THIS SHOW IS CURRENTLY ON HIATUS - PLEASE ENJOY THE ARCHIVE OF CONTENT FOCUSED ON MAKING PODCASTING BETTER. Where plenty of podcasts about podcasting (PAPs) tell you what to do, Podcast Pontifications gives you what to think about in podcasting. These insightful forward-looking episodes have one central tenet: Podcasting needs to be made better, not just easier. Designed for the working podcaster, these short-form episodes get you thinking about the future of podcasting and how you can better prepare yourself -- and your shows -- for the future. The goal is simple: help you develop critical thinking skills needed to make the best future-proofed podcast you can with the tools of today. Plus a few sneak previews of what might be coming tomorrow. Hosted by Podcast Hall of Fame Class of 2022 inductee Evo Terra.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacyChartable - https://chartable.com/privacyPodsights - https://podsights.com/privacy
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 5 days 3 hours 11 minutes
episode 77: Making High-Concept Podcasts On A High-Value Budget
There's something to be said for making a high-value podcast, which is why many continue year after year. But making a high-concept show can also be rewarding. Do you have time to make both?
https://podcastpontifications.com/episode/making-high-concept-podcasts-on-a-high-value-budget
Broadly speaking and missing a whole lot of nuance to make a point, podcasts are either news/talk or high-concept. We know listeners like to listen to both kinds of podcasts...
episode 78: Prioritize Community Building With, Not For, Your Podcast
Audience building and community building in podcasting are two very different things, though we use the terms interchangeably. And tend to ignore the latter. But true-community building has its own rewards.
As a podcaster, it's often considered important to grow your audience. And I agree with that...
episode 79: Changes To Podcasting Mean Changes For You
When you started podcasting, things were different. Maybe a little. Maybe a lot. At some point, those differences are going to start adding up and you won't podcast the same way ever again. And that's OK.
Change comes for all of us at some point, and podcasters like you and me are not immune. Neither are those individuals who run companies that provide services to podcasters like you and me. The same goes for those providing services to podcast listeners...
episode 80: Have Best Practices In Podcasting Made Us Boring?
There may not be a formula for success in podcasting, but there are many established best practices that we dutifully follow as we work to perfect our craft. But does that come at the cost of our creativity?
I'm afraid I'm making boring podcasts. I'll take it a step further and say that I'm afraid we're all making boring podcasts. By design, actually.
Not that we intended to make boring podcasts...
episode 81: Podcasting Is A Numbers Game You Don't Have To Play
For as creative a pursuit as podcasting is, it sometimes looks like a math equation with so many numbers being tossed around. Numbers that we're told should be important. But... says who?
As podcasters, we get pretty twisted up by numbers we're told are important to podcasting and to our podcasts.
Downloads. Listeners. Social media followers. Drop-in audio attendees. Paying supporters. Satoshis streamed. Advertisers. Episodes produced per year...
episode 82: 4 Questions To Help Predict Your Podcast's Success
Not every podcasting idea is a great podcasting idea. At least not beyond the person who had the idea. How predictable is your next podcasting project’s success (or failure)? And would you bet on it?If your next podcasting project will take serious resources in time, treasure, or talent to get off the ground, is there a litmus test you can put your idea through before you make that investment?
Not one with any accuracy...
episode 83: Adding Some Evo To The Podcast Hall Of Fame
Praise is a weird thing, isn't it? We know it makes others feel good to receive it, but many of us get shy or feel awkward when we're the recipients of praise. I'm right there with you. And I need to get over it.
https://podcastpontifications.com/episode/adding-some-evo-to-the-podcast-hall-of-fame
It was recently announced that I will be inducted into the Podcast Hall of Fame. Which is.....
episode 84: Warning Our Way To Less Toxic Podcasting
Back in May of 2020, Twitter started an experiment in changing the tone of the discourse on its service. Twitter was testing to see if the equivalent of a tap on the shoulder or a subtle ahem could get people to be... well, uh, you know... less of an asshole to one another.
The results of that experiment have been announced, and those results are dramatic.
Nearly a third of people, when prompted to reflect on what they were about to do, actually changed their behavior...
episode 85: Adding Opt-Out Options From Your Podcast's Ads
The decision of whether or not to run ads on your podcast isn't an easy one. Nor should it be. Smart podcasters understand the risks and rewards. And they give their most loyal listeners an escape route.
How many ads or sponsored messages are too many ads or sponsored messages in a podcast episode?
Last summer, I made the decision to make the current season of Podcast Pontifications sponsor-supported...
episode 86: Controlling The Momentum Of Your Podcast
Having a set of processes and procedures to keep you and your podcast moving is an obvious success factor. But when those processes and procedures start to fail, can you adjust quickly?
Successfully deployed tactics sometimes have a shelf life and you start to notice their effectiveness waning over time. Best practices are often eroded by the winds of change. Yes, there are plenty of time-tested methodologies and truisms podcasters can almost always count on...