Tue, March 25, 2025

289 Backing Up Your Podcast, Navigating Takedowns and The Awesomeness of MacWhisper 12

How to make sure you don't lose your podcast without warning! New updated character count on podcast descriptions in Apple Podcasts, Edison Research launches Edison Download Metrics, MacWhisper 12 is so good! Pocket Casts has a web player, launching seasons out of order? Tips for keeping it clear, be part of the Podcast Marketing Trends Report And download stats, this time geographic and user agents! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! 🔆 If you are starting a podcast or looking to find a new home for your podcast use the code thefeed to get your first month free on Libsyn! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary (2:15) PROMO 1: Video Fuzzy (2:55) Rob and Elsie conversation (3:33) Podcast descriptions in Apple Podcasts now allow up to 10,000 characters! (7:02) "Spotify deleted my podcast for no reason and without warning" (19:34) Someone is centering podcasting in the next presidential election (25:38) Edison Research has just launched podcast download metrics (27:50) MacWhisper 12 is amazing (35:21) Pocket Casts has a web player (36:22) Audio feedback: percentage of income that comes from YouTube (38:46) Categorizing the naming of the second season of your podcast for discoverability (43:20) Audio feedback from Sheryl on 3 episodes! (46:11) How many directories and podcast apps can you get your podcast into? (52:21) Be counted! Take the survey for the Podcast Marketing Trends Report 2025 (59:03) PROMO 2: Sibercast Network (1:00:52) Stats: Geographic and user agent (1:04:21) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Video Fuzzy PROMO 2: The Sibercast Network Sheryl from The Hearts of Gold Sibercast Network: Tomorrow's Legends Sibercast Network: The Mandalore Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! A Podcaster’s Guide to RSS - A Podcaster’s Guide to RSS Rodney Ø⚡ on X: "It is with a heav

Tue, March 11, 2025

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

YouTube's TV takeover, a billion-user podcast boom, and the end of Skype? Get ready for massive shifts in the digital landscape. We're diving into YouTube's 2025 plans, how to leverage their podcast power, the surprising return of Digg, and crucial podcasting tips – plus, a new VP of Marketing! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! 🔆 If you are starting a podcast or looking to find a new home for your podcast use the code thefeed to get your first month free on Libsyn! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary (2:14) PROMO 1: Otherwise Objectionable (4:14) Rob and Elsie conversation (5:20) Welcome new VP of Marketing, Chris Avello! (7:51) Skype will be shutting down (9:32) Digg is coming back (17:36) Into the YouTube podcast strategy (17:36) YouTube big bets for 2025 (41:01) Why you need a podcast guest release (43:08) Replacing your episode after you've made a mistake (46:17) Podcast apps that have closed (54:25) PROMO 2: AdStops - Podcast Advertising On Track (55:49) Stats: mean and median numbers (57:32) Where have we been and where are we going Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Otherwise Objectionable PROMO 2: AdStops - Podcast Advertising On Track The Critical Role of Ad Ops: Proactive Strategies for Success featuring our own Sydney Dennis! Where have we been and where are we going Elsie Escobar: Find Your Podcast Process Elsie Escobar: Pioneering a Path for Diverse Voices - Blubrry Podcasting Podcast Movement Evolutions | Chicago 2025 NAB Show The Podcast Show 2025 Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro

Tue, February 25, 2025

287 Claiming Your Podcast on Apple Podcasts and Video Podcast Realities

Updates to submitting and claiming your podcast on Apple Podcasts with Libsyn, best practices when switching hosting platforms, Castro updates, and love for Sofa, not all podcast apps support playing video, the challenges of creating the perfect video podcast background and why it's not as easy as it seems and finally Stats! Geographic and user agents Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! 🔆 If you are starting a podcast or looking to find a new home for your podcast use the code thefeed to get your first month free on Libsyn! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary (2:12) PROMO 1: Educational Duct tape Podcast (3:05) Rob and Elsie conversation (3:42) Apple Podcasts announced updates for submitting your podcast directly from podcast hosts and the ability to claim existing shows (7:43) Apple Podcasts will be unavailable for up to 8 hours on March 1 (9:18) When should you delete your old podcast hosting account once you have moved to a new one? (11:41) Castro now supports the Transcript Tag! (14:55) Audio quality is still important even though you've started to create a video podcast (18:54) How do you publish a video podcast on Libsyn and what are the best practices? (26:45) Ask permission when using bits of other people's podcasts on your podcast (31:03) The challenge of finding a great backdrop for your podcast (38:50) Have you heard of Station? (40:29) How to upload your podcast to YouTube automatically with Libsyn (43:28) Elsie's new favorite app: Sofa (53:06) PROMO 2: The Perfect Stool (54:01) Stats: geographic and user agent (57:37) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Educational Duct tape Podcast PROMO 2: The Perfect Stool Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! About Your Podcast Settings – Libsyn 5 Submit Your Show to Apple Podcasts – Libsyn 5 Claim your show - Apple Pod

Tue, February 11, 2025

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

Alphabet, Google’s parent company, sees podcasts shaping YouTube, discussing the Triton Podcast Report, the difference between survey data and server data, why both are important and how YOU can tell for yourself, how what you say on a podcast can impact your profession, when you have a podcast troll, and stats, mean and median numbers! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! 🔆 If you are starting a podcast or looking to find a new home for your podcast use the code thefeed to get your first month free on Libsyn! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary (2:39) PROMO 1: Podtastic Audio (3:12) Rob and Elsie conversation (5:19) Alphabet's earnings, looking at YouTube and podcasts (23:22) The Triton Podcast Report (26:43) The difference between survey data and server data (34:06) Libsyn Ads exclusive! The Video Archives (36:25) Chris Cuomo commentary on podcast's infuence (45:46) White House opens their doors to podcasters (48:29) We got feedback from a legacy podcaster! (49:37) What if you have a podcast troll? (58:25) PROMO 2: The JFK Files (1:00:47) Mean and median numbers (1:02:37) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Podcastic Audio PROMO 2: The JFK Files Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! 2025 The Feed Shownotes - Google Docs Alphabet (GOOG) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Transcript | The Motley Fool 2024 U.S. Podcast Report.pdf 02.05.25 -- Libsyn x The Video Archives press release. Medcast - SNL - YouTube More than 7,400 influencers apply for

Tue, January 28, 2025

285 Do Not Let The Unicorns Die

New updates to how episode artwork shows up on your show page in Apple Podcasts, the latest on short-form video on social media, including a deep dive into the Instagram algorithm and best practices, a Podfest and Podcasting Hall of Fame recap, the new strategy building up The Feed ecosystem by adding short-form video and a newsletter, the LARK M2S by Hollyland, revisiting the best day of the week to release an episode, and of course, stats—this time geographic and user agent! 🔆 If you are starting a podcast or looking to find a new home for your podcast use the code thefeed to get your first month free on Libsyn! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412–573–1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR THE FEED INSIGHTS NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary (2:25) Rob and Elsie conversation (3:36) Podcasting Hall of Fame and Podfest redux (4:24) Do not let the unicorns die (5:14) A bit of love for Dave Mansueto (8:00) More on the Hall of Fame Inductees (18:21) Apple Podcasts no longer showing episode artwork on the show page (26:05) Discussing Breaking into Podcasts: Media Relations Tools (36:10) The new The Feed ecosystem strategy (40:08) The new LARK M2S! (45:02) What is the best day of the week to publish a podcast based on data (49:47) All about vertical video trends (51:16) How the Instagram algorithm works and best practices (59:23) PROMO: Podcast Coaching for Kingdom Entrepreneurs (1:03:47) Stats: geographic and user agent (1:08:54) Dave Mansueto's induction into the Hall of Fame - full acceptance speech Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO: Podcast Coaching for Kingdom Entrepreneurs Where have we been and where are we going NAB Show The Podcast Show 2025 Podcaster & Podcast Industry Conference - Podcast Movement Evolutions | Chicago 2025 Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie ☎️ Leave us voice feedback! HALL OF FAME - Podcast Hall of Fame podCast411 - Learn about Podcasters and Podcasting News: 411 Item 171 French Maid TV Podcast - Voicemail line 206–666–4357

Tue, January 14, 2025

284 2025 Podcasting Essentials: Public Domain Goldmine, True Crime Dominance and The Latest Podcasting Gear

To our podcasting community – from creators to advertisers and beyond: Our thoughts are with you as Southern California grapples with these devastating wildfires. We're here for you, and we’re committed to supporting one another through this challenging time. Stay safe. What a way to start 2025. In addition to discussing the devastation of the wildfires in L.A. we share updates on public domain content for 2025, the Zoom H1 XLR, The Shure MV7i, advice for starting a podcast in 2025, the overwhelming popularity of true crime podcasts, exploring audience insights and trends, and of course stats! Mean and median numbers! 🔆 If you are starting a podcast or looking to find a new home for your podcast use the code thefeed to get your first month free on Libsyn! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary (2:45) PROMO 1: Civilla Morgan (3:09) Rob and Elsie conversation (3:20) The heartbreak of the Southern California fires (5:50) New works available in the public domain (14:46) The Zoom H1 XLR (18:43) The Shure MV7i (27:16) Starting a podcast in 2025 (38:12) New trend bait headlines (44:44) What is WMPlayer? (46:12) What's up with Firefox? (47:35) Podtrac's Top 25 new shows of 2024 Watch the True Crime listener report (55:40) A replacement to Chartable smartlinks (57:19) PROMO 2: She's All Over The Place (58:03) Stats: mean and median numbers (1:05:07) Where have we been and where are we going? (1:07:47) Brian and Elsie Talk Movies: Hot Frosty Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Civilla Morgan from Childless Not By Choice and Not Just Another Religion And Politics Podcast PROMO 2: She's All Over The Place Podcast Where have we been and where are we going Podcasting Solo: A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating & Publishing Your Episode - YouTube Transform Your Podcasting Journey with Podcast Kaigi - Reflection, Growth & Podcast Planning — Elsie Escobar Podfest Expo Podcast Hall of Fame 2025 Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro!

Mon, December 23, 2024

283: 2024 Podcasting Trends: Apple, YouTube, Libsyn, and Industry Insights

Reflecting on the past year of podcasting, significant updates in the podcasting world, including Google search visibility, YouTube performance, and Apple Podcasts features. We recognize the Hall of Fame inductees, discuss the impact of platform closures, the growing influence of YouTube and Spotify, touch on the importance of long-form content in political discourse, big love for all things Libsyn, and of course podcasting stats! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary (2:34) Rob and Elsie conversation (4:49) Welcome to the new class of Podcast Hall of Fame inductees! (8:54) "The Feed podcast" on google search results are surprising Have you googled your podcast in incognito mode lately? (17:30) Covering The Feed's YouTube stats for 2024 The top The Feed episodes on YouTube (28:54) The big podcasting stories of 2024 (35:47) 2024 Podcasting industry trends and events (54:06) Libsyn-centric highlights for the year (1:02:13) Stats: geographic and user agents (1:07:46) Where have we been and where are we going? Where have we been and where are we going The True Crime Podcast Listener Landscape: Exclusive 2024 Webinar - YouTube Podcasting Solo: A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating & Publishing Your Episode - YouTube The Latino Podcast Listener Report 2024 - Edison Research PODFEST EXPO | Where Your Voice Matters Podcast Hall of Fame Announces Eleven 2025 Inductees Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! Podcast Hall of Fame Announces Eleven 2025 Inductees HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly leave us a review and follow the

Tue, December 10, 2024

282 The Spotification Episode

The closing of Samsung podcasts and Chartable, Chartable chart and ranking replacements, getting access to Apple Podcasts Connect and Spotify Podcasts without creating duplicate podcasts and how to do it! Our take on Spotify for Creators and Daniel Ek's vision for the platform moving forward, what happens if you have an audio RSS feed in Spotify and you upload a video version of an episode? Spotify Wrapped, Overcasts new updates! New Podcast apps to check out And stats, mean and median download numbers. Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary (2:40) Rob and Elsie conversation (3:25) Samsung podcast is terminated (6:50) Chartable closing (13:31) Chartable replacements (16:35) Getting access to Apple Podcasts Connect and Spotify Podcasts accounts without creating duplicate podcasts (17:36) Claiming your existing show in Apple Podcasts (20:07) Claiming your existing show on Spotify (22:20) Commenting on the latest news from Spotify and interview with Daniel Ek (40:51) What happens when you have an existing RSS feed for your audio podcast but then upload a video? (43:23) Spotify Wrapped is here, and we have thoughts (47:42) Overcast has released a stats feature and a new 48-hour listening history (50:16) Some interesting podcast apps to take a look at (53:09) Promo: Video Fuzzy (56:41) Stats, mean and median numbers! Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO: Video Fuzzy Where have we been and where are we going The True Crime Podcast Listener Landscape: Exclusive 2024 Webinar - YouTube Podcasting Solo: A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating & Publishing Your Episode - YouTube Edison Research to Publish the Fifth Year of the Latino Podcast Listener Report  - Edison Research PODFEST EXPO | Where Your Voice Matters Transform Your Podcasting Journey with Podcast Kaigi - Reflection, Growth & Podcast Planning — Elsie Escobar Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie L

Tue, November 19, 2024

281 The Surging Influence of Podcasts and Spotify’s New Video Monetization Push

Preparing to launch a podcast in 2025? We have dates to look out for! Podcasts and election follow up, Spotify takes on YouTube, Libsyn partners with Revolutions, Section 230 changes loom, and the latest stats on mean, median numbers and geographic and user agent! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary (2:24) PROMO: Kamuela Kaneshiro (2:40) Rob and Elsie conversation (3:51) When to launch your new show, channel or subscription for 2025 (5:17) BlogTalkRadio will no longer be operating in January 2025 (6:27) "The Podcast Election" follow up (37:23) Spotify is looking to be YouTube (45:32) Revolutions exclusively partners with Libsyn to enhance podcast advertising experience (49:36) IAB and others urging court to reconsider ruling curbing section 230 (52:02) Stats: mean, median, geographic and user agent (57:47) Where have we been and where are we going Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO: Kamuela Kaneshiro - Legends From The Pacific Where have we been and where are we going [Follow us on Luma for all our podcast education events]() [Subscribe to our YouTube channel]() Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! Holiday season delivery schedule - Apple Podcasts for Creators Create and Listen to Online Radio Shows | Blog Talk Radio Trump Wins the First Influencer Election Why Democrats won't build their own Joe Rogan joe rogan bernie sanders - YouTube Podcasts greatest impact is from their clips that are distributed on social media. IMO, young men don’t have the attention span for the whole thing. They scan through it or are doing 5 different things while they listen <a href= "https://www.threads.net/@mcuban/p

Tue, November 05, 2024

280 Celebrating 20 Years of Libsyn, Legacy and Future in Podcasting

It's our Libsyn 20th Birthday episode extravaganza! We're diving into a mini podcast history journey, packed with your incredible listener voices. We'll also rewind to podcasts' role in the Election (heads up: this drops November 5th morning, so election results are TBD!) Big media moves alert: Veritone One and Oxford Road have joined forces, creating the podcast ad world's newest powerhouse. Plus, we're geeking out over Apple's latest hardware drops and breaking down Podtrac's fresh metrics announcement. Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary (0:00) From Emilio from Libsyn Intro! (2:47) From THE Dave Jackson (3:37) Rob and Elsie conversation (5:02) What were Rob and Elsie doing 20 years ago? (8:47) From Chris (9:13) The early podcast iTunes experience (11:47) 20 years of Libsyn! A look back (20:21) From Ken and G (20:37) A mini historical podcasting timeline (35:51) From Naomi (36:11) A bit of The Feed's origin story (42:37) From Sheryl (43:00) Looking into the future of podcasting (45:56) Political podcasts revisited! (1:00:25) From John (1:00:41) Veritone One and Oxford Road merge! (1:02:28) A bunch of new Apple hardware (1:08:15) From Kristin (1:09:41) Podtrac stats (1:12:51) From Kevin (1:13:48) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio Emilio from Libsyn Dave Jackson from The School of Podcasting Chris from Orphaned Signal  Ken from the Ken and G Podcast Naomi from the Leaving Well Podcast John from The Totally Tanked podcast Kristin from Podcast Coaching for Kingdom Entrepreneurs Kevin from Tuning into SciFi TV Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! Engadget Podcas

Tue, October 22, 2024

279 Disaster Tech Lessons From Hurricane Helene and Leveraging Podcasts for Political Edge

Libsyn has a new CEO! A whole lot of disaster tech. How you can help a study about Podfading, covering all the podcasts that had presidential candidates with some suggestions and insights. The predictive promo planner from Podtrac, and stats! geographic and user agent! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary (2:09) PROMO: Legends From The Pacific - The Concubine Demon (2:59) Rob and Elsie conversation (5:13) Libsyn Appoints Brendan Monaghan as Chief Executive Officer and to the Board of Directors! (9:48) All things disaster tech lessons from Hurricane Helene (38:45) Castro released some really cool icons (39:39) Looking for YOU - are you podfading? (42:58) There's a new podcasters meet-up in Colorado Springs (43:42) Presidential candidates on podcasts, we have thoughts (54:41) All episodes disappearing from Apple Podcasts? (57:05) Podtrac announced its new Predictive Promo Planner (59:00) Stats: geographic and user agents! (1:02:31) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO: Legends From The Pacific - 154 The Concubine Demon Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! Libsyn CEO announcement Why did so much water flow to Chimney Rock during the Helene flood? - YouTube I walked to Chimney Rock for answers… Hurricane Helene Aftermath - YouTube Business Internet at the Speed of Light - PANGAEA Radio Has Been 'A Godsend For So Many' In Helene's Aftermath - Radio Ink Drafts | Where Text Starts @castropodcasts • Castro 2024.10.1 out today with some n

Tue, October 08, 2024

278 Exploring Chartable's Shutdown Plus Backups and Content Banking for Podcasters

Exploring the dynamic landscape of podcasting amidst natural disasters and industry shifts. Key topics include the impacts of tropical storm Helene on North Carolina and the crucial role of radio in emergencies, the closure of Chartable and the need for podcasters to adapt by updating their setups, and the arrival of new tools like the Rodecaster Video switcher. We also discuss Netflix's series 'Nobody Wants This,' and provide updates from Libsyn along with insights into podcast advertising trends. Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary (1:35) Elsie's on the ground floor Helene update (6:16) Rob and Matthew conversation (7:22) Bank content! And back up plans! (8:42) Chartable is going away and alternatives (18:52) Mathew Passy shares his background in podcasting (26:05) Apple Podcasts chart updates and Rob's iPhone story (28:41) 8 more languages added to Apple Podcasts auto-generated transcripts (30:34) The Rodecaster Video - new podcasting gear is on the scene (34:14) Welcome to Lauren to the Board of Directors (38:16) Overpayment news? (40:29) Podcasts on the radio? Podcast radio as a thing? We discuss (47:14) Why did you leave us? (51:23) YouTube is all in on building communities! (1:00:38) Mainstream shows and all the podcast producers (1:03:32) Stats: mean and median numbers (1:07:09) Libsyn Ads latest monthly advertising dates (1:10:36) Where have we been and where are we going? Where have we been and where are we going Video Editing For Podcasters: CapCut Edition - YouTube Mentorship for Podcasting Professionals and Creatives Seeking Clarity, Change, and Fresh Starts — Elsie Escobar Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! Podstatus - Podcast reviews and rankings Podkite - All of your podcast's chart rankings, reviews and podcast links in one place Podcharts - Track your podcast rankings Podrover - Collect and share your podcast reviews, automatically Podcards | The Smar

Tue, September 24, 2024

277 iPhone 16, iOS 18, Apple Intelligence For Podcasting and Podcast App Updates

Still more audio issues. BOO. iPhone 16, Apple Watch Series 10 and Apple Intelligence thoughts for podcasters, Spotify removed over 500 episodes! Find out why. Big updates for Pocket Casts and Castro, Episodes.FM is getting better; Using your old feed for new content? We have thoughts Why is public radio cutting more staff? And as always, stats! geographic and user agents. Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary (2:13) PROMO 1: Dealcraft Rob and Elsie conversation (5:17) All things podcasting related from the Apple Event! (19:03) Spotify had over 500 episodes removed (21:20) Updates to Pocket Casts (24:30) Updates to Castro (25:59) Updates to Episodes.FM (29:03) Elgato's latest Stream Deck is $900! (30:42) In order for your widescreen image to show up on YouTube through Libsyn you need to connect the Destination (35:06) How to update a legacy RSS feed with a new podcast (39:03) Would you pay $800 to be on a podcast? (45:10) Libsyn's annual meeting of stockholders is on September 25 (46:52) More cuts to public radio jobs (53:18) Spotify's head of podcast business is departing (54:55) Underscore Talent appointed a new head of podcasting (55:31) Libsyn has hired Mathew Passy (56:17) PROMO 2: Long Term (57:31) Stats: geographic and user agent (1:01:31) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Dealcraft PROMO 2: Long Term Where have we been and where are we going Video Editing For Podcasters: CapCut Edition - YouTube Mentorship for Podcasting Professionals and Creatives Seeking Clarity, Change, and Fresh Starts — Elsie Escobar Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! iOS 18.1 Beta 4 Expands Phone Call Recording and Transcribing to Select Older iPhone Models - MacRumors How iPhone 16 Pro's Audio

Tue, September 10, 2024

276 Not Those Podcast Challenges And The Kelcey Brothers' $100 Million Podcast Deal

FYI: WE HAD SOME AUDIO ISSUES. 🙏🏽 The Kelce brothers 100 million dollar deal! Discussing Nielsen's quarterly report, The Record that has some pretty astounding data! Skullcandy headphones with "podcast mode," Rob reacts to the Hollywood Reporter's story on podcast challenges for Barrett Media --- that's a mini soapbox moment. Follow up on the Universal Music for Creators partnership with Libsyn; How to optimize your shownotes formatting for most podcast apps, stats, mean and median numbers and a whole lot of other podcasting tips and bits. Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary (2:22) Rob and Elsie conversation (3:18) 100 million podcast deal with the Kelce brothers (8:26) Discussing Nielsen's The Record data on adult listening (9:05) Skullcandy headphones have added "podcast" mode (11:15) Rob soapbox in response to Hollywood Reporter's story on podcasting via Barrett media (24:32) Audio feedback from Naomi on mattering Subscribe to The Feed newsletter ! (25:26) Is it worth sharing rankings from Goodpods? (28:15) What happens to the music after the 6 month trial with Universal Music Group expires? (30:40) No Such Podcast has launched aka the NSA Podcast! (32:35) How to make sure your shownotes show up nicely in most podcast apps (45:44) Using podcasts to support political campaigns (47:45) The Hawk Tuah girl is launching a podcast (50:00) An interesting resource: Pod Cards (51:00) Audio feedback from Terry, how much of your podcast can be in a different language? (52:39) $25.62 billion is a huge overestimate of the podcasting market (54:34) PROMO: Child Care Director's Chair podcast (55:23) Stats: Mean and median numbers (59:50) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO: Child Care Director's Cut Audio feedback: Naomi from the Leaving Well Audio feedback: Terry from Video Fuzzy Where have we been and where are we going Video Editing for Podcasters: Premiere Pro Edition - YouTube PODFEST EXPO | Where Your Voice Matters Podcaster & Podcast Industry Conference - Podcast Movemen

Tue, August 27, 2024

275 The Impact of FTC Regulations, Alex Cooper’s Massive Deal And Libsyn's Latest Collaborations

Alex Cooper signs a 125 million dollar deal, Apple Podcasts is available via browser! New rules from the FTC banning fake testimonials, best practices on changing the name of your show, Libsyn and Barometer join forces to bolster brand safety and Libsyn teams up with Universal Music Group! Plus stats, mean and median numbers. Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary PROMO 1: The Relaxed Male Rob and Elsie conversation Quick Podcast Movement debrief That Call Her Daddy multi-million dollar deal - hey we were right! Apple Podcasts is now available via browser Feedback on explicit content not being available through Apple Podcasts via web Libsyn Ads has achieved 24% year over year growth for host read ads in the first half of 2024 Podcast 2.0 follow up New rules from the FTC banning fake testimonials Best practices for changing the name of your show Bolstering brand safety as Libsyn partners with Barometer Social media followers not correlate to podcast listeners Libsyn teams up with Universal Production Music for offer "Universal Music for Creators" Congratulations to Relay.FM on their 10th birthday PROMO 2: Over Here, Over There Stats: mean and median numbers Featured Podcast Promo + Audio [PROMO 1: The Relaxed Male] [PROMO 2: Over Here, Over There] Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! Alex Cooper’s ‘Call Her Daddy’ podcast signs deal with SiriusXM for $125 million | CNN Business Apple Podcasts on the web - Apple Podcasts for Creators 08.14.24-Libsyn-Ads-Podcast-Movement-release-compressed.pdf Libsyn Boosts Leadership, Moving Rick Selah To CRO - Radio Ink FTC Approves Final Rules Banning Fake Testimonia

Tue, August 13, 2024

274 Legacy Audiences, New Audiences, and Podcasting Challenges

A whole lot of discussion about Podcasting 2.0. It's almost the whole episode! Switching ownership of a show once producer has passed away, Alex Cooper from Call Her Daddy at the Olympics, some musings about those giant multi-million dollar podcasting deals, and stats, geographic and user agent download stats Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary (2:24) PROMO 1: The Story Pilgrim (3:37) Rob and Elsie conversation (4:12) Switching ownership of a podcast if owner passes away (10:05) Alex Cooper at the Olympics and possible upcoming multi-million dollar deals (25:08) Feedback on Overcast App updates (31:16) PROMO 2: Seddy Bimco Pt 2 The Revenge (32:17) Making money in podcasting: advertising, value for value and more (47:01) Live streaming of your podcast (49:37) Person tag (50:50) Podroll (57:30) Having a tab to support Podcasting 2.0 features in Libsyn (1:08:30) PROMO 3: Ex-Homeschoolers Club (1:09:10) Stats: Geographic and user agent (1:13:35) Latest CPM monthly numbers from Libsyn Ads (1:16:15) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: The Story Pilgrim PROMO 2: Seddy Bimco Pt 2 The Revenge PROMO 3: Ex-Homeschoolers Club Where have we been and where are we going How to Get Your Video Podcast on YouTube (and Spotify!) - YouTube All the Libsyn Team sessions at Podcast Movement 2024 Follow us on Lu.ma to be informed about our LIVE events! Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! Kelces' "New Heights" and "Call Her Daddy" Gear Up For $100 Million Paydays | Bobby Burack | OutKick Podcasting 2.0

Tue, July 30, 2024

273 Analyzing Our Podcast’s First Year Performance on YouTube and Podcast App Updates

Thoughts on the complete rewrite of Overcast, what's new for Apple Podcasts iOS 18, talking about Overlap and Twinbox, why can't podcast engagement and feedback all be in one place? One year stats of an audio podcast on YouTube Music, plus geographic and user agent download numbers. Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary (2:59) PROMO 1: She Thrives (3:48) Rob and Elsie conversation (6:08) Happy anniversary Overcast (7:25) Our thoughts on the new Overcast (16:59) What's new for Apple Podcasts in iOS 18 (20:51) Playing with a podcast app called Overlap that both worked and failed (26:55) Elsie is testing an AI tool called Twinbox (30:39) PROMO 2: You Are Worth The Work (32:03) Why it's difficult to gather feedback, ratings and engagement from all the places (38:20) Aggregating multiple networks with multiple shows to one RSS feed? (42:04) Stats for a year of our podcast being on YouTube (49:34) PROMO 3: Tacet No More (50:37) Stats: geographic and user agent (54:43) Where have we been and where are we going Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: She Thrives PROMO 2: You Are Worth The Wait PROMO 3: Tacet No More Where have we been and where are we going 160 Is Your Podcast Really as Popular as You Think It Is? Rob Walch of Libsyn Helps Us Separate Hype from Reality | Podtastic Audio The Value of Outsourcing Podcast Creation - YouTube How to Get Your Video Podcast on YouTube (and Spotify!) - YouTube Podcast Movement 2024 Follow us on Luma! Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! Ten Years of Overcast - A New Foundation <a href= "https://9to5mac.com/2024/07/25/heres-whats-new-for-apple-podca

Tue, July 16, 2024

272 Restarting Your Podcast, Updating Your Podcast and YouTube Podcasts Strategies

Spotify for podcasters now has comments; something we were not prepared for regarding AI & older tech blogs; what if you've podfaded because - life - and now you're ready to start back up again. What to do? More YouTube and video podcasting strategy; the Podcast Host's 2024 Podcaster Gear Survey! Stats, mean and median numbers and oh so much more 📌 APPLICATION FOR YOUTUBE FOR PODCASTERS STUDY! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary (4:21) PROMO 1: Video Fuzzy (5:03) Rob and Elsie conversation (6:14) Spotify has rolled out comments and how that might affect podcasters (14:44) A new Overcast drops today! We'll discuss in the next episode (15:10) AI coming for TUAW and the impact to historical websites (20:04) The International Women's Podcast Festival is happening in London in October (21:11) Switching podcast branding and content on the same RSS feed (27:06) Restarting your podcast after a significant life event: audio feedback (32:21) The way that YouTube handles music podcasts (35:36) New podcast and two YouTube channels, what to do? (41:54) Where are the YouTube stats within the Libsyn interface? (43:24) The Podcast Host's podcaster gear survey 2024! (48:05) How to make YouTube shorts work for your podcast (53:03) Video and audio podcasting gear for traveling (55:03) Chartable founder Dave Zohrob has exited Spotify (56:26) PROMO 2: Glass in Session (57:23) Stats: mean and median numbers Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Video Fuzzy PROMO 2: Glass in Session PROMO 3: Mark from The Repurpose Your Career Podcast on Spotify while he transitions! Where have we been and where are we going The Value of Outsourcing Podcast Creation (Sign up!) Learn Podcasting — Publish Your First Episode Today! - YouTube Podcast Movement 2024 Follow us on Luma! Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback!</

Tue, July 02, 2024

271 What's The Best Podcast Episode Length? And Restrictions For Podcasting CNN Content

What you need to know if you want to cover politics using clips from CNN! Yes, google podcasts is going away, and what impact will it have on your podcast; Spotify and transcripts; How to make sure that the transcript that you uploaded shows up on Apple Podcasts; How do you get the stats we cover on each episode to reference? We cover it for you! Stats! Discussing the length of the top 200 episodes in Apple Podcasts and what that tells us about the "right" episode length. Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! ✍🏽 SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary (3:06) PROMO 1: The Youth Development Center Podcast (4:04) Rob and Elsie conversation (4:39) What if you want to cover the debates broadcast on CNN on your podcast? We've got info! (9:20) Getting clear about what kind of impact Google Podcast disappearing will have on your podcast and the YouTube of it all A message from the Google Podcasts team (18:46) Spotify and transcripts (21:27) New a live theater space to hold LIVE podcast recordings in Pittsburgh: Poduty (24:48) How to make sure that the transcripts that you uploaded are the transcripts that go out to Apple Podcasts (26:52) The first steps to take to make sure that your RSS feed is redirected to a new feed (28:47) Guess where we publish our mean and median download numbers? (31:27) The best podcast conferences to attend in the U.S. (35:58) PROMO 2: Civilla Morgan (37:39) Worst email of the week! (44:40) Congratulations to the Mongabay's Podcast! (45:56) The key players and elements to have on your website to promote your podcast (48:53) PROMO 3: FranchiseU! (50:00) Stats: what is the "right" episode length based on Apple Podcasts' top 200 (57:23) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: The Youth Development Center podcast PROMO 2: Not Just Another Religion and Politics Podcast and Childless Not By Choice PROMO 3: FranchiseU! Where have we been and where are we going Advanced Strategies for Podcast Creators - YouTube Libsyn’s Rob Walch Has Watched Podcasting Grow From Infancy to Audio Juggernaut - Barrett News Media <a

Tue, June 18, 2024

270 WWDC Highlights Through Podcasting Lens, Apple Intelligence, and Podcast Economics

All the podcast-centric WWDC announcements including Apple Intelligence and being able to record phone calls; should you scheduled 3 podcast episodes to go out at the same time? Questions about Libsyn supporting video and where it goes; breaking down how many downloads per episode you need to start monetizing with Libsyn; how much podcast production costs; geographic and user agent download numbers plus May's average CPM numbers from Libsyn Ads. Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! 📺 Follow all our live events  on Luma Quick Episode Summary (2:33) PROMO 1: Offstage Acting (3:51) Rob and Elsie conversation (5:09) Why does Elsie always get Legends From The Pacific podcast name wrong? So sorry (8:33) More on the Libsyn YouTube API integration (15:46) Breaking down the WWDC keynote for podcasters (26:58) Apple Intelligence (33:39) Apple ID is now Apple Account! (39:38) PROMO 2: Journey into Yoga (40:22) Scheduling multiple episodes to go live at the same time, dos and don'ts (41:40) Does Libsyn publish video to Spotify and YouTube? We get to it! (45:46) How many downloads per episode are needed to start monetizing with Libsyn, and how much revenue is expected? (48:49) Ashley Carman covers podcast production costs (57:29) Steph Curry is doing a podcast (58:32) PROMO 3: Worm Hole Podcast (59:42) Stats! Geographic and user agent (1:03:59) Libsyn Ads CPM rates (1:06:21) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Offstage Acting PROMO 2: Journey into Yoga PROMO 3: Worm Hole Podcast Where have we been and where are we going Lights, Camera, Podcasting! Movie Dumpster's Formula for Video Podcast Success on YouTube! Follow us on Luma! Advanced Strategies for Podcast Creators with Dave Jackson! Podcast Movement 2024 Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie <a href="https://speakpipe.co

Tue, June 04, 2024

269 Can You Be on YouTube Music and Not YouTube? And Thoughts on Section 230

Integration with YouTube's podcast API, the latest Castro app update; what is happening with my downloads stats? How to find out what is up when you see those ups and downs; real time news about Gaana; talking about what's up with section 230; answering more questions about YouTube and podcasts; clean vs explicit; formatting your podcast shownotes; another mean and median download update! 🔥 THURSDAY JUNE 6, sign up! Lights, Camera, Podcasting! Movie Dumpster's Formula for Video Podcast Success on YouTube! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary (2:22) PROMO 1: Fix It Home Improvement (3:10) Rob and Elsie conversation (5:15) The YouTube API + Libsyn integration (7:56) Castro App update! (13:54) How to find out what caused that change when looking at your download stats (19:01) Oh, no! What's going on with Gaana? (22:56) It's better to not do the podcast if you're not willing to do the work - you could be a guest (33:23) Is it possible to be on YouTube Music and not YouTube Music? And other YouTube for podcast questions (42:27) AUDIO FEEDBACK: explicit vs clean tips from John, host of the Trek Profiles podcast (49:30) PROMO 2: Back Look Cinema (50:19) Formatting your podcast shownotes and making them look nice (57:00) The problem when a platform rehosts your files and creates another RSS feed for your podcast (1:10:06) PROMO 3: Classic Movie Review (1:10:49) Mean and median numbers (1:12:25) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Fix It Home Improvement PROMO 2: Back Look Cinema PROMO 3: Classic Movie Review Where have we been and where are we going Lights, Camera, Podcasting! Movie Dumpster's Formula for Video Podcast Success on YouTube! AI for Podcasters Learn To Podcast with Dave Jackson Podcast Movement 2024 Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles an

