Podcasting Smarter

Afros & Audio founder Talib Jasir on creating a podcast conference, community and using creativity in podcasting

In this episode of Podcasting Smarter, we're speaking to Talib Jasir of the Afros & Audio, a podcast festival for and by Black podcast creatives and audio professionals that's coming up this October 22-23rd.  We speak about how he got into podcasting, using his creativity to create audio dramas and supporting community throughout the podcasting medium.    Have you felt any of the following: You haven't been able to find or create your desired podcasting community? You want to support and connect with Black podcasters? You want to find out about in-person podcast events? Then this episode is for you! In this episode, you will learn the following: How Talib got into podcasting, his inspirations from early radio and why he created the Afros & Audio conference What is Afros & Audio as a community, who can attend the conference and why it's such an important community The in-person experience of the conference, connecting with the Black podcaster community, attend panels and network The Afros & Audio Podcast Network, and the scripted fiction podcast, The Fussings: Until One of Us is Dead that Talib created   How we can encourage and support Black podcast creators with support and what that looks like What shows that Talib is inspired by, including as early radio drama called Destination Freedom from Richard Durham in the 1920's and 1930's The living record of our experiences as podcasters and how we're leaving our legacy for future generations Subscribe to our email newsletter to get updates from the team head over to: https://www.podbean.com/email-subscribe You can get in touch with Talib on LinkedIn, Twitter and Instagram as well as listen to the The Fussings Podcast and find the Afros & Audio Festival here which is coming up this Oct. 22-23, 2022 in Philadelphia, PA.   ... Podcast Smarter is the official in-house podcast by Podbean.  Podbean is a podcast publishing and monetization service, hosting almost 600,000 podcasts.  If you’re looking to start your own podcast, monetize your podcast and livestream directly to your listeners, you can set up an account at podbean.com  To contact Podcasting Smarter with questions get in contact at podcastingsmarter@podbean.com 

How to Create a Podcasting Business and Audience Growth Hacks with Adam Adams of the Podcast on Podcasting

In this episode of Podcasting Smarter, we're speaking to Adam Adams of Grow Your Show and The Podcast on Podcasting, about the best practices he uses to grow his client's podcasts, the Podcast on Podcasting and selling his first show.    Are you dealing with any of this:  You haven't been able to build an audience or grow your show? You'll always wonder what could have been? You'll never be able to create the impact you want? Then this episode is for you!Adam Adams is the founder of Grow Your Show and the creator of the Podcast on Podcasting. He is a real estate investor and podcasting coach who helps podcasters grow their businesses.This is Adam Adams's story...I started podcasting in 2016 when I started recording podcasts for a real estate podcast that I started. There was actually three different partners in our company, but over time, the other two fell off and it became just my podcast. In 2019, I felt like there was a real estate crash coming, so I decided to start a company helping podcasters. And during that time, I focus less on buying real estate investments. So what I ended up doing during the pandemic, I was like, this is it. This is what's making the Pandemic is going to ruin real estate. It didn't quite happen. Things have gone up, but that's okay. We still decided to sell the podcast. So I was the only host and sold that podcast to a friend of mine..  In this episode, you will learn the following:  How Adam Adams created a successful podcasting business How to create a podcast that people will want to listen to Tips & best practices for making sure you're delivering value to your listeners  What are some best practices for growing a podcast audience How Adam built a free podcasting course into his podcast Adam's go-to launch strategy that helps podcasts launch with success  How podcasting benefits businesses of all kinds The role social media plays in podcast growth and development Subscribe to our email newsletter to get updates from the team head over to: https://www.podbean.com/email-subscribe   You can get in touch with Adam on Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram as well as listen to the Podcast on Podcasting and find Grow Your Show here.  ... Podcast Smarter is the official in-house podcast by Podbean.  Podbean is a podcast publishing and monetization service, hosting almost 600,000 podcasts.  If you’re looking to start your own podcast, monetize your podcast and livestream directly to your listeners, you can set up an account at podbean.com  To contact Podcasting Smarter with questions get in contact at podcastingsmarter@podbean.com 

Opening Doors: The Path to Podcasting for Marginalized Genders Live Replay

This episode is a recording of a live episode from Podbean's Storytelling Podcast Week and Podcast Smarter Live Events ... For September, Podbean's Storytelling Podcast Week featured a live panel on creating more gender equity in podcasting in collaboration with She Podcasts as it was recently found that only approximately 30% of podcasters are women and marginalized genders. This special LIVE panel hosted by Elsie Escobar of She Podcasts features special guests: Haley Radke of the Adoptees On podcast Danielle Desir Corbett of Women of Color Podcasters & The Thought Card podcast Skye Pillsbury of The Squeeze ( and formerly of Inside Podcasting) Ona Oghogho of the Blk Pod Collective, Blk Pod Festival and Adode Media They speak here about how they were able to break into podcasting from both being in front of and behind the mic and share their journeys best practices and inspiration for everyone to start their podcast! They also get into: What common barriers to entry are in podcasting How we encourage women and marginalized genders to break into podcasting as a career What support and asking for support look like The role that community plays within podcasting What they have you learned along the way, in regard to podcasting, production and storytelling How podcasting helps bring more awareness, gender representation, representation for POC and equity to everyone The podcasts they're fans of and the stories they're excited to tell Here is also the link to watch the video of this interview on Podbean's YouTube Channel. ... Podcast Smarter is the official in-house podcast by Podbean.  To subscribe to our email newsletter to get updates from the team head over to: https://www.podbean.com/email-subscribe Podbean is a podcast publishing and monetization service, hosting almost 620,000 podcasts.  If you’re looking to start your own podcast, monetize your podcast and livestream directly to your listeners, you can set up an account at podbean.com  To contact Podcasting Smarter with questions get in contact at podcastingsmarter@podbean.com   

