Blogging Between Podcast Answer Man Podcast Episodes
I started my first blog back in 1996 back when Angelfire.com launched and gave people the opportunity to create individual html pages. I started out by editing my index.html page on a daily basis until I felt the page was simply too long. I decided to break down my posts by month and calling each of those pages something like 1996-10.html. Each time I created an html page for a new month, I would manually add a link to it in a file called archive.html. When people would come to my index.html page, they would see the link, on the side of my site, linking them to the archives.
Back then, I was calling it an “online journal.” About a year later, I adopted the term “web log.” Before I knew it, people started calling them blogs and tools like “Blogger” came along and made all this stuff so much easier. Today, I am using WordPress, my blogging/site platform of choice.
When I discovered podcasting, I feel in love with the concept of sharing my thoughts in audio form and have since created well over 2,700 episodes of audio podcast content. However, I still try to find time to occasionally blog between podcast episodes here on my Podcast Answer Man blog and my gspn.tv Community Blog.
For the past few years, I’ve been doing “Live Show Thursday.” Basically I turn on a live streaming camera in my studio at 9am Eastern Time and keep it on until about 2pm Eastern Time at http://gspn.tv/live.
I have done this to give folks a peak inside the studio to see how I produce my Podcast Answer Man podcast and how Stephanie and I produce our Family From The Heart Podcast.
This vlog post gives you a good feel about how much goes into a Live Show Thursday.
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This is my first “official” vlog post! I have recently been inspired by Fr. Roderick Vonhogen’s Vlog posts. I figured that I would give this a shot to see folks from my community had any interest in short video clips that show what happens when I’m not behind a microphone.
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Do you have a message that you want to get out to the world? Do you want to take your brand exposure to the next level? In this short video, I share four reasons why creating an audio podcast is the best investment you can make to stand out in our online world!
What I love most about Cesar’s approach to integrated marketing is that he has not turned his niche podcast into full out commercial for his business. While at New Media Expo, Cesar was interviewed by Amanda Coolong of TechZulu. I encourage you to watch the following video and allow it to inspire you on how you can promote your business with a podcast without directly trying to sell anything.
Over the past two years, I have made a decision to put a great deal of focus on getting more involved in public speaking. In a short amount of time, I have made it to the place where I am being paid to speak at events. I have already given my first Keynote address, where [...]
GSPN Community Disney Dream Cruise: Please click play above to listen to the informational call that will give you the full details of our upcoming GSPN Community Disney Dream Cruise. You are invited to join the online community experience of a lifetime. In February of 2011 Stephanie and I took our family on the No [...]
I wanted to let everyone know that that my next Podcasting A to Z course is set to launch this coming Monday, March 4th. As I am writing this, there are only eight spots left and three individuals who have already informed me that they intend to register later this week. There are two reasons [...]
In this video blog post, I wanted to share how I have been managing a great deal of information within a multitude of plain .txt files. I originally recorded this video back on December 19th, 2012. I was so excited about the setup that I had configured, I simply couldn’t resist creating this tutorial. However, [...]
While I am very excited, I am going to keep this very brief! We have two gspn.tv shows that were nominated for the 8th Annual Podcast Awards this year. Authentic Life Radio was nominated in the Entertainment category. Encouraging Others Through Christ was nominated in the Religion Inspiration category. The podcasts with the greatest number [...]
Update: I recorded episode 278 after posting this blog post. Click here to listen. I typically get between 40 to 100+ emails each day with quick questions. However, today may just break a record. This morning, I returned from my walk only to find an unusually high volume of emails, Twitter notifications, Facebook messages, etc. [...]
This afternoon, I sat down to do some work, hoping not to get distracted by too much. However, against my better judgement, I decided to make a quick post on Facebook and Twitter. While on Twitter, I saw the following post that was directed to myself and a few friends. Intrigued by the message, I [...]
So a representative of a company recently sent me an email saying, “I would like to learn more about the acquisitions of GSPN podcasts.” I wrote back and asked, “Do you have any documentation about what is involved in this program?” He wrote back with a lengthy response, but it is summed up with the [...]
Why did I purchase TWO Canon 60D Cameras? It’s no secret that when I develop a new passion, I typically dive in head first and stick with the motto of Go Big or Go Home! That’s what happened to me when I was bit hard by the Photography Bug. Here’s the deal, for some reason, [...]
So You Have A Podcast… Now What? One the questions that I am asked most often is “How Do I Grow My Audience?” Many times it’s phrased something like, “I’ve been podcasting for (insert number) of months/years and I only have (insert number) of people who are consistently downloading each of my episodes.” Those who [...]
Folks, I recently had the honor of being a guest on Andrew Warner’s, MIXERGY podcast. If you have not yet heard of Mixergy, you really should check it out. The mission of Mixergy is to introduce you to doers and thinkers whose ideas and stories are so powerful that just hearing them will change you. [...]
In this video, I share a call that I had with Ben Fawkes From SoundCloud.com. Ben wanted to tell me about how they are opening up their platform for podcasting. I figured that the podcasting community would be interested in hearing what I learned on the call. I asked Ben if I could record the [...]
