Podcast Insider by Blubrry

In recent years we’ve seen how people are getting their podcast change. New apps, new formats etc. But does an RSS feed make a podcast, a real podcast? We discuss in various topics today how podcasting has evolved, changes to podcast RSS feeds, most importantly with Podcasting 2.0 initiatives and more on today’s episode of Podcast Insider with Mike and MacKenzie.

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News Spotify laying off 600 more people Vox Media laying off 7% of its workforce Is the number of new podcasts REALLY down 80% over 2020? Podcast downloads UP in 2022 Full schedule for Podcast Movement Evolutions is out now  .FM domains are dominated by podcasting, not radio. Best Practice

Video Podcasting: Do’s and dont’s and why you might be making it too hard on yourself. Again, does an RSS feed make a podcast?

Blubrry News Podcasting 2.0 features released! RSS feed features available in Publisher and PowerPress. Be sure to check out our YouTube channel. We will be posting a lot of how-to videos soon. Todd is speaking at Podfest Expo in Orlando today and Friday. Blubrry Pro Tip

When is a podcast not a podcast?

Question of the Week

Question: I have another person managing my podcast, but I don’t want them to have my login info. Can I have additional users on my Blubrry account?

Answer: Yes! We have account sharing. To find that, go to the Podcaster Dashboard at Blubrry.com and select your show (if you have more than one) and click on Show > Manage and then Sharing settings. You can invite people by email and give them access to your stats or publishing or both on the show level. They will not have access to the other shows on your account or your account settings.

Got a question you’d like us to answer on the show? Drop an email to mike@blubrry.com (audio, text, video), and we may use it. You can also post a question on the Blubrry Podcasting Facebook group.

The best place for support with any Blubrry product or service is our ticket system (https://blubrry.com/support/). Tickets give the whole team access rather than direct emails or calls.

Coming to you this week from Columbus, Ohio & Traverse City, Michigan. Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team.

Fill out our listener survey at surveys.blubrry.com/podcastinsider

Schedule a one-on-one with Todd (hosting customers only). Email todd@blubrry.com Schedule a tech checkup with Mike (hosting customers only). Email mike@blubrry.com Send us your podcast sticker and a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) and we will send you a Blubrry care package.

Our mailing address: Blubrry – MacKenzie 150 E. Campus View Blvd. #180 Columbus, Ohio 43235

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The great debate in podcasting: sound vs. video. Podcasting is most often known as audio, but in recent years has taken a sharp turn to video as well. Podcast sound only reigns king for regular publishing, but video has a purpose. Mike and Todd discuss podcast sound, some amazing new Blubrry releases and we feature a pro-production tip about you guessed it – podcast sound.

Thanks for joining us on this episode of Podcast Insider. Looking to be a guest on the show? Let us know. Emails are listed at the bottom of show notes.

News Do listeners want video? Why video can’t replace audio in podcasting Podcasts removed from search at Google Is the Google Podcasts app going away? New (launching) podcast creation has drastically dropped since 2020 Best Practice

While not accessible to everyone, if you have the means, consider upping your bandwidth to reduce issues when recording.

If you can’t upgrade your bandwidth, here are some tricks that may help

Do not use wifi; use a wired connection to your router. Do a double-ender recording where each host records themselves.  Do not use video on either end. Blubrry News Quicklinks was launched this week for Blubrry hosting customers. Media Mastering by Auphonic released today. Free until February 18th.  Podcast 2.0 features added to Blubrry Publisher. PowerPress and more info next week! Todd is speaking at Podfest Expo in Orlando Thursday and Friday. If you are in the area, we have some expo-only passes available. Blubrry Pro Tip

What do you sacrifice with bad sound? Thanks for the tip, Kate

Question of the Week

Question: What are LUFS? Why is -16lufs the standard for podcasting?

Answer: Lufs stand for “Loudness Unit Full Scale” which to ordinary people means as loud as a system can handle. For podcasters, it just means that your show’s audio will be as loud as it should be, and if we all do -16lufs, people won’t have to change the volume on their device between shows at that value. Not sure who or why -16 is the standard, but it is for now.

More reading for the sound geeks:  https://www.edmprod.com/lufs/ 

Got a question you’d like us to answer on the show? Drop an email to mike@blubrry.com (audio, text, video), and we may use it. You can also post a question on the Blubrry Podcasting Facebook group.

The best place for support with any Blubrry product or service is our ticket system (https://blubrry.com/support/). Tickets give the whole team access rather than direct emails or calls.

Coming to you this week from The New Media Production studio in Coldwater, Michigan & Mike Dell’s World Studio in Traverse City, Michigan. Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team.

Fill out our listener survey at surveys.blubrry.com/podcastinsider

Schedule a one-on-one with Todd (hosting customers only). Email todd@blubrry.com Schedule a tech checkup with Mike (hosting customers only). Email mike@blubrry.com Send us your podcast sticker and a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) and we will send you a Blubrry care package.

Our mailing address: Blubrry – MacKenzie 150 E. Campus View Blvd. #180 Columbus, Ohio 43235

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Our first big release of the year was working with Apple. We now integrate with Apple Podcast Subscription shows for easy publishing directly from the Blubrry platform.

Anyone producing a premium subscription based Apple Podcast can now publish their premium episodes directly through our platform and we’re very excited about it. Tune in to hear more on that feature as well as some cools tools in Slack and for Podcasting 2.0.

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News Apple Podcast Subscriptions integrated into the Blubrry platform PRX using V4V in a new way Levar Burton is launching his first kid’s podcast, Sound Detectives Slack now produces a transcript if you upload an audio file. Not sure how useable it is yet, but we discovered that last week. Other chat services have this too. True Crime podcast listener now a murder suspect Best Practice

Reach out to be a guest on your favorite podcast! We don’t mean your favorite podcast that is not relevant to insights or expertise that you can provide, but you should reach out to be a guest on a show you’re familiar with for a meaningful conversation.

Blubrry News Lots of Podcasting 2.0 features are now in the Blubrry publisher. Learn more here and here. Location Transcripts Chapters Person Live Item TXT Podping Value (V4V) Coming very soon PowerPress will be updated with the same tags very soon Todd will be keynote speaking at Podfest Expo in Orlando Thursday and Friday –   If you are in the area, we have some expo-only passes available. Reach out to MacKenzie. Todd will also speak at Podcast Movement Evolutions in Las Vegas in March. Blubrry Pro Tip

First Impressions Artwork

Question of the Week

Question:I use an AudioTechnica ATH-M50 headset for my podcasting, but I need to buy three more pairs for guests, and I don’t want to spend $200 on each pair. Can you recommend a “decent” headphone option that sounds neutral and easy to listen to for long periods of time that’s under $100?

Answer: (Mike)I have a set of Sony MDR 7506 headphones that I like a lot. They are around $80 and seem tough as well. At least I haven’t broken them yet

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Enough with the 2022 recap, we’re here to focus on what’s ahead for 2023. Mike and MacKenzie review some recent articles predicting and focusing on potential changes the podcast industry; it’s a bit foreboding. Working in podcasting for so long, both of them give their best takes on ad dollars, networks, even the economy.

Thanks for joining us on this episode of Podcast Insider. Looking to be a guest on the show? Let us know. Emails are listed at the bottom of show notes.

News Great Podcasting Market Correction from Bloomberg A Rocky 2023 for Podcasting? from The Verge 30 experts give their forecast for podcasting in 2023  What are some of Mike and MacKenzie’s predictions for podcasting in 2023? MacKenzie – Hoping for better search within apps Mike – Predicting Joe Rogan will leave Spotify Best Practice

Don’t Ghost Your Guest!

Encourage your guest to share your episode when it’s published! Easier said than done but there are many ways to make it easier for them to share said episode. Follow an email schedule / template where you follow up with a link to the episode; social media handles if they want to tag (and ask for theirs) and clue them into other cool places they can share their link.

Blubrry News Todd is attending CES in Las Vegas, he can provide a quick tech recap next week tpn.tv Looking to start off the month of January with a Podcaster of the Month blog feature, guest on this show, etc. Email MacKenzie! Integrations, announcements and releases coming soon, starting next week. Blubrry Pro Tip

Ads for your podcast

Question of the Week

Question: From a flurry of support tickets this week – What are the ‘Podcast Landing Page URL’ and ‘Podcast Mirror Feed URL’ fields for in PowerPress?

Answer: “Podcast landing page” is where you can put a page you want people to go to if they click “Podcast Homepage” in Apple and other apps.

“Podcast Mirror feed URL” is used when you choose to use the Podcast Mirror service that Blubrry offers. This can also be used to create a 301 redirect to a new feed if you are moving away from PowerPress to generate your RSS feed.

Got a question you’d like us to answer on the show? Drop an email to mike@blubrry.com (audio, text, video) and we may use it. You can also post a question on the Blubrry Podcasting Facebook group.

The best place for support with any Blubrry product or service is our ticket system (https://blubrry.com/support/). Tickets give the whole team access rather than direct emails or calls.

Coming to you this week from MacKenzie’s studio in Columbus, Ohio & Mike Dell’s World Studio in Traverse City, Michigan. Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team.

Fill out our listener survey at surveys.blubrry.com/podcastinsider

Schedule a one-on-one with Todd (hosting customers only). Email todd@blubrry.com Schedule a tech checkup with Mike (hosting customers only). Email mike@blubrry.com Send us your podcast sticker and a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) and we will send you a Blubrry care package.

Our mailing address: Blubrry – MacKenzie 150 E. Campus View Blvd. #180 Columbus, Ohio 43235

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Todd and Mike review how the predictions panned out for this last year. Also, Mike had a little fun with the RoadCaster Pro’s cart buttons

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Podcasts tend to follow a routine or format each episode. Most often this is a good thing for the audience as repetition is conductive to building loyalty. That doesn’t mean you need to stick to the format that you’ve always done. Thanks to Kate from the Pro-Production team for joining Mike this episode, they have some great discussions on podcast format changes, mastermind groups and more.

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News Spotify may rebrand Anchor Overcast web player will remain after all Will Joe Rogan renew with Spotify?  Apple’s holiday deadline for adding new shows, channels or subscription shows may be slower than normal from Dec 23rd to Jan 2nd. Best Practice

Be wary of the so-called podcast mastermind groups. Anyone can call themselves a mastermind, and certainly plenty of podcasters that know a bit about podcasting do call themselves just that. Sometimes these groups and orgs can be very helpful, but a lot of the time, they’re not worth the hype and definitely not worth the money. As you head into the new year with renewed energy, do your research. Keep in mind, this advice also applies to podcast networks.

Blubrry News Blog post: Remembering Blubrry in 2022 Next week’s show, we pull up what was predicted for 2022 and see how we did.

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Many people have asked, even we have pondered and answered, and now there is a report on the best day to release a podcast. Kind of. A report has recently been released providing percentages on how popular each day of the week is to release a new episode. The data may surprise you.

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News True Crime Podcast Proof helped to free 2 men after 25 years in prison  What is the best day to release a podcast? Here’s a report on the subject: What day are the most podcast episodes released? NPR Student challenge is back for 2023  Live podcasting, the open way from Dave Jones Spotify cuts live audio shows Good Housekeeping’s 40 best podcasts of 2022  SmartLess Media formed by the hosts behind SmartLess podcast with Will Arnett, Jason Bateman and Sean Hayes. They announced four shows that will debut in 2023, hosted by fellow celebrities. Best Practice

Use your voice to the best of your ability, and forgo trying to ‘sound like a podcaster’. The best advice we can give to anyone that is anxious about how their voice sounds, is to do it anyway. Your conversational voice will most likely work best; and the content is the most important part. Articulate yourself well and your voice will follow suit.

Blubrry News Blubrry offices will be closed the Monday after Christmas (Boxing day) and the Monday after New Year’s Day. We will also be out the Friday afternoons of Christmas Eve and New Years Eve. We are still head down on a bunch of new features and a couple of new products. Look for some announcements after the first of the year. One of those features will be Value 4 Value, where you will be able to get donations to your show via Sats (small parts of bitcoin). This show is enabled for V4V so if you are listening on a supported app (Fountain, Podverse, or others), you can send us a boost. Blubrry Pro Tip

Podcast Gear/Tech

Question of the Week

Question: What are the 3 or 4 best destinations to submit my podcast to? 

Answer:  Well, you want to try to be as everywhere as you can.  But if you want to pick the most important ones, I would say submit your show to these four:

Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Podcast Index

It doesn’t hurt to submit to all the others. If you are a PowerPress or Blubrry user, go to the destinations settings and submit to them all. (Don’t lose any sleep over it) 

Got a question you’d like us to answer on the show? Drop an email to mike@blubrry.com (audio, text, video) and we may use it. You can also post a question on the Blubrry Podcasting Facebook group.

The best place for support with any Blubrry product or service is our ticket system (https://blubrry.com/support/). Tickets give the whole team access rather than direct emails or calls.

Coming to you this week from MacKenzie’s Home Studio in Columbus, OH & Mike Dell’s World Studio in Traverse City, Michigan. Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team.

Fill out our listener survey at surveys.blubrry.com/podcastinsider

Schedule a one-on-one with Todd (hosting customers only). Email todd@blubrry.com Schedule a tech checkup with Mike (hosting customers only). Email mike@blubrry.com Send us your podcast sticker and a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) and we will send you a Blubrry care package.

Our mailing address: Blubrry – MacKenzie 150 E. Campus View Blvd. #180 Columbus, Ohio 43235

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As the year comes to a close, the end-of-year 2022 podcast articles can be found in abundance, many of which Todd and Mike discuss in today’s episode of Podcast Insider. Along with insights from the year, we focus on if you should take a break with your podcast and promotion opportunities during the holidays. Audio and microphone enthusiasts, stick around for the question of the week.

Live Facebook recording.

Thanks for joining us on this episode of Podcast Insider. Looking to be a guest on the show? Let us know. Emails are listed at the bottom of show notes.

News 2022 Podcast Insights Sounds profitable put out a report called “Safe and Sound” about listener brand safety Some insights into the most successful segments of podcasting in 2022 2022 Podcaster Wrapped from Spotify, released on Nov. 30. Hosts, if you haven’t looked at this yet, maybe you’ve got your own stats for your show What PR pros should know about podcasting – lots of helpful stats on podcast creation trends Westwood One and PodcastOne founder, Norm Pattiz, has died at 79 Fellow podcast hosting company employee BJ Forsyth (Scrum Master for the Dev team at Libsyn) passed away in a car accident.  Rob Greenlee, formerly of Microsoft, PodcastOne, Spreaker, and most recently Libsyn, is now working at Podbean as SVP, Content and Partnerships. Congrats Rob! He also is using a Mac!