Tue, May 21, 2024

268 How To Get Featured on Apple Podcasts Plus Mean and Median Numbers Are Back!

If you want to be promoted by Apple Podcasts, we break it down for you! This is a must listen! Thoughts on the Apple's iPad event, from that crushing ad to the key updates to the iPad line. Apple Podcasts widget update on iOS 17.5; discussing the Q1 2024 Podcast Advertising benchmark Report from Magellan; What's a good podcast completion rate? The IAB released their 2023 US Podcast Revenue and growth projections plus, mean and median download numbers are back. Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! 🤖 The AI For Podcasting event that you can't miss! Register   SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary Intro to the show (2:02) Rob and Elsie conversation Why video podcasting can feel like such a heavy lift (6:43) R.I.P. Bill Monroe from The Strokecast, you are missed (10:55) Venture capitalists are using podcast to bring in founders (13:27) The Apple Ad that crushed all the things (17:43) What happened during the Apple iPad event? (24:31) Promo 1: Strokecast (25:02) Updates iOS 17.5, keep the purple out! (29:27) All about the Magellan Q1 2024 Podcast Advertising Benchmark report (36:48) All the tips to get your show featured on Apple Podcasts! (50:34) IAB Podcast advertising revenue and projections (53:48) Promo 2: Accessing College (54:56) Mean and median download numbers! (56:59) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: The Strokecast --- no more link PROMO 2: Accessing College Where have we been and where are we going AI for Podcasters - sign up! Advanced Strategies for Podcast Creators Podcast Movement 2024 Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! How Venture Capitalists Are Using Podcasts to Lure in Founders | Vanity Fair Apple Says Sorry For Much Criticized iPad Ad Trashed By Celebrities <a href= "https://www.mac

Tue, May 07, 2024

267 Re-certified for IAB metrics V2.1 and Ways To Name and Number Your Episodes

Re-certified for IAB metrics to V2.1, discussing the State of Podcast Agencies, talk about the best naming conventions, the power of shout-outs and how to make Apple Podcasts better. Plus, stats, the lastest geographic and user agent download data, and updated Podcast Advertising Rates. Also, featuring all kinds of awesome audio feedback from you. Big love to those that did send that audio feedback ❤ Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary (2:38) PROMO 1: Video Fuzzy (3:34) Rob and Elsie conversation (7:23) We are re-certified for IAB metrics to V2.1 (12:08) Chatting about the State of Podcasting Agencies report (16:36) Libsyn at the IAB Upfronts 2024! (20:37) A quickie email from the Apple Podcasts team (22:13) Is YouTube the only destination that requires naked links? (29:04) It won't be so hard to install Audio Hijack anymore! Have you given it a go? (34:41) Elsie shares a conversion rate from the podcast to a sign up (40:18) Thoughts on the best ways to name and number your podcast episodes (49:04) AUDIO FEEDBACK: the power of the shout-out and feedback on the Apple Podcasts subscription feature (53:31) AUDIO FEEDBACK: doing better with acronyms is good for all! (54:47) We will report on anything podcasting relevant released at the Apple Event (56:49) PROMO 2: Legends From The Pacific, Episode 14 (57:32) Stats: geographic and user agent download numbers (1:06:09) The latest Podcast Advertising Rates (1:08:25) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Video Fuzzy PROMO 2: Legends From The Pacific - Episode 14 Paul from Fighting Through WWII Judy from Homeowners Best Real Estate Moves Where have we been and where are we going AI for Podcasters - sign up! Advanced Strategies for Podcast Creators Podcast Movement 2024 Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie <a href="https://speakpipe.com

Tue, April 23, 2024

266 iOS 18 Notes App Rumors, Podcasting Gear Talk and the Future of Podcast Success Measurement

Takeaways from NAB in Las Vegas. What if your feed is capped? Or is it? We've got answers. New audio-centric social media platform, Air Chat. Is CPM the problem in podcasting? A bit about the Shure MoveMic and the updated MV7+. Some great updates to the Notes App on iOS 18 (allegedly). Insight on what it takes to crack the top 10 in a category on Apple Podcasts upon launch! 👀 If you are a True Crime podcaster, hosted on Libsyn and on Amazon Music DO THIS TO BE FEATURED! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary (2:34) PROMO 1: Not Your Average Goat (3:30) Rob and Elsie conversation (5:06) Recap NAB 2024 (7:54) Shure MoveMic test at NAB and thoughts (11:22) What podcasters were talking about at NAB 2024 (15:19) What if your RSS feed is capped at 100? Or is it? (17:21) The new audio social media platform Airchat (24:39) Are CPMs to blame on why podcasts are devalued? (39:21) PROMO 2: Ep 133 of The Hearts of Gold Podcast (40:42) Why did you leave us? (41:55) Is there data on type of podcast at a mass level? And thoughts on series vs episodic (46:35) Do you have a True Crime podcast and are hosted on Libsyn? We got an opportunity for you! (49:35) The new updated Shure MV7+ (53:39) iOS 18 and the Notes up with audio support! (allegedly) (58:43) PROMO 3: The Perfect Stool (59:22) What do you need to get on the top 10 of your category when you launch your podcast? (1:01:19) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Not Your Average Goat PROMO 2: Ep 133 of The Hearts of Gold Podcast PROMO 3: The Perfect Stool Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! MacVoices - The Talk of the Mac Community The Rough Cut - The Film and Video Editing Podcast MoveMic Two - T

Tue, April 09, 2024

265 Apple Podcasts Search Update, Marketing Your Podcast With Transcripts Plus Podcast Data And Trends

No more Google Podcasts? George Carlin's estate reaches settlement after AI Podcast, marketing your episodes with Apple Podcasts and the new transcripts feature! Two soapboxes 👀 Rob on Bill Maher refusing to stop the smoke for Steve-O, and Elsie's, on marketers and the misleading headlines! Big ups to Ashley Carman for her piece on some of the biggie podcasts using app game marketing, discussing The Infinite Dial 2024, and March's downloads stats! User agent and geographic! 👀 Sign up for this event featuring the YouTube Podcasting Team with Libsyn! All about YouTube + RSS + Podcasting! → Elevating Your Podcast with YouTube Podcasts: A Walkthrough Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary (2:51) PROMO 1: United We Spay (3:39) Rob and Elsie conversation A tiny bit of chit chat  (5:36) No more Google Podcasts? What you can expect, a message from the Google Podcast team (10:06) Attend our even with the YouTube Podcasts Team! (11:43) Update on Apple Podcasts search, guess what else gives you search results? Info directly from the Apple Podcasts Team! (18:28) Levelator work with the M2 MacBook Pro! (21:12) George Carlin's estate reaches settlement after the A.I podcast situation (28:11) Very creative and easy way to market your show on social media using Apple Podcasts transcripts! (30:33) Shout-out to Podcraft! Doing the work for independent podcasters (32:40) PROMO 2: Rewind Rewatch (33:42) Soapbox 1 - Bill Maher one day of no smoke, that is all, one day of no smoke (36:58) Soapbox 2 - Make your headline promoting your thing reflect the actual content (41:33) Spotify podcast trends report and why we are bringing it to you for YOU to evangelize (48:40) Shout-out to Ashley Carman on covering the use of game ads for podcasts and how they are proving to be quite problematic (57:10) Edison Research's The Infinite Dial 2024 redux! (1:01:15) PROMO: Craftlit (1:02:44) Stats, geographic and user agents (1:07:20) Libsyn Ads advertising rates for March (1:10:19) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: United We Spay PROMO 2: Rewind Rewatch PROMO 3: Craftlit Where have we been and where are we going <a href= "https://lu.ma/youtubeforpodcaste

Tue, March 26, 2024

264 Optimizing For Podcast Discovery, Uploading Your Transcripts & The Shure MoveMic

You can now upload your own transcripts to Libsyn 5! The amazing new Shure MoveMic, Libsyn teams up with Bunny Studio! How Episodes.fm can really help you market your podcast. FYI Having keywords in your description, no matter how many times won't be indexed by Apple Podcasts (and more data on what gets your show found in Apple Podcasts,) Rick Selah as the new EVP of Sales for Advertisecast aka Libsyn Ads! Yes, Advertisecast is now Libsyn Ads 🎉 And stats, the latest geographic and user agents data. 👀 Sign up for this event featuring the YouTube Podcasting Team with Libsyn! All about YouTube + RSS + Podcasting! → Elevating Your Podcast with YouTube Podcasts: A Walkthrough Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary (2:44) PROMO 1: In The Great Khan’s Tent (3:34) Rob and Elsie conversation (5:28) Adding your own transcripts to Libsyn 5 - it's a thing! (6:19) Clarification from the Apple Podcasts team about how they ingest transcripts added and compare to the actual audio file (15:18) All about the Shure MoveMic, what is is and best use cases (25:35) Libsyn Teams Up with Bunny Studio to Unlock Exclusive Premium Creative Services for Podcasters (28:18) Using Episodes.FM to share your podcast episode (34:15) PROMO 2: Be Well, Sis Feedback on vinyl wrapping a Pacer (35:38) Two women's events are back: International Women's Podcast Awards and The International Women's Festival (37:09) Libsyn names Rick Selah as new EVP of sales for AdvertiseCast Marketplace (39:09) We're doing an event with the YouTube for Podcasters team all about your podcasts on YouTube (40:46) How many episodes have we covered Apple Podcasts search? A lot (42:47) Clarifying exactly what is indexed in Apple Podcasts to get your podcast found (57:09) PROMO 3: Homeowners Best Real Estate Moves (57:52) Stats: geographic and user agent (1:01:42) Libsyn Ads monthly advertising rates (1:04:20) Advertisecast is now Libsyn Ads (1:09:11) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: In The Great Khan’s Tent PROMO 2: Be Well, Sis PROMO 3: Homeowners Best Real Estate Moves Where have we been and where are we going Boos

Tue, March 05, 2024

263 Creative Marketing Unleashed and iOS 17's Impact on Podcasting

We cover the release of IAB Podcast Metrics V2.2 for public comment; using community volunteers for human-assisted transcripts and addressing common transcription questions; Elsie's thoughts on the risks of "magically replying" on social media; Rob's take on the potential impact of iOS 17 and Q1 ad changes; effective podcast marketing tactics ranging from vinyl-wrapped cars to Overcast ads and guerrilla approaches; how programmatic ads can provide modest but meaningful income; a discussion of the Edison Research Share of Ear Report; and a look at podcast stats, geographic and user agent data. With insights on metrics, marketing, monetization, industry trends and more, this episode has something for podcasters at every level! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary (2:24) PROMO 1: The Mandalore (3:22) Rob and Elsie conversation How about them Chiefs? And Rob is back (9:43) The IAB Podcast Metrics V2.2 is now available for public comments. (11:27) The influence of podcast hosts! A report (17:25) Jay on podcast transcripts - audio feedback (25:39) Follow up on opting out of podcast transcripts (33:02) Magic Reply and Elsie's soapbox about its impact on social media interaction (39:39) Rob shares the impact and what he calls "the perfect storm" of iOS 17 + Q1 + programmatic ads (43:24) PROMO 2: Everyone Is Moving To Berlin (45:05) Marketing: social? (49:21) Marketing: Overcast ads (54:24) The impact of the programmatic Paul audio feedback (58:24) Guerrilla marketing tactics and vinyl on your vehicle! Darren audio feedback (1:05:28) Edison Research's Quarterly Share of Ear Report with interesting results on podcast listening in urban vs rural areas (1:08:08) PROMO 3: The Strokecast about Voice Over (1:08:53) Stats: geographic and user agent (1:13:49) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: The Mandalore Podcast PROMO 2: Everyone is Moving To Berlin PROMO 3: The Strokecast Voice Over Jay from the Best of The Left Paul from the Fighting Through WW2 Podcast Darren from Weird Darkness Where have we been and where are we going <a href="https://ev

Tue, February 20, 2024

262 Protecting Your Podcast Brand, Effective Podcast Advertising and Programmatic Challenges Explored

Hit skip or hit subscribe? The dilemma of podcast ads, explored from both sides of the microphone; what is podcast x-ray and why do you need it? The impact of podcast fame, podcast business and controversial guests is it destroying podcasting? Let's be nice to people on the internet; podcast Ads as a tool to get better at your own podcast promotion; the Podcast Threads community is thriving, plus so much more! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary (3:10) PROMO 1: The Main Thing (4:09) Elsie and Erik conversation Guest co-host! Erik Fisher (5:44) The coolest tool, Podcast X-Ray (11:35) Deep dive into the downfall of modern podcasting video (27:42) What about when advertisers are deceptive about the categories? (38:35) The audience experience of podcast ads and be nice, people! (43:51) PROMO 2: Where Is The Line? (46:20) Why listening to podcast ads is helpful to podcasters (54:38) Podcaster Threads is cool! (1:03:00) PROMO 3: Tomorrow's Legends (1:04:00) Have you taken the Podcaster Gear survey? (1:04:55) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: The Main Thing PROMO 2: Where Is The Line? PROMO 3: Tomorrow's Legends Where have we been and where are we going Elevating Your Podcast: Expert Tips on Production, Editing, and Collaboration - YouTube Charles Duhigg on the Super Power of Clear Communication at Home and Work Learn Podcasting — Publish Your First Episode Today! with Dave Jackson - YouTube NRB 2024 Convention | February 20- 23, 2024 | Gaylord Opryland Podcaster & Podcast Industry Conference - Podcast Movement Evolutions | Los Angeles 2024 Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! Beyon

Tue, February 06, 2024

261 Apple Podcasts Transcript Updates and Stepping Down From Podcast Leadership

Rob and Elsie dive into the world of podcast transcripts, covering everything from Apple Podcasts' new automatic transcription feature to the best practices for creating and using custom transcripts. They also discuss recent developments in the industry, including Apple Podcasts' exclusivity shifts, changes in podcast app ownership, and the impact of iOS 17 on podcast statistics plus user agents download numbers are back! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary (2:17) PROMO 1: The Business of You (2:43) Rob and Elsie conversation (3:30) All kinds of talk about Apple Podcasts transcripts! (32:29) Elsie and some She Podcasts news (37:22) PROMO 2: 19 Stories From Fear To Hope (40:46) Paul Colligan's guesting manifesto (42:31) Remember Magic Bookafier? It's back on AppSumo (43:11) Looks like the Castro App is back! (45:31) Alex Cooper is no longer exclusive to Spotify (47:41) Audacy to cut 25% of the staff in Pineapple Podcast division (52:10) Additional data on the drop of downloads from iOS 17 via Podtrac (53:22) Google podcasts is going away and next steps (55:06) PROMO 3: Stitchery Stories (55:26) Stats: User agents are back! (59:09) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: The Business of You PROMO 2: 19 Stories From Fear To Hope PROMO 3: Stitchery Stories Where have we been and where are we going Elevating Your Podcast: Expert Tips on Production, Editing, and Collaboration - YouTube Learn Podcasting — Publish Your First Episode Today! with Dave Jackson - YouTube NRB 2024 Convention | February 20- 23, 2024 | Gaylord Opryland Podcaster & Podcast Industry Conference - Podcast Movement Evolutions | Los Angeles 2024 Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! <a href= "https://podcast411.libsyn.com/how-to-get-your-own-transcript-

Tue, January 23, 2024

260 Exploring Podcast Rankings, Network Negotiations and Listener Education

How to determine your ranking compared to other podcasts and our perspective on it. The optimal methods for utilizing third-party and first-party podcast statistics. The crucial questions you should pose when considering a partnership with a podcast network. Insights into podcast app functionality, audience desires, and audience needs. We'll also cover statistics, including geographic and user agent data, and Rob's soapbox discussion on 'The Incredible Shrinking Podcast Industry,' and more! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary (2:20) PROMO 1: Tales From The Pacific, episode 150! (3:47) Rob and Elsie conversation It's cold in Nashville! (5:00) Off to Podfest and the Podcasting Hall of Fame (6:00) What's going on at She Podcasts Live Unplugged (9:13) There is no all encompassing ranking system in podcasting (16:52) What to use Rephonic for and what not to use it for (24:28) The most important you need to ask for before you sign that podcast network deal! (26:38) Podcasting 2.0 thoughts (38:05) PROMO 2: The Strokecast, Tawnie The Neuro Mermaid (38:41) The YouTube Music podcast app is missing some vital things (40:23) Depending on what podcast app you are using, your podcast shownotes might not look the same (43:33) Earfluence acquires Podcast Ally! (45:18) Feedback please! Share your podcast marketing audience acquisition campaign data (46:57) PROMO 3: Old Skool with QueenE (47:33) Stats: Geographic and user agent (48:50) Commentary on "The Incredibly Shrinking Podcasting Industry" (50:38) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Legends From The Pacific PROMO 2: The Strokecast - Tawnie, The Neuro Mermaid PROMO 3: Old Skool QueenE Where have we been and where are we going NRB 2024 Convention | February 20- 23, 2024 | Gaylord Opryland Podcaster & Podcast Industry Conference - Podcast Movement Evolutions | Los Angeles 2024 Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie <a href="https://speakpipe.com/

Tue, January 09, 2024

259 The Growth of Podcast Advertising And Podcast Marketing Real Talk

It's the new year, and that means new public domain works are available! Time to update the copyright for your podcast's RSS feed, preparing for the influx of new advertisers entering the world of podcasting in 2024. Google Search now featuring podcasts 👀 We're excited to announce the Podcast Hall of Fame inductees for the class of 2024! Additionally, we'll delve into real talk about podcast marketing, explore the latest podcast advertising rates, and so much more! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary (2:03) PROMO 1: The Forgotten Podcast (4:23) Rob and Elsie conversation (5:08) The new works entering the public domain (12:16) Discussing the estimation of growth in podcast advertising (17:14 ) Elsie's wish for advertising (19:10) The Digiday audience, fighting for audience (23:13) PROMO 2: Video Fuzzy (23:42) Google's podcast results right at the top of the page on a couple of browsers! And thoughts on how those results are coming up (32:08) Congrats to the winners of Canadian Podcast Awards (33:51) Announcing the 2024 Podcast Hall of Fame inductees! (38:50) Audio feedback from Nobilis! (40:08) Wrong titling? Wrong category? Gaining 20% audience? Laying down some real advice to a podcast (47:09) Diving straight into some very insightful data on podcast marketing trends The real data on how many video podcasts are in Apple Podcasts (1:04:00) PROMO 3: REMelations - Comedy Dream Interpretation (1:06:27) No mean and median numbers; yes, the latest podcast advertising rates (1:09:40) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: The Forgotten Podcast PROMO 2: Video Fuzzy PROMO 3: REMelations Where have we been and where are we going Schedule | PODFEST EXPO She Podcasts Live Unplugged NRB 2024 Convention | February 20- 23, 2024 | Gaylord Opryland Podcaster & Podcast Industry Conference - Podcast Movement Evolutions | Los Angeles 2024 Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie <a href="https://spe

Tue, December 19, 2023

258 Free Speech and 2024 Podcast Predictions Begin

All the predictions discussion for 2024, including how the election year and podcast advertising intersect and expectations about social media podcast marketing and growth. A free speech soapbox from Rob; from RSS to newsletters; the video to podcast RSS feed workflow; discussing the casualties of the podcasting bloodbath, yikes! Details about a 301 redirect plus geographic and user agent and a bit of a deep dive into the Apple Podcasts iOS 17 update and how that affected download numbers! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary (2:19) PROMO 1: Breakbeat Week (3:21) Rob and Elsie conversation (4:19) Rob on free speech (11:17) We have a predictions blog post we'd love for you to check out! (12:01) Rob's 2024 podcasting predictions (19:02) Elsie's 2024 podcasting predictions (27:09) Have you watched the podcasting predictions video on YouTube? (28:43) If you added a video component to your podcast this year we want your feedback! (30:18) Automatic an email to go out when a podcast publishes (34:23) Sourcing images for your podcast (38:18) PROMO 2: Leaving Well (39:40) Video uploads to RSS feed workflow (44:08) Would there be any issues using a slash character in a podcast character? (45:16) Discussing the casualties of the podcasting bloodbath (53:12) Questions about a 301 redirect (55:21) PROMO 3: The Extraordinary Project's "Finding Dawn" (56:48) Stats: geographic (57:48) iOS 17 affects on Apple Podcasts downloads (1:08:35) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Break Beat Week PROMO 2: Leaving Well PROMO 3: The Extraordinary Project's "Finding Dawn" Where have we been and where are we going Schedule | PODFEST EXPO NRB 2024 Convention | February 20- 23, 2024 | Gaylord Opryland Podcaster & Podcast Industry Conference - Podcast Movement Evolutions | Los Angeles 2024 Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! <l

Tue, December 05, 2023

257 Apple Podcasts vs Spotify 2023 Podcast Charts and Castro Closure?

What do the most popular podcasts in 2023 from Apple and Spotify have in common? Is Elsie's beloved Castro App closing down? Submitting your show to the Black Podcasting directory, tips for inviting a celebrity to be a guest on your podcast. Seasonal audience vs weekly audience, which is best? And the latest podcast advertising rates! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary (1:53) PROMO 1: The Reframeables (2:23) Rob and Elsie conversation (2:48) The sad news about the Castro App (21:02) Apple Podcasts shares the most popular podcasts of 2023! (22:12) Apple Podcasts vs Spotify top podcast lists (30:52) Rob's post production workflow (36:16) Submitting your podcasts into the Black Podcasting App (37:43) PROMO 2: Creatively Shaded (38:56) Getting celebrities to come on your podcast (45:19) Do you need to update the player embed codes on all these sites? (47:00) Is it better to release weekly or seasonal podcasts? (51:28) Changing the URL for your podcast website (53:30) PROMO 3: To All The Men I've Tolerated Before (54:36) Advertisecast's latest podcast advertising rates (1:00:45) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Reframeables PROMO 2: Creatively Shaded PROMO 3: To All The Men I've Tolerated Before Where have we been and where are we going Our Favorite Podcasting Things in 2023: Dec 7 Live Event Schedule | PODFEST EXPO NRB 2024 Convention | February 20- 23, 2024 | Gaylord Opryland Podcaster & Podcast Industry Conference - Podcast Movement Evolutions | Los Angeles 2024 Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! In a sign of the times, podcast app Castro may be dying – Six Colors <a href= "https://castro.fm/blog/

Tue, November 21, 2023

256 Protect Your RSS Feed!

Do you know any program to replace Levelator? More insight into YouTube Music and YouTube proper; getting offered 3k to be a guest on a podcast, Audio Hijack now transcribes; when your shownotes don't look the way you want them to look; make sure if you join a network you can see your stats! Zoom is getting fancy; more on the AI conversation, and stats! Geographic and user agents! Come hang with us for our Favorite Things in 2023! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary (2:32) PROMO 1: Beyond 6 Seconds (3:32) Rob and Elsie conversation Rob update on his computer woes (6:12) Do you know of a replacement for Levelator or Auphonic on an M3 Mac? (8:46) Updates to Libsyn 5 player (10:25) The Feed glow up is still happening and we have a new website landing page (13:52) More questions about YouTube Music, audio feedback from Steve Stewart (18:44) Scam alert! It it sounds too good to be true, it probably is (23:13) Audio Hijack has transcripts now! (25:34) PROMO 2: Whale Tales (26:42) When your shownotes don't look perfect across all podcast apps (31:05) Protect your RSS feed and Rob shares why (39:12) Zoom and all the AI things it currently does (44:45) Feedback on AI content generation, audio feedback from Nobilis (55:56) PROMO 3: Dodge This (56:41) Stats, geographic and use agent! (1:00:48) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Beyond 6 Seconds PROMO 2: Whale Tales PROMO 3: Dodge This Where have we been and where are we going Our Favorite Podcasting Things in 2023: Dec 7 Live Event Schedule | PODFEST EXPO NRB 2024 Convention | February 20- 23, 2024 | Gaylord Opryland Podcaster & Podcast Industry Conference - Podcast Movement Evolutions | Los Angeles 2024 Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback!

Tue, November 07, 2023

255 Should You Use The YouTube RSS Feed Ingestion?

Advertisecast's Winning Advertising Playbook panel at Advertising Week; all the FAQs about the YouTube Music RSS feed ingestion; the differences between YouTube Music and YouTube proper and which one is for you and your podcast, big fakes in 2024, reverb removal follow up, keep a back up of your files! More best practices on changing branding and titles and our latest stats mean and median download numbers Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary (2:12) PROMO 1: The Strokecast (2:46) Rob and Elsie conversation (3:55) Rob's MacBook issue (6:56) Spooky Apple event (9:24) Emerging Podcast Advertising Trends from Advertising Week New York 2023 (13:15) All the podcaster questions about the new YouTube RSS feed ingestion! (37:18) Deep fakes, deep fakes! (48:38) Follow up on creating a book from your podcast - Magic Bookifier (50:35) PROMO 2: Diabetes Connection Type 2 (52:11) Follow up on echo removal! DeRoom (53:47) Audio examples using DeRoom (55:00) Workflow and best practices for renaming your podcast files (59:13) Follow up on putting your audio podcasts into YouTube proper with a static image (1:02:49) How to have an archive of all of your podcast episodes (1:07:26) Connecting to your YouTube channel via the Libsyn Destination (1:08:43) Advice on title, artwork and other things (1:16:56) PROMO 3: Calm History (1:18:08) Stats: Mean and Median Numbers (1:22:21) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: The Strokecast PROMO 2: Diabetes Connection Type 2 PROMO 3: Calm History Where have we been and where are we going Schedule | PODFEST EXPO NRB 2024 Convention | February 20- 23, 2024 | Gaylord Opryland Podcaster & Podcast Industry Conference - Podcast Movement Evolutions | Los Angeles 2024 Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! <a href= "https://investor.libsyn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/11.01.23-Libsyn-AdvertiseCast-

Tue, October 24, 2023

254 Apple Podcasts Download Changes

We are an award winning podcast about podcasting and we got a glow up! The latest update on automatic download improvements from Apple Podcasts and iOS 17, holiday submission times (especially if you're launching a new thing in 2024), tips on renaming your show, touching on what's up at WNYC and the Airr podcast app, tracking how a listener found your podcast and stats, geographic and user agent. Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary (2:24) PROMO 1: Strokecast (2:54) Rob and Elsie conversation A moment to comment on the state of the world (4:42) We are an award winning podcast and we got a glow up (7:12) Automatic download improvements per Apple (17:51) Holiday hours time! (19:45) The Shure MVX2U does work with the iPhone 15 (23:22) Tips and workflow for renaming your show (36:48) "We've made the difficult decision to sunset Airr" (40:07) PROMO 2: Video Fuzzy (40:36) When AI editors cut off the "sh" sound (43:34) How to track if a listener found out about the podcast through an advertisement or a specific sight There is no algorithm to catch if there's a new show (46:44) PROMO 3: Calm History (47:41) Stats, geographic and user agents! (56:00) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Strokecast - June Hawkins Ep PROMO 2: Video Fuzzy PROMO 3: Calm History Where have we been and where are we going Make Your Next Podcast Ad Campaign ROCK! - YouTube Learn Podcasting — Publish Your First Episode Today! - YouTube Live from New York! - 2023 NAB Show New York Schedule | PODFEST EXPO NRB 2024 Convention | February 20- 23, 2024 | Gaylord Opryland Podcaster & Podcast Industry Conference - Podcast Movement Evolutions | Los Angeles 2024 Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie <

Tue, October 10, 2023

253 Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce And The CRTC Chaos

👀 ALL TIMECODES ARE OFF! We are an award nominated podcast! The Latino Podcast Listener Report 2023; Advertisecast's partnership with Leo Skepi's Aware and Aggravated; Google podcasts going away and what you need to know; The Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission is making things problematic and confusing (Rob W has many thoughts); the difference between user agents and destinations; the new Shure SM7db; the Wireless Pro from Rode; and stats! Mean and median numbers, plus the latest podcast advertising rates. (timecodes are off because I had to replace the file!) Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary (3:04) PROMO 1: Legends From The Pacific, Hawaii's Missing Diver (3:42) Rob and Elsie conversation We are an award nominated podcast! Congrats to us! (7:33) Google Podcasts is going away and what you need to know 😮‍💨 (13:42) Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission with the worst law passed in 2023 (17:26) Pushkin and Sony Podcasts both had major layoffs to their teams (19:08) What's the difference between User Agent and Destination? (21:35) Echo removers! Do you have one that you love? (23:14) Yes, we do talk about Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift Hmmmmm the guests feature in Apple Podcasts sometimes does weird things (31:11) Rob shares about a new under $100 microphone, the Fifine Dynamic XLR/USB mic (33:09) PROMO 2: Your podcast promo here! (34:38) The amazing new Shure SM7db! (40:53) The Rode Wireless PRO is so cool (45:23) Latino Podcast Listener Report 2023 key findings (50:22) AdvertiseCast Strikes Exclusive Advertising Partnership with Viral Social Media Influencer Leo Skepi's “Aware & Aggravated” Podcast (51:53) Another loss for our community with the passing of radio host Mark Friedo Friedman (52:33) PROMO 3: Calm History (53:28) Stats, mean and median numbers (55:42) Monthly advertising rates (57:57) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Legends From The Pacific, Hawaii's Missing Diver PROMO 2: Calm History Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! <a href= "https://www.canada.ca/en/radio

Tue, September 19, 2023

252 The Podcasting Minimum Guarantee

ABC Audio Announces Exclusive Multi-Year Podcast Advertising Partnership with Libsyn’s AdvertiseCast, using the Shure MVX2U on the field, thoughts on Minimum Guarantees in podcasting, The Latino Podcast Listener Report 2023 is coming as is an amazing Pre-report networking event called Monetizing Latine Podcasts! All kinds of cool podcasting tools and workflows, so much feedback on feed swaps and feed drops, my love for Matter, and of the latest geographic and user agents Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary (2:01) PROMO 1: Pick My Adventure Show (2:52) Rob and Elsie conversation (3:34) ABC Audio Announces Exclusive Multi-Year Podcast Advertising Partnership with Libsyn’s AdvertiseCast (6:46) Rob test recording of the Shure MVX2U (7:42) Rob thoughts on using the Shure MVX2U (9:32) Claritas has acquired ArtsAI (10:05) Chatting about the Theo Von clip and Exposing a Podcast Scam (11:23) Talking about minimum guarantees (23:38) The Latino Podcast Listener Report is back! (27:09) Promo 2: Obstacle Running Adventures (28:01) Audio feedback from Steve Stewart about the future of YouTube (30:44) Learning about podcast adobe mic check (32:18) Growing your audience with feed drops (33:07) Audio feedback from Dave about feed drops Update from Sheryl about her feed swap (38:04) A YouTube channel, and should you push an audio version of your podcast if you already have a video version? (43:38) Losing podcast producer John Biethan, R.I.P. (44:36) Do you know of an AI tool that can help to turn all of your podcasts episodes into a book? (48:33) Elsie loves Matter and why (54:28) Promo 3: Calm History (55:15) Stats: geographic and use agent (59:35) Advertisecast monthly advertising rates (1:02:40) Rob recap of BNM Summit - radio loves podcasting now (1:10:20) Where have we been? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Interviews With The World's Most Traveled People – How To Visit Every Country In The World PROMO 2: Obstacle Running Adventures Podcast - The OCR Report PROMO 3:  Calm History Audio feedback: About – Hearts of Gold Audio feedback: Podcast editing for busy podcasters | Steve Stewart Podcast Producti

Tue, September 05, 2023

251 It's Ok To Only Have An Audio Podcast and Linkfire Excitement

Podcast Movement recap! YouTube supporting RSS feeds by end of year, Triton has integrated with Youtube metrics, commentary on video vs audio and why it's ok to just have an audio podcast, Libsyn Unveils “LibsynEDU” to empower educators and students in podcasting, Apple announces subscription analytics, more delegated delivery partners and Linkfire for podcasts, Relay.FM launched their annual St. Jude fundraiser! The Shure MVX2U USB interface and stats, mean and median numbers! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary (2:18) PROMO 1: The Strokecast episode on tone basics (2:48) Rob and Elsie conversation (3:12) Podcast Movement recap (9:24) YouTube to support RSS feeds Triton integrates YouTube podcast metrics (12:25) HotPod quotes Rob (13:42) You do not have to do video if you are in podcasting or are looking to get into podcasting (28:27) PROMO 2: The Modern.NET Show (29:25) Libsyn releases LibsynEDU! (36:51) We have excitement about the Apple Podcasts announcement about Linkfire (47:28) The September Apple event has been announced (49:06) Relay.FM just launched their annual St. Jude fundraiser! (51:22) We are loving the Shure MVX2U USB interface (59:04) Strike Force Five has launched (1:00:30) PROMO 3: Mash Matters (1:01:10) Mean and median numbers (1:03:42) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Strokecast, the tone episode PROMO 2: Modern.NET PROMO 3: Mash Matters Where have we been and where are we going 2023 BNM Summit Content Marketing World | Three days packed with marketing ideas and inspiration! 2023 NAB Show New York - 2023 NAB Show New York PODFEST EXPO NRB 2024 | February 20- 23, 2024 | Gaylord Opryland Podcaster & Podcast Industry Conference - Podcast Movement Evolutions | Los Angeles 2024 Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie <a href="https://speakpipe.com

Tue, August 22, 2023

250 No, It's Not Censorship

Alex Cooper from Call Her Daddy launches her own network called “Unwell” and media habits of Gen Z, nope, Apple was not censoring, Rob breaks down Glenn Beck's RSS feed (although the takedown was all about a trademark issue. MacWhisper! Podcast Audio Quality Grader, Squadcast joining Descript and all kinds of libsyn PR releases! Chuck Cargile as New Chief Financial Officer, Libsyn's Advertisecast signs Exclusive Ad partnership with Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People podcast! Predictive Contextual Targeting for Enhanced Podcast Advertising Precision and Effectiveness And stats! Geographic and user agent! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary (3:17) PROMO 1: 7sumwhere (3:37) Rob and Elsie conversation (5:17) Libsyn welcomes Chuck Cargile as new chief financial officer (8:40) Libsyn's Advertisecast signs exclusive partnership with Beautiful Stories From Anonymous People (10:52) Best practices for getting your podcast artwork ready (16:10) Apple did not censor Glenn Beck (19:10) MacWhisper! (21:01) Follow up for Feedswaps (26:39) PROMO 2: The Strokecast, the PFO episode (27:33) Alex Cooper from Call Her Daddy launched her own network called "Unwell" (29:17) The media habits of Gen Z (33:00) Oh! A way to grade your podcast! (34:12) Squadcast joins Descript (35:08) When a podcast doesn't update on 3rd party apps (39:02) The difference between evergreen and timely (41:07) Libsyn introduces predictive contextual targeting (46:34) Promo 3: The Next Feed (48:56) Stats! Geographic and user agents (53:45) Where have we been and where are we going! Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: 7sumwhere PROMO 2: The Strokecast, The PFO episode PROMO 3: The Next Feed Where have we been and where are we going Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! Libsyn CFO Announcement 08.10.23 PDF <a href= "https://investo

Tue, August 08, 2023

249 How Is The SAG/AFTRA Strike Affecting Podcasters?

How the SAG and AFTRA strike is affecting podcasts and podcasters, how do feedswaps impact your listeners and do they really work for podcast growth? 2 USB mics one computer and Libsyn's Connect, will it work? X vs Threads, how best to technically rebrand your podcasts, Libsyn's Advertisecast signs exclusive deal with Multitude and Upfire Digital, and the latest mean and median numbers and podcast advertising rates Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary (2:52) PROMO 1: Video Fuzzy (3:17) Rob and Elsie conversation (5:52) Exclusive advertising deal between AdvertiseCast, and podcast network partners: Multitude and Upfire Digital. (9:59) Yes, we are taking podcast cards over to Podcast Movement! (11:49) Thoughts on how the SAG/AFTRA strike is affecting podcasters (29:47) Can you use 2 USB mics, one computer and Libsyn's Connect? (32:16) Opinions about podcast feedswaps (39:13) PROMO 2: 50 Date Night Screams (39:49) AI transcriptions into other languages for podcasts (42:39) The difference between Libsyn 4 and Libsyn 5 (45:50) X vs Threads (50:08) Libsyn's Connect comes thru! (51:39) The best and worst way to rebrand your podcast (54:08) PROMO 3: The Irish and Celtic Music Podcast (55:20) Stats mean and median podcasts (57:22) The monthly advertising CPM rates (59:49) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Video Fuzzy PROMO 2: 50 Date Night Screams PROMO 3: The Irish and Celtic Music Podcast Where have we been and where are we going Podcast Movement Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! Home | REMelations Don’t expect any new TV rewatch podcasts during the Hollywood strike - The Verge Iniciar sesión | TikTok <a href= "https://varie

