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Why didn’t you play my voice mail(s) on the show?

There are a few common reasons I choose not to play voice mails (roughly in order of how often they occur).

• Too long.
• Bad sound quality or background noise.
• Story is very similar to something we’ve already played. (no more cats stuck between the front door and screen door)
• Caller seems distracted or takes to long to get to the story.
• Caller placed more than one voicemail in the same week. (It’s typically one per customer per week)
• Topic or language is not appropriate for the show.
• Story is not funny, or at least we didn’t get it.

Here are some voice mail guidelines:

• Keep it short – The closer your message is to 30 seconds, the more likely it is to be played.
• Keep it clean – We run a clean show and the content of your call must reflect that.
• Make it interesting – If it’s not funny or informative or add to the show in some way, we won’t play it. Stay focused on what you’re doing. Write it out if you need to.

Why haven’t you read my story on the show?

Common reasons:

• Too many stories this week. We’ll try to fit it in on a future show.
• No paragraphs, sentences, spelling mistakes. Unreadable.
• Similar to a story we’ve already told (enough sledding and bike jump stories)
• Not funny or we didn’t get it.

Email story tips:

• Great Content – Submit your emails as you want it read. Use paragraphs!
• Format – Please capitalize, punctuate and spell correctly. Include a good title in the Subject line.
• Topic – If you’d like your email read, give us something to read that will be interesting to those listening.

How can I support the show?

• Sponsor a show
• Link to us on your blog
• Play our promo
• Commission some art from DrawYouAPicture.com

How can I be a guest host on your show?

Though there’s no hard-set procedure… everyone who’s guest hosted who I didn’t know in real life or who wasn’t related to me has been someone who has submitted quality content, both email and v-mail, participated in our forums and been an all around great person… or they’ve been involved in a podcast that I really admired.