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294 Spotify Badge Limits, Apple’s New Design Resources and YouTube's Weekly Podcast Charts 06/03/2025

294 Spotify Badge Limits, Apple’s New Design Resources and YouTube's Weekly Podcast Charts Update on Spotify plays - remember that release? Plus they are making podcasts more prominent and a new following feed. New resource page on podcast artwork from Apple Podcasts for Creators, spammers creating bogus audio content about drugs. Woah. The new Weekly Top Podcast Shows chart on YouTube. And our stats section is all about an estimate of podcasts that get over 10,000 downloads per month. 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! 🔆 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! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER ! Quick Episode Summary (2:04) Rob and Elsie conversation (2:39) Follow up on the Spotify public plays (9:12) New resource from Apple Podcasts for Creators (18:19) Spotify announced a handful of new features for discoverability (25:33) Spotify removing drug sales podcasts (34:43) YouTube now has a weekly chart to showcase the most popular shows in the U.S. (42:47) New service? Listener (49:34) Shout-out to Mongabay! (51:38) In a Nielsen report, podcast got a couple of mentions (52:55) PROMO: Sound Strategy (54:46) Stats: over 10000 downloads per month 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 Use our /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/36827015

293 Transparency, Trophies, & Technology: Spotify's New Play Numbers, Golden Globes for Podcasts, and the FTC's AI Ad Guidelines 05/20/2025

293 Transparency, Trophies, & Technology: Spotify's New Play Numbers, Golden Globes for Podcasts, and the FTC's AI Ad Guidelines Yes, your podcast can win a Golden Globe-ish, what you need to know about the FTC and AI podcast ad reads, covering Spotify announcing public plays and how they encountered the wrath of podcasters. iOS 19's new accessibility features, Libsyn's downloads per podcast category! And mean, media and user agents stats 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! 🔆 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! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER ! Quick Episode Summary (2:08) Spotify update recorded after we recorded the show (3:17) Rob and Elsie conversation Bears and trash (5:55) Welcome to Andy Wright as Libsyn's Vice President of Technology! (7:12) Practical advice for when using AI voices for your podcast ad reads (22:41) Woah! The Golden Globes has a podcast category (29:07) Spotify plays breakdown (50:34) Big shout-out to the iOS 19 accessibility features (55:05) Great article by Justin Jackson (56:25) Libsyn’s latest top level podcast category download stats (58:21) PROMO: Prairie Tales Podcast (1:00:07) All the stats! Mean, median and user agent (1:05:37) 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 Use our /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/36641610

292 Spotify's Trending Charts, Fact Checking The Hype, and Podcasts on Youtube as TV 05/06/2025

292 Spotify's Trending Charts, Fact Checking The Hype, and Podcasts on Youtube as TV When Variety discusses podcasts as television, have podcasts beaten Joe Rogan, Spotify's new podcast charts, why I am obsessed with the Sofa App, IAB upfront news and Podcast advertising growth year over year 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! 🔆 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! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER ! Quick Episode Summary (1:56) PROMO 1: Spiritual Spotlight (2:39) Rob and Elsie conversation Catching up travel things (5:23) Podcasting becoming just television? (15:01) No, that show did not beat Joe Rogan (25:33) Spotify has new podcast charts (32:25) Elsie's love for the Sofa App (38:55) Tips for posting on Archive.org (39:59) IAB up-fronts have once again moved to the Fall (41:01) Apple Podcasts Connect will be unavailable on May 10 (42:03) What happened to The Feed newsletter? (43:47) Audio Feedback: when you've podfaded and you wanna come back! (47:20) The Internet Advertising Revenue Report from 2024 (52:02) Other mean and median numbers! This time from Omny (55:17) Whole Foods just launched a podcast! (58:36) PROMO 2: Beyond the Board (1:01:06) Where have we been (1:02:34) Where are we going Featured Podcast Promo + Audio Where have we been and where are we going - Use code THEFEED40 for 40% off! Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie - Use code THEFEED40 for 40% off! 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 Use our /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/36447635

