Podcasting Smarter

How To Select The Best Podcast Microphone with Laura Davidson of Shure Mics!

Listen to Laura Davidson of Shure and John Kiernan of Podbean discuss how you can choose the best microphone for your podcasting and recording needs!
This clip is taken from our Podcasting Smarter podcast episode "Recording Tips and Choosing The Best Podcast Microphone with Laura Davidson from Shure ". Check out the full episode here (https://youtu.be/n9Lr-AD6tn4​) or listen to the episode on any podcasting app!
 

How to Explode Your Listenership and Grow Your Podcast with Ben Leavitt

On today's interview, our Head of Marketing John Kiernan speaks with Ben Leavitt, social media strategist of Bunnymedia.co. Ben's podcast and social media growth strategies and tips will help any podcaster explode their podcast listener base and help grow their podcast to brand new eyes and ears! Ben and John discuss how to get your podcast into the top 100 charts, how to maximize you podcast's SEO, and so much more!
You can also watch the full video interview over on Podbean's YouTube channel! 
Check out Ben's podcast: https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/2zxzv-afbb4/Social-Media-University-Podcast
Timestamps
1:09 - Who is Ben Leavitt?
1:58 - What is the most common misconception about growing a podcast in the podcasting space?
3:24 - Tips for creating content that's specific for each platform.
6:23 - How important is it for a podcaster to use social media?
10:58 - How to get podcast guests.
18:02 - How to make it into Apple Podcast's Top 100 chart with a three episode strategy.
22:45 - How important is it to ask a listener to subscribe to your podcast during your episode?
26:22 - How to use Instagram's tools to grow your podcast audience.
30:11 - Tips for maximizing your podcast's SEO.
36:09 - What's Ben's best piece of advice for a podcaster?
39:09 - Find our more about Ben!
 

How To Start a Private Podcast and the Impact of Corporate Storytelling - Vimal Parker of Slalom

On this episode, we'll be speaking with Vimal Parker, Marketing Manager with Slalom’s global Marketing team and the orchestrator of Slalom’s internal podcast Slalom On Air. We’ll be speaking about how Slalom has implemented podcasting into their organization, as well as how they have cultivated a culture around their company’s podcast. Enjoy the show!
Starting a podcast is easier than ever! Learn more at www.podbean.com to start a podcast in only a few clicks. 

Now Playing - Growing Your Podcast Fanbase Organically and Creating Consistent Income with Podbean Patron

On this episode of Podcasting Smarter, I'll be speaking with Arnie, producer and co-host of the Now Playing Podcast. We talk about how Now Paying organically grew their expansive fanbase, as well as how they've used Podbean's Patron program to create consistent monthly income for their podcast. Enjoy the show!
Check out Now Playing at www.nowplayingpodcast.com .
Listen to Now Playing on the Podbean App and on any podcast directory!
About Now Playing: Now Playing is a movie review podcast that traverses the stream of Hollywood sequels, reboots, and franchises by reviewing every installment in a series, start to finish.
Podbean is an easy and powerful way to start podcasting. Podcast Hosting with No Limits, Built with Everything You Need for Podcasting Success. Check out our website at https://www.podbean.com/

Podcast Monetization and SEO with Amy Whitney (Real English Conversations)

Podcasting doesn’t just end with recording and posting content.  Being a podcaster and a content creator often includes crafting the brand, managing social media, and maximizing your podcast SEO.  During this, it’s important to ask yourself, “Is podcasting part of my brand, or is my brand podcasting?”  Do you use your podcast as another medium to spread information about a topic, or do you aim your other platforms towards your podcast? Amy Whitney of Real English Conversations and John speak about the importance of SEO development for your podcast, reverse engineer other podcast's SEO to maximize your visibility, and various methods to effectively monetizing your podcast. 
 

Leadership and Livestreaming with Lorenzo of Hacking Your Leadership

On today's episode, John Kiernan of Podbean and Podcasting Smarter speaks with Lorenzo of the Hacking Your Leadership Podcast about how his podcast highlights and helps aspiring and current leaders in the workplace, as well as how they've integrated life streaming to develop community and build a deeper engagement with their listenership. Enjoy the show and happy podcasting!  

Podcasting Legal Tips with Gordon Firemark

On today's episode, John from Podbean had the opportunity to speak with Gordon P. Firemark, entertainment lawyer and podcaster. Gordon gives his legal advice on many common pitfalls of podcasters such as obtaining releases for interviews, understanding who truly owns the name of your podcast and so much more. Enjoy our interview with Gordon! 
You can find Gordon at:
Podcast - https://firemark.com/category/podcasts/
Website - www.Gordonfiremark.com
The Podcast Lawyer Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/podcastlaw/
 

Niche Marketing and Recording On The Go with Mark Sterling (The Major Wrestling Figure Podcast)

If you’ve heard of The Major Wrestling Figure Podcast, you know what they’re about. Hosts Brian Myers and Matt Cardona talk about wrestling figures, memorabilia, and news in the wrestling figure industry, and more. You might be more familiar with their work names: Curt Hawkins and Zach Ryder, the professional wrestling tag team Major Bros from World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). We got to sit down and chat with MWF Podcast’s producer, videographer and fellow professional wrestler Mark Sterling.  Sitting down with Mark, one thing stands true: in 2020, you can truly build a loyal fanbase from anywhere in the world.

The Many Phases and Faces of Fans: The Gravity Beard Podcast on Community

As a content creator, it’s an accepted fact that a podcast is nothing without its fan following.  Whether your fans are the quiet sort that bring it up for recommendations, or loudly and meticulously buying merch, liveshow tickets, and behind-the-scenes patron-program access, all fans are good fans and welcome to be part of your show.  One podcast, The Gravity Beard, as a community that takes it one step further.  If you haven’t heard of them, The Gravity Beard Podcast is a comedy podcast that’s got a little bit of everything for everyone.
Hear the hosts of The Gravity. Beard Podcast speak about how as their podcast grew, so did their fanbase, how their fans interacted with the show, and how they inserted themselves into the GravityBeard narrative. 
 

DC Podfest 2019: Learning About Podcasting Through Our First Clip Show!

In the years that it’s been running, DC Podfest has prided itself on fostering a community for podcasters of any level or creed to come and find a place amongst like-minded people.  This year’s conference proved no different, with guests ranging from first-time “I might want to start a podcast” thinkers and plotters to folks like Josh Hallmark, creator of True Crime Bullsh**, Our Americana, and much more.  While the event only lasted two days, it brought forth a font of passion and dedication to the craft of podcasting.  
We at Podbean sat down with four different podcasters to talk about their journey through the medium, and put their interviews together as a clip show to highlight the positivity, creativeness, and dedication to their work.