Podcast Help Desk – How to podcast the right way and other Podcast news and tips

Columbus Meetup – Beginner Podcast Tech Mistakes – PHD105

By Mike Dell | April 3, 2018

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I was the featured speaker at The Columbus Ohio Podcaster’s Meetup in March. Today’s episode is the recording of that presentation. It’s all about Beginner Podcasters Tech Mistakes and how to avoid them. It was held at the RawVoice Inc. / Blubrry Podcasting HQ in Columbus Ohio. More information about the meetup here.

ATR 2100 fails me again :(

By Mike Dell | April 2, 2018

I really want to love the ATR2100 by Audio Techinca that everyone says is the “Best Podcast Microphone” for beginners. I would think so too if I haven’t had so much trouble with mine letting me down. For the second time, I’m in the field, wanting to do a podcast recording. I grab my ATR, …

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Podcast Passion – PHD104

By Mike Dell | January 27, 2018

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I’ve been having a few things on my mind so I figured rather than write it out and rant on Facebook, I would flip on the mic and just speak it. This is a somewhat different episode. It’s me rambling on a bit about Passion for podcasting. Also about learning your craft. Even the techy …

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Recording an Episode – PHD103

By Mike Dell | December 2, 2017

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Today I talk about recording your episodes. It’s an off the top of my head episode about how I record, some tips for recording. The main points are: 1. Find some quiet time in a quiet space. 2. Allow enough time for re-dos and editing (while it’s fresh). 3. Don’t overthink it. 4. Get comfortable …

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Recording Equipment for Your Podcast – PHD102

By Mike Dell | November 8, 2017

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News: Blubrry/RawVoice has acquired Cast Feed Validator (castfeedvalidator.com) Recording Equipment You do not need anything a smartphone to start podcasting. Some people have good luck with just a smartphone and if done right, they can record a good show with just that. Microphones. I suggest NOT getting a USB Condenser mic Go for a dynamic …

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Planning Your Podcast – PHD101

By Mike Dell | October 21, 2017

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Planning your Podcast 1. Pick a subject 2. Pick a title 3. Get a domain name 4. Figure out ahead of time how you are going to do the RSS feed a. WordPress/PowerPress b. No website but use RSS from Media host c. Roll your own XML (rss) feed d. Proprietary service (Soundcloud, Podbean, others) …

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Is The Lame Encoder Still LAME?

By Mike Dell | October 6, 2017

In responce to a Facebook group post that was asking if the LAME MP3 encoder was still a bad choice for encoding mp3s, I decided to do a little test. It’s just me talking a bit with my morning voice. But tell me if you can hear a difference between any of these encodings. Lame …

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Season 2 Trailer – PHD

By Mike Dell | September 19, 2017

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Being that IOS11 and the new Podcasts App is out today, I figured I would play with things and do a trailer for “Season 2” of the Podcast Help Desk. So, here it is. These will be the next 10 episodes. I will also include some news, views and the normal stuff in htere as …

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What’s in an Email address? – PQH 9-8-17

By Mike Dell | September 8, 2017

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Do you think less of someone because of their email address? say @hotmail.com, Outlook.com, Yahoo.com or AOL.com? (Gmail.com seems to be my exception) What say you? Be sure to go back and listen to PHD100 if you haven’t heard it and go to PodcastHelpDesk.com (or press the button on the right if you are …

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Episode 100 – My History in Podcasting – PHD100

By Mike Dell | September 3, 2017

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News: Podcast Movement 2017 Shows I’ve started. (starting in April 2005) Benzoid Report / Mike Dell’s World (93 episodes of BR and the rest MDW) Your Podcast by Blubrry Traverse City Podcast Geek of the North What’s Up With That? Quick Hits 5 Min with Mike RetroTech Strange Today Today in Aviation History Aviation History …

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