A List, a How To, and a WTF – PCN Show 034

PCN iTunes artworkIn this episode, Shawn and Jen discuss two articles that provide advice on how to start your own podcast. One is intended for those who are brand new to podcasting, and the other brings up thoughts of WTF.

We also review yet another list that is in response to the infamous one done by Collision Media.

Links mentioned in this episode:

* Amazon Wants People to Pay for Podcasts
By Joshua Brustein on Bloomberg

* The Top Woman in Radio Says Podcasting Needs More Women
By Valentina Zarya on Fortune

* How to start your own podcast without any experience
By K. Thor Jensen on Geek

* How to Start Your Own Podcast: Tech Talk with Marc Maron
By Josh Rosenberg on SPIN

* The Pod 11 – The most influential Entities in Podcasting
By Rob Walch on podCast411

And Now A Word From Our Sponsor – PCN Show 027

In this episode, Shawn and Jen get into a discussion about ads and podcasting. This is an area that appears to be undergoing a “sea change” of sorts. There are companies that think the “renaissance of podcasting” means now is a good time to put ads into it. At the same time, the mechanisms by which those ads are placed is changing.

Links Mentioned in this episode:

* Amazon Hiring Comedians, Engineers for Growing Audio Service
By Lucas Shaw and Spencer Soper on Bloomberg Business

* Why Podcasts? Website
Created by Jessica Kupferman of She Podcasts

* Podcast Network Panoply Introduces New Ad Platform
By Jeremy Barr on Advertising Age

* 12 habits from a highly effective freelance audio producer
By Veronica Simmonds on CBC Radio

* Nick Quah is Leaving Panoply
By Nicholas Quah on Hot Pod