291 Podcaster Travel Warnings, No Fakes Act and Digg's $5 Groundbreakers 04/22/2025

291 Podcaster Travel Warnings, No Fakes Act and Digg's $5 Groundbreakers Unpacking the highlights from Podcast Movement Evolutions, including the sessions, trends, and takeaways that stood out. We cover brand-new Apple Podcasts widgets, a heads-up for international podcasters traveling to the U.S., and the latest push to define what actually is a podcast. Plus: YouTube backs the No Fakes Act, Kai Chuk exits the YouTube Podcasting team, and we dig into updated podcast stats: mean, median, user agents, and more. Oh, and… are you on the new Digg? We are. 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! 🔆 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! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER ! Quick Episode Summary (2:06) PROMO: I Shake My Head (2:40) Rob and Elsie conversation (5:07) We are groundbreakers at Digg (11:40) Podcast Movement Evolutions debrief from the show and was there FOMO? (20:37) What is a podcast? (29:19) New widgets for Apple Podcasts (31:09) Remember the producer that got kicked off of Spotify? We have an answer! (33:33) Advice for podcasters traveling into the U.S. (38:44) YouTube supporting the No Fakes Act (45:56) YouTube's podcast head Kai Chuk exits (47:37) Libsyn PR releases (59:13) Stats: mean, median, geographic and user agents Featured Podcast Promo + Audio Where have we been and where are we going - Use code THEFEED40 for 40% off! 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 Use our /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/36254730

290 Evolving Podcast Consumption: Infinite Dial 2025 04/08/2025

290 Evolving Podcast Consumption: Infinite Dial 2025 The intricacies of full time podcasting, discussing workflows, preparation, and the tools necessary for producing quality content, the reality of daily podcasting, the importance of research, plus tools and systems to get the work done! Then, analyzing insights from the Infinite Dial study 2025, highlighting trends in content consumption, the evolving landscape of podcasting, the importance of understanding audience preferences and adapting to the changing media environment ---- all with special guest Robb Dunewood! 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! 🔆 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! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER ! Connect with Robb Dunewood: Quick Episode Summary (1:56) Libsyn PR Releases! (3:18) PROMO 1: Ellie’s Tale - The Last Of Us Podcast (3:51) Robb and Elsie conversation (5:27) Being a podcaster full time! A workflow of production (15:31) Podcasting hardware and software (27:20) Introducing The Infinite Dial 2025 (29:04) How bluetooth headphones and Smart TVs impact content consumption (34:00) Social Media impact on podcasting (48:01) The influence of online audio on audience behavior and consumption (1:01:48) Everything podcast consumption data in 2025 (1:09:49) 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 Use our /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/36046375

289 Backing Up Your Podcast, Navigating Takedowns and The Awesomeness of MacWhisper 12 03/25/2025

289 Backing Up Your Podcast, Navigating Takedowns and The Awesomeness of MacWhisper 12 How to make sure you don't lose your podcast without warning! New updated character count on podcast descriptions in Apple Podcasts, Edison Research launches Edison Download Metrics, MacWhisper 12 is so good! Pocket Casts has a web player, launching seasons out of order? Tips for keeping it clear, be part of the Podcast Marketing Trends Report And download stats, this time 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! 🔆 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! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER ! Quick Episode Summary (2:15) PROMO 1: Video Fuzzy (2:55) Rob and Elsie conversation (3:33) Podcast descriptions in Apple Podcasts now allow up to 10,000 characters! (7:02) "Spotify deleted my podcast for no reason and without warning" (19:34) Someone is centering podcasting in the next presidential election (25:38) Edison Research has just launched podcast download metrics (27:50) MacWhisper 12 is amazing (35:21) Pocket Casts has a web player (36:22) Audio feedback: percentage of income that comes from YouTube (38:46) Categorizing the naming of the second season of your podcast for discoverability (43:20) Audio feedback from Sheryl on 3 episodes! (46:11) How many directories and podcast apps can you get your podcast into? (52:21) Be counted! Take the survey for the Podcast Marketing Trends Report 2025 (59:03) PROMO 2: Sibercast Network (1:00:52) Stats: Geographic and user agent (1:04:21) 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 Use our /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/35847160

288 Goodbye Skype, Hello Digg? And YouTube's Bold 2025 Podcast Plans 03/11/2025

288 Goodbye Skype, Hello Digg? And YouTube's Bold 2025 Podcast Plans YouTube's TV takeover, a billion-user podcast boom, and the end of Skype? Get ready for massive shifts in the digital landscape. We're diving into YouTube's 2025 plans, how to leverage their podcast power, the surprising return of Digg, and crucial podcasting tips – plus, a new VP of Marketing! 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! 🔆 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! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER ! Quick Episode Summary (2:14) PROMO 1: Otherwise Objectionable (4:14) Rob and Elsie conversation (5:20) Welcome new VP of Marketing, Chris Avello! (7:51) Skype will be shutting down (9:32) Digg is coming back (17:36) Into the YouTube podcast strategy (17:36) YouTube big bets for 2025 (41:01) Why you need a podcast guest release (43:08) Replacing your episode after you've made a mistake (46:17) Podcast apps that have closed (54:25) PROMO 2: AdStops - Podcast Advertising On Track (55:49) Stats: mean and median numbers (57:32) Where have we been and where are we going Featured Podcast Promo + Audio featuring our own Sydney Dennis! 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 Use our /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/35633720

