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284 2025 Podcasting Essentials: Public Domain Goldmine, True Crime Dominance and The Latest Podcasting Gear
01/14/2025
284 2025 Podcasting Essentials: Public Domain Goldmine, True Crime Dominance and The Latest Podcasting Gear
To our podcasting community – from creators to advertisers and beyond: Our thoughts are with you as Southern California grapples with these devastating wildfires. We're here for you, and we’re committed to supporting one another through this challenging time. Stay safe. What a way to start 2025. In addition to discussing the devastation of the wildfires in L.A. we share updates on public domain content for 2025, the Zoom H1 XLR, The Shure MV7i, advice for starting a podcast in 2025, the overwhelming popularity of true crime podcasts, exploring audience insights and trends, and of course stats! Mean and median numbers! 🔆 If you are starting a podcast or looking to find a new home for your podcast use the code thefeed to get your first month free on Libsyn! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email [email protected], call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER ! Quick Episode Summary (2:45) PROMO 1: Civilla Morgan (3:09) Rob and Elsie conversation (3:20) The heartbreak of the Southern California fires (5:50) New works available in the public domain (14:46) The Zoom H1 XLR (18:43) The Shure MV7i (27:16) Starting a podcast in 2025 (38:12) New trend bait headlines (44:44) What is WMPlayer? (46:12) What's up with Firefox? (47:35) Podtrac's Top 25 new shows of 2024 Watch the True Crime listener report (55:40) A replacement to Chartable smartlinks (57:19) PROMO 2: She's All Over The Place (58:03) Stats: mean and median numbers (1:05:07) Where have we been and where are we going? (1:07:47) Brian and Elsie Talk Movies: Hot Frosty Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Civilla Morgan from and Where have we been and where are we going Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie ☎️ HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly and share it on social! It would mean the world ☺️ Follow The Feed wherever you get your podcasts! → Follow via → Subscribe on → Follow via → Here's our ! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Call 412-573-1934 Email [email protected] Use our
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283: 2024 Podcasting Trends: Apple, YouTube, Libsyn, and Industry Insights
12/23/2024
283: 2024 Podcasting Trends: Apple, YouTube, Libsyn, and Industry Insights
Reflecting on the past year of podcasting, significant updates in the podcasting world, including Google search visibility, YouTube performance, and Apple Podcasts features. We recognize the Hall of Fame inductees, discuss the impact of platform closures, the growing influence of YouTube and Spotify, touch on the importance of long-form content in political discourse, big love for all things Libsyn, and of course podcasting stats! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email [email protected], call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER ! Quick Episode Summary (2:34) Rob and Elsie conversation (4:49) Welcome to the new class of Podcast Hall of Fame inductees! (8:54) "The Feed podcast" on google search results are surprising Have you googled your podcast in incognito mode lately? (17:30) Covering The Feed's YouTube stats for 2024 The top The Feed episodes on YouTube (28:54) The big podcasting stories of 2024 (35:47) 2024 Podcasting industry trends and events (54:06) Libsyn-centric highlights for the year (1:02:13) Stats: geographic and user agents (1:07:46) Where have we been and where are we going? Where have we been and where are we going Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly and share it on social! It would mean the world ☺️ Follow The Feed wherever you get your podcasts! → Follow via → Subscribe on → Follow via → Here's our ! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Call 412-573-1934 Email [email protected] Use our
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282 The Spotification Episode
12/10/2024
282 The Spotification Episode
The closing of Samsung podcasts and Chartable, Chartable chart and ranking replacements, getting access to Apple Podcasts Connect and Spotify Podcasts without creating duplicate podcasts and how to do it! Our take on Spotify for Creators and Daniel Ek's vision for the platform moving forward, what happens if you have an audio RSS feed in Spotify and you upload a video version of an episode? Spotify Wrapped, Overcasts new updates! New Podcast apps to check out And stats, mean and median download numbers. Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email [email protected], call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER ! Quick Episode Summary (2:40) Rob and Elsie conversation (3:25) Samsung podcast is terminated (6:50) Chartable closing (13:31) Chartable replacements (16:35) Getting access to Apple Podcasts Connect and Spotify Podcasts accounts without creating duplicate podcasts (17:36) Claiming your existing show in Apple Podcasts (20:07) Claiming your existing show on Spotify (22:20) Commenting on the latest news from Spotify and interview with Daniel Ek (40:51) What happens when you have an existing RSS feed for your audio podcast but then upload a video? (43:23) Spotify Wrapped is here, and we have thoughts (47:42) Overcast has released a stats feature and a new 48-hour listening history (50:16) Some interesting podcast apps to take a look at (53:09) Promo: Video Fuzzy (56:41) Stats, mean and median numbers! Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO: Where have we been and where are we going Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly and share it on social! It would mean the world ☺️ Follow The Feed wherever you get your podcasts! → Follow via → Subscribe on → Follow via → Here's our ! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Call 412-573-1934 Email [email protected] Use our
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281 The Surging Influence of Podcasts and Spotify’s New Video Monetization Push
11/19/2024
281 The Surging Influence of Podcasts and Spotify’s New Video Monetization Push
Preparing to launch a podcast in 2025? We have dates to look out for! Podcasts and election follow up, Spotify takes on YouTube, Libsyn partners with Revolutions, Section 230 changes loom, and the latest stats on mean, median numbers and geographic and user agent! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email [email protected], call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER ! Quick Episode Summary (2:24) PROMO: Kamuela Kaneshiro (2:40) Rob and Elsie conversation (3:51) When to launch your new show, channel or subscription for 2025 (5:17) BlogTalkRadio will no longer be operating in January 2025 (6:27) "The Podcast Election" follow up (37:23) Spotify is looking to be YouTube (45:32) Revolutions exclusively partners with Libsyn to enhance podcast advertising experience (49:36) IAB and others urging court to reconsider ruling curbing section 230 (52:02) Stats: mean, median, geographic and user agent (57:47) Where have we been and where are we going Featured Podcast Promo + Audio Where have we been and where are we going [Follow us on Luma for all our podcast education events]() [Subscribe to our YouTube channel]() Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly and share it on social! It would mean the world ☺️ Follow The Feed wherever you get your podcasts! → Follow via → Subscribe on → Follow via → Here's our ! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Call 412-573-1934 Email [email protected] Use our
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280 Celebrating 20 Years of Libsyn, Legacy and Future in Podcasting
11/05/2024
280 Celebrating 20 Years of Libsyn, Legacy and Future in Podcasting