Tue, July 25, 2023

248 Podcast Trailers and Profanity In Podcast Titles

Best practices for podcast trailers, interesting titles for new podcasts that include profanity, Libsyn’s AdvertiseCast Signs Exclusive Ad Partnership with Knock ‘Em Dead, and Big IP Media, the FTC's updated advertising guides to combat deceptive reviews and endorsements, workflows for re-sharing past episodes, the latest monthly podcast advertising rates and Stats! Geographic and user agent! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro (2:49) PROMO 1: Strokecast (3:18) Rob and Elsie conversation What happens when someone drops out while connected with Libsyn's Connect? (4:35) Happy 18th anniversary Jim Harold! (7:35) All of the Libsyn PR! Libsyn’s AdvertiseCast Signs Exclusive Ad Partnership with Knock ‘Em Dead, A New Podcast by Rachel Bradley & Christopher Titus Libsyn’s AdvertiseCast Re-Ups Exclusive Ad Partnership with The Commercial Break, the Leading Improv Comedy Podcast hosted by Bryan Green & Krissy Hoadley Libsyn’s AdvertiseCast Signs New Exclusive Ad Partnership with Big IP Media (11:00) Best practices for releasing podcast trailers through Libsyn (18:12) How long does it take to update an episode in Apple Podcasts (19:50) Federal Trade Commission Announces Updated Advertising Guides to Combat Deceptive Reviews and Endorsements (25:18) New podcast titles best practices (28:31) Should you put profanity on in your podcast title? (37:45) Promo 2: Life is Feeling (39:08) Good tape! A podcast magazine (41:43) Re-releasing podcast episodes to your feed (50:42) How do you get "celebrity" types on your podcast? (54:27) Promo 3: Amateur Traveler (55:15) Stats: Geographic (56:25) What are the best distribution channels for a brand? And what does distribution mean? (59:39) Stats: user agent (1:03:42) The latest Advertisecast Podcast advertising rates (1:07:11) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Strokecast: Better Speech PROMO 2: Life is Feeling PROMO 3: Amateur Traveler Where have we been and where are we going Podcast Movement Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links ment

Tue, July 11, 2023

247 The IndiePod Manifesto, Goodbye Stitcher and Hello Threads

We cover the Stitcher App closing down with some historical context we know you've never heard! The IndiePod Manifesto, Libsyn's Advertisecast and Twit deal! All about the new kid on the block… Threads from Meta, YouTube and RSS feeds, stats mean and median numbers! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary (2:22) PROMO 1: Barriers to Entry (3:23) Rob and Elsie conversation (4:25) The sad news that Stitcher is closing down and a little bit of personal history What does it take to make a podcast app be profitable? (20:11) The IndiePod Manifesto, a breakdown (26:15) Do you want your podcast cards at Podcast Movement? (28:23) The worst email of the week (32:08) Advertising partnership with Advertisecast and TWiT! (33:40) Reading the 7, 30 and 90 day numbers in Libsyn 5 (38:48) PROMO 2: Find Your Dream Job (39:49) The Threads App (51:02) Audio Feedback from Kristin re: YouTube and RSS feeds (53:14) Tenchent is closing down Penguin FM (55:53) Sharing stats about our own podcast on YouTube (1:02:17) More on the Meghan and Harry Spotify debacle (1:03:57) PROMO 3: Queue Points (1:04:53) Stats: mean and median numbers (1:06:31) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Barriers To Entry PROMO 2: Find Your Dream Job PROMO 3: Queue Points Where have we been and where are we going Podcast Movement Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! Unlock the Knowledge in Podcasts | Snipd Castro Podcast app Discord Overcast IndiePod Manifesto - Secrets to Successful Po

Tue, June 27, 2023

246 How Important is Podcast Episode Artwork?

Is podcast episode artwork worth having? The importance of podcast episode numbering and an update on how Apple Podcasts handles episode numbers. Apple improving podcast discovery through subcategories and charts, the addition of a new tab for languages, microphone shipping process to your guests! What chapter marks are good for, commentary on Spotify, Harry and Megan and celebrity podcasts and of course geographic and user agent stats! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary (2:38) PROMO 1: The Y in History (3:46) Rob and Elsie conversation (4:58) Our podcast newsletter feedback (7:23) How important is it to spend the extra time creating episode specific artwork? (19:01) If your show is set-up as episodic, Apple Podcasts in iOS 17 no longer shows episode numbers (33:08) Apple improves podcast discovery with nine subcategories and charts (34:12) Now you can search for podcasts by language! (38:55) Feedback on shipping your podcasts to your guests! via Liz Covart (46:51) PROMO 2: Grounded in Maine (47:28) Keeping a general show as a trailer at the top of the episode lists (48:58) What the heck are chapter marks and why would a podcaster use (54:14) A little bit about transcriptions and podcaster SEO (56:51) New podcast! Bonus promo: Blah Blah Blah (58:31) Bill Simmons, Spotify and Harry and Meghan (1:04:11) A little bit of data from Edison Research presented at She Podcasts Live virtual (1:10:30) PROMO 3: Childless Not By Choice (1:11:56) Stats: geographic and user agents (1:15:27) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: The Y in History PROMO 2: Grounded in Maine PROMO 3: Childless Not By Choice Where have we been and where are we going Podcast Movement Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! Create Stunning Podcast Cover Artwork in Canva! **UPDATE** - YouTube New s

Tue, June 13, 2023

245: Apple Podcasts iOS 17 Updates and Spotify Layoffs

Recap of WWDC 2023, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17 from the podcasters point of view, discussing Spotify laying off 25% of their podcast teams, feedback about The Podcast Show in London, the wonderful things about RSS, Castmagic and MacWhisper love! And of course stats mean and median numbers. Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro (2:29) PROMO 1: Rebound Revolution (3:41) Rob and Elsie conversation (4:43) The one thing that Rob feels was the most important announcement at WWDC (5:49) All things you need to know about Apple Podcasts iOS 17! (24:30) Should a single podcast also set up and add channel artwork? (28:01) Everything else you need to know about WWDC and our initial takes on Apple's Vision Pro (34:11) External cameras are supported on iPadOS 17 (35:23) PROMO 2: The Relaxed Male (36:01) Spotify laying off 25% of their Podcast Team (55:17) Bonus promo: Roseanne Barr is launching her podcast this week (56:30) Audio Feedback from the Podcast Show via Dave Jackson (1:00:03) Someone was claiming all their employees were let go and they needed access to the podcast - it was a lie (1:01:12) All the wonderful things RSS feeds do (1:07:25) Elsie is loving on Castmagic (1:13:50) Rob is loving on MacWhisper (1:16:09) PROMO 3: #CareFreeBlackGirl (1:20:32) Stats: mean and median download numbers Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Rebound Revolution PROMO 2: The Relaxed Male Bonus promo: The Rosanne Barr Podcast PROMO 3: #CarefreeBlackGirl Where have we been and where are we going I Asked AI to Make a Podcast — The Results Are TERRIFYING! - YouTube EXPLODE Your Podcast Growth! | Turn Your Podcast into an Audiobook - YouTube She Podcasts LIVE virtual Podcast Movement Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie<

Tue, May 30, 2023

244: No Mentions of A nor I

Libsyn and Amazon Music Join Forces to Showcase Book-Related Podcasters, The decisions in Gonzales v Google and Twitter v Taamneh for podcasting, Workflow using the Libsyn social destinations calendar and great tips for using Libsyn Studio, The new Mackie DLZ Creator And data from the IAB Revenue Report for Podcast Advertising 2022 Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary Intro (1:55) PROMO 1: Within The Trenches (2:25) Rob and Elsie conversation (3:33) Libsyn and Amazon Music join forces to showcase book-related podcasters (6:08) Custom domains on Libsyn 5! (9:12) Looking to plan uploading your episodes through the summer? We have the workflow (15:07) The rulings that leave Section 230 untouched (19:37) Audacity workflows (22:34) Kast Media's acquisition by Live One (22:59) Using the social media calendar within Libsyn The best way to remove an episode from your feed (26:45) Transitioning pre-recorded live streams to podcast episodes with an added intro using Libsyn Studio (29:21) Best way to track ROI when running a promotional campaign in another podcast (30:12) Updating Apple Podcasts information within Libsyn and why (35:23) PROMO 2: Pub Songs (36:01) The new Mackie DLZ Creator (41:34) A way to use podcast RSS feeds (43:54) A podcast player that can search descriptions for Android (46:19) Fixing screwed up bullet points in shownotes (49:08) Google says it will delete inactive gmail accounts (50:42) Worst email of the week (53:48) Promo 3: 3 Pillars Podcast (54:33) Stats: IAB Revenue Report for Podcast Advertising for 2022 (58:03) Where have we been where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Within The Trenches PROMO 2: Pub Songs PROMO 3: 3 Pillars Podcast Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! Libsyn Amazon Music May 23 FINAL <a href= "https://five.libsynsupport.com/hc/en-us/articles/4407895284379-Free-up-Monthly-Storage-Space-w

Tue, May 16, 2023

243: Can Twitter Become The Number One Podcast Platform?

Exclusive deal between Libsyn's Advertisecast and The Newsworthy! Pros and cons on shipping a microphone to your guests, how Twitter can become the world's number-one podcast platform, sharing YouTube stats for The Feed, comments on AI from Spotify, automatic silencing from Auphonic, the best microphone for wireless buds per The Verge and as always, stats: geographic and user agent Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary Intro (2:25) PROMO 1: Video Fuzzy (2:58) Rob and Elsie conversation (3:47) We are sponsoring How To Make A Breakout Hit Podcast! (5:17) Libsyn's Advertisecast announced an exclusive advertising deal with The Newsworthy (7:13) Small change in UI in Libsyn 5 (8:28) All kinds of podcasting advertising spend data (11:10) The pros and cons about sending guests a microphone (20:15) Help Rob! Website that find LUFS and supports mono (22:17) How to make Twitter the number one platform to consume podcasts (30:31) Shout-out to Kamuela Kaneshiro for getting his first audiobook book out there! (32:25) A question about video podcasts (36:35) YouTube podcasts stats from The Feed (46:06) Audio feedback about long podcasts on YouTube with music (47:56) PROMO 2: Irish and Celtic Music Podcast (48:36) AI comments from Spotify (55:26) Good stuff from Auphonic! Automatic silence cutting for your podcast (59:15) Test of microphone earbuds via The Verge (1:01:48) Best practices for naming a fancast podcast Backtracks closing down (1:04:35) PROMO 3: Weird Darkness (1:05:10) Stats: geographic and user agents (1:10:28) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Video Fuzzy PROMO 2: Irish and Celtic Music Podcast PROMO 3: Weird Darkness Where have we been and where are we going The Podcast Show LIVE - Podcast Show 2023 She Podcasts LIVE 2022 • She Podcasts Video First — Podcast Gear Setup, 2023 with Doc Rock & Elsie Escobar - YouTube Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and L

Tue, May 02, 2023

242: Podcasts on YouTube Music NOW

Podcasts are now in YouTube Music, and speaking of that, The Feed is now on YouTube! Yahoooo! The new RODE podcasting gear, Voicemod, Hindenburg 2, promo creation workflows, the importance of show titles, feedback on Adobe Podcasts, the best laptop mics, download stats, mean and median numbers! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro (2:10) PROMO 1: The Manwhore Podcast (2:39) Rob and Elsie conversation (4:51) Podcasts now available in YouTube Music (11:14) The Feed is now on YouTube! (18:32) Rob was at NAB and he got a chance to play with the latest RODE products! (18:57) Voicemod is now available for Mac, let us know if you use it (27:53) Hindenburg Pro 2 is out of beta (29:26) Batch producing your 30 second episode audio promos via Bill from The Strokecast (33:35) Tips for making sure that your one word title for your podcast is as effective as possible (38:56) PROMO 2: Podcasting Tips From My Front Porch (39:44) Why people listen to podcasts according to PEW Research (42:09) Adobe Podcast and the IA powered audio enhancement features, feedback from Brian (45:56) Report from IAB UK on ad spend in 2022 (46:56) Episodes being taken down from Spotify because of 3rd party music, specifically from Universal Music Group (50:19) Miss-reporting about Joe Rogan not being renewed by Spotify (51:43) The Verge comparing 6 different lap top mics to record (54:59) Did you know The Feed has a newsletter? Subscribe! (59:43) Getting rid of the unique stats filter and why diversity in filtering stats is important (1:03:33) PROMO 3: Horror Stories Podcast (1:04:09) Stats: mean and median numbers (1:05:56) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: The Manwhore Podcast PROMO 2: Podcasting Tips from My Front Porch PROMO 3: Horror Stories podcast Bill from The Strokecast Brian from Cinema Psychos Where have we been and where are we going The Podcast Show LIVE - Podcast Show 2023 She Podcasts LIVE 2022 • She Podcasts <

Tue, April 18, 2023

241: Video Podcasting Workflow and Podcasting AI Tools

Spanish language integration into the Libsyn platform, Optimizing your podcast for language, creating audio versions of written text and other AI podcasting tools, how to video podcasts on libsyn, best practices for one word title shows, tips for small business owners launching a podcast and of course, stats: geographic user agents! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro (1:50) PROMO 1: The Chill Factory (2:27) Rob and Elsie conversation (3:39) Libsyn publishing and content management is now available in Spanish (5:54) Optimization and workflows for Spanish language podcasts (13:57) Tool to create an audio version of blog stories (15:12) Spotify is shutting down Spotify Live App (15:12) The Volley App is shutting down (18:24) How to best port over audio podcasts and video podcasts (21:01) Can you record video and audio on Libsyn? (21:55) Software to record video (23:24) Workflow for uploading podcasts into Libsyn and YouTube (24:45) Is a one word title for a podcast a good idea? (31:37) The Strokecast plan to take over the world! (35:13) PROMO 2: The Strokecast (35:58) Behringer's two new mixers (37:05) 4 Things every small-business owner should consider before launching a brand Podcast (42:55) Adobe podcasts! (45:52) And more AI in podcasting (49:55) PROMO 3: Weird Darkness (50:28) Stats: Geographic and User Agents (59:57) Where we've been and where we're going Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: The Chill Factory PROMO 2: The Strokecast, episode on Brain Science PROMO 3: Weird Darkness Where have we been and where are we going Video First — Podcast Gear Setup, 2023 with Doc Rock & Elsie Escobar - YouTube Start Podcasting, Video First. w/ Katie Fawkes & Elsie Escobar - YouTube 2023 NAB Show She Podcasts LIVE 2022 • She Podcasts The Podcast Show Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! <

Tue, April 04, 2023

240: Stats Move To Libsyn 5 Plus iOS 16 Voice Isolation

Libsyn 4 stats moving to Libsyn 5, Libsyn’s Glow launches Spotify Open Access! Libsyn appoints Patrick Dolan as Chairman of the Board, voice isolation in iOS 16.4 and how that affects podcasters, podcasting history via an Audio Hijack story, the Podcast Standards Project, podcasting is a secondary activity and what that means for podcast production, stats mean and median numbers and so much more! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412–573–1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro (2:48) PROMO 1: The Perfect Stool (3:18) Rob and Elsie conversation (7:14) Stats will be moving to Libsyn 5 and they will default to IAB (10:28) Libsyn’s Glow launches Spotify Open access (13:18) New Chairman of the Board! Welcome Patrick Dolan! (15:37) PROMO 2: Beyond The Todo List (16:51) A new fun feature in iOS 16.4 that might affect podcasters: voice isolation (23:03) Shout-out to Steve Goldstein as a new adjunct professor for NYU’s Steinhardt School for the business of podcasting (24:25) Audio Hijack, Steve Jobs and podcasting (28:48) Google adding “perspectives” and “about this author” (32:01) About Podcast Standards (34:52) Podcast listening is a secondary activity aka on the go! (39:42) Why you need to verify your Google account before posting video content longer than 15 minutes (42:14) Making sure your stats start on publish day (45:39) This week’s niche new podcast is the Commish Chat, An NBHL Podcast (47:16) What to do when your podcast doesn’t appear in the category that you chose to appear in (55:32) PROMO 3: 5 Minute Career Hack (56:01) Stats: mean and median numbers (57:57) Where have we been and where are we going Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: The Perfect Stool PROMO 2: Beyond The Todo List PROMO 3: 5 Minute Career Hack Where have we been and where are we going The Top 3 things you absolutely should NOT do in social media and the 1 thing that you MUST do! - YouTube Start Podcasting, Video First. w/ Katie Fawkes & Elsie Escobar - YouTube 2023 NAB Show She Podcasts LIVE 2022 • She Podcasts

Tue, March 21, 2023

239: Considering The End User Workflow

Meredith Krantz appointed as Director of Brand Partnerships for Libsyn's Advertisecast, debrief on Podcast Movement Evolutions 2023, can an audio interface support a USB-C microphone? How to best know your real audience size, does an excerpt of something interesting at the top of your episode help with retention of audience? Chapter marks follow up! The best link to add to your shownotes for social, layoffs and privacy updates and of course geographic and user agent stats! 📌 THE FEED VOLLEY COMMUNITY Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary Intro (1:56) PROMO 1: The Fiction Podcast Weekly (2:23)Rob and Elsie conversation Rob is looking for podcasters that are attending NAB! (3:13) Announcing the appointment of Meredith Krantz as Director of Brand Partnerships 🔥 (5:28) Podcast Movement Evolutions recap from Rob! Considering the end user workflow --- your audience matters! (23:46) Can you plug in a USB-C microphone into an audio interface? Audio feedback from Dylan (28:22) Some new and updated hardware from Shure and Rode! (33:52) How do you know what your audience number is when your numbers switch from AIB certified to non-AIB certified? (40:12) PROMO 2: Childless Not By Choice (41:01) Should all Libsyn Destinations be enabled? (41:24) Do you have to sign up for individual accounts for each account? (42:38) If someone plays a podcast from a player embedded on a webpage is it a download? (46:50) Tips on making the first 30 seconds from an interview show help people listen (49:47) The week's new niche podcast name! (52:07) Follow up on chapter marks (53:46) How to optimize social links across all podcast apps? Audio feedback from Brad (56:35) Industry news (58:26) PROMO: Daily Magic For Peace (58:59) Stats, geographic and user agent (1:01:59) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: The Fiction Podcast Weekly PROMO 2: Childless Not By Choice PROMO 3: Daily Magic For Peace Where have we been and where are we going The Top 3 things you absolutely should NOT do in social media and the 1 thing that you MUST do

Tue, March 07, 2023

238: Podcasts In YouTube Music and Measuring Distinct Listeners

The best Rob podcasting catchphrase ever, Libsyn’s AdvertiseCast Signs Exclusive Ad Partnership with The Viall Files, Podcasts in YouTube Music! Which gets us into YouTube + Podcasts mini Q&A, budget audio gear to send to a guest interview to uplevel their audio, I am really excited about Hindenburg 2 Beta, more follow up on Apple Podcasts subscription questions, what’s new for Apple Podcasts in iOS 16.4, How are distinct listeners measured? Stats mean and median, Libsyn Connect data and Advertisecast CPM rates Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro (2:10) PROMO 1: Tomorrow's Legends (2:50) Rob and Elsie conversation (4:17) Create artwork like there is no description, create descriptions like there is no artwork (5:28) Libsyn’s AdvertiseCast Signs Exclusive Ad Partnership with The Viall Files (9:21) The YouTube announcement like YouTube Music adding podcasting (26:06) Audio feedback: budget podcasting gear to recommend to a guest via Robonzo (33:19) Elsie loving on Hindenburg 2 beta (38:40) Audio feedback: can Libsyn Connect work in tandem with Streamyard? via John (44:14) PROMO 2: The Wild West Extravanganza (45:03) New interesting podcast name: HVAC Sweat, Purge & Roll (46:12) Oh no! We forgot to change our own copyright! (47:34) Does placing episodes on Apple Podcast Subscriptions remove them from other destinations? (48:22) Is there anything in the terms and conditions with Apple that prevent posting the Premium content to a Patreon RSS feed? (49:57) Can you pull the plug on a premium offering with Apple Podcasts if it doesn't work for a show? (51:02) How much content to place in the Premium category based on our stats? (52:33) What's new on Apple Podcasts in iOS 16.4 (55:45) Audio feedback: what exactly are distinct listeners and how do you measure those? via Andrea (58:46)PROMO 3: Glass in Session (59:16) Stats, mean and median, Connect and Advertisecast average CPM rates (1:04:53) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Tomorrow's Legends PROMO 2: The Wild West Extravaganza PROMO 3: Glass in Session Robonzo from The Unstarving Musician John our

Tue, February 21, 2023

237: Podcasting Is Just Fine

Video podcasting soapbox from Rob, an update on Google Podcast search from Google, discussing the Sonic Bloom awards, another doom and gloom article, this time from the NYTimes, Apple Podcasts subscriptions workflows and examples, Alexa and podcasting FAQs, what's on Elsie's hardware wish list from Rode, Hindenburg Beta 2 is out, podcast marketing trends survey, mean and median download stats and so much more! 📌 THE FEED VOLLEY COMMUNITY Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary Intro (2:11) PROMO 1: Daily Radio Podcast (3:15) Rob and Elsie conversation Mandalorian chat (5:22) Video podcasting soap box from Rob (10:53) Chapter marks have been around for a while! They are not new! (18:13) Google podcast search update from the Google team (21:30) What are the Sonic Bloom awards? (25:26) NY times article on the podcasting industry (29:14) How's the twitter migration to Mastodon going? (34:03) PROMO 2: Thursday the 12th (34:32) Tips and workflows for using Apple Podcasts subscriptions (39:09) An awesome new niche podcast title (42:47) How fast are Connect recordings available after the interview? (44:42) Alexa podcasting search problems (46:54) On Elsie's wishlist: Rode's NTH-100M (50:25) Hindenburg Pro 2 Beta is out! (52:33) Podcast marketing survey! Fill it out and help us all out (53:51) What happens when you submit your show into Apple Podcasts? (56:48) PROMO 3: The Mandalore (57:57) Stats: geographic and user agent (1:01:22) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Daily Radio Bible PROMO 2: Thursday the 12th PROMO 3: The Mandalore Where have we been and where are we going Stick with Your Podcast — The No Podfade Guarantee for 2023! - YouTube Libsyn Start Podcasting Basics Podcaster & Podcast Industry Conference - Podcast Movement Evolutions | Las Vegas 2023 2023 NAB Show <a href= "https://www.shepodcasts.com/she-podcasts-live-2022/

Tue, February 07, 2023

236: All The Feedback on Feedback

Libsyn + YouTube partnership to deliver real-time metrics to podcast advertisers! Sooo much delightful audio feedback all about - podcast feedback. Libsyn's Julep Expands to Spain. The new Libsyn experimental community over on Volley. Workflows to easily create video snippets of your episodes, stats --- this time the mean and median download numbers, updated advertising rates via Advertisecast and as you all know, SO MUCH MORE! 📌 THE FEED VOLLEY COMMUNITY Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary Intro (2:19) PROMO 1: That Sort of Weird Podcast (3:09) Rob and Elsie conversation (3:48) Libsyn Announces Partnership with YouTube to Deliver Real-Time Metrics for Podcast Advertisers (7:12) If you publish a video podcast, and add the YouTube destination, yes it publishes the video (12:07) Libsyn’s Julep Expands Into Spain (16:07) Audio feedback from Stephanie all about podcast feedback (24:02) Libsyn Bolsters All-in-One Podcast Creator & Advertising Platform (29:39) Audio feedback from Dave all about podcast feedback (36:00) A Podfest 2023 debrief (39:21) PROMO 2: Adventures in Elyria (40:17) The new The Feed community on Volley (44:28) Audio feedback from Win about the accessibility of leaving video feedback (46:01) Creating audiograms and using the soundbite tag (55:00) PROMO 3: Recovery Coast To Coast (55:45) Stats: mean and median numbers! And podcast advertising rates (59:28) Where have we been and where are we going Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: That Sort of Weird Podcast PROMO 2: Adventures of Elyria PROMO 3: Recovery Coast To Coast Where have we been and where are we going Podcaster & Podcast Industry Conference - Podcast Movement Evolutions | Las Vegas 2023 2023 NAB Show She Podcasts LIVE 2022 • She Podcasts The Podcast Show Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie <ul

Tue, January 24, 2023

235: Nudging For Podcast Feedback

ℹ️ (Yes. Elsie's audio is sucky -+- we know -+- 😢) Ya'll, where are the podcast promos? Why Elsie thinks podcast audience feedback is down, Libsyn Connect Beta is out! Have you tried it? (We've been recording this show with it since February 2022! Libsyn's Advertisecast signed Aaron Mahnke's Lore - woo hoo, the new Libsyn integration with Apple Podcasts subscriptions, discussing Microsoft's VALL-E, podcasting falling off a cliff and of course Geographic and user agent download stats 📌 THE FEED VOLLEY COMMUNITY Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary Intro (1:42) Join The Feed Volley Community! (3:04) PROMO 1: Flourish in the Foreign (3:33) Rob and Elsie conversation We need more promos! (4:00) Why Elsie feels that podcast audience feedback is down (10:52) Libsyn Connect Beta is available for all for a limited time! Have you used it? (11:57) How many guests does Libsyn Connect Support? (13:41) Does Libsyn Connect support a call-in show? (14:37) How much does Libsyn Connect cost? (18:51) Welcome to Aaron Mahnke’s Lore who just signed an exclusive multi-year exclusive Advertising relationship! (20:00) Libsyn is among the first select group of podcast platforms to integrate with Apple Podcasts Subscriptions (23:01) If you can connect to Apple Podcasts Connect you don't need this feature (26:37) What Microsoft's VALL-E can mean for podcasters (30:51) Twitter's verification is now available for organizations (32:46) The latest cool new app that folks are gravitating to as the great Twitter migration continues (34:13) Covering podcasting falling off a cliff. Video podcasting is not replacing audio podcasting (40:02) Updates on the HBO Max podcast strategy (43:04) Episode artwork must meet all the same specs as show level artwork The AI response as to what is the perfect length for a podcast (48:50) Stats, geographic and user agent (51:59) Where are we going and where have we been Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Flourish in the Foreign Where have we been and where are we going Schedule | PODFEST EXPO IndyPod Summit 2023 Podcaster & Podcast Industry Conference - Podcast

Tue, January 10, 2023

234: Wishes, Advice and Predictions for Podcasting in 2023

What's available in public domain for you to use on your show in 2023? Discussing the great podcasting market correction, podcasting predictions/wishes/advice for 2023, audio podcasts are not good for new audience acquisition? and Video podcasts are? hmmmm. What qualities does a sponsor look for in a podcast host, Apple Podcasts Connect listing a podcast twice, Stats, mean and median numbers Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary (:13) Intro A little bit of a welcome to possible new audience! (03:19) PROMO 1: Hearts of Gold (03:47) Rob and Elsie conversation (05:19) The new works available from public domain in 2023! (10:57) Discussion of the great podcast market correction (16:42)The number of active podcasts that are monetizable has not changed (20:52) Rob podcasting predictions in 2023 (23:13) Elsie podcasting predictions (29:31) Audio does not work to build audience? Build your audience for SEARCH (36:49) Video works to build audience? (40:38) THE 3 step process to grow your audience --- really --- you do not wanna miss this! (42:24) What qualities does a sponsor look for in a podcast host? (46:37) PROMO 2: Video Fuzzy (47:03) More twitter replacements (51:00) Are there 2 listings of your show on Apple Podcasts? (55:45) Some feedback for us about our podcast pages (01:02:38) PROMO 3: Hell Gate City (01:02:38) Stats! Mean and median numbers (01:06:33) Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Hearts of Gold PROMO 2: Ep 85 of Video Fuzzy PROMO 3: Hell Gate City Where have we been and where are we going Schedule | PODFEST EXPO IndyPod Summit 2023 Podcaster & Podcast Industry Conference - Podcast Movement Evolutions | Las Vegas 2023 2023 NAB Show She Podcasts LIVE 2022 • She Podcasts The Podcast Show Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! <

Tue, December 20, 2022

233: Podcasting Topics We Covered The Most in 2022!

iOS 16.2 updates to the Apple Podcasts App, it's follow, follow, follow all the way! The biggest recurring topics we covered on our show in 2022 based on your questions! The Women's Podcast Report from Edison Research and SXM Media, the Samsung free version 5.5.08.3 update and what it solves. Want to get an estimated count of podcast subscribers? We got you. Plus as always stats, this time it's all about geographic and user agent! Happy New Year!!!!! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 2:07 PROMO 1: Set For Sentencing 2:38 Rob and Elsie conversation Quickie feedback from Libsyn Connect 4:44 Apple Podcasts changes for iOS 16.2 8:46 Topics we covered the most! Taking a holiday break 12:55 Topics we covered the most! Video podcasting! 20:25 Topics we covered the most! Gaging listenership 24:35 Topics we covered the most! Apple Podcasts questions 28:32 Playing with ChatGPT 33:12 Thoughts on the Women's Podcast Report 40:50 You could be featured on Amazon Music! 42:42 PROMO 3: The Relaxed Male 42:24 Mastodon and other platforms update! 50:07 Kajabi now adds a 301 redirect 54:57 An update from Samsung about their Samsung free app 57:54 How to get an estimated count of subscribers 1:00:52 PROMO 3: The Federal Tech Podcast 1:01:24 Stats! Geographic and user agent 1:06:48 Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Set For Sentencing PROMO 2: The Relaxed Male PROMO 3: The Federal Tech Podcast Where have we been and where are we going Schedule | PODFEST EXPO IndyPod Summit 2023 Podcaster & Podcast Industry Conference - Podcast Movement Evolutions | Las Vegas 2023 2023 NAB Show She Podcasts LIVE 2022 • She Podcasts The Podcast Show Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie </

Tue, December 06, 2022

232: Podcast Artwork Breakdown and Podcaster Tips for Leaving Twitter

Libsyn UI update, have you checked out Libsyn Studio, and OMGosh Libsyn Connect plus all of your questions answered in an upcoming Ask Me Anything with Dave our newly minted Director of Education and Yvette our Senior Product Manager! Welcoming Taylor Kirch as director of product management. Plus, all the Twitter alternatives, feedback on podcast artwork, what is the idea length of a podcast, rebranding and relaunching, oh that Samsung Dalvik stats stuff, and mean and median download numbers. Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412–573–1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 2:40 PROMO 1: Business Strategy (For Weenie ADHDprenerus) 3:12 Rob and Elsie conversation 4:08 All the Libsyn updates! UI 5:14 Libsyn Studio 6:06 Libsyn Connect 8:28 Hey! We have an AMA with Yvette and Dave 9:58 Taylor Kirch is our new director of product management! 10:44 Updates on all the new Twitter options: Post and Hive Thoughts on podcasters leaving Twitter 19:20 Streamyard now has local recordings for their plans 25:26 The artwork breakdown! (you can watch the YouTube channel) 26:50 Back Look Cinema 31:12 Fit Fizz Podcast 32:20 The Language of Bromance 33:57 Route 66 Podcast 36:59 Mics that we use to podcast on the go 40:08 PROMO 2: Flowers for the Culture 40:46 What is the ideal length for a podcast? 42:00 Optimizing your shownotes when copy/pasting 44:03 Best practices for rebranding and relaunching existing podcasts 47:22 A message from Mike Russell 49:28 How much to charge for ads, feed drops, etc 52:30 Podcast listening is good for your mental health 55:41 Is listening to podcasts better than watching them? 56:31 Dalvik - Samsung spike of downloads, what happened and how it was resolved 1:00:42 PROMO 3: Telehell 1:01: 32 Stats mean and median numbers 1:03:15 Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Business Strategy (For Weenie ADHDprenerus) PROMO 2: Flowers For The Culture PROMO 3: Telehell Where have we been and where are we going Mic Basics — How To Make Your Voice Sound Amazing! - YouTube Schedule | PODFEST EXPO <a href="https://evo

Tue, November 15, 2022

231: Studio, Connect and The Great Twitter Migration

Libsyn Studio update, a special live recording of The Feed, Libsyn 5 refresh is live plus feedback on Libsyn Connect, the great Twitter migration, clarifying platform TOSs, the impact of being everywhere, tools for podcast planning in 2023, getting fired because of your podcast, the indypod census and as always download stats, this time, geographic and user agent. Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 1:08 Interested in getting access to Libsyn Studio email yvette(at)libsyn(dot)com! 2:35 PROMO 1: Copaganda 3:14 Rob and Elsie conversation 3:59 We'll be recording a LIVE EPISODE OF THE FEED on November 30! 5:24 The Libsyn 5 refresh is live - let us know if you have any feedback product(at)libsyn(dot)com 7:32 A Libsyn Connect testimonial 10:44 The great Twitter migration, and where podcasters are going 13:32 Diving into Mastodon 32:00 When TOS are scary and how Libsyn solves that problem 35:28 Audio feedback from Mark on why it's awesome to be everywhere 39:32 Tools for podcast planning in 2023 41:24 Follow up from Rob on podcast artwork feedback 42:56 Looking for a computer voice over solution 47:50 When you update an episode with a new file where does it remain, and where does it change? 52:22 PROMO 2: Within The Realm 53:02 Do you need help with fixing a piece of audio? 54:48 Is it possible to get fired for having a podcast? 55:49 Losing 2 podcast hosting companies, Hipcast and Sounder with a pivot 56:28 Deadline for the submitting for the 2023 Ambies is November 18 57:13 Are people listening to the audio or watching the video for podcasts? 59:54 Does the industry include video views as podcast downloads for shows? Or it is still seen as separate 1:04:02 How to gage podcast listenership 1:06:17 PROMO 3: That's All Funny 1:06:52 Stats: geographic and user agent 1:11:31 Where have we been? Where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Copaganda PROMO 2: Within The Realm PROMO 3: That's All Funny Where have we been and where are we going Breakthroughs In Podcasting Success - YouTube Special Live Recording of The Feed - YouTube </

Tue, November 01, 2022

230: 18 Years of Libsyn, Apple Podcasts Updates & Relaunching Your Podcast Tips

Happy 18th birthday Libsyn, Apple Podcasts holiday hours and the Libsyn holiday hours, iPadOS 16.1 and the new Apple Podcasts redesign! The new Apple Podcasts virtual workshops, Libsyn updated main navigation, all sorts of Twitter Spaces follow up, YouTube handles! Tips for "relaunching" your podcast, The new Rode x sub-brand for streamers, and of course the latest mean and median download numbers! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 2:29 PROMO 1: The Irish and Celtic Podcast 2:57 Rob and Elsie conversation 3:40 Happy 18th birthday Libsyn! 5:22 Apple Podcasts holiday hours 7:52 Libsyn holiday hours 9:49 iPadOS and the Apple Podcasts redesign 16:40 Virtual sessions from Apple Podcasts, what's new, setting up your subscription and marketing tools and resources 19:40 Third party content settings within the Libsyn Dashboard 22:51 Libsyn updated main navigation 25:07 More info on Twitter Space for podcasters 31:24 Audio feedback: thank you from the A&P Professor 33:51 YouTube handles 39:32 Bulk importing your episodes into YouTube from the Libsyn dashboard 41:45 Promo 2: Bone Valley 42:29 More image services to use to design your podcast artwork 43:15 Is it possible to run an episode only in a specific region? 46:01 Best practices for relaunching a show with a different theme 51:10 Tags within the Libsyn dashboard, where do they go 52:37 New gear from Rode for their new sub-brand for streamers 57:15 What is mean and what is median 1:00:08 Promo 3: The Snack Show 1:00:47 Stats, mean and median numbers 1:02:30 Where have we been 1:04:56 Where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: The Irish and Celtic Podcast PROMO 2: Bone Valley PROMO 3: The Snack Show Kevin from The A&P Professor Where have we been and where are we going October 2022: What’s new - Apple Podcasts for Creators <a href= "https://events.apple.com/content/events/pst/us/en/default.html?token=xww6uj7woR0X9A3Z-aAIR0VVdH60MurN7MAvJSY75sHQxWqaTEhMjEmalXqC7MMJuZhb5cjK2_RsJEnGDWirXhcGlvVfbeOSca2wjYDoLAT34H08HC_mrLmEe4