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Back from the long holiday week last week, Todd and Mike talk about The Podcast Show London, What started the podcasting idea and Apple’s podcast of the year 2022. Plus many more things.

Live Facebook recording.

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News The Podcast Show London is back for May 2023 The Death of Twitter: What Does it Mean for Podcasters?  The genesis of Podcasting  Adobe adds a free Mic Checker online As purpose-driven ads face challenges this holiday, could podcasting provide a lift? Apple chose their podcast of the year, Slow Burn: Roe v. Wade  Lots of shows disappeared from Spotify this week. It was a bug at Spotify. It should be corrected now. Best Practice

When changing your website URL or building a new website, Be careful! It could be an extinction event for your show.

Blubrry News Blog post: Leaning into Adult Content by Tara – like tar  Podcasters of the Month  Newsletter went out earlier this week Lots of new features Some are powered by Podcasting 2.0.  Blubrry Pro Tip –  Who vs. How? Blubrry Pro Tip

Confidence to podcast

Question of the Week

Question: Is it possible to do a show with a new host every episode?    We are doing a company show and want experts in our company to host an episode and pass the hosting around to different people in the company. 

Answer: Yes, everything is possible! In Podcasting, there are no rules for the content.   We do that on this show. We rotate between 3 hosts and sometimes other people. The key is to have a standard format. Or maybe one point person that does the intro every time and turns it over to that episode’s host. 

Got a question you’d like us to answer on the show? Drop an email to mike@blubrry.com (audio, text, video) and we may use it. You can also post a question on the Blubrry Podcasting Facebook group.

The best place for support with any Blubrry product or service is our ticket system (https://blubrry.com/support/). Tickets give the whole team access rather than direct emails or calls.

Coming to you this week from the New Media Production Studio in Coldwater, Michigan & Mike Dell’s World Studio in Traverse City, Michigan. Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team.

Fill out our listener survey at surveys.blubrry.com/podcastinsider

Schedule a one-on-one with Todd (hosting customers only). Email todd@blubrry.com Schedule a tech checkup with Mike (hosting customers only). Email mike@blubrry.com Send us your podcast sticker and a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) and we will send you a Blubrry care package.

Our mailing address: Blubrry – MacKenzie 150 E. Campus View Blvd. #180 Columbus, Ohio 43235

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Perfecting your podcast show notes can be done. We tell you how and reference our most recent blog post on the subject written by Meryl Klemow. As the holiday dates begin, schedule your podcast submissions, publishing, launching, etc. accordingly.

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Thanks for joining us on this episode of Podcast Insider. Looking to be a guest on the show? Let us know. Emails are listed at the bottom of show notes.

News Apple is auto-tagging individual podcast episodes by topic Alex Blumberg has left Spotify / Gimlet Media  Our partner, Headliner, now allows people to upload their entire episode to YouTube; limited to Pro and Enterprise subscribers Apple Podcasts is hosting numerous webinars, including Nov. 17 and 18. View the full list of dates and webinar topics such as setting up subscriptions here. Spotify releases “video podcasting” in 180 countries Apple holiday schedule is beginning on Nov 19, prepare for delays until January. 1 in 5 Americans listen to podcasts daily. Best Practice

Write your podcast and show notes for the genre you’re producing. Nonfiction Writing Lessons from the Planet Money Podcast. 

Blubrry News Blog post: Podcast Show Notes by Meryl Klemow The Blubrry team will be out Thursday and Friday of next week for the Thanksgiving holiday. Please be patient as we catch up on Monday. Blubrry Pro Tip

Confidence to podcast

Question of the Week

Question (from Reddit): I need to get a good microphone but want to go with a USB to start with. Is it best to get something like the MV7 USB/XLR just in case I want to add a mixer in the future? Or can a just USB mic be OK? What other mics should I look at?

Answer:  It’s best to get something you can grow with.  The Shure MV7 is a great choice but if you want something a little cheaper, but still good, the Audio-Technica ATR-2100X  and the Samson Q2U are good choices.

Got a question you’d like us to answer on the show? Drop an email to mike@blubrry.com (audio, text, video) and we may use it. You can also post a question on the Blubrry Podcasting Facebook group.

The best place for support with any Blubrry product or service is our ticket system (https://blubrry.com/support/). Tickets give the whole team access rather than direct emails or calls.

Coming to you this week from the New Media Production Studio in Coldwater, Michigan & Mike Dell’s World Studio in Traverse City, Michigan. Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team.

Fill out our listener survey at surveys.blubrry.com/podcastinsider

Schedule a one-on-one with Todd (hosting customers only). Email todd@blubrry.com Schedule a tech checkup with Mike (hosting customers only). Email mike@blubrry.com Send us your podcast sticker and a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) and we will send you a Blubrry care package.

Our mailing address: Blubrry – MacKenzie 150 E. Campus View Blvd. #180 Columbus, Ohio 43235

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Once you get the dream guest, you need to nail your podcast interview. Easier said than done for most, so we are here to provide some tips on how to approach your podcast interview. Along with our interview tip from the Pro-Production team, we also have articles about the Hot Pod Summit, Facebook Live Audio and what to do with your podcast around the holidays.

Thanks for joining us on this episode of Podcast Insider. Looking to be a guest on the show? Let us know. Emails are listed at the bottom of show notes.

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News Hot Pod Summit recap, from Ariel Shapiro. Scripted podcasting still hasn’t had its “Serial” moment How Crooked Media combats the right-wing talk machine Why late-night comedy shifted to podcasting Facebook Live Audio rooms closing Dec 1st Podcast statistics providers that are IAB certified will have to be re-certified annually from now on. More details here. Overcast is discontinuing the web version of the player Speaking of Overcast, Dave Jackson from School of podcast is moving from Overcast to Castomatic for his own podcast listening Lead Balloon recorded an episode in an F-18 fighter jet (episode 37 and a YouTube Video)  Best Practice

The holidays are here. Should you take a break over the holidays?

Ways to keep your audience listening if you do take a break:

Pre-record episodes if you show lends itself to it Do a best of show with clips from past episodes Everyone is familiar with a re-run Perhaps a cross-post with another podcast (with permission of course)  Play podsafe xmas music?

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Choosing a podcast name comes with some challenges, but like most things in life, it can be made easier with assistance from others. We urge you to choose your podcast title and associated branding materials wisely. Aside from podcast titles we focus on podcast listener growth, podcast ad sales and a reminder that we’re happy to migrate any podcaster from their current podcast host. Todd is back and MacKenzie is filling in for Mike; next week we’ll be back to our regularly scheduled programming.

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Thanks for joining us on this episode of Podcast Insider. Looking to be a guest on the show? Let us know. Emails are listed at the bottom of show notes.

News Spoken word growing among younger audiences, a significant boost in gen z listeners Apple publishes insights about growing subscription podcasts Amazon offers ad-free music and podcasts with Prime membership Very little ad growth in Q3; it fell during the summer and picked up early fall. An increase in brand awareness advertising and decrease in direct response. Sounder.fm shutting down its podcast hosting. If you’re looking to save your podcast and move to Blubrry please contact us and we’ll give you details on our migration offerings. Best Practice

Choosing a podcast name: Pick a distinct and memorable podcast title. Does your podcast name make sense to everyone or just you? Along with this is a well thought out and designed cover art. It never hurts to get a few pairs of eyes to weigh in on these choices. Lastly, consider SEO advantages and disadvantages with desired title.

Blubrry News Blog Post: We’re Hiring: Social Media Strategist Blubrry Pro Tip

Interview Tips – Conversation

Question of the Week

Question: Is posting / promoting my podcast daily too much?

Answer: Perhaps. It’s all very circumstantial, however we believe that engagement on a daily basis can get you further in the long run. People are more likely to overlook scheduled posts (on all platforms) about episodes or subscribing, etc. if you post every day as opposed to interacting with your comments, retweets, stories, and more. They want to feel involved. In a parasocial world, give the people a bit of what they want and you’ll go far.

Got a question you’d like us to answer on the show? Drop an email to mike@blubrry.com (audio, text, video) and we may use it. You can also post a question on the Blubrry Podcasting Facebook group.

The best place for support with any Blubrry product or service is our ticket system (https://blubrry.com/support/). Tickets give the whole team access rather than direct emails or calls.

Coming to you this week from the New Media Production Studio in Coldwater, Michigan & MacKenzie’s undisclosed location in Columbus, Ohio. Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team.

Fill out our listener survey at surveys.blubrry.com/podcastinsider

Schedule a one-on-one with Todd (hosting customers only). Email todd@blubrry.com Schedule a tech checkup with Mike (hosting customers only). Email mike@blubrry.com Send us your podcast sticker and a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) and we will send you a Blubrry care package.

Our mailing address: Blubrry – MacKenzie 150 E. Campus View Blvd. #180 Columbus, Ohio 43235

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There comes a time as a podcaster that you run into some technical problem with your show and you need to reach out to your service company. We are that company and have some tips on how to help us help you with your podcasting problems.

Thanks for joining us on this episode of Podcast Insider. Looking to be a guest on the show? Let us know. Emails are listed at the bottom of show notes.

News The privacy reports never stop. Podnews: Podcast app sent your location to any podcast publisher 27th annual Webby Awards are open for entries. Early entry closes on Oct. 28 There are 573 podcasters in Saudi Arabia Squadcast has been granted their patent for their recording engine. Get the full description here. Nuvoodo says that 38% of podcast listeners have bought something they heard about on a podcast. We definitely have bought something advertising on a podcast. Here comes the Gen Z listeners. And an interesting connect to Gen X. Best Practice

Determine how you’d like to measure your podcast success. There’s a multitude of ways to measure how well a podcast is performing, and it can be overwhelming if you’re looking at too much data. Pick a few benchmarks and analytics you want to focus on. These can change over time of course, but hone in on a few at a time for better understanding.

Blubrry News Todd had an eye-opening experience at Ignite the Sound in Saudi Arabia. We have some new features and integrations coming soon.  If you’re looking to be an Apple premium subscription launch partner, please reach out to us ASAP. Blubrry Pro Tip

Grow your podcast with Narrow Podcasting (learn more here)

Support Advice Question of the Week

Help Us Help You, Podcast – The more information you provide support (not just us, but anyone) the better we can serve you and get any issues fixed quickly. Some things that will greatly help us help you faster are:

When calling, have your login information and better yet, be logged into your site, your account at Blubrry and any other services you need help with. Know your RSS feed address or at least HOW/where the RSS is generated. (Blubrry Publisher, WordPress with PowerPress or some other way). If it’s a billing issue, have your payment method handy when you call.  Use the contact form at Blubrry.com/support OR call the 877 number.  Direct emails and calls can get lost as they are harder to keep track of. Leave a voicemail if we don’t answer right away. PLEASE do not keep trying over and over. Leave a voicemail and we WILL get back to you.

Got a question you’d like us to answer on the show? Drop an email to mike@blubrry.com (audio, text, video) and we may use it. You can also post a question on the Blubrry Podcasting Facebook group.

The best place for support with any Blubrry product or service is our ticket system (https://blubrry.com/support/). Tickets give the whole team access rather than direct emails or calls.

Coming to you this week from Mike Dell’s World Studio in Traverse City, Michigan & MacKenzie’s undisclosed location in Columbus, Ohio. Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team.

Fill out our listener survey at surveys.blubrry.com/podcastinsider

Schedule a one-on-one with Todd (hosting customers only). Email todd@blubrry.com Schedule a tech checkup with Mike (hosting customers only). Email mike@blubrry.com Send us your podcast sticker and a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) and we will send you a Blubrry care package.

Our mailing address: Blubrry – MacKenzie 150 E. Campus View Blvd. #180 Columbus, Ohio 43235

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People, specifically creators may ask, has podcasting peaked? We don’t really think so, but listen to today’s episode to find out exactly why. MacKenzie joins Mike to discuss Tik-Tok entering the podcasting arena, working for Howard Stern, podcast websites and a whole lot more.

Thanks for joining us on this episode of Podcast Insider. Looking to be a guest on the show? Let us know. Emails are listed at the bottom of show notes.

News Tik-Tok is ‘going’ after podcasting. Want to work on the Howard Stern channel? They’re hiring now.  Pocket Casts mobile apps are now open source The Podcast Academy announced three new board members. Congrats! Podcast releases new episode on cassette YouTube introducing a new identity feature, handles. Best Practice

Website or at least dedicated web page for your podcast. Creating a place where people can easily locate any links, social media tags, episodes, merch, etc. is going to make your life as a podcaster easier.

Blubrry News Blog Post: When to Rebrand Your Podcast by Tara O’Brien Podcaster of the Month: Kimberly Cain from The Naked Vibes Show Todd is at Ignite the Sound in Riyadh, SA We are working on bringing some more Podcasting 2.0 features to our platform. To check out Podcasting 2.0 enabled apps, visit https://podcastindex.org/apps and try out a new listening app with some of these new features. Blubrry Pro Tip

Has podcasting peaked?

Question of the Week

Question: When is the best time to record a podcast?

Answer: 11am EST on Thursdays

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As with any industry, when one company decides to put an end to a podcast, another company is gearing up to start their own; always progressing in podcasting. Sirius and Spotify are making changes to their podcast output and we’re commentating on the latest podcast conferences. Join Mike and Todd to hear more about podcasting 2.0 namespace progress, hiring in podcasting and more.

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Facebook live recording.

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Endings and Beginnings

– SiriusXM is opening a new studio in Miami – Spotify cancels 10 original shows from Gimlet and Parcast

Tips and advice from the Publisher Podcasting Summit Podcast Futures conference, coming up next week. Podcasting 2.0 namespace phase 6 is undergoing planning. New possible tags include podcast:txt podcast:hasGuests podcast:events podcast:state Improvements to the podcast: chapters tag The charges against Adnan Syed, from Serial, have officially been dropped by prosecutors Megyn Kelly the Q3 fastest growing conservative podcast. Read more here. Best Practice

When in doubt, hire out. This is a privilege, but if your budget allows it and you’re currently stuck with a podcast task you loathe, hire someone to handle it for you.