It's our Libsyn 20th Birthday episode extravaganza! We're diving into a mini podcast history journey, packed with your incredible listener voices. We'll also rewind to podcasts' role in the Election (heads up: this drops November 5th morning, so election results are TBD!) Big media moves alert: Veritone One and Oxford Road have joined forces, creating the podcast ad world's newest powerhouse. Plus, we're geeking out over Apple's latest hardware drops and breaking down Podtrac's fresh metrics announcement. Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email [email protected], call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER ! Quick Episode Summary (0:00) From Emilio from Libsyn Intro! (2:47) From THE Dave Jackson (3:37) Rob and Elsie conversation (5:02) What were Rob and Elsie doing 20 years ago? (8:47) From Chris (9:13) The early podcast iTunes experience (11:47) 20 years of Libsyn! A look back (20:21) From Ken and G (20:37) A mini historical podcasting timeline (35:51) From Naomi (36:11) A bit of The Feed's origin story (42:37) From Sheryl (43:00) Looking into the future of podcasting (45:56) Political podcasts revisited! (1:00:25) From John (1:00:41) Veritone One and Oxford Road merge! (1:02:28) A bunch of new Apple hardware (1:08:15) From Kristin (1:09:41) Podtrac stats (1:12:51) From Kevin (1:13:48) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly and share it on social! It would mean the world ☺️ Follow The Feed wherever you get your podcasts! → Follow via → Subscribe on → Follow via → Here's our ! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Call 412-573-1934 Email [email protected] Use our
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279 Disaster Tech Lessons From Hurricane Helene and Leveraging Podcasts for Political Edge
10/22/2024
279 Disaster Tech Lessons From Hurricane Helene and Leveraging Podcasts for Political Edge
Libsyn has a new CEO! A whole lot of disaster tech. How you can help a study about Podfading, covering all the podcasts that had presidential candidates with some suggestions and insights. The predictive promo planner from Podtrac, and stats! geographic and user agent! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email [email protected], call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER ! Quick Episode Summary (2:09) PROMO: Legends From The Pacific - The Concubine Demon (2:59) Rob and Elsie conversation (5:13) Libsyn Appoints Brendan Monaghan as Chief Executive Officer and to the Board of Directors! (9:48) All things disaster tech lessons from Hurricane Helene (38:45) Castro released some really cool icons (39:39) Looking for YOU - are you podfading? (42:58) There's a new podcasters meet-up in Colorado Springs (43:42) Presidential candidates on podcasts, we have thoughts (54:41) All episodes disappearing from Apple Podcasts? (57:05) Podtrac announced its new Predictive Promo Planner (59:00) Stats: geographic and user agents! (1:02:31) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly and share it on social! It would mean the world ☺️ Follow The Feed wherever you get your podcasts! → Follow via → Subscribe on → Follow via → Here's our ! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Call 412-573-1934 Email [email protected] Use our
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278 Exploring Chartable's Shutdown Plus Backups and Content Banking for Podcasters
10/08/2024
278 Exploring Chartable's Shutdown Plus Backups and Content Banking for Podcasters
Exploring the dynamic landscape of podcasting amidst natural disasters and industry shifts. Key topics include the impacts of tropical storm Helene on North Carolina and the crucial role of radio in emergencies, the closure of Chartable and the need for podcasters to adapt by updating their setups, and the arrival of new tools like the Rodecaster Video switcher. We also discuss Netflix's series 'Nobody Wants This,' and provide updates from Libsyn along with insights into podcast advertising trends. Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email [email protected], call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER ! Quick Episode Summary (1:35) Elsie's on the ground floor Helene update (6:16) Rob and Matthew conversation (7:22) Bank content! And back up plans! (8:42) Chartable is going away and alternatives (18:52) Mathew Passy shares his background in podcasting (26:05) Apple Podcasts chart updates and Rob's iPhone story (28:41) 8 more languages added to Apple Podcasts auto-generated transcripts (30:34) The Rodecaster Video - new podcasting gear is on the scene (34:14) Welcome to Lauren to the Board of Directors (38:16) Overpayment news? (40:29) Podcasts on the radio? Podcast radio as a thing? We discuss (47:14) Why did you leave us? (51:23) YouTube is all in on building communities! (1:00:38) Mainstream shows and all the podcast producers (1:03:32) Stats: mean and median numbers (1:07:09) Libsyn Ads latest monthly advertising dates (1:10:36) Where have we been and where are we going? Where have we been and where are we going Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly and share it on social! It would mean the world ☺️ Follow The Feed wherever you get your podcasts! → Follow via → Subscribe on → Follow via → Here's our ! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Call 412-573-1934 Email [email protected] Use our
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277 iPhone 16, iOS 18, Apple Intelligence For Podcasting and Podcast App Updates
09/24/2024
277 iPhone 16, iOS 18, Apple Intelligence For Podcasting and Podcast App Updates
Still more audio issues. BOO. iPhone 16, Apple Watch Series 10 and Apple Intelligence thoughts for podcasters, Spotify removed over 500 episodes! Find out why. Big updates for Pocket Casts and Castro, Episodes.FM is getting better; Using your old feed for new content? We have thoughts Why is public radio cutting more staff? And as always, stats! geographic and user agents. Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email [email protected], call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER ! Quick Episode Summary (2:13) PROMO 1: Dealcraft Rob and Elsie conversation (5:17) All things podcasting related from the Apple Event! (19:03) Spotify had over 500 episodes removed (21:20) Updates to Pocket Casts (24:30) Updates to Castro (25:59) Updates to Episodes.FM (29:03) Elgato's latest Stream Deck is $900! (30:42) In order for your widescreen image to show up on YouTube through Libsyn you need to connect the Destination (35:06) How to update a legacy RSS feed with a new podcast (39:03) Would you pay $800 to be on a podcast? (45:10) Libsyn's annual meeting of stockholders is on September 25 (46:52) More cuts to public radio jobs (53:18) Spotify's head of podcast business is departing (54:55) Underscore Talent appointed a new head of podcasting (55:31) Libsyn has hired Mathew Passy (56:17) PROMO 2: Long Term (57:31) Stats: geographic and user agent (1:01:31) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio Where have we been and where are we going Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly and share it on social! It would mean the world ☺️ Follow The Feed wherever you get your podcasts! → Follow via → Subscribe on → Follow via → Here's our ! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Call 412-573-1934 Email [email protected] Use our
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276 Not Those Podcast Challenges And The Kelcey Brothers' $100 Million Podcast Deal
09/10/2024
276 Not Those Podcast Challenges And The Kelcey Brothers' $100 Million Podcast Deal