Tue, October 18, 2022

229: Twitter Spaces For Podcasters and The Worst Podcasting Tips

Get ready for all kinds of Libsyn Connect follow up, experiences from a podcaster as a Twitter Spaces newbie, a too good to be true service, making a podcasting intro and outro interesting, how to keep podcasting through the end of the year, who is a winner of the podcast influencer award for 2022, fictional characters doing it wrong in podcasting, wanna land a sponsor? We got you covered and of course stats, geographic and user agent! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 2:26 PROMO 1: On The Road Rob and Elsie conversation 4:27 Libsyn Connect feedback 7:49 Elsie's experience in using Twitter Spaces 14:59 Rob shares about Pixabay 18:24 "How can I make my podcast intro/outro sound interesting and not repetitive and boring?" 22:51 PROMO 2: Legends of the Pacific Ep 12 23:42 Taking time off at the end of the year and not losing audience 31:20 She Podcasts influencer of the year! 33:27 Podcasting has made it now that podcasting is being recognized as not being done right by other media 38:28 How can one find sponsorships for your podcast 44:14 Google Podcasts Manager is asking you to re-verify the feed for your podcast 45:26 PROMO 3: Piecing it Together 46:11 Why does a podcast keep stopping? 48:46 Fake AI Joe Rogan and Steve Jobs? 52:44 The worst podcasting tips 54:47 PROMO 4: Awesome Movie Year 55:39 Stats: Geographic and user agent 1:00:41 Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: On The Road PROMO 2: Legends From The Pacific Ep 12 PROMO 3: Piecing it Together PROMO 4: Awesome Movie Year Where have we been and where are we going The Benefits of an Advertising Marketplace for Podcasters & Advertisers - YouTube Tips & Tricks from Jim Harold — A Professional Scary Podcast Host - YouTube Create a podcast that's scary good - Official Libsyn Blog Breakthroughs In Podcasting Success - YouTube Afr

Tue, October 04, 2022

228: All The Buying of Listeners

Feedback for Libsyn Connect, that Bloomberg article from Ashley Carman, more on localization and Spanish support, how to start and how to promote your podcast - yep. We cover so many bits and bob and of course stats, mean and median numbers! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 2:17 PROMO 1: The Teardown 2:48 Rob and Elsie conversation 3:51 Follow up on Libsyn Connect! Who wants in? 9:26 All the buying of listeners through mobile game ads 18:23nLoving on the Spanish support for Libsyn 21:10 What kind of content would you love for us to create? 24:19 Rob's session recap on starting and growing your audience 36:06 Rob also got feedback on his session and he reads the feedback on the show! 41:05 PROMO 2: The Springfield Three 41:52 Season questions! Changing the show artwork per season, and how to set the numbers for a season 43:46 CNN and their Audio Podcast division 47:29 PROMO 3: Modem Mischief 48:11 Stats! Mean and Median download numbers 49:48 Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: The Teardown PROMO 2: The Springfield Three: A Small Town Disappearance PROMO 3: Modem Mischief Where have we been and where are we going Afros & Audio Podfest NAB NYC Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! Inside Podcasters' Explosive Audience Growth - Bloomberg Podcasters Are Buying Millions of Listeners With Mobile Ads | Time Rewarded Traffic: The Inorganic User Engine Driving Ad Campaigns on Major Websites and Podcasts - DeepSee.io CNN Cuts Down

Tue, September 20, 2022

227: Spanish Support and Libsyn Connect

Spanish support for Libsyn! Remote recording - what are we using? Hardware-wise the Samson Q2U, the Shure MV88+ and debuting, 📣 Libsyn Connect! Breaking down all the Apple Podcasts updates for iOS 16, Twitter rolling up podcasts into Twitter Blue, what's the best podcast app for Android? We need your help! A bit of commentary on video podcasts, longer episodes vs shorter episodes? And of course stats! This time geographic and user agents Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 2:47 PROMO 1: Childless Not By Choice 3:15 Rob and Elsie conversation 4:06 Libsyn has just rolled out Spanish support! 12:30 Where are we and how are we recording this episode? 16:23 Introducing Libsyn Connect! 23:17 Apple Podcasts and all the iOS 16 features - we break it down 38:25 PROMO 2: Everyday Leadership 38:57 Twitter started rolling out podcasts to Twitter Blue 42:15 Voice feedback from Patrick: question about website URLs 45:38 What are some of the reasons why people unsubscribe from RSS feeds? 48:40 What is the best podcast app for Android phones? What makes it better than others, and what features does it have that others don't have? 49:35 Nick Quah and video podcasting takes 55:51 Please listen to a podcast episode before you pitch yourself or others to be a guest 57:15 What are the benefits and drawbacks of having longer episodes of a podcast (as opposed to shorter ones)? 1:01:06 PROMO 3: Nerds of Joy 1:01:39 Stats: geographic and user agent 1:05:36 Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Childless Not By Choice PROMO 2: Everyday Leadership PROMO 3: Nerds of Joy Patrick from The Big Seance Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! Amazon.com: Samson Technologies Q2U USB/XLR Dynamic Microphone Recording and Podcasting Pack (Includes Mic Clip, Desktop Stand, Windscreen and Cables), silver : Musical Instruments<

Tue, September 06, 2022

226: Libsyn Auto Ads, Apple Podcasts Charts and Youtube Podcasts

On this episode, Libsyn debuts automatic ads, Apple Podcasts new charts, and updates to RSS feed requirements for 2023. A scary good story, new Amazon Music contest! The Podcast archiver app, promoting a podcast without an RSS feed? Elsie's experience with the Shure MV88+ at Podcast Movement, a podcasting and YouTube discussion and Twitter is in the podcasting game plus of course, stats mean and median numbers 🎟 She Podcasts Live 2022 Use coupon code elsie for $200 off! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 3:04 PROMO 1: The Rings Of Power Podcast: Tales from Middle Earth 3:35 Rob and Elsie conversation New iPhones are on their way 6:41 Libsyn debuts automatic ads! 11:24 Apple Podcasts has just launched two new charts 15:33 Apple Podcasts technical updates for hosting providers 21:34 Amazon Music feature contest! This time it's focusing on scary podcasts 👻 25:06 PROMO 2: Youth Worker on Fire 25:54 A cool tool called "Podcast Archiver" for Mac 28:02 How can I promote my podcast without an RSS feed? Rob has some numbers on podcast directories! 32:26 Elsie used the Shure MV88+ at Podcast Movement 41:01 Feedback on new USB audio interfaces 44:01 Should you release an episode during a holiday? 45:05 How much does the average podcast host make in the US? 55:33 YouTube is getting into Podcasting 1:02:32 Twitter is getting into podcasting 1:07:50 PROMO 3: The Relaxed male 1:09:04 Stats, mean and median 1:11:06 Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: The Rings Of Power Podcast: Tales from Middle Earth PROMO 2: Youth Worker on Fire PROMO 3: The Relaxed Male Where have we been and where are we going She Podcasts Live 2022 Use coupon code elsie for $200 off! Content Marketing World Techlearn Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie </p

Wed, August 24, 2022

225: Julep, Canada and The Latino Podcast Listener Report

On this episode, all the Libsyn news! Libsyn's Advertisecast expanding to Canada, and acquisition of Julep, Germany's largest independent platform for podcast advertising! We have a new Director of Community and Content at Libsyn, and Libsyn auto-ads in the house! Follow up all on all the data from the Latino Podcast Listener Report, Apple has updated their podcast promotion tool, Audacity has a not so great update, don't mess with Oprah, easy workflow for your podcast to YouTube, and Stats! Geographic and user agent! 💪🏽 Meet with Elsie at Podcast Movement 2022! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 2:53 PROMO 1: Toward A Better Life 3:23 Rob and Elsie conversation 3:57 Advertisecast expanding into Canada with Bob Kane 4:39 Libsyn acquires Julep, Germany's largest independent platform 11:31 Elsie and Rob break down of the Latino Podcast Listener Report 2022! 22:19 Guess who is the new Director of Community and Content? 23:53 Libsyn has Ads on Demand! Aka auto ads aka programmatic ads 24:58 Guess what? Apple has resolved downloads for migrated shows 26:30 The Apple Podcasts team has updated their podcast promotion tool 31:56 PROMO 2: Dr. Mary Travelbest Guide 33:02 There is something that you need to know about the latest update from Audacity 35:43 You must not mess with Oprah and podcasting 40:32 Workflows from recording your podcast and how to get it on YouTube 49:05 What if there is a duplicate copy of your show on Apple Podcasts? 53:04 Looks like Spotify is updated their app to separate music and podcasts in the UI 54:38 PROMO 3: Missing Pages 55:10 Stats! Geographic and user agent 58:16 Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Toward A Better Life PROMO 2: Dr. Mary Travelbest Guide PROMO 3: Missing Pages Where have we been and where are we going The Latino Podcast Listener Report - SIGN UP! Podcast Movement 2022 She Podcasts Live 2022 <a href="h

Tue, August 09, 2022

224: Podcast Subscriber Metrics and When You'll Make Money From Your Podcast

Breaking down how podcast apps work to provide the best experience for you to consume podcasts (the tech term, server-side crawling.) Yes, you do need to DISCLOSE if your guests are paying you to be on the podcast, valuable transcripts for your podcast, making Apple Earpods sound the best possible, the Black Podcasting Awards, The Squeeze, making money podcasting and how long does it take, why subscriber numbers is not the best metric, best practices for confirming IAB stats for potential sponsors, and stats mean and median numbers ---- and congrats to the winners of the Amazon Music contest for American Football podcasts! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 2:46 PROMO 1: My Name is Sheba 3:25 Rob and Elsie conversation 4:15 Congrats to the winners of the Amazon Music Football promotion! 5:49 Helping your consume podcast apps easily and why server-side crawling is a thing 9:43 Releasing a 48 second update episode every day when you're taking a hiatus 😳 🤔 12:38 Disclosing when you pay your guests - yes, you should do that 19:56 PROMO 2: A Nun's Life 20:51 How exactly do podcast transcripts help with SEO? 27:28 What was the audio processing of Elsie's audio on Episode 223 - audio feedback from John our editor 30:33 The Black Podcasting Awards 31:04 The Squeeze! Skye is back! 37:20 How do podcasters make money, and how long does it take one to take start making money from podcasting? 41:05 Discovering your subscriber numbers across different platforms, and is that the best metric? 49:21 Is there a way to confirm IAB stats to potential sponsors? 45:02 A bit more about IAB stats 50:07 PROMO 3: The Strokecast 50:37 Stats, mean and median numbers Advertisecast monthly advertising rates 54:12 Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: My Name is Sheba PROMO 2: A Nun's Life PROMO 3: The Strokecast Where have we been and where are we going The Latino Podcast Listener Report - SIGN UP! Podcast Movement 2022 She Podcasts Live 2022 <

Tue, July 26, 2022

223: IAB Stats FAQs and Resurrecting Your Podcast

On this episode: IAB Stats! What even are those and why do they matter? Questions about rankings in Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Should you quit podcasting? The #amzpodtd contest, how Google Podcasts is rolling out protections, video tech talk, promoting your podcast without becoming spammy, and Geographic and User Agent stats! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 2:54 PROMO 1: Bubbly Bibbly 3:25 Rob and Elsie conversation 8:08 IAB stats FAQs 16:02 Audio feedback: questions on rankings in Apple Podcasts and resurrecting shows 27:53 Another great Amazon feature contest! This time for football podcasts 31:37 Google Podcast news re: age appropriate content 36:40 When your stats grow like crazy 39:30 PROMO 2: Messy Situations 40:28 Video tech talk, all about reel creation 45:01 Audio feedback: Apple Podcasts and Spotify rankings! 48:56 Is there a way to advertise a podcast without spamming everyone? 51:57 Follow up from Steve Stewart about the RSS feed downloader 53:29 PROMO 3: She Well Read 54:51 Stats: Geographic and User Agent 58:27 Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Bubbly Bibbly PROMO 2: Messy Situations PROMO 3: She Well Read Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! Google Podcasts Manager Help Fighting Through on Twitter: "@TheElsieEscobar @libsyn @WeAreFocusrite Great lighting and eye contact Elsie, compared with me looking at somewhere between d and h! I’d love to learn about your gear for that cos it would be a good way to do the occasional show promo. My listeners never normally don’t see me, but then again maybe that’s best! 🤔" / Twitter She Podcasts #shepodcasts on Twitter: "Are you caught up on the latest podcasting news?  🤔💭 If not, no worries! @theelsieescobar has got ALL the podcasting updates you need. 🎉  #podcasting #ShePodcasts #podcastingnews #news https://t.co/7kp

Tue, July 12, 2022

222: It's Only For The Famous People

New Destination, Resso! Amazon Music stats are now available at podcasters.amazon.com, the magical tool to download all of the episodes in your RSS feed (or is it?) Why comparing your stats to your own stats is the most powerful stat, did you know Apple Podcasts search did that? All kinds of creator research and data! The Podcasting, Seriously fund, stats, mean and median numbers! And the latest average CPM from AdvertiseCast! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 2:44 PROMO 1: Blocked and Reported 3:22 Rob and Elsie conversation Heat and fruit fly talk 4:44 We have a new Destination, say hello to Resso! 8:51 There are not Amazon Music platform stats Do you have a football podcast? We need you!!! 11:20 Thanks to Brian for the podcast editing live stream New video over on the YouTube channel, all about the easiest way to make money with membership 15:34 Audio feedback, we got a tool to download the back catalogue for your podcast! via Steve Stewart 20:04 Is 50% consumption of your podcast a good stat to look at? Or is there a better stat to look at? 24:55 Another surprising way to search in Apple Podcasts 27:51 How to create a playlist using the Libsyn Playlist Player 30:13 The 2000 episode limit in Apple Podcasts is not a bug, it is by design 32:24 A question about the listeners perspective to be able to process multiple voices 35:12 The question: "who here would listen to my podcast?" 36:25 PROMO 2: The Book I Had To Write 37:30 2022 Creator Economy Benchmark Research! 41:27 The Creators study! 52:11 The Podcasting, Seriously fund 54:55 Quick tip on understanding Spotify stats within the Libsyn dashboard 59:53 PROMO 3: Out of Touch, A Hall and Oates Podcast 1:00:39 Stats, mean and median The latest average CPM for ads sold through Advertisecast Where have we been and where are we going Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Blocked and Reported PROMO 2: The Book I Had To Write PROMO 3: Out of Touch, A Hall and Oates Podcast Steve Stewart from SteveStewart.me Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie <l

Tue, June 28, 2022

221: Apple Podcasts Search and YouTube For Podcasts FAQs

Search in Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music contest follow up! Best practices for podcasters in YouTube, stopping podcasts from downloading onto you computer, from reluctant listener to podcast fan, Podcast focused newsletters? We got you! Best practices for taking the summer off as a podcaster and stats, geographic and user agent. MAKE SURE YOU SIGN UP FOR PODCAST AUDIO EDITING WITH BRIAN! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro :26 Sign up for our live audio editing event! 2:27 PROMO 1: Tangentially Speaking 2:57 Rob and Elsie conversation 4:40 Search and Apple Podcasts, how it works The author tag is searchable in Apple Podcasts 10:57 Update on the Amazon Music contest! 17:45 The Obamas are headed over to Audible 19:22 FAQs for podcasters about YouTube aka optimizing your podcast for YouTube 32:20 How to stop podcasts from downloading from Apple Podcasts to their computer 35:45 Listening to podcasts as a reluctant listener 48:18 Setting up a channel on Apple Podcasts 44:40 Shout-out to Podknows and Making Conversations Count! 46:03 We have snippets on Libsyn to help you keep all your sponsor info right within the UI 47:37 Podcast focused newsletters and their contact info 48:18 2000 episodes in the Apple Podcasts and all the rest of them when you follow/subscribe to the show 51:01 What to do when you want to take the summer off from publishing your podcast 57:56 PROMO 2: Lucy's Record Shop 58:56 Stats, geographic and user agent 1:01:45 Where have we been? Where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Tangentially Speaking PROMO 2: Lucy's Record Shop Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! How Search works on Apple Podcasts - Apple Podcasts for Creators Twitter search for the #gems617 hashtag Obamas Sign Audible Fir

Tue, June 14, 2022

220: Setting You Up For Podcasting Success

Podfest and WWDC 2022 takeaways! Clubhouse and Facebook drops, the FTC says disclosure for your ads needs to be in the audible portion, social media influencers distrusted? Last call for the THE AMAZON MUSIC CONTEST! The Vocaster, the Mixcast 4 Podcast Station and fun colorful audio accessories from Rode, tips for recording in a live setting, AudioMo and mean and median numbers! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 2:54 PROMO 1: VideoFuzzy 3:19 Rob and Elsie conversation We've just come from Podfest! Rob's advice on what to spend your first podcasting $100 As of May 2022 and the number of active podcasts in Apple Podcasts is 400k It's not too late for you to start your podcast! Elsie's favorite Podfest things 17:28 WWDC 2022 Recap! CarPlay, Watch OS 9 when "podcasts" were mentioned and the best laptop for podcasting Elsie's hopes for iOS and iPad OS 16 workflows for podcasters 33:08 Apple sent an email letting us know that on June 25 Apple Podcasts Connect will be unavailable for a few hours 34:12 Clubhouse updates and Twitter Spaces update 37:40 Facebook stats have gone down, down, down, because they are gone! 38:23 FTC says disclosure for ads needs to be in the audible portion 41:05 Social media influencers come under fire amidst widespread distrust 43:47 The Amazon Music contest and how you can possibly get featured! 45:49 PROMO 2: Walking is Fitness Releasing to a destination early 47:37 The Vocaster, The Mixcast 4 and pretty colored accessories 54:14 Audio feedback from Alan about live streaming gear 1:01:07 Elsie's participating in AudioMo 1:02:53 Spotify and podcasting 1:04:50 PROMO 3: Bill Watches Movies 1:05:26 Stats mean and median numbers! 1:09:27 Where have we been and where are we going Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: VideoFuzzy PROMO 2: Walking is Fitness PROMO 3: Bill Watches Movies The House of AC Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! Use Glow.FM! <a href

Tue, May 31, 2022

219: Podcast Audience Metrics and Improving Podcast Search

The Rodecaster Pro 2 leaked and released, iTunes got an update for PC users, are your audiograms working? Conan and his 150 million dollar deal, iOS 15.5, iPadOS 15.5, and macOS 12.4 for Apple Podcasts, our Amazon Music contest, all about our affiliates, integrating spacial audio for your podcast, Spotify had a bit of a snafu with Wild Turkey, and geographic and user agent stats! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 2:22 PROMO 1: Waiting in the Wings 2:52 Rob and Elsie conversation 4:30 The Rodecaster Pro 2 leaked! 10:36 Apple pushed out an update to iTunes 11:50 Quick summary of why your audiograms aren't working 17:50 The Conan O’Brian Sirius XM $150 million dollar deal 18:49 Setting up your episodes to be binged on your website for members 21:28 New features for iOS, iPad OS 15.5 and macOS 12.4 for Apple Podcasts 26:13 Improving your podcast search across the top directories 28:32 The Podcasting under $100 series is on YouTube 31:03 The Amazon Music Contest! 32:41 PROMO 2: Please Don't Follow Me Home 33:32 Did you know about the Libsyn affiliate program? 36:17 Featuring Kamuela Kaneshiro 37:10 When you look for ads make sure you know what your audience actually is 40:56 Using spatial audio for your podcast, yay or nay 45:10 Wild Turkey just showed up everywhere 46:41 Why do we still use the word "podcast?" 48:08 What is the listenership criteria for IAB stats campaign and ad slot metrics? 49:42 PROMO 3: The Mindful Midlife Crisis 50:20 Stats: geographic and user agent 53:45 Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Waiting in the Wings PROMO 2: Please Don't Follow Me Home PROMO 3: The Mindful Midlife Crisis Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! RØDECaster Pro II Revealed! — Sterling Clear Audio <a href= "https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/Rodecaster2--rode-rodecaster-pro-ii-podcast-production-console"

Mon, May 16, 2022

218: Apple Podcasts Delegated Delivery And Losing The iPod

Big news on Libsyn, Apple and the Apple Podcasts Delegated Delivery, the Boomplay Destination, the iPod discontinued and why that's #heartbreak for podcasters, Facebook broke up with podcasting, new contest with Amazon Music to get you featured! IAB podcast revenue report, what Apple Podcasts rankings are based on, insight into gender parity in your podcasts guests, liability in podcasting! And finally Stats! Median and mean numbers! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 2:26 PROMO 1: Her Business, Her Voice, Her Conversation 2:57 Rob and Elsie conversation 3:31 We have a new destination! Boomplay! 5:11 The iPod is dead 13:41 Apple bringing Apple Podcasts Delegated Delivery to Libsyn 20:41 Facebook broke up with podcasting 26:59 Where did the ID3 tags go? 30:36 Amazon Music contest info! 36:25 The IAB podcast advertising revenue report 39:26 Determining why a rank in Apple Podcasts dropped 41:25 Why are there RSS feed errors sometimes? 42:41 Men and women guest ratios on podcasts 46:50 PROMO 2: Cracking the Code Of Spy Movies 47:32 Insight into video podcasts vs audio podcasts 50:12 Liability in podcasting and why it matters for you to learn about it 58:07 PROMO 3: Legends From The Pacific Episode 11 58:43 Stats: mean and median numbers Advertisecast's latest podcast advertising rates 1:02:01 Where have we been? Where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Her Business, Her Voice, Her Conversation PROMO 2: Cracking the Code of Spy Movies PROMO 3: Legends From The Pacific Episode 11 Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! What is Boomplay? Connecting your show to Boomplay on Libsyn Apple to discontinue the iPod after 21 years - BBC News <a href= "https://podcasters.apple.com/3513-news-introducing-delegated-delivery"

Tue, May 03, 2022

217: Podcast Exports, Podcaster Thoughts and A YouTube Channel

On this episode testing the new Samson Q9U + new fancy XLR cables, Apple Podcasts stats exports and new collections, Elsie’s JRE theory was right! NAB 2022 re-cap, Higher Ground is done with Spotify, the Libsyn YouTube Channel, micro interview with the Titus podcast, and Stats - what do podcasters actually care about? Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412–573–1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 2:47 PROMO 1: Into The Woods 3:17 Rob and Elsie conversation 4:04 Testing new gear: the Samson Q9U and fancy XLR cables 11:50 Twitter and Elon 14:08 Apple Podcasts podcast export reports and very nice collections 18:29 Audio feedback from Podcaster Jay 20:57 Elsie was right about that Joe Rogan strategy 25:58 NAB Las Vegas update from Rob Calling Asian Pacific and Pacific Islander podcasters! 31:15 Are the Obama’s breaking up with Spotify? 35:34 Make sure you that your Libsyn account default setting is not set to 100 37:52 The Feed made the Goodpods charts! 40:05 Guess who has a YouTube channel? 41:34 The two ways people increase audience, according to Rob 44:15 PROMO 2: Women Amplified 46:20 The Libsyn office is truly remote 48:04 Getting your Apple Podcasts’s account live again 49:51 Acast closing down their podcast listening app 51:08 Interview segment: Titus 56:51 Covering some projections on podcast ad sales through 2026 1:01:12 PROMO 3: Experience Junkies 1:02:03 Stats! Discussing data on what podcasters are thinking 1:07:13 Where have we been? Where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Into The Woods PROMO 2: Women Amplified PROMO 3: Experience Junkies PodcasterJay from The .NET Core Show Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! Samson Q9U Samson MBA38 Boom Arm <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06Y4DK4P8/ref=ppx_yo_dt

Tue, April 19, 2022

216: Mind Your Ts and Cs

Covering Apple updating their Ts & Cs and what you need to know, why looking at the seven day number is better than the day one number, a new directory podcasting professionals need to know about, follow up on browser and Android voice recorders, podcaster, cite your sources! Don’t steal people’s work, Audio Hijack 4 is out! Run, Bambi, Run, Podswaps, Elsie’s audio problems and of course stats, this time we have geographic and user agent! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412–573–1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 4:13 PROMO 1: Shelter in Place 4:43 Rob and Elsie conversation Power outages and massive power-stations 8:49 Apple Podcasts updated their T’s and C’s and we have everything that you need to know! 17:48 Finding the best day one download numbers, and is it worth it? 19:42 Courtney Holt is leaving Spotify 20:53 PROMO 2: Just Sleep Podcast 21:57 How does one submit a show to Apple Podcasts for promotion? 24:20 Apple recommended another answer from Rob! This time about controlling a podcast that was submitted by Anchor 25:25 The Crackers In Soup professional podcasting directory 29:34 Follow up: recording on a browser and Android 32:59 Audio feedback: Nobilis Reed 38:09 When a podcaster steals from a non-fiction writer 42:08 Audio Hijack 4 is here and will Rob finally get it? 48:06 Run, Bambi, Run! 50:53 The coolness of Podswaps 54:31 Defining some Libsyn Destinations Elsie’s audio has been distorting for a while, and we’ve got feedback on it! 1:06:23 PROMO 3: I Know Dino 1:07:08 Audio feedback: The A&P Professor and how he uses charts! 1:09:59 Stats: geographic and user agents Advertisecast monthly podcast advertising rates Where have we been? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Shelter in Place PROMO 2: Just Sleep Podcast PROMO 3: I Know Dino Nobilis from Nobilis Erotica and This Kaiju Life Kevin from the A&P Professor Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leav

Tue, April 05, 2022

215: Ratings and Reviews Shocker and #Reviews4Good

Podcast Movement Evolutions and The Podcasters Hall of Fame recap, a moment at the Ambies that got Rob all fired up, Apple charts are not influenced by ratings and reviews (we know - shocker,) Elsie ask you, the bestest audience ever for help on another tech tool! Don’t let me down! A possible new Spotify podcast discovery feature, #Reviews4Good is back! And we are once again participating 😊 Overcast has gotten a re-design, how to properly cite a podcast – great stuff, quick takes on the Edison Research Share of Ear Report and of course our stats with the mean and median download numbers! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412–573–1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro ***2:53*** PROMO 1: Daily Magic For Peace Rob and Elsie conversation 22:24 Podcast Movement Evolutions and HOF Re-cap Seems like the Ambies had a bit of a WTF moment 27:46 A behind the scenes coverage of a bug fixed with the iOS 15.4 update 28:13 Finally! A confirmation that Apple charts are not influenced by ratings and reviews #shocker Elsie asks: does anyone know of a free browser based recorder for a solo podcaster? And a native Android recording app? 35:51 A new discovery feature for podcasts on Spotify? 38:39 Awesome Rob marketing tip! RODE has launched new fancy headphones! 41:12 PROMO 2: Sincerely Her 41:54 #Reviews4Good are back and we are so glad to be a part of it! LibsynPro and Geo fencing 46:02 Overcast Re-design! 48:46 How to properly cite a podcast via Fire Nation 50:38 Oh no, Rogan doesn’t want to walk on eggshells 51:20 Interview: One Strange Thing 54:07 Weird and Wild Show of The Week - The Uncanny Robot 56:06 Some thoughts on The Share of Ear from Edison Research 1:02:05 PROMO 3: Brilliant Observations 1:03:02 Stats: Mean and median numbers Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Daily Magic For Peace PROMO 2: Sincerely Her PROMO 3: Brilliant Observations One Strange Thing Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! The Hall of Fame Ceremony 2022 - Watch!</l

Tue, March 22, 2022

214: Podcasting Tool Time Talk

Amp by Amazon is cool, what’s new in iOS 15.4, the lastest Ecamm Live update, podcasting gear talk, what’s going on in the #ClaimPodParity Campaign, voting for the Podcast Academy board of governors is open, YouTube paying podcasters and the latest Libsyn news! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412–573–1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro *1:29PROMO 1: 4:11 PROMO 2: Stories All Around Us 4:44 Rob and Elsie conversation The latest Libsyn news! Reach out to Rob G if you’d like to touch base about your show and advertising A couple of OG Libsyn offerings 10:00 The Amp platform, and Elsie likes it 19:40 There was an update to iOS 15.4 and it added a couple of little things to Apple Podcasts 21:31 Ecamm Live now has a virtual mic functionality 27:34 Breaking down into all kinds of podcasting tech and gear talk 46:50 PROMO 3: Grounded Content 47:36 An updated for the #ClaimPodParity Movement Shout-outs to folks participating 54:50 PROMO 4: Creepy Vibes Only Why voting for the Board of Governors for the Podcast Academy is important YouTube is looking to pay podcasters to create a video podcast 1:05:48 Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Full Spirals PROMO 2: Stories All Around Us PROMO 3: Grounded Content PROMO 4: Creepy Vibes Only Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! Liberated Syndication Announces $4.75 Million of New Equity Financing The Libsyn Podcast Directory The Podcast Source Amazon Launches Amp, an App That Lets You Host Your Own Radio Show iO

Tue, March 08, 2022

213: Troubleshoot your RSS Feed And #ClaimPodParity

Libsyn acquires PAR, Rob talks about his missing soapbox, does Apple Podcasts show hyperlinks on the web? A new newsletter for indie podcasters, the #ClaimPodParity campaign, more on HBO Max podcasts, troubleshooting when your episode isn't showing up Apple Podcasts, and of course stats, mean and median plus so much more!

Wed, February 23, 2022

212: Apple Podcasts Promo Facts

On this episode, 4 ways to optimize your request for Apple Podcasts promotion! A Rob soapbox like you’ve never head before! Best practices for opening each episode, the optimal way to treat mouth noises, a bit on chapter marks, the Podcast Hall of Fame is back, geographic stats and the latest acquisitions in podcasting! SIGN UP FOR OUR WEBINAR ALL ABOUT LAUNCHING YOUR PODCAST! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412–573–1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 3:36 PROMO 1: The Uncanny Robot 4:04Rob and Elsie conversation A soapbox about censorship – it is an art piece 😏 5:35A play by play on what Apple Podcasts needs to feature your show! Wanting to be featured is never a reason to be featured 30:51 PROMO 2: Midlife Moxie The Ambies has announced their nominees! 32:18 The best practices in podcast openings 34:20 Mouth noises feedback via Steve Stewart 37:11 Apple Podcasts and chapter marks It looks like Facebook Groups now have audio groups kind of like Clubhouse and Twitter Spaces! An amazing charity live stream from the Trek Geeks The Podcast Hall of Fame Inductees have been announced! Sending an embed code link to a webmaster without having to refresh every episode A podcasting competition from Vanderbilt University The reality of getting a large share of the podcast market 54:07 PROMO 3: Mongabay Explores 55:10 Stats: geographic! Where have we been, where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Uncanny Robot PROMO 2: Midlife Moxie PROMO 3: Mongabay Explores Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! Four ways to optimize your request for Apple Podcasts promotion Apple Podcasts Promotion Request - form Spotify snaps up podcast measurement and analytics firms Podsights and Chartabl

Tue, February 08, 2022

211: Predictable Stories and All The Tech

Starting off with thoughts on to the JRE/Spotify things , Libsyn has a new Chief Product Officer! Tips on being on mic, question on removing mouth noises, and boy do we go into the weeds into all kinds of tech gear. Responding to the New Libsyn feedback, HBO Max has podcasts, mean and median download stats and so much more! Get signed up for our webinar all about Launching Your Podcast in 2022! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412–573–1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 3:06 PROMO 1: Toward A Better Life 3:34 Rob and Elsie conversation The story that has dominated podcasting for the past 2 weeks! You can now find The Feed if you search for it in Apple Podcasts. Finally! What you need to consider as you design your artwork Libsyn has a new Chief Product Officer Troubleshooting audio and microphone issues Anybody has good workflows for removing mouth noises? How to automate sharing the latest podcast episode across multiple websites 29:33 PROMO 2: Shame Piñata Teleprompters, Ecamm Live, Sony ZV-E10, and all the workflows Elsie is currently using pretty awesome headphones, Shure SRH440A Libsyn 5 Feedback Big congrats to celebrating a 400th episode! Anyone else out there? Shout-out The Language of Bromance The best affiliate code ever, and how to sign up for our affiliate program! 47:06 Audio Feedback about our TikTok webinar! Should you have more than 1 YouTube Channels? Google Podcasts has started to send you exactly how many plays you have on that platform HBO Max has podcasts! 57:47 PROMO 3: Outdoor Biz Podcast 58:52 Stats! Mean and median numbers Where have we been and where are we going! Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Toward A Better Life PROMO 2: Shame Piñata PROMO 3: Outdoor Biz Podcast James from The Clean Energy Show Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback!

Tue, January 25, 2022

210: The One About The New Libsyn

All the deets of the New Libsyn release, including, dark mode, text snippets and OMGosh social media publishing, where did the Apple summary tag go? Video gear updates, Podcash, how to get the best audience stats, geographic and user agent stats! Sign up for our New Libsyn Webinar! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412–573–1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 2:54 PROMO 1: Use of Force 3:23 Rob and Elsie conversation The snow came! And did all kinds of things! 7:03 The New Libsyn! What we released! No new user name or password need and there are no additional fees If you need to go back, you can by logging in to Libsyn 4 Dark mode! Canva integration! Text snippets! Fancy stats! The player! 18:46 the new social media publishing 26:28 Supporting the Podcast 2.0 Namespace through the locked tag Permalink, and podcast page updates 32:05 sign up page updates! No. More. Slugs. 34:44 The Apple Summary field was removed and why More advertising tools added to Libsyn 5 37:14 Elsie’s turning 50 and she’s buying video gear to celebrate Talking about Podcash and what do folks have to do when they win? 45:34 Promo 2: The Strokecast 46:19 Where can one get the best listener downloads? Breaking down server side and client side stats 49:06 Where can we find the Instagram Reels webinar (and all the other ones?) Best practices for adding meta data for guests on your podcast Looking back to stats, and why there aren’t IAB stats before July 2019? 55:32 Promo 3: Educational Duct Tape Podcast 56:05 Stats: Geographic and user agent Facebook responds to pre-loading and IAB stats Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Use of Force PROMO 2: Strokecast PROMO 3: Educational Duct Tape Podcast Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! Welcome To The New Libsyn If you want Libsyn 4, go here and bookmark! Four.libsyn.com</

Tue, January 11, 2022

209: Starting A Podcast in 2022?

