. Something 00:27:27.589 --> 00:27:29.789 you have to use credits for. Again, it's something 00:27:29.789 --> 00:27:32.490 I've been using. I enjoy it. I think that it's 00:27:32.490 --> 00:27:36.410 very helpful. Anyhow, I think this is about it 00:27:36.410 --> 00:27:38.329 for this episode. I hope you guys are enjoying 00:27:38.329 --> 00:27:41.109 this. I hope that you are entertained and informed. 00:27:41.470 --> 00:27:47.990 I hope you find some value in my personal issues 00:27:47.990 --> 00:27:51.630 of podcasting that you find helpful to prevent 00:27:51.630 --> 00:27:55.200 yourselves from having the same problems. This 00:27:55.200 --> 00:27:59.039 podcast will be out every Wednesday, and it will 00:27:59.039 --> 00:28:01.259 involve finding a path through the world of technology, 00:28:01.559 --> 00:28:04.460 the internet, and podcasting. And as always, 00:28:04.619 --> 00:28:08.380 I, Steve Phillips, will be your guide into the 00:28:08.380 --> 00:28:11.660 coolest news, tech nostalgia, and answering your 00:28:11.660 --> 00:28:13.819 questions. Not all in that order or in every 00:28:13.819 --> 00:28:16.319 episode, but there will be some nugget of helpful 00:28:16.319 --> 00:28:22.539 information in every clip. Until next time, thank 00:28:22.539 --> 00:28:25.569 you for joining me. And we'll see you on the 00:28:25.569 --> 00:28:26.250 other side.