FYI: WE HAD SOME AUDIO ISSUES. 🙏🏽 The Kelce brothers 100 million dollar deal! Discussing Nielsen's quarterly report, The Record that has some pretty astounding data! Skullcandy headphones with "podcast mode," Rob reacts to the Hollywood Reporter's story on podcast challenges for Barrett Media --- that's a mini soapbox moment. Follow up on the Universal Music for Creators partnership with Libsyn; How to optimize your shownotes formatting for most podcast apps, stats, mean and median numbers and a whole lot of other podcasting tips and bits. Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email [email protected], call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER ! Quick Episode Summary (2:22) Rob and Elsie conversation (3:18) 100 million podcast deal with the Kelce brothers (8:26) Discussing Nielsen's The Record data on adult listening (9:05) Skullcandy headphones have added "podcast" mode (11:15) Rob soapbox in response to Hollywood Reporter's story on podcasting via Barrett media (24:32) Audio feedback from Naomi on mattering Subscribe to ! (25:26) Is it worth sharing rankings from Goodpods? (28:15) What happens to the music after the 6 month trial with Universal Music Group expires? (30:40) No Such Podcast has launched aka the NSA Podcast! (32:35) How to make sure your shownotes show up nicely in most podcast apps (45:44) Using podcasts to support political campaigns (47:45) The Hawk Tuah girl is launching a podcast (50:00) An interesting resource: Pod Cards (51:00) Audio feedback from Terry, how much of your podcast can be in a different language? (52:39) $25.62 billion is a huge overestimate of the podcasting market (54:34) PROMO: Child Care Director's Chair podcast (55:23) Stats: Mean and median numbers (59:50) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio Where have we been and where are we going Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly and share it on social! It would mean the world ☺️ Follow The Feed wherever you get your podcasts! → Follow via → Subscribe on → Follow via → Here's our ! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Call 412-573-1934 Email [email protected] Use our
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275 The Impact of FTC Regulations, Alex Cooper’s Massive Deal And Libsyn's Latest Collaborations
08/27/2024
275 The Impact of FTC Regulations, Alex Cooper’s Massive Deal And Libsyn's Latest Collaborations
Alex Cooper signs a 125 million dollar deal, Apple Podcasts is available via browser! New rules from the FTC banning fake testimonials, best practices on changing the name of your show, Libsyn and Barometer join forces to bolster brand safety and Libsyn teams up with Universal Music Group! Plus stats, mean and median numbers. Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email [email protected], call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER ! Quick Episode Summary PROMO 1: The Relaxed Male Rob and Elsie conversation Quick Podcast Movement debrief That Call Her Daddy multi-million dollar deal - hey we were right! Apple Podcasts is now available via browser Feedback on explicit content not being available through Apple Podcasts via web Libsyn Ads has achieved 24% year over year growth for host read ads in the first half of 2024 Podcast 2.0 follow up New rules from the FTC banning fake testimonials Best practices for changing the name of your show Bolstering brand safety as Libsyn partners with Barometer Social media followers not correlate to podcast listeners Libsyn teams up with Universal Production Music for offer "Universal Music for Creators" Congratulations to Relay.FM on their 10th birthday PROMO 2: Over Here, Over There Stats: mean and median numbers Featured Podcast Promo + Audio [PROMO 1: The Relaxed Male] [PROMO 2: Over Here, Over There] Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly and share it on social! It would mean the world ☺️ Follow The Feed wherever you get your podcasts! → Follow via → Subscribe on → Follow via → Here's our ! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Call 412-573-1934 Email [email protected] Use our
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274 Legacy Audiences, New Audiences, and Podcasting Challenges
08/13/2024
274 Legacy Audiences, New Audiences, and Podcasting Challenges
A whole lot of discussion about Podcasting 2.0. It's almost the whole episode! Switching ownership of a show once producer has passed away, Alex Cooper from Call Her Daddy at the Olympics, some musings about those giant multi-million dollar podcasting deals, and stats, geographic and user agent download stats Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email [email protected], call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER ! Quick Episode Summary (2:24) PROMO 1: The Story Pilgrim (3:37) Rob and Elsie conversation (4:12) Switching ownership of a podcast if owner passes away (10:05) Alex Cooper at the Olympics and possible upcoming multi-million dollar deals (25:08) Feedback on Overcast App updates (31:16) PROMO 2: Seddy Bimco Pt 2 The Revenge (32:17) Making money in podcasting: advertising, value for value and more (47:01) Live streaming of your podcast (49:37) Person tag (50:50) Podroll (57:30) Having a tab to support Podcasting 2.0 features in Libsyn (1:08:30) PROMO 3: Ex-Homeschoolers Club (1:09:10) Stats: Geographic and user agent (1:13:35) Latest CPM monthly numbers from Libsyn Ads (1:16:15) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio Where have we been and where are we going Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly and share it on social! It would mean the world ☺️ Follow The Feed wherever you get your podcasts! → Follow via → Subscribe on → Follow via → Here's our ! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Call 412-573-1934 Email [email protected] Use our
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273 Analyzing Our Podcast’s First Year Performance on YouTube and Podcast App Updates
07/30/2024
273 Analyzing Our Podcast’s First Year Performance on YouTube and Podcast App Updates
Thoughts on the complete rewrite of Overcast, what's new for Apple Podcasts iOS 18, talking about Overlap and Twinbox, why can't podcast engagement and feedback all be in one place? One year stats of an audio podcast on YouTube Music, plus geographic and user agent download numbers. Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email [email protected], call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER ! Quick Episode Summary (2:59) PROMO 1: She Thrives (3:48) Rob and Elsie conversation (6:08) Happy anniversary Overcast (7:25) Our thoughts on the new Overcast (16:59) What's new for Apple Podcasts in iOS 18 (20:51) Playing with a podcast app called Overlap that both worked and failed (26:55) Elsie is testing an AI tool called Twinbox (30:39) PROMO 2: You Are Worth The Work (32:03) Why it's difficult to gather feedback, ratings and engagement from all the places (38:20) Aggregating multiple networks with multiple shows to one RSS feed? (42:04) Stats for a year of our podcast being on YouTube (49:34) PROMO 3: Tacet No More (50:37) Stats: geographic and user agent (54:43) Where have we been and where are we going Featured Podcast Promo + Audio Where have we been and where are we going Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly and share it on social! It would mean the world ☺️ Follow The Feed wherever you get your podcasts! → Follow via → Subscribe on → Follow via → Here's our ! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Call 412-573-1934 Email [email protected] Use our
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272 Restarting Your Podcast, Updating Your Podcast and YouTube Podcasts Strategies
07/16/2024
272 Restarting Your Podcast, Updating Your Podcast and YouTube Podcasts Strategies