New public domain work, more podcasting acquisitions, adding video or not to your podcasting workflow, we have an affiliate program, yas! What you need to start a podcast in 2022, the power of host read ads, ad insertion best practices, from promo codes to insertion points, and of course stats! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412–573–1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 3:34 PROMO 1: The Fluent Show 4:06 Rob and Elsie conversation It’s a new year! And Rob gives us the scoop on his 19th calendar year as an indie podcaster Have you changed your copyright field yet? New public domain works Captivate was acquired by Global at the end of 2021 and Whooshkaa was acquired by Spotify 12:33 AUDIO FEEDBACK - Creating video to support your podcast, it’s sucking the joy out! Thoughts on adding video production to your current audio podcast, is it worth it? Japanese language podcast and YouTube - tags fail to send over, why? We have an affiliate program! Yas! 21:20 PROMO 2: Video Fuzzy What do you need to Start a Podcast in 2022? Host read ads are not gone and are very much available for advertisers in our space! The Libsyn Blog has been very active with all the recaps for 2021 Rob’s tip on purposely customizing your show’s background color 30:11 AUDIO FEEDBACK: Carey Green and some extra audio files? Best practices for publishing archived episodes for the holidays Would it be better to release every other week all year round or take off more time at the beginning or end of the year? Spotify and Google Podcasts currently do not support video files - MP4 files will not show up there Ad insertion best practices, from promo codes to insertion points Is it best to promote the entire podcast, a series or an episode? Advertisecast team reported their monthly Podcast Advertising Rates 48:18 PROMO 3: The Unstarving Musician 49:02 Stats! Mean and Median Where have we been and where are we going! Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: The Fluent Show PROMO 2: Video Fuzzy’s 78th installment PROMO 3: Unstarving Musician Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us v

Tue, December 14, 2021

208: Video Podcast Tips and All The Podcasting Stats

Testing Audio Hijack to record everything, streamlining creating chapter marks for your MP3 easily, discussion of our “way back” podcasting gear, dealing with a massive tech fail, all time download stats vs episode stats, browser stats vs podcast app stats and which ones are the most important, and MORE stats! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412–573–1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 3:56 PROMO 1: Fighting Through WW2 4:38 Rob and Elsie conversation Will Rob test out Audio Hijack during the holiday season? A very interesting way to get some possible ears on your podcast - viral tweet? Breaking down testing a video podcasting strategy More insight into Forecast, MP3s and adding markers to create instant chapter marks! Salesforce+ and Pivot The Podcast Academy is looking for applicants to their Board of Governors A bit of a rememberance of our very first podcasting gear Reminder about holiday shut-downs All time podcast stats vs episode stats, which one is more important with the bonus of how to easily get them from Libsyn 5 Squadcast is having a scavenger hunt! Elsie shares a harrowing story from SPL, how they dealt with it and what tools they used 49:19 PROMO 2: Childless Not By Choice Chrome stats aka browser stats vs podcast app download stats Advertisecast team reported their monthly Podcast Advertising Rates 55:52 PROMO 3: The MandaLore Stats: all of them! Mean, median and geographic Where have we been and where are we going Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Fighting Through WW2 PROMO 2: Childless Not By Choice PROMO 3: The MandaLore Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! Rogue Amoeba CEO Paul Kafasis discusses Audio Hijack, Fission, and Audio on the MAC: Part 1 Paul Kafasis on Farrago, Loop

Tue, November 30, 2021

207: Marketing Tools, Social Audio, and Holiday Hours

Libsyn Board of Directors updates, Apple Podcasts feed refresh and new marketing tools, it’s awards season for podcasting, more on the chapter mark discussion, the latest on Clubhouse, geographic and user agent stats and so many other bits of podcasting knowledge! TIME-SENSITIVE CONTENT SIGN UP BY DECEMBER 5 FOR THIS SOCIAL PROMOTIONAL TOOLS BETA PROJECT! Plan your Podcast with me! Meet-up Libsyn Holiday Game Afternoon SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 4:07 PROMO 1: Based on a True Story 4:33 Rob and Elsie conversation And you thought we had a bunch of press releases last time! Samsung! Patrick Dolan is now part of the Board of Directors Brian Kirby is new Chairman of the Board The Apple Podcasts Team went sent an email about RSS Feed Refresh and new tools for creators Holiday hours for Libsyn Support! Golden Crane and Ambies nominations are open Is it possible to embed a web player into an email? Some tips for optimizing your podcast in Apple Podcasts search 31:10 PROMO 2: Plant Based Briefing Do you have to put your podcast on all the platforms? You can add chapters to an MP3 Talking about Clubhouse Shout-out to Hearts of Dulcimer 50:54 PROMO 3: The A & P Professor 51:30 Stats: geographic and user agents Where have we been and where are we going Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Based on a True Story PROMO 2: Plant Based Briefing PROMO 3: The A & P Professor Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! Notion Liberated Syndication Announces Launch of Distribution Partnership with Samsung to Bring Its Podcasts to Samsung Galaxy Devices Liberated Syndication Announces Patrick Dolan Appointed to Board of Directors <a h

Wed, November 17, 2021

206: New CEOs, Anonymous Podcasting and Automatic Downloads

Libsyn has a new CEO! Are Google Podcasts moving to YouTube Podcasts? What’s changed regarding automatic downloads with iOS 14.5 or later, video podcast insights! Tips for remaining anonymous doing your podcast and some super surprising numbers for our mean and median download stat numbers! SIGN UP FOR OUR WEBINAR: IG Reels: Content Creation and Metrics for Podcasters Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412–573–1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 3:22 PROMO 1: 3:48 Rob and Elsie conversation Pretty busy week for PR coming from Libsyn New CEO! PODGO acquisition! Advertisecast CPM for October! Someone got Rob’s reference from episode 205 - Elsie still has no idea what it is Is Google Podcasts moving to YouTube podcasts? We got the answer from the source What exactly has changed regarding automatic downloads with iOS 14.5 or later Thoughts on chapter and graphics added to an episode audio file 22:42 PROMO 2: The Business Side Of Music Elsie corrects herself and gives appropriate credit About sharing your Apple ID with a 3rd party service Ah yes, The FB source HTML issues in my show notes! VBR strikes again How can a podcaster remain anonymous? 50:26 PROMO 3: Legends From The Pacific 51:08 Stats: mean and median Where have we been Where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Video Fuzzy PROMO 2: Business Side of Music PROMO 3: Legends From The Pacific Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! Liberated Syndication Announces Bradley Tirpak as CEO Liberated Syndication Announces Acquisition of PODGO Liberated Syndication Reports October Podcast Advertising Rates Tae’s podcasts: <a href="https://thelady

Tue, November 02, 2021

205: Video Podcasts, Search and Instagram Updates

A summary of the latest Apple event and theMacBook Pro M1 Pro and M1 Max, recap of She Podcasts Live, Instagram updates for podcasters, video podcasting facts, searching in Apple Podcasts - again, bonus stats, focusing on your questions! Of course much, much more! It’s time for Afros & Audio! Sign up! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412–573–1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary Intro Rob and Elsie conversation Welcome back, Elsie! Will Rob we buying a new MacBook Pro M1? And more Apple discussion She Podcasts Live feedback On social media news, you can now add a link to your Instagram Stories! If you are launching a podcast soon or for one of your clients, you need to submit your show by around December 13 Video and Spotify Podcast apps that support video You can podcast without electricity Keywords What exactly is searchable in podcasts in Apple Podcasts? Mort Sahl passed at the age of 94 - our condolences When a podcast stops playing when the computer falls asleep STATS! Bonus Total 30 day downloads vs 30 day episode downloads Clicks vs downloads Where have we been? Where are we going? Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! Instagram’s link stickers are rolling out to everyone Play More Pods Spotify opens access to video podcast publishing to Anchor creators Some Tips on Content Creation and File Preparation Elsie’s IG Highlight: She Podcasts Live Part 1 Elsie’s IG Highlight: She Podcasts Live Part 2 Podcast Apps that Support Video Podcasts <a href= "https://www.thepodcastho

Tue, October 19, 2021

204: Mary's Happy Place, Mary's Sad Place

Covering all the new Spotify Exclusives, Libsyn 4 vs Libsyn 5, Squid Games and what it has to do with podcasting, advice on changing your show name and coming back from a long hiatus, the X-fronts are almost here! And of course stats, this time covering geographic and user agents. Sign up for Dave's webinar all about Apple Podcasts Connect! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412–573–1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 02:54 PROMO 1: The Language of Bromance 03:33 Rob and Dave conversation More podcast exclusive news for Spotify! Last Podcast on The Left Oh! Gimlet’s Heavyweight as well! Spotify will closed for a wellness week and what you need to know if you want your show into Spotify 08:11 You can use both Libsyn 4 and Libsyn 5, they are not exclusive: snippets, Canva and oh so much more SQUID GAMES talk and how it applies to podcasting The X-fronts! And Libsyn / Advertisecast are the Presenting Sponsor Welcome Jonathan Charak, our new CFO Changing your podcast name and what you should consider before you do it Top strategy of what to do when you come back to podcasting after a long break 26:18 PROMO 2: Based on a True Story Stats spike, what’s going on? Facebook Podcasts sends a bit of info into all the deets about podcasts on Facebook Creative ways to market your podcast at launch 38:09 What is the definition of success for your podcast? 39:43 The worst email of the week, and i’ts about monetization Why did they leave us? The latest CPM rates from Advertisecast 47:47 audio feedback about the Paris Podcast Conference How you can best represent your podcast numbers 53:19 PROMO 3: Making Conversations Count 53:56 Stats: geographic and user agent! Where have we been? And where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1:The Language of Bromance PROMO 2: Based on a True Story PROMO 3:Making Conversations Count Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! <a href= "https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2021/10/spotify-is-closed

Tue, October 05, 2021

203: Podcasting Hardware, Workflows, and Troubleshooting

The Shure MV7x, new Apple hardware, when feed tags and categories are useful, YouTube benefits for podcasters, troubleshooting RSS feeds on Google Podcasts, linking to an MP3 vs not, and mean and median download stats! Of course much, much more!!! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412–573–1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 3:55 PROMO 1: Remake This Movie Right 4:28 Rob and Elsie conversation Elsie is using the newly released Shure MV7x! Get the scoop all about it! Breakdown of the new Apple hardware: iPhone 13s and iPad Mini Apple Podcasts tip slash trick for background color customization per show basis In some apps the keyword/category tags are useful - example Player.FM Troubleshooting when your podcast’s RSS feed has stopped updating on Google Podcasts Elsie breaks down how she created a special networking workshop for September How to add the episode number to your episode so that it doesn’t duplicate in Podcast Apps (a Libsyn tip) The only murders in the building podcast update! What are the benefits of having a YouTube an up to date channel? Is there a search benefit? 55:46 PROMO 2: Night Owl Theater Linking to an MP3 when sharing an episode or not? (Libsyn tip) Why and how to change RSS feed from Apple Podcasts A discussion about Spotify and Apple Podcasts again 1:24:22 PROMO 3: Dharmic Evolution 1:24:52 Stats! Mean and median numbers! Where have we been? Where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Remake This Movie Right PROMO 2: Night Owl Theater PROMO 3: Dharmic Evolution Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! International Podcast Day Get your She Podcasts Live Virtual Ticket! Shure MV7x The She Podcasts episode featuring Elsie’s child! 332 Goats and Reels [Setting up cross-posting to YouTube from Libsyn](https://suppor

Tue, September 21, 2021

202: Podcasting Workflows, Hardware Tips and Numbers

Get the scoop on data on CPMs from Advertisecast, workflows for publishing back catalogue to YouTube, what stats you can expect from Facebook Podcasts, tool talk on good quality XLR cables and monitoring headphones and of course we have stats, geographic and user agent! Meet-up! Spots are limited: Podcast Planning: Reach Your 2021 Year-End Goals Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412–573–1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 2:52 PROMO 1: Yoga With Clara 3:24 Rob and Elsie conversation Quick catch up  7:35 Audio feedback from Michael Some words from Rob Apple had a September event! What does that mean for podcasters? Condolences to Norm MacDonald’s family and loved ones Advertisecast released some numbers about average prices for CPM’s in the industry Is there a way to bulk upload a podcast back catalogue to YouTube Google is only showing the latest 500 episodes, how can I fix this? Congratulations to Chris Hill and the Motley Fool Money team for hitting 2000 episodes for more than one podcast! NAB was cancelled Clarifying what shows up in your download stats from Facebook: there is a difference between cross-posting via Libsyn and the native Facebook podcast support Seems like there are some delays with podcasts updating in Facebook podcasts 31:05 PROMO 2: Audio Fuzzy Hot Pod was acquired by Vox Media! A tip on some not cheap monitoring headphones What are some good quality XLR cables? Folks! YouTube has a podcast! Samsung Free is expanding to more countries Where were YOU ? The Mandalore podcast was at the Calgary Expo 48:30 PROMO 3: B Squad Hotrod 49:00 Stats: Geographic and User Agent Where have we been? Where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Yoga With Clara PROMO 2: Audio Fuzzy PROMO 3: B Squad Hotrod Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! The September Apple Event 2021 <a href

Tue, September 07, 2021

201: Making Your Influence Go Down

On this episode you’ll get the scoop on exactly where GGTOTDTY came from, how to get a network on Apple Podcasts, changes coming to YouTube, the Google Podcasts update, how to make your influence go down, the upcoming Latino Podcasts Non-Listener report, what kind of stats should you expect to get from your show and of course that takes us into the mean and median download stats! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412–573–1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe ! We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 2:39 PROMO 1: Tomorrow’s Legends 3:18 Rob and Elsie conversation Recounting exactly where GGTOTDY came from! Thank you Matt! Rob shares his thoughts about Only Murders in the Building and podcasting Why someone can’t find their network in Apple Podcasts, only individual shows Some changes coming to YouTube that might affect podcasters Google Podcasts has rolled out and update! 19:50 PROMO 2: Jack Russell Parents Rob is looking for podcasts hosted on Libsyn to submit to Amazon Music to submit for a Halloween feature A way to to bulk migrate shows that are already on Apple Podcasts to a new Apple ID It looks like Facebook Podcasts have rolled out to Android users! 30:00 Audio feedback from John: Headliner is awesome and promote during Promote Yourself Friday! Seems like if you go behind a paywall, your influence goes down There’s a new app called Shuffle Shout out to Relay.FM and St. Jude - DONATE Check out The International Women’s Podcast Awards! Discussing the Latino Podcaster Non-Listener Report and Elsie co-hosting with Gabe Apple is going to allow direct links from apps to sign up for premium content Facebook Podcast numbers seems to be having an impact on download numbers What are the kind of stats that you should expect to get from your show 1:03:34 PROMO 3: Great Monologues Coaching Call Podcast 1:04:06 Stats - mean and median Where have we been! Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Tomorrow’s Legends PROMO 2: Jack Russell Parents PROMO 3: Great Monologues Coaching Call Podcast Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! <a hr

Tue, August 24, 2021

Celebrating our 200th with some of your voices! Plus, Skype recording follow-up, getting recommended by Google Podcast, what’s required for real life conferences, more on the Facebook Podcasts experience, what to do when your podcast is pirated and Stats! User agents and geographic. Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412–573–1934 or leave us a message voicelink.fm/thefeed . We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :00 Audio: The Paranormal Guy :30 Audio: Guitar Speak Podcast 1:01 Intro 1:50 Audio: Legends of the Pacific 3:49 Audio: Fix It Home Improvement 4:03 Audio: The Jeep Talk Show 4:14 Rob and Elsie conversation Follow up on the native Skype recording We had a webinar with Advertisecast! Google Podcasts sent out the email all about getting recommended on Google Podcasts 23:20 Audio: J. Brown Yoga Talks Podcast 26:01 Both NAB and CES just announced they are requiring you have proof of vaccination to attend their events Feedback on the Facebook Podcasts experience 34:50 Audio: True Crime 49 35:18 What you need to do if your show is pirated or duplicated on Anchor The value of podcasts with evergreen content 49:22 Audio: The Big Seance Podcast 52:14 Watch out for these terms of service Why is there a T on my Libsyn post? 59:09 Audio: Hearts of Gold and and Sensory Strides 1:00:19 Stats! User Agents and geographic! Where have we been? Where are we going? Featured Podcast Audio Jim Harold, the Paranormal Podcast Guy Mark from The Guitar Speak Podcast Jacy from The Fix It Home Improvement Kamuela from Legends of the Pacific The Jeep Talk Show J. Brown from J. Brown Yoga Talks Podcast True Crime 49 Patrick from Big Seance Sheryl Robinson from Hearts of Gold and Sensory Strides Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our a

Thu, August 12, 2021

199: All The Podcasting Updates and Recaps

A round-up of soooo many things! Podcast Movement recap, including the Fireside Chat partnership, all kinds up updates from Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Audacity, Glow.FM part of Spotify Open Access partnership program and Facebook starts emailing podcasters to add their shows, and of course stats! Mean and median numbers! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412–573–1934 or leave us a message voicelink.fm/thefeed . We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 3:16 PROMO 1: StarGirl 3:44 Rob and Elsie conversation Skype version 8.74.0.152! And we’re recording as a back up! Recap of the Fireside announcement at Podcast Movement Apple Podcasts update of iOS 14.7 An email from Apple Podcasts sharing all the new analytics It seems that Apple Podcasts have been approving new shows in less than one hour Google Podcasts update! New requirements for recommendation Audacity released their new update 3.0.3 Trevor Moore was killed in a tragic accident Clarification of character limits for shownotes on Apple Podcasts 37:35 PROMO 2: The Andy Brandon Show Glow.FM is a part of the Spotify Open Access partnership program Podcast completion rates percentages Podmatch acquired Poddit Tunein and iHeartMedia partnered on a strategic technology and content distribution deal 8 questions with a successful podcaster Data on content entrepreneurship Recap of Rob’s session at Podcast Movement 1:18:03 PROMO 3: My Modern Met 1:18:32 Stats! Mean and median numbers Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: True Crime 49 PROMO 2: The Andy Brandon Show PROMO 3: My Modern Met Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! Liberated Syndication Announces Partnership With Fireside What’s new for Apple Podcasts with iOS 14.7 Audacity Release Notes 3.0.3 <a href= "https://www.cn

Tue, July 27, 2021

198: The Podcasting Data You Can't Miss

Glow.fm + Spotify Open Access! Then on the episode, really awesome brand new podcasting gear, transformative data from the Latino Podcast Listener report, Canva + Libsyn, Pocketcasts & Automattic, Goodpods update Libsyn 5 social sharing? And geographic plus user agent stats Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412–573–1934 or leave us a message voicelink.fm/thefeed . We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 3:44 PROMO 1: StarGirl Rob and Elsie conversation Catching up on Rob’s experience with Summer NAMM Very cool potential gear for podcasters Canva integration! I know you know, but again, good stuff Shout-out to Hosting Advice All the stats from the Latino Podcast Listener Report! Pocketcasts was acquired by Automattic Audioboom is looking to go private 37:51 Headliner integration for LIbsyn 5? Audio feedback Goodpods has a great feature for indie podcasters! The minimum length of a trailer for your podcast 52:35 PROMO 2: Based on a True Story When Spotify does not update your show Scheduling release of episodes to different destinations Rob is asking, any recommendations of apps to use to record conversations on an iPad? Apple recommended another one of Rob’s answers about podcast artwork Making sure when you schedule a tweet it doesn’t get rescheduled on Libsyn 4 1:06:23 When are all the social publishing tools going live for Libsyn 5? Audio feedback from Carey New Department of Justice policies will protect reporters records Shout-out to Kamuela! 1:11:34 PROMO 3: Restaurantopia Stats, geographic and user agent Where have we been and where are we going Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: StarGirl PROMO 2: Based on a True Story PROMO 3: Restaurantopia Robonzo from the Unstarving Musician Carey Green from the Morning Mindset Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! Spotify Open Acc

Tue, July 13, 2021

197: It's Libsyn 5 Beta 1.1!

Our new JioSaavn destination, breaking down the Libsyn 5 Beta 1.1 release, Apple released an update as to why your downloads might be down, LibsynPro stats API, Audacity privacy troubles and a response from Muse, and of course mean and median stats JULY 13: SIGN UP FOR THE LATINO PODCAST LISTENER REPORT → English presentation → Spanish presentation JULY 15: SIGN UP FOR THE FOCUSRITE WEBINAR Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412–573–1934 or leave us a message voicelink.fm/thefeed . We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 3:33 PROMO 1: Childless Not By Choice — Happy Anniversary, Civilla! Rob and Elsie conversation It’s Elsie’s almost 15 year anniversary in podcasting! And Rob’s getting contact high off of something you’d never imagine Into the Libsyn-centric portion of the show! There’s a new Destination in town! JioSaavn Libsyn 5 beta 1.1 and all of the amazing new features including episode snippets, defaults and all time download numbers LibsynPro now has a stats API Notice about download reports being down from Apple Oh no, Audacity issues! Plus an update directly from the source 38:54 PROMO 2: Superman & Lois What if you’re links are not showing up on your shownotes and everyone else’s are? The shows that need to be removed after not being active for 90 days - a clarification It looks like we need to correct the record about the Kindle Vella Thoughts on YouTube marketing (and others) Podbay App now has privacy tracking information listed for shows and there is a new website about privacy and podcasting Libsyn is a sponsor of the Latino Podcaster Listener Report Spotify employees keep getting coverage for being outraged over Joe Rogan 1:06:35 PROMO 3: The Dandy Funhouse 1:07:04 Stats! Mean and Median numbers Where have we been? Where are we going? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: Childless Not By Choice PROMO 2: Superman & Lois PROMO 3: The Dandy Funhouse Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie

Tue, June 29, 2021

196: Audio Rooms and Antitrust Bills

Talking about Spotify! Their latest 60 million dollar deal with Alex Cooper from Call Her Daddy and its new Greenroom, then all that we know about Facebook Podcasts aka all that we don’t, the Kindle Vella and what it can mean for podcasters, an antitrust bill that could impact podcasting and of course our stats, geographic and user agent! Plus a bunch bunch more. Join the Libsyn Beta Community TODAY! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412–573–1934 or leave us a message voicelink.fm/thefeed . We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 3:30 PROMO 1: The David Cassidy Connections Podcast Rob and Elsie conversation Apple Channels and Apple Subscriptions are live! No, any plays or downloads on Apple Podcasts premium content will not show up in your podcast host’s analytics Alex Cooper scored a 60 million dollar deal with Spotify Spotify launched Greenroom, yet another audio chatroom! All about Facebook Podcast support and information, which at this point is about zero Amazon Music is launching the Kindle Vella, and it seems super cool Can you use libsyn for hosting files only and use all the advanced features? Podcasters should learn more about ad tech in podcasting PROMO 2: Tomorrow’s Legends Should you use MyLibsyn or Glow.fm, what’s the difference? Yes, Apple Podcasts is still taking new show in for submission Looks like Clubhouse is dying Anchor is no longer autosubmitting the RSS feed to Apple Podcasts An antitrust bill presented to congress if passed could prohibit Apple from pre-installing its own apps on Apple devices What exactly is the Libsyn classic feed? PROMO 3: The Banned Media Podcast Stats, geograhic and user agent Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: The David Cassidy Connections Podcast PROMO 2: Tomorrow’s Legends PROMO 3: The Banned Media Podcast Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! The Podknows channel on Apple Podcasts <a href= "https://www.accrediteddebtrelief.com/blog/which-artists-

Tue, June 15, 2021

195: You Have A Great Personality For Having A Podcast

On this episode we fill you in on the closing of Advertisecast, warning you about a serious scam from folks sending out DMCA takedowns for images and in the email they send there is a link that uses java script to infect your computer, keeping you posted on the latest Apple Podcasts emails plus subscriptions and channels are live today! Changing ownership in Apple Podcasts plus of course mean and median stats! Join the Libsyn Beta Community TODAY! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412–573–1934 or leave us a message voicelink.fm/thefeed . We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 3:30 PROMO 1: Strokecast - Episode 132 4:02 Rob and Elsie Conversation Libsyn has closed the Advertisecast deal! WARNING! Scam! Emails and comments on blogs demanding that a copyrighted image be taken down. Beware. Apple sent an email a couple of weeks ago updating folks that subscriptions would be delayed and they’ve been having troubles. Apple sent another email updating everyone that subscriptions will go live June 15 IP addresses are personal data If I change my podcast name will that negatively affect me? 25:49 Audio feedback: Do you HAVE to sign up for the Apple subscription program? Prime day is coming! Get ready! An alternative to feedburner is feed.press 29:46 PROMO 2: Healthcare Disparities in IBD If you want to change ownership in Apple Podcasts Connect from one account to another, you need proof that you own and control the feed Why does the RSS button not work? KaiOS devices are another opportunity for your show to be heard! Worst email of the week A Stranger Things podcast from Netflix Some troubles with Apple Podcasts on a Mac 50:32 PROMO 3: Recovery Coast To Coast Stats: Mean and Median! Where have we been? Where are we going? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: Strokecast Episode 132 PROMO 2: Healthcare Disparities in IBD PROMO 3: Recovery Coast To Coast Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! <a href= "https://www.techlicious.com/blog/fake-copyright-infringement-warnin

Tue, June 01, 2021

194: How To Profit Your Audience

Canva integration, MGM studios, Netflix, images not showing up while searching on Google for podcasts, Artwork specs (yep, again,) all kinds of Apple Podcasts stuff including a very interesting word being censored that starts with m, and this time the stats convo is all about Call Her Daddy! Join the beta! beta.libsyn.com/key/libsynbeta Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message here: https://voicelink.fm/thefeed . We'd love to hear from you!** SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER! https://thefeed.libsyn.com/contact Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 3:08 PROMO 1: Not Just Another Religion and Politics Podcast 3:36 Rob and Elsie Conversation Canva integration! Amazon acquired MGM Studios and what that means for podcasting Netflix is ‘expanding’ it’s podcasting footprint 21:54 Voice feedback about Voicelink.fm from Neal How important is your description to find potential listeners? Why when searching on Google for podcasts, some results come out with images and some without? Artwork specs! Yep, we mention them again and how the wrong specs could possibly cause issues with some podcast apps updating 35:48 PROMO 2: I Love Kentucky IAB stats vs unique download stats Double episodes in Apple Podcasts 42:54 Audio feedback from Jonathan about our meet-up on shownotes! via Voicelink.fm Apple Podcasts, shownotes and iOS 14.6 Good stuff about Apple supporting people with disabilities Apple has expanded their affiliate program to cover podcast subscriptions! Podcasters - hobby vs career Worst email of the week: how to profit from your audience Spotify brought downloaded podcasts to Apple Watch Clubhouse and Twitter Spaces! IAB’s survey of podcast ad revenue There is a word that’s being censored in Apple Podcasts as a verb, not a noun 1:13:35 PROMO 3: The Strokecast Stats EXTRA! No end of the month data yet, as when we recorded the episode it was not the end of the show Talking about Call Her Daddy as number 5 for Podtrac Where have we been? Where are we going? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: Not Just Another Religion and Politics Podcast PROMO 2: I Love Kentucky PROMO 3: The Strokecast Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our aweso

Tue, May 18, 2021

193: Alexa, Play The Podcast

OMG Audacity was acquired, clarifying more about the Apple Podcasts summary tag, how to get promoted on Amazon Music, podcasting music history, testing a new voice feedback service, stats, geographic and user agent and folks listening to this, we have a segment where we speak to your Amazon smart speaker — over and over and over — so please make sure you’re wearing headphones! SIGN UP FOR OUR WEBINAR RE: LIBSYN 5! https://www.crowdcast.io/e/l5update Join the beta! beta.libsyn.com/key/libsynbeta Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message here: https://voicelink.fm/thefeed. We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER! https://thefeed.libsyn.com/contact Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 2:58 PROMO 1: Your Brain on Facts 3:28 Rob and Elsie Conversation Talking about the Apple Podcasts summary tag and why you should no longer use it Audacity was acquired! WUT? Apple Podcasts has been working around the clock to get the issues cleaned up! Getting a new Apple ID to log into Apple Podcasts Connect A service for your listeners to get your podcast delivered via email - it’s called Blogtrottr 14:44 What do you need to know about podcasting privacy? Audio feedback from Stacy Shout-out to Voicelink.fm Started publishing episodes 2 times a week and podcast downloads went down by a lot - help? 25:30 PROMO 2: Legends From The Pacific How to get your show promoted on the Amazon Music service! Elsie and Rob might turn on your Alexa as they talk through asking Alexa to play a podcast How to figure out how many plays or downloads are coming from the Libsyn player on the website 33:47 Does libsyn also offer website hosting? Audio feedback from Chaplain Jared Spotify adds timestamped podcast sharing! 41:27 A bit of music in podcasting history - audio feedback from Jason Sometimes seasons make podcast episodes disappear Best tweet of the week! Worst email of the week 54:10 PROMO 3: Louisville Cycling Podcast Stats! Geographic and user agent Where have we been? In A Few Minutes and Podcasting for Coaches Where are we going? We Are Podcasts, Libsyn Meet-up and Libsyn Webinars Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: Your Brain On Facts PROMO 2: Legends From The Pacific PROMO 3: Louisville Cycling Podcast Stacy from Diabetes Connection Chaplain Jared from The Christian Meditation Pod

Tue, May 04, 2021

192: Where Has Podcasting Been?

Starting off right off the bat with a ton of information and the mind-blowing amount of podcasting news: The Apple Event, subscriptions, Spotify, Facebook, Libsyn 5 & feedback, clarification about tags, keywords, and categories on Apple Podcasts, using the Zoom H2N as an external microphone, and of course mean and median numbers Come hang out with Elsie Escobar and Rob Greenlee in the very first Clubhouse event in club LibsynPod ! May 4 at 3 pm ET - You can join through this link! https://www.joinclubhouse.com/club/libsynpod So sorry, iOS only for now 🥺 Join the Libsyn Beta Community TODAY! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412–573–1934 or leave us a message voicelink.fm/thefeed . We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 3:15 PROMO 1: Thrive Sister Thrive! 3:43 Rob and Elsie Conversation 6:03 Getting to it, the Apple Event and podcasting! 7:53 What about those Apple Podcasts subscriptions? And the trouble? iPad Pros, pretty iMacs and such 25:51 Spotify and Facebook 31:13 Spotify subscriptions! “Will we be able to distribute our podcasts to Facebook?” 44:05 A bit of an update about Libsyn 5 Getting 3 hosts and guests on the individual episodes that they are on Search traffic has dropped 40% for Joe Rogan since his Spotify exclusive began 53:36 PROMO 2: The Salty Yak Podcast Where has podcasting been? In movies and commercials! What about those tags and keywords? 58:35 Clarification about categories, and will they give you more exposure? Getting your show back on Spotify 1:01:43 Using an H2N to podcast - Elsie tips! Timecodes and dynamic ad insertions 1:10:46 PROMO 3: The Radio Vagabond 1:11:18 Stats: mean and median Where have we been? Where are we going? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: Thrive Sister Thrive! PROMO 2: The Salty Yak Podcast PROMO 3: The Radio Vagabond Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! The Apple 2021 Event <a href= "https://

Tue, April 20, 2021

191: Inflection Points

Recap on acquisitions and of course Glow, iOS 14.5 (again,) listener privacy, Feedburner coming back from the dead? Amazon Music in more countries Shout-outs from Elsie, the RIAA busy with takedown notices and podcasters needing to get DMCA takedown lessons, plus of course stats, geographic and user agent! SIGN UP FOR SOCIAL MEDIA BEST PRACTICES FOR PODCASTERS!   Join the Libsyn Beta Community TODAY! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 3:38 PROMO 1: The Audiophile Style Podcast 4:20 Rob and Elsie Conversation Recap of all the things acquisitions and of course Glow Glow and MyLibsyn? Guess what? iOS 14.5 should be out by the time this episode is out Listener privacy is not a roadblock to get around 33:05 PROMO 2: K12Science Podcast Feedburner is not dead! Amazon Music has opened up access to more countries and they have a new portal Apple Podcasts making recommendations? Publishing to social media from Libsyn and optimizing what it looks like Google has 100 million installs of Google Podcasts! Elsie has some shout-outs: Britany Felix, Jeni Wren Stottrup, Lauren Wrighton and Sam Sethi The RIAA is busy with takedown notices for podcasters It looks like someone else on Anchor completely pirated another podcast Time for a DMCA takedown lesson 1:09:48 PROMO 3: Making Ways Podcast Stats! Geographic and user agent The next inflection point is iOS vs Android Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: The Audiophile Style Podcast PROMO 2: K12Science Podcast PROMO 3: Making Ways Podcast Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) The Difference Between the Current & NEW Apple Podcast App Apple Is Rejecting Apps That Use Third-Party Code For Alleged Privacy Infractions <a href= "https://www.macstories.net/ne

Bonus · Mon, April 12, 2021

Bonus: Glow!

Another BONUS episode and another acquisition! Libsyn has acquired Glow.FM and we have Founder Amira Valliani with inside scoop on what it is, who it’s for and why Libsyn! LINKS LINKS LINKS! Crowdcast Webinar with Amira from Glow.FM Interested in signing up for Glow? Fill out this form! Glow.FM Refer-o-Matic Glow.FM press release Join the Libsyn Beta Community TODAY! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share The Feed with your Twitter followers. Click here to post a tweet ! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly leave us a review and follow the show ! Follow The Feed wherever you listen to audio! → Follow via Apple Podcasts → Follow via Google Podcasts → Follow via Spotify → Here’s our RSS feed ! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download The Feed App for iOS and Android Call 412–573–1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our Speakpipe Page Demystifying Visibility: Podcast Branding Beyond the Cover Art

Tue, April 06, 2021

190: It's all About Us

All the Libsyn news! Libsyn 5 beta is released, Libsyn acquires Advertisecast, Samsung Podcasts are in the house 🔥 Plus Apple teams up with Common Sense Media, Audacy, email worst practices, breaking down the steps to DMCA takedown notices, Podstatus, and of course Mean and Median numbers! SIGN UP FOR THE LIBSYN 5 DEMO AND QA WEBINAR! Join the Libsyn Beta Community TODAY! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 3:48 PROMO 1: Unitatiran Christian Alliance 4:18 Rob and Elsie Conversation Floods and van breakdowns Libsyn 5! Advertisecast! Samsung Podcasts! Apple teaming up with Common Sense Media Where do Soundcloud analytics come from? 32:46 Audio feedback from Michael from Gospel in Real Life Congratulations to Dave Ramsey on hitting the 1 billion download mark How is Clubhouse the same as Second Life, Snapchat, Meerkat, and Periscope? Say hello to Audacy 41:08 PROMO 2: Dance of Joy - A Perfect Strangers Rewatch When you wish folks wouldn’t just blanket email all the podcasters ever And please don’t add public email addresses to your email list just because they are public and interested in the same things that you are 54:53 The step by step of DMCA takedowns for podcast hosts 1:03:26 How to ask Apple to take down an anti-semite review Listen Notes global rankings and listen scores Thoughts on Podstatus? 1:13:24 PROMO 3: The Jock and Nerd Podcast 1:14:33 Stats! Mean and Median 1:16:54 Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: Unitarian Christian Alliance PROMO 2: Dance of Joy: A Perfect Strangers Rewatch PROMO 3: The Jock and Nerd Podcast Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Libsyn to Match #Reviews4Good Donations on Libsyn Hosted-Podcasts! Podcast Movement University <a href=

Bonus · Thu, March 25, 2021

Bonus: Samsung

Announcing our new Samsung destination! We are once again a launch partner, this time with Samsung as they bring podcasts under the “Listen” tab in the Samsung Free application! Listen to get the scoop 🎧 LINKS LINKS LINKS! The Samsung blog post! Form to submit your show to Samsung Samsung Free webpage Join the Libsyn Beta Community TODAY! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share The Feed with your Twitter followers. Click here to post a tweet ! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly leave us a review and follow the show ! Follow The Feed wherever you listen to audio! → Follow via Apple Podcasts → Follow via Google Podcasts → Follow via Spotify → Here’s our RSS feed ! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download The Feed App for iOS and Android Call 412–573–1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our Speakpipe Page Demystifying Visibility: Podcast Branding Beyond the Cover Art

Tue, March 23, 2021

189: The Pendulum Swings Back

More acquisitions, breaking down iOS 14.5 updates, plus a bit of a clarification from Rob, the privacy conversation and when the pendulum swings back, The Feed was listened to in the Arctic! Podcasters on the cover of a magazine, the worth of festivals and awards, stats geographic and user agent plus a bonus recap of The Infinite Dial data! SIGN UP FOR THE LIBSYN 5 DEMO AND QA WEBINAR! Join the Libsyn Beta Community TODAY! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 2:59 PROMO 1: Backyard Ecology 3:28 Rob and Elsie Convo! Podcorn acquired by Entercom Update on iOS 14.5 and the new features When eCamm Call Recorder keeps working Auto-updating player that updates to the latest episode 15:38 Audio feedback - listener privacy The pendulum swinging back, when a brand does not want to advertise with you if you are tracking your audience Questions about Gaana’s TOS Our show was listened to in the Arctic! This is amazing!!! A request to Apple and Spotify to offer prepaid music plans for military members Overcast episode artwork changes, how and when does that happen? 27:53 PROMO 2: Video Fuzzy Where have YOU been? Getting featured on a magazine cover! Festivals and awards shows, are they worth it? Do podcast category settings have an impact on search in Apple Podcasts? When the world’s biggest flower is your episode artwork Good bots and bad bots 42:27 PROMO 3: Mojo For Musicians 43:00 STATS: Geographic and user agent A recap of the Infinite Dial data Where have we been Where are we going Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: Radiant Fire Radio PROMO 2: Video Fuzzy PROMO 3: Mojo for Musicians Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Entercom Buys Podcorn Podcasting Ad-Tech Platform For Up To $22.5 Million

Tue, March 09, 2021

188: Per The Word Subscribe

Updates! Apple Podcasts 14.5 and what you should expect, The most important information for podcasters from the Spotify event, Podcast Movement submissions are open, CDPA is signed into law and what that means for podcasting, no, Spotify is not bigger than Apple Podcasts, mean and median download numbers + bonus data on the appropriate length for podcast episodes. If you’re interested in Podcast Branding and how that can help you grow your show attend our free webinar! Join the Libsyn Beta Community TODAY! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 2:59 PROMO 1: Backyard Ecology 3:21 Rob and Elsie Convo! It seems like Vitamin D looks just like Melatonin, now you know Update on Apple Podcasts iOS 14.5 and what you should expect The most important information for podcasters from the Spotify event Goats traveling in cars Elsie got a new standing boom arm Podcast Movement submission are open An article about podcasting and adtech that got things right Virginia’s governor signed CDPA into law and what that means for privacy and podcasting What to look for when you’re asked to be part of a podcast network Where have YOU been? Why Wondercon@Home of course! 12 years of Tapping Q & A! Happy birthday! 41:14 PROMO 2: Location Sound Podcast Why did you leave us? Flaky co-hosts! Is there a way to upload a different picture or size graphic for YouTube? It seems like the narrative of Spotify being bigger than Apple Podcasts is still going strong 50:48 PROMO 3: Podcast4Scifi 51:18 Stats, stats, stats! Median and mean numbers! What is the appropriate length of a podcast? We’ve got data Where have you been? Slumberland, Podwoman and Amplifying Her Voice Where are we going? Awesome Libsyn webinars! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: Backyard Ecology PROMO 2: Location Sound Podcast PROMO 3: Podcast4Scifi Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :)

Tue, February 23, 2021

187: Acquisitions, Social Audio and Receipts

So many acquisitions! And this time we get in the game with acquiring Auxbus, chatting about Quilt, Spotify takedowns and patents, Vurbl, podcaster in the news, updates on the Google block tag, and Apple Podcasts podcasting strategy plus download stats, this time geographic and user agent! GET A FREE PODFEST GLOBAL TICKET! Use coupon code libsyn5 for a free entry level pass! Join the Libsyn Beta Community TODAY! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 2:19 PROMO 1: Living a Life in Full 2:56 Rob and Elsie Convo! An update on Super Bowl advertising numbers. Woah. Feedback for speaking truth and a goat zoom call service! We purchased AuxBus, yahoo! iHeart has acquired Triton from Scripps And goodness, MORE Acast acquired RadioPublic Quilt! Another audio community Spotify was sending out some notifications of podcasts that were removed for content takedowns And Spotify there was a story going around about a Spotify patent that would allow them to suggest audio content based on your mood 18:50 Audio feedback from Moxie, so let’s talk about Vurbl Where have you been? Congrats to Kimberly Sumpter 27:00 PROMO 2: Sneaky Art Podcast eCamm Call Recorder is going away! And what we are doing to adjust More numbering questions Why would you want to add the Google block tag to your feed? We got an answer! Ad insertion tool feedback Podcasts on Amazon Music are now available in Canada Why did you leave us segment Remember when we first talked about Apple Podcasts and their possible strategy for creating podcasts? Followed up by covering what has just been announced about Apple Podcasts and their podcasting strategy 45:56 PROMO 3: Weird Darkness Advanced stats! Geographic and user agent Where have we been? Where are we going: PODFEST! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: Living a Life in Full PROMO 2: Sneaky Art Podcast PROMO 3: Weird Darkness Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page!</a

Tue, February 09, 2021

186: Follow Us!

