The Cliff Ravenscraft Show

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 convincing someone that they need to create a podcast. I share my thoughts […] The post 270 Is There A Market For Podcast Producers? Why We Wear Headphones – Apple Podcasts App Update – And SO MUCH MORE! appeared first on The Cliff Ravenscraft Show.

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 used Sony MDR-7506 headphones. I was so pleased with the sound quality that I […] The post 269 New Social Media Strategy And My New Sony MDR-7506 Headphones appeared first on The Cliff Ravenscraft Show.

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 if there is “enough of an audience there waiting” for a certain topic. […] The post 268 How Do You Determine The Potential Size of A Podcast Audience? Facebook Now Allows Unpublished Posts. And So Much More! appeared first on The Cliff Ravenscraft Show.

Learn How Audio Podcasting Has Benefited Existing Bloggers! At this years's BlogWorld & New Media Expo's NYC event, I was thrilled to have my great friend, Pat Flynn, put together a panel titled “More Traffic, More Authority, More Customers: Why All Bloggers Should Be Podcasting.” The description of the session read: Successful bloggers don’t just […] The post 267 Why Bloggers Should Consider Podcasting – Pat Flynn – Adam Baker – Derek Halpern – Katie Davis appeared first on The Cliff Ravenscraft Show.

It Was No Rumor! Apple Releases Official Podcasts App! In last week's episode, I shared the rumors and speculation that surrounded the idea that Apple might release a standalone Podcasts App for iOS. Earlier this week, Apple actually released such an app. Personally, I'm thinking that they may have rushed it out the door due […] The post 266 Apple Gets Podcasts App Right! Well Almost! – Take Your Community On A Cruise – And My Thoughts On The Freemium Model & More! appeared first on The Cliff Ravenscraft Show.

Is Podcasting Getting It's Own Application in iOS 6? By now, most podcasters have heard the rumors and speculation that Apple may be kicking podcasting out of the iTunes application and giving the podcasting platform its very own official podcasting application in iOS6. So far, all reactions to this information have been positive, where folks […] The post 265 Is Podcasting Getting It’s Own Application in iOS 6? appeared first on The Cliff Ravenscraft Show.

Facebook Uses Mafia Tactics Not long ago, Facebook introduced the ability for you to promote your page posts. Facebook says that “promoted posts are a simple way to reach more of the people who like your Page and their friends.” In this week's episode, I invite our GSPN Social Media Correspondent, Erik J. Fisher, to […] The post 264 Facebook Uses Mafia Tactics And Top Ten BlogWorld & New Media Expo NYC Experiences appeared first on The Cliff Ravenscraft Show.

Interview With Noah Shanok, CEO of Stitcher Radio One of my favorite benefits of the iPhone and the others smart phones that followed them is that they have made it increasingly easier for “normal people” to consume podcast content. Today there are many “apps” that allow to manage and even subscribe to your favorite podcasts […] The post 263 Managing Multiple Brands – Mission Statements – And An Interview With Noah Shanok, CEO of Stitcher Radio appeared first on The Cliff Ravenscraft Show.

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.

Less Shows Moving Forward? One of the thing that puzzles me is the number of people who seem to want to follow in my footsteps of creating a large number of podcasts. Since I started podcasting in December of 2005, I have launched at least 24 of my very own podcasts. At one point, I […] The post 242 Podcast Answer Man – Less Shows Moving Forward? Facebook Like Button Info – Get Glue – Stitcher – Interview With Scott Iardella appeared first on The Cliff Ravenscraft Show.

Not A Fan of FeedValidator.org Gordon called to say that when he ran his rss feed through FeedValidator.org, he found that it was reporting errors with his rss feed. He wanted to know if I had any thoughts on what might be causing some of these issues. In response to Gordon, I pretty much shared […] The post 241 Podcast Answer Man – Not A Fan of Feed Validator – More Than One Podcast With A Single Libsyn Account – iPad For Business? – And A Conversation With Todd Clift appeared first on The Cliff Ravenscraft Show.