Spotify for podcasters now has comments; something we were not prepared for regarding AI & older tech blogs; what if you've podfaded because - life - and now you're ready to start back up again. What to do? More YouTube and video podcasting strategy; the Podcast Host's 2024 Podcaster Gear Survey! Stats, mean and median numbers and oh so much more Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email [email protected], call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on ! We'd love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary (4:21) PROMO 1: Video Fuzzy (5:03) Rob and Elsie conversation (6:14) Spotify has rolled out comments and how that might affect podcasters (14:44) A new Overcast drops today! We'll discuss in the next episode (15:10) AI coming for TUAW and the impact to historical websites (20:04) The International Women's Podcast Festival is happening in London in October (21:11) Switching podcast branding and content on the same RSS feed (27:06) Restarting your podcast after a significant life event: audio feedback (32:21) The way that YouTube handles music podcasts (35:36) New podcast and two YouTube channels, what to do? (41:54) Where are the YouTube stats within the Libsyn interface? (43:24) The Podcast Host's podcaster gear survey 2024! (48:05) How to make YouTube shorts work for your podcast (53:03) Video and audio podcasting gear for traveling (55:03) Chartable founder Dave Zohrob has exited Spotify (56:26) PROMO 2: Glass in Session (57:23) Stats: mean and median numbers Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio on Spotify while he transitions! Where have we been and where are we going (Sign up!) Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly and share it on social! It would mean the world ☺️ Follow The Feed wherever you get your podcasts! → Follow via → Subscribe on → Follow via → Here's our ! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Call 412-573-1934 Email [email protected] Use our
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271 What's The Best Podcast Episode Length? And Restrictions For Podcasting CNN Content
07/02/2024
271 What's The Best Podcast Episode Length? And Restrictions For Podcasting CNN Content
What you need to know if you want to cover politics using clips from CNN! Yes, google podcasts is going away, and what impact will it have on your podcast; Spotify and transcripts; How to make sure that the transcript that you uploaded shows up on Apple Podcasts; How do you get the stats we cover on each episode to reference? We cover it for you! Stats! Discussing the length of the top 200 episodes in Apple Podcasts and what that tells us about the "right" episode length. Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email [email protected], call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on ! We'd love to hear from you! ✍🏽 SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER ! Quick Episode Summary (3:06) PROMO 1: The Youth Development Center Podcast (4:04) Rob and Elsie conversation (4:39) What if you want to cover the debates broadcast on CNN on your podcast? We've got info! (9:20) Getting clear about what kind of impact Google Podcast disappearing will have on your podcast and the YouTube of it all A message from the Google Podcasts team (18:46) Spotify and transcripts (21:27) New a live theater space to hold LIVE podcast recordings in Pittsburgh: Poduty (24:48) How to make sure that the transcripts that you uploaded are the transcripts that go out to Apple Podcasts (26:52) The first steps to take to make sure that your RSS feed is redirected to a new feed (28:47) Guess where we publish our mean and median download numbers? (31:27) The best podcast conferences to attend in the U.S. (35:58) PROMO 2: Civilla Morgan (37:39) Worst email of the week! (44:40) Congratulations to the Mongabay's Podcast! (45:56) The key players and elements to have on your website to promote your podcast (48:53) PROMO 3: FranchiseU! (50:00) Stats: what is the "right" episode length based on Apple Podcasts' top 200 (57:23) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 2: Where have we been and where are we going Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly and share it on social! It would mean the world ☺️ Follow The Feed wherever you get your podcasts! → Follow via → Subscribe on → Follow via → Here's our ! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Call 412-573-1934 Email [email protected] Use our
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270 WWDC Highlights Through Podcasting Lens, Apple Intelligence, and Podcast Economics
06/18/2024
270 WWDC Highlights Through Podcasting Lens, Apple Intelligence, and Podcast Economics
All the podcast-centric WWDC announcements including Apple Intelligence and being able to record phone calls; should you scheduled 3 podcast episodes to go out at the same time? Questions about Libsyn supporting video and where it goes; breaking down how many downloads per episode you need to start monetizing with Libsyn; how much podcast production costs; geographic and user agent download numbers plus May's average CPM numbers from Libsyn Ads. Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email [email protected], call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER ! 📺 Follow all our live events Quick Episode Summary (2:33) PROMO 1: Offstage Acting (3:51) Rob and Elsie conversation (5:09) Why does Elsie always get Legends From The Pacific podcast name wrong? So sorry (8:33) More on the Libsyn YouTube API integration (15:46) Breaking down the WWDC keynote for podcasters (26:58) Apple Intelligence (33:39) Apple ID is now Apple Account! (39:38) PROMO 2: Journey into Yoga (40:22) Scheduling multiple episodes to go live at the same time, dos and don'ts (41:40) Does Libsyn publish video to Spotify and YouTube? We get to it! (45:46) How many downloads per episode are needed to start monetizing with Libsyn, and how much revenue is expected? (48:49) Ashley Carman covers podcast production costs (57:29) Steph Curry is doing a podcast (58:32) PROMO 3: Worm Hole Podcast (59:42) Stats! Geographic and user agent (1:03:59) Libsyn Ads CPM rates (1:06:21) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio Where have we been and where are we going Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly and share it on social! It would mean the world ☺️ Follow The Feed wherever you get your podcasts! → Follow via → Subscribe on → Follow via → Here's our ! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Call 412-573-1934 Email [email protected] Use our
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269 Can You Be on YouTube Music and Not YouTube? And Thoughts on Section 230
06/04/2024
269 Can You Be on YouTube Music and Not YouTube? And Thoughts on Section 230
Integration with YouTube's podcast API, the latest Castro app update; what is happening with my downloads stats? How to find out what is up when you see those ups and downs; real time news about Gaana; talking about what's up with section 230; answering more questions about YouTube and podcasts; clean vs explicit; formatting your podcast shownotes; another mean and median download update! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email [email protected], call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER ! Quick Episode Summary (2:22) PROMO 1: Fix It Home Improvement (3:10) Rob and Elsie conversation (5:15) The YouTube API + Libsyn integration (7:56) Castro App update! (13:54) How to find out what caused that change when looking at your download stats (19:01) Oh, no! What's going on with Gaana? (22:56) It's better to not do the podcast if you're not willing to do the work - you could be a guest (33:23) Is it possible to be on YouTube Music and not YouTube Music? And other YouTube for podcast questions (42:27) AUDIO FEEDBACK: explicit vs clean tips from John, host of the Trek Profiles podcast (49:30) PROMO 2: Back Look Cinema (50:19) Formatting your podcast shownotes and making them look nice (57:00) The problem when a platform rehosts your files and creates another RSS feed for your podcast (1:10:06) PROMO 3: Classic Movie Review (1:10:49) Mean and median numbers (1:12:25) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio Where have we been and where are we going Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly and share it on social! It would mean the world ☺️ Follow The Feed wherever you get your podcasts! → Follow via → Subscribe on → Follow via → Here's our ! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Call 412-573-1934 Email [email protected] Use our
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268 How To Get Featured on Apple Podcasts Plus Mean and Median Numbers Are Back!
