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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 /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/32154407

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 /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/31977812

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 /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/31781952

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 /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/31596237

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 /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/31400202

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 /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/31174047

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 /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/30943293

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 /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/30746833

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 /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/30547498

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 /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/30237003

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 /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/30033773

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 /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/29816033

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 /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/29610888

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 /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/29409093

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 /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/29118808

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 /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/28936798

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 /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/28737708

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 /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/28542887

254 Apple Podcasts Download Changes 10/24/2023

254 Apple Podcasts Download Changes We are an award winning podcast about podcasting and we got a glow up! The latest update on automatic download improvements from Apple Podcasts and iOS 17, holiday submission times (especially if you're launching a new thing in 2024), tips on renaming your show, touching on what's up at WNYC and the Airr podcast app, tracking how a listener found your podcast 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 (2:24) PROMO 1: Strokecast (2:54) Rob and Elsie conversation A moment to comment on the state of the world (4:42) We are an award winning podcast and we got a glow up (7:12) Automatic download improvements per Apple (17:51) Holiday hours time! (19:45) The Shure MVX2U does work with the iPhone 15 (23:22) Tips and workflow for renaming your show (36:48) "We've made the difficult decision to sunset Airr" (40:07) PROMO 2: Video Fuzzy (40:36) When AI editors cut off the "sh" sound (43:34) How to track if a listener found out about the podcast through an advertisement or a specific sight There is no algorithm to catch if there's a new show (46:44) PROMO 3: Calm History (47:41) Stats, geographic and user agents! (56:00) 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 /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/28402046

253 Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce And The CRTC Chaos 10/10/2023

253 Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce And The CRTC Chaos 👀 ALL TIMECODES ARE OFF! We are an award nominated podcast! The Latino Podcast Listener Report 2023; Advertisecast's partnership with Leo Skepi's Aware and Aggravated; Google podcasts going away and what you need to know; The Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission is making things problematic and confusing (Rob W has many thoughts); the difference between user agents and destinations; the new Shure SM7db; the Wireless Pro from Rode; and stats! Mean and median numbers, plus the latest podcast advertising rates. (timecodes are off because I had to replace the file!) 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 (3:04) PROMO 1: Legends From The Pacific, Hawaii's Missing Diver (3:42) Rob and Elsie conversation We are an award nominated podcast! Congrats to us! (7:33) Google Podcasts is going away and what you need to know 😮‍💨 (13:42) Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission with the worst law passed in 2023 (17:26) Pushkin and Sony Podcasts both had major layoffs to their teams (19:08) What's the difference between User Agent and Destination? (21:35) Echo removers! Do you have one that you love? (23:14) Yes, we do talk about Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift Hmmmmm the guests feature in Apple Podcasts sometimes does weird things (31:11) Rob shares about a new under $100 microphone, the Fifine Dynamic XLR/USB mic (33:09) PROMO 2: Your podcast promo here! (34:38) The amazing new Shure SM7db! (40:53) The Rode Wireless PRO is so cool (45:23) Latino Podcast Listener Report 2023 key findings (50:22) AdvertiseCast Strikes Exclusive Advertising Partnership with Viral Social Media Influencer Leo Skepi's “Aware & Aggravated” Podcast (51:53) Another loss for our community with the passing of radio host Mark Friedo Friedman (52:33) PROMO 3: Calm History (53:28) Stats, mean and median numbers (55:42) Monthly advertising rates (57:57) 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! 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 /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/28267049

252 The Podcasting Minimum Guarantee 09/19/2023

252 The Podcasting Minimum Guarantee ABC Audio Announces Exclusive Multi-Year Podcast Advertising Partnership with Libsyn’s AdvertiseCast, using the Shure MVX2U on the field, thoughts on Minimum Guarantees in podcasting, The Latino Podcast Listener Report 2023 is coming as is an amazing Pre-report networking event called Monetizing Latine Podcasts! All kinds of cool podcasting tools and workflows, so much feedback on feed swaps and feed drops, my love for Matter, and of the latest 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 (2:01) PROMO 1: Pick My Adventure Show (2:52) Rob and Elsie conversation (3:34) ABC Audio Announces Exclusive Multi-Year Podcast Advertising Partnership with Libsyn’s AdvertiseCast (6:46) Rob test recording of the Shure MVX2U (7:42) Rob thoughts on using the Shure MVX2U (9:32) Claritas has acquired ArtsAI (10:05) Chatting about the Theo Von clip and Exposing a Podcast Scam (11:23) Talking about minimum guarantees (23:38) The Latino Podcast Listener Report is back! (27:09) Promo 2: Obstacle Running Adventures (28:01) Audio feedback from Steve Stewart about the future of YouTube (30:44) Learning about podcast adobe mic check (32:18) Growing your audience with feed drops (33:07) Audio feedback from Dave about feed drops Update from Sheryl about her feed swap (38:04) A YouTube channel, and should you push an audio version of your podcast if you already have a video version? (43:38) Losing podcast producer John Biethan, R.I.P. (44:36) Do you know of an AI tool that can help to turn all of your podcasts episodes into a book? (48:33) Elsie loves Matter and why (54:28) Promo 3: Calm History (55:15) Stats: geographic and use agent (59:35) Advertisecast monthly advertising rates (1:02:40) Rob recap of BNM Summit - radio loves podcasting now (1:10:20) Where have we been? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: PROMO 2: PROMO 3: Audio feedback: Audio feedback: Audio feedback: Where have we been and where are we going Work with me! 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 /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/28078557

