Hi, I'm Dirk. I'm a German podcast nerd, living with my family in Frankfurt, Germany and seriously in love with podcasting, photography and technology at large. In this show I'll talk about these things one episode at a time, each 10 minutes or less...
https://dirkprimbs.de
Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 1 hour 52 minutes
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episode 16: Clickbait summary: proven "hacks" to grow your audience...
There seem to be a wave of new podcast experts joining the podosphere lately. Thankfully they all share the same wisdom so I can summarize it for you...
episode 15: Value of 3 star ratings without context: 1 star.
As a general rule I try to not cheer online without adding a few lines of text. It feels lazy. But at least in case of 5 star ratings the message is still clear. But what about those middle-of-the-road ratings? What does it mean if you get a 3 star without any comment?
episode 14: Who owns your podcast?
Is it you, your listeners, your podcast host, the podcast client creators?
episode 13: Niche vs Majority
Pocasting is often compared to mass media and so people try to produce the kind of content that would run successfully on a radio station. However, a broadcaster needs to appeal to the masses because only with huge numbers they can hope to bring in the money required to run a massive operation. But in our modern crowdsourced world in which everyone is free to pick their own content this isn't the only way to think about that...
episode 12: Why most podcast stats lie.
Today I explain the problem with podcast stats and why they're wrong in most cases anyway.
episode 11: "Jane Doe" is not a title, even if she's famous
A little mini-rant about a podcast title trend I noticed.
episode 10: Audioediting - what's the right tool for the job?
Not all software is created equal. Here is my little list of audio tools I've seen in the space and my recommendations:
- Audacity - open source, huge community, free, available almost everywhere. That is the reason why so many people recommend it. The downsides are: destructive editing, clunky UI, some functions it offers do more harm than good. So in summary: it does the job but I do not recommend.....
episode 9: How do I grow my audience?
This time I share a few tried and tested tactics and burst a few audience growth myths...
episode 8: How long is too long?
Today I will talk about episode length. How long is too long and how would you know?
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