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The 5-Step Podcast Interview Process — Book to Record

What if you could do a fantastic podcast interview with fascinating people every time? Following these 5 easy steps, you’ll develop strong creative processes that inspire insightful conversations and the best content. First, what makes a good interview podcast? An iconic interviewer like Oprah Winfrey or a record-breaking podcast from a host like Marc Maron?

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Elsie Escobar

230 18 Years of Libsyn, Apple Podcasts & Relaunching Tips

Happy 18th birthday Libsyn, Apple Podcasts holiday hours and the Libsyn holiday hours, iPadOS 16.1 and the new Apple Podcasts redesign! The new Apple Podcasts virtual workshops, Libsyn updated main navigation, all sorts of Twitter Spaces follow up, YouTube handles! Tips for “relaunching” your podcast, The new Rode x sub-brand

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Elsie Escobar

Podcast Conferences, 2023 — Top 10 Travel Tips!

Podcasters! Who is ready for ALL of the peopleing? Going outside? Talking to other folks in real life – face to face? And attending your very first podcast conference! Why attend a podcast conference? Conferences are where we get together as a community to learn, share, network, grow and simply

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Tiffany Grant smiling with her "Money Talk with Tiff" seatshirt on standing beside title that reads "Podcasting Makes Good Business Sense."
Elsie Escobar

Make Podcasting Part of Your 2023 Business Growth Strategy

[Updated] When it comes to making money and discussing developing a business growth strategy, I went to Libsyn podcaster Tiffany Grant, host of Money Talk with Tiffany. In her podcast, she offers straight talk on all things money. Her guests offer insight into the best ways to spend, save, invest,

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Elsie Escobar

229 Podcaster Twitter Spaces & Worst Podcasting Tips

Get ready for all kinds of Libsyn Connect follow up, experiences from a podcaster as a Twitter Spaces newbie, a too good to be true service, making a podcasting intro and outro interesting, how to keep podcasting through the end of the year, who is a winner of the podcast

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Elsie Escobar

Keeping Listeners Turned on While Taking Time Off

Certain seasons during the year the world takes time off.  For example, as we head toward the end of the year, it’s holiday time! Many people take time off the last two weeks of the calendar year to be with family and friends. In many parts of the world, one

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Graphic reading "Scary Good Podcaster" with picture of Jim Harold and an eerie night sky over ragged Libsyn turquoise.
Leslie Anne Mcilroy

How to Create a Podcast that’s Scary Good

Creating a podcast is, for some, the dream of making a living doing something you love. It can feel so lofty and elusive … it’s scary. For Jim Harold, it is a reality that changed his life. His desire to create a podcast started with a sneaking suspicion that he

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NAVIGATING THE WORLD WITH YOUR AGING LOVED ONE
Cori Fry

Nicole Will | Navigating the World w/ Your Aging Loved One

“Our hope is to create a sense of community for those caring for the aging, inspiring a vision of life-long learning and engagement.” This series is all about Libsyn podcasters. Its sole purpose is to introduce these awesome podcasts to the world as well as share their podcasting insight to

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Elsie with a BIG smile looking extremely excited next to title reading "Podcast Education Resources"
Elsie Escobar

Podcasting Education — Experience is the Best Teacher

A podcasting education is integral to podcasting. I’ve been teaching podcasting for more than a decade. In fact, back when I started, I was asked to do a “How To Podcast Workshop” a year after I had started my podcast! Here are my receipts circa July 2007!  Many things have

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Young, dark-skinned man with mic on boom arm and headphones next to header that reads "Just Start & Trust Yourself"
The Libsyn Team

Create a Podcast in 2023 — Just Start!

[Updated] Should you create a podcast? Can you create a podcast? Yes, the answer is YES, just start. We interviewed 500 podcasters in our Rockin Libsyn Podcast series at all stages of podcasting and asked them:  “What do you wish you knew before you started podcasting?” We found there are

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Elsie Escobar

228 All The Buying of Listeners

Feedback for Libsyn Connect, that Bloomberg article from Ashley Carman, more on localization and Spanish support, how to start and how to promote your podcast – yep. We cover so many bits and bob and of course stats, mean and median numbers! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for

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Kate Erckson smiling with the title "Monetization Priority #1 — Niche Content Strategy"
Elsie Escobar