251 It's Ok To Only Have An Audio Podcast and Linkfire Excitement 09/05/2023

251 It's Ok To Only Have An Audio Podcast and Linkfire Excitement Podcast Movement recap! YouTube supporting RSS feeds by end of year, Triton has integrated with Youtube metrics, commentary on video vs audio and why it's ok to just have an audio podcast, Libsyn Unveils “LibsynEDU” to empower educators and students in podcasting, Apple announces subscription analytics, more delegated delivery partners and Linkfire for podcasts, Relay.FM launched their annual St. Jude fundraiser! The Shure MVX2U USB interface and 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 (2:18) PROMO 1: The Strokecast episode on tone basics (2:48) Rob and Elsie conversation (3:12) Podcast Movement recap (9:24) YouTube to support RSS feeds Triton integrates YouTube podcast metrics (12:25) HotPod quotes Rob (13:42) You do not have to do video if you are in podcasting or are looking to get into podcasting (28:27) PROMO 2: The Modern.NET Show (29:25) Libsyn releases LibsynEDU! (36:51) We have excitement about the Apple Podcasts announcement about Linkfire (47:28) The September Apple event has been announced (49:06) Relay.FM just launched their annual St. Jude fundraiser! (51:22) We are loving the Shure MVX2U USB interface (59:04) Strike Force Five has launched (1:00:30) PROMO 3: Mash Matters (1:01:10) Mean and median numbers (1:03:42) 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 /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/27930417

250 No, It's Not Censorship 08/22/2023

250 No, It's Not Censorship Alex Cooper from Call Her Daddy launches her own network called “Unwell” and media habits of Gen Z, nope, Apple was not censoring, Rob breaks down Glenn Beck's RSS feed (although the takedown was all about a trademark issue. MacWhisper! Podcast Audio Quality Grader, Squadcast joining Descript and all kinds of libsyn PR releases! Chuck Cargile as New Chief Financial Officer, Libsyn's Advertisecast signs Exclusive Ad partnership with Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People podcast! Predictive Contextual Targeting for Enhanced Podcast Advertising Precision and Effectiveness 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 (3:17) PROMO 1: 7sumwhere (3:37) Rob and Elsie conversation (5:17) Libsyn welcomes Chuck Cargile as new chief financial officer (8:40) Libsyn's Advertisecast signs exclusive partnership with Beautiful Stories From Anonymous People (10:52) Best practices for getting your podcast artwork ready (16:10) Apple did not censor Glenn Beck (19:10) MacWhisper! (21:01) Follow up for Feedswaps (26:39) PROMO 2: The Strokecast, the PFO episode (27:33) Alex Cooper from Call Her Daddy launched her own network called "Unwell" (29:17) The media habits of Gen Z (33:00) Oh! A way to grade your podcast! (34:12) Squadcast joins Descript (35:08) When a podcast doesn't update on 3rd party apps (39:02) The difference between evergreen and timely (41:07) Libsyn introduces predictive contextual targeting (46:34) Promo 3: The Next Feed (48:56) Stats! Geographic and user agents (53:45) 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! We'd love it if you could please share The Feed with your Twitter 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 /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/27807447

