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Making Podcasts Cool Again? Playa Please! This past weekend, someone sent me a link to an article on Gigaom.com. The article was titled “Player FM makes podcasts look cool again.” The first few works of the article stated… “Podcasts may have fallen a bit out of fashion lately, but the new cloud-based podcast playback and discovery […] The post 262 Making Podcasts Cool Again? Player.fm Playa Please! – Interview With Angelo Mandato, Creator of PowerPress – And So Much More! appeared first on The Cliff Ravenscraft Show.

Michael Hyatt Talks About Building A Platform In this week's episode, I am super excited about talking with Michael Hyatt. Michael is the Chairman of Thomas Nelson Publishers, the largest Christian publishing company in the world and the seventh largest trade book publishing company in the U.S. He has over 200,000 subscribers to his personal […] The post 261 Michael Hyatt Talks About Building A Platform – How Many Downloads Is A Good Number? – And More… appeared first on The Cliff Ravenscraft Show.

Will Google Take Live Streaming To The Next Level? A recent post on the Google Blog announced that Google Plus Hangouts On Air feature is going to be rolled out to all members of the Google Plus Community. The post said that you will be able to broadcast publicly. By checking “Enable Hangouts On Air,” you […] The post 260 Will Google Plus Be An Option For Live Streaming? appeared first on The Cliff Ravenscraft Show.

A Case of Stolen Network Identity In this week's episode, I share how upset I was to learn that someone had gone and copied everything that I had spent seven years building at gspn.tv. Some say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. To some degree, I certainly believe this is true. However, there […] The post 259 A Case of Stolen Network Identity – The BlogWorld Virtual Ticket Option – PJ Jonas Tells Us About Using A Publicist appeared first on The Cliff Ravenscraft Show.

From Hobby To Profitable Podcast Network In this episode, I interview Andrew Zarian of the Guys From Queens Network. Andrew shares how he started out with a hobby of streaming video via Ustream.tv after being laid off in 2008 and how he turned that hobby into the profitable podcast network that he runs today. I […] The post 258 How Andrew Zarian Went From Hobby To Building The Profitable GFQ Network appeared first on The Cliff Ravenscraft Show.

Random Plug of The Week This week's random plug of the week goes out to the Busy Mom's Survival Guide with PJ Jonas. If you check out her show and like it, please be sure to let PJ know you heard about her show from The Podcast Answer Man! Problem Getting Audio Clips Into Skype […] The post 257 New Libsyn Stats Algorithm – Bringing Audio Clips Into Skype Call – And So Much More! appeared first on The Cliff Ravenscraft Show.

UPDATE: A few weeks after this episode was posted, iTunes made an additional update an they now require 1400×14000 artwork. MAJOR UPDATE: Just a few short weeks after this episode was posted, iTunes made ANOTHER quiet change to their specs page and are not suggesting that they “prefer” 1400×1400 artwork. For full details, have a […] The post 256 iTunes Now Prefers 1200×1200 (UPDATE 1400×1400 Now) Podcast Artwork – Is Weekly Better Than Every Other Week? – Facebook Posting Advice – And So Much More! appeared first on The Cliff Ravenscraft Show.

The Podcast Report – Devoted to the Podcasting Track of BlogWorld & New Media Expo Earlier this month, I accepted an offer to join the BlogWorld & New Media Expo team in building an amazing Podcasting Track for their conference. Over the past few weeks, I have been on the phone with no less than […] The post 255 – Consistency Vs Can’t Live Without Content – New Podcast For BlogWorld & New Media Expo – And More! appeared first on The Cliff Ravenscraft Show.

So You Have A Podcast… Now What? One the questions that I am asked most often is “How Do I Grow My Audience?” Many times it's phrased something like, “I've been podcasting for (insert number) of months/years and I only have (insert number) of people who are consistently downloading each of my episodes.” Those who […] The post 254 – How To Grow Your Audience And Market Your Podcast! Facebook Interest Lists And More! appeared first on The Cliff Ravenscraft Show.

Mixergy Interview I started off this week's episode explaining what honor it was to be invited as a guest on Andrew Warner's Mixergy podcast. If you would like to see the interview, please check it out at by clicking here. Random Plug of The Week This week's random plug of the week goes out to […] The post 253 Podcast Answer Man – Slow Start With Affiliate Programs And An Interview With Gary Takacs appeared first on The Cliff Ravenscraft Show.

