Your Podcast Consultant

About Your Podcast Consultant

Small Podcast lessons (less than 9 minutes) with big value to help you plan, launch, and grow your podcast from Hall of Fame Podcaster Dave Jackson This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

Publisher

Dave Jackson

Category

business · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

28 Nov 2018

Latest episode

2 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

254 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   2 Oct 2026

   Congrats, you just lost two copies. Learn a real backup plan

   Back Up Your Podcast Before Your Hard Drive Decides For You My 4TB solid-state drive (https://geni.us/4tbhardrive) started disconnecting from my computer about once a day. Luckily, my podcast files were already backed up. In this episode I explain what a real backup is, which files are worth keeping, and why a hard drive failure is a matter of when, not if. In this episode: What counts as a backup. A backup means copies in two different locations. Your internal drive plus an external drive in the same house isn't enough. If your house burns down, you lose both copies. My setup. I keep my files on an external drive and back up everything, external drive included, to Backblaze (https://supportthisshow.com/backblaze). I also use iDrive (https://supportthisshow.com/idrive) as an extra cloud copy. How I organize my files. I have a Podcasts folder with a folder for each show. Inside each show are Production (intro music and similar files), Episodes (one folder per episode), and Finished (the exported final files). I record and edit from a saved Hindenburg template. What you can safely delete. In 20+ years, I've never gone back to rebuild an old episode from its raw files. I keep the project files for about a week in case someone spots a problem, like 10 seconds of dead air. After that, I keep only the finished episode. If your episodes are live, you haven't lost them. If they're still on your hosting platform (Captivate (https://supportthisshow.com/captivate), Buzzsprout (https://supportthisshow.com/buzzsprout), Blubrry (https://supportthisshow.com/blubrry), etc.), you can download them again. The files you used to make them are replaceable. Back up your files, not your software. You can always reinstall programs like Audacity. Back up what you create: audio, documents, spreadsheets. Hardware always fails eventually. My drive was only half full and about four years old. Cars, dishwashers and hard drives all wear out. Export your email list regularly. Your email list is one of your biggest assets, and there's no algorithm between you and your subscribers. Export it every so often in case something goes wrong with your provider. The bottom line: Keep one copy at home, on your computer or an external drive, and one copy online. Links mentioned: Backblaze (https://supportthisshow.com/backblaze) (affiliate link) iDrive (https://supportthisshow.com/idrive) Hindenburg (https://hindenburg.com/) Audacity (https://www.audacityteam.org/) Want help with your podcast? Join the School of Podcasting (https://community.schoolofpodcasting.com)at schoolofpodcasting.com (https://www.schoolofpodcasting.com) and use coupon code LISTENER for a monthly, quarterly or yearly plan. Every plan comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

2. 

   11 Sept 2026

   We asked for feedback and heard crickets — here's why that's good

   If you sent out a survey and got zero replies, that's actually an answer — it means you aren't connecting with your listeners or you asked the wrong thing. I know that stings, but hey, congrats, you found the sound of crickets. We need to sell the survey better, tell people how their answers will make the show better, and ask specific questions instead of "give feedback." Be persistent, offer a small prize, shout out anyone who helps, or take voicemails if forms feel stiff. I even tell a yellow-roses story to show that nice gestures alone won't cut it. If you want, I can help — we can fix this together. Takeaways: I put out a survey and got no answers, and that told me we are not connecting with listeners. We learned silence can be useful: it shows either a weak connection or bad positioning of the ask. I tell podcasters to sell the survey like an ad, explain benefits clearly, and ask more than once. I used the yellow roses story to show doing what you think is romantic can miss the point entirely. I advise asking specific questions, giving shout outs to responders, and using voicemail if forms flop hard. Links referenced in this episode: podcastconsultant.com (https://podcastconsultant.com) schoolofpodcasting.com (https://schoolofpodcasting.com) This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

3. 

   4 Sept 2026

   Are You AI-ing Yourself Out of Your Own Show?

   Host Dave Jackson interviews himself about how relying on AI for podcast content risks losing the authentic host connection that keeps listeners engaged.

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Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

443,806

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.7 / 5

20 ratings

Spotify

4.2 / 5

5 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 74 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

94

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

51

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