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TIMELINE

01:01 - Opening

01:12 - Sponsor: podcastbranding.co 

02:21 - Mugshot: Based On a True Story Podcast 

02:54 - Quick Health Update

03:36 - Dave Got Some New In Ear Monitors 

04:17 - Elgato Prompter Update 

04:58 - Rode Stand Behind Headphones 

07:10 - AT BPHS1 Headset 
https://supportthisshow.com/bphs1 

08:40 - Nobody Filled Out Your Survey

15:30 - Giveaways at Meetups

16:29 - Awesome Supporter Coasters

19:31 - Power Rant: Celebrity Shows

26:10 - Daves Tip For Concise Advertisements

30:03 - How Many Listeners Do You Need Before Selling Merch

33:47 - Insights on Dave's Local Show

35:20 - Amazon Incentives

38:10 - GPT Plagiarism

40:10 - Popular Person Struggling to Launch

52:43 - Ugly Co-host Situation

58:19 - Dave's Biweekly Show

01:04:21 - Apple Vacation

01:05:40 - Awesome Supporters 

https://www.askthepodcastcoach.com/awesome

01:10:10 - Merch Rabbit Hole

01:12:24 - Saying Thanks To Your Guests

01:14:37 - Growing the Show With Hardware?

01:21:31 - Episode = Content and Delivery

01:23:08 - Helping Guests Delivery

01:24:20 - Rode Podmic vs Podmic USB

01:25:08 - Find time to podcast

01:25:58 - Libsyn Post to Amazon?

01:27:10 - Wrap Up 

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01:01 - Opening

01:12 - Sponsor: podcastbranding.co https://www.podcastbranding.co 

02:21 - Mugshot: Based On a True Story Podcast https://www.basedonatruestorypodcast.com

02:54 - Quick Health Update

03:36 - Dave Got Some New In Ear Monitors
https://geni.us/zs10-inear-monitor 

04:17 - Elgato Prompter Update
https://supportthisshow.com/elgatoprompter

04:58 - Rode Stand Behind Headphones
https://supportthisshow.com/nth100m 

07:10 - AT BPHS1 Headset
https://supportthisshow.com/bphs1 

08:40 - Nobody Filled Out Your Survey

15:30 - Giveaways at Meetups

16:29 - Awesome Supporter Coasters

19:31 - Power Rant: Celebrity Shows

26:10 - Daves Tip For Concise Advertisements

30:03 - How Many Listeners Do You Need Before Selling Merch

33:47 - Insights on Dave's Local Show

35:20 - Amazon Incentives

38:10 - GPT Plagiarism

40:10 - Popular Person Struggling to Launch

52:43 - Ugly Co-host Situation

58:19 - Dave's Biweekly Show

01:04:21 - Apple Vacation

01:05:40 - Awesome Supporters
https://www.askthepodcastcoach.com/awesome 

01:10:10 - Merch Rabbit Hole

01:12:24 - Saying Thanks To Your Guests

01:14:37 - Growing the Show With Hardware?

01:21:31 - Episode = Content and Delivery

01:23:08 - Helping Guests Delivery

01:24:20 - Rode Podmic vs Podmic USB

01:25:08 - Find time to podcast

01:25:58 - Libsyn Post to Amazon?

01:27:10 - Wrap Up
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Mentioned In This Episode

Podpage
www.trypodpage.com

Home Gadget Geeks
www.homegadgetgeelks.com 

The School of Podcasting
www.schoolofpodcasting.com/coach 

Become an Awesome Supporter
www.askthepodcastcoach.com/awesome 

Audio-Technica BPHS1 Broadcast Headset

Sticker Mule
https://supportthisshow.com/stickermule 

InoReader RSS Reader
https://www.inoreader.com/ 

King Sumo Contests
https://supportthisshow.com/kingsumo 

Wheel of Names
https://www.wheelofnames.com 

Printify
https://supportthisshow.com/printify 

Printiful
https://supportthisshow.com/printful

Spreadshop Custom Merch
https://supportthisshow.com/spreadshop 

An Escalator Can Never Break - Mitch Hedberg
https://youtu.be/vrIw2i4WtA4?si=iP8NCI5ZpGffOkQY  

Rode Podmic USB
https://supportthisshow.com/podmicusb 

Every week Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting and Jim Collison from the Average Guy Network answer your podcast questions.
This episode 464 is part of the Power of Podcasting Network