16 Mar 2020

216 James Cridland | What Podcasting Can Learn From Radio

Posted in podcast By pjadmin On March 16, 2020

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Here’s the Recap:

Harry Duran welcomes to the podcast consultant, speaker, writer and podcasting expert, James Cridland. James is the creator of PodNews, a daily newsletter that provides the most up-to-date briefings in the world of podcasting. In this episode, Harry and James discuss advertising, technology and the evolution of podcasting. James provides insights into his PodNews newsletter and provides his thoughts on the future of the podcasting industry.

What We Covered:

  • 02:56 – Harry discusses the timely topic of coronavirus and wishes everyone the best of health
  • 04:14 – Harry welcomes to the podcast, James Cridland
  • 06:48 – James’ take on the state of the podcasting industry
  • 10:39 – The growth and differentiation of podcast hosting companies
  • 13:19 – James’ thoughts on ‘easy podcast’ platforms and reducing the barriers to entry for new podcasters
  • 20:29 – James’ background, roots and love of technology
  • 27:40 – James’ first memories of the Internet
  • 29:40 – The origins of James’ first radio newsletter and how it led to James’ eventual involvement in podcasting
  • 40:21 – How PodNews has grown and ad monetization
  • 46:53 – Feedback James has gotten from businesses he’s worked with
  • 55:52 – How media companies are attempting to catch up in the world of podcasting
  • 1:00:13 – James and Harry give their thoughts on podcast advertising
  • 1:05:40 – James speaks to the work he’s doing with open standards in podcasting
  • 1:10:09 – What excites James about the future of the podcasting industry

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I’m absolutely all for getting as many people podcasting as possible. I think it’s a really good thing.

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I was always really interested, really excited about what you could do with in terms of audio, what you could do in terms of reaching people broadcasting which podcasting is a part of.

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And I remember sitting there going, ‘Wow, this is amazing. I am in here in Yorkshire, England and I’m connected to a computer run by NASA. And I can see a picture that’s loading very slowly of the space shuttle. How exciting…

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I think it’s important to look at the podcasting space to try and give something for everybody.

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I didn’t want people to leave reading that newsletter and think, ‘My God, it’s full of ads.’

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Podcasting at the moment is earning six hundred million dollars in the U.S. every year. Apple earns six hundred million dollars every seven hours. So really, how important is podcasting to Apple?

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I think that we just need to, occasionally, break things in order to move forward and to change the way that we do things.

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Links Mentioned

FullCast Website

Focusrite Website

Focusrite’s $2500 Podcast Studio Makeover Contest

Podcast Junkies Junkies Facebook Group

James’ Twitter – @JamesCridland

James’ LinkedIn

James’ Facebook

James’ Websites – https://james.cridland.net/ & https://podnews.net/

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