Blubrry News Blog post: Should You Start A Podcast in an Oversaturated Market? by Tara O’Brien. Read it here. Chau is leaving Blubrry

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  Awards season has almost come and gone in podcasting. A handful of different awards shows have occurred recently, and we share the podcast winners of the past week. Mike and MacKenzie sit down to discuss the sale of and potential sale of a few podcast networks, the audience changes over time for those at the top and more on today’s episode.

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News Glenn the Geek’s Horse Radio Network was acquired by the Equine Network Audacy is exploring the sale of Cadence13 Time to re-think promo codes? by Tom Webster Women on the Rise: Alex Cooper tops Joe Rogan Hollywood Reporter ‘40(ish)Most Powerful People in Podcasting’ Podcast Winners International Women’s Podcast Award winners 17th annual People’s Choice Podcast Award winners Want to hear ‘Joe Rogan’ interview ‘Steve Jobs’? Podcast.ai has produced the interview powered entirely by AI. It’s a hoot! (and a bit creepy). Best Practice 

Let your guest speak. Having a guest on your podcast is a privilege, you’ve worked to find them, set this up, and supposedly value them; let them speak uninterrupted on your show to shine for your guests.

Blubrry News Podping now supported in PowerPress AND Blubrry publisher feeds! Tune into Podping.watch to see the updates in real-time. Blog Post: A Peek Into What Piques Your Audience’s Interest by Tara O’Brien Blubrry Pro Tip

Alumni Match-making

Question of the Week

Question: Is it ok to have a scattered release schedule when I am first starting my podcast, until I get my footing? Say for about two months.

Answer: Yes, it can be “OK” but is it the best way? Not really. The consistency is what allows people to build you into their regular schedule. Over time, it gets more important as more and more people discover your show and your schedule.

Got a question you’d like us to answer on the show? Drop an email to mike@blubrry.com (audio, text, video) and we may use it. You can also post a question on the Blubrry Podcasting Facebook group.

The best place for support with any Blubrry product or service is our ticket system (https://blubrry.com/support/). Tickets give the whole team access rather than direct emails or calls.

Coming to you this week from Mike Dell’s World Studio in Traverse City, Michigan & MacKenzie’s undisclosed location in Columbus, Ohio. Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team.

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The Podcast Index initiative continues to move forward with more and more use of additional RSS 2.0 feed tags being implemented and used, including from Blubrry. Join the conversation for podcasting 2.0 simplified, courtesy of Mike and MacKenzie.

 

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News Podcast companies BUYING listens in mobile and online game apps. Dave Jones, from Podcastindex.org, is on this weeks New Media Show talking about Podcasting 2.0.  Marc Maron’s WTF is going live on stage in London UK on Oct 19th.  People’s Choice Podcast Awards show will be live at 9pm ET on Sept. 30th (Friday) Cross-promotion is still a good way to promote your shows – A&E does it.  CNN cuts some of their podcast staff. Andy Lehman’s Podcast Namespace Plugin for WordPress has added the live item tag Podcast listening differences along political party lines Best Practice

More Podcasting 2.0 Simplified: Let your listeners know about some new podcast listening apps to take advantage of the Podcasting 2.0 features. Learn more here: https://podcastindex.org/apps

Blubrry News Blog Post: Growing Your Podcast on Social Media – Travis Brown International Podcast Day live starts at 10:30am ET. Here is the schedule, also https://linktr.ee/internationalpodcastday  PodPing is now supported in PowerPress 9.5 which was released this week! Blubrry Pro Tip

Re-recording an interview because of bad guest audio

Question of the Week

Question: What is one thing you wish you would have known before you started podcasting?

Answer: This is from a Facebook group. There are lots of answers.

Don’t take yourself too seriously. Have fun. You don’t need the “best” gear to get started! Just start creating episodes and upgrade along the way. How much time it takes to build a following. How easy it actually is, despite what seems like complicated processes and how much money it would generate. Pace yourself. You can burn out if you go too hard too quickly.

Got a question you’d like us to answer on the show? Drop an email to mike@blubrry.com (audio, text, video) and we may use it. You can also post a question on the Blubrry Podcasting Facebook group.

The best place for support with any Blubrry products/services is our ticket system (https://blubrry.com/support/). Tickets give the whole team access rather than direct emails or calls.

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Fill out our listener survey at surveys.blubrry.com/podcastinsider 

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You can never truly predict the outcome of your podcast, and that stands true for Serial, as Adnan Syed was released from prison earlier this week, the focus on season one of a hit podcast from 2014. MacKenzie joins Todd this episode to discuss the effects of a podcast, a bit on the history of the RSS feed, and editing and marketing tactics.

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News Adnan Syed, whose story was the focus of the hit podcast Serial in season one, has been released from prison. Syed’s story was kicked off by Serial and then again thoroughly discussed in the podcast Undisclosed. This is not the first case podcasting has shed light on that had a profound impact in real life, but it is known as the first true crime podcast to bring in millions of new podcast listeners back in 2014. Apple wants your website address for podcasting (in the EU). Open podcast prefix project. RSS 2.0 is 20 years old! View the RSS timeline here. Spotify has added audio books to their platform. Best Practice

Trial runs. Don’t skimp out and decide it’s unnecessary to test out your equipment, even those that have done this before. Podcast equipment is best tested multiple times and with multiple people.

Blubrry News Blog Post: How Radio Experience Can Translate to Podcasting – by Meryl Klemow Getting Started in Podcasting, a webinar – Tuesday September 27th at 4:30pm. Register here. Blubrry Pro Tip

Marking edit points in your recording

Question of the Week

Question: What is a good (unorthodox) way that can help you grow your community/listeners? 

Answer: A variety of options such as: billboards, call into the radio, tables/booths small local events, etc. Many of our partners and friends such as Pro-Production, Podcast Academy by Proudmouth, Produce Your Podcast, and more have lots to say on this subject.

Got a question you’d like us to answer on the show? Drop an email to mike@blubrry.com (audio, text, video) and we may use it. You can also post a question on the Blubrry Podcasting Facebook group.

The best place for support with any Blubrry products/services is our ticket system (https://blubrry.com/support/). Tickets give the whole team access rather than direct emails or calls.

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Fill out our listener survey at surveys.blubrry.com/podcastinsider 

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Our mailing address is: Blubrry – MacKenzie 150 E. Campus View Blvd. #180 Columbus, Ohio 43235

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Podcast growth can be difficult and overwhelming for new podcasters. Travis Brown, an avid user of social media for podcast growth, shares his wisdom and experience as a digital creator overall in today’s interview.

Thanks for joining us on this episode of Podcast Insider. Looking to be a guest on the show? Let us know. Emails are listed at the bottom of show notes.

Live Facebook recording.

News ShePodcasts Live has been moved to June 2023. Kudos to their team for making a hard decision for the best of the attendees and show. iOS 16 is out now (iPadOS is delayed). Trying to run Auphonic Desktop on Mac M1 or M2? Re-download it here so you can re-install. It’s still marked as version 1.8 but it will work now. The Brookings Institute has found that conservative podcasters release more episodes than liberal podcasters. Best Practice

Podcast promotion isn’t one size fits all. Give some of these ideas a try and see what works best for you.

4.5 things everyone wants to know about podcast promotion Blubrry News PowerPress webinar on Sept. 20 International Podcast Day is Sept. 30th and Blubrry is a sponsor. Check out their site https://internationalpodcastday.com/ and the live stream schedule here. Blubrry Pro Tip

The dark side of podcasting tech

Interview

Travis Brown – Digital Creator Extraordinaire. Use his wisdom to grow your podcast on social.

Instagram Social Boom — free webinar! Question of the Week

Question: If I want to buy an existing podcast, how can I value it in a dollar amount? (Kurt from The Leading Saints Podcast)

Answer: 

Got a question you’d like us to answer on the show? Drop an email to mike@blubrry.com (audio, text, video) and we may use it. You can also post a question on the Blubrry Podcasting Facebook group.

The best place for support with any Blubrry products/services is our ticket system (https://blubrry.com/support/). Tickets give the whole team access rather than direct emails or calls.

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Fill out our listener survey at surveys.blubrry.com/podcastinsider 

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One of the great things about podcasting is that there is no one way to do it. But there are some preferred or more accepted ways, according to listeners and ad agencies. That brings us to our main topic today, podcast ads: host-read or pre-recorded, what is better?

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Live Facebook recording.

News Podcast ads: Host read or pre-recorded ads. Which is better? Apple sends welcome email to already listed shows. Whoops. Video and YouTube is changing podcasting Cumulus splits with Podcast Movement New Canadian podcast newsletter: Pod The North Happy Star Trek Day! 56 years ago today, Star Trek premiered on NBC.  https://www.startrek.com/day Here are some Star Trek related podcasts to check out http://www.trek.fm/ (A network of a lot of good shows) https://www.womenatwarp.com/ Best Practice

Pre-recorded intros and outros

Short versions of these are useful for editing and continuity. Listeners enjoy a quick sentence or two getting into the new episode to learn about today’s topics, but a reliable in and out can be helpful as a creator.

Blubrry News We are in ‘polish’ mode on all our new services and some old ones. If you see anything you think needs a tweak, let us know!  Dragon Con recap Looking for some Podcasters of the Month to feature before the end of the year; let us know if you’d like to be one of them. Blubrry Pro Tip

Guest Podcasting part 2. See episode 309 for part 1.

Question of the Week

Question: I keep hearing podcast hosts say “Find us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.” What is the BEST way to promote subscribing or following in my podcast?

Answer: Have your own website and promote that. Make sure you have all the links to destinations your podcast is syndicated to on your site (or at least the main ones).

Like we say here, go to PodcastInsider.com and subscribe or follow us there. Or something like that.

Got a question you’d like us to answer on the show? Drop an email to mike@blubrry.com (audio, text, video) and we may use it. You can also post a question on the Blubrry Podcasting Facebook group. 

The best place for support with any Blubrry products/services is our ticket system (https://blubrry.com/support/). Tickets give the whole team access rather than direct emails or calls.

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Coming to you this week from the New Media Production Studio in Coldwater, Michigan & Mike Dell’s World Studio in Traverse City, Michigan.  Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team. 

Fill out our listener survey at surveys.blubrry.com/podcastinsider 

Schedule a one-on-one with Todd (hosting customers only). Email todd@blubrry.com Schedule a tech checkup with Mike (hosting customers only). Email mike@blubrry.com Send us your podcast sticker and a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) and we will send you a Blubrry care package.

Our mailing address is: Blubrry – MacKenzie 150 E. Campus View Blvd. #180 Columbus, Ohio 43235

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There are a few new places to listen to podcasts, and you’re probably already familiar with these platforms. YouTube and Twitter have taken another step forward in podcast discovery. While Mike and MacKenzie chat about podcast directories and platforms, they catch up on Podcast Movement a bit, reusing and repurposing content and, of course, offering their take on what to do with a problematic microphone situation.

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                   New places to listen to podcasts:                   – YouTube is rolling out a podcast section.                    – Podcasts coming to Twitter? A full circle moment for Twitter.

Apple is updating its RSS requirements in 2023 Podcasting market to grow 30% through 2026 Comedy is the #1 Genre in Podcasting (for Q2-2022) New podcast app Fountain has a new chart “Hot on Fountain”  Six things podcast listeners love about podcasts (and 4 that drive them crazy) Zoom takes over podcasting Best Practice

Taking care of your voice. If podcasting or any type of audio is part of your regular content, it’s in your best interest to take care of your voice / health.

Blubrry News Getting back into the groove after Podcast Movement. Todd will be at DragonCon this weekend in Atlanta, GA.  It’s Sept. 1, the first day of International Podcast Day month. They’re coming back this year for a live stream, only 8 hours instead of their longest, 32 hours. Blubrry Pro Tip

Repeating ideas for new content

Question of the Week

Question: My recording is getting a lot of background noise. How do I reduce the background noise coming into my microphone?

Answer: The main thing is to NOT record any background noise. I know, that sounds too simple.

Simple things you can do that will help:

Make sure you are in the quietest place you can be.  Turn off fans, A/C and other noise-producing things in your recording area. Soundproof behind you. Put a rug on the floor if you are in a room without carpet. Close curtains / blinds so the noise doesn’t echo off the windows. Get closer to the microphone and turn down the gain. You can boost it in post-production with something like auphonic. If you have a dynamic mic, use that instead of a condenser mic. Remember, a little bit of ‘ambiance’ doesn’t hurt sometimes. AND, sometimes, you just can’t help it.

Got a question you’d like us to answer on the show? Drop an email to mike@blubrry.com (audio, text, video) and we may use it. You can also post a question on the Blubrry Podcasting Facebook group. 

The best place for support with any Blubrry products/services is our ticket system (https://blubrry.com/support/). Tickets give the whole team access rather than direct emails or calls.

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Coming to you this week from the Blubrry Studio in Columbus, Ohio & Mike Dell’s World Studio in Traverse City, Michigan. Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team. 

Fill out our listener survey at surveys.blubrry.com/podcastinsider 

Schedule a one-on-one with Todd (hosting customers only). Email todd@blubrry.com Schedule a tech checkup with Mike (hosting customers only). Email mike@blubrry.com Send us your podcast sticker and a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) and we will send you a Blubrry care package.

Our mailing address is: Blubrry – MacKenzie 150 E. Campus View Blvd. #180 Columbus, Ohio 43235

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Coming to you from the podcast recording studio at Podcast Movement Mike Dell, MacKenzie Bennett and Chau Pham chat about Blubrry’s booth and meeting new podcasters and how the event is going overall. They’re excited about some mics from Shure, a new service from ecamm and more. It’s a short episode, but a fun recap of the event. We can’t wait to come back next year.

Thanks for joining us on this episode of Podcast Insider. Looking to be a guest on the show? Let us know. Emails are listed at the bottom of show notes.

Got a question you’d like us to answer on the show? Drop an email to mike@blubrry.com (audio, text, video) and we may use it. You can also post a question on the Blubrry Podcasting Facebook group. 

The best place for support with any Blubrry products/services is our ticket system (https://blubrry.com/support/). Tickets give the whole team access rather than direct emails or calls.

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Coming to you this week from the HubSpot podcast studio at Podcast Movement 2022 in Dallas, Texas. Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team. 