Celebrating Six Years of Podcasting! It was December 16th, 2005 when I published my very first audio podcast to the web. Little did I know that this event would radically transform my life. I started off this week's episode of Podcast Answer Man with my thoughts from six years of creating audio content for the […] The post 240 Podcast Answer Man – LiveFire Review – Embedded Tweets – Static Vs Dynamic Home Page – Six Years of Podcasting – Greg Willits Interview appeared first on The Cliff Ravenscraft Show.

Please Spread The Word! This week, I started the episode off by talking about my good friends Barry and Lynne Morgan, from SimpleGoodLifeNetwork.com. Many of you may recall that I interviewed Barry and Lynne back in episode 208 of Podcast Answer Man. Barry emailed me a few weeks ago to let me know that he […] The post 239 Podcast Answer Man – God Is Bigger Than Cancer – Wooden Boats – And More appeared first on The Cliff Ravenscraft Show.

The Canon HF G10 Camera This week, I started the episode off by talking about how and why I have been dabbling with video more and more lately. Those who know me, know that I am a strong believer that there is more power in audio podcasting than there is in video podcasting. However, I […] The post 238 Podcast Answer Man – Audio Levels – Apple Fixes Artwork Preview with iTunes 10-5-1 – And Much More appeared first on The Cliff Ravenscraft Show.

A Video Blog Style Update: Every now and then, I like to sit and think about all the wonderful things I have experienced on my journey in pursuing the work that I love and feel called to. If I were to talk about all the blessings that have come my way in 2011, the video […] The post 237 Podcast Answer Man – Video Blog Update – November 2011 appeared first on The Cliff Ravenscraft Show.

My Interview With Leo Laporte Folks, I am so excited to share this interview with with you. There is no doubt that this will forever be one of my all time favorite episodes of Podcast Answer Man. I'd encourage you to watch the interview via the video that I have embedded below. At the same […] The post 236 Podcast Answer Man – Leo Laporte Interview – The Power of Podcasting appeared first on The Cliff Ravenscraft Show.

My BlogWorld LA 2011 Talk I am so excited to share my BlogWorld LA 2011 talk with you here in this episode of Podcast Answer Man. The talk was titled “Forget CPM! Proven Strategies For Generating Serious Income From Your Podcasting Efforts.” The audio of this is included in the podcast feed. However, I'm also […] The post 235 Podcast Answer Man – Proven Strategies For Generating Serious Income From Your Podcasting Efforts – My BlogWorld LA 2011 Session appeared first on The Cliff Ravenscraft Show.

Very Important Note: On Thursday, January 5th, 2012, I recorded several shows for my gspn.tv production network where I mentioned that I had shared A MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT about the future of gspn.tv content. Unfortunately, in most of those episodes, I told folks to be sure and check out episode 234 of Podcast Answer Man to […] The post 234 Podcast Answer Man – BlogWorld LA Review – Meeting Leo Laporte – Occupy TWiT appeared first on The Cliff Ravenscraft Show.

Podcamp Cincinnati Reactions I kick off this episode of Podcast Answer Man by giving my reactions the first ever, Podcamp Cincinnati. I share why I felt that this was one of the best Podcamp experiences to date. Missing Artwork Previews On The Mac Katie Davis called in to say that she watched the video on […] The post 233 Podcast Answer Man – Missing Artwork Previews – Podcast Hosting – MDX 4600 – ShareBar Plugin – BlogWorld LA appeared first on The Cliff Ravenscraft Show.

Very Important Announcements Hey folks, I had to release this very special episode to provide a few very time sensitive announcements. Please take a few moments to have a listen to this brief episode to learn what I've got planned for my trip to the West Coast. Here is some important information from the announcements […] The post 232 Podcast Answer Man – TWiT & LA Meetup Announcement! appeared first on The Cliff Ravenscraft Show.

How Do I Set Up Email With My Podcast? Mark called in and shared that he is setting up his podcast so that his website is running on WordPress and his media files will be hosted with Libsyn. He states that he is having a difficult time figuring out how to get email set up […] The post 231 Podcast Answer Man – Four Figure Per Episode Sponsorship And More! appeared first on The Cliff Ravenscraft Show.

