Podcasting Dilemmas: Giveaways, Equipment Value, and Co-host Commitment

This week we open with "What to do if you put out a survey and nobody answers? We also talk about merch sales, some equipment updates, overthinking your podcast launch and more.

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TIMELINE

01:01 - Opening

01:12 - Sponsor: podcastbranding.co 

02:21 - Mugshot: Based On a True Story Podcast 

02:54 - Quick Health Update

03:36 - Dave Got Some New In Ear Monitors 

04:17 - Elgato Prompter Update 

04:58 - Rode Stand Behind Headphones 

07:10 - AT BPHS1 Headset  https://supportthisshow.com/bphs1 

08:40 - Nobody Filled Out Your Survey

15:30 - Giveaways at Meetups

16:29 - Awesome Supporter Coasters

19:31 - Power Rant: Celebrity Shows

26:10 - Daves Tip For Concise Advertisements

30:03 - How Many Listeners Do You Need Before Selling Merch

33:47 - Insights on Dave's Local Show

35:20 - Amazon Incentives

38:10 - GPT Plagiarism

40:10 - Popular Person Struggling to Launch

52:43 - Ugly Co-host Situation

58:19 - Dave's Biweekly Show

01:04:21 - Apple Vacation

01:05:40 - Awesome Supporters 

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01:10:10 - Merch Rabbit Hole

01:12:24 - Saying Thanks To Your Guests

01:14:37 - Growing the Show With Hardware?

01:21:31 - Episode = Content and Delivery

01:23:08 - Helping Guests Delivery

01:24:20 - Rode Podmic vs Podmic USB

01:25:08 - Find time to podcast

01:25:58 - Libsyn Post to Amazon?

01:27:10 - Wrap Up 

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01:01 - Opening

01:12 - Sponsor: podcastbranding.co https://www.podcastbranding.co 

02:21 - Mugshot: Based On a True Story Podcast https://www.basedonatruestorypodcast.com

02:54 - Quick Health Update

03:36 - Dave Got Some New In Ear Monitors https://geni.us/zs10-inear-monitor 

04:17 - Elgato Prompter Update https://supportthisshow.com/elgatoprompter

04:58 - Rode Stand Behind Headphones https://supportthisshow.com/nth100m 

07:10 - AT BPHS1 Headset https://supportthisshow.com/bphs1 

08:40 - Nobody Filled Out Your Survey

15:30 - Giveaways at Meetups

16:29 - Awesome Supporter Coasters

19:31 - Power Rant: Celebrity Shows

26:10 - Daves Tip For Concise Advertisements

30:03 - How Many Listeners Do You Need Before Selling Merch

33:47 - Insights on Dave's Local Show

35:20 - Amazon Incentives

38:10 - GPT Plagiarism

40:10 - Popular Person Struggling to Launch

52:43 - Ugly Co-host Situation

58:19 - Dave's Biweekly Show

01:04:21 - Apple Vacation

01:05:40 - Awesome Supporters https://www.askthepodcastcoach.com/awesome 

01:10:10 - Merch Rabbit Hole

01:12:24 - Saying Thanks To Your Guests

01:14:37 - Growing the Show With Hardware?

01:21:31 - Episode = Content and Delivery

01:23:08 - Helping Guests Delivery

01:24:20 - Rode Podmic vs Podmic USB

01:25:08 - Find time to podcast

01:25:58 - Libsyn Post to Amazon?

01:27:10 - Wrap Up https://www.askthepodcastcoach.com/support

Mentioned In This Episode

Podpage www.trypodpage.com

Home Gadget Geeks www.homegadgetgeelks.com 

The School of Podcasting www.schoolofpodcasting.com/coach 

Become an Awesome Supporter www.askthepodcastcoach.com/awesome 

Audio-Technica BPHS1 Broadcast Headset

Sticker Mule https://supportthisshow.com/stickermule 

InoReader RSS Reader https://www.inoreader.com/ 

King Sumo Contests https://supportthisshow.com/kingsumo 

Wheel of Names https://www.wheelofnames.com 

Printify https://supportthisshow.com/printify 

Printiful https://supportthisshow.com/printful

Spreadshop Custom Merch https://supportthisshow.com/spreadshop 

An Escalator Can Never Break - Mitch Hedberg https://youtu.be/vrIw2i4WtA4?si=iP8NCI5ZpGffOkQY  

Rode Podmic USB https://supportthisshow.com/podmicusb 

Every week Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting and Jim Collison from the Average Guy Network answer your podcast questions. This episode 464 is part of the Power of Podcasting Network