NEW! Fill out our listener survey at surveys.blubrry.com/podcastinsider 

Schedule a one-on-one with Todd (hosting customers only). Email todd@blubrry.com Schedule a tech checkup with Mike (hosting customers only). Email mike@blubrry.com Send us your podcast sticker and a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) and we will send you a Blubrry care package.

Our mailing address is: Blubrry – MacKenzie 150 E. Campus View Blvd. #180 Columbus, Ohio 43235

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You can now make money on Blubrry with Programmatic Ads! Our development team and the rest of the team have been putting in long hours getting this and another BIG thing ready for Monday.  Watch for an announcement on Monday. Otherwise, Todd and Mike talk about what is going on in the news and the need for a backup strategy for your show.

News Ads may be coming to Apple Podcasts  Latino Listener Report released by Edison Research  Step into the Podcast Bus    Kind of like the Podcast BUG – (Mike Wilkerson)  Congratulations to Jame Cridland of Podnews for being named one of the thought leaders in podcasting Libsyn buys German ads company Julep  Audacy layoffs touch it’s podcasting business –  Best Practice: Backups – Have a Backup Strategy!  Back up your media files JUST in case Get a removable hard drive and back up there. (Or just a thumb drive. You can get them 1tb or bigger now!)  Backup to the cloud somewhere like Google Drive, Dropbox or AWS cold storage. Back up your RSS feed as a text file. Load you feed in Chrome.  (other browser won’t work the same) then, select all and paste it in a text doc.   If you host with Blubrry and use PowerPress, we also keep a copy of your feed for you.  Blubrry News:  Make Money! – Programmatic Advertising available to all hosting customers  Blog Post:  Connecting with your local community by Meryl  More releases coming next week and we’ll see you at Podcast Movement the week after that. Todd, Mike, MacKenzie and Chau will be at Podcast Movement in Dallas next week. IF you are there, drop by and say HI and pick up some swag.   This show will be from the Podcast Movement show floor next week (different format I’m sure)  Blubrry Pro Tip: Private Podcasting Question of the Week:

From Ethan:  Our podcast network started with one show. These days we have 7 shows in the network, but we’re storing all those shows in the same Blubrry folder. Not great for content management. Can we re-organize our Blubrry catalog of shows into different folders? Would that affect the URL of the MP3s? Will PowerPress show us the new folders?

Answer:Yes!

With our pro hosting plan and “Multi-program mode” in ​​PowerPress you can separate which folders you upload shows to. This keeps the media separate and it also keeps the stats separate.  Put in a ticket at blubrry.com/support and we can setup a time to help you get that setup. 

Got a question you’d like us to answer on the show? Drop an email to mike@blubrry.com (audio, text, video) and we may use it. You can also post a question on the Blubrry Podcasting Facebook group. 

The best place for support with any Blubrry products/services is our ticket system (https://blubrry.com/support/). Tickets give the whole team access rather than direct emails or calls.

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Coming to you this week from the New Media Production Studio in Coldwater, Michigan & Mike Dell’s World Studio in Traverse City, Michigan.  Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team. 

Fill out our listener survey at surveys.blubrry.com/podcastinsider 

Schedule a one-on-one with Todd (hosting customers only). Email todd@blubrry.com Schedule a tech checkup with Mike (hosting customers only). Email mike@blubrry.com Send us your podcast sticker and a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) and we will send you a Blubrry care package.

Our mailing address is:

Blubrry – MacKenzie

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Summer is coming to a close (in America at least) and here at Blubrry we think that podcasts are under utilized by educators. Podcasts are an amazing component of education and all kinds of learning. We encourage educators of any kind to look into podcasting, including private podcasting. We also talk about podcast guests paying to be on shows, Soundcloud and more.

Thanks for joining us on this episode of Podcast Insider. Looking to be a guest on the show? Let us know. Emails are listed at the bottom of show notes.

Live Facebook recording.

News As reported in Podnews, Art19 adding stats redirect for PodTrac and making podcaster’s stats public  Podcast guests paying $50k to be on popular shows Robert Downey Jr. and Susan Downey Are Jumping Into Podcasting Soundcloud lays off 20% of global workforce. We wish those employees good luck. Sinclair Broadcasting is getting into podcasting Best Practice

Podcasting is most likely under utilized in the classroom.

As the school year starts up again, we urge teachers or instructors of all kinds to use podcasting alongside their in person lessons and courses. For those worried about content being released to the general public, our private podcasting is a great solution to satisfy your team’s needs.

Blubrry News Blubrry partners with PodRocket Academy for podcast training Blubrry partners with Descript for editing and transcripts More releases coming next week and we’ll see you at Podcast Movement the week after that Blubrry Pro Tip

The unsung hero of podcast equipment

Interview

Kimberly Cain

Podcasts – The Naked Vibes Show and Deeper Connections from The Daily MotivatorContact Kimberly

Question of the Week

Question: From Kurt – After I publish an episode, is it possible to make a change to that episode file and swap the files without messing up the analytics for that episode?

Answer: Yes, make your edits on the file and name it exactly the same as the original file. Then, re-upload the file to Blubrry and you will be all set. The new version of the file will replace the old one on the server.

Note: It may take a while for the CDN cache to clear and start playing the new version of the file.

Got a question you’d like us to answer on the show? Drop an email to mike@blubrry.com (audio, text, video) and we may use it. You can also post a question on the Blubrry Podcasting Facebook group. 

The best place for support with any Blubrry products/services is our ticket system (https://blubrry.com/support/). Tickets give the whole team access rather than direct emails or calls.

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Coming to you this week from the New Media Production Studio in Coldwater, Michigan & Mike Dell’s World Studio in Traverse City, Michigan.  Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team. 

NEW! Fill out our listener survey at surveys.blubrry.com/podcastinsider 

Schedule a one-on-one with Todd (hosting customers only). Email todd@blubrry.com Schedule a tech checkup with Mike (hosting customers only). Email mike@blubrry.com Send us your podcast sticker and a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) and we will send you a Blubrry care package.

Our mailing address is: Blubrry – MacKenzie 150 E. Campus View Blvd. #180 Columbus, Ohio 43235

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When should you publish your episodes? There might be a best time to publish podcasts, but it requires a bit of digging to find out what is best for you. This episode we discuss publish times, Spotify podcasting progress, Value 4 Value in podcasting and mistakes to avoid when starting your podcast.

Thanks for joining us on this episode of Podcast Insider. Looking to be a guest on the show? Let us know. Emails are listed at the bottom of show notes.

Live Facebook recording.

News Spotify earnings meeting: They’re getting rid of Car Thing as they could never come to a solid price, podcast engagement grew ‘double digits’ year over year, podcasts generated €200 in 2021, and lots more, read a different article here. Podcasts to the MetaVerse via iHeartRadio Most podcast listeners also listen to radio (says this survey) New, very different, podcast “Shameless Acquisition Target” hosted by Laura Mayer Todd and Mike both are experimenting with Value 4 Value.   Best Practice

Investigate the Best Time to Publish Your PodcastYou have at least an inkling of when people are listening to your new episodes simply because you have a feel for your audience. But, to get an even better understanding, take a look at your Blubrry stats. Our stats can make it clear the time of day and make adjustments accordingly.

Blubrry News Blog Post: Tips for Networking by Meryl Klemow. Definitely read this if you’re headed to Podcast Movement next month. Support might be a bit slower than normal next week. The whole team is meeting (in person). We will try to get to you as best we can. Thanks for understanding! Episode might be a day late next week, we’ll see when the team finds the time to record. 4-5 major announcements leading up to Podcast Movement Blubrry Pro Tip

Avoid this Podcast Mistake that a Young Start-Up Owner Made

Question of the Week

Question: How important is good audio for a podcast?

Answer: Very important. Do your best, but the main thing is do not make it painful to listen to. Bad audio will screw up good content, but good audio will make bad content sound almost good.

Make sure your levels are such that if someone is listening to your show on a play list and it goes to the next show in their list, that the levels do not jump or drop too much. The standard is -16 lufs. If you don’t have a way to check lufs, then -3 to 0 db on a standard meter is close. Auphonic is a good tool to level your audio before the final mp3 output for your podcast.

Got a question you’d like us to answer on the show? Drop an email to mike@blubrry.com (audio, text, video) and we may use it. You can also post a question on the Blubrry Podcasting Facebook group. 

The best place for support with any Blubrry products/services is our ticket system (https://blubrry.com/support/). Tickets give the whole team access rather than direct emails or calls.

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Coming to you this week from the New Media Production Studio in Coldwater, Michigan & Mike Dell’s World Studio in Traverse City, Michigan.  Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team. 

NEW! Fill out our listener survey at surveys.blubrry.com/podcastinsider 

Schedule a one-on-one with Todd (hosting customers only). Email todd@blubrry.com Schedule a tech checkup with Mike (hosting customers only). Email mike@blubrry.com Send us your podcast sticker and a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) and we will send you a Blubrry care package.

Our mailing address is: Blubrry – MacKenzie 150 E. Campus View Blvd. #180 Columbus, Ohio 43235

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Privacy concerns in podcasting have a history of not only being addressed, but the industry has been pro-active about addressing those concerns as well. The IAB Tech Lab released a document about podcast privacy concerns and laid out how they plan to tackle the issue.

Please excuse our technical difficulties today; these things happen to everyone once in a while, even podcast companies.

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News IAB Tech Lab releases a document about Podcast Privacy Challenges Acast bought Podchaser for $34 million LivexLive is going to spin off Podcast One  Jame Cridland from Podnews reveals the podcast industry’s biggest spammer  5 Radio Produced Podcasts up for Marconi Awards Best Practice

Data Driven Decisions

All podcasters have the opportunity to take a moment to thoroughly review their podcast statistics and determine how to move forward. Was it the title, the topic, the guest, the longer or shorter episode?

Blubrry News Blog Post:  Show Me The Monetization by Tara O’Brien Preparing for Podcast Movement We’re meeting for a company gathering soon – let us know if there are any big features or ideas or problems you’d like us to consider for early August Blubrry Pro Tip

Crucial elements of your podcast

Question of the Week

Question: What happens if I change the file name on a published episode?

Answer:  A few things, but nothing terrible. 

You will have to re-upload and re-link the file in your post The apps and directories will just start playing the new file just as they played the old one.  A new entry will be in your stats for the new file name. 

Got a question you’d like us to answer on the show? Drop an email to mike@blubrry.com (audio, text, video) and we may use it. You can also post a question on the Blubrry Podcasting Facebook group. 

The best place for support with any Blubrry products/services is our ticket system (https://blubrry.com/support/). Tickets give the whole team access rather than direct emails or calls.

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Coming to you this week from the Blubrry HQ in Columbus, Ohio & Mike Dell’s World Studio in Traverse City, Michigan.  Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team. 

NEW! Fill out our listener survey at surveys.blubrry.com/podcastinsider 

Schedule a one-on-one with Todd (hosting customers only). Email todd@blubrry.com Schedule a tech checkup with Mike (hosting customers only). Email mike@blubrry.com Send us your podcast sticker and a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) and we will send you a Blubrry care package.

Our mailing address is: Blubrry – MacKenzie 150 E. Campus View Blvd. #180 Columbus, Ohio 43235

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As podcasting technology advances, some see the RSS feed as a nuisance as opposed to a benefit of podcasting. Todd and Mike discuss why the RSS is still important, even in 2022. Apple divulged some information on iOS16 and ending a deal agreement, SiriusXM is up to additional advertising and more.

Thanks for joining us on this episode of Podcast Insider. Looking to be a guest on the show? Let us know. Emails are listed at the bottom of show notes.

Live Facebook recording.

News Anchor founder says RSS is hindering podcasting. We do not agree; RSS is still important. Apple ends consulting deal with Jony Ive iOS16 will have larger music & podcast artwork shown on the lock screen Halfway through the year, what’s up and what’s down in podcasting?  SiriusXM and Comscore Bring Cookie-free Audience Targeting to Podcasts Spotify adding video podcasting in 6 more countries Best Practice

Why RSS coming from your own site important to podcasters

Blubrry News Blog post: Finding Podcast Advertising by Meryl Klemow Blubrry Pro Tip

Starting a podcast network?

Question of the Week

Question: How do I get better at speaking into the microphone confidently? (from Reddit)

Answer:  Best advice is to PRACTICE!  Also, don’t think of the microphone. Think of the person (yes, pick one) that you are talking to. Speak as if you are talking to that imaginary person. If you are having a guest or a co-host, just talk to them like you would over a table at the bar. But again, the more you do it, the better you will get.

Got a question you’d like us to answer on the show? Drop an email to mike@blubrry.com (audio, text, video) and we may use it. You can also post a question on the Blubrry Podcasting Facebook group. 

The best place for support with any Blubrry products/services is our ticket system (https://blubrry.com/support/). Tickets give the whole team access rather than direct emails or calls.

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Coming to you this week from the New Media Production studio in Coldwater, Michigan & Mike Dell’s World Studio in Traverse City, Michigan.  Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team. 

NEW! Fill out our listener survey at surveys.blubrry.com/podcastinsider 

Schedule a one-on-one with Todd (hosting customers only). Email todd@blubrry.com Schedule a tech checkup with Mike (hosting customers only). Email mike@blubrry.com Send us your podcast sticker and a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) and we will send you a Blubrry care package.

Our mailing address is: Blubrry – MacKenzie 150 E. Campus View Blvd. #180 Columbus, Ohio 43235

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Putting the focus on your podcast audience is key in podcast growth. This can mean doing a variety of things to hone in on, such as visualizing your audience, joining a podcast network, or create a media kit for advertisements that really match your listeners. Luckily, we’ve released a new feature for the Blubrry community, podcast media kits. Join Todd and our new marketing team member, Chau, as they chat about our new tool, podcast ad frequency and more.

Thanks for joining us on this episode of Podcast Insider. Looking to be a guest on the show? Let us know. Emails are listed at the bottom of show notes.

Live Facebook recording with Todd and Chau.