287 Claiming Your Podcast on Apple Podcasts and Video Podcast Realities 02/25/2025

287 Claiming Your Podcast on Apple Podcasts and Video Podcast Realities Updates to submitting and claiming your podcast on Apple Podcasts with Libsyn, best practices when switching hosting platforms, Castro updates, and love for Sofa, not all podcast apps support playing video, the challenges of creating the perfect video podcast background and why it's not as easy as it seems and finally 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! 🔆 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! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER ! Quick Episode Summary (2:12) PROMO 1: Educational Duct tape Podcast (3:05) Rob and Elsie conversation (3:42) Apple Podcasts announced updates for submitting your podcast directly from podcast hosts and the ability to claim existing shows (7:43) Apple Podcasts will be unavailable for up to 8 hours on March 1 (9:18) When should you delete your old podcast hosting account once you have moved to a new one? (11:41) Castro now supports the Transcript Tag! (14:55) Audio quality is still important even though you've started to create a video podcast (18:54) How do you publish a video podcast on Libsyn and what are the best practices? (26:45) Ask permission when using bits of other people's podcasts on your podcast (31:03) The challenge of finding a great backdrop for your podcast (38:50) Have you heard of Station? (40:29) How to upload your podcast to YouTube automatically with Libsyn (43:28) Elsie's new favorite app: Sofa (53:06) PROMO 2: The Perfect Stool (54:01) Stats: geographic and user agent (57:37) 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 Use our /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/35421190

286 Triton Podcast Report, YouTube's Podcast Evolution and What Your Words Could Cost You 02/11/2025

286 Triton Podcast Report, YouTube's Podcast Evolution and What Your Words Could Cost You Alphabet, Google’s parent company, sees podcasts shaping YouTube, discussing the Triton Podcast Report, the difference between survey data and server data, why both are important and how YOU can tell for yourself, how what you say on a podcast can impact your profession, when you have a podcast troll, 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! 🔆 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! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER ! Quick Episode Summary (2:39) PROMO 1: Podtastic Audio (3:12) Rob and Elsie conversation (5:19) Alphabet's earnings, looking at YouTube and podcasts (23:22) The Triton Podcast Report (26:43) The difference between survey data and server data (34:06) Libsyn Ads exclusive! The Video Archives (36:25) Chris Cuomo commentary on podcast's infuence (45:46) White House opens their doors to podcasters (48:29) We got feedback from a legacy podcaster! (49:37) What if you have a podcast troll? (58:25) PROMO 2: The JFK Files (1:00:47) Mean and median numbers (1:02:37) 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 Use our /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/35236860

285 Do Not Let The Unicorns Die 01/28/2025

285 Do Not Let The Unicorns Die New updates to how episode artwork shows up on your show page in Apple Podcasts, the latest on short-form video on social media, including a deep dive into the Instagram algorithm and best practices, a Podfest and Podcasting Hall of Fame recap, the new strategy building up The Feed ecosystem by adding short-form video and a newsletter, the LARK M2S by Hollyland, revisiting the best day of the week to release an episode, and of course, stats—this time geographic and user agent! 🔆 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! ! Quick Episode Summary (2:25) Rob and Elsie conversation (3:36) Podcasting Hall of Fame and Podfest redux (4:24) Do not let the unicorns die (5:14) A bit of love for Dave Mansueto (8:00) More on the Hall of Fame Inductees (18:21) Apple Podcasts no longer showing episode artwork on the show page (26:05) Discussing Breaking into Podcasts: Media Relations Tools (36:10) The new The Feed ecosystem strategy (40:08) The new LARK M2S! (45:02) What is the best day of the week to publish a podcast based on data (49:47) All about vertical video trends (51:16) How the Instagram algorithm works and best practices (59:23) PROMO: Podcast Coaching for Kingdom Entrepreneurs (1:03:47) Stats: geographic and user agent (1:08:54) Dave Mansueto's induction into the Hall of Fame - full acceptance speech 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/35045495

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 /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/34850045

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 /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/34570190

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 /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/34362975

281 The Surging Influence of Podcasts and Spotify’s New Video Monetization Push 11/19/2024

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 /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/33785067

279 Disaster Tech Lessons From Hurricane Helene and Leveraging Podcasts for Political Edge 10/22/2024

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 /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/33373962

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 /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/33178902

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 /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/32979617

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 /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/32752502

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 /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/32556802

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 /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/32346952

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

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