Being a Good Podcast Guest: Interview Best Practices and Jessica Rhodes’ Podcast Entrepreneurship Journey as the Creator of Interview Connections

In this episode of Podcasting Smarter, we're speaking to Jessica Rhodes of Interview Connection, a podcast booking agency, about starting her podcast business, how to be a great guest and what podcasters should look for when booking guests.   In this episode we'll cover: How Jessica got into podcasting and started Interview Connections in 2013 Tips & best practices for being a good podcast guest Common crutch words to avoid during an interview What podcasters should look for when booking guests and how to be a welcoming host Setting expectations for guest and episode promotion How Jessica started to get clients and built her company within the podcasting industry  How she learned what to charge clients and build up her rates  You can get in touch with Jessica Rhodes and find Interview Connections here.  ... Podcast Smarter is the official in-house podcast by Podbean.  Podbean is a podcast publishing and monetization service, hosting almost 600,000 podcasts.  If you’re looking to start your own podcast, monetize your podcast and livestream directly to your listeners, you can set up an account at podbean.com  To contact Podcasting Smarter with questions get in contact at podcastingsmarter@podbean.com 

From Podcaster to Professional Podcast Editor: Creating a Successful Podcast Editing Business and Community with Steph Fuccio

In this episode of Podcasting Smarter, we're speaking to Steph Fuccio of Podcast Editing Plus, a boutique podcast editing company and Global Podcast Editors, a community of podcast editors across the world, about starting her podcast editing business, what that looked like and the value of good podcast editing. In this episode we'll cover: How Steph got into podcasting and her journey as a professional podcast editor Tips & best practices for being a good podcast editor How to price your podcast editing services Monetizing older episodes within your podcast back catalogue How Steph started to get clients and built her company within the podcasting industry  How Steph learned what to charge clients and build up her rates  The upcoming LIVE EVENT with GLOBAL PODCAST EDITORS!  You can get in touch with Steph Fuccio and find Podcast Editing Plus here and sign up for Global Podcast Editors newsletter here.  ... Podcast Smarter is the official in-house podcast by Podbean.  To subscribe to our email newsletter to get updates from the team head over to: https://www.podbean.com/email-subscribe Podbean is a podcast publishing and monetization service, hosting almost 600,000 podcasts.  If you’re looking to start your own podcast, monetize your podcast and livestream directly to your listeners, you can set up an account at podbean.com  To contact Podcasting Smarter with questions get in contact at podcastingsmarter@podbean.com 

Winning at Sports: Live Panel Replay with BBC Podcasters Eliza Skinner of On the Podium and Chrystal Genesis of Stance Productions and Untold Legends: Ora

This episode is a recording of a live episode from Podbean's Storytelling Podcast Week live program.   ... For August, Podbean's Storytelling Podcast Week featured a live panel on Sports podcasts for our monthly live episode with Eliza Skinner of On the Podium and Chrystal Genesis of the upcoming Untold Legends: Ora where they speak about the art of telling the triumphs and heartbreak within sports, what make those moments of glory memorable and what's behind them. In this episode we'll also hear from them about.. How they both got into podcasting and what it's like to work with BBC Podcasts  The inspirations for On the Podium and Untold Legends: Ora, two very different formats within sports podcasts What goes into Untold Legends: Ora from a production standpoint as a large scale narrative audio series The inspirations for On the Podium and their episode formula for success What Chrystal and Eliza have both learned along the way as women who are telling sports stories and how podcasting helps bring more awareness, gender representation, representation for POC and equity into the mainstream How podcasters out there who want to tell stories from their communities, accomplishments and for the unsung heroes they may have discovered can start telling those stories  What podcasts Eliza and Chrystal both love and the stories they want to tell next!  You can also watch the full panel on Podbean's YouTube.   ... Storytelling Podcast Week and Podcasting Smarter are brought to you by Podbean. To subscribe to our email newsletter to get updates from the team head over to: https://www.podbean.com/email-subscribe Podbean is a podcast publishing and monetization service, hosting almost 600,000 podcasts.  If you’re looking to start your own podcast, monetize your podcast and livestream directly to your listeners, you can set up an account at podbean.com  To contact Podcasting Smarter with questions get in contact at podcastingsmarter@podbean.com   

