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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, I'll be sharing a game-changing tool that allows you to share your passwords without actually sharing them, providing security and peace of mind for podcasters and beyond. I'll be discussing the benefits of this tool, as well as its practical applications in the podcasting world. So if you're tired of managing multiple complex passwords and worrying about security, stick around to discover how this tool can revolutionize the way you handle your online credentials. I say this from a first-hand experience as a customer Check out 1Password https://supportthisshow.com/1password. (affiliate) JOIN the School of Podcasting and save using this special link www.schoolofpodcasitng.com/listener and get access to School of Podcasting The ultimate resource for learning how to podcast the right way Podpage - The Easiest Way to Make a Grea Automatically create a beautiful, listener-friendly podcast site from your RSS feed. Customize the d Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the Show. This episode is brought to you by the School of Podcasting. Join the community and get access to courses, coaching and community and grow your show with helpful feedback, resources, and strategies. Check out all of our resources at podcastingresources.com

Send us a Text Message. What is Stamped Social? Stampede Social is an Instagram platform for podcasters, and creators in general, which we, us podcasting, are. The key thing that it does is, on Instagram, it helps deliver your podcast episodes to your fans via automated direct message so you don't have to send them to link in bio. How Does it Work? If a listener uses a specific hashtag to you on Instagram they get a DM from you that says, “Thanks for using (hashtag). Here's a link to the episode. So they comment on the post, and then they automatically get a DM from you with a link to that episode. The link the listener gets sent is a unique link sent to you, so I know WHO requested this link. And I know if they clicked on it, I know why they requested it, and which post you requested it from. I know how many times they clicked on it, and then over time, if you extrapolate that over a year, I know how many times overall they've requested content or commented on my post. So Stampede Social helps you understand who your top fans are. Click Here to see a demo JOIN the School of Podcasting and save using this special link www.schoolofpodcasitng.com/listener and get access to Support the Show. This episode is brought to you by the School of Podcasting. Join the community and get access to courses, coaching and community and grow your show with helpful feedback, resources, and strategies. Check out all of our resources at podcastingresources.com

Send us a Text Message. Hey there, podcasters! In today's episode, I'm excited to introduce two fantastic resources that will take your podcasting game to the next level. We'll be exploring PlexiCam, a nifty solution that helps you maintain eye contact with your audience during interviews, all at a fraction of the cost of traditional prompters. Plus, we'll dive into PromptSmart, a game-changing software and app that allows for voice-activated scrolling, eliminating the need for clunky teleprompter equipment. Stay tuned to learn how these budget-friendly tools can enhance your content creation process. PlexiCam is the light plexiglass shelf for your webcam, and they make a heavy-duty version for those with a DSLR camera. You ca adjust exactly where it is on your monitor so you can appear to be looking directly into the eyes of the viewer. PromptSmart is a teleprompter app and website you can use where you can quit worrying about scroll speed as it is voice-activated. There is a free version. There are apps (both Ios and Android) and computer versions (Mac and PC). Try it for free and plans start at $99/yr. Check them out at Plexicam https://supportthisshow.com/plexicam PromptSmart https://supportthisshow.com/promptsmart JOIN the School of Podcasting and save using this special link www.schoolofpodcasitng.com/listener and get access to School of Podcasting The ultimate resource for learning how to podcast the right way Podpage - The Easiest Way to Make a Grea Automatically create a beautiful, listener-friendly podcast site from your RSS feed. Customize the d Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the Show. This episode is brought to you by the School of Podcasting. Join the community and get access to courses, coaching and community and grow your show with helpful feedback, resources, and strategies. Check out all of our resources at podcastingresources.com

Send us a Text Message. In this episode of Podcasting Resources, host Dave Jackson gives an in-depth review of the Elgato prompter, a game-changing tool for anyone looking to step up their video content game. Dave shares his firsthand experience with the prompter, highlighting its unique features and capabilities, while also addressing the potential drawbacks and availability concerns. Whether you're a seasoned YouTuber, a budding interviewer, or a video content creator, this episode provides valuable insights into how the Elgato prompter can streamline your production process and enhance the quality of your videos. If you've been eyeing a teleprompter upgrade, this episode is a must-listen! Check it out at https://supportthisshow.com/elgatoprompter Mentioned In This Episode Synergy - Share one mouse and keyboard over two computers. Elgato FacecamPro Camera JOIN the School of Podcasting and save using this special link www.schoolofpodcasitng.com/listener and get access to Support the Show. This episode is brought to you by the School of Podcasting. Join the community and get access to courses, coaching and community and grow your show with helpful feedback, resources, and strategies. Check out all of our resources at podcastingresources.com