2023 Podcast Monetization — Niche Content

[Updated] Niche content is where it’s at! Last week we spoke with Kate Erickson who is the engine at Entrepreneurs On Fire (EOF) and co-author of The Podcast Journal: Idea to Launch in 50 Days. We talked with her about the importance of establishing content systems to prepare your podcast

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christie lazo | vida with christie podcast cover art with Rockin'Libsyn Podcasts logo
Leslie Anne Mcilroy

Christie Lazo | Vida with Christie Podcast | Motherhood

Podcasting about my motherhood journey gave me the opportunity to put my voice out there. It inspired me to be bold and unapologetic. This series is all about Libsyn podcasters. Its sole purpose is to introduce these awesome podcasts, like Vida With Christie Podcast to the world as well as

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Pickture of Kate Erickson in a blue tanktop smiling next to the words, "Monetization Priority #1: Content Systems"
Leslie Anne Mcilroy

2023 Podcast Monetization — Content Systems Before Sales

[Updated] What do content systems have to do with monetizing your new podcast? Everything! So, if you are launching a podcast and thinking “How do I get sponsors?” Or, even these questions: How do I get sponsorship BEFORE I launch my podcast?  How do I get a sponsorship now that

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Elsie Escobar

227 Spanish Support and Libsyn Connect

Spanish support for Libsyn! Remote recording – what are we using? Hardware-wise the Samson Q2U, the Shure MV88+ and debuting, 📣 Libsyn Connect! Breaking down all the Apple Podcasts updates for iOS 16, Twitter rolling up podcasts into Twitter Blue, what’s the best podcast app for Android? We need your

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ELLAS podcast Cover art on black backround with "Brenda Hernández Jaimes" & Libsyn Rockin Podcasts.
Cori Fry

Brenda Hernández Jaimes | Ellas

| “Ellas is about amplifying the inspiring journeys of trailblazing Latina leaders.” This series is all about Libsyn podcasters. Its sole purpose is to introduce these awesome podcasts to the world as well as share their podcasting insight to empower the community! Q & A with Brenda from Ellas  

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Black and white picture of Elsie who looks like she knows EVERYTHING about making a Podcast Plan next to the words "Take a Podcast 2022 Inventory"
Elsie Escobar

Podcast Plan — Look Back to Move Forward in 2023

It’s the end of the year and maybe you’re feeling like your podcast plan has all gone to crap, like you haven’t even come close to achieving all your podcast plan goals.  Like, “where the heck did all my time and energy go, and what do I have to show for it?”  You have a

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Elsie Escobar

230 18 Years of Libsyn, Apple Podcasts & Relaunching Tips

Happy 18th birthday Libsyn, Apple Podcasts holiday hours and the Libsyn holiday hours, iPadOS 16.1 and the new Apple Podcasts redesign! The new Apple Podcasts virtual workshops, Libsyn updated main navigation, all sorts of Twitter Spaces follow up, YouTube handles! Tips for “relaunching” your podcast, The new Rode x sub-brand for streamers, and of course

Read More »
A close up of Jussica Kupferman with blonde curly hair and blue eyes next to the title that reads 2023 Podcast Conferences — Tips & Tricks
Elsie Escobar

Podcast Conferences, 2023 — Top 10 Travel Tips!

Podcasters! Who is ready for ALL of the peopleing? Going outside? Talking to other folks in real life – face to face? And attending your very first podcast conference! Why attend a podcast conference? Conferences are where we get together as a community to learn, share, network, grow and simply enjoy each other’s company. After

Read More »
Tiffany Grant smiling with her "Money Talk with Tiff" seatshirt on standing beside title that reads "Podcasting Makes Good Business Sense."
Elsie Escobar

Make Podcasting Part of Your 2023 Business Growth Strategy

[Updated] When it comes to making money and discussing developing a business growth strategy, I went to Libsyn podcaster Tiffany Grant, host of Money Talk with Tiffany. In her podcast, she offers straight talk on all things money. Her guests offer insight into the best ways to spend, save, invest, give, and think about money.