Breaking Down ”The Creators” Report about Who Makes Podcasts and How We Can Create More Equity within the Industry with Tom Webster of Sounds Profitable

In this episode of Podcasting Smarter, we're speaking to Tom Webster of Sounds Profitable about their most recent report, "The Creators" on who's making podcasts these days and how for the first time we're able to see an accurate snapshot of the demographics that comprise podcast creators.   We'll discuss the most surprising takeaways from the study that covered age, gender, race, education, income levels and more..  In this episode we'll cover: What "The Creators" report found and why it's so important to the podcasting industry What the study found surprising in regard to gender and how 70% of podcast creators are male That podcasting is overwhelmingly disproportionate in regard to the 55+ age category What we can all do to increase equity within podcasting both individually and as an industry How the podcast industry as a whole is evolving and growing The complete "The Creators" report from Sounds Profitable  What other reports and studies Sounds Profitable has in the pipeline this year ... Podcast Smarter is the official in-house podcast by Podbean.  Podbean is a podcast publishing and monetization service, hosting almost 600,000 podcasts.  If you’re looking to start your own podcast, monetize your podcast and livestream directly to your listeners, you can set up an account at podbean.com  To contact Podcasting Smarter with questions get in contact at podcastingsmarter@podbean.com 

Podcast Entrepreneurship and Creating a 6-figure Podcast Business with Bethany Hawkins of Crackers in Soup

In this episode of Podcasting Smarter, we're speaking to Bethany Hawkins of Crackers in Soup, a podcast management company, about starting her podcast business, what led to her 6-figure success and the lessons she's learned along the way.   In this episode we'll cover: How Bethany got into podcast and what skills she used from previous jobs, hobbies and careers Tips & best practices for beginners and people just getting into podcasting and podcasters who’ve only worked on their own shows Navigating PodFade and creating a sustainable, success podcast business How she gets clients and some ways that Bethany started to build that part of her business What services podcasters can charge for including production, pre-production, social media, editing and more Learning what to charge and navigating setting rates within the podcasting industry Creating a 6-figure Podcasting Business and how Crackers in Soup grew as a business Navigating the podcast landscape as a BIPOC creator Common hurdles for podcasters starting a podcast business You can get in touch with Bethany and find Crackers in Soup here.  ... Podcast Smarter is the official in-house podcast by Podbean.  Podbean is a podcast publishing and monetization service, hosting almost 600,000 podcasts.  If you’re looking to start your own podcast, monetize your podcast and livestream directly to your listeners, you can set up an account at podbean.com  To contact Podcasting Smarter with questions get in contact at podcastingsmarter@podbean.com 

Podcast Directories: The Importance of Podcast Directories & Updates from Podbean on Single-Click submissions for iHeartRadio and Samsung Free

In this episode of Podcasting Smarter, we get into some exciting updates on directories from Podbean specifically for iHeart and Samsung Free.  We're speaking to Podbean's Director of Customer Success, John Kiernan, about making sure your podcast is available everywhere it can be discovered through multiple podcast directories.   In this episode we'll cover: What single-click submission is and how you can easily add your podcast to podcast directories Podbean's new single-click iHeartRadio podcast directory integration Podbean's new single-click Samsung Free podcast directory integration Why listing your podcast on multiple directories can increase your podcast audience and listenership Podbean's complete resources for submitting your podcast to directories ... Podcast Smarter is the official in-house podcast by Podbean.  Podbean is a podcast publishing and monetization service, hosting almost 600,000 podcasts.  If you’re looking to start your own podcast, monetize your podcast and livestream directly to your listeners, you can set up an account at podbean.com  To contact Podcasting Smarter with questions get in contact at podcastingsmarter@podbean.com   

How Podcasting Can Help with Employee Retention: Live Replay with Keynote Speaker, and founder of Futureforth, Dave Delaney

In this episode of Podcasting Smarter, we're sharing an interview from Podbean's Corporate Podcasting Smarter series.    Podbean's Head of Events, Norma Jean Belenky speaks with Dave Delaney, a Keynote speaker, author, podcaster and the founder of Futureforth.com.  We'll discuss how podcasting can empower employees with a sense of ownership and community to improve employee satisfaction and retention within your organization.  We'll also cover.. Why Employee Retention is such a big issue right now How to minimize the resources that companies will spend in filling a role within their organization What directly effects employee retention How podcasting helps with employee retention How can podcasting contributes to assessing the needs of your employees? Best practices for improving employee communication and trust How organizations can empower their employees with podcasting initiatives How storytelling makes an impact within an organization How we can use podcasting to sustainably deepen organizational communication on a long term basis You can re-watch the live panel here on Podbean's YouTube and you can find Dave and learn about the leadership communication and professional development they offer at Futrueforth.com.  ... Corporate Podcast Smarter is an official in-house podcast by Podbean.  Learn more about Podbean's Enterprise and Business solutions that are trusted by industry leaders world wide,  read case studies and more.