05/21/2024
268 How To Get Featured on Apple Podcasts Plus Mean and Median Numbers Are Back!
If you want to be promoted by Apple Podcasts, we break it down for you! This is a must listen! Thoughts on the Apple's iPad event, from that crushing ad to the key updates to the iPad line. Apple Podcasts widget update on iOS 17.5; discussing the Q1 2024 Podcast Advertising benchmark Report from Magellan; What's a good podcast completion rate? The IAB released their 2023 US Podcast Revenue and growth projections plus, mean and median download numbers are back. Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email [email protected], call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on ! We'd love to hear from you! 🤖 The AI For Podcasting event that you can't miss! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER ! Quick Episode Summary Intro to the show (2:02) Rob and Elsie conversation Why video podcasting can feel like such a heavy lift (6:43) R.I.P. Bill Monroe from The Strokecast, you are missed (10:55) Venture capitalists are using podcast to bring in founders (13:27) The Apple Ad that crushed all the things (17:43) What happened during the Apple iPad event? (24:31) Promo 1: Strokecast (25:02) Updates iOS 17.5, keep the purple out! (29:27) All about the Magellan Q1 2024 Podcast Advertising Benchmark report (36:48) All the tips to get your show featured on Apple Podcasts! (50:34) IAB Podcast advertising revenue and projections (53:48) Promo 2: Accessing College (54:56) Mean and median download numbers! (56:59) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: The Strokecast --- no more link Where have we been and where are we going Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie : Fill out this form first! HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly and share it on social! It would mean the world ☺️ Follow The Feed wherever you get your podcasts! → Follow via → Subscribe on → Follow via → Here's our ! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Call 412-573-1934 Email [email protected] Use our
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267 Re-certified for IAB metrics V2.1 and Ways To Name and Number Your Episodes
05/07/2024
267 Re-certified for IAB metrics V2.1 and Ways To Name and Number Your Episodes
Re-certified for IAB metrics to V2.1, discussing the State of Podcast Agencies, talk about the best naming conventions, the power of shout-outs and how to make Apple Podcasts better. Plus, stats, the lastest geographic and user agent download data, and updated Podcast Advertising Rates. Also, featuring all kinds of awesome audio feedback from you. Big love to those that did send that audio feedback ❤ Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email [email protected], call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER ! Quick Episode Summary (2:38) PROMO 1: Video Fuzzy (3:34) Rob and Elsie conversation (7:23) We are re-certified for IAB metrics to V2.1 (12:08) Chatting about the State of Podcasting Agencies report (16:36) Libsyn at the IAB Upfronts 2024! (20:37) A quickie email from the Apple Podcasts team (22:13) Is YouTube the only destination that requires naked links? (29:04) It won't be so hard to install Audio Hijack anymore! Have you given it a go? (34:41) Elsie shares a conversion rate from the podcast to a sign up (40:18) Thoughts on the best ways to name and number your podcast episodes (49:04) AUDIO FEEDBACK: the power of the shout-out and feedback on the Apple Podcasts subscription feature (53:31) AUDIO FEEDBACK: doing better with acronyms is good for all! (54:47) We will report on anything podcasting relevant released at the Apple Event (56:49) PROMO 2: Legends From The Pacific, Episode 14 (57:32) Stats: geographic and user agent download numbers (1:06:09) The latest Podcast Advertising Rates (1:08:25) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio Where have we been and where are we going Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly and share it on social! It would mean the world ☺️ Follow The Feed wherever you get your podcasts! → Follow via → Subscribe on → Follow via → Here's our ! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Call 412-573-1934 Email [email protected] Use our
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266 iOS 18 Notes App Rumors, Podcasting Gear Talk and the Future of Podcast Success Measurement
04/23/2024
266 iOS 18 Notes App Rumors, Podcasting Gear Talk and the Future of Podcast Success Measurement
Takeaways from NAB in Las Vegas. What if your feed is capped? Or is it? We've got answers. New audio-centric social media platform, Air Chat. Is CPM the problem in podcasting? A bit about the Shure MoveMic and the updated MV7+. Some great updates to the Notes App on iOS 18 (allegedly). Insight on what it takes to crack the top 10 in a category on Apple Podcasts upon launch! 👀 Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email [email protected], call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER ! Quick Episode Summary (2:34) PROMO 1: Not Your Average Goat (3:30) Rob and Elsie conversation (5:06) Recap NAB 2024 (7:54) Shure MoveMic test at NAB and thoughts (11:22) What podcasters were talking about at NAB 2024 (15:19) What if your RSS feed is capped at 100? Or is it? (17:21) The new audio social media platform Airchat (24:39) Are CPMs to blame on why podcasts are devalued? (39:21) PROMO 2: Ep 133 of The Hearts of Gold Podcast (40:42) Why did you leave us? (41:55) Is there data on type of podcast at a mass level? And thoughts on series vs episodic (46:35) Do you have a True Crime podcast and are hosted on Libsyn? We got an opportunity for you! (49:35) The new updated Shure MV7+ (53:39) iOS 18 and the Notes up with audio support! (allegedly) (58:43) PROMO 3: The Perfect Stool (59:22) What do you need to get on the top 10 of your category when you launch your podcast? (1:01:19) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie (Including Amazon Music!) HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly and share it on social! It would mean the world ☺️ Follow The Feed wherever you get your podcasts! → Follow via → Subscribe on → Follow via → Here's our ! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Call 412-573-1934 Email [email protected] Use our
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265 Apple Podcasts Search Update, Marketing Your Podcast With Transcripts Plus Podcast Data And Trends
04/09/2024
265 Apple Podcasts Search Update, Marketing Your Podcast With Transcripts Plus Podcast Data And Trends
No more Google Podcasts? George Carlin's estate reaches settlement after AI Podcast, marketing your episodes with Apple Podcasts and the new transcripts feature! Two soapboxes 👀 Rob on Bill Maher refusing to stop the smoke for Steve-O, and Elsie's, on marketers and the misleading headlines! Big ups to Ashley Carman for her piece on some of the biggie podcasts using app game marketing, discussing The Infinite Dial 2024, and March's downloads stats! User agent and geographic! 👀 Sign up for this event featuring the YouTube Podcasting Team with Libsyn! All about YouTube + RSS + Podcasting! → Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email [email protected], call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER ! Quick Episode Summary (2:51) PROMO 1: United We Spay (3:39) Rob and Elsie conversation A tiny bit of chit chat (5:36) No more Google Podcasts? What you can expect, a message from the Google Podcast team (10:06) Attend our even with the YouTube Podcasts Team! (11:43) Update on Apple Podcasts search, guess what else gives you search results? Info directly from the Apple Podcasts Team! (18:28) Levelator work with the M2 MacBook Pro! (21:12) George Carlin's estate reaches settlement after the A.I podcast situation (28:11) Very creative and easy way to market your show on social media using Apple Podcasts transcripts! (30:33) Shout-out to Podcraft! Doing the work for independent podcasters (32:40) PROMO 2: Rewind Rewatch (33:42) Soapbox 1 - Bill Maher one day of no smoke, that is all, one day of no smoke (36:58) Soapbox 2 - Make your headline promoting your thing reflect the actual content (41:33) Spotify podcast trends report and why we are bringing it to you for YOU to evangelize (48:40) Shout-out to Ashley Carman on covering the use of game ads for podcasts and how they are proving to be quite problematic (57:10) Edison Research's The Infinite Dial 2024 redux! (1:01:15) PROMO: Craftlit (1:02:44) Stats, geographic and user agents (1:07:20) Libsyn Ads advertising rates for March (1:10:19) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio Where have we been and where are we going Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Example of using Apple Podcasts transcripts to share a podcast episode HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly and share it on social! It would mean the world ☺️ Follow The Feed wherever you get your podcasts! → Follow via → Subscribe on → Follow via → Here's our ! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Call 412-573-1934 Email [email protected] Use our