You Inspired Me To Stop Podcasting I never thought the day would come where I would be happy to receive feedback from a podcaster who said that I've inspired them to end several of their podcasts. However, I could not be more delighted to receive such feedback from John Wilkerson of the Wired Homeschool Podcast. […] The post 252 Podcast Answer Man – You Inspired Me To Stop Podcasting? appeared first on The Cliff Ravenscraft Show.

Leslie Samuel's Online Content Paves Way For Dream Job! I am so excited about this week's “Where Are They Now” interview with Leslie Samuel from LearningWithLeslie.com and Interactive-Biology.com. Leslie's story is full of so much valuable insight and inspiration. I know that you are going to love hearing about how a site with some online […] The post 251 Podcast Answer Man – Major BlogWorld Announcement – Interview With Leslie Samuel – And So Much More! appeared first on The Cliff Ravenscraft Show.

Should Podcasters Have An Interest In Pinterest? There has been an increasing amount of buzz in the media and in the social networking community about Pinterest. What is Pinterest? Rob Lammle from Mashable says that… “Pinterest is a place to organize and share online images that you find interesting or inspiring. Once uploaded or shared […] The post 250 Podcast Answer Man – Should Podcasters Have An Interest In Pinterest? And More! appeared first on The Cliff Ravenscraft Show.

What Does This Have To Do With Podcasting? The first 11 minutes of this episode may seem to have very little to do with the world of podcasting and taking your show to the next level. However, by the end of that 11 minutes, I hope that I will have convinced you otherwise. Random Plug […] The post 249 Podcast Answer Man – Taking Yourself To The Next Level And So Much More! appeared first on The Cliff Ravenscraft Show.

Random Plug of The Week This week's random plug of the week goes out to the Farm And Ranch Country Podcast from Bill Graff. If you take some time to check out his podcast, please let him know that you heard about them from The Podcast Answer Man. Getting More Tweets This week, our social […] The post 248 Podcast Answer Man – Getting More Tweets – Self Promoters – Affiliate Relationships – The Voice – And So Much More! appeared first on The Cliff Ravenscraft Show.

Facebook Edge Rank This week, Erik Fisher shares some amazing insight that is sure to please those of you who manage Facebook fan pages. A few episodes back, we talked about how Facebook had changed their algorithm in such a way that content from fan pages are ranked with the lowest priority when it comes […] The post 247 Podcast Answer Man – Facebook Edge Rank – iTunes New And Noteworthy – How To Celebrate 100th Episode – And So Much More! appeared first on The Cliff Ravenscraft Show.

UPDATE: On February 6th, 2014, I announced that I had shut down the Podcast Mastermind after two years. I have left this post here, to serve as an archive of how I announced this organization that I led for two years. If you would like to hear why I shut down the Podcast Mastermind, even […] The post 246 Podcast Answer Man – The Podcast Mastermind appeared first on The Cliff Ravenscraft Show.

How Do I Get Rid of This Hiss Sound? Tom called in and told us that he had a hiss sound when he talks into his microphone. While I didn't have enough information to diagnose his problem, I did share how I typically go about troubleshooting such issues. The key is going through, step by […] The post 245 Podcast Answer Man – PDF Files In Your Feed – Are Facebook Fan Pages A Thing of The Past? – Interview with Jason Cabassi And More! appeared first on The Cliff Ravenscraft Show.

Building Community From From The Hospital I started this episode off by sharing that I spent this past weekend in the hospital. I mentioned that if you wanted to know why I was in the hospital, you could read all about it in my blog post found at http://gspn.tv/hospital2012. I made the decision to share […] The post 244 Podcast Answer Man – Streaming On The iPad – Building Community From From The Hospital – Skype Audio Quality – And An Interview With Connie And Sheila appeared first on The Cliff Ravenscraft Show.

Producing Less For The Purpose of Greater Production During the open of last week's episode of Podcast Answer Man, I hinted that I was considering the thought of producing less shows moving forward. As I share in this episode, the reason is that I want to maximize the value of any of the work that […] The post 243 Podcast Answer Man – Producing Less Good Content To Focus On Producing More Great Content – Podcast Series or Seasons – And Making A Dent In The World! appeared first on The Cliff Ravenscraft Show.