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513 - What Does It Actually Mean To Be A Creator?
The phrase “creator economy” gets used everywhere these days.
But what does it actually mean to be a creator?
Is a creator someone who earns money directly from YouTube views, sponsorships, Patreon supporters,...
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512 - Community, Belonging, and the Value of Smaller In-Person Podcast Events
Podcasting can be a surprisingly lonely activity.
You can spend hours sitting alone behind a microphone, creating something that reaches hundreds or thousands of people, while having very few people in your everyday...
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511 - Why I’m Creating Fewer Podcasts and Writing More
At the beginning of 2026, I committed to publishing a new episode of Podcast Answer Man every Friday morning at 12:01 a.m.
I kept that commitment for months.
Recently, I decided to let it go.
In this episode, I want...
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510 - FIftteen Years, 760+ Episodes, and a Business Transformed by Podcasting
In 2011, Gary Takacs joined my four-week Podcasting A to Z course with an idea for a podcast specifically designed to serve dentists.
Gary was certainly not new to his profession at the time. He had started his own...
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509 - Does Your Podcast Still Deserve Your Time?
For the past 32 weeks, I have been committed to publishing a new episode of The Cliff Ravenscraft Show every Monday and a new episode of Podcast Answer Man every Friday.
I made that commitment because I believed...
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508 - Five Questions Every Podcaster Must Answer Before Expecting Their Show to Generate Clients
For more than twenty years, people have asked me two questions about podcasting more than almost any others:
“How do I launch a podcast?”
“How do I grow my audience?”
Those can be useful questions, but neither one...
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507 - Your Newest Episode Is Not Always Your Most Valuable
In 2016, I helped a student launch a podcast through my four-week Podcasting A to Z program.
For this story, I call him Bill.
Bill was 62 years old at the time. He wanted to create a library of leadership content that...
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506 - The Feedback That Could Keep a Creator Going for Six Months
There may be a podcast you’ve listened to for years—someone who has taught you, encouraged you, entertained you, or helped you make decisions that changed your life.
But have you ever actually told them?
I’ve been...
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505 - Has Your Business Outgrown What You’re Known For?
What happens when your work has evolved, but the market still associates you with an earlier version of your professional identity?
In this episode, I explore how to use the content you create to intentionally change...
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504 - What Do You Really Want Your Podcast to Do for You?
Many people begin podcasting with the goal of launching a show and growing an audience. But after observing thousands of podcasting journeys over the past two decades, I have become convinced that the podcast itself...
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503 - Does Every Podcast Need To Be On YouTube?
Does every podcaster need to be on YouTube?
That is the question I’m answering in this episode of Podcast Answer Man.
A recent LinkedIn post, sent to me by my friend Stuart Crane, talked about YouTube’s latest...
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502 - Should Your Podcast Be Listed on IMDb?
Last week, while attending a social media conference in Lima, Ohio, I heard a speaker recommend something I had never seriously considered before: Submit your podcast to IMDb.
The idea was that IMDb has become a...
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