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264 Optimizing For Podcast Discovery, Uploading Your Transcripts & The Shure MoveMic
03/26/2024
264 Optimizing For Podcast Discovery, Uploading Your Transcripts & The Shure MoveMic
You can now upload your own transcripts to Libsyn 5! The amazing new Shure MoveMic, Libsyn teams up with Bunny Studio! How Episodes.fm can really help you market your podcast. FYI Having keywords in your description, no matter how many times won't be indexed by Apple Podcasts (and more data on what gets your show found in Apple Podcasts,) Rick Selah as the new EVP of Sales for Advertisecast aka Libsyn Ads! Yes, Advertisecast is now Libsyn Ads 🎉 And stats, the latest geographic and user agents data. 👀 Sign up for this event featuring the YouTube Podcasting Team with Libsyn! All about YouTube + RSS + Podcasting! → Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email [email protected], call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER ! Quick Episode Summary (2:44) PROMO 1: In The Great Khan’s Tent (3:34) Rob and Elsie conversation (5:28) Adding your own transcripts to Libsyn 5 - it's a thing! (6:19) Clarification from the Apple Podcasts team about how they ingest transcripts added and compare to the actual audio file (15:18) All about the Shure MoveMic, what is is and best use cases (25:35) Libsyn Teams Up with Bunny Studio to Unlock Exclusive Premium Creative Services for Podcasters (28:18) Using Episodes.FM to share your podcast episode (34:15) PROMO 2: Be Well, Sis Feedback on vinyl wrapping a Pacer (35:38) Two women's events are back: International Women's Podcast Awards and The International Women's Festival (37:09) Libsyn names Rick Selah as new EVP of sales for AdvertiseCast Marketplace (39:09) We're doing an event with the YouTube for Podcasters team all about your podcasts on YouTube (40:46) How many episodes have we covered Apple Podcasts search? A lot (42:47) Clarifying exactly what is indexed in Apple Podcasts to get your podcast found (57:09) PROMO 3: Homeowners Best Real Estate Moves (57:52) Stats: geographic and user agent (1:01:42) Libsyn Ads monthly advertising rates (1:04:20) Advertisecast is now Libsyn Ads (1:09:11) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio Where have we been and where are we going Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly and share it on social! It would mean the world ☺️ Follow The Feed wherever you get your podcasts! → Follow via → Subscribe on → Follow via → Here's our ! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Call 412-573-1934 Email [email protected] Use our
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263 Creative Marketing Unleashed and iOS 17's Impact on Podcasting
03/05/2024
263 Creative Marketing Unleashed and iOS 17's Impact on Podcasting
We cover the release of IAB Podcast Metrics V2.2 for public comment; using community volunteers for human-assisted transcripts and addressing common transcription questions; Elsie's thoughts on the risks of "magically replying" on social media; Rob's take on the potential impact of iOS 17 and Q1 ad changes; effective podcast marketing tactics ranging from vinyl-wrapped cars to Overcast ads and guerrilla approaches; how programmatic ads can provide modest but meaningful income; a discussion of the Edison Research Share of Ear Report; and a look at podcast stats, geographic and user agent data. With insights on metrics, marketing, monetization, industry trends and more, this episode has something for podcasters at every level! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email [email protected], call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER ! Quick Episode Summary (2:24) PROMO 1: The Mandalore (3:22) Rob and Elsie conversation How about them Chiefs? And Rob is back (9:43) The IAB Podcast Metrics V2.2 is now available for public comments. (11:27) The influence of podcast hosts! A report (17:25) Jay on podcast transcripts - audio feedback (25:39) Follow up on opting out of podcast transcripts (33:02) Magic Reply and Elsie's soapbox about its impact on social media interaction (39:39) Rob shares the impact and what he calls "the perfect storm" of iOS 17 + Q1 + programmatic ads (43:24) PROMO 2: Everyone Is Moving To Berlin (45:05) Marketing: social? (49:21) Marketing: Overcast ads (54:24) The impact of the programmatic Paul audio feedback (58:24) Guerrilla marketing tactics and vinyl on your vehicle! Darren audio feedback (1:05:28) Edison Research's Quarterly Share of Ear Report with interesting results on podcast listening in urban vs rural areas (1:08:08) PROMO 3: The Strokecast about Voice Over (1:08:53) Stats: geographic and user agent (1:13:49) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio Where have we been and where are we going Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly and share it on social! It would mean the world ☺️ Follow The Feed wherever you get your podcasts! → Follow via → Subscribe on → Follow via → Here's our ! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Call 412-573-1934 Email [email protected] Use our
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262 Protecting Your Podcast Brand, Effective Podcast Advertising and Programmatic Challenges Explored
02/20/2024
262 Protecting Your Podcast Brand, Effective Podcast Advertising and Programmatic Challenges Explored
Hit skip or hit subscribe? The dilemma of podcast ads, explored from both sides of the microphone; what is podcast x-ray and why do you need it? The impact of podcast fame, podcast business and controversial guests is it destroying podcasting? Let's be nice to people on the internet; podcast Ads as a tool to get better at your own podcast promotion; the Podcast Threads community is thriving, plus so much more! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email [email protected], call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER ! Quick Episode Summary (3:10) PROMO 1: The Main Thing (4:09) Elsie and Erik conversation Guest co-host! Erik Fisher (5:44) The coolest tool, Podcast X-Ray (11:35) Deep dive into the downfall of modern podcasting video (27:42) What about when advertisers are deceptive about the categories? (38:35) The audience experience of podcast ads and be nice, people! (43:51) PROMO 2: Where Is The Line? (46:20) Why listening to podcast ads is helpful to podcasters (54:38) Podcaster Threads is cool! (1:03:00) PROMO 3: Tomorrow's Legends (1:04:00) Have you taken the Podcaster Gear survey? (1:04:55) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio Where have we been and where are we going Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly and share it on social! It would mean the world ☺️ Follow The Feed wherever you get your podcasts! → Follow via → Subscribe on → Follow via → Here's our ! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Call 412-573-1934 Email [email protected] Use our
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261 Apple Podcasts Transcript Updates and Stepping Down From Podcast Leadership
02/06/2024
261 Apple Podcasts Transcript Updates and Stepping Down From Podcast Leadership