249 How Is The SAG/AFTRA Strike Affecting Podcasters? 08/08/2023

249 How Is The SAG/AFTRA Strike Affecting Podcasters? How the SAG and AFTRA strike is affecting podcasts and podcasters, how do feedswaps impact your listeners and do they really work for podcast growth? 2 USB mics one computer and Libsyn's Connect, will it work? X vs Threads, how best to technically rebrand your podcasts, Libsyn's Advertisecast signs exclusive deal with Multitude and Upfire Digital, and the latest mean and median numbers and 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 (2:52) PROMO 1: Video Fuzzy (3:17) Rob and Elsie conversation (5:52) Exclusive advertising deal between AdvertiseCast, and podcast network partners: Multitude and Upfire Digital. (9:59) Yes, we are taking podcast cards over to Podcast Movement! (11:49) Thoughts on how the SAG/AFTRA strike is affecting podcasters (29:47) Can you use 2 USB mics, one computer and Libsyn's Connect? (32:16) Opinions about podcast feedswaps (39:13) PROMO 2: 50 Date Night Screams (39:49) AI transcriptions into other languages for podcasts (42:39) The difference between Libsyn 4 and Libsyn 5 (45:50) X vs Threads (50:08) Libsyn's Connect comes thru! (51:39) The best and worst way to rebrand your podcast (54:08) PROMO 3: The Irish and Celtic Music Podcast (55:20) Stats mean and median podcasts (57:22) The monthly advertising CPM rates (59:49) 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! We'd love it if you could please share The Feed with your Twitter 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 /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/27686370

248 Podcast Trailers and Profanity In Podcast Titles 07/25/2023

248 Podcast Trailers and Profanity In Podcast Titles Best practices for podcast trailers, interesting titles for new podcasts that include profanity, Libsyn’s AdvertiseCast Signs Exclusive Ad Partnership with Knock ‘Em Dead, and Big IP Media, the FTC's updated advertising guides to combat deceptive reviews and endorsements, workflows for re-sharing past episodes, the latest monthly podcast advertising rates 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 :13 Intro (2:49) PROMO 1: Strokecast (3:18) Rob and Elsie conversation What happens when someone drops out while connected with Libsyn's Connect? (4:35) Happy 18th anniversary Jim Harold! (7:35) All of the Libsyn PR! Libsyn’s AdvertiseCast Signs Exclusive Ad Partnership with Knock ‘Em Dead, A New Podcast by Rachel Bradley & Christopher Titus Libsyn’s AdvertiseCast Re-Ups Exclusive Ad Partnership with The Commercial Break, the Leading Improv Comedy Podcast hosted by Bryan Green & Krissy Hoadley Libsyn’s AdvertiseCast Signs New Exclusive Ad Partnership with Big IP Media (11:00) Best practices for releasing podcast trailers through Libsyn (18:12) How long does it take to update an episode in Apple Podcasts (19:50) Federal Trade Commission Announces Updated Advertising Guides to Combat Deceptive Reviews and Endorsements (25:18) New podcast titles best practices (28:31) Should you put profanity on in your podcast title? (37:45) Promo 2: Life is Feeling (39:08) Good tape! A podcast magazine (41:43) Re-releasing podcast episodes to your feed (50:42) How do you get "celebrity" types on your podcast? (54:27) Promo 3: Amateur Traveler (55:15) Stats: Geographic (56:25) What are the best distribution channels for a brand? And what does distribution mean? (59:39) Stats: user agent (1:03:42) The latest Advertisecast Podcast advertising rates (1:07:11) 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! We'd love it if you could please share The Feed with your Twitter 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 /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/27562830

247 The IndiePod Manifesto, Goodbye Stitcher and Hello Threads 07/11/2023

246 How Important is Podcast Episode Artwork? 06/27/2023

246 How Important is Podcast Episode Artwork? Is podcast episode artwork worth having? The importance of podcast episode numbering and an update on how Apple Podcasts handles episode numbers. Apple improving podcast discovery through subcategories and charts, the addition of a new tab for languages, microphone shipping process to your guests! What chapter marks are good for, commentary on Spotify, Harry and Megan and celebrity podcasts and of course geographic and user agent 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 (2:38) PROMO 1: The Y in History (3:46) Rob and Elsie conversation (4:58) Our podcast newsletter feedback (7:23) How important is it to spend the extra time creating episode specific artwork? (19:01) If your show is set-up as episodic, Apple Podcasts in iOS 17 no longer shows episode numbers (33:08) Apple improves podcast discovery with nine subcategories and charts (34:12) Now you can search for podcasts by language! (38:55) Feedback on shipping your podcasts to your guests! via Liz Covart (46:51) PROMO 2: Grounded in Maine (47:28) Keeping a general show as a trailer at the top of the episode lists (48:58) What the heck are chapter marks and why would a podcaster use (54:14) A little bit about transcriptions and podcaster SEO (56:51) New podcast! Bonus promo: Blah Blah Blah (58:31) Bill Simmons, Spotify and Harry and Meghan (1:04:11) A little bit of data from Edison Research presented at She Podcasts Live virtual (1:10:30) PROMO 3: Childless Not By Choice (1:11:56) Stats: geographic and user agents (1:15:27) 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 Twitter 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 /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/27282744

