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Re: How I made money podcasting and why you probably don't want to

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Post by Causality1 » Thu, Jul 11, 2019, 7:55 PM UTC

TeMPOraL wrote: post #51

trqx wrote: post #48

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Is it recursive day? This is what I get when I click on your link. https://tmp.shroom.party/joy.jpg

imgur seems to have this weird and annoying habit of detecting you're browsing from a mobile device even on links direct to the image, and then redirecting you to their site and lowering quality of the image you're looking at. At this point I just don't open imgur links when browsing from my phone.

Imgur has become actively hostile to anyone who browses the mobile website instead of using the app. They've spent years slowly pruning functionality out of the mobile site and just recently announced that in August users won't be able to log into the mobile site at all.

Re: How I made money podcasting and why you probably don't want to

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Post by lacampbell » Thu, Jul 11, 2019, 10:22 PM UTC

pranavjoneja wrote: post #6

lacampbell wrote: post #4

It's behind a sign in wall for me because I've read too many medium articles, apparently. Bring back blogspot!

There is a little 'x' button in the top right of that sign in wall modal

https://imgur.com/a/hqFq5zj

It was a different one than usual. No x-button.

Was trying to let the guy know a lot of people wouldn't have been able to read it, not moaning about the usual "let's make it official" popup.

Re: How I made money podcasting and why you probably don't want to

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Post by timoth3y » Fri, Jul 12, 2019, 12:04 AM UTC

jfengel wrote: post #66

timoth3y wrote: post #19

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Wow. Thank you for that. I love putting the podcast together, and I enjoy it more now that I've taken the show non-commercial. I like to think I'm having an impact on the ecosystem here, and as I mentioned in the article, four Japanese startup founders have told me that listening to the guests on Disrupting Japan is a big part of what gave them the courage to start their own companies. I kind of teared up when they t…

Indeed, thank you very much. I listen to a lot of podcasts while commuting and exercising, and I'd wondered about how the business end worked. I receive an extraordinary amount of great content for nothing more than the price of ads (which I skip a lot of; sorry but it's true). I have gone out of my way to purchase products that advertise on podcasts: I'm typing this as I eat a lunch flavored with hot sauce from Fueg…

I think the same basic strategy could work for any true niche podcast. But "niche" is different than "small."

Two guys talking about the NFL to 3,000 listeners would be very hard to monetize, but a sports podcast that focused on local HS sports teams, or one that talked about MLB from the LGBTQ perspective? Those would be pretty easy to monetize using the same basic strategy I used.

I think the biggest advantage I had was not my specific audience, but the decades I've spent selling new products and starting companies. Of course, that is also my audience, so I can't be completely sure.

Re: How I made money podcasting and why you probably don't want to

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Post by jakegold » Sun, Jul 14, 2019, 6:34 AM UTC

There are many uses for podcasting for the classroom. They can be used to convey instructional information from the teacher or trainer, motivational stories, and auditory case studies. Podcasts can also be used by the learners as artifacts and evidence of learning; for example, a student might prepare a brief podcast as a summary of a concept in lieu of writing an essay. Podcasts can also be used as a means of self-reflection on the learning processes or products.[11] Podcasts can help keep students on the same page, including those that are absent. Absent students can use podcasts to see class lectures, daily activities, homework assignments, handouts, and more.[citation needed] A review of literature that reports the use of audio podcasts in K-12 and higher education found that individuals (1) use existing podcasts and/or (2) create their own podcasts. Students can create their own podcast to share their learning experiences with each other and also with other students from other schools.