Rob and Elsie dive into the world of podcast transcripts, covering everything from Apple Podcasts' new automatic transcription feature to the best practices for creating and using custom transcripts. They also discuss recent developments in the industry, including Apple Podcasts' exclusivity shifts, changes in podcast app ownership, and the impact of iOS 17 on podcast statistics plus user agents download numbers are back! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email [email protected], call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER ! Quick Episode Summary (2:17) PROMO 1: The Business of You (2:43) Rob and Elsie conversation (3:30) All kinds of talk about Apple Podcasts transcripts! (32:29) Elsie and some She Podcasts news (37:22) PROMO 2: 19 Stories From Fear To Hope (40:46) Paul Colligan's guesting manifesto (42:31) Remember Magic Bookafier? It's back on AppSumo (43:11) Looks like the Castro App is back! (45:31) Alex Cooper is no longer exclusive to Spotify (47:41) Audacy to cut 25% of the staff in Pineapple Podcast division (52:10) Additional data on the drop of downloads from iOS 17 via Podtrac (53:22) Google podcasts is going away and next steps (55:06) PROMO 3: Stitchery Stories (55:26) Stats: User agents are back! (59:09) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio Where have we been and where are we going Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly and share it on social! It would mean the world ☺️ Follow The Feed wherever you get your podcasts! → Follow via → Subscribe on → Follow via → Here's our ! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Call 412-573-1934 Email [email protected] Use our
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260 Exploring Podcast Rankings, Network Negotiations and Listener Education
01/23/2024
260 Exploring Podcast Rankings, Network Negotiations and Listener Education
How to determine your ranking compared to other podcasts and our perspective on it. The optimal methods for utilizing third-party and first-party podcast statistics. The crucial questions you should pose when considering a partnership with a podcast network. Insights into podcast app functionality, audience desires, and audience needs. We'll also cover statistics, including geographic and user agent data, and Rob's soapbox discussion on 'The Incredible Shrinking Podcast Industry,' and more! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email [email protected], call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER ! Quick Episode Summary (2:20) PROMO 1: Tales From The Pacific, episode 150! (3:47) Rob and Elsie conversation It's cold in Nashville! (5:00) Off to Podfest and the Podcasting Hall of Fame (6:00) What's going on at She Podcasts Live Unplugged (9:13) There is no all encompassing ranking system in podcasting (16:52) What to use Rephonic for and what not to use it for (24:28) The most important you need to ask for before you sign that podcast network deal! (26:38) Podcasting 2.0 thoughts (38:05) PROMO 2: The Strokecast, Tawnie The Neuro Mermaid (38:41) The YouTube Music podcast app is missing some vital things (40:23) Depending on what podcast app you are using, your podcast shownotes might not look the same (43:33) Earfluence acquires Podcast Ally! (45:18) Feedback please! Share your podcast marketing audience acquisition campaign data (46:57) PROMO 3: Old Skool with QueenE (47:33) Stats: Geographic and user agent (48:50) Commentary on "The Incredibly Shrinking Podcasting Industry" (50:38) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio Where have we been and where are we going Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly and share it on social! It would mean the world ☺️ Follow The Feed wherever you get your podcasts! → Follow via → Subscribe on → Follow via → Here's our ! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Call 412-573-1934 Email [email protected] Use our
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259 The Growth of Podcast Advertising And Podcast Marketing Real Talk
01/09/2024
259 The Growth of Podcast Advertising And Podcast Marketing Real Talk
It's the new year, and that means new public domain works are available! Time to update the copyright for your podcast's RSS feed, preparing for the influx of new advertisers entering the world of podcasting in 2024. Google Search now featuring podcasts 👀 We're excited to announce the Podcast Hall of Fame inductees for the class of 2024! Additionally, we'll delve into real talk about podcast marketing, explore the latest podcast advertising rates, and so much more! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email [email protected], call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER ! Quick Episode Summary (2:03) PROMO 1: The Forgotten Podcast (4:23) Rob and Elsie conversation (5:08) The new works entering the public domain (12:16) Discussing the estimation of growth in podcast advertising (17:14 ) Elsie's wish for advertising (19:10) The Digiday audience, fighting for audience (23:13) PROMO 2: Video Fuzzy (23:42) Google's podcast results right at the top of the page on a couple of browsers! And thoughts on how those results are coming up (32:08) Congrats to the winners of Canadian Podcast Awards (33:51) Announcing the 2024 Podcast Hall of Fame inductees! (38:50) Audio feedback from Nobilis! (40:08) Wrong titling? Wrong category? Gaining 20% audience? Laying down some real advice to a podcast (47:09) Diving straight into some very insightful data on podcast marketing trends The real data on how many video podcasts are in Apple Podcasts (1:04:00) PROMO 3: REMelations - Comedy Dream Interpretation (1:06:27) No mean and median numbers; yes, the latest podcast advertising rates (1:09:40) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio Where have we been and where are we going Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly and share it on social! It would mean the world ☺️ Follow The Feed wherever you get your podcasts! → Follow via → Subscribe on → Follow via → Here's our ! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Call 412-573-1934 Email [email protected] Use our
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258 Free Speech and 2024 Podcast Predictions Begin
12/19/2023
258 Free Speech and 2024 Podcast Predictions Begin
All the predictions discussion for 2024, including how the election year and podcast advertising intersect and expectations about social media podcast marketing and growth. A free speech soapbox from Rob; from RSS to newsletters; the video to podcast RSS feed workflow; discussing the casualties of the podcasting bloodbath, yikes! Details about a 301 redirect plus geographic and user agent and a bit of a deep dive into the Apple Podcasts iOS 17 update and how that affected download numbers! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email [email protected], call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER ! Quick Episode Summary (2:19) PROMO 1: Breakbeat Week (3:21) Rob and Elsie conversation (4:19) Rob on free speech (11:17) We have a predictions blog post we'd love for you to check out! (12:01) Rob's 2024 podcasting predictions (19:02) Elsie's 2024 podcasting predictions (27:09) Have you watched the podcasting predictions video on YouTube? (28:43) If you added a video component to your podcast this year we want your feedback! (30:18) Automatic an email to go out when a podcast publishes (34:23) Sourcing images for your podcast (38:18) PROMO 2: Leaving Well (39:40) Video uploads to RSS feed workflow (44:08) Would there be any issues using a slash character in a podcast character? (45:16) Discussing the casualties of the podcasting bloodbath (53:12) Questions about a 301 redirect (55:21) PROMO 3: The Extraordinary Project's "Finding Dawn" (56:48) Stats: geographic (57:48) iOS 17 affects on Apple Podcasts downloads (1:08:35) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio Where have we been and where are we going Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly and share it on social! It would mean the world ☺️ Follow The Feed wherever you get your podcasts! → Follow via → Subscribe on → Follow via → Here's our ! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Call 412-573-1934 Email [email protected] Use our
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257 Apple Podcasts vs Spotify 2023 Podcast Charts and Castro Closure?
