Ep4: Quick Feedback
Feedback Request from Marc
Introduction
- Marc from justaskmarc.com reaches out for listener feedback.
- Aims to ensure the podcast remains relevant and useful.
Podcasting Journey
- Started podcasting in 2007 when it was challenging.
- Observes the ease of podcasting today.
- Wants to bring back archived episodes that are still relevant.
- Plans to introduce new content as it becomes pertinent.
Fitness Industry Insights
- Notes that while some fitness techniques remain unchanged, the information is still valuable.
- Emphasizes the importance of sharing archived content that could benefit new listeners.
Engaging Long-Time Listeners
- Acknowledges listeners who might have been following since the early days on platforms like Apple Podcasts.
Media Creation Evolution
- Highlights the rapid advancements in media creation.
- Asks for feedback on voice preferences: real voice vs. AI-trained voices.
- Queries if the current voice is suitable for short podcasts.
- Introduces the idea of AI guests, like Nancy.
Voice Technology
- Mentions the option of using 11 labs but notes its cost.
- Jokes about the current voice sounding deeper than his real one.
Feedback Points
- Interested in knowing if listeners prefer a mix of real and AI voices.
- Seeks opinions on podcast length: short and concise vs. long-form.
- Recalls the initial podcast format of a 5-minute phone recording.
- Expresses concern over lengthy podcasts that don't offer value.
Contact Information
- Encourages listeners to send feedback
- Suggests adding "podcast" in the subject line to grab his attention.
- Assures listeners that he reads genuine emails despite the spam.
Oh ChatGPT!
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Transcript
Hey, it's Marc of just ask marc.com.
Marc:So I wanted to get some quick feedback.
Marc:I want to make sure that what I'm doing here is actually going to be useful.
Marc:Got a ton of podcasts.
Marc:And I want to get them back online.
Marc:Over the years feeds have changed.
Marc:Podcasting platforms have changed.
Marc:It used to be really hard back in.
Marc:2007 when I started now, it's just too damn easy.
Marc:So I want to get a lot of the old stuff that I have out archived
Marc:episodes that still make sense.
Marc:And I want to do some new stuff as it becomes more relevant, but I'll
Marc:be honest in the fitness industry.
Marc:Uh, it's not a lot of new ways to do a bench press.
Marc:It doesn't matter.
Marc:It's still good information.
Marc:Uh, it sucks that it's just sitting on a hard drive and not going anywhere,
Marc:especially if it's potentially could help someone who hasn't heard it before.
Marc:And I know that there's potentially a lot of listeners who've.
Marc:Listen over the years that may have somehow pick this feet
Marc:up, back in apple podcasts.
Marc:I have no freaking idea.
Marc:But it is an interesting concept and it's a pretty wild and pretty
Marc:cool to be able to do this.
Marc:Especially now that media creation is so easy.
Marc:It's just gone.
Marc:Haywire.
Marc:I mean, anyway.
Marc:So, what I'm doing is I'm just looking for some quick feedback here.
Marc:Is this podcast going to be useful to you?
Marc:Do you, would you prefer a real voice?
Marc:Do you prefer AI train voices?
:Is this voice something that you could listen too, for a short podcast?
:Or are we getting carried away now?
Nancy:What about having some Ai guests like, Nancy?
Nancy:Okay this is way too cool now.
Elevenlabs:Of course I could use 11 labs, which is nice, but it's
Elevenlabs:expensive and maybe only Arnold can afford to do that long-term.
Elevenlabs:And frankly, this voice sounds deeper and potentially how I
Elevenlabs:should sound, but don't, geez.
Nancy:Do you want a combination?
Nancy:Is it just fun and cool.
Nancy:I'm interested in that also.
Nancy:The length, you know, five minutes, 20 minutes, I guess it matters.
Nancy:Like if you have something to say.
Nancy:Then you take as much time as you need to say it.
Nancy:But when I first started this podcast, it was basically calling into a phone line
Nancy:that did a recording and published it out.
Nancy:And only let you do five minutes.
Nancy:And that took off really well because it forces you to get to the point.
Nancy:Whereas some of these podcasts I listened to, or like an hour, and I'm just,
Nancy:don't need an hour of you talking about.
Nancy:How to eat less calories.
Nancy:So that's it just quick feedback.
Nancy:Want to know if anybody out there has anything that they want to say
Nancy:or directions that they want to go.
Nancy:You can always send a message to mark M a R C.
Nancy:At just ask mark.com.
Nancy:I do actually read them, so have spam in there, but I do read the legit ones and
Nancy:you can always put podcast in the subject.
Nancy:If you want to get my attention, otherwise I'm going to just.
Nancy:Uh, you know, keep calm and carry on.