Covering iOS beta 14.5 and big changes to Apple Podcasts, a new strategy for promoting our podcast via blog, Stitcher search results, a changing podcast artwork, getting the video of your transcoded audio podcast, data privacy discussion inspired by Tim Cook and stats, this time, mean and median download numbers! Libsyn Meet-up, sign up! Join the Libsyn Beta Community TODAY! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 3:25 PROMO 1: The Perfect Stool 3:45 Rob and Elsie Convo! Oh wowza! Pretty big change to the Apple Podcasts App in iOS 14.5 beta - the biggest change in quite some time The many ways this change could possibly change so much about what we currently know about Apple Podcasts (speculation on steroids) Should you include episode numbers in the title in Apple Podcasts? 18:44 PROMO 2: In Clear Focus MacBook Air and the keyboard issues! New The Feed strategy going on on the blog The problem with Stitcher search A tip on changing your show artwork How to get the video of your episode audio to crosspost in different audio platforms Oh, oh! VODcasting making a comeback? Ummmmmmmm How can show owners see how many downloads are generated per dedicated/custom tracking URL that they create 46:29 AUDIO FEEDBACK: Pandora issues via Stephane  A quote from Tim Cook on data privacy Why did you leave us? A little perspective time for the Podcast industry Chartable a pretty in depth amount of podcast consumption data! 1:02:14 PROMO 3: Legends from The Pacific 1:02:45 Stats! Mean and median numbers Where are we going? Where have we been? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: Childless not by Choice PROMO 2: In Clear Focus PROMO 3: Legends from The Pacific Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Keyboard Service Program for MacBook, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro <a href= "https://blog.libsyn.com/2021/02/03/best-boom-arms-f

Tue, January 26, 2021

185: Podcast Etiquette

Podcast etiquette, the power of clean HTML, Hopin acquisition of Streamyard, podcasters with COVID, Apple Spotlight and subscription speculation, clarifications, updated ad insertion tools, the power of Destinations, square vs wide format podcast art, geographic and user agent stats and oh, so much more 🎤 Microphone Upgrade Webinar with Shure Microphones! Join the Libsyn Beta Community TODAY! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 3:25 PROMO 1: The Perfect Stool 3:55 Rob and Elsie Convo! Kale is powerful! Copyright follow-up “2018 - 2021” or just “2021”? Does every Season have to start with episode 1? It depends Podcast etiquette question: when are you off the podcast record? 19:38 Making sure your HTML is clean so you don’t have any RSS feed issues! Audio feedback from Carey Green Hopin buying Streamyard! Now you can put lip stick on and grow a beard via Zoom Wishing good health to podcasters Greg and Jennifer Willits Apple has a new Spotlight section Speculation on Apple adding a subscription service How to NOT be in Google Podcasts 47:04 Podcast 2.0 Namespace and Podcast Index acknowledgement and update Our ad insertion tools now have an updated HTML 5 slot picker replacing the flash based one! 58:00 Awesome feedback on an easy way to grow your audience via Blogger - audio feedback from Bill Spotify’s investments may not be paying off Why did you leave us? First, a blog, then a podcast When should you use naked links so they show up in Apple Podcasts? 1:10:36 PROMO 2: Hacker Valley Studio Pocketcasts is for sale Why you should fill out your Author filed in the Apple Podcasts Podcast optimization section Dan Le Batard left ESPN and negotionated control of his RSS feed! Where do you use square artwork and where do you use the wide format? There is a lot, lot lot of room for growth in the podcasting space 1:24:20 PROMO 3: Spun Today 1:24:49 Stats: geographic and user agent Where have we been? Where are we going? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: The Perfect Stool PROMO 2: Hacker Valley Studio PROM

Tue, January 12, 2021

184: Privacy, Acquisitions and The Podcast Index

Starting off the year with more conversations about privacy, acquisitions of Wondery and Breaker, Clubhouse, lots of feedback from YOU, mean and median download stats and so much more, including a bonus discussion with Rob Greenlee about the Podcast Academy and the Podcast Index! Join the Libsyn Beta Community TODAY! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 3:30 PROMO 1: Blame Your Brother 3:58 Rob & Elsie conversation It’s a new year and time to change your copyright! All kinds of new media has gone into the public domain Elsie and her new M1 MacBook Air Tim Cook, privacy and Megaphone Amazon aqcuired Wondery and Breaker acquired by Twitter Elsie weighs in about Clubhouse Follow up on mic boom arms 34:55 A conversation with Rob Greenlee about the Podcast Academy and The Podcast Index Audio feedback from Christine about podcast seasons Find us wherever you listen to audio is the new thing 58:58 PROMO 2: FitFizz Podcast Where have YOU been? Golden Crane Podcast Awards shout-out! When we discuss Shure and California proposition 65 Worst email of the week! Why did you leave us? 1:16:40 PROMO 3: Diplomatic Immunity 1:17:10 Stats! Mean and median Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: Blame Your Brother PROMO 2: FitFizz Podcast PROMO 3: Diplomatic Immunity Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) The Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts of 2020 January 1, 2021 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1925 are open to all! Tim Cook tweet Megaphone Is Now On Multiple Blocklists For Tracking Podcast Listeners About Spaces on Twitter <a h

Tue, December 22, 2020

183: Viral Goats and Predictions

The Feed 2020 is over! And we cover Elsie’s goat going viral, the iOS 14 privacy update, is there a benefit to doing ‘seasons?’ The Golden Crane Awards, Chartable updates, AirPods Max, Elsie & Rob 2021 podcast predictions, plus of course stats, geographic and user agent! Join the Libsyn Beta TODAY! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 3:25 PROMO 1: Getting To The Truth In This Art 3:45 Rob & Elsie conversation And we begin with a discussion of a viral goat video The privacy update in iOS 14 is out The benefit of using seasons We have an indie podcaster nominated for an iHeartRadio Awards! The Golden Crane Awards! An update on the Chartable update - very meta 23:05 PROMO 2: The Sample Chapter An update on Rob’s studio and a discussion about boom arms for microphones Elsie’s set up and she’s looking for for some suggestions for standing boom arms Levelater and Big Sur and update We discussed the possibly last minute holiday gift #not that is the AirPods Max Shout out to the authors of the new book Podcast Growth! Should you change your show slug when you are rebranding Google changed up their search algorithm and Elsie shares a Google podcast Amazon looking at Wondery? Quick comment on Edison’s Super Listener Report Adam Curry’s prediction that Joe Rogan will not be with Spotify a year from now The Elsie and Rob section of the show! 1:12:24 PROMO 3: The Radical with Nick Terzo 1:12:54 Stats! Geographic and user agent Where have we been? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: Getting To The Truth In This Art PROMO 2: The Sample Chapter PROMO 3: The Radical with Nick Terzo Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Pine (the goat) video on TikTok accosting the UPS man Here is Pine as a little baby goat <a href= "https://www.iheart.com/content/2020-12-08-iheartradio-podcast-awards-2021-see-the-full-l

Tue, December 08, 2020

182: You Might Also Like...

On this episode, the new Apple Podcasts Web player, do ratings for your show really matter? Why some platforms are great for some shows and not others, people downloading your back-catalogue is a thing, measuring podcast growth from your download data, and mean and median numbers! (With bonus insight into Android vs iOS) and so many other great insight! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! COME CELEBRATE WITH US! Holiday party time! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 3:20 PROMO 1: Everything Everywhere Daily Podcast Apple now has an embed player for your podcast! The official Apple Podcasts Web embed player Do ratings for your podcast really matter? In case you are using Audio Hijack are running Big Sur and have an M1 Mac, get ready for a double reboot It seems that more than just your podcast link is broken with Stitcher You can now add RSS feeds to Google Podcasts! PROMO 2: Dear Michelle Gaana numbers! You really don’t know how folks are consuming your show on platforms that you don’t know People downloading your back-catalogue is a thing Where does Apple pull the information from the “you might also like”? Audio feedback, Alexa and falling asleep to The Feed What do you need to do first to uplevel your audio on your show You have permission to use a song on your show - how do you make sure it’s not pulled down? Using artificial voices to read your audience feedback! Audio feedback - when you move away from Libsyn and then come back! Looks like another company is sending all kinds of emails to the podcasting community Yay! Now you get Rob’s stats via our The Feed newsletter! Best email of the week! The patent troll is officially dead What exactly is the Chrome user agent? PROMO 3: Unreserved Wine Talk How to measure podcast growth through your download stats Mean and median numbers! iOS vs Android data conversation Where have we been? Where are we going? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: Everything Everywhere Daily Podcast PROMO 2: Dear Michelle PROMO 3: Unreserved Wine Talk Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie <a href="http://speakpi

Wed, November 18, 2020

181: Soapy History

Who is the Soapy the libsyn mascot? iHeartMedia, Spotify, Voxnest and Megaphone news, Stitcher issues, more fun new gear from Zoom, search in Audible, pro-privacy former presidential candidate fails at podcasting privacy and of course, the latest in geographic and user agent with a bonus of Q3 breakdowns of Apple Podcasts’ top categories! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 3:20 PROMO 1: Notnerd 3:51 Rob and Elsie Conversation Congrats to President Elects and Happy 16th Birthday to Libsyn Audio feedback from Kamuela asking about Soapy! iHeartMedia buys Voxnest Spotify buys Megaphone What do you when you’re podcast consultant quotes download number results that are awfully high? Oh no! Stitcher had some issues with their URLs Terry’s audio feedback on Gaana and Amazon Music Apple seems to have dropped support for a couple of iTunes feed tags Fun new toys from Zoom - again PROMO 2: Memories With A Beat Feedback on the experience of sharing podcasts from Audible Elsie has some thoughts about how search in Audible works at the moment An update on exporting stats from the Libsyn stat page Do NOT make your trailer episode a 2 1/2 minute song because Spotify will kick you out Audio feedback - Terry asks about Alexa Some support for episode artwork! Worst email of the week all about Spotify not owning podcasting Former presidential candidate Andrew Yang gets called out for not taking responsibility to protect his podcast audience’s privacy PROMO 3: The Freelance Roadtrip Stats! Geographic and user agent Q3 2020 Breakdowns by Apple Podcasts Top Categories Where have we been? Where are we going? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: Notnerd PROMO 2: Memories With A Beat PROMO 3: The Freelance Roadtrip Kamuela from Legends of The Pacific Terry from VideoFuzzy Terry from The Discovering America Podcast Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page!

Tue, November 03, 2020

180: An Elsie Soapbox

Apple getting you ready for the end of the year via their holiday submission deadlines, getting their podcast strategy going with Jon Stewart, podcasts in Audible, when a podcaster is put into solitary confinement because of his podcast, an Elsie soapbox and of course stats, it’s mean and median number time! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 3:20 PROMO 1: Legally Insane Films 3:51 Rob and Elsie Conversation Elsie has no power for there’s still a podcast! In Apple news, the sports category and holiday submission headlines Jon Stewart signs with Apple and is going to create a podcast Podcasts in Audible! iHeart Media acquiring Voxnest The new Shure MV7 and wow is it cool 26:27 Elsie’s soapbox to all podcasting hardware companies and current male podcasting influencers Dumpster Fyre and solitary confinement Marvel is hiring! 37:27 PROMO 2: Citizens of Jobland Libsyn update and tip! The YouTube destination is back and how to get your shows on YouTube You are not transferring from Google Play Music to Google Podcasts not to YouTube Music Changing from a general HTML5 player to the Libsyn player and why downloads went down Oh! Quake! Why did you leave us? Rob is famous in Chile There is a way to convert an RSS feed to xls 54:07. Some crazy pre-stats from Daniel J Lewis broken down by Rob 55:53 PROMO 3: All Access: Med School Admissions 57:03 Stats! Mean and median numbers Where have we been and where are we going Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: Based on a True Story PROMO 2: Citizens of Jobland PROMO 3: All Access: Med School Admission Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Jon Stewart signs with Apple to launch a new current affairs series Amazon’s Audible Adds 100,000 Podcast Show

Tue, October 20, 2020

179: Who Is NR?

The iPhone event and what it means to podcasters, update on podcast apps that support video podcasts, Amazon Music troubleshooting, another easy win for podcast growth, speaking of growth, the difference between a spike and growth, recommending podcast artwork, a podcast privacy soap box, and geographic and user agent stats Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! ATTEND GHOULS NIGHT OUT! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 4:08 PROMO 1: Legally Insane Films 4:46 Rob and Elsie Conversation Apple had their iPhone event! What matters to podcasters Podcast Addict does support actual video from video podcasts and othe updates from podcast apps Where are podcasts available in Amazon Music available? Troubles with trailers in Amazon Music We forgot “developing a podcast app!” as another easy win for podcast growth Elsie uses Forecast for chapter markers Nope, it’s not a spike 31:07 PROMO 2: Lady Mouth You don’t need to upload episode artwork, but we recommend it Norman Rodecaster weighs in on NR Podcast.com will not be changing hands anytime soon Why did you leave us? For a dream job! Spotify allows music in podcasts? Soap Box: Privacy 49:56 PROMO 3: About IBD Stats! Geographic and User Agent Where have we been? Where are we going? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: Legally Insane Films PROMO 2: Lady Mouth PROMO 3: About IBD Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Today in iOS Episode 500 Smartphone Apps FAQs Forecast Podcast.com Domain Name Acquired by Amazon Spotify will let its podcast hosts include full songs in their shows

Tue, October 06, 2020

178: Top 10 Easy Podcasting Wins

A rundown of all the video podcast apps that actually support video, join the Libsyn 5 Preview! 10 easy wins for optimizing podcast growth, podcasting privacy discussion (of course,) The Zoom Podtrak P8, and mean + median stats! And of course so much more! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! WIN WIN WIN PODCAST MOVEMENT VIRTUAL 2020 TICKETS ! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 2:58  PROMO 1: The Jeep Talk Show Ep 149 3:28  Rob and Elsie Conversation Update on all the podcast apps that support the video from video podcasts Have you joined the Libsyn preview of Libsyn 5 yet? Yes, there is a problem with publishing to YouTube, and we hope to have it fixed, but no ETA Removing an episode featuring an anonymous question? Yay or nay? What the Player.FM destination is 23:04 Audio feedback from Brian Putting the playlist player on your site The top 10 easy wins for optimizing a podcast for growth When shows submitted to Amazon Music didn’t make it in 50:10 PROMO 2: Fancy Free Getting podcasts on the Apple Watch The acquisition of Scout.FM This is the privacy in podcasting discussion of the episode When companies build business models based on stalking podcast listeners Spotify adds a poll feature Best email of the week The Zoom PodTrak P8! Rob needs some help with sound proofing his new home studio Prime Day is coming and it’s finally on a prime day Happy late International Podcast Day! 1:13:54 Audio feedback from Carey 1:14:40 PROMO 3: Money Memories Stats! Mean and Median Where have we been? Where are we going? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: The Jeep Talk Show Ep 149 PROMO 2: Fancy Free PROMO 3: Money Memories Brian from Radio Skydive UK Carey from Podcastification Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) JOIN THE PREVIEW! </

Tue, September 22, 2020

177: It's Beta Time!

Covering, the Libsyn 5 beta! Get the scoop! News about Player.FM, new hires at Apple, what’s up with iOS 14 for podcasters, what podcast apps support video podcasts? The Podcast Index and of COURSE the latest user agent stats with some surprising preliminary Amazon Music numbers! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 4:05 PROMO 1: Diabetes Connection 4:45 Rob and Elsie Conversation Elsie has fiber internet! Libsyn wants YOU! Join the beta New destination! Player.FM is here! Apple has a new Head of Creator Partnership for Apple Podcasts What’s up for podcasters on iOS 14? Amazon Music is live with podcasts! Did you submit yours? 27:54 PROMO 2: Good Patron Podcast Shout-outs to our newsletter subscribers! The Overcast update is live with their privacy functionality More on Anchor and pirated content What apps support video podcasts? There’s a new thing called the Podcast Index! Spotify has released some updates to make podcast consumption a bit better on their app Westwood One’s Podcast Report and some intriguing stats about blogs making money 58:34 PROMO 3: Couch To Active Advanced Stats! Geographic, user agent and preliminary Amazon Music! Where have we been? Where are we going? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: Diabetes Connection PROMO 2: Good Patron Podcast PROMO 3: Couch To Active Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Shout-outs to Newsletter subscribers! No Driving Gloves Small Business Birmingham WDW Radio - Disney Parks, Movies and More! The Crate 808 Podcast Advanced TV Herstory Hearing Voices Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) JOIN THE BETA! Audio/podcasting entrepre

Wed, September 09, 2020

176: Well, That Didn't Take Long

Some important news from Amazon Music/Audible, the latest Overcast beta that’s all about privacy, Patreon becoming a unicorn, missing JRE episodes from Spotify, audio version of your episodes on YouTube, an email from Apple, why downloads are just one piece of measurement, Apple Watch no longer being counted by the AIB, our latest mean and median numbers and so much more! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE ! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 2:24 PROMO 1: Lady Mouth 2:58 Rob and Elsie Conversation Important news from Amazon The new Overcast beta is all about privacy and it’s glorious Patreon just raised 100 million in VC funding at a valuation of 1.2 Billion #unicorn Looks like Joe Rogan has some missing episodes in Spotify Wondering if your episodes publishing to YouTube is worth anything? We have answers 23:00 PROMO 2: My Pleasure: The Unofficial Chickfila Podcast Apple released search enhancements! A great perspective in having your download numbers go down What does the Intervenarte Podcast use to create their audiograms? What happens when your video podcasts is not encoded appropriately for Apple Podcasts Not adding a 301 redirect and only updating in Podcasts Connect will create issues Fradulent DMCA takedown notices 50:38 Dave Jackson on the Podtrak P4 Private podcasting solution - Libsyn has one Song Exploder is also having issues with the music on their shows (follow up from last episode) 55:57 RSS feeds and Google Podcast, audio feedback Follow up on Apple Watch stats and the IAB 58:56 PROMO 3: The Curiosity & Consciousness Stats, stats, stats, mean and median numbers! Where have we been? Where are we going? 1:11:07 Dave Jackson’s review of the Podtrak P4! (The Feed Exclusive) Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: Lady Mouth PROMO 2: My Pleasure: The Unofficial Chickfila Podcast PROMO 3: The Curiosity & Consciousness Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Overcast’s latest beta update tells listeners which podcast

Tue, August 25, 2020

175: RSS Is The Path To Content

A bit on the the Zoom PodTrack P4, awesome vanity headphones, more on the Stitcher purchase, podcast artwork woes, rebranding your podcast advice, pirated podcasts on Anchor, there is no compliant only IAB certified stats, and of course Geographic and user agent stats! Plus so much more. Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 3:12 PROMO 1: Humans Now and Then 3:42 Rob and Elsie Conversation Checking in with the Nashville podcaster Dave Jackson will have a review of the new Zoom P4 Another less than $100 USB/XLR microphone Elsie got a new set of headphones Following up on the sale of Stitcher and their financials Congrats to Laurie, Brad and Richard When podcast artwork does not appear in Google Podcasts Apple recommending more of Rob’s answers on their forum Migrating podcast assets to a new brand - pros and cons 24:28 PROMO 2: Crosspollinations 30% of Podtrac shows have pirated copies on Anchor When should you rebrand your show and keep the same feed and when you should change your feed Descript version 3.10 is out! Upgrade! You never know where your show will be a hit! Gaana seems to like us Worst email of the week, and it’s all about artwork There is no IABv2 compliant vs certified Apple Watch stats are going to be a thing soon! 47:19 PROMO 3: Wildlife Weirdos Geographic stats User Agent stats overall Are Pandora and Spotify winning podcasting? Where have we been? Where are we going? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: Humans Now and Then PROMO 2: Crosspollinations PROMO 3: Wildlife Weirdos Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) The Zoom Podtrack P4 Portable Podcast Recorder Audio-Technica AT2005 microphone Luria Petrucci’s video about BEST Headphones that are HIDDEN for Live Streaming (for Guests, Music & Alerts)! <a href= "https://

Mon, August 10, 2020

174: A Nashville Podcaster

Covering the Zoom PodTrak P4, Apple Podcasts directory troubles, Inside Podcasting news, more on the RIAA and podcast takedowns, tips on optimizing your podcast description, mean and median stats and so much more! Get your tickets to the Podfest Global Summit! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear fromhunter10rose you! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 2:45 PROMO 1: Dear Family 3:11 Rob and Elsie Conversation The coolness of the Zoom PodTrack P4 Have you added Gaana and Amazon Music/Audible? Shout-outs to those that did their homework! Apple Podcasts directory issues Skye leaving Inside Podcasting What’s worse than a walled garden in podcasting Libsyn has a new CFO! The RIAA and their continued takedown notices to podcasts Are royalty music services safe to use? 28:42 Audio feedback from Neal asking about Song Exploder Cool card achievements from Spotify Best practices on your podcast show description 39:46 PROMO 2: Ten Thousand Women Making sure you are not limiting your RSS feed When podcasts are not podcasts US Podcast ad spending surpassing $1 billion next year - again Pre-stats stats 52:03 PROMO 3: Rebel Girls Book Club Mean and median! Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: Dear Family PROMO 2: Ten Thousand Women PROMO 3: Rebel Girls Book Club Neil from Podknows Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) The Zoom PodTrack P4 My Show Isn’t Showing Up In Apple Podcasts. Why? She Podcasts Episode 279 featuring Skye Pillsbury! Season Finale of Inside Podcasting Starring the Founders o

Tue, July 28, 2020

173: Do Your Homework

Update on the Gaana Destination, and now Audible/Amazon Music! We answer FAQs, Gimlet being sued and how that could affect the rest of us, the RIAA and all those DMCA takedown notices to podcasters, episodes only going to the web player, do Apple chart positions really matter? Podcaster Bingo and this time we have geographic, user agent and bonus language stats! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 3:10 PROMO 1: I Shake My Head At Lisa and Sam 4:09 Rob and Elsie Conversation Gaana follow up and guess what? Now we have Audible/Amazon Music! And you must add your destinations, now, we’re waiting A bit of follow up on the Stitcher Sirius deal 12:11 Audio feedback from Civilla Well, Gimlet got sued or is being sued and what that means to all of us! The RIAA has come out guns a blazing - watch out Spotify has some new fancy charts going on, did you get an announcement? 25:55 Audio feedback from Alain There’s no way to get unified subscriber & download counts So chart trackers? Not worth it Shout out to Monica! How to be a success? We have thoughts 37:28 Audio feedback all about Eastern Standard Time Podcast Listener Bingo! What exactly is the mean and the median? 43:21 PROMO 2: Beyond 6 Seconds Stats, geographic, user agent and language stats Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: I Shake My Head With Lisa and Sam PROMO 2: Beyond 6 Seconds Civilla from Childless Not By Choice Alain from The Alain Guillot Podcast Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Our new Gaana Destination! Our Audible/Amazon Music Destination! Podsafe Music Find Your Next Listen With New Top Podcasts and Trending Podcast Charts Listening Bingo <a href

Tue, July 14, 2020

172: Hey, It's Tom!

We discuss Gaana, Stitcher sold to Sirius XM, follow up on show ownership + contracts, the Zoom H8, the evil of podcast attribution, the 300 episode limit in Apple Podcasts, and The Latino Podcast Listener Report data with special guest Tom Webster from Edison Research and of course stats! Who are the Latinos in Podcasting sign up! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 3:08 PROMO 1: Mongabay Explorers 3:38 Rob and Elsie Conversation We have a new Destination! Say hello to Gaana So, Sirius XM purchased Stitcher from Scripps How do you get that whole, “more by this network” underneath the other podcast suggestions in Apple Podcasts? Google is not indexing ID3 Tags Following up on the conversation about Show Ownership from Ep 271 Oh, oh! We have a new piece of hardware! Say hello to the Zoom H8 (and we know some podcasters that would be willing to test it..hint, hint) Some podcast listeners do set their apps to download all your episodes 33:17 PROMO 2: Young Legends We are a naming names of a company that was misleading podcasters about podcast art creation! Our listeners made a difference! Thank you Descript and Bob Wood! When your listener’s information is shared without their consent. This is not good Follow up on another podcast call-in service, this one for Canada Shout outs to those that listened to the show in one sitting! Worst email of the week, and this time it has to do with DMCA takedown requests Dreampath vs Dream Path 49:49 We have a guest join the show! Say hello to Tom Webster 1:22:17 PROMO 3: Grognostics Podcast 1:22:52 Stats! Median and mean numbers! 1:29:50 Where have we been? Where are we going? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: Mongabay Explorers PROMO 2: Young Legends PROMO 3: Grognostics Podcast Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Our new Gaana Destination! SiriusXM to Buy Stitcher Podcasting Unit Fr

Tue, June 30, 2020

171: Double The Robs

BTS of how Rob G ended up as Chairperson of The Podcast Academy, and you won’t believe it! Levelator updated for Catalina, SiriusXM acquires Simplecast, Spotify signs more exclusive deals, Skype/eCamm Call Recorder issues, call in number services for your show, does episode level artwork matter? Episodic vs serial podcast stats, Twitter audio, advanced stats, this time geographic and user agent and oh so much more! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 2:36 PROMO 1: Jeep Talk Show 3:12 Rob and Elsie Conversation We have a guest! Double Rob time! Levelator was updated for Catalina. It’s a miracle! Sirius XM acquires Simplecast Stitcher for sale? Spotify keeps on signing more exclusive podcasts + some BTS from Rob G on being at Podcast One when Snookie did her show Guess what? User agents for all Apple Podcasts stuff is now ALL ONE. SSL certificate updates More Skype troubleshooting and eCamm Call Recorder - help? 19:03 Diving into all things call-in numbers for your podcast Rob W has things to say about WWDC 2020 and exactly how many times podcasts were mentioned and what that means 28:52 Some extra data on how many podcasts use the serial vs episodic Elsie’s daughter was featured on Ochenta Stories! Twitter is rolling out an audio functionality - woah Castro got an update and Elsie is happy 47:48 PROMO 2: Books and Ideas 48:35. All about episode level artwork with tons of incredible tips as to why or why not use it Podcast Academy talk time! Rob G goes all in giving us insight into the why of The Podcast Academy So, podcaster IP issues Mini podcast soap box from Rob W about the first podcast about podcasting 1:38:14 PROMO 3: Weird Darkness 1:39:10 It’s stats time! Yas! User agent info Where have we been? And where are we going? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: The Jeep Talk Show PROMO 2: Books and Ideas PROMO 3: Weird Darkness Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Latino Podcast Listener Report Levelator <a href= "https://www.forbes.com/s

Tue, June 16, 2020

170: One Star Power

A round-up of cancelled podcasting conferences, embed player specific download numbers, the Rodecaster Pro firmware update, Zencaster has a new update, the best one star review ever, the Podcast Academy is opening up, Apple pulling podcast apps from China, first steps to start a podcast, getting your show on IMDB, a discussion on subscription models and podcasting tech coverage fail, once again…And stats! This time it’s median and mean plus an update on pandemic impact numbers Latinx! Have you submitted your show for the Latin Podcast Awards? We'd be happy cover the registration for the first 10 people! Send an email with the headline "Libsyn Scholar" to: libsyn@latinpodcastawards.com Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 5:16 PROMO 1: Transmission Times: Radio Diaries During COVID–19 5:52 Rob and Elsie Conversation Elsie got some new gear and she does a test Conferences are cancelling! Unique player episode download numbers Rodecaster Pro firmware update 2.1 Zencastr also had a big update 29:51 Weird Darkness got a pretty fantastic one star review The Podcast Academy is opening up Apple pulling podcast apps from the China App Store Facebook ads used to promote your show leading directly to Apple Podcasts and Spotify? Update on Rob and Nashville Start a podcast must have steps Submitting into IMDB The Podcast Awards submissions are open 1:02:02 PROMO 2: Graying Rainbows Launch a podcast in 30 days? 1:10:43 PROMO 3: Strokecast Ep 96 Stats! Median and mean Where we’ve been and where are we going Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: Transmission Times: Radio Diaries During COVID–19 PROMO 2: Graying Rainbows PROMO 3: The Strokecast Ep 98 Darren From Weird Darkness Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Inkeltech Ring Light - 18 inch 2700K–5600K Dimmable Bi-Color Light Ring, 60W LED Ring Light with Stand, Lighting Kit Samson Go Mic Mob

Wed, June 03, 2020

169: The Indie Vernacular

A Special Intro. Joe Rogan/Spotify deal, Call Her Daddy, Apple and podcasting, public raw podcasting data, issues with pandemic-centric titles - yes AGAIN - its a total thing, feedback about We Are Podcasts, and we have the latest podcasting stats, this time focusing on COVID stats only - plus, of course, a lot more. Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :00 Special Intro 2:13 The show begins 3:45 PROMO 1: I Know Dino 4:15 Rob and Elsie Conversation Podcast Addict was added back The Joe Rogan section Indie vs Inde Oh! Call Her Daddy Apple is looking for an exec to lead Apple articles speculating on response to Spotify Why does Libsyn not offer national ranking of podcasts in raw data format Audacity 2.4.0 Release A podcaster signed a book deal! What about the words ‘Corona’ or ‘Pandemic’? Does a player play count as a download? 46:34 PROMO 2: The Strokecast Ep 98 Easy editing editing via text? Some issues happening with eCamm Call Recorder and Skype Either use seasons, or don’t use seasons in Apple Podcasts 57:38 Audio feedback from We Are Podcasts Follow up on Launchyoo The Podcast Academy has released their board of governors When can you see your Apple Podcasts consumption stats? The Worst Email of The Week FTP update! Remember! 1:12:46 PROMO 3: Brain Science Podcast COVID–19 stats Where have we been? Where are we going? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: So Much JENergy PROMO 2: The Strokecast Ep 98 PROMO 3: Brain Science Kamuela from Legends From The Pacific Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Podcasters For Justice While Black episode titled Ahmaud Arbery Is All of Us - Can I Live? Anti-racism resources publi

Tue, May 19, 2020

168: Pre-obituaries and Takedowns

Update on the Google Podcasts Manager, the new Libsyn Support Widget, PodcastOne acquired by LiveXLive, Luminary cash troubles, the pre-obituary of Google Play Music, Podcast Addict removed from the Google Play App store and so much more! Including geographic, user agent stats and an update on pandemic downloads Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro! 2:18 PROMO 1: I Know Dino 2:47 Rob and Elsie Conversation Google Podcast Manager is doing great! Interesting Google Podcasts stats and distribution insights with a side of Spotify We have a new support widget Apple sent an email! They’re in more countries! PodcastsOne was acquired by LiveXLive Luminary’s troubles How long can an podcast episode be? Do podcast listeners want more or less content? Meet the Maonocaster, it’s like a Rodecaster Pro but smaller A tip from Rob about your Apple Podcasts URL Google Play Music’s pre-obituary 3 interesting social media sites that might interest podcasters 45:41 PROMO 2: Social Media Lab FTP is changing on Libsyn! Interesting tool that can get you your episode titles and descriptions Podcast Movement is moving to October Optimizing the way you show up on Apple Podcasts Congrats to the show Bubble 54:38 UPDATE! Podcast Addict kicked out of the Google Play App Store Worst emails of the week Are our stats written down anywhere? 1:07:21 PROMO 3: Legends From The Pacific Stats, stats, stats: geographic, user agent and pandemic trends Where have we been? Where are we going? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: I Know Dino PROMO 2: Social Media Lab PROMO 3: Legends From The Pacific Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Google Podcasts Podcast Manager Google Podcasts Manager About Page Adding new and existing podcasts <a href= "https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/livexlive-acquisition-podcastone-123460172

Tue, May 05, 2020

167: Cleanfeed With A Side of Google Podcasts

Tons of details on all things Google Podcasts Manager! It’s like Apple Podcasts connect but of course Google. Then, we move on to jobs in podcasting, so much about feedback about Cleanfeed, some very interesting Facebook updates, Libsyn player automation, what if someone uses YOUR podcast name, a massive breakdown of the podfader types and of course we’ve got a crazy amount of stats! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro! 3:04 PROMO 1: Sailing in the Mediterranean and Beyond 3:34 Rob and Elsie conversation Announcement of Google Podcasts Manager! What it is, what it gives you and how it it different than Apple Podcasts analytics 9:46 Apple is hiring for all kinds of podcasting positions 13:56 Cleanfeed audio feedback from Carey Green Emails about Cleanfeed 18:08 Cleanfeed audio feedback from CG Thoughts and processes about remote recording There’s a new kid in town 27:35 Facebook updates about charging for online events and listening to Faceboook Lives 30:58 PROMO 2: The Naturist Living Show New version of Podcast Addict now with reviews Custom automation for the libsyn players Face ID and masks 39:55 What if someone is using the name of your show? How do you go about dealing with it? A show appearing twice on some apps 49:43 Podfading - the key main groups UK data from Rajar on internet delivery audio services via Neil! 57:38 PROMO 3: The Europe Desk Stats, stats, stats: mean and median 59:52 COVID–19 libsyn stats Where have we been? Where are we going? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: Sailing in the Mediterranean and Beyond PROMO 2: The Naturist Living Show PROMO 3: The Europe Desk Carey Green from Podcast Fast Track CB from the Rocketry Show Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Google Podcasts Podcast Manager Google Podcasts Manager About Page Addi

Wed, April 22, 2020

166: We Are Reviewing For Good

Covering, #Reviews4Good, the iPhone SE and podcasters, COVID–19 episode takedown updates AGAIN, ad buyer data, update on the Podcast Discovery survey, and of course stats stats stats! Geographic and user agent! Plus many, many more in between topics. Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro! 2:57 PROMO 1: The Football History Dude 3:27 Rob and Elsie conversation Elsie has a new piece of tech! Podchaser’s initiative #Reviews4Good, and we’re joining in! The iPhone SE announced and why that affects podcasters Update on episodes being taken down because of COVID–19 16:36 PROMO 2: Podcasting Tips From The Front Porch Why are not all episodes showing up on the Google Podcasts feed? How to deal with the drastic difference in levels when using classical music in a podcast Problems with a MacBook Pro 2015 and Skype, help? Have any of you used Cleanfeed to record your podcast? Is there a way to only have your podcast show up on Apple Podcasts and nowhere else? Where have YOU been? The goats and Zoom get a shout-out! Worst email of the week! We promise you won’t believe it More data, insight and analysis from the Podcast Discovery Survey Rob makes a Google Play Music correction A MILLION DOWNLOADS IN APPLE PODCASTS 44:27 PROMO 3: Controller Disconnected Stats! Country, user agent and pandemic download numbers Apple’s Mobility Trend Reports Where have we been and where are we going Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: The Football History Dude PROMO 2: Tips From The Front Porch PROMO 3: Controller Disconnected Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Explaining the Pandemic to my Past Self Cloudlifter Podchaser and Libsyn Teaming Up For Some #Reviews4Good Love! iPhone SE: A powerful new smartphone in a popular design <a href="https://cleanfee

Wed, April 08, 2020

165: Is it an I or a Y?