Send us a Text Message. You want to get into YouTube. You want to look better than your webcam, but you don't want to put out $600 for a camera. Today I have a way to make great videos using the camera in your pocket. Camo is an app that works with a PC or a Mac, iOs or Android, and it turns your camera into a webcam ready to stream and record you looking your best. You can adjust color, lighting, focus, add overlays, and much more. There is a free version to let you kick the tires. Then if you want to get the pro version the website shows that it's $50/year. BUT WAIT, if you go under that button there is a lifetime deal for $99. Check it out at www.supportthis show.com/camo JOIN the School of Podcasting and save using this special link www.schoolofpodcasitng.com/listener and get access to Support the Show. This episode is brought to you by the School of Podcasting. Join the community and get access to courses, coaching and community and grow your show with helpful feedback, resources, and strategies. Check out all of our resources at podcastingresources.com

Send us a Text Message. You have a guest show up who is in a room made of glass using a blue yeti microphone setup to pick up in every direction. You either tell the person to come back when they understand this is a podcast and not a zoom meeting or you bite the bullet and light your time on fire spending the next half a day trying to clean up their file. I have a client who records in almost that situation. I've told them to get close to the microphone, etc. So I found the solution. It's called DeVerberate 3 from Acon Digital. You can hear the before and after in this episode. You can order it through my favorite retailer Sweetwater. It's an audio plugin and works with Audacity, Hindenburg and all the other popular software titles. Here is my affiliate link https://supportthisshow.com/deverberate The other plugin is from Accentize and the Plugin is DX revive https://www.accentize.com/dxrevive/ JOIN the School of Podcasting and save using this special link www.schoolofpodcasitng.com/listener and get access to Support the Show. This episode is brought to you by the School of Podcasting. Join the community and get access to courses, coaching and community and grow your show with helpful feedback, resources, and strategies. Check out all of our resources at podcastingresources.com

Send us a Text Message. Our audience has contacted you about merch, and you don't have a lot of time to think about this; that is when Spreadshop comes into play. They have a table of prices that shows what they pay for an item; for example, they have different types of t-shirts that range from $15 to $20 US. If you want to make money, you raise the price a bit, set up your store in minutes, and they handle everything else. Their store is super simple to create and customizable to match your brand. No coding is required. Their website has all sorts of resources to help you intelligently design great-looking merch and insights into marketing. They have step by tutorials from the beginner level of setting up a store to advanced social media marketing courses. The service is free. They only make money when you make money. Check them out using my affiliate link at https://supportthisshow.com/spreadshop JOIN the School of Podcasting and save using this special link www.schoolofpodcasitng.com/listener and get access to Support the Show. This episode is brought to you by the School of Podcasting. Join the community and get access to courses, coaching and community and grow your show with helpful feedback, resources, and strategies. Check out all of our resources at podcastingresources.com

Send us a Text Message. One way to know what your audience wants is to create a community. While there are free tools like Facebook, you don't own your community in Facebook. I once was banned from my own Facebook groups for letting them know group coaching was starting in 5 minutes. It took WEEKS to regain access (Facebook is now known for their awesome customer service). When I discovered Heartbeat I was really impressed. I have spoken about Circle in the past, and this was like Circle only less Expensive. You can have a community with threads and charts. I tied my heartbeat into Zoom for group coaching so people can see the schedule and join right from within the app. There is a water cooler where people can connect via audio to chat. You can have the system match up your members for further networking. You can create a library of resources. You can have free parts of your community or charge for access. It really does everything. You can sell tickets to events. You can even have it suggest topics for events. The course tool is robust and easy to you. Pricing starts at $49 a month, but here is one thing that makes them stand out: there are zero processing fees. There are stipe fees, but other platforms take a percentage in addition to the credit card processing. One last point is it integrates with Zapier so if you want to connect your members to email lists, and more, its a few simple clicks. JOIN the School of Podcasting and save using this special link www.schoolofpodcasitng.com/listener and get access to Support the Show. This episode is brought to you by the School of Podcasting. Join the community and get access to courses, coaching and community and grow your show with helpful feedback, resources, and strategies. Check out all of our resources at podcastingresources.com

Send us a Text Message. One of the toughest parts of creating content is doing it on a regular basis. Today's tool is called Syllaby. You can use it like an SEO tool and type in the topic for your show and it will show you what people are searching for around this topic. When you click on that topic, you can then choose to have it write a script for you. This can be a short script or an entire article. Their goal is to help you make video, but you could use this for audio. If you hate being on camera, you can choose an AI voice and an AI-generated avatar. Between you and me, I'm not letting a Sims character cira 2007 represent my brand, but I could see people potentially using this. As you might imagine, it's optional. It starts at $49/month and gets cheaper if you use a yearly plan. There is a free trial. You can find it at my affiliate link https://supportthisshow.com/syllaby JOIN the School of Podcasting and save using this special link www.schoolofpodcasitng.com/listener and get access to Support the Show. This episode is brought to you by the School of Podcasting. Join the community and get access to courses, coaching and community and grow your show with helpful feedback, resources, and strategies. Check out all of our resources at podcastingresources.com

Send us a Text Message. Entrepreneur Business Influencer: Have you ever wanted to generate income from your podcast? Well, I've got great news for you! In today's episode of Profit From Your Podcast, host Dave Jackson introduces a game-changing tool that takes the headache out of affiliate marketing. It's called Geniuslink, and it provides you with valuable data to optimize your affiliate marketing strategy. With Geniuslink, you can automatically localize your links, boosting commissions from international traffic. Plus, you can create choice pages, offering your audience multiple purchasing options. And the reporting features? Mind-blowing! Discover which links perform best on platforms like Amazon, Best Buy, Walmart, and more. But wait, it gets better. Geniuslink is affordable, starting at just $6 a month for 2,000 clicks! And if you exceed that, you only pay for what you use. Say goodbye to the Amazon Associates headache and hello to hassle-free affiliate marketing with Geniuslink. Ready to take your podcast income to the next level? Visit supportthisshow.com/geniuslink to get started today. And don't forget to check out the book, Profit From Your Podcast, for more money-making strategies. Tap into the potential of your podcast and profit from it! Mentioned In This Episode Genious Link https://supportthisshow.com/geniouslink Switchy Link Shortener https://supportthisshow.com/switchy Profit From Your Podcast Book https://geni.us/profitfromyourpodcast JOIN the School of Podcasting and save using this special link www.schoolofpodcasitng.com/listener and get access to Support the Show. This episode is brought to you by the School of Podcasting. Join the community and get access to courses, coaching and community and grow your show with helpful feedback, resources, and strategies. Check out all of our resources at podcastingresources.com

Send us a Text Message. One of your fears when you start podcasting is, what if you change your mind? What do I do with my gear? I recently cleared out a closet and found tons of stuff I had bought over the years that were sitting there depreciating, so I have decided to list it on Sweetwater.com's used gear section called "Gear Exchange." In the same way that eBay charges a fee, so does Sweetwater. From their website, "Gear Exchange transactions have a 2.5% transaction fee and a 5% seller fee. When you choose a Sweetwater Gift Card as your payout, we will waive both fees! That means more funds available for you to use on purchases at Sweetwater.com. If you choose Hyperwallet as your payout, then the total seller fees are 7.5%. Of course, they offer a "No hassle" return policy. From their website: "No Hassle" Return Policy: We want you to be completely happy with your purchase. If you are not satisfied with any new product, for any reason, you may return it for a refund of the purchase price or an in-house credit, or you may exchange for another product within a fair amount of time from the shipping date (usually 30 days). If your purchase was eligible for free shipping, the shipping cost will be deducted from your credit or refund. There are also places like eBay, Facebook Marketplace to sell your gear (and let's not forget, for those getting started, a great place to BUY used gear). If you're happy with the way you sound, move on. Focus your time on making good content. JOIN the School of Podcasting and save using this special link www.schoolofpodcasitng.com/listener and get access to School of Podcasting The ultimate resource for learning how to podcast the right way Podpage - The Easiest Way to Make a Grea Automatically create a beautiful, listener-friendly podcast site from your RSS feed. Customize the d Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the Show. This episode is brought to you by the School of Podcasting. Join the community and get access to courses, coaching and community and grow your show with helpful feedback, resources, and strategies. Check out all of our resources at podcastingresources.com

Send us a Text Message. You've been podcasting for a while, and you notice that all those files are starting to chew up your hard drive (ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE DOING VIDEO). So today, I have a free resource to start (and eventually, it will be almost free). Backblaze is a service I use to back up computers. I once had a hard drive crash, and they saved me. They also offer a cloud storage option. These are for files that you probably will not use but don't want to delete (I store old YouTube videos, podcast files, etc). The price is 0.005 per GB Currently, my show Your Podcast Consultant has over 100 episodes, and EVERYTHING COMBINE is 23 GB, so I could store that show for 12 cents/month, and if I later wanted to download all those files, it would cost 23 cents. Their backup tool is also affordable at $5.83 per month if you buy a year's worth of hosting. It is a service I've never regretted. When my hard drive crashed, I thought I had lost 18 years of episodes. I would've been devastated. If you use this link https://supportthisshow.com/backblaze I get a free month, and so do you. But wait, there is MORE! The first 10 GB are free. Your hard drive, thank you. JOIN the School of Podcasting and save using this special link www.schoolofpodcasitng.com/listener and get access to Support the Show. This episode is brought to you by the School of Podcasting. Join the community and get access to courses, coaching and community and grow your show with helpful feedback, resources, and strategies. Check out all of our resources at podcastingresources.com

Send us a Text Message. AI Tools for Podcasters: Exploring Efficiency and Assistance Welcome to another episode of Podcasting and Resources, the podcast that helps you discover the tools and resources to enhance your podcasting journey. In today's episode, we dive into the world of AI tools, particularly those aimed at assisting podcasters in various aspects of their workflow. A Quick Note About AI Before we begin, it's important to clarify that AI tools like Chat GPT are powerful assistants but not substitutes for human creativity and expertise. They can take you 80% of the way, but ultimately, you'll need a human touch to deliver your best work. During my research, I stumbled upon an intriguing blog post about podcast networks that raised some eyebrows. The article mentioned a podcasting discoverability problem dating back to the 90s. Now, we all know podcasting wasn't around in the 90s, so it's crucial to fact-check sources and question inconsistencies. If you tell me four things and one of them is a lie, I'm not believing the other three. CastMagic First up is Cast Magic, offering a $39 per month plan for 200 minutes of usage. However, a lifetime deal for the same price is currently available on AppSumo. Cast Magic provides impressive services such as transcription, title generation, keyword suggestions, time-stamped overviews, discussion questions, and even clip finders. It also offers Magic Chat, allowing you to generate content based on your transcriptions. SwellAI Swell AI, starts at $29 per month for five hours of usage. Swell AI generates show notes, transcripts, articles, summaries, and social media posts. It also includes a feature called Swell Chat, similar to Chat GPT, where you can ask questions and receive AI-generated responses. Swell AI supports over 100 languages, making it a valuable tool for translation purposes. PodSqueeze Pod Squeeze offers a free account for 50 minutes of podcasting each month, making it suitable for short-form shows. With the paid plan starting at $15 per month for 160 minutes, Pod Squeeze generates show notes, timestamps, newsletters, and more. The platform supports various languages, making it ideal for multilingual podcasters. Clean Voice - AI Editor Clean Voice JOIN the School of Podcasting and save using this special link www.schoolofpodcasitng.com/listener and get access to School of Podcasting The ultimate resource for learning how to podcast the right way Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the Show. This episode is brought to you by the School of Podcasting. Join the community and get access to courses, coaching and community and grow your show with helpful feedback, resources, and strategies. Check out all of our resources at podcastingresources.com

Send us a Text Message. No matter if you are doing a live stream, a webinar, or a special meetup, you want to make sure your audience doesn't forget. Add Event is a great service that makes it super easy to provide links and buttons for your audience to click on and then add it to their calendar no matter if they are using Google, Apple, Office 365, Outlook, Outlook.com, and Yahoo. The best part is you don't need to learn any code. Add Event Website (aff) Check out all of our resources at www.podcastingrescources.com JOIN the School of Podcasting and save using this special link www.schoolofpodcasitng.com/listener and get access to School of Podcasting The ultimate resource for learning how to podcast the right way Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the Show. This episode is brought to you by the School of Podcasting. Join the community and get access to courses, coaching and community and grow your show with helpful feedback, resources, and strategies. Check out all of our resources at podcastingresources.com

Send us a Text Message. In the last episode, we mentioned mailerlite is a powerful email list and more affordable than some competitors. But what if you want a free solution? For me, after using Mailerlite for a while, it dawned on my that I don't need all the marketing tools it provides. My newsletter is more for communicating with my audience. I started using Substack. The exciting part of Substack is on a normal week, I might have 3-5 new signups, and Substack seems to do a great job of cross-promotion. Your newsletter is also on a web-based version of it. You can turn a chat for your newsletter. The surprising thing was that I was playing with the premium tool. This enables you to sell access to premium posts in your newsletter. Without promoting it, I had someone sign up for a yearly account. In terms of using Substack as a marketing tool, their terms of service, "Substack is not an email marketing platform. We don’t permit publications that are set up with the sole purpose of advertising an external product or service, distributing offers and promotions, or similar activity." So I think the key phrase that could get you in trouble is the phrase "Sole purpose" of advertising. It also has an app to read/listen to posts on your device. When I say listen, you can record and use substack as a free tool for a podcast. For me, I uploaded a version of my summarizing the newsletter topics for that episode. JOIN the School of Podcasting and save using this special link www.schoolofpodcasitng.com/listener and get access to Podpage - The Easiest Way to Make a Grea Automatically create a beautiful, listener-friendly podcast site from your RSS feed. Customize the d Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the Show. This episode is brought to you by the School of Podcasting. Join the community and get access to courses, coaching and community and grow your show with helpful feedback, resources, and strategies. Check out all of our resources at podcastingresources.com

Send us a Text Message. I've tried many different email lists from Sendfox to Aweber, Convertkit, and Mailer Lite. I used Mailerlite for a while about a year ago. It had one problem. It was slow. Fast forward and they've released a new version and not only is it fast but it has an AMAZING feature set. I was paying $50 for Convert and I'm paying $17 for Mailerlite. I can send broadcasts, make pop-ups, landing pages, and a ton more. When you use Mailer Lite they not only give you access to a great product, but their support is amazing along with a huge knowledgebase delivered in bite-size chunks (their YouTube channel has tons of great tutorials. You can set up your RSS feed to go to Mailerlit and when you publish an episode it turns it into an email and sends it to your subscribers. The benefit of email is you are no one click away from having your audience take action. You can try it for free, but if you use THIS LINK, you can save $20 off a paid plan (and I get $20 for referring you). see https://supportthisshow.com/mailerlite JOIN the School of Podcasting and save using this special link www.schoolofpodcasitng.com/listener and get access to Support the Show. This episode is brought to you by the School of Podcasting. Join the community and get access to courses, coaching and community and grow your show with helpful feedback, resources, and strategies. Check out all of our resources at podcastingresources.com

Send us a Text Message. I've read tons of books on story writing but almost NONE of them are "how to tell a story" but more "You should be telling stories." Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life Through the Power of Storytelling is THE BEST book on storytelling. It is also available as an audiobook read by the author. JOIN the School of Podcasting and save using this special link www.schoolofpodcasitng.com/listener and get access to Support the Show. This episode is brought to you by the School of Podcasting. Join the community and get access to courses, coaching and community and grow your show with helpful feedback, resources, and strategies. Check out all of our resources at podcastingresources.com

Send us a Text Message. I've used Otter for transcriptions and they recently changed their pricing and more importantly reduced the amount of time you can upload files to be transcribed. So I began to search for a replacement. I found Scribie. Scribie is great for audio or video transcriptions. Human transcriptionFrom their website: It takes around 8 hours to transcribe a 1-hour file by hand as per industry standards. We plan to cut it down to 10 minutes. We believe that accuracy is the most important requirement of a transcript. A low-accuracy transcript is a waste of human time and effort. We have therefore reimagined transcription for the digital age and built it from the bottom up with the goals of quality, consistency, and repeatability in mind. Our system is an assembly line where the transcript is prepared collectively by our transcribers following a well-defined process More Information on Their Website JOIN the School of Podcasting and save using this special link www.schoolofpodcasitng.com/listener and get access to Support the Show. This episode is brought to you by the School of Podcasting. Join the community and get access to courses, coaching and community and grow your show with helpful feedback, resources, and strategies. Check out all of our resources at podcastingresources.com

Send us a Text Message. You've heard me talk about Podpage. You've heard me say how you can create a great-looking podcast website in minutes. You've heard me say how powerful it is, and yet, you don't like technology. Now you can learn podpage absolutely free and I will walk you through all the features and be right there if you have questions. Check it out at www.learnpodpage.com JOIN the School of Podcasting and save using this special link www.schoolofpodcasitng.com/listener and get access to Support the Show. This episode is brought to you by the School of Podcasting. Join the community and get access to courses, coaching and community and grow your show with helpful feedback, resources, and strategies. Check out all of our resources at podcastingresources.com

Send us a Text Message. If you've never worked with a teleprompter you either have a staff member who is working the speed control or you're having a headache. Enter PromptSmart which starts and stops when you talk. Currently, at App Sumo they have a lifetime deal for $59. You can use things like Word or Google Docs to write your script, load it into the software and off your go. Check it Out See all of our recourses at www.podcastingresources.com JOIN the School of Podcasting and save using this special link www.schoolofpodcasitng.com/listener and get access to Support the Show. This episode is brought to you by the School of Podcasting. Join the community and get access to courses, coaching and community and grow your show with helpful feedback, resources, and strategies. Check out all of our resources at podcastingresources.com