245 Apple Podcasts iOS 17 Updates and Spotify Layoffs 06/13/2023

245 Apple Podcasts iOS 17 Updates and Spotify Layoffs Recap of WWDC 2023, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17 from the podcasters point of view, discussing Spotify laying off 25% of their podcast teams, feedback about The Podcast Show in London, the wonderful things about RSS, Castmagic and MacWhisper love! And of course 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 :13 Intro (2:29) PROMO 1: Rebound Revolution (3:41) Rob and Elsie conversation (4:43) The one thing that Rob feels was the most important announcement at WWDC (5:49) All things you need to know about Apple Podcasts iOS 17! (24:30) Should a single podcast also set up and add channel artwork? (28:01) Everything else you need to know about WWDC and our initial takes on Apple's Vision Pro (34:11) External cameras are supported on iPadOS 17 (35:23) PROMO 2: The Relaxed Male (36:01) Spotify laying off 25% of their Podcast Team (55:17) Bonus promo: Roseanne Barr is launching her podcast this week (56:30) Audio Feedback from the Podcast Show via Dave Jackson (1:00:03) Someone was claiming all their employees were let go and they needed access to the podcast - it was a lie (1:01:12) All the wonderful things RSS feeds do (1:07:25) Elsie is loving on Castmagic (1:13:50) Rob is loving on MacWhisper (1:16:09) PROMO 3: #CareFreeBlackGirl (1:20:32) Stats: mean and median download numbers 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 Twitter 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 /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/27121422

244 No Mentions of A nor I 05/30/2023

244 No Mentions of A nor I Libsyn and Amazon Music Join Forces to Showcase Book-Related Podcasters, The decisions in Gonzales v Google and Twitter v Taamneh for podcasting, Workflow using the Libsyn social destinations calendar and great tips for using Libsyn Studio, The new Mackie DLZ Creator And data from the IAB Revenue Report for Podcast Advertising 2022 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 Intro (1:55) PROMO 1: Within The Trenches (2:25) Rob and Elsie conversation (3:33) Libsyn and Amazon Music join forces to showcase book-related podcasters (6:08) Custom domains on Libsyn 5! (9:12) Looking to plan uploading your episodes through the summer? We have the workflow (15:07) The rulings that leave Section 230 untouched (19:37) Audacity workflows (22:34) Kast Media's acquisition by Live One (22:59) Using the social media calendar within Libsyn The best way to remove an episode from your feed (26:45) Transitioning pre-recorded live streams to podcast episodes with an added intro using Libsyn Studio (29:21) Best way to track ROI when running a promotional campaign in another podcast (30:12) Updating Apple Podcasts information within Libsyn and why (35:23) PROMO 2: Pub Songs (36:01) The new Mackie DLZ Creator (41:34) A way to use podcast RSS feeds (43:54) A podcast player that can search descriptions for Android (46:19) Fixing screwed up bullet points in shownotes (49:08) Google says it will delete inactive gmail accounts (50:42) Worst email of the week (53:48) Promo 3: 3 Pillars Podcast (54:33) Stats: IAB Revenue Report for Podcast Advertising for 2022 (58:03) Where have we been 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! We'd love it if you could please share The Feed with your Twitter 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 /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/26982219

243 Can Twitter Become The Number One Podcast Platform? 05/16/2023

243 Can Twitter Become The Number One Podcast Platform? Exclusive deal between Libsyn's Advertisecast and The Newsworthy! Pros and cons on shipping a microphone to your guests, how Twitter can become the world's number-one podcast platform, sharing YouTube stats for The Feed, comments on AI from Spotify, automatic silencing from Auphonic, the best microphone for wireless buds per The Verge and as always, 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 Intro (2:25) PROMO 1: Video Fuzzy (2:58) Rob and Elsie conversation (3:47) We are sponsoring How To Make A Breakout Hit Podcast! (5:17) Libsyn's Advertisecast announced an exclusive advertising deal with The Newsworthy (7:13) Small change in UI in Libsyn 5 (8:28) All kinds of podcasting advertising spend data (11:10) The pros and cons about sending guests a microphone (20:15) Help Rob! Website that find LUFS and supports mono (22:17) How to make Twitter the number one platform to consume podcasts (30:31) Shout-out to Kamuela Kaneshiro for getting his first audiobook book out there! (32:25) A question about video podcasts (36:35) YouTube podcasts stats from The Feed (46:06) Audio feedback about long podcasts on YouTube with music (47:56) PROMO 2: Irish and Celtic Music Podcast (48:36) AI comments from Spotify (55:26) Good stuff from Auphonic! Automatic silence cutting for your podcast (59:15) Test of microphone earbuds via The Verge (1:01:48) Best practices for naming a fancast podcast Backtracks closing down (1:04:35) PROMO 3: Weird Darkness (1:05:10) Stats: geographic and user agents (1:10:28) 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 Twitter 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 /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/26849343

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