In this episode, the new redesigned Google Podcasts app and it’s in iOS, more clarification on Google Play Music, more on pandemic titles best practices, what if you want your podcast out of a specific podcast app, what do you do? Cool Ad Stitching functionality in Libsyn Pro. Should you use Zoom to podcast? Oi vs Oy, Podcast Discoverability Survey results and of course Stats stats stats! This time covering the latest mean and median numbers. Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro! 2:52 PROMO 1: Beyond Westworld 3:31 Rob and Elsie conversation Google Podcasts has been redesigned and now there’s an iOS App A great interview with Zack by Rene Ritchie What’s up with Google Play Music, is it dead? What happens if you keyword spam our podcast or podcast episode titles with pandemic words We have examples! 24:37 PROMO 2: .NET Core Podcast Rob earns more reputation points on the Apple Support forums, this time about podcast artwork specs It was MeWe What to do if you want to be removed from a podcast app LibsynPro and fancy Ad Stitching tools Zoom to record? It’s the Oi vs Oy segment! 38:44 Moxie audio feedback 39:31 Craig audio feedback Social media wisdom via Elsie The Podcast Discoverability survey results and thoughts Libsyn and Shopify? 54:30 PROMO 3: Trek Profiles Stats, stats, stats! Mean and median Where have we been? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: Beyond Westworld PROMO 2: .NET Core Podcast PROMO 3: Trek Profiles Moxie from Brain on Facts Craig from The Ingles Podcast Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Why Google Podcasts is now on iPhone - Interview Zoom: We’re freezing all new features to sort out security and privacy Following Mac flaw patches, Zoom fixes ‘malware-like’ macOS installer in latest update </

Wed, March 25, 2020

164: The Episode Talking About 'It'

Communication from the president of Libsyn, Laurie Simms. Tips for remote recording. How the pandemic is affecting downloads - with some actual data. What is happening to podcast advertising during this time. Why your audience is the most important thing ever. Apple releases all kinds of new toys. Shows being taken off Spotify. The difference between listens and downloads. And oh goodness all kinds of stats! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro! 3:04 PROMO 1: Fighting Through 3:40 Rob and Elsie conversation Coronavirus email from Laurie Going from live to remote recording? Rob and Elsie quick-tips Download numbers going down and YouTube doesn’t want you to make money with 14:48 COVID–19 - audio feedback from Jon from Professor Slots Insight into download numbers during this time Anything we can glean from 2008 This is when connecting with your audience is of the upmost importance! New update to Libsyn is here! Apple announced the new 4th generations iPads plus, new keyboard with trackpad Can you use music performed by the US Marine Band? 36:40 A show on Spotify taken down NOT because of copyright music infringement from Stéphane 41:34 PROMO 2: The Celtic Myth Podshow Samson Q2U, H6, double enders, and Headliner integration The Google Play destination deprecated and it has nothing to do with Google Podcasts A celebration of 200 episodes with 1 star reviews Chartable integration and a possible swell in downloads? Focus on telling your audience to subscribe and listen to your show in Apple Podcasts vs asking for reviews Where have YOU been? Fish Nerds was on the NY Times! What is a download and what is a listen? 1:05:15 PROMO 3: Sleepy Time Tales Recounting the Infinite Dial Stats Advanced stats update! Agregator apps! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: Fighting Through PROMO 2: Celtic Myth Podshow PROMO 3: Sleepy Time Tales Jon from Professor Slots Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Apple unvei

Thu, March 12, 2020

163: Headliner, VBR and It's Private

The new Libsyn release which includes Headliner integration, yipeee (ya’ll people are really digging it), discussing the PRX privacy summit, the podcast academy, all kinds of feedback and of course stats stats stats! The latest mean, median, user agent and geographic! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro! 1:35 PROMO 1: The Renaissance Festival Podcast 2:08 Rob and Elsie conversation Right into Libsyn 4.23 Release - Headliner support! And so much more Apple is once again kicking a bunch of folks out of Apple Podcasts, we tell you why Why you need a podcast host that supports byte-range request and don’t use your podcast on Google Drive Nope, you cannot just publish to Apple Podcasts 19:20 Auphonic and ID3 Tags question from Kit No way to change the episodes Apple Podcasts suggests you listen to Prompting Spotify to play the most recent episode first Feedburner has added an engineer! The PRX Privacy summit was private! And a discussion about the Podcast Academy 35:17 PROMO 2: Tabs and Spaces Why so many peeps using VBR instead of CBR Looks like Spotify trailers are looking good! Why are all my episodes after 100 missing? A new Discoverability podcast survey 55:04 PROMO 3: Think Energy Apple Podcasts has crossed more than 900,000 podcasts! Mean and media numbers Geographic and user agents Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: The Renaissance Festival Podcast PROMO 2: Tabs and Spaces PROMO 3: Think Energy Kit from The Active Travel Adventures Podcast Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Headliner Support Article Blog post with details of the 4.23 Libsyn release Configuring 301 redirects on Libsyn RadioPublic Support article Deezer support article <li

Tue, February 25, 2020

162: Scaring Clearnet Boomer Normies

On this episode Apple hiring all kinds of positions, and you get the scoop, Spotify announced some podcasting cool updates on their app, Spotify says their podcast service is not a music distribution tool, and some are getting their show pulled, Audio Hijack vs eCamm Call Recorder, which one is better? Discussing The Podcast Academy + Golden Mic, Castro feedback, IAB vs unique download numbers and of course stats, this time, geographic and user agents. Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro! 3:27 Rob and Elsie conversation All kinds of job opportunities for Apple in podcasting! Spotify is now featuring trailers Spotify does not want you to use their podcast feature to bootleg music - not cool Wanna know what happens when Spotify removes your show for music copyright violation? We got you Does Spotify have a chance of becoming podcasting’s gatekeeper? 22:43 Audio Hijack vs eCamm Call Recorder, audio feedback from Ginger Campbell YouTube destination is working again! Discussing the Golden Mics and The Podcast Academy We got some Castro feedback! Media Monitors has a new podcast survey 45:26 1 star review from Jack! Audio feedback Getting Google home mini to play episodes by number Private podcasting solutions Matchmaker for finding podcast guests! 53:31 CinemaVoz at Podfest, audio feedback from Hilda Thank you, from Gene 58:24 What is the difference between IAB stats and unique? 1:08:19 PROMO 3: Tomorrow’s Legend 1:08:51 Stats, stats, stats, geographic, user agents Where have we been? And where are we going? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO: Tomorrow’s Legend Ginger from Brain Science, Books and Ideas and Graying Rainbows Jack from Darknet Diaries Hilda from Wise Traditions Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Head of Podcast Partner Relations at Apple Product Manager, Apple Podcasts, Consumer <a href

Tue, February 11, 2020

161: No, That's Editing

Breaking down the Apple email in early February, where you should look for your Spotify stats, Castro’s new promoted podcasts feature! What are good download numbers after you launch? What does being at the top of the Apple Podcasts really mean? listens vs downloads, a really bad one star review, chatting about the IAB Privacy and Compliance Unit and of course stats! It’s mean and median number time! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro! 4:07 PROMO 1: Daily Detroit 4:36 Rob and Elsie conversation Oh goodie! An email from Apple! We have content! Show availability and content updates Spotify acquiring Ringer Tips on updating Spotify RSS set-up Elsie shares her love for Castro and the new promoted podcasts! Pay for Castro Premium - it will make Elsie happy Podcast Movement speaker submissions are open Congrats Podchaser How many downloads is a good number to have after launching? 34:42 PROMO 2: Active Travel Adventures podcast What does it take to get to the Apple Podcasts charts? How did Forbes get those revenue numbers for the top earning podcasts? Rob had another answer recommended by the Apple Podcasts team! More reputations points If you are not planning on using a service, don’t use their prefix Rob gets to brag about his upload speeds The worst 1 star review ever The worst phone call of the week And yet another JADA (Just Another Discovery Article) Least expensive/most accurate transcription service or software? Rob shares a great article about licensing music or lack thereof in podcasting Chatting about the IAB Privacy and Compliance Unit 1:09:46 PROMO 3: Narco Mindset Podcast Stats: mean and median number Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: Daily Detroit PROMO 2: Active Travel Adventures podcast PROMO 3: Narco Mindset Podcast Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Apple email on our blog Spotify Is

Tue, January 28, 2020

160: Seven Reputation Points and Lawsplaining

Apple creating podcasts to support their TV+ offerings, the Music Modernization Act, more into Google Podcasts and your podcast website, Rob’s new Facebook policies, DMCA takedown notices, geographic and user agent stats and we finish off with a discussion all about the whole Spotify is bigger than Apple Podcasts narrative out there! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro! 3:54 PROMO 1: Disney Chat With Pixie Dust Fan 4:21 Rob and Elsie Conversation Elsie is using a cool new app called TripMode Go Chiefs! Bloomberg says that Apple is discussing making original podcasts related to programs on TV+ A bit into Elsie’s post production We’re correcting something we said in the past episode about public domain recordings and we find out about the Music Modernization Act Do we have any suggestions on where one can look for podcasts that are looking for hosts? Trying to clarify more info on Google Podcasts and podcast websites Don’t use wav files for podcasting, use MP3s Rebranding a show and keeping the same feed Rob has a new policy about Facebook Rob got 7 reputation points from the Apple Podcast community from the Apple Team! 46:50 PROMO 2: CherryPickin’ The issues that arise when your podcast’s name is too basic Congrats Jim Harold! Worst Email of The Week and it’s all about DMCA takedown notices Yep, our stats are Libsyn only shows 59:26 PROMO 3: Hot Flashes and Cool Topics Stats: geographic and and user agent stats Spotify, Apple Podcasts and all those articles Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: Disney Chat With Pixie Dust Fan PROMO 2: CherryPickin’ PROMO 3: Hot Flashes and Cool Topics Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Apple Podcast Directory Update Issues TripMode Apple Plans to Bankroll Original Podcasts to Fend Off Rivals <a href= "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-21/apple-planning-to-make-original-podcasts-promotin

Tue, January 14, 2020

159: Ready For 2020?

Elsie has a new toy (and she’d love your help with it,) updating your copyright, what’s available via public domain, not everyone is getting the Apple emails from Apple Podcasts, Google gives us some key insights into getting your podcast website ready for 2020, Spotify brings their own streaming ad insertion technology, how to manage new types of content on your podcast feed and what to do when you hit 300 podcasts, we got feedback on using the new MacBook Pros internal speakers, all kinds of predict the future posts about the podcasting industry, the worst email of the week and of course stats! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro! 2:20 PROMO 1: The Steaming Cup 2:43 Rob and Elsie Conversation Guess what Elsie got? And can she find a new workflow to podcast? Have you changed your copyright notice? It’s your yearly reminder Oh! New public domain works available for podcasters to use! With a few caveats Not everyone is getting the Apple emails related to Apple Podcasts Details from Google on optimizing your website for Google Podcasts Issues that some podcasters are concerned about because of Spotify bringing streaming ad insertion technology to the platform Want to ad a new type of content to your feed? How should you number it? 31:04 PROMO 2: Master Your Story 31:57 Stacey asks about what happens when you get more than 300 episodes into your show! Feedback on the MacBook Pros built in speakers and Rob’s AM sound Non-linked to commentary on the future of podcasting What are the rules on using clips from films on a podcast? What exactly is square artwork and it’s hip to be squared Why podcasting needs IAB v2 53:38 PROMO 3: Art Ink Stats! Mean and median! Rob shares his post from The Podcast Business Journal And where will be going? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: The Steaming Cup PROMO 2: Master Your Story PROMO 3: Art Ink Stacey from Diabetes Connections Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Public Domain Name 2020 <a href= "https://slate.com/culture/2019/12/

Mon, December 23, 2019

158: Prepends, Privacy and Raw Growth

In this episode, listen to what the podcasting ready microphones of the new 2019 MacBook Pro sound like. And staying on that same topic, we discuss the mics we use and the processing workflow for the show. We also cover the latest Apple News including their new hire, plus the latest email sent out to podcasters. We answer and comment on a very interesting question what would be the impact and slowdown for indie podcasters if there’s an economic downturn? And lastly Rob dives into nuanced discussion about protecting the privacy of podcast listeners. And some fun stats about raw percentage growth… Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro! 3:09 PROMO 1: Dot To Dot 3:54 Rob and Elsie conversation Quick Star Wars chat - ZERO SPOILERS Call to KC podcasters for a panel at Planet Comicon! Our first email, we think that it’s a compliment ;) This is what we use to record the show plus our editing workflow Rob has a new MacBook Pro and he’s found out some stuff about Leveling his audio There is a new podcast app in town! We have not had a chance to test it out, will you? The most downloaded episodes of 2019 for The Feed and for Today in iOS More hires from Apple for their podcast business And podcasters got an email from Apple letting us know about Alexa, marketing podcasts and a holiday submission schedule 32:00 PROMO 2: All Aboard The Dream Train The father son podcasting microphone skit on SNL is true Thoughts on podcast advertising companies demanding podcasters move to the hosts that they want in order for them to work with them Podcasters can now qualify to win a pulitzer prize! MP3 vs M4A RadioPublic is now offering a PRO offering and it’s gorgeous! What should you do if there’s an economic downturn in podcasting? What if an ad agency gives you an ad that contains copyrighted music, what should you do? Worst email of the week! And it’s over 20! Inside Podcasting covers our new prepend within Libsyn Rob on privacy 1:05:05 PROMO 3: The Blacklist Exposed Stats! Raw growth! Where have we been? Elsie’s been on What Works, Rob’s been on Bloomberg Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: Dot To Dot PROMO 2: All Aboard The Dream Train PROMO 3: The Blacklist Exposed Thank you to Nick f

Wed, December 11, 2019

157: I Stand For Pethics

Sending congrats and discussing Apple’s top podcasts of 2019, why podcasts are headed for disaster, pre-fixes on Libsyn, the coalition to expand RSS, mean and median stats and so much more, including soapboxes from both Rob and Elsie! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro! 2:43 PROMO 1: Night Work Pod 3:13 Rob and Elsie Conversation Oh man, when spaghetti at the wall doesn’t work, it sucks 8:06 Audio feedback about using Overcast to share audio clips via Kevin A new app that Elsie found with automatic transcriptions for video Congrats to Dave Ramsey and Joe Rogan There is something in common that these top podcasts have, we discuss Rob is getting a new computer and he needs to use a new program to level out his audio! Shout out from Tony from Sci-fi talk - thank you ♥ Are podcasts a disaster waiting to happen? New update to Libsyn! Podcasters will be able to add in a prefix to their show Rob Soapbox again, it’s all about privacy 32:48 Audio Feedback from Marc about time codes Discussing a podcasters lauded for his “stupid podcast” 39:43 PROMO 2: WW 1 Digger History Podcast Rob Greenlee and Todd Cochrane want to form a coalition to expand RSS Some things to look for when your show falls from the Apple Podcasts Have you made sure to distribute your show everywhere from within your Libsyn account? 47:49 PROMO 3: Gotham Variety Stats! Mean and median Where have we been: Podcast Movement Sessions and Inside Podcasting Where are we going? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: Night Work Pod PROMO 2: WW1 Digger History Podcast PROMO 3: Gotham Variety Kevin from Tales of The Black Badge Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) The Future of the Paid Listens program Clipomatic Apple Reveals 2019’s Most Popular Podcasts Ar

Sun, November 24, 2019

156: Spotify Passthrough Update and Other Things

We discuss the Apple email sent in mid November, deconstructing the email that we (Libsyn) sent out to make sure you get all the must know info! BIG thoughts on how to use consumption rate data, demographic vs psychographic info, teaser promos, show notes vs blog posts and oh so much more! OH and of course stats stats stats, this time user agent and geographic! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro! 3:24 PROMO 1: Creatively Complicated Straight into discussing the Apple email sent out in mid November 14:47 The Libsyn Team sent out an email about the Spotify passthrough and we break down into a mass of details Should you still claim your podcast in Spotify? What to do with episode consumption rates 28:37Voicemail from Neil asking all sorts of questions about demographics, teaser promos and shownotes vs blog posts 38:40 PROMO 2: The MandaLore Rob discusses the new Macbook Pro with the fancy microphones What to use to share large files with your team Thoughts on Apple making some ‘podcasting’ content hires Worst email of the week 48:30 Voice feedback from Robin about Libsyn and accessibility BossJock Jr update A discussion about the Hollywood Reporter article on Spotify and podcasting Shout-out to Marco for mentioning us on ATP! 55:38 PROMO 3: In Clear Focus Stats! User agent and geographic Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: Creatively Complicated PROMO 2: The MaldaLore PROMO 3: In Clear Focus Neil from The Snooze Button Robin from Dot To Dot Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Episode where we discussed guest and host images: 154 Invite To Celebrate And Setting The Podcasting History Record Straight The Low Down on Stats and Your Spotify Destination <a href= "https://inside.com/campaigns/19337/preview_shareable?f=true&fro

Sun, November 10, 2019

155: The Issue Is Privacy And Podcasting With a Slice of Birthday Cake

We celebrate Libsyn’s 15th bday! Spotify stats passthrough update, more information on guests and hosts features in Apple Podcasts, as well as how to prepare for Apple Podcasts during our upcoming end of year season, a massive Rob soapbox on privacy in podcasting, tips on whether or not you should join a network, don’t have the rights to music? Watch out! Insider info on the new AirPods Pro and of course tons of stats discussion! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro! 2:51 PROMO 1: Forensic Inservice 3:20 Rob and Elsie Conversation What were Rob and Elsie doing 15 years ago? 7:19 Happy Birthday from Based On A True Story Transitioning from Spotify rehosting to pass through 11:48 Paul Colligan shares some insight into Apple Podcasts hosts and guest features 20:08 PROMO 2: Video Fuzzy It’s that time of year to prepare for Apple Podcasts holiday schedule! 24:41 Happy Birthday from Hope To Recharge Rob soap box about privacy in podcasting 32:33 Happy Birthday from the Bigg Success A bit of an update and explanation about Google Play Music and Google Podcasts Clarifying there is no way to ‘enable’ the option to have guest and host images featured in Apple Podcasts 37:37 Happy Birthday from Jim Harold from The Paranormal Podcast To join a network or not to join a network? 42:32 Happy Birthday from The Engineered Network PEX will now track music in Podcasts via the Podcast Business Journal 46:58 Happy Birthday from The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd Insight into Apple’s AirPods Pro from Rob! Stats from the CEO of Listen Notes 55:38 PROMO 3: Blind Luminations 56:09 Happy Birthday Fighting Through WW2 Stats, mean and median numbers for September through October Where have we been? Where are we going? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: Forensic Inservice PROMO 2: VideoFuzzy PROMO 3: Blind Luminations HBD1: Based on a True Story HBD2: Hope to Recharge HBD3: Bigg Success HBD4: Jim Harold, The Panormal Podcast HBD 5: The Engineered Network <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-radio-advent

Sun, October 27, 2019

154: Invite To Celebrate And Setting The Podcasting History Record Straight

Help us celebrate our 15th year anniversary! An invite to be part of our beta for our mobile publishing app (all details in the shownotes.) Apple research enhancements including discovering topics and people. PLUS, show and episode pages display images of hosts and guests. We break it down for you. Setting the podcasting historically narrative straight and an ad insertion technology history lesson. And the latest geographic, Spotify and user agent stats…plus of course a whole lot more! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro! 3:10 PROMO 1: Femcanic Garage 3:34 Rob and Elsie Conversation 4:44 Krystal has an invitation for you to be part of our mobile publishing app beta! Gotta listen for deets! We are celebrating our 15 year anniversary and we would love your help! Straight up Apple search enhancements that include the guest image specifications Guess where you will get access to all the new things necessary? In Podcasts Connect not your RSS feed. Sometimes your artwork affects Apple Podcasts Levelator does not work with Catalina and it may not ever work Industry news about Luminary 20:55 Promo 2: Causality Having two different streams of content published concurrently on one feed, thoughts on using Apple Podcasts using seasons, is it a good idea? A couple of tips on Apple Podcasts categories 26:55 The libsyn podcast page, and went to use it? A question from Roberto We have a free upcoming webinar all about podcast websites! Uploading an episode and only having it available for people with a link Is it still a download if someone just plays the audio from your website? Where have YOU been: local newspapers Making sure we set the history of podcasting right The history of ad insertion technology, for the record - and it all began in 2005 45:53 Promo 3: Your Money Your Wealth Stats, stats, stats! Geographic, Spotify, and user agent Where have we been! Where are we going? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: Femcanic Garage PROMO 2: Causality PROMO 3: Your Money Your Wealth Roberto from The Unstarving Musician Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) <a href="https://forms.gle/ZL

Sun, October 06, 2019

153: Talking About Religion and Politics

International Podcast Day recap and Libsyn’s latest Q3 growth results, the death of Podcoin, a great resource for recording remote episodes, podcasting words of wisdom for college students, how to count your subscribers, all kinds of new stuff from Spotify including playlists! Y’all seriously, so much more! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro! 2:48 PROMO 1: Threads From the National Tapestry 3:18 Rob and Elsie Conversation International Podcast Day and incredible Spanish speaking podcasters! Fantastic results for Libsyn Q3! Super cool data from Rob re: some top podcasts Podcoin is dead Pocketcasts is doing some great things What Mongobay Newscast does to get super great audio for their remote interviews A winner in the 2019 Podcast Awards Advice for college students about podcasting 20:53 Thoughts on Himalaya - audio feedback from Civilla Can you measure your subscribers? Update your RSS feed to your show on Spotify Podcast playlists on Spotify! Thoughts on the Descript app 39:53 PROMO 2: The Perfect Stool Downloads vs Streams discussion How long does it take to submit into Apple Podcasts? A now famous answer from Rob on Quora What to do with the 15% bottom half of your show artwork Worst email of the week! Oh! Best email of the week, and it’s a good one! 56:38 PROMO 3: Mr. Media Stats, stats, stats: mean and median numbers Where have we been! Where are we going! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: Threads From The National Tapestry PROMO 2: The Perfect Stool PROMO 3: Mr. Media Civilla from Childless Not By Choice Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Elsie's The E-League (apply apply apply!) Podcast sponsorship revenue continues to fuel NPR’s financial growth NPR’s guide to sending audio <a href= "https://podcast

Sun, September 15, 2019

152: Trademarking Taco Tuesday

Covering: trademarking Taco Tuesday, plagiarism revisited, remote interview tips, design best practices for your artwork in Apple Podcasts, sealing with explicit content, best practices for using copyrighted music, more insight into IAB vs Uniques, and a double whammy of stats, mean and median, user agent and geographic! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro! 1:35 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The Advent of Computing 6:34 How to get featured on the show! 8:01 Promo 1: the Inappropriate Traveler 8:31 Rob and Elsie Conversation What happens when someone files for a trademark of Taco Tuesday Amazing job opening in Arizona to work for Kim Komando! Plagarism revisited When having connection issues on Skype, what to do? Best designed practices for Apple Podcasts Do check Apple Podcasts to see if your podcast has updated, just not IMMEDIATELY after publishing 29:35 Promo 2: The Nik Ingersoll Show How do you post a trailer to your podcast feed When the nature of a podcast episode is explicit, do you mark it explicit? Do you want Elsie to create a shownotes tutorial? We got an awesome tweet shout-out! Why is Rob saying “run away, run away!” again? An app that has really awesome shownotes….and that’s it So, copyright music, how much can you get away with? An update on some goings on of the YouTube Libsyn destination 55:02 * Where have you been from the Celtfather! Being sceptical of the Netflixes of podcasting Clarifying IAB stats and how they compare to Uniques ****1:06:56*** Promo 3: Are You Still Talking? 1:07:35 Stats, mean, median, geographic and user agents 1:23:39 Apple event re-cap Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: The Innappropriate Traveler PROMO 2: The Nik Ingersoll Show PROMO 3: Were You Still Talking? Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The Advent of Computing Marc the Celtfather Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Call screener for Kim Komando <a hr

Sun, September 01, 2019

151: Apple Podcasts Meta Data Best Practices and Are You Ready For Premium Content?

We begin by addressing whether or not podcasting has a plagiarism problem, podcast hosts not providing a 301 redirect, when you are ready to start offering premium content, the latest RODEcaster Pro firmware update, getting your Spotify stats, Apple Podcasts metadata best practices, plus our recap of Podcast Movement! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary Plagairism and podcasting, is it a problem :( Kudos to Oprah Magazine for doing their homework Can one activate ID3 tags after an episode is published? What if your RSS feed description gives you issues? The long time issue of podcast hosts not offering 301 redirects Can a podcast be penalized for using click farms? Audio feedback from Neil Acast raising 25 million euro and what that means for building a profitable podcasting business When new companies pose privacy problems and are not GDPR or CCPA compliant When are you ready to start offering Premium content? Is there a benefit to being listed in a sub-category versus the general category in Apple Podcasts RØDECaster Pro Firmware Update! 2.0 baby! Where have you been? Alain Where have you been? Carey Is there a way for me to tell in the Libsyn stats how many are native subscribers versus the number that are being re-directed from an old feed? All kinds of details on how to use the Spotify for Podcasters dashboard Apple Podcasts meta data best practices Stats: breakdown of unique vs IAB certified stats Gene shares some amazind data with us! Podcast Movement 2019 recap Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Promo 1: Learn From Others Promo 2: Disney Discussions Promo 3: Global Studio Marketing Podcast Neil from The Mourning DJ Pilar from 21st Century Worklife Alain from Alain Guillot Show Carey from Podcast Fast Track Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Is Podcasting Getting A Black Eye From Plagiarism? <a href= "https://www.oprahmag.com/entertai

Mon, August 19, 2019

150: Libsyn is IAB v2 Certified and Women In Podcasting Stats

This is special show, recorded right before Podcast Movement 2019 on August 11, featuring not only my awesome co-host Rob Walch VP of Podcaster Relations at Libsyn, but also, Rob Greenlee VP of Podcasting Partnerships and Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting and also part of our awesome support team! We cover the big news released last week that Libsyn is IAB 2. 0 compliant aka we are certified! Some fantastic Google Podcasts updates , an interesting study from Coleman Insights, leaving Apple Podcasts because of negative ratings, women podcasting stats, plus of course our latest user agent and geographic stats! You will not wanna miss this! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary Special intro with Elsie and her daughter The Rob, Rob, Dave and Elsie conversation Libsyn is IAB v2 certified! And what exactly does that mean? Entercom buys Pineapple Street Media and Cadence 13 and what that means to podcasters Google Podcasts updates directly from the Google Team! A very interesting study from Coleman Insights Can you record a Skype conversation from your iPhone? Folks we need help! The Top 7 Creative Business Podcasts You Should Listen to Right Now There is a difference between your feed categories and Apple Podcasts categories, we clarify a bit So who is the oldest podcaster out there? Jen Briney from Congressional Dish was on C-SPAN! Do negative ratings affect your ranking on Apple Podcasts? You will be surprised by the answer! Rob’s worst email of the week Geographic stats! Country Spotify stats! User agent stats! During our where have we been segment Rob reveals some incredible stats about women in podcasting Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Google will start surfacing individual podcast episodes in search results Google․com adds powerful podcast search, also coming to Assistant Coleman Insights Study Shows Joe Rogan Topping Podcast Listener Awareness The Top 7 Creative Business Podcasts You Should Listen to Right Now</

Sun, August 04, 2019

149: Your Mic Is A Lifestyle Choice

Going over the Apple Podcasts categories again, OMG a new Libsyn front end website! New look y’all! Super awesome. Breaking down deets of what’s going on with Libsyn and Podcast Movement, plus we answer what are the Top 5 things a Podcaster should do BEFORE recording their first episode? And what to do after publishing their first 5 episodes, and y’all we don’t stop there because we have 2 Rob mini soap boxes and the latest stats! Mean and median numbers! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro & how you can be featured by Libsyn! 2:50 PROMO 1: History of the Bible 3:19 Rob and Elsie Conversation Right into more details about Apple Podcasts categories Hey! We have a new Libsyn front-facing Libsyn website! 13:20 A break down of when, where and what the Libsyn Team will be doing at Podcast Movement 2019! Audio listeners in the UK survey 24:42 PROMO 2: Your Brain on Facts What exactly is the field NOT to fill out anymore, hint: Apple Podcasts Summary field Making episodes disappear, on purpose and building a newsletter 31:04 What are the top 5 things a podcasters should do before recording their first episode 36:14 What are the top 5 tips for a podcaster after producing their first 5 episodes Is there a rule within the Apple TOS that boots you for doing a giveaway in exchange for ratings and reviews? Spotify and Apple Music are dueling, really? The best place to put paranormal podcasts with the new categories When a CEO compares podcasters to a flea market To have a website for your show or not to have a website for your show Rob goes Libsyn 301 in setting all kinds of special feeds! The Lore TV show got cancelled Why is there no Libsyn mobile app? Worst email of the week What we think of a business that is built on making money off of user feedback 64:40 Oh yes, should you use Amazon AWS to host your podcast? #RobSoapBox Shockingly, people lie about their podcast numbers 76:08 PROMO 3: Project Woo Woo 74:26 Where are we going? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Promo 1: History of The Bible Promo 2: Your Brain on Facts Promo 3: Project Woo Woo Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakP

Sun, July 28, 2019

148: New Apple Podcasts Categories and Link Bait Galore

Everything that you know about the new updated Apple Podcasts categories! And how to update yours NOW on the Libsyn interface. Also covering that story from Bloomberg about Apple Podcasts exclusive content strategy and the plethora of derivative articles that spun and spun it, the Onion like article on podcasting by the NYTimes, discussing how the beauty of podcasting is creating a show that is exactly how you want it to be, and stats, this time centering on all the geographic and user agent data, plus plenty of other wonderful and helpful podcasting tips… Mostly inspired by you and your feedback! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro & how you can be featured by Libsyn! 4:09 PROMO 1: The Rideshare Guy 4:42 Rob and Elsie Conversation 6:30 Apple Podcasts updated their categories and how to update them on Libsyn 10:44 That Bloomberg article about the rumor Apple is looking to create exclusive content What Elsie and Rob think is happening with Apple’s alleged podcasting strategy 16:05 There was an INC article furthering the misguided narrative that Apple has done nothing for podcasting 21:18 PROMO 2: Southern Gothic 21:52 There was an Onion piece that accidentally was published in the NY Times about podcasting and Elsie and Rob have thoughts 23:10 When the term podfading began, in 2005 27:56 Peter asks about episode artwork help Pandora only has podcasts on the mobile app, not on the desktop 33:18 Making sure that episodes on Apple Podcasts show up at the exact time that sponsors want Audio promo tips 41:00 Follow up tip for mobile podcasting using the Tascam DR10L with lavs via Dave Creating category custom players for your show! Did we spoil a TV show? Will we make The Feed 24 minutes long? How to circumvent the problem of hitting number 300 55:12 Liz from Ben Franklin’s World toured the Libsyn office and shared her insights Someone did use the NASA audio and images that we mentioned in the last episode! Listen Notes CEO Wenbin shared some cool tip about transcriptions and Listen Notes A podcaster featured on C-SPAN Radio! 1:02:30 PROMO 3: UNAPOLOGETICALLY DIFFERENT 1:05:35 Stats, stats, stats! Geographic and user agent 1:10:58 Where have we been? 1:14:44 Elsie’s new show Sobre Podcasting 1:18:06 Where are we going? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Promo 1: The Rideshare Guy <a href="https://ww

Sun, July 14, 2019

147: Exciting Optimus Prime

This episode dives into an incremental simplifying release to Libsyn, Spotify allowing direct access to their Spotify-specific performance stats, follow up on wireless recording with the Zoom H6, handling bonus episode numbering, recording quality tips, random podcasts dot com, the fastest podcast hosts and finally mean and median number stats! And there is a lot more in between, so yes, this is a jammed packed one.  Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro & how you can be featured by Libsyn! 2:37 PROMO 1: Two Are Gathered In Leadership 4:02 Elsie and Rob Conversation Rob has some feedback for Stranger Things 3 and Amazon Prime Day We have a simplifyng easy release to the Libsyn interface! Spotify feature that allows individual creators to have more direct access to their Spotify-specific performance statistics 25:51 PROMO 2: Two Are Gathered In Leadership People do care about privacy, so watch out podcast businesses based on taking advantage of listeners podcasters What’s the difference between PandoraRSSCrawler and Pandora as a user agent? A better solution available than spending $700 or so on a pro-grade wireless mic system 33:32 AUDIO FEEDBACK about how to number bonus episode numbers on your feed Yes, the description field is going away from iTunes and the Apple Podcasts app You should clear out anything that is in the Summary section as it will be depricated soon Elsie shares some tips on how to continue to write a summary of your episodes and use it for your marketing A rant about excited Covering a bit about recording quality Podcasts appearing in the wrong order in iTunes and how to fix that iTunes not showing all 300 episodes of your show When the audio player is pre-loading 56:57 Why did you leave us segment A tool for discovering new podcasts called Random Podcasts dot Com Wondery received $10 million more in VC funding Podimo raised 6 Million Euros as well Tips for getting your local podcasting group started Why Elsie is a little bit excited about the Bullet App 1:19:07 PROMO 3: Pop Culturally Deprived STATS: Mean and median numbers Where are we going? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Promo 1: Two Are Gathered In Leadership Promo 2: Pod With Me Promo 3: Pop Culturally Deprived <a href="https:/

Mon, June 24, 2019

146: Podcasting, Privacy and When To Fire Your Podcasting Agency

This episode has follow up on the Apple category announcements and when you can expect to be able to update them, Spotify adding ads to podcasts, NASA makes their entire library copyright free! Using an H6 and a wireless mic, when you need to fire your podcasting agency, Rob soapbox! Privacy vs podcasting! And of course stats! This time it’s all about user agents, and geographic data! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro & how you can be featured by Libsyn! 2:37 PROMO 1: Licensed To Live 3:10 Elsie and Rob Conversation The story of when the roof caved in during the Elsie and Krystal webinar Apple Announcements at WWDC 2019 follow up focusing on when the category changes will happen and what to expect Apple, yet again, cracking down on podcasts that are key word stuffing titles and author tags 11:20 iTunes disappearing is a good thing! Voice feedback from Michael Spotify started putting some ads in front of some podcasts What it takes for your show to advertise on Spotify NASA makes entire media library available copyright free! Apple is once again changing things and it’s affecting podcast rankings Need your help! Using a Zoom H6 with a wireless microphone Omny was just purchased by Triton Digital Where have YOU been? Worst email of the week New and noteworthy is not a thing, really, it’s not 36:57 Why did you leave us, because of a flakey co-host 38:54 PROMO 2: Professor Slots There is no such thing as AIB Compliant, mind Rob soapbox Podcasting and privacy 53:30 PROMO 3: Monster Slots Stats: geographic and user agents Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Promo 1: Licensed To Live Promo 2: Monster Attack Promo 3: Professor Slots Michael from Native Opinion Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Libsyn Live #29: WordPress, Libsyn Publisher Hub, & Gutenberg Explained Spotify now lets advertisers target podcast listeners

Sun, June 09, 2019

145: WWDC 2019, Apple Category Changes and iTunes No More?