Are you self-employed or desire to be? Are you willing to invest in your future success? Are you wiling to commit to your personal and professional growth? If so, please consider The Podcast Mastermind… What Is A Mastermind? The concept of the mastermind group was formally introduced by Napoleon Hill in his book, [...]
I am so excited to share that I have found a way to create a live show page that will play both my Ustream.tv live video feed and an HTML5 chat room on the same page. The fact is that I’ve had the ability to do both the video and chat on the same page [...]
Producing Less For The Purpose of Greater Production During the open of last week’s episode of Podcast Answer Man, I hinted that I was considering the thought of producing less shows moving forward. As I share in this episode, the reason is that I want to maximize the value of any of the work that [...]
While I was at BlogWorld LA, I had the chance to catch up with my good friend CC Chapman in the Watch.tv booth on the expo floor. While we were there, we recorded this interview. Any thoughts/questions? Leave a comment below.
A Video Blog Style Update: Every now and then, I like to sit and think about all the wonderful things I have experienced on my journey in pursuing the work that I love and feel called to. If I were to talk about all the blessings that have come my way in 2011, the video [...]
My Interview With Leo Laporte Folks, I am so excited to share this interview with with you. There is no doubt that this will forever be one of my all time favorite episodes of Podcast Answer Man. I’d encourage you to watch the interview via the video that I have embedded below. At the same [...]
Only those on my Podcast Answer Man Mailing List will be able to fully appreciate what the following video represents. About a week before I left for my trip to the West Coast, I had sent an email explaining that I was going to host two gspn.tv community meetups. One in Los Angeles and one [...]
My great friend, Pat Flynn, and I had the awesome privilege of speaking at BlogWorld Expo LA. What could have turned into a disaster for many speakers actually worked in Pat’s favor because of how he responded to the situation. Imagine spending hours on your presentation, carefully choosing the perfect fonts, colors, and sizes for [...]
It has been a dream of mine to get to meet Leo Laporte of the TWiT Network for several years. In the Wikipedia article on GSPN, you’ll read that it was Leo who first introduced me to the world of podcasting and who has been my greatest source of inspiration. This dream was fulfilled on [...]
Have you ever published a podcast episode where you made a simple little mistake that you really wanted to fix, but you didn’t realize it until after half of your subscribers had already downloaded the episode? This has happened to me on several occasions. In my current Podcasting A to Z session, one of my [...]
Occasionally, I will have a client who has set up their own podcast, before finding me, where they had submitted the direct rss feed from their blogger, podbean, Blog Talk Radio, or any other 3rd party account to iTunes. These people typically call me when they are ready to take their podcast to the next [...]
Have you every heard anyone say the following? “Nobody makes money from podcasting!” “It is impossible to generate income from podcasting!” I hear these statements, and others like them, all the time. Recently, I was involved in a forum discussion where someone posted an idea they were considering for a music podcast that would include [...]
I have spent the past two weeks, between several projects, working on a complete redesign of the gspn.tv/Podcast Answer Man studio. I am happy to announce that the studio redesign is finally complete. I took a few hours this morning to shoot and edit the following video to give you a look into what has [...]
In episode 215 of Podcast Answer Man, I shared that I have finally made the decision to switch my email marketing service provider from MailChimp over to AWeber. Many of you have been asking me why I made this decision. I plan to answer this question in this post. However, let me give you a [...]
This is longer than my normal blog post! Use the button above to send the story to your kindle! Here’s the deal, I chose an appropriate title for this blog post that is very genuine and does fit in with the content of this story that I want to share with you. However, for those [...]
Hey folks, I was happy to get a chance to interview Rick Calvert who is the CEO and Co-Founder of BlogWorld & New Media Expo. The interview runs about 12 minutes and includes great information regarding how BlogWorld got started, how the Podcast & New Media Expo got rolled into BlogWorld, and why BlogWorld left [...]
As I mentioned in episode 211 of Podcast Answer Man, I had an amazing time at BlogWorld & New Media Expo NYC 2011. Many of you, who were unable to attend the event, had expressed a desire for me to record video of my talk to share with you. I am happy to announce that [...]
I don’t typically like to double post my blog posts. I just published the following on our gspn.tv network blog at http://gspn.tv/biggerthanoprah. There is no doubt that there are going to be many people who frequent PodcastAnswerMan.com who are not subscribed to the gspn.tv community blog. The following blog post was written to the gspn.tv [...]
I’m very excited to announce that I will be speaking at the BlogWorld & New Media Expo that is being held May 24th – 26th, 2011 in New York City. I would have loved to have given you all a more advanced notice about this. However, the invitation to speak at the event came in [...]
I started my first blog back in 1996 back when Angelfire.com launched and gave people the opportunity to create individual html pages. I started out by editing my index.html page on a daily basis until I felt the page was simply too long. I decided to break down my posts by month and calling each of those pages something like 1996-10.html. Each time I created an html page for a new month, I would manually add a link to it in a file called archive.html. When people would come to my index.html page, they would see the link, on the side of my site, linking them to the archives. 
