On February 21st and 22nd 2021, podcast host Buzzsprout was hit - and hit hard - by a DDoS attack. For those who haven't stumbled over su...

Be honest. If you're a podcaster, have you ever considered the legal side to your production? Libel? Copyright? Music? It's totally under...

OK. I'll bite. Clubhouse. The much-talked about new app, allowing users to jump on, 'broadcast' live audio from their phone (only Apple p...

If you're new to podcasting, this might be something you're wrestling with. Is it better to write your entire podcast out word-for-word o...

This is a personal "take" and I'm not pretending that I'm either right or have the answers - but it's something worth considering, that I...

I was reminiscing today about being the audio visual monitor at middle school, a good 35 years ago, where I was required to deliver overh...

Earlier today, I put out a social media post asking whether anyone had any questions they wanted covered in Verbu's podcast/blog. And Tra...

As you may know, Verbu is currently running a '6 C's Of Podcasting Challenge' on Facebook... one of those C's is 'commercial'. Of course,...

To anyone that will listen to me, I encourage them to optimise their podcasts for Apple and Spotify. Why? Because Apple has by far the la...

I'd like to think it was only last year - but unfortunately it's probably 15 - that I took part in the iTunes 12 Days Of Christmas promot...

So many people I work with expect immediate results from their podcast - and quite often have relatively unreasonable expectations of how...

Despite incredible AI advances and predictions for the future, when it comes to creativity and artistic flair, us humans are still pretty...

For most people who have worked with me in recent times, you will know I am a martyr for simplicity. Clean cut processes and approaches t...

As the famous Taxi Driver film line goes... "are you talkin' to me?". You'll have to bear with me as I haven't actually watched the film....

What gets you top of the rankings with your podcast? Content? Most certainly. A great marketing campaign? Essential. But what else? Your ...

It's not often that this blog is inspired by the advice of my 8 year old son. But this one breaks that mould. My 8 year old is obsessed b...

In the last blog, I discussed how podcasts skilled the radio star and whilst I could see the way the wind was blowing, I wasn't necessari...

(with apologies to Buggles) There is a very clever man called James Cridland who curates the 'PodNews' website and newsletter who has spe...

Listen to your favourite podcast. How many episodes are there? How long have they been going? Odds are that the answer to the first quest...

Whilst we live in a podcast world dominated by Apple, and with significant investment being put in by the likes of Spotify, why should we...