News Podcast fraud on the rise again Podcast ad frequency Visualizing your audience Blue Wire, a sports podcasting company has raised 2.5 million, looking at profitability for the first time in 2023. A great article on a former journalist making the switch and creating an entire company devoted to podcasting. Best Practice Preparing for advertising and what you will be expected to provide to a potential advertiser Average Episode Downloads over a 30 day period How many Episodes per month How long you have been podcasting Is your content brand safe Blubrry News Blubrry Media Kits have been released, including podcast audience data Programmatic Advertising is currently in beta testing Blubrry Pro Tip

More on ‘Should I Join a Podcast Network’

Interview

Tori Nelson, Ro Schwarz, and Jennifer Anderson from KidNuz

KidNuz.org

KidNuz is the widely popular, daily podcast created by 4 veteran TV journalists determined to give kids a newscast of their own. It’s 6 1/2 minutes long, chock full of the day’s top stories, all told in a kid-friendly, fun, fresh and nonpartisan way. KidNuz covers current events, sports, science, politics, health — and stories about kids doing cool things! The team is on a summer hiatus but will be back at the mic with fresh episodes on August 1st. In the meantime, listen in for how KidNuz got started and the impact it’s having on listeners big and small.

Mission: To engage kids in current events, encourage critical thinking, and spark meaningful conversations.

Got a question you’d like us to answer on the show? Drop an email to mike@blubrry.com (audio, text, video) and we may use it. You can also post a question on the Blubrry Podcasting Facebook group. 

The best place for support with any Blubrry products/services is our ticket system (https://blubrry.com/support/). Tickets give the whole team access rather than direct emails or calls.

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Coming to you this week from the New Media Production studio in Coldwater, Michigan & ???.  Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team. 

NEW! Fill out our listener survey at surveys.blubrry.com/podcastinsider 

Schedule a one-on-one with Todd (hosting customers only). Email todd@blubrry.com Schedule a tech checkup with Mike (hosting customers only). Email mike@blubrry.com Send us your podcast sticker and a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) and we will send you a Blubrry care package.

Our mailing address is: Blubrry – MacKenzie 150 E. Campus View Blvd. #180 Columbus, Ohio 43235

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Industry studies and surveys are giving insights into podcast creators and listeners. Todd and Mike discuss a few that came out recently and some that will come out soon.  They also talk about new feature coming to Blubrry soon! (Media Kits!)

Thanks for joining us on this episode of Podcast Insider. Looking to be a guest on the show? Let us know. Emails are listed at the bottom of show notes.

News Sounds Profitable did a report on podcast creators. According to Podcast Index, there are over 50,000 open video podcasts up from 39,000 last November. Apple put out more information about video podcasting Podcast Movement is running a survey for podcasters. They are going to be doing one for listeners and they want your input on what do you want to know from listeners.  Take the survey here. Edison Research invests in larger sample size. Best Practice:

Do not be afraid to try new things on your show. 

This can keep both you and your listeners interested.

Mix up the format from time to time (one thing at a time) Try a new segment Mix up the order of segments Video Go live on Facebook, YouTube or Twitter Do a video version of your show This could be bonus content you can refer to in your audio show New Artwork Freshen up the artwork from time to time Maybe use episode images Blubrry News Blog post: Your Company Should Be Podcasting –  By Tara O’Brien Do you have a media kit?  Soon, we will help provide you with one! Todd has been on a lot of interviews lately.  Here is one of the great ones! Blubrry Pro Tip:

Podcast Networks *Beware!

Question of the Week:  How do I check to make sure everything is working when I publish an episode?  I want to make sure my episode updates on Apple, Spotify and the rest of the apps.

Answer:  This is what I do personally and recommend to our clients.

After Publishing, Clear any caching on your website (if you are publishing on a WordPress site) Hit PLAY on the player in your post.  Go to your post as a normal human would and simply hit play.  If you hear your show start, it’s been posted correctly. Load your RSS feed address in the chrome browser.  I know, in most cases it looks like a bunch of code (which it is), but if it loads up and doesn’t hang up or give you some sort of error, it’s good. Go to castfeedvalidator.org

Got a question you’d like us to answer on the show? Drop an email to mike@blubrry.com (audio, text, video) and we may use it. You can also post a question on the Blubrry Podcasting Facebook group.

The best place for support with any Blubrry products/services is our ticket system (https://blubrry.com/support/). Tickets give the whole team access rather than direct emails or calls.

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Coming to you this week from New Media Production studio in Coldwater, Michigan, and Mike Dell’s World Studio in Traverse City, Michigan.  Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team.

NEW! Fill out our listener survey at surveys.blubrry.com/podcastinsider 

Schedule a one-on-one with Todd (hosting customers only). Email todd@blubrry.com Schedule a tech checkup with Mike (hosting customers only). Email mike@blubrry.com Send us your podcast sticker and a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) and we will send you a Blubrry care package.

Our mailing address is:

Blubrry – MacKenzie 150 E. Campus View Blvd. #180 Columbus, Ohio 43235

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When this show started in 2008 we never could have imagined that we’d be at episode 300 now. Join us as we celebrate the 300th episode of Podcast Insider today! MacKenzie joined Todd and Mike to host this time and they reminisced about the past versions of the show, podcast advertising instances and where podcast listeners live.

Thanks for joining us on this episode of Podcast Insider. Looking to be a guest on the show? Let us know. Emails are listed at the bottom of show notes.

Live Facebook recording with Todd, Mike and MacKenzie

News Obama’s moving their content to Audible, away from Spotify 4 reasons why advertisers in Asia should use podcast marketing from The Drum Announcer vs. Host Read Ads Podcast listening tilts towards larger cities Best Practice

Celebrate your big wins publicly. Such as… your 300th episode of your podcast.

Some History of This Podcast Started as the “Blubrry & PowerPress Community Podcast” in 2008ish.   Restarted started as The PowerPress Podcast with MacKenzie in 2015. A second podcast was added called “Your Podcast” with Todd and Mike (terrible name) in 2017. We combined them to form Podcast Insider in 2019. First episode here. Blubrry News Blog post: Making the most of your summer break by Meryl Klemow Media kit and programmatic ads are coming soon! Blubrry Pro Tip

Tweaking Sound Design and Music

Interview

Robert Riggs, True Crime Reporter and Fox Nation TV show “Freed to Kill”

Learn more here.

Question of the Week

Question: From Ted Newill, Medical Device Success podcast

I have been invited by a trade show organizer to conduct a podcast from the trade show floor. This is one of their tactics to liven up the show. I will probably do 2 or 3 podcast interviews in one day. You have been to trade shows so you know what the noise level can be. What kind of gear do you recommend I use to keep the background noise to a minimum. Headsets with microphones? Lavalier mics? Etc.

Answer: A headset mic such as the Audio-Technica BPHS1 is a good option. Use that with a Mixer, portable recorder or interface that takes XLR. Any hand-held DYNAMIC mic should work. The background noise would add “ambiance” to the on location sound. Personally [Mike], I use a zoom H5 recorder with 2 hand-held dynamic mics and it’s good enough.

Got a question you’d like us to answer on the show? Drop an email to mike@blubrry.com (audio, text, video) and we may use it. You can also post a question on the Blubrry Podcasting Facebook group. 

The best place for support with any Blubrry products/services is our ticket system (https://blubrry.com/support/). Tickets give the whole team access rather than direct emails or calls.

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Coming to you this week from the Blubrry Studio in Columbus, New Media studio in Coldwater, Michigan & Mike Dell’s World Studio in Traverse City, Michigan.  Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team. 

NEW! Fill out our listener survey at surveys.blubrry.com/podcastinsider 

Schedule a one-on-one with Todd (hosting customers only). Email todd@blubrry.com Schedule a tech checkup with Mike (hosting customers only). Email mike@blubrry.com Send us your podcast sticker and a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) and we will send you a Blubrry care package.

Our mailing address is: Blubrry – MacKenzie 150 E. Campus View Blvd. #180 Columbus, Ohio 43235

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Learning never stops in podcasting. Recently, the team at Apple explained how Apple podcast search works and the results it gives, in terms of user behavior, metadata, and more. Speaking of learning, we go over 3 lessons on audio marketing, tips for respecting your listeners time and some branding recommendations for your podcast.

Thanks for joining us on this episode of Podcast Insider. Looking to be a guest on the show? Let us know. Emails are listed at the bottom of show notes.

Live Facebook recording

News Apple tells how Apple Podcasts search works 3 Lessons on Audio Marketing –  Conal Byrne from iHeart Podcast listening is growing in 2022 Spotify to acquire Sonatic (Likely Related) WordPress.com says you will be able to create podcasts from blog posts Snoop Dogg fans love Martha Stewart on her podcast Vacations and road trips are in full swing. Lots and lots of articles out titled ‘Best Podcasts for Car Rides’ Best Practice

Set a podcast mission, similar to a company mission. What do you want your listeners to get out of this podcast and what action steps will you take to make those goals happen?

Blubrry News Blog Post: Branding for your Podcast – by MacKenzie Bennett Next week is our 300th show! (Yay us!) MacKenzie will be joining us to celebrate since she was the one who started the PowerPress Podcast which turned into Podcast Insider. Also, we have a great interview scheduled. Programmatic form here Blubrry Pro Tip

Respecting Listeners Time

Question of the Week

Question: Why are all the apps & directories so strict on podcast artwork? What are the rules?

Answer: Apps need to have a consistent aspect ratio. Everyone picked square as it’s the easiest. As far as the content of the image, no rules other than common sense.

As for the technical rules…  The image must be PNG or JPG in RGB.  (lots of letters there) Apple wants between 1400 and 3000px SQUARE images.  All the other apps and directories will take an image in that size range.  BUT the other size thing is file size. Try to make it less than 500kb in size.  It will work a bit larger than that, but no need to have an image that is too big.  Most people are seeing it on their phone screen at 1×1 inch.  My images are all 1400x1400px.  That is good enough and gets the job done.

Got a question you’d like us to answer on the show? Drop an email to mike@blubrry.com (audio, text, video) and we may use it. You can also post a question on the Blubrry Podcasting Facebook group. 

The best place for support with any Blubrry products/services is our ticket system (https://blubrry.com/support/). Tickets give the whole team access rather than direct emails or calls.

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Coming to you this week from the New Media studio in Coldwater, Michigan & Mike Dell’s World Studio in Traverse City, Michigan.  Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team. 

NEW! Fill out our listener survey at surveys.blubrry.com/podcastinsider 

Schedule a one-on-one with Todd (hosting customers only). Email todd@blubrry.com Schedule a tech checkup with Mike (hosting customers only). Email mike@blubrry.com Send us your podcast sticker and a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) and we will send you a Blubrry care package.

Our mailing address is: Blubrry – MacKenzie 150 E. Campus View Blvd. #180 Columbus, Ohio 43235

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Looking to monetize your podcast? Luckily, Blubrry has programmatic advertising coming soon to our platform for all hosting customers. Mike and Todd chat about what this will entail with our podcasters and lots on Spotify, as they had lots to say in a presentation earlier this week on their future, RSS feeds and their active monthly users.

Thanks for joining us on this episode of Podcast Insider. Looking to be a guest on the show? Let us know. Emails are listed at the bottom of show notes.

Live Facebook recording.

News From Podnews: Maya Prohovnik, who oversees Spotify’s creator tools across podcasting, described RSS as “outdated technology”, and said they have been able to replace it for their on-platform distribution. She also claimed that every new Anchor show brings 2.5 new monthly active users to the Spotify platform. Ashley Carman’s Twitter thread on it here.  Spotify Investor Day recap here. Spotify, a 20 billion opportunity, including insight into advertising Apple Podcasts changes some of their user agents (very geeky) but good news Blue Wire says its studio at the Wynn Las Vegas is helping it stand out Clubhouse loses 4 executives Bob Saget’s final podcast interview to air on Til This Day podcast Why so many TV shows have podcast companions Best Practice

Instagram Stories: Great for promoting episodes specifically, and use posts to promote the show overall. When new episodes are released the 24hr story option is an easy way to share new content or content that is currently relevant. Posts tend to be more useful for the long haul.

Blubrry News Blog Post: Why you need a template for your podcast by Jen Thorpe Todd will be speaking at PodStock in New Jersey this weekend Want to monetize? Programmatic advertising coming to Blubrry soon! Email MacKenzie@blubrry.com if you’d like to be June’s Pride podcaster of the month. Blubrry Pro Tip

Podcast environment  

Question of the Week

Q: From Janet Lewis on Facebook. “Since the pandemic, I have been recording my podcasts online using zoom BUT my podcast editor just shared with me that my guest and myself are speaking at different levels. If you are recording a podcast via zoom are you just using the output from zoom OR are you using additional tools to ensure you and your guest are speaking at the same level?”

Answer: I [Mike] would recommend you run the file through Auphonic (Auphonic.com) It will auto-level your episode file for you so both parties sound at the same level. The Blubrry Pro team uses it for Podcast Insider and it works very well.

Todd: You may also want to consider not recording in Zoom. You may want to consider something like a Rodecaster that integrates with Zoom but will allow you to control levels.

Got a question you’d like us to answer on the show? Drop an email to mike@blubrry.com (audio, text, video) and we may use it. You can also post a question on the Blubrry Podcasting Facebook group. 

The best place for support with any Blubrry products/services is our ticket system (https://blubrry.com/support/). Tickets give the whole team access rather than direct emails or calls.

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Coming to you this week from the New Media studio in Coldwater, Michigan & Mike Dell’s World Studio in Traverse City, Michigan.  Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team. 

NEW! Fill out our listener survey at surveys.blubrry.com/podcastinsider 

Schedule a one-on-one with Todd (hosting customers only). Email todd@blubrry.com Schedule a tech checkup with Mike (hosting customers only). Email mike@blubrry.com Send us your podcast sticker and a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) and we will send you a Blubrry care package.

Our mailing address is: Blubrry – MacKenzie 150 E. Campus View Blvd. #180 Columbus, Ohio 43235

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Filling in for Todd today, MacKenzie talks with Mike about some new podcast equipment being released in the near future. They also discuss some stats on how and what people are listening to that might make you think. Make sure to stick around for Mike’s recap of Podfest this past weekend.

Thanks for joining us on this episode of Podcast Insider. Looking to be a guest on the show? Let us know. Emails are listed at the bottom of show notes.

News How many shows do you need to buy ads on to reach 100% of US listeners? How to Make Money on Spotify — white noise and calming sounds Robert Riggs (a happy Blubrry customer) has won an award for his Fox Nation show Freed To Kill   How to design a great podcast logo from Rachel Corbett Nomono Sound Capsule: a new way to record in groups (in person) New Focusrite Vocaster interface   How Americans spend time on their smart speakers Best Practice

Are you up to date on your software?

