Consistently Creating a Great Show

Have you ever thought, "Oh someone is already doing a podcast about my subject." If so you need to listen to today's show with James Cridland of podnews.net who saw there were other sites and newsletters featuring podcast news, but he thought they were missing something. He had been doing newsletters and working in the radio industry for years, so he decided to start a newsletter (that became a podcast, and an Amazon Flash Briefing) and has really come out ahead of the pack. Today James peels back the curtain on what planning went into the show, and what tools he's using to pull off a daily show. Because of My Podcast: I'm Going to be Inducted into the Academy of Podcasters Hall of Fame 1:34 I got a call last week from Gary Leland was surprised to hear that my peers have selected me to be inducted into the Academy of Podcasters Hall of Fame. I am humbled, honored, and a whole lot of other emotions that I can't quite digest yet. Become a School of Podcasting Affiliate and Earn Money Referring People 3:57  You can earn money referring people to the School of podcasting and earn commissions each month they stay subscribed Go to www.schoolofpodcasting.com/affiliates James Cridland Shares What it Takes to Make A Daily Show That Knocks it Out of the Park 5:41 I brought James on as he is just crushing it with his newsletter on Podcasting. He seemed to just appear and is just crushing it. So in this interview, we hear: His planning and how he practiced first before launching He realized his environment changes as he travels and he needed to be able to produce it from any computer How he emersed himself in his niche as step one, and he uses https://www.inoreader.com/ as his freed reader (tutorial on inoreader) How does he choose which stories to spotlight How he uses newsletter analytics to understand his audience What stories are the most popular He codes his own website and uses Sendy to manage the email list What advice does he have for someone wanting to be an expert in their field As a person with a radio background, what do you think radio feels about podcasting? His thoughts on people buying their way up the Apple Rankings Marketing your podcast, and explaining it to future listeners What percentage of his downloads come from his Amazon Daily Briefing His thoughts on editing and the optimum length of a podcast He loves to listen to Death in Ice Valley, Hamish, and Andy, Reasons to be Cheerful Check out James Daily Podcast News Show at www.podnews.net [click_to_tweet tweet="I knew consistency would win in the end" quote="I knew consistency would win in the end"] Isn't Email Dead? 42:40 But wait, isn't email dead?...