Read More »
Elsie Escobar

229 Podcaster Twitter Spaces & Worst Podcasting Tips

Get ready for all kinds of Libsyn Connect follow up, experiences from a podcaster as a Twitter Spaces newbie, a too good to be true service, making a podcasting intro and outro interesting, how to keep podcasting through the end of the year, who is a winner of the podcast influencer award for 2022, fictional

Read More »
Pic reads Tune in to Time Off next to Elsie wearing a black Libsyn T-shirt.
Elsie Escobar

Keeping Listeners Turned on While Taking Time Off

Certain seasons during the year the world takes time off.  For example, as we head toward the end of the year, it’s holiday time! Many people take time off the last two weeks of the calendar year to be with family and friends. In many parts of the world, one to three months out of

Read More »
Graphic reading "Scary Good Podcaster" with picture of Jim Harold and an eerie night sky over ragged Libsyn turquoise.
Leslie Anne Mcilroy

How to Create a Podcast that’s Scary Good

Creating a podcast is, for some, the dream of making a living doing something you love. It can feel so lofty and elusive … it’s scary. For Jim Harold, it is a reality that changed his life. His desire to create a podcast started with a sneaking suspicion that he needed to get behind the

Read More »
NAVIGATING THE WORLD WITH YOUR AGING LOVED ONE
Cori Fry

Nicole Will | Navigating the World w/ Your Aging Loved One

“Our hope is to create a sense of community for those caring for the aging, inspiring a vision of life-long learning and engagement.” This series is all about Libsyn podcasters. Its sole purpose is to introduce these awesome podcasts to the world as well as share their podcasting insight to empower the community! Q &

Read More »
Elsie with a BIG smile looking extremely excited next to title reading "Podcast Education Resources"
Elsie Escobar

Podcasting Education — Experience is the Best Teacher

A podcasting education is integral to podcasting. I’ve been teaching podcasting for more than a decade. In fact, back when I started, I was asked to do a “How To Podcast Workshop” a year after I had started my podcast! Here are my receipts circa July 2007!  Many things have changed in podcasting and in

Read More »
Young, dark-skinned man with mic on boom arm and headphones next to header that reads "Just Start & Trust Yourself"
The Libsyn Team

Create a Podcast in 2023 — Just Start!

[Updated] Should you create a podcast? Can you create a podcast? Yes, the answer is YES, just start. We interviewed 500 podcasters in our Rockin Libsyn Podcast series at all stages of podcasting and asked them:  “What do you wish you knew before you started podcasting?” We found there are some real common themes with

Read More »
Elsie Escobar

228 All The Buying of Listeners

Feedback for Libsyn Connect, that Bloomberg article from Ashley Carman, more on localization and Spanish support, how to start and how to promote your podcast – yep. We cover so many bits and bob and of course stats, mean and median numbers! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to contact us and

Read More »
Kate Erckson smiling with the title "Monetization Priority #1 — Niche Content Strategy"
Elsie Escobar

2023 Podcast Monetization — Niche Content

[Updated] Niche content is where it’s at! Last week we spoke with Kate Erickson who is the engine at Entrepreneurs On Fire (EOF) and co-author of The Podcast Journal: Idea to Launch in 50 Days. We talked with her about the importance of establishing content systems to prepare your podcast for monetization. This week, Kate

Read More »
christie lazo | vida with christie podcast cover art with Rockin'Libsyn Podcasts logo
Leslie Anne Mcilroy

Christie Lazo | Vida with Christie Podcast | Motherhood

Podcasting about my motherhood journey gave me the opportunity to put my voice out there. It inspired me to be bold and unapologetic. This series is all about Libsyn podcasters. Its sole purpose is to introduce these awesome podcasts, like Vida With Christie Podcast to the world as well as share their podcasting insight to

Read More »
Pickture of Kate Erickson in a blue tanktop smiling next to the words, "Monetization Priority #1: Content Systems"
Leslie Anne Mcilroy

2023 Podcast Monetization — Content Systems Before Sales

[Updated] What do content systems have to do with monetizing your new podcast? Everything! So, if you are launching a podcast and thinking “How do I get sponsors?” Or, even these questions: How do I get sponsorship BEFORE I launch my podcast?  How do I get a sponsorship now that I’ve launched, but I am

Read More »
Elsie Escobar

227 Spanish Support and Libsyn Connect

Spanish support for Libsyn! Remote recording – what are we using? Hardware-wise the Samson Q2U, the Shure MV88+ and debuting, 📣 Libsyn Connect! Breaking down all the Apple Podcasts updates for iOS 16, Twitter rolling up podcasts into Twitter Blue, what’s the best podcast app for Android? We need your help! A bit of commentary

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