Have You Asked Yourself Why? In has been six years since I was first introduced to the world of audio podcasting. You only need to go through the information on my about page to learn just how much of a profound impact podcasting has had on my life. Last week, I was interviewed by John […] The post 230 Podcast Answer Man – Why Do I Do What I Do? appeared first on The Cliff Ravenscraft Show.

Big Things Happening In Other Areas of Life: I'm excited to bring to bring you this episode of Podcast Answer Man. As the show starts, I mentioned a few links that you can check out to see what has been going on in some other areas of my life over the past few weeks. Here […] The post 229 Podcast Answer Man – What Will 2GB Get You? appeared first on The Cliff Ravenscraft Show.

This episode is far different from my normal Podcast Answer Man episode, especially when it comes to production quality. However, I have been wanting to do this sort of episode for quite some time to demonstrate just what can be done with a single digital audio recorder and a little post production work. This entire […] The post 228 Podcast Answer Man – With Only A Digital Audio Recorder appeared first on The Cliff Ravenscraft Show.

Why My Show Has Been Posting Late I start this episode by answering the #1 question that I've been asked over the past 24 hours. Whenever I don't get my Podcast Answer Man episode posted online by Friday afternoon, I get a lot of emails and notes vial social networks asking if there was a […] The post 227 Podcast Answer Man – Podcast Awards – Katie Davis – Condenser Mics – And More appeared first on The Cliff Ravenscraft Show.

Making Yourself Newsworthy In this episode of Podcast Answer Man, I am happy to share an interview that I did with Joel Bogges & Pei Kang from http://4PointsCoaching.com. The reason I brought them on the show was to talk about the idea of making yourself newsworthy so that you can leverage the local, traditional, media […] The post 226 Podcast Answer Man – Making Yourself Newsworthy appeared first on The Cliff Ravenscraft Show.

In this episode of Podcast Answer Man, I share two stories that I hope will inspire those of you who have been sitting on the sidelines, just waiting for the right moment to launch your podcast. Many of you are already familiar with my story of how I started podcasting, as a hobby about something […] The post 225 Podcast Answer Man – Start Podcasting Today! You Never Know Where It Will Take You! – Interview With Ian Westermann appeared first on The Cliff Ravenscraft Show.

In this episode of Podcast Answer Man, I share the following: Check out http://BusinessTechWeekly.com Use http://Repportive.com to connect with your audience Free Podcasting 101 Webinar – http://PodcastAnswerMan.com/pod101 Webinar Bridge Plugin – http://WebinarBridge.com Thoughts on Katie's clipping audio issue. iTunes Ratings – http://PodcastAnswerMan.com/itunesratings PowerPress 2.0.4 Display Settings http://share.gspn.tv/9ZA1 & http://share.gspn.tv/9ZLE The Blog Post that convinced me […] The post 224 Podcast Answer Man – Rapportive – Webinar Bridge – And More appeared first on The Cliff Ravenscraft Show.

In this episode of Podcast Answer Man, I cover the following topics: How to update feed titles within Feedburner. Podcast voicemail options – http://PodcastAnswerMan.com/voicemail I'm speaking at Financial Blogger Conference – http://FinancialBloggerConference.com Chicago Meetup on Friday Sept 30th – http://gspn.tv/chicagomeetup Podcamp Cincinnati Oct 22nd – http://PodcampCincinnati.com Thoughts on ways to podcast for free. Why mp3 […] The post 223 Podcast Answer Man – Feedburner Feed Titles – Podcast Voicemail – Podcasting For Free – And More! appeared first on The Cliff Ravenscraft Show.

Buzzing Noises When Connecting To A Computer – Ground Loop Have you ever had everything set up and working perfectly with your microphone, mixer, and digital audio recorder only to go and bring in either sound clips or a Skype co-host into the mix, via a computer connected to your mixer, and end up with […] The post 222 Podcast Answer Man – Ground Loop Isolator And More appeared first on The Cliff Ravenscraft Show.

Live Show Production In this episode of Podcast Answer Man, I had both Wade and Buddy call in to ask about options for doing a live show for their podcast. Bofore going into details about how to accomplish this, I ask them to consider the pitfalls of the live show format. I talked about this […] The post 221 Podcast Answer Man – What Do I Need To Do A Live Show? appeared first on The Cliff Ravenscraft Show.