Hosted by Cliff Ravenscraft · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 499 episodes
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I’ve produced more than fifty of my own shows and published over 5,000 episodes. As a podcast consultant, I’ve trained tens of thousands of people on how to successfully launch their show and build a profitable business around their expertise.Podcast Answer Man is where I share what actually works in podcasting after two decades of experience. It’s a place for thoughtful creators who use podcasting as a tool for building something meaningful with their voice.In each episode, I explore the decisions behind a podcast that grows trust, attracts the right audience, and supports a real business. I cover tools and workflows when they matter. More importantly, I focus on clarity, positioning, consistency, and the long-term thinking required to make a podcast worth creating.If you’re looking for quick hacks, this probably isn’t your show. If you want a clear signal in a noisy industry, you’re in the right place.
Cliff Ravenscraft hosts Podcast Answer Man, a technology show with 499 episodes published.
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 highly t
I recently came across a LinkedIn post that made a strong case for podcast hosts getting to the point more quickly. The idea was simple: if your episode could be ten minutes, don’t stretch it into forty-five. Respect you
I recently came across a LinkedIn post that made a strong case for podcast hosts getting to the point more quickly. The idea was simple: if your episode could be ten minutes, don’t stretch it into forty-five. Respect you
Welcome to episode 500 of Podcast Answer Man. This milestone episode gave me an opportunity to reflect on what podcasting has meant to me over the past two decades, how the podcasting space has changed, and why I still b
In this episode, I share the thinking behind my new live streaming and video content strategy. For the past several months, I’ve been very clear that Podcast Answer Man is an audio-only podcast, and that is still true. I
A question came up while I was preparing for my podcasting workshop at Social Media Marketing World: Does the world really need another podcast? It is a fair question. There are already millions of podcasts out there. Ma
In this episode, I recorded while out for a walk using a small wired lavalier recorder clipped to my shirt. It was not a studio setup. It was not polished. It was not carefully produced. And that is exactly the point. Th
I missed an episode last week. It was the first time since recommitting to a weekly publishing schedule for Podcast Answer Man that I failed to release an episode on Friday morning at 12:01 a.m. And you know what? The wo
This episode came from a pattern I’ve seen over and over again. So many people come to me asking for audience growth strategies. They’ve been podcasting for a while, they feel like they’ve hit a plateau, and they believe
In this episode, I share something I’ve been seeing over and over again in conversations with people who are on the verge of launching a podcast. There’s this belief that you need to have everything figured out before yo
Over the years, I’ve told my origin story in podcasting many times. I’ve shared how I got started, how things grew, and how this work eventually became my full-time career. But what you’ve almost never heard is this stor
In this episode, I’m sharing a conversation with Heather Bayer who was one of the first people in her industry to launch a podcast. She didn’t wait for permission. She made a decision about who she was and who she was th
In this conversation, I sat down with Jason Cabassi, someone I had the privilege of helping launch into podcasting back in 2011. Since then, Jason has gone on to produce more than a thousand episodes and build an entire
In today’s episode, I’m sharing a replay of a conversation I had two years ago with Alex Freeman on the UpFlip podcast. When that interview first aired, it quickly became one of the most significant entry points into my
In this episode, I share one of the most important lessons I’ve learned from more than twenty years of podcasting and content creation. Success in this space, more often than not, comes down to two simple things: getting
Have you ever felt like your podcast is a grind? You’ve been showing up consistently. Publishing episodes every week. Doing everything people say you should do. And yet, after months or even years, it feels like nothing
In this episode of Podcast Answer Man, I talk about a milestone moment that I never thought I’d see so soon. For the first time in history, audio podcasting has surpassed AM/FM talk radio as the most popular way American
Lately, I’ve been seeing a growing narrative that video podcasting is no longer optional. That if you’re not producing high-quality video alongside your podcast, you’re already behind. I don’t buy it. In this episode, I
In this episode, I share a conversation that was recorded at the Cincinnati Podcast Studio with Brian Erickson. I originally invited Brian to join me for an episode of my What Are You Creating? podcast, which I typically
In this episode, I sit down with Scott Smith, host of The Daily Boost, for a wide-ranging conversation shaped by more than two decades of podcasting experience. This is an honest exploration of what it actually takes to
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Heather Bayer
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Alex Freeman
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Podcast Answer Man is hosted by Cliff Ravenscraft. The show is categorised under technology (education) and has published 499 episodes.
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