Double-check your software before recording. Does it need to be updated? Should you wait on the update because it has some weird glitch and they’ll put out a small fix soon? Blubrry News Podfest/Vidfest Expo review – Mike and Todd were in attendance and both had sessions We are looking to expand our development team – looking for a Junior Software Developer  We’ll be releasing programmatic advertising in the near future, stay tuned for more info. Blubrry Pro Tip

Using your podcast to answer FAQ’s 

Question of the Week: I’m trying to help a colleague connect a mixer (Mackie 1402VLZ4) to a new Macbook pro. Unfortunately, Apple has removed a mic input on more recent Macbooks. Any ideas for a good solution that won’t introduce noise into the sound chain?

Answer: Yes. Get yourself a USB sound card or interface. Make sure it has a line-in jack (not just a mic jack) because the output of an analog mixer is going to be line-level. Line-level is way too high for the mic input.

Got a question you’d like us to answer on the show? Drop an email to mike@blubrry.com (audio, text, video) and we may use it.

The best place for support with any Blubrry products/services is our ticket system (https://blubrry.com/support/). Tickets give the whole team access rather than direct emails or calls.

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Coming to you this week from the Blubrry studio in Columbus, Ohio & Mike Dell’s World Studio in Traverse City, Michigan.  Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team. 

NEW! Fill out our listener survey at surveys.blubrry.com/podcastinsider 

Schedule a one-on-one with Todd (hosting customers only). Email todd@blubrry.com Schedule a tech checkup with Mike (hosting customers only). Email mike@blubrry.com Send us your podcast sticker and a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) and we will send you a Blubrry care package. Use the survey and let us know what else you want as we gear up for V2. 

Our mailing address is: Blubrry – MacKenzie 150 E. Campus View Blvd. #180 Columbus, Ohio 43235

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Explaining to your boss or company why your business should have a podcast isn’t always an easy conversation, but it can be done well! Follow a few simple steps to convince the decision maker on your team the value of podcasting. Dave and MacKenzie guest host this episode as Todd and Mike are both out, attending Podfest.

Thanks for joining us on this episode of Podcast Insider. Looking to be a guest on the show? Let us know. Emails are listed at the bottom of show notes.

News American Girl launched a podcast network, starting with three shows. YouTube is the most popular platform for podcasts that post video shows. SiriusXM has made yet another podcast acquisition, this time Coco Podcast Company for Conan O’Brien’s podcast. WTF with Marc Maron has signed a deal with Acast for the next three years for his show, moving away from Stitcher. Best Practice Blubrry is somewhat unique in its approach to podcasting, since we have multiple options for publishing. To make your life easier, be sure your Blubrry Podcaster Dashboard is set to show if you’re using PowerPress or Publisher. Do this by clicking the gear icon in the Podcast Landing Page card and selecting the appropriate option – “I don’t need a website,” “I would like a WordPress site from Blubrry,” or “I have a website.” This ensures that we’re displaying the correct settings when it comes to episode creation. Blubrry News Blog Post: Stalking Your Prospective Audience Without Being Creepy by Kim Krajci Todd and Mike are at Podfest Expo this week in Orlando Drop by the booth near the main expo hall entrance and say hi! Todd will be speaking, 17 Years in Podcasting: Strategies for Success, at 3:45 pm on Friday the 27th See Mike on a panel for Rebranding Your Podcast at 10:45 am on Friday the 27th We’ll be out this upcoming Monday for Memorial Day. Blubrry Pro Tip

What Tone Do You Podcast In?

Question of the Week

Question: How do you get your idiot, know-it-all, boss to understand the value of podcasting?

Answer: Data. First and foremost, there is data that confirms how many people listen to podcasts. Edison Research and Nielsen are great for this. And then harp on the ways in which you’ll be able to reach customers. And lastly, come in with content ideas and some logistics. Also important, costs! Shop around for pricing for every thing you’ll need — sometimes including asking other team members if they’ll be able to add this to their plate or an outside freelance hire, etc. They’ll come to understand the value of podcasting if you give them reason to.

 

Got a question you’d like us to answer on the show? Drop an email to mike@blubrry.com (audio, text, video) and we may use it.

The best place for support with any Blubrry products/services is our ticket system (https://blubrry.com/support/). Tickets give the whole team access rather than direct emails or calls.

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Coming to you this week from the Blubrry studio in Columbus, Ohio & Dave’s Studio in Logansport, Indiana.  Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team. (nobody in Michigan this week!) 

NEW! Fill out our listener survey at surveys.blubrry.com/podcastinsider 

Schedule a one-on-one with Todd (hosting customers only). Email todd@blubrry.com Schedule a tech checkup with Mike (hosting customers only). Email mike@blubrry.com Send us your podcast sticker and a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) and we will send you a Blubrry care package. Use the survey and let us know what else you want as we gear up for V2. 

Our mailing address is: Blubrry – MacKenzie 150 E. Campus View Blvd. #180 Columbus, Ohio 43235

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Apple Podcasts will be making it easier for all new podcast – free and premium – to submit to their directory. Blubrry is one of a handful of podcast hosts that will be implementing this into their platform when Delegated Delivery is launched in fall of 2022. Stay tuned for more details this summer.

Thanks for joining us on this episode of Podcast Insider. Looking to be a guest on the show? Let us know. Emails are listed at the bottom of show notes.

News Apple has announced Apple Podcasts Delegated Delivery. Read their announcement. Of course, Blubrry will be implementing Delegated Delivery. What does the Apple announcement mean for podcasters? Jeff Kinzbach, a long time radio guy in Ohio, hits the road doing a podcast called Rocking the RV Life. Comedy is the #1 podcast genre in the first quarter of this year. How corporate take-overs are changing podcasting. That’s a bold statement. Beyond Podcast Prefix Analytics. Best Practice

Be everywhere (you can) with your podcast.

Blubrry News Blog Post: When Outliers Come Together by Meryl Klemow Todd and Mike will be at Podfest Expo in Orlando May 26-29th. Come see us there! Todd and MacKenzie are traveling home from ATD in Orlando. Thanks Mike for handing the show solo this week!

Blubrry Pro Tip

Improving your range as a podcaster

Question of the Week

Question: Stats — what is the difference between downloads and listens?

Answer: Nothing really. A ‘listen’ is the same as a ‘download’. The terminology changed due to the IAB 2.1 standards that came out last year. If someone comes to a website and plays a podcast in a web player, to the server, that is a download (not a stream). So, when we redesigned the stats system we changed the term to listen instead of using download, but you can think of them as the same thing. Just a new name.

Got a question you’d like us to answer on the show? Drop an email to mike@blubrry.com (audio, text, video) and we may use it.

The best place for support with any Blubrry products/services is our ticket system (https://blubrry.com/support/). Tickets give the whole team access rather than direct emails or calls.

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Coming to you this week from the New Media Studio in Coldwater, Michigan & Mike Dell’s World Studio in Traverse City, Michigan. Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team.

NEW! Fill out our listener survey at surveys.blubrry.com/podcastinsider 

Schedule a one-on-one with Todd (hosting customers only). Email todd@blubrry.com Schedule a tech checkup with Mike (hosting customers only). Email mike@blubrry.com Send us your podcast sticker and a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) and we will send you a Blubrry care package.

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An essential part of how podcasting came to be, the iPod, is no longer. Apple has decided to discontinue making and selling iPod Touches, the most recent iteration of the original iPod. Along with news from Apple, big things are happening at Sounds Profitable, with Tom Webster leaving Edison and joining their team.

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News

• Tom Webster is partnering up with Sounds Profitable • Apple says no more iPods. Rip the iPod! • Geek News Central 1,600 episodes! • Listener retention is podcasting’s biggest challenge • Online background noise remover for $7.99 monthly, Noise Destroyer • Podcasters are earning more than $40,000 a day with boosts • Podcast advertising reaches $1.4 billion • Joe Rogan has the last laugh with more listeners • Fun site:  Podcast Details 

Best Practice

If you are going to miss a show, schedule a backup host, do a replay, or pre-record if you can. Staying on schedule is important because people build your show into their lives. If you skip too much, they will drop off.

Blubrry News Annual billing is now available at Blubrry! Blog Post: Podfaded at Podfest –  by Kim Krajci Todd and Mike will be at Podfest Expo in Orlando May  26-29th.  Come see us there! Todd and MacKenzie will be at ATD in Orlando next week May is a busy month for events for our team and our dev team will be working hard to get some new features released in early summer, so stay tuned. Blubrry Pro Tip

Private podcasting for your business

Interview

Liz Brunner – Blubrry’s April Podcaster of the Month

Question of the Week

From Neil Smith at the Dandy Fun House podcast…Question: There is a discussion on one of the podcast forums today where someone is claiming that PowerPress generates RSS feeds. I’ve used it for years with my own RSS feed address and have never heard of it having this capability.  Does PowerPress generate RSS feeds?

Answer: Yes, sort of. PowerPress generates a podcast-only RSS feed for your podcast. That means any posts that have enclosures (podcast episode files linked) will show in this special feed, but other posts that do not have media attached will not.  This RSS feed is BASED on the stock WordPress site feed. PowerPress also can add podcast-related tags to any feed on WordPress.

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Happy Cinco de Mayo! Todd is out and MacKenzie chats with Mike about the come and goings of well known people in podcasting, the failure of Facebook’s podcast integration and how it’s important to provide relevant content and extras for your podcaster listeners — whether that means show notes, blog posts, social media interaction or something else entirely.

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News Facebook is getting rid of its podcast integration; effective June 3, 2022. WTF is a podcast? What a great question. Tom Webster is leaving Edison Research, and we’re not sure what he’ll do next. Anchor.fm co-founder is leaving Spotify. An oldie but a goodie, the concept and execution of cross-promotion for your podcast. Pre roll ads outperform mid or post roll ads for the first time. People’s Choice Podcast Awards registration is now open. Rap duo Black Star, Talib Kweli and Yasiin Bey, have released their album on Luminary, the podcast subscription service. Instead of releasing on Spotify, etc. because they’ll get paid better this way and are able to set the value of their art. Read more on NPR. Best Practice

Follow up with relevant content.By this we mean, post other content on your blog, Twitter, TikTok, Pinterest, etc. If your podcast listeners are interested in your show they’ll probably be interested in related articles, experiences, etc. Create a more loyal following this way.

Blubrry News Blog post: Analyze Your Stats, STAT! – Tara O’Brien Todd is a keynote speaker and part of a panel for Outlier in Austin. May is a busy month for events for our team and our dev team will be working hard to get some new features released in early summer, so stay tuned. Blubrry Pro Tip

Podcasters vs. Experts

Question of the Week

Question: I’m struggling with the idea of show notes. I publish a basic summary of each episode but don’t go into detailed show notes. What do you do? Pros and cons? I pretty much do everything on our podcast and to me show notes are just one more thing.

Answer: Keep it simple and keep it routine. Don’t think of it as ‘just one more thing’ but instead as another thing you get to do for your audience and your growth. You get out of your podcast what you put into it. Make a template ahead of the show for the content and let the show notes follow. If you type this out it’s easy to clean it up after recording and then use it for your show notes. Utilize bullets, keywords for SEO and links.

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Coming to you this week from the Blubrry Studio in Columbus, Ohio & Mike Dell’s World Studio in Traverse City, Michigan. Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team.

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This week, Mike is joined by Barry Kantz and they talk about Twitter, Joe Rogan and a few different legal topics that apply to you as a podcaster. As Barry is an attorney, he has great advice on how to move forward in podcasting when it concerns legal aspects, particularly copyright infringement.

Guest Host Barry Kantz, CFO and General Council for RawVoice/Blubrry

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News Elon Musk is buying Twitter. Years ago, Twitter started as a podcast company called ODEO and has obviously divulged into one of the most popular social media platforms out there. Joe Rogan says controversy gained him 2 million “subscribers” on Spotify Nielsen says most Americans are listening to more podcasts now than before the Pandemic started Riverside.FM raises $35m in funding round, and remember they are a partner of ours. New Media Show with Todd Cochrane and Rob Greenlee was Live at NABShow’s main stage 2 times this week. Here is Tuesday’s show. You can listen to the audio podcast coming soon here. Inc. Magazine: 5 metrics for your podcast Best Practice

Copyright Law: Having guests on your podcast and their rights

Copyright Law: Seven seconds of music myth

Blubrry News NAB Show 2022. Attendance and traffic was down compared to previous years, but Todd and MacKenzie connected with many positive contacts and leads. Overall, a successful show! It’s been a quiet week here at Blubrry but that just means we are busy making our service better and coming up with new features for you!  Stay tuned! Be sure to follow us on social media, Twitter @blubrry, Instagram @blubrry__podcasting, TikTok @blubrry_podcasting and we’re on Facebook, LinkedIn and Tiktok.  Our social team is putting out a lot of good information on there. Blubrry Pro Tip

Why people quit listening and two tips on how to get them to keep listening.

Question of the Week

Question: Someone is using the same title as my show’s title. Is there any way to get them to stop?  I was using it first!

Answer: Unfortunately, there is not much you can do about someone using the same title unless you have trademarked it. Titles can not be copyrighted either. Maybe just contact them and ask if they can change the title of their show enough to make it distinguishable from yours.

Got a question you’d like us to answer on the show? Drop an email to mike@blubrry.com (audio, text, video) and we may use it.

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Mike is joined by Toby Goodman, who runs the Blubrry Pro Production for us. They talked about a lot of things going on in the news and some Blubrry news.  Toby even pre-recorded a Pro Tip and we answered the Question of the Week.  They also talked about his book Narrow Podcasting.  It was a great conversation. The show is a bit longer than normal but it is well worth the listen!

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Multilingual podcasts Exciting – not so much for Toby – He finds it hard enough translating British English into American English… The news is… Ghost Island Media in Taiwan has launched its first multilingual podcast, 法台漫遊 Balades Culturelles Franco-Taïwanaises, simultaneously in French and Mandarin. Reminds us of Jive World and Lupa.app Obamas to leave Spotify Facebook is losing interest in podcasting. We can’t say we’re all that surprised. IAB Podcast Upfront – Schedule and the power of advertising. 11 Podcasts nominated for a Peabody award Parcast Union reaches deal with Spotify  The UK media regulator Ofcom has published the results of its UK podcast survey 2022. It says that 25% of Brits listen to podcasts each month – the same figure as reported in Edison Research’s Infinite Dial UK, and unchanged year-on-year. The most popular reason to stop listening to a podcast is  first, “I couldn’t find any that interest me.” Second,  “I don’t have enough time.” “Lots of other Data but a clear reason to narrow down your podcast as far as I’m concerned” -Toby

Best Practice: Use your best judgment for how long your podcast should be.

There are plenty of ‘studies’ out there that say 20-25 minutes is the optimal length of a podcast. But, we recommend that you figure out what works best for you, your content and your audience. You probably know your audience better than you think, you’re most likely fairly similar if it’s a common interest show. How long would you spend listening to an episode about your topic? Trust your gut and keep an eye on the Impactful Play and Retention data we provide in our stats to compare and contrast.

Blubrry News

MacKenzie and Todd are at NABShow in Vegas next week – Here is a map for where they will be:  West Hall NABShow PowerPress 9.0.2 is out Blog Post: Using Discord as a Podcaster by Jen Thorpe Podcaster of the Month: Liz Brunner Thanks for attending the Grow Your Show webinar with us and Traci’s team with Produce Your Podcast. Those who signed up but were unable to attend will receive a recording in a few days.

Blubrry Pro Tip: Structure vs. Flexibility

New! The Pro Tip is 2-5 mins long and is repurposed as a stand alone podcast called podcast business coach and FYI gets 100% impactful plays!

Interview: Toby Goodman from Blubrry Pro and Author of Narrow Podcasting!

Question of the Week: Why should I pay for podcast hosting when (insert free host here) is free?

Answer: The old saying, “you get what you pay for” applies here.  But more than that, the “free hosts” out there do not have the features and tools that we have here at Blubrry.  Also, another old saying, “If you get something of value for free, you are the product,” also applies.

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The best place for support with any Blubrry products/services is our ticket system (https://blubrry.com/support/). Tickets give the whole team access rather than direct emails or calls.

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Just recently announced, there are eight new Podcast Academy board members. If you’re a member you can meet them on April 19 to learn what they’ve been working on the past year. Reminder, podcasters and those who work in the podcast industry can become a member of The Podcast Academy. We also get into Spotify profit speculation, narrow podcasting and more.

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News The Podcast Academy has announced its newly-elected members of the Board of Governors. They are: Chirag Desai (Founder, Amaeya Media); Steve Wilson (Chief Strategy, QCODE); Valentina Kaledina (Director of Business Development, Castbox); Ami Thakkar (Host, Tuckered Out), Ilana Susnow (Head of Marketing and Audience Development, PodcastOne); Daniel J Lewis (Host, The Audacity to Podcast and founder, My Podcast Reviews); Martha Little (Editor, Audible); and Becky Celestina (Content Partnerships, Acast). If a member, you can meet the board on Apr 19. Spotify might make a profit from podcasting soon. Study: Podcast listeners are likely to be more curious and less neurotic Bob Ross Inc. (yes, that Bob Ross) is looking for hosts/producers for podcasts. Snipit.fm is a new short-form podcast network  Gilbert Gottfried, Comedian, Actor, Podcaster, died at 67 after a long illness. (Gilbert Gottfried’s Amazing Colossal Podcast)  Best Practice

Repeat the important pointsIt’s beneficial to include a call-to-action in your show notes, but also in the audio content. Just like people need to hear an advertisement multiple times before they move forward with a decision, the same goes for retaining information from your podcast. Repeat the important points to your listeners for better retention.

Blubrry News Account sharing is now active at Blubrry! PowerPress 9.0.1 is out with a quick hot fix. Version 9.0.2 is coming soon. Blubrry Pro Tip

Narrow Podcasting Book Sample

Question of the Week

From Kendra on FacebookQuestion: I’m really loving the new “Impactful Play” information on Blubrry. Are there any averages of this statistic? Trying to understand what is a good metric and goal for this number is.

Answer: At this time we do not have an average we can share. Each show is different and as long as you don’t have a huge percentage dropping out before 75%, you are likely good. You have to look at that and decide if something you are doing in the content is causing a drop out earlier. 

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The best place for support with any Blubrry products/services is our ticket system (https://blubrry.com/support/). Tickets give the whole team access rather than direct emails or calls.

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As always, Blubrry is here to break down the finer technical details of podcasting, this time specifically on what is podcasting 2.0, coming from the Podcast Index team. Once again, we’ve got big news coming from the Blubrry team; we just released a new section in our podcast statistics that displays your audience survey results. Be sure to stick around to the end where we get into the differences on how publishing works and then served to directories, similar to the discussion with podcasting 2.0.

News The Podcast Show in London has announced the first round of speakers and sessions What is Podcasting 2.0? Co-founder Dave Jones explains. Daniel J. Lewis is celebrating 15 years of podcasting  Female podcast listener growth has gone up significantly since the beginning of the pandemic. Ohio University senior and podcaster lands full time job based on podcasting experience. Spotify’s podcast union ready to strike Archwell Audio is trying to trademark the word ‘archetypes’ Best Practice

Plan your marketing strategy, don’t just wing it

After you publish a new episode you can post it to Twitter and Instagram, etc. but you can’t expect that to automatically grow an audience. Follow up on these posts, see if they’re getting any traction, reach out for engagement, etc. You can never rely on luck for proper marketing.

Blubrry News PowerPress 9.0 was released with changes to the onboarding process Audience survey results, now found in the podcast stats section, feature charts, and graphs to better understand your data. Please take our survey, to see what it’s all about! Thanks!  https://surveys.blubrry.com/podcastinsider  Another BIG release next week (if testing goes as planned) Stay tuned! Blubrry Pro Tip

Gaining Trust

Question of the Week

Question: How long does it take for my episode to be shown on xxx app after I publish?

Answer: It can vary wildly depending on the app or directory. Remember, podcasting is a PULL and not a PUSH. The different apps and directories pull your feed a few times a day at most. The rule of thumb is as follows: 

Apple: 4-24 hours. Spotify: Normally less than 12 hours. Google: Once you are in there, nearly instantly if you are using Websub (PowerPress has it) otherwise, 4-24 hours. Overcast and a lot of other independent apps: As soon as your listener opens the app and refreshes. Others: Don’t worry unless it’s been more than 24 hours. Most update much quicker than that. Another tip… If you are having trouble with just one app or directory, first check with that app or directory’s support to see if something is going on.

Got a question you’d like us to answer on the show? Drop an email to mike@blubrry.com (audio, text, video) and we may use it.

The best place for support with any Blubrry products/services is our ticket system (https://blubrry.com/support/). Tickets give the whole team access rather than direct emails or calls.

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Are YouTube and podcasting finally coming together in a meaningful way?

Leaked plans from YouTube about podcasting have come out this week and gotten some excitement out of the podcasting industry. A move that would effect the entire industry, we are curious to see where this one goes. Stick around for some news on additional upcoming releases from Blubrry, why you should do a giveaway and showing your credibility to the world, as a podcaster.

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News Leaked slides show YouTube’s podcasting plans? This comes after a somewhat lackluster session at Podcast Movement. RODE has released their first ever headphones, NTH-100. We imagine they’d pair nicely with a RODECaster Pro. Podnews’ Podcast Report Card results are here and EarBuds Podcast Collective is joining Podnews The podcast app, Overcast has been redesigned  The 2022 Podcast Hall of Fame class was inducted at Podcast Movement Evolutions. Congratulations to all of the inductees! The Webbys are launching a new podcast awards show. Freakonomics gets it’s own satellite channel on Sirius/XM  Best Practice

Host a giveaway on your show

It’s very easy and can still be cost effective. This giveaway can be exclusive content, merchandise, tickets to an event, etc. Engaging and interacting with your audience creates loyal listeners.

Blubrry News Speaking of… we have a giveaway ending at midnight EST March 31, 2022 for a $150 Amazon gift card. Watch our podcast stats demo, comment and share on social and you’ll be entered to win! Blog post: Delegate it or Ditch It! – by Tara O’Brien New onboarding in PowerPress 9.0. Look for a blog post with more details on this soon. Coming soon, new graphics for the audience survey results Blubrry Pro Tip

Showing your credibility

Question of the Week: Does Blubrry hosting work with Kajabi? (also applies to other website platforms).

Answer:  Not exactly, but YES. Confused yet? Our PowerPress plugin for WordPress only works on the WordPress platform. Our hosting works anywhere because you have the option to generate your feed and a player embed from blubrry.com and then embedding or linking to it on your website. 

Got a question you’d like us to answer on the show? Drop an email to mike@blubrry.com (audio, text, video) and we may use it.

The best place for support with any Blubrry products/services is our ticket system (https://blubrry.com/support/). Tickets give the whole team access rather than direct emails or calls.

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Schedule a one-on-one with Todd (hosting customers only). Email todd@blubrry.com Schedule a tech checkup with Mike (hosting customers only). Email mike@blubrry.com Send us your podcast sticker and a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) and we will send you a Blubrry care package.

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Podcast Movement Evolutions is underway in LA.  Todd and MacKenzie are out there with Toby from Blubrry Pro Production.  Mike is joined this week by Kate, also from the Blubrry Pro team! Kate and Mike have all the normal things such as News, Best Practice, Blubrry News, A Pro Tip from Toby and the question of the week.  Thanks for listening!

News

Tom Webster, EVP at Edison Research, presented the infinite dial at Podcast Movement Evolutions Apple explains their charts \ More Apple:  Apple adds follower (subscriber) numbers to their internal stats Ambies were held LIVE in LA on Tuesday night.  AND the winners Google and PRX are doing another round of the Google Podcasts creator program. Signup starts March 29th Our own Toby Goodman has released his new book  Narrow Podcasting Remember WinAmp? – It’s back in June! 

Best Practice: An oldie, but a goodie –  Show Prep.  Be prepared before you hit the record button. It will make you sound smarter!

Blubrry News

Blog post: How to build a podcast buffer Todd, MacKenzie and Toby are in LA for Podcast Movement Evolutions. Stop by booth 17 and say hi! Be sure to follow @Blubrry or @Blubrry_podcasting on all the social media places.  Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram.  Our social media team is keeping things fresh over there!

Blubrry Pro Tip: Intros!  (from LA this week)

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Question of the Week: What’s the best way to make sure the sound in my podcast is leveled if I don’t have professional production?

Answer: The best way is Auphic. You can find it here. There is an online service and a stand-alone version you can download and install on Windows, Mac or Linux.

Got a question you’d like us to answer on the show? Drop an email to mike@blubrry.com (audio, text, video) and we may use it.

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The best place for support with any Blubrry products/services is our ticket system (https://blubrry.com/support/). Tickets give the whole team access rather than direct emails or calls.

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Coming to you this week from the Pro Production Studios in Tecumseh, Michigan & Mike Dell’s World Studio in Traverse City, Michigan. Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team.

Schedule a one-on-one with Todd (hosting customers only). Email todd@blubrry.com Schedule a tech checkup with Mike (hosting customers only). Email mike@blubrry.com Send us your podcast sticker and a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) and we will send you a Blubrry care package.

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Wishing you all a Happy St. Paddy’s Day from Blubrry. Our team has had another lively week as we took a look back at all of our achievements over the past two years. With that in mind, remember we’ll be at Podcast Movement Evolutions in LA next week, and Kate from our production team will be joining Mike on the mic and Toby gives his opinion on whether or not podcasters should attend live events.

Thanks for joining us on this episode of Podcast Insider. Looking to be a guest on the show? Let us know. Emails are listed at the bottom of show notes.

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Apple Podcasts updated with the latest iOS update as of March 15, 2022 Robert Riggs from True Crime Reporter (and a Blubrry hosted show), is an indie podcaster turning his show into a TV show. Fox Nation will premiere the show this Friday. Freed to Kill is based on True Crime Reporter. Watch the trailer here. Women Podcast Listeners: What We Know Right Now, from the team at Sounds Profitable. Lots of insights in this one. Shure is currently having a sale on podcasting and gaming microphones and more. Advertisers plan to spend more on podcasting. Your Business Should Have a Podcast, we certainly think so and some of those businesses can utilize private podcasting. Best Practice

Routine intros and outros. More than music, have a regular intro and outro that include a thank you and call to actions.

Blubrry News Blog post: Blubrry’s Modernization and read the press release here. We’re proud to share what we’ve accomplished. Blubrry Pro Tip

Should you go to live events? From Toby Goodman; check out his new book, Narrow Podcasting. He’ll be at Podcast Movement Evolutions too.

Question of the Week

Question: I’m new at podcasting. How do I find interesting people to interview for my show?

Answer: Congrats.The best way is to hang out with the type of people you want to interview. On Forums, Groups on Facebook or in person groups and events around your niche. Also, don’t go into those groups and right away say “I have a podcast, do you want to be a guest?” without participating in the group and being useful first. You don’t want to look like a spammer by coming on too strong.

Got a question you’d like us to answer on the show? Drop an email to mike@blubrry.com (audio, text, video) and we may use it.

The best place for support with any Blubrry products/services is our ticket system (https://blubrry.com/support/). Tickets give the whole team access rather than direct emails or calls. ______________ Coming to you this week from The New Media studios in Coldwater, Michigan & Mike Dell’s World Studio in Traverse City, Michigan. Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team.

Schedule a one-on-one with Todd (hosting customers only). Email todd@blubrry.com Schedule a tech checkup with Mike (hosting customers only). Email mike@blubrry.com Send us your podcast sticker and a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) and we will send you a Blubrry care package.

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More announcements came this week, like the plan and service changes at Blubrry. We’re giving our advanced hosting customers more monthly storage at no cost to them and we’ve released an updated audience survey for podcast listeners to fill out. But, we don’t just talk about us this episode, we mention Podcast Movement Evolutions, a best practice and changing your podcast content into a book. Big thanks to Dr. Denise for joining Todd this time as she’s our podcaster of the month and was a joy to have on the show.

Thanks for joining us on this episode of Podcast Insider. Looking to be a guest on the show? Let us know.

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News Kai Chuk, Director of Partnerships at YouTube, will have a session at Podcast Movement Evolutions YouTube paying up to $300k to get podcasters to do more videos Spotify removing content from RT and Sputnik Apple’s podcast app keeps getting worse says Fast Company Only 1.22% of podcast episodes use chapters in any way “Host read ads are the beachfront property of podcast advertising” – Tom Webster Just how many podcasts are there anyway?  Bill Maher is starting an independent podcast called Club Random Best Practice

Stick with it. Publish enough episodes to foster an audience or following.

