Who Is The Podcast Answer Man?

The Podcast Answer Man i s Cliff Ravenscraft, one of the first people to take on podcasting full time as a career. Cliff has become known as a go to person when it comes to questions related to podcasting and new media. Cliff began podcasting, with is wife, in December of 2005. What started as a hobby, soon became and all consuming passion. More about his podcasts below.

In January 2008, Cliff left his career in insurance after 11 years to pursue a career in podcasting and new media work full time, officially launching Ravenscraft Enterprises, LLC. Cliff’s unique business model has offered him great success in the media industry as he focuses intently on three main areas, gspn.tv podcast productions, equipment sales, and consulting/production work.

gspn.tv Podcast Productions: The Generally Speaking Production Network (gspn.tv) is the collection of productions from Cliff and Stephanie Ravenscraft. Cliff and Stephanie host a variety of shows including popular tv show fan podcasts, family related shows, faith based shows, and some of the best technology how-to-programming on the internet. Cliff has been successful at monetizing his content through a mixture of personally negotiated sponsorships and a premium subscription model where premium members get access to a great deal of additional content not available to the general public. In September of 2008, Cliff and Stephanie released their 1,000th gspn.tv podcast episode. Serving more than three million downloads, 750 hours of content, in just under three years. It’s obvious that for Cliff, podcasting is an all consuming passion!

Equipment Sales: Cliff is an official reseller for one of the largest professional audio outlets in the world. With years of experience and testing out what equipment does and does not work for the various types of podcasts that he has produced, Cliff has become an expert in the field of helping people to get just the right equipment to meet their individual needs. While Cliff focuses only on professional grade equipment, he’s often able to do so with the ability to to meet even the tightest budgets of the newer podcaster. From his experience in equipment sales, he’s put together a few podcast equipment packages that include the most popular items that people have purchased. However, he is able to build custom packages or to fill the order for a single piece of equipment to help take your audio recording to the next level.

Consulting & Production Work: Cliff enjoys working with people through consulting and training in the area of podcasting and new media. He offers a good deal of on site as well of phone consulting and services. Cliff also does full podcast production work for individuals such as the Former Chief Engineer of Corvette as well as for small and large organizations. This website contains a page describing the full list of services that Cliff provides.

The best way to initial contact with Cliff is through email. However, more contact information is available on the contact page.