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Do you prefer listening to a podcast that is edited? Or nah?

7/29/2020 By Ravi Jayagopal

Q: "Do you prefer listening to a podcast that is is edited? Or nah?" My Answer: For the most part, I prefer podcasts that are edited for umms and aahs and pauses. Now, there are shows which the conversations are just absolutely incredible (Bill Simmons, Tim Ferriss, Marketing Over Coffee), and it would actually do it injustice to edit the natural flow - so such shows are the exception. But those are far and few in-between. Most regular "interview" shows can use all the editing they can, not just to improve the length of the show, but for improving the audio quality (sound leveling, cross-talk, etc), and to improve the show quality just by cutting out the completely unnecessary stuff - like "Can you hear me now?" pre-interview banter, "Hold on, my door bell just rang", "Sorry, my child is calling me, let me quickly check what it is", "Mind if I grab a quick drink of water?", type stuff which is not important to the show or to the listeners. Some other points: I listen at 1.8x speed, I skip the intros and outros for all shows, fast-forward thru the ads, skip the last 1-2 minutes as soon as I realize the show is ending and outro is coming up, etc. Only 24 hours in a day. Even a few minutes saved as long as I'm still getting what I need, is big for me.My main interest is in education and information in my niche. So, while I'm not specifically looking for podcasts primarily to be entertained (like comedy, for eg.), I absolutely do WANT to be entertained while I'm getting what I need. I need to have fun listening to the show. So if a show has the greatest information and education, but is boring as hell, or the show's host has no personality, or the guests or questioning are/is annoying, or it takes too much time to get to what I care about, then I won't subscribe to such shows. So everything has to be entertaining, at a minimum, or it becomes C-SPAN to me P.S: That's me in the picture listening to a podcast while getting my teeth worked on.#digitalmarketer #membership #onlinecourses #membershipsites #podcast #podcaster #podcasts #podcasting #digitalcreator #digitalcreators #digitalmarketing #onlinemarketing #audiencebuilding #newaudience #newaudiences

Q: “Do you prefer listening to a podcast that is edited? Or nah?”

My Answer: For the most part, I prefer podcasts that are edited for umms and aahs and pauses.

Now, there are shows which the conversations are just absolutely incredible (Bill Simmons, Tim Ferriss, Marketing Over Coffee), and it would actually do it injustice to edit the natural flow – so such shows are the exception. But those are far and few in-between.

Most regular “interview” shows can use all the editing they can, not just to improve the length of the show, but for improving the audio quality (sound leveling, cross-talk, etc), and to improve the show quality just by cutting out the completely unnecessary stuff – like “Can you hear me now?” pre-interview banter, “Hold on, my door bell just rang”, “Sorry, my child is calling me, let me quickly check what it is”, “Mind if I grab a quick drink of water?”, type stuff which is not important to the show or to the listeners.

Some other points: I listen at 1.8x speed, I skip the intros and outros for all shows, fast-forward thru the ads, skip the last 1-2 minutes as soon as I realize the show is ending and outro is coming up, etc. Only 24 hours in a day. Even a few minutes saved as long as I’m still getting what I need, is big for me.

My main interest is in education and information in my niche. So, while I’m not specifically looking for podcasts primarily to be entertained (like comedy, for eg.), I absolutely WANT to be entertained while I’m getting what I need. I need to have fun listening to the show.

So if a show has the greatest information and education, but is boring as hell, or the show’s host has no personality, or the guests or questioning are/is annoying, or it takes too much time to get to what I care about, then I won’t subscribe to such shows.

So everything has to be entertaining, at a minimum, or it becomes C-SPAN to me

P.S: That’s me in the picture listening to a podcast while getting my teeth worked on.

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Content Cross-posting Funnel

4/12/2017 By Ravi Jayagopal

Here's my basic content automation funnel at this time: Every time I post here on Instagram, a bunch of events get triggered, and my content gets auto-posted on to various platforms - some for external use, some for my own archiving. And here's the cool tablet from Wachom that I used, to hand-draw the flowchart: SubscribeMe.fm/tablet/ . Comment below if you want to know how to set it all up. #socialmediamarketing #socialmediatip #socialmediatips #instagrammarketing #instagramautomation #socialautomation #socialmediaautomation #contentmarketing #contentautomation #wacomtablet #wacom #wacomintuos #tablet #drawingtablet #ifttt #wordpressplugin #wordpressautomation #contentmarketingfunnel #socialmarketing #socialmarketingfunnel #subscribemefm #subscribeme

Here’s my basic content automation funnel at this time:

Every time I post here on Instagram, a bunch of events get triggered, and my content gets auto-posted on to various platforms – some for external use, some for my own archiving.

And here’s the cool tablet from Wacom that I used, to hand-draw the flowchart: SubscribeMe.fm/tablet/ .

 

Filed Under: Automation, Business, Business Tools, Entrepreneurs, FaceBook, Feeds, How-To, Instagram, Internet Marketing, Marketing, Productivity, Social Media, Technology, Tools, WordPress

Welcome to Techiiies.TV

4/19/2009 By Ravi Jayagopal

I started Techiiies.tv as a fun project, and I’m pretty confident that YouTube would run out of storage space before I run out of ideas for creating techiiie videos.

Oh, and by the way, if you’re wondering about the weird spelling of Techiiies, it was of course because the name “Techies” (with the single “i”) wasn’t available 🙂

And then Seth Godin published a book called “Tribes” and used the name Triiibes.com for its web site.

And I blatantly copied Seth’s idea, that is all 🙂

And ended up with Techiiies.com as well as Techiiies.tv

So check out a video that I created for the site.

Or, the truth is, I launched the web site just to showcase videos that I have created 😉

– Ravi “GeekDawg” Jayagopal
PS: Also on YouTube at http://YouTube.com/Techiiies

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Typing Test: Wow, am I good or what?

12/14/2008 By Ravi Jayagopal

[Last updated: April 22, 2013]

Ok, I promise not to brag too much… 😉

Here is a really cool typing test.

I’m averaging a speed of about 104 words per minute (in 3 tries  – proof below 🙂

Ravi's Typing Test Results

Ravi's Typing Test Results 2

UPDATE: My latest score as of September 2, 2010

WooHoo! 119.12 words per minute!

UPDATE: My latest score as of April 22, 2013

typingtest

Have slowed down just a bit… down to 90 words per minute.

Take the test yourself by clicking on the link below, and don’t forget to share your results in the comments below 🙂

Typing Test: http://www.typingtest.com/

– Ravi Jayagopal

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Ubiquity: Mozilla’s Mother Of All Mashups

8/27/2008 By Ravi Jayagopal

If you don’t know what a “Mashup” is, fret not.

You’re now going to witness one of the greatest “mashup” tools ever developed…

Full story: Introducing Ubiquity

Filed Under: Firefox, Google, Industry News, Internet, Mashups, Mozilla, Online, Productivity, Purple Cow, Remarkable, Social Media, Technology, Tools, Video, Web2.0

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Ravi Jayagopal is a full-time entrepreneur living in sunny San Diego, CA . He is the Co-Founder & Co-Developer of DigitalAccessPass.com (DAP), the premier Membership Plugin & Content Delivery Platform for WordPress. Check out his Podcast about Membership Sites & Online Courses, at SubscribeMe.fm. Ravi is also the creator of CoolCastPlayer.com, a pretty and powerful podcast player plugin for WordPress. And creator of S3MediaVault.com, S3 Video Player for Amazon S3. Ravi first started selling online in 1997. Check out his book "Subscribe Me: Making, Marketing & Monetizing Online Digital Content with Membership Sites, Online Courses and Subscriptions"


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