Starting with WWDC 2019 and the big news that iTunes will never be the same to Apple’s latest email letting all podcasters know that all podcast categories will be changing and exactly how that affects podcasters. We don’t only keep it to Apple, we share the latest podcasting insight from Google I/O last month and so much more! Including the latest mean and median download number stats so that you can get some clear metrics to know where you and your show stand. Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro & how you can be featured by Libsyn! 2:42 PROMO 1: Arm Cast 3:08 Elsie and Rob Conversation Elsie’s using a new mic! WWDC redux all about podcasting via Rob Walch: iTunes is not being killed off with a flip of a switch iTunes specific questions from the community! The email from Apple that went to podcasters The email from Apple that went to podcast hosts Passing along Google podcasting news from Google I/O 44:36 PROMO 2: Dear Strategy A question about an app that could check Libsyn stats Have you submitted your show to RADIO.COM ? 47:36 AUDIO FEEDBACK from Kevin about using the new Overcast clip feature Follow up on audio clips and Castro’s new release of sharing audio clips Question about setting up multiple destinations for YouTube The 14th annual People’s Podcast Awards are open! Transcripts strategy talk Streamlining what website pops up when searching Google for your podcast Competitors claiming they have apps when really, they don’t Where have YOU been? Jennifer has been on TV! IAB advertising numbers and what they have to do with a sliver of pepperoni Rob has an article about podcasting and privacy, have you read it? We’d love your feedback! 1:08:10 PROMO 3: Scifi Talk Stats, stats, stats! Mean and median Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Promo 1: Arm Cast Promo 2: Dear Strategy Promo 3: Scifi Talk Kevin from Tales of The Black Badge: A Wynnona Earp Podcast Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Apple Podca

Wed, May 29, 2019

Bonus: RADIO.COM

All 4 of Libsyn’s Hall of Famers are recording together face to face for the very first time to bring you the news that we have a new agreement with Entercom, to distribute Libsyn podcasts on RADIO.COM, Entercom’s integrated digital platform! Plus, some insight into Rob Greenlee’s move to Libsyn. Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Jennifer from Bourbon Barrel Podcasting JimJim from JimJim’s Reinvention Revolution Podcast Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Team Libsyn Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) All of the Libsyn Destinations available to you! How to set-up your Radio.com Destination Rob Greenlee on Podcast411 - direct link to MP3! HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share #TheFeed with your twitter followers. Click here to post a tweet! If you dug this episode head on over to Apple Podcasts and kindly leave us a rating, a review and subscribe! Ways to subscribe to The Feed: The Official Libsyn Podcast Click here to subscribe via Apple Podcasts Click here to subscribe via RSS You can also subscribe via Stitcher FEEDBACK + PROMOTION You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download the FREE The Feed App for iOS and Android (you can send feedback straight from within the app) Call 412 573 1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com<

Sun, May 19, 2019

144: Only You Can Make Your Podcast Famous

Starting off with some big news from The Libsyn Team, Google now including podcasting in their search results, Podfund thoughts and feelings, advice on making agreements with advertising companies, Tackling the Apple Podcasts review myth, insight in about Podcoin and as always, STATS, country breakdowns, Spotify country breakdowns and user agents Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro & how you can be featured by Libsyn! 2:25 PROMO 1: 2:48 Elsie and Rob Conversation A new addition to the Libsyn Team! Welcome Rob Greenlee! Google Podcasts now playing in browsers! iOS 12.3 went live on May 13 Congrats to Overcast for getting the Editors Choice designation in the iOS App store Tips on tagging an episode ‘trailer’ and what that means to your podcast listeners Elsie and Rob talk about Podfund 37:47 PROMO 2: Mind Your Mental Luminary App has been updated to include links in the shownotes About CPMs and percentages - what are the best practices? There is a new podcast newsletter aimed at the listener, called The Listener The iTunes Review myth, we talk about it again 56:22 Audio feedback asking about how to redirect your feed from Squarespace to Libsyn Worst email of the week! Becoming famous! 56:34  Why did you leave us segment? Podcoin, stats reporting and what happens when you pay people to ‘listen’ We think respecting the privacy of the listeners is the right way to do things Edison Research from Australia! We need your feedback! 1:11:40  PROMO 3: The Big Seance STATS: Country, Spotify country breakdowns and user agents Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Promo 1: Small Business Made Simple Promo 2: Mind Your Mental Promo 3: The Big Seance Podcast Adam from the What You Will Learn Podcast Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Google adds handy playable podcasts to search results <a href= "https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/7/18531565/podfund-l

Sun, May 05, 2019

143: The PodBubble

Super specific tips on the new podcasts.apple.com URLs, email on new feature enhancements in iOS 12.2, the new ‘clips’ functionality on Overcast, OUR THOUGHTS ON LUMINARY!!!! Images supported in podcast app descriptions? New podcast industry acquisitions, the *worst* most mind blowing email of the week, mean and median stats and so much more! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro 1:44 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: The A&P Professor 5:55 How you can be featured by Libsyn! 6:56 PROMO 1: The Social Forge 7:20 Elsie and Rob Conversation So, what is the URL to use with the new podcast.apple.com links? It involves a lot of ? m t = & and oh so much more When your latest episode is missing from Apple’s Podcast App New email from Apple calling attention to the new features in iOS 12.2 Overcast now has Clip sharing! And who needs to use it? Findings from the Canadian Podcast Listener survey 25:02 PROMO 2: Dropbear and Panda Save The World The discussing begins about Luminary 25:46 Elsie tests a new microphone for just a little bit - she needs feedback on it! Back onto the Luminary conversation, which includes why you shouldn’t as in should not pull your show out of Luminary Asking all of you, what podcast apps support images in the shownotes? Where have YOU been - the super sweet version More acquisitions in podcasting! Acast releases a first like an iHeart Media first LibsynPro customers now get Geo Fencing! Is “The” in the titles of shows totes gauche? Worst email of the week, and goodness gracious it is really the worst President Clinton and Chelsea Clinton seem to have already made a bit of a mistake when starting their podcast to rehabilitate their image Some light shining brought by J. Brown from J. Brown Yoga Talks Podcast about Squarespace and podcasting About GDPR/CCPA and business practices that are set up for a bit of a fail Some very interesting stats about Pandora podcast consumption What happens when someone says that Libsyn stats are inaccurate and why Chartable stats are not like Libsyn stats 1:06:40 PROMO 3: The Newsworthy Stats, stats, stats: mean and media from March through April! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The A&P Professor Promo 1: The Social Forge Promo 2: Dropbear

Sun, April 21, 2019

142: Apple Updates Podcast Pages and The Podcast Consumer

We discuss the new Apple/iTunes podcast browser pages, having an audio player in your email, networks wanting all of your IP rights and our advice on what to do, what made Joe Rogan so successful, the Podcast Consumer data 2019 plus country and user agent stats! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro 1:45 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: The Fit Mess Podcast 6:28 How you can be featured by Libsyn! 7:40 PROMO 1: Minor Murderers 8:10 Elsie and Rob Conversation Congrats to Elsie on successfully funding the She Podcasts conference at 200% Apple is changing the iTunes show URL’s Does an Apple iTunes Preview page show in stats as browser? Help on naming your episodes when you want to do a series for your show Refresh feed - yes or no? 27:11 Voice feedback from Paul Colligan re: what Android tablet Elsie should get Colons causing issues for episode titles? Aweber has a cool audio embeddable option for sharing your show via email It seems that the MDrill cannot do a firmware update on a Mac and that is a big fail 40:26 PROMO 2: Unsupervised Podcast Some funkiness embedding a player to Squarespace Where have you been? The NY Times! 43:29 Voice feedback from Adam, a finalist of the Australian Podcast Awards! As a podcaster, there is NO reason to give up ALL of your IP rights Do not number your episode, episode 0 A two parter worst email of the week How did Joe Rogan become so successful? Rob has some answers Oh no! Apple Watch is not podcasting’s stealth success story Discussing the data for The Podcast Consumer 2019 1:12:14 PROMO 3: Without Warning Stats! Country breakdowns, Spotify country breakdowns and user agents Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The Fit Mess Podcast Promo 1: Minor Murderers Promo 2: Unsupervised Podcast Promo 3: Without Warning Paul Colligan from The Podcast Report Adam Ashton from What You Will Learn Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) <a href="

Sat, April 06, 2019

141: Apple Podcasts Ranking Woes

Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary: :07 Intro 1:53 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: Collected Clan 7:17 How you can be featured by Libsyn! 8:34 PROMO 1: The Author Inside You 9:03 Elsie and Rob Conversation Rob has new AirPods New information for the summary iTunes tag! (description vs summary) Unknown season updates When do you start showing up in the Apple Podcasts Analytics? Big issues with people’s iTunes/Apple Podcasts charts - what could be going on? Checking your podcast on Google Podcasts on a desktop It looks like Google Podcasts is going to be transcribing your episodes! 35:21 Audio Feedback from Ron on adding ID3 tags with Audacity and is there anything better? The Blacklist Exposed recently moderated a panel with The Blacklist series creator Jon Bokenkamp! And so much more from them 40:44 Audio Feedback from Shawn about the connections made with our business cards table! How to deal with unusual numbering in Apple Podcasts 49:49 Audio Feedback from Steve: can you shrink your RSS feed? How to make sure that if you replace an episode it updates on Spotify Spotify is still doing some shopping Support Emily Prokop from The Story Behind! Get her to win a Webby! 1:06:14 Audio Feedback from Craig: permalinks The BBC is pulling their content from Google Podcasts 1:17:54 PROMO 2: Beyond Westworld 1:18:43 Audio Feedback from Seniortopia on copyright notices Worst email of the week! Update on Rob’s MDrill One Microphone with built in Noise Canceling purchase Finding your stats for your smartphone app 1:31:03 PROMO 3: Suspicious Circumstances Stats, stats, stats! Mean and median numbers Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Collected Clans Promo 1: The Author Inside You Promo 2: Beyond Westworld Promo 3: Suspicious Circumstances Ron from Ethical & Sustainable Investing News to Profit By! Shawn from The Crushing Debt Podcast Steve from SteveStewart.me Julie from Seniortopia <a href="https://www.inglespodcast.co

Sun, March 17, 2019

140: The Tone Deaf Episode And What It Means To Be First

Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary: :07 Intro 1:48 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: She’s Building Her Empire 4:03 How you can be featured by Libsyn! 5:19 PROMO 1: A Perch of Birds 5:49 Elsie and Rob Conversation The “good generic time of the day, Elsie” painting Rob’s recording set up for the episode When Apple rejects your podcast submission with “The artwork, metadata, or an episode contain copyrighted content.” You can play your Spotify episodes to your Facebook Page via Facebook stories! 2 emails about Apple rankings in Apple Podcasts and iTunes An Apple event is coming on 3/25 and sometimes weirdness happens in the store right before the update “STOP WORRYING ABOUT the Apple charts” iHeart Radio and the meaning of first in two stories 26:13 PROMO 2: Peak Reality Where does the episode number show up in iTunes? How come when you label a podcast episode as “bonus” it’s showing up as “trailer”? This past week it was announced that around 80 of Gimlets staff will Unionize with the writers guild of America Ad Age had a great article on how to make branded podcasts that pop Why doesn’t Apple have a podcast? Questions about where to listen to bonus content and how to see stats We have some special bonus content peeps! Where do you check to see if your show is on Google Podcasts? Dennis Rodman has a podcast Job opening in Phoenix Amazing feedback from Kenn Blanchard from someone that found his show via Pandora Apple Podcasts search woes and more explanation Another free podcast host has closed down Spotify is suing Apple Luminary in a tweet totally dissed advertising in podcasts and the community responded Funniest and worst emails of the week! 1:01:42 PROMO 3: The Puerto Vallarta Travel Show Stats! Geographic stats, Spotify country breakdown, and user agents Libsyn 10k statement Re-cap of the geekiest meet-up watching Edison’s Infinite Dial ever! Where have we been The She Podcasts LIVE conference! Where are we going? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: She’s Building Her Empire Promo 1: A Perch Of Birds Promo 2: Peak Reality Check Promo 3: The Puerto Vallarta Travel Show Thank you to N

Sun, March 03, 2019

139: The Sky Is Falling!

Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary: :07 Intro 1:43 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: Jeff and Will’s Big Gay Fiction 6:22 How you can be featured by Libsyn! 7:58 PROMO 1: Your Empty Nest Coach 8:30 Elsie and Rob Conversation We begin by diving right into the email from Apple featuring 3 email questions If you’ve been listening and doing what we’ve taught for the past 18 months, then you’re fine The iTunes tags are not supported in iTunes Desktop TL;DR from the Apple email don’t spam your metadata - keep it clean Also, your show won’t be removed for having episode number in your episode titles Podcasts hosts should have supported all iTunes tags a long time ago - they’ve been out since the fall of 2017 35:25 Dr. Ginger Campbell sends us some feedback about using MyLibsyn our subscription service A couple of articles from Apple publications criticizing the company about their relationship with podcasting 41:48 PROMO 2: So Many Books So Little Time Get the scoop on the origins of the United States’ copyright laws and fair use doctrine for Fair Use Week via Ben Franklin’s World Marc Maron interviewed Krusty the Clown on the Simpson Congrats to the Survivor Fans Podcast on their 14th year and 1151st episode! RIP Brody Stevens The best thing if you are looking to share a direct link for an episode and have it work on the most devices is to share the webpage for that post and make sure you have a mobile responsive player on that page. Is there was anyway to opt out of being searchable on places like iTunes, Google Play, etc? 54:33 PROMO 3: The Rain Delay STATS!!! Mean and median numbers from download numbers released in the month of February and measured until the end of February Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Jeff and Will’s Big Gay Fiction Promo 1: Your Empty Nest Coach Promo 2: So Many Books So Little Time Promo 3: The Rain Delay Ginger from Graying Rainbows , Brain Science and Books and Ideas Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by R

Sun, February 17, 2019

138: The Meh Episode

Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary: :07 Intro 1:36 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: Hashtag Questions 6:45 How you can be featured by Libsyn! 8:31 PROMO 1: Collected Clan 9:10 Elsie and Rob Conversation Apple Podcasts iOS 12.2 beta supports the episode number tag! Expect update in the Spring Apple updated their Terms of Service and we give you the exact paragraphs that changed 16:31 Rob finally used the Samson Q2U and did a test recording Who is best suited for the Samson Q2U? If you wanna know if your podcast is ok for Google Podcasts use the official site for checking Tip from Billy about using HTML tags for creating nicely formatted shownotes Himalaya Media launched a new app for iOS and Android, now if we could get them to focus on the listeners not the producers 25:56 Voice Mail from Troy about whether or not most podcasts started after 2014 Interesting article all about how only 17% of consumers believe personalized ads are ethical Feedback on adding artwork to your ID3 tags and how not to get an error when uploading to Libsyn 33:22 PROMO 2: Secular Soup Talking premium services and how very resourceful people get when trying to get access to premium feeds We have MyLibsyn as a solution which locks down the URLs, making it secure Where have YOU been? We hear from Ricardo and his podcast Astronomia y also mas winning best podcast for 2018 in Chile 42:38 Voice feedback from Carey Green about best use cases for tracking codes There is a really bad article on Adage about Pandora and Spotify that is full of mistakes In other odd and unverified news Libsyn is now hosting over 40% of all new podcasts that will still be producing content a year from now (get it?) 47:42 Finally getting into the news about Spotify buying Gimlet and Anchor breaking down insight into Gimlet and Anchor based on numbers Looking at the future of podcasting and the strategy of creating premium only content and how it gives us indie podcasters an opportunity to fill the void 1:06:24 PROMO 3: The Jeep Talk Show Stats! Geographic and user agent Where have we been? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Hashtag Questions Promo 1: Collected Clan Promo 2: Secular Soup Promo 3: Jeep Talk Show <a href="ht

Sun, February 03, 2019

137: Podcasts As Solutions and Check The Facts

Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary: :07 Intro 2:38 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: Atheist Nomad 7:35 How you can be featured by Libsyn! 9:11 PROMO 1: Marketing Story Lab 9:41 Elsie and Rob Conversation Has Rob used his Samson Q2U? Elsie has been informed of issues with eCamm Call Recorder and Mojave, has anyone else? The Libsyn Team is back with their Podcasting Quickstarts with a new workflow! Our Libsyn Podcast Pages are awesome! Share your examples with us 19:44 What to add to your podcast talk? Audio feedback from Josh ID3 workflow A question about formatting shownotes and Elsie shares her fail safe text writing workflow Updates about the RODEcaster Pro and their very first contest! How to use the option for time-codes on our player to drive possible listeners to your website 40:30 PROMO 2: Fish Nerds How Stuff Works was not the first podcast to reach 1 billion downloads How to remove “Unknown Season” from the iTunes feed tags Apple has released an update to their podcast analytics, which now allow you to download your show and episode stats “If we add a ”trailer“ as opposed to bonus or full episode, will the trailer come up at the very top of iTunes when someone clicks on our show?” Congrats to Rolling Stone Magazine mentioning the new podcast by Rhett Miller called Wheels Off Shows are getting into Spotify really fast Here’s the story of one podcast publishing other podcast episodes on their feed without asking permission An interesting poll from CBS news Worst emails of the week! Podfest Orlando is about month away 1:04:29 Awesome feedback from Paul all about using the Libsyn tracking codes! 1:11:04 PROMO 3: She Compass Show Stats! Mean and Median from December 2018 through the end of January 2019 Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The VCR Kids Promo 1: Solving Sounds Promo 2: Fish Nerds Promo 3: She Compass Show Josh from The CornerCutter Podcast Paul from The Podcast Report Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and

Sun, January 20, 2019

136: Will Your Podcast Be The Next TV Show?

Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary: :07 Intro 2:23 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: Atheist Nomad 5:53 How you can be featured by Libsyn! 7:28 PROMO 1: Marketing Story Lab 7:55 Elsie and Rob Conversation What if you have a friend that wants to move over to Libsyn? How can you prepare them for the transition? Why is episode artwork showing up on some podcast apps and not in others? How do you change the time zone for publishing? Let’s talk about one day spike of downloads, the other day down, the other day spike up, the other day down, is that ok? Rob tips and Elsie workflow on LUFS 23:19 Fantastic audio feedback from Jim Harold about the RODEcaster Pro! “If I had a nickel for every podcast startup - that said they were going to fix podcast discovery - well I would have a whole lot of nickels - and they would be worth more than all those companies are now worth.” - guess who said that? 48:13 PROMO 2: Inspired Money Local podcast gets adapted for television! Woohoo! Some insanely eye-opening percentages on your odds of having your podcast turned into a TV Show New podcasts that joined the Libsyn family! The official podcast from the Country Music Hall of Fame and Mike Tyson Another free podcast hosting company closes it’s doors How you can get your podcast business cards to Rob The story of Social Media Examiner’s website going down and having to change his RSS feed from being hosted on WP to Libsyn 48:13 PROMO 3: Genuinely Useful Stats! Country breakdowns, mobile vs computer, iOS vs Android, and user agents Discussion of article about Morgan Stanley suggesting to Spotify to focus on podcasts Where have we been? Lifehacker! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Atheist Nomad Promo 1: Marketing Story Lab Promo 2: Inspired Money Promo 3: Genuinely Useful Chris from The House of Ed Tech Podcast Jim from JimHarold.com and The Paranormal Podcast Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Hi

Sun, January 06, 2019

135: RAD Beginnings and Alexa Strategies

Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary: :07 Intro 2:24 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: Olympic Fever 7:23 How you can be featured by Libsyn! 8:56 PROMO 1: The Sick Mom’s Guide 9:26 Elsie and Rob Conversation Have you changed your copyright date? Public Domain Day 14:00 First audio feedback of the year via Paul from Fighting Through Rob’s podcast predictions for 2019 Should you add your podcast to Deezer? Flash briefings vs Alexa skills - what are they and what’s a good strategy for a show 24:04 Is there any reason to fill in the Facebook social media tab in Libsyn? Audio feedback via Bill It’s time to get ready to submit to speak at Podcast Movement! Shout - out to Dr Kiki from This Week is Science for 14+ years and 700 episodes Congrats to TaylorMade Golf for the launch of their podcast Do you need to ask permission to mention big brands on your podcast? 42:34 Great feedback from Oscar and all kinds of good things for his podcast! Attempting to clarify info about LUFS/LKFS and file formats Taylor Swift is closing down her app The Swift Life 56:33 PROMO 2: The Casual Birder Podcast Worst emails of the week Developer thoughts on RAD plus addressing privacy issues plus making sure we’re clear who it serves Do stats tend to drop during the end of year holidays? 1:12:57 PROMO 3: Childless Not By Choice Stats, stats, stats! Median and mean numbers on episodes released in November measured through end of December. Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Olympic Fever Promo 1: The Sick Mom’s Guide Promo 2: The Casual Birder Podcast Promo 3: Paul from Fighting Through Bill from Strokecast and Two Minute Talk Tips Oscar from Deep Listening Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Post about changing your copyright date on Twitter <a href= "https://law.duke.edu

Sun, December 16, 2018

134: Google Podcasts Fail? And RAD Thoughts

Want holiday merch? We’ve got you covered with the cutest holiday designs! Get yours today and support Podcasting and give that perfect podcasting gift! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :07 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: Super Power U 1:34 How you can be featured by Libsyn! 6:38 PROMO 1: The Ace Report 7:56 Elsie and Rob Conversation 8:27 No power and a love for the Samson Q2U A new app for shrinking your graphics called Squoosh Unsplash is no longer going out of business Why you should have a standalone app for your show Nope, you can’t even play short snippets of any music on your podcast PROMO 2: He Said, She Said 20:02 More details on getting other shows (that you’ve been on) on to your feed Rob and Elsie called out! Why are the top charts in Apple Podcasts not supporting their own episode number tags? Why doesn’t Jen Briney show up with searches for her name? Grant Baciocco sends us feedback about recycling content AUDIO FEEDBACK 34:30 Are people hacking the Apple Podcasts charts? Pros and cons publishing a new podcast on the same feed What’s that audiobook company looking for voice over artists? Audio feedback from Win 46:00 The Podcast Host is doing a survey about ‘podcast discoverability’ How much money you will make if you have a $7 CPM and how it will affect your audience Cast.plus is no more What does directory.libsyn.com search for? How are radio shows able to cross post their shows as podcasts and use copyrighted music? How to change change the iTunes tags en masse Steve Goldstein wrote a post about why Google Podcasts was failing so hard And we have some NPR RAD news and insight PROMO 3: Sibercast 1:14:16 Stats, stats, stats! Geographic and user agents for the month of November! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Super Power U The Ace Report He Said, She Said Movie Reviews Sibercast Grant from The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd Win from Ask Win Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Squoosh

Sat, December 01, 2018

133: Custom Tracking Codes, RadioPublic and Podcast Objectives

Want holiday merch? We’ve got you covered with the cutest holiday designs! Get yours today and support Podcasting and give that perfect podcasting gift! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :07 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: MSG of Hope 1:41 How you can be featured by Libsyn! 6:38 PROMO 1: Liz’s Healthy Table 8:57 Elsie and Rob Conversation 9:32 Rob’s travel nightmares Elsie has another new microphone she’s testing, what do you guys think? New libsyn feature! Custom tracking codes! New destination: RadioPublic Podcaster sued for copyright infringement What about background music for your show? Audio feedback from Alain 28:04 PROMO 2: The Arrow Squad 30:02 Have we been seeing big declines across all shows over the last month or so? Your answer on the show Best practices in leaving podcast reviews for other podcasts Is it ok to have your website written in the Apple Podcasts description? How to put together some objectives/goals for your podcast Where have YOU been? Feedback from Clay from Fish Nerds on getting awesome coverage! 42:10 Tips on numbering short series Revisiting Apple Podcasts search Releasing an episode from one libsyn account to another libsyn account Worst emails of the week! PROMO 3: Finding Subjects 55:44 Stats, stats, stats! Median, mean, average for October Have you gotten your holiday t-shirt yet? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Liz’s Healthy Table Arrow Squad Finding Subjects MSG of Hope Alain from the Alain Guillot Podcast Clay from Fish Nerds Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Working with custom tracking codes Setting up the RadioPublic destination Podcaster Sued for Copyright Infringement for Usin

Sun, November 18, 2018

132: All* The Pandora and Podcasting Questions And Information

Want holiday merch? We’ve got you covered #podcastersftw! Get yours today and support Podcasting and give that perfect podcasting gift! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :07 PROMO 1: Fighting Through 1:29 How you can be featured by Libsyn! 2:06 PROMO 2: Ghost Press 3:46 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: Chasing Ghosts. On Scooters. In Bars. 4:15 Elsie and Rob Conversation 7:51 The history of how long it took to get this Pandora deal going! PR announcements about Pandora The bottom line on what you need to know to get your podcast into Pandora How many people listened to our Pandora announcement when we published to the app? Data from Rob What does Pandora mean for podcast growth? Will Pandora be able to make podcast suggestions? The Poddie awards on SNL and what Rob and Elsie think about it with some insight from Steve Goldstein’s article Elsie makes amends Where have YOU been via Alain 35:46 Apple Podcasts and what to expect to get your podcast approved, it seems it’s now 5 business days MINIMUM Pocketcasts released 7.0! Apple is probing sudden declines in their listener stats A not so good article on Medium about the percentage of podcasts that have ads The Whiskycast is coming to Pittsburgh for a whisky panel and a good cause The 2018 People’s Choice Awards Pop Podcast! If you want to change the title of your show, should you start a brand new feed or should I try to convert the current feed? Are Thursdays a better day to publish than Saturday? How should Elsie showcase information about apps and workflows on recording remotely? NPR is running a student podcasting contest and have published a simple guide for starting a podcast Worst email of the week PROMO 3: Comics Alternative 1:02:50 Stats, stats, stats! Geographic and user agents Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Fighting Through Ghost Press Comics Alternative Chasing Ghosts. On Scooters. In Bars Alain Guillot from the Alain Guillot Podcast One of the best podcast apps, Pocket Casts, just got a big redesign Recording remotely on Facebook <a href= "https://twitter.com/libsyn/status/10

Sun, November 04, 2018

131: What Gear Do You Need To Podcast? And Other Things

LIBSYN PODCASTERS MEET-UP NOVEMBER 5 from 5–8 pm. Come hang out with Rob, Krystal, Dave and Elsie! libsyn.com/libsynmeetup Want merch? We’ve got you covered #podcastersftw! Get yours today and support Podcasting! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :07 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: The Bearded Tog 1:50 How you can be featured by Libsyn! 4:16 PROMO 1: The Waffling Taylors 5:30 Elsie and Rob Conversation 5:57 Oh the issues of podcasting Your show not in Stitcher and Apple Podcasts because of Feedburner You’ll lose your people with the banter at the beginning of your show, and stats show it And a blood pressure inducing article on podcasting AUDIO FEEDBACK: Dave Jackson shares some insight 16:07 Facebook has changed some things about the way that they deal with audio files and some folks have seen a drop in download numbers More follow up on keyword stuffing and getting kicked out of Apple Podcasts/iTunes What are the countries that you are kicked out of if you have an explicit rating Large artwork causes issues in updating your Apple Podcasts/iTunes directory A cool tool to help folks in Instagram click to your links How to leverage a big name guest on your podcast and get featured by Apple Podcasts Capturing audio from a live performance for a podcast episode PROMO 2: Klyph Notes 48:05 Basic resources for podcasting newbies Checking your loudness levels by using Siri turn by turn directions The Women Podcasters in Solidarity Initiative Is Skype antiquated? Who’s the boss of your podcast? Having trouble streaming your podcast in Apple Podcasts/iTunes could be because of your bit rate What equipment do you need to start a podcast? And why it’s become one of Rob’s podcasting pet peeve Where have you been audio with The Strokecast 1:06:44 Awesome feedback about podcasting and serving an non-English speaker audience The issue of Watch OS 5 and download stats PROMO 3: Florida Men 1:17:08 Stats, stats, stats! Median and mean numbers Featured Podcast Promos + Audio The Waffling Taylors Klyph Notes Florida Men The Bearded Tog Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie <a href="http://speakpipe.co

Sun, October 21, 2018

130: Podcast Marketing and Podcast Communities

LIBSYN PODCASTERS MEET-UP NOVEMBER 5 from 5–8 pm. Come hang out with Rob, Krystal, Dave and Elsie! libsyn.com/libsynmeetup Want merch? We’ve got you covered #podcastersftw! Get yours today and support Podcasting! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :07 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: You, Me, Empathy 1:55 How you can be featured by Libsyn! 5:58 PROMO 1: Postcard Academy 7:20 Elsie and Rob Conversation 7:50 How to get the latest must know information about Libsyn and most importantly about your Libsyn account Apple’s grim reaper of keywords is striking hard! Folks pay attention to your titles and author tags What about episode titles and dashes? Apple charts being manipulated Congrats to Podcast Awards winners! PROMO: Adventures in Erylia 25:50 Replacing a file you know is going to have to be replaced via Steve Stewart 26:30 Scripps acquires Triton for 150 Million Episode artwork on Apple Podcasts Will Apple Podcasts ever support those episode level tags? Resources and ideas on creating an informative and fun podcasting event The coolest way to create the optimal playlist on Apple Podcasts –16 LUFS or –14 LUFS? Suggestions on outsourcing marketing for your podcast and it does NOT involve Fivver Awesome feedback from Paul Colligan about podcast marketing 47:19 A New TV show this season on TV in the US is called God Friended Me - and it is about an Atheist Podcaster who gets a friend request from God Will doing a Facebook Live do better than podcasting? How radio has consumed the podcast world Third Coast Google+ Communities are going away and Rob needs help finding a new hub for his community Feedback on the impact of Spotify How much time people spend marketing vs creating content and what their stats say How much money you should spend on marketing PROMO: The A&P Professor 1:17:20 Stats time!!! Mean, median, user agents, and geographic Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Postcard Academy Adventures in Erylia The A&P Professor You, Me and Empathy Steve Stewart Paul Colligan Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles

Sat, September 29, 2018

129: Diving Into Spotify and Overcast Advertising

LIBSYN PODCASTERS MEET-UP NOVEMBER 5 from 5–8 pm. Come hang out with Rob, Krystal, Dave and Elsie! Want merch? We’ve got you covered #podcastersftw! Get yours today and support Podcasting! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :07 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: Speak Life 2:24 How you can be featured by Libsyn! 6:03 PROMO 1: Without Warning 7:13 Elsie and Rob Conversation 7:37 All about podcaster.apple.com and marketing your podcast Watch OS5 and what that is doing to your stats Will podcasts be in YouTube Music or stick to Google Podcasts? Pandora acquired by SiriusXM The #PackMentality podcast releasing their upcoming wrestling schedule via podcast PROMO 2: The Nourished Child 21:19 Another email from Apple, this time about authoring best practices It would be great if Spotify supported unique podcast artwork You can use all of the app logos on any and all of your social media promotion Best practices in getting Apple to notice you and not asking all the girls to be your Valentine Magnate vs magnet Great tips on salvaging possible data from a dead SD card Spotify playlists and podcasts? Oh man, Buzzfeed killed off their podcasting team Just because you didn’t know about a podcast it doesn’t mean that it wasn’t a good podcast aka not everyone will listen to your show Legal concerns about reading articles on your show Stitcher news via email Who pays for the royalties if you play music on your show? All about WW2 and WWII Notes on why your voice sounds so funny to you in your ears! Adding custom RSS tags to the feed? Specifically, a rel=“payments” tag #AtYourOwnRisk It’s not about 100% listenership on your show, it’s about percentages of the audience that stayed listening to your show Rob comes back to us with his Spotify advertising campaign data for his Today in iOS Podcast Carlos also shares his numbers for his Spotify advertising campaign VOICEMAIL from Justin about Overcast advertising numbers 1:05:10 Overcast data and analysis a la Rob for your listening pleasure Lots more Overcast and Spotify advertising numbers and stats PROMO 3: Renaissance Festival 1:17:12 Geographic stats User Agent stats Featured Podcast Promos + Audio The Jeep Talk Show The Nourished Child Renaissance Festival Kenn from The Speak Life Podcast Justin f

Sat, September 15, 2018

128: What Gets You Kicked Out Of Apple Podcasts

LIBSYN PODCASTERS MEET-UP NOVEMBER 5 from 5–8 pm. Come hang out with Rob, Krystal, Dave and Elsie! Want merch? We’ve got you covered #podcastersftw! Get yours today and support Podcasting! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :07 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: Popcorn Finance 2:16 How you can be featured by Libsyn! 7:07 PROMO 1: Without Warning 8:38 Elsie and Rob Conversation 9:18 A CEO going on a podcast and lighting up a joint Rob likes the Inside Trader Joe’s Podcast Apple Keynote podcasting updates via Rob Tom Rowland Podcast shout-out! 19:52 Breaking down what gets you kicked out by Apple Podcasts and what gets you rejected by Apple Podcasts How to manage the up next list in Apple Podcasts - step by step 😜 PROMO 2: Honesty Check 38:41 iHeart Media acquires Stuff Media What is the value of having an app for your podcast via feedback Shout-outs to those that did their homework! And now Stitcher wants you to update all the Stitcher logos Panoply killed off their content team More feedback on having your own podcast app! Tools will not grow your podcast! Twitter and their “podcasting” feature A bit about Podchaser and what their new podcaster creater profiles Nope, you cannot have any kind of profanity on the show’s title Carey gives some feedback on something Elsie said! 1:01:44 Thoughts on advertising on Spotify and Overcast Anybody use the newest Skype recording feature? #TheFeedHomework What’s up with Chartable and how are they getting the Libsyn stats? Where have YOU been? On the radio! Worst email of the past 2 weeks PROMO: The Engine Mom 1:23:18 Stats, stats, stats! Median and mean numbers for July episodes + Spotify geographic stats Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Without Warning Honesty Check The Engine Mom Popcorn Finance Tom Rowland Podcast Carey from Podcastification Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Joe Rogan and Elon Musk conver

Sun, September 02, 2018

127: Marriage Advice For Podcasters

Want merch? We’ve got you covered #podcastersftw! Get yours today and support Podcasting! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :07 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: The Strokecast 2:22 How you can be featured by Libsyn! 7:30 PROMO 1: Another Retro Gaming Podcast 9:01 Elsie and Rob Conversation 9:27 Feature stills from films and copyright material More info on podcast title stuffing What exactly is explicit? Beasley Media Group unveils new podcast captains! And we have something to say Marriage advice for podcasters looking to invest on podcasting gear PROMO 2: Screw The Commute 37:44 When you go a bit over with title keywords Questions about social media marketing of your podcast A new podcasting patent involving speed podcasting Worst email(s) of the week Where have you been? PROMO 3: The Working Mother’s Mentor 1:03:18 Stats, stats, stats: the most popular categories in Spotify, what percentage of stats come from Spotify for the most popular shows, what schedule do most podcasters have Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Another Retro Gaming Podcast Screw The Commute The Working Mother’s Mentor The Strokecast Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Beasley Media Group Unveils New Podcast Captains The Groundbreaking Winners Of The 2018 Hugo Awards The Ditch Diggers Podcast 6 grief podcasts to help you cope with loss The Template You Need To Write Your Podcast Show Description Speed podcasting / International Business Machines Corporation Elsie’s Social Media Best Practices For Podca

Sun, August 19, