Danny Brown (he/him/his) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇨🇦 Profile picture
Serial podcaster | Head of Podcaster Support & Experience at https://t.co/Hk4zLqnt3m | Scotsman transplanted to Canada | Husband | Dad | Nerd | Views my own
Nov 20, 2023 10 tweets 2 min read
I saw a post in a Facebook #podcasting group, where the question was what makes a podcaster a podcaster, and is it “just speaking into a mic?" (I paraphrase, but you get the gist).

It wasn’t the question that stood out for me, but the use of the word “just”. A🧵 "Just speaking into a mic" suggests podcasting is as easy as speaking, recording what you speak, and publishing it.

And, yes, at its core, that’s exactly what podcasting is - recorded spoken words that are shared with others, ether via podcast apps or a podcast website.
Sep 19, 2022 28 tweets 10 min read
25 podcasting tips through the songs of Whitesnake.
A 🧵 #podcasting 1. Sure you can monetize your podcast, but you need to make it worth monetizing. There Ain’t No Love in the Heart of the City when it comes to sponsors. #podcasting
Sep 17, 2022 5 tweets 3 min read
One of the things that seems to come up regularly in the #podcasting space is around the word “indie.

From indie podcaster to #indiepodcast, it’s a term that usually results in a healthy discussion/debate between podcasters and others in the space. A 🧵 In an early episode of Pod Chat, my guest @JamesCridland wondered whether the term was doing more harm than good.

Sep 21, 2021 16 tweets 6 min read
For many podcasters, downloads are the key metric for a show's success.

Here's why you should maybe stop thinking about hard downloads, and instead look at what really makes for good podcast download numbers – growth and engagement.

A thread. 1/16 #tweet100 #podcasting I get it – downloads are something that every podcaster wants to be as high as they can be.

After all, it’s – arguably – one of the main metrics podcasters ask about, and something to be used for sponsors.

The problem is, not all podcast numbers are "good". 2/16 #podcasting