Category: Podcasting

  • Podshow's Gold Mine, the RIAA, Sound Exchange, and sucking less

    Time to turn the Podshow discussion more positive with an idea they can execute on, instead of just complaining. One of my many causes is helping podsafe independent artists as much as I can, and this year I’ve been fortunate to be part of two projects to do that – Bum Rush the Charts (yes,…

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  • Here is what is wrong with Podshow (and maybe how to fix it)

    Here is what is wrong with Podshow (and maybe how to fix it) I’ve been collecting Twitters from folks about Podshow’s campaign: Mike Yusi: Is anyone else on Podshow getting emails complaining about the new openings? P. W. Fenton: Better question: Is anyone not? P_Dub: Some podcasters have avoided putting out podcasts until the one…

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  • How To Suck Much Less

    For anyone who listens to Podshow podcasts, like Accident Hash, In Over Your Head, the ReMARKable Palate, and others, and is tired of hearing the 59 second pre-roll ad for their Suck Less campaign, I just posted directions for skipping right past it or any other pre-roll ad using iTunes on a Mac. No idea…

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  • Dear RIAA: Please get your royalties from terrestrial radio

    Steve from the Wicked Good Podcast points us all to this LA Times article. Short version: the RIAA wants more money, and is tired of radio freeloading off of its content library. They want to extract performance royalties from terrestrial radio just as they want for every other form of media in which their artists…

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  • Mental Caffeine

    If you haven’t tuned in yet, be sure to check out Marketing Over Coffee, the marketing podcast I do with M Show producer John Wall. It’s a weekly podcast that is a giant audio Twitter – what are we doing in marketing?

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  • Numbers redux

    I talked to a fellow podcaster this evening, who was told by his network (the podcaster and network shall remain nameless) that in order to get sponsor deals, he needs to get his numbers up, hit certain metrics, etc. His network is missing the point because it’s still on the CPM model. CPM is an…

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