12/05/2023
257 Apple Podcasts vs Spotify 2023 Podcast Charts and Castro Closure?
What do the most popular podcasts in 2023 from Apple and Spotify have in common? Is Elsie's beloved Castro App closing down? Submitting your show to the Black Podcasting directory, tips for inviting a celebrity to be a guest on your podcast. Seasonal audience vs weekly audience, which is best? And the latest podcast advertising rates! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email [email protected], call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER ! Quick Episode Summary (1:53) PROMO 1: The Reframeables (2:23) Rob and Elsie conversation (2:48) The sad news about the Castro App (21:02) Apple Podcasts shares the most popular podcasts of 2023! (22:12) Apple Podcasts vs Spotify top podcast lists (30:52) Rob's post production workflow (36:16) Submitting your podcasts into the Black Podcasting App (37:43) PROMO 2: Creatively Shaded (38:56) Getting celebrities to come on your podcast (45:19) Do you need to update the player embed codes on all these sites? (47:00) Is it better to release weekly or seasonal podcasts? (51:28) Changing the URL for your podcast website (53:30) PROMO 3: To All The Men I've Tolerated Before (54:36) Advertisecast's latest podcast advertising rates (1:00:45) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio Where have we been and where are we going Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly and share it on social! It would mean the world ☺️ Follow The Feed wherever you get your podcasts! → Follow via → Subscribe on → Follow via → Here's our ! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Call 412-573-1934 Email [email protected] Use our
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256 Protect Your RSS Feed!
11/21/2023
256 Protect Your RSS Feed!
Do you know any program to replace Levelator? More insight into YouTube Music and YouTube proper; getting offered 3k to be a guest on a podcast, Audio Hijack now transcribes; when your shownotes don't look the way you want them to look; make sure if you join a network you can see your stats! Zoom is getting fancy; more on the AI conversation, and stats! Geographic and user agents! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email [email protected], call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER ! Quick Episode Summary (2:32) PROMO 1: Beyond 6 Seconds (3:32) Rob and Elsie conversation Rob update on his computer woes (6:12) Do you know of a replacement for Levelator or Auphonic on an M3 Mac? (8:46) Updates to Libsyn 5 player (10:25) The Feed glow up is still happening and we have a new website landing page (13:52) More questions about YouTube Music, audio feedback from Steve Stewart (18:44) Scam alert! It it sounds too good to be true, it probably is (23:13) Audio Hijack has transcripts now! (25:34) PROMO 2: Whale Tales (26:42) When your shownotes don't look perfect across all podcast apps (31:05) Protect your RSS feed and Rob shares why (39:12) Zoom and all the AI things it currently does (44:45) Feedback on AI content generation, audio feedback from Nobilis (55:56) PROMO 3: Dodge This (56:41) Stats, geographic and use agent! (1:00:48) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio Where have we been and where are we going Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly ! Follow The Feed wherever you get your podcast! → Follow via → Follow via → Follow via → Here's our ! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download The Feed App for and Call 412-573-1934 Email [email protected] Use our
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255 Should You Use The YouTube RSS Feed Ingestion?
11/07/2023
255 Should You Use The YouTube RSS Feed Ingestion?
Advertisecast's Winning Advertising Playbook panel at Advertising Week; all the FAQs about the YouTube Music RSS feed ingestion; the differences between YouTube Music and YouTube proper and which one is for you and your podcast, big fakes in 2024, reverb removal follow up, keep a back up of your files! More best practices on changing branding and titles and our latest stats mean and median download numbers Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email [email protected], call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER ! Quick Episode Summary (2:12) PROMO 1: The Strokecast (2:46) Rob and Elsie conversation (3:55) Rob's MacBook issue (6:56) Spooky Apple event (9:24) Emerging Podcast Advertising Trends from Advertising Week New York 2023 (13:15) All the podcaster questions about the new YouTube RSS feed ingestion! (37:18) Deep fakes, deep fakes! (48:38) Follow up on creating a book from your podcast - Magic Bookifier (50:35) PROMO 2: Diabetes Connection Type 2 (52:11) Follow up on echo removal! DeRoom (53:47) Audio examples using DeRoom (55:00) Workflow and best practices for renaming your podcast files (59:13) Follow up on putting your audio podcasts into YouTube proper with a static image (1:02:49) How to have an archive of all of your podcast episodes (1:07:26) Connecting to your YouTube channel via the Libsyn Destination (1:08:43) Advice on title, artwork and other things (1:16:56) PROMO 3: Calm History (1:18:08) Stats: Mean and Median Numbers (1:22:21) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio Where have we been and where are we going Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We'd love it if you could please share The Feed with your X followers. ! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly ! Follow The Feed wherever you listen to audio! → Follow via → Follow via → Follow via → Here's our ! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download The Feed App for and Call 412-573-1934 Email [email protected] Use our
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