The Actionable Futurist® Podcast is a show all about the near-term future with actionable advice from a range of global experts.Your host is leading Futurist and AI Expert Andrew Grill, a dynamic and visionary tech leader with over three decades of experience steering technology companies towards innovative success.Known for his captivating global keynotes, Andrew offers practical and actionable advice, making him a trusted advisor at the board level for companies such as Vodafone, Adobe, DHL, Nike, Nestle, Bupa, Wella, Mars, Sanofi, Dell Technologies, and the NHS.His upcoming book “Digitally Curious” set for a 2024 release by Wiley, delves into how technology intertwines with society’s fabric and provides actionable advice for any audience across a broad range of topics.A former Global Managing Partner at IBM, five times TEDx speaker, and someone who has performed more than 550 times on the world stage he is no stranger to providing strategic advice to senior leaders across multiple industries.Andrew’s unique blend of an engineering background, digital advocacy, and thought leadership positions him as a pivotal figure in shaping the future of technology...
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episode 8: S2 Episode 8: The Future of Podcasting with Podnews Editor James Cridland
On this episode, we spoke with James Cridland, Editor of leading podcast news site Podnews.
Podcasting is on the rise, with 96,500 new podcasts in May 2020 alone. In this episode we discussed a number of topics related to podcasting, including:
- Is Podcasting is on the increase?
- The half-life of a podcast series
- Is podcasting the new blogging?
- How Podnews started
- Producing a daily podcast and newsletter
- The future of RSS
- Apple's dominance in RSS standards
- Spotify as a competitor
- Is Google number 3 in Podcasting?
- Is the Joe Rogan/Spotify deal the first of many?
- Will we see the rise of "walled gardens"?
- Apple's dominance with podcast discovery
- IMDB as a podcast directory?
- The importance of measurement & monetisation
- Monetisation beyond advertising
- The future of corporate podcasting
- Private corporate podcasting
- What is the future of podcasting?
Quick fire round
- Favourite Podcast
- Favourite podcast app
- Apple or Spotify?
- Favourite length of podcast
- The last podcast you listened to
Three things to take advantage of podcasting
- Subscribe to Podnews.net
- Listen to other podcasts
- Learn how to edit audio
More information on James can be found at jamescridland.net
The podcasts and products mentioned on the podcast are listed below
Podcast Festival - podcastfestival.events
The Bugle Podcast
Freenoter Podcast
Audacity
Adobe Audition
Hindenberg Journalist Pro
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