One or two episodes isn’t typically enough for a listener to know if they want to stick around regularly or subscribe. We tend to see that if podcasters make it past the 7 and then 15 or so episode mark, they’ll stick with it and the same can be said for audiences.

Blubrry News Blog post: Podcaster of the Month, Dr. Denise McDermott, MD We’ve got a revamped audience survey Hosting plan changes are being made very soon! Still more to come! Blubrry Pro Tip

Turn your podcast into a book

Interview

Dr. Denise McDermott, MD – Podcaster of the Month

Question of the Week

Question: If I want to have a guest on my podcast, do they need to sign a release form or anything legal like that?

Answer: It’s not required, but it could greatly work in your favor to have them sign one, even a simple version. Most likely, all will go smoothly with your guest, however on the off chance that it doesn’t, something like this could assist in any trouble you run into with them. Gordon Firemark, a known podcast lawyer, has a downloadable one on his site.

Got a question you’d like us to answer on the show? Drop an email to mike@blubrry.com (audio, text, video) and we may use it.

The best place for support with any Blubrry products/services is our ticket system (https://blubrry.com/support/). Tickets give the whole team access rather than direct emails or calls. ______________ Coming to you this week from The New Media studios in Coldwater, Michigan & Mike Dell’s World Studio in Traverse City, Michigan. Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team.

• Schedule a one-on-one with Todd (hosting customers only). Email todd@blubrry.com • Schedule a tech checkup with Mike (hosting customers only). Email mike@blubrry.com • Send us your podcast sticker and a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) and we will send you a Blubrry care package.

Our mailing address is: Blubrry – MacKenzie 150 E. Campus View Blvd. #180 Columbus, Ohio 43235

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One of the first things that you do when getting your podcast off the ground is creating and/or designing your podcast artwork. It begs the question… do you want to be the face of your own podcast? As in, have your own face on your podcast artwork. It’s incredibly popular, but there are no rules when it comes to podcast artwork design – which is shown in each and every podcast directory – that says you should or shouldn’t include your latest glamorous headshot.

Toby from the Pro-Production team weighs in on this topic, but not before Todd and Mike get into some industry news, and announcements from Blubrry, including some unsung heroes in podcasting that you might be familiar with.

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News New Luminary CEO has been announced Rishi Malhotra Apple tells you how to more easily get your podcast promoted NBC pushing for podcasting New podcast from Salem Radio, The Dennis and Julie Podcast The iHeart app added ‘Talk Back’, voice commenting to the hosts of radio shows Will Twitter be adding podcasts? Will Farrell is the opening keynote at PM Evolutions and Paris Hilton will be DJing the iHeart Party Best Practice

Check your bandwidth when recording remote guests/hosts.

Oftentimes podcast interviews are recorded via Zoom or another software that takes up a significant amount of internet bandwidth; which depending on your internet connection, can take a toll on your recording. Check your connection every time before you hit record, and if possible, use a connected option as opposed to wifi.

Blubrry News Blog post: Using Social Media to Locate Your Podcast Audience – by Kim Krajci Tooting our own horns a little… We are honored to be included in Podcast Magazine’s ‘The 22 Unsung Heroes in Podcasting’ We will announce and interview our Podcaster of the Month for March in next week’s episode! More to come, stay tuned! Blubrry Pro Tip

The face of your podcast… do you want your podcast artwork to feature your own face?

Question of the Week

Question: Why does album artwork need to be exactly square and small file size?

Answer: Short answer… because Apple wanted it that way. The better answer is that a square is the easiest shape to use in multiple places, i.e. apps and web pages. It is easier to scale to different sizes without worrying about aspect ratio. The small file size is so it loads fast and doesn’t take up too much space on people’s devices. Not as much of a problem now as it was 14 years ago, the device storage and speed are much much greater now.

Got a question you’d like us to answer on the show? Drop an email to mike@blubrry.com (audio, text, video) and we may use it.

The best place for support with any Blubrry products/services is our ticket system (https://blubrry.com/support/). Tickets give the whole team access rather than direct emails or calls. ______________ Coming to you this week from The New Media studios in Coldwater, Michigan & Mike Dell’s World Studio in Traverse City, Michigan. Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team.

• Schedule a one-on-one with Todd (hosting customers only). Email todd@blubrry.com • Schedule a tech checkup with Mike (hosting customers only). Email mike@blubrry.com • Send us your podcast sticker and a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) and we will send you a Blubrry care package.

Our mailing address is: Blubrry – MacKenzie 150 E. Campus View Blvd. #180 Columbus, Ohio 43235

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As a podcast host, you wear many hats, including advertising team. And there will most likely come a day when you want to be prepared to share data about your show to someone else, and you’ll need to create a podcast media kit, also known as a press kit. Hear from Todd and Mike some recommendations on what to include, when to get started and more. We’ve got lots more where that comes from, so stick around for Toby’s pro tip of the week about email segmentation, mic quality and loads of podcast industry news.

Thanks for joining us on this episode of Podcast Insider. Looking to be a guest on the show? Let us know.

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News Now that Podsights and Chartable are part of Spotify, Sounds Profitable points out they should no longer be considered 3rd party podcast statistics providers. Read here. Libsyn’s AdvertiseCast has acquired PAR LinkedIn jumping into podcasting in partnership with Verizon, creating original content for the platform The hosts of BBC’s Americast are moving to rival platform, Global, for podcasting and radio Podcast Moderation Challenges, from Reuters. Think you’re doing everything right with your podcast? Just in case… here are 8 Podcasting Mistakes to Avoid Be sure to go fill out the first-ever Podnews Report Card for industry wide results Best Practice

Create a podcast media kit

Especially if you’re looking to monetize your show, a media kit shows your dedication, timeliness and overall brand and reach, easier than you can explain.

Blubrry News Blog post: Power Through Podcast Burnout by David Day Blubrry Pro Tip

Email Segmentation – thanks Toby!

Question of the Week

Question: This came from the Podcasting Reddit topic. Should two hosts use the same type of mic, or can they use different kinds/types and end up with ok audio?

Answer: It is a good idea for you and your co-host to sound similar in quality but we don’t think you need to have the exact microphones. But, if one host is on a $500 mic and the other host is on a stick mic that came with a laptop, well that isn’t going to sound great.  Most importantly, background noise levels need to be the same or as close as you can.

Got a question you’d like us to answer on the show? Drop an email to mike@blubrry.com (audio, text, video) and we may use it.

The best place for support with any Blubrry products/services is our ticket system (https://blubrry.com/support/). Tickets give the whole team access rather than direct emails or calls.

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Coming to you this week from The New Media studios in Coldwater, Michigan & Mike Dell’s World Studio in Traverse City, Michigan. Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team.

Schedule a one-on-one with Todd (hosting customers only). Email todd@blubrry.com Schedule a tech checkup with Mike (hosting customers only). Email mike@blubrry.com Send us your podcast sticker and a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) and we will send you a Blubrry care package.

Our mailing address is: Blubrry – MacKenzie 150 E. Campus View Blvd. #180 Columbus, Ohio 43235

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Have you taken a look at your Blubrry podcast statistics today? You’ll find a whole new interface and for some users (advanced), a few new metrics. Many of you know we’ve been working on this user experience release for a long time and we could not be more excited to share it with you all. We start out the episode with some Blubrry news this time, and get to industry news after as well as a best practice — research your titles — and a pro tip about co-hosts.

A big thanks to Yndia Lorick-Wilmot for joining us as podcaster of the month and stick around for her interview with Todd. Thanks for listening and let us know what you think about the stats! You might just win a year’s worth of hosting for doing so.

Thanks for joining us on this episode of Podcast Insider. Looking to be a guest on the show? Let us know.

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News Spotify has acquired two podcast stats companies, Chartable and Podsights Apple Podcasts adding new sorting features to their app Guy Raz’s podcast, How I Built This, goes one week exclusive on Amazon / Wondery+ More radio people come to podcasting Mike & Jon in the Morning turns into a podcast Best Practice

Research your ‘perfect’ podcast title before you move forward. It could be the most clever and apt name for your podcast, but you never know who might have already thought of it, owns the domain, or how confusing it may be to a search engine.

Blubrry News Our new podcast statistics user interface has been released. Read more here and here. Blog posts: Valentine’s Day post A Time to Celebrate Our True Love, Podcasting by Meryl Klemow Angelo Mandato, our long-standing chief information officer and co-founder, has left Blubrry Blubrry Pro Tip

Looking for a co-host?

Interview

Podcaster of the Month: Dr. Yndia Lorick-Wilmot, PhD

Education category – Talking Journeys of Belonging 2 Blackness

Question of the Week

Question: What is the correct bitrate vs. file size for podcasting mp3’s?

Answer: That is up to you, but the standard is 64kbps in mono or 128kbps in stereo. 64kbps will give you 1/2mb per minute of audio and you can double that for 128kbps.

Got a question you’d like us to answer on the show? Drop an email to mike@blubrry.com (audio, text, video) and we may use it.

The best place for support with any Blubrry products/services is our ticket system (https://blubrry.com/support/). Tickets give the whole team access rather than direct emails or calls.

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Coming to you this week from The New Media studios in Coldwater, Michigan & Mike Dell’s World Studio in Traverse City, Michigan. Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team.

Schedule a one-on-one with Todd (hosting customers only). Email todd@blubrry.com Schedule a tech checkup with Mike (hosting customers only). Email mike@blubrry.com Send us your podcast sticker and a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) and we will send you a Blubrry care package.

Our mailing address is: Blubrry – MacKenzie 150 E. Campus View Blvd. #180 Columbus, Ohio 43235

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It’s always a joy celebrating and congratulating creators for their hard work. Fortunately, after a break, one of podcasts most well-known and respected honors is back. The 2022 Podcast Hall of Fame inductees list has been released and the awards ceremony will be hosted at Podcast Movement Evolutions in Los Angeles in March later this year. Congratulations to all of the new inductees! We also catch you up on the latest in the ongoing Joe Rogan and Spotify story, the Ambies (another podcast awards show), and an easy way to get to know your podcast audience better.

Thanks for joining us on this episode of Podcast Insider. Looking to be a guest on the show? Let us know.

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News Podcaster Hall of Fame class of 2022 announced 70 episodes removed from The Joe Rogan Experience show on Spotify Rumble offers $100 million for Joe Rogan to move to Rumble How many ads are too many? 2022 Infinite Dial to be presented live at Podcast Movement EvolutionsAlso, possibly, the New Media Show Zoom settings for reasonable podcast recordings, a Twitter thread from our friend over at Buzzsprout. Ross Mathews and Nikki Boyer to co-host the 2022 Ambies Best Practice

Get to know your audienceWe make this easy with an audience survey available within the Blubrry dashboard.

Blubrry News Blog Posts: Podcaster of the Month: Yndia Lorick-Wilmot Affiliate payments go out next week Stats beta testers have been notified Blubrry Pro Tip

Networks

Question of the Week

Question: What are the requirements to get on Apple Podcasts and Spotify?

Answer: I see this generic question a lot on forums and groups.

There are several, but they are mostly the same for ALL podcast apps, directories, and podcatchers. 

The first requirement is actually having a podcast. That means having at least one podcast episode published and having a podcast-compatible RSS feed to submit.Correct artwork size Media file in the designated format Descriptions filled out Category picked

Of course, Blubrry will help you with ALL these things. That is our job! And we have a simple set of instructions here in case you’re more of a step by step learner. Learn how to Submit to Apple Podcasts here and to find instructions for many other directories here.

Got a question you’d like us to answer on the show? Drop an email to mike@blubrry.com (audio, text, video) and we may use it.

The best place for support with any Blubrry products/services is our ticket system (https://blubrry.com/support/). Tickets give the whole team access rather than direct emails or calls.

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Coming to you this week from The New Media studios in Coldwater, Michigan & Mike Dell’s World Studio in Traverse City, Michigan. Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team.

Schedule a one-on-one with Todd (hosting customers only). Email todd@blubrry.com Schedule a tech checkup with Mike (hosting customers only). Email mike@blubrry.com Send us your podcast sticker and a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) and we will send you a Blubrry care package.

Our mailing address is: Blubrry – MacKenzie 150 E. Campus View Blvd. #180 Columbus, Ohio 43235

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There are many responsibilities that come with being a podcast host and creator. Some of which include: deciding on what type of content to publish, what platforms you’re comfortable being on, and this one can be more important than some think, the help you ask for along the way. We urge you to be wary when you begin working with or choose to hire a podcast consultant. Tune in for these topics and more on this episode of Podcast Insider.

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No live show this week.

News

Joe Rogan responds to ongoing controversy  The hosts of Science Vs. go on hiatus over the Joe Rogan policy There is a new Neil Young channel on SiriusXM satellite radio  Amazon paid $100 million for My Favorite Murder Serial released a new season this week, set in Birmingham Best Practice

Be very careful who you hire as a podcast consultant. 

Blubrry News Blog Posts: Build your audience with great podcast interviews – Part 1 and Part 2  by Kim Krajci Final preparations are being made for stats beta coming next week! Blubrry Pro Tip

Conversations vs Soap Boxing

Question of the Week

Question: Why are my stats reporting downloads? What about people hitting play on my page? Are those counted?

Answer: To the server, plays and downloads are the same thing. Whether this is playing on a web page or downloading in an app. The only difference is when someone hits play on your page, the file is downloading AS it’s playing (you can’t tell the difference unless there is significant buffering). But to the server, it looks the same. So, they are counted the same.

Got a question you’d like us to answer on the show? Drop an email to mike@blubrry.com (audio, text, video) and we may use it.

The best place for support with any Blubrry products/services is our ticket system (https://blubrry.com/support/). Tickets give the whole team access rather than direct emails or calls.

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Coming to you this week from Todd’s home in Southern Michigan and Mike Dell’s World Studio in Traverse City, Michigan. Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team.

Schedule a one-on-one with Todd (hosting customers only). Email todd@blubrry.com Schedule a tech checkup with Mike (hosting customers only). Email mike@blubrry.com Send us your podcast sticker and a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) and we will send you a Blubrry care package.

Our mailing address is: Blubrry – MacKenzie 150 E. Campus View Blvd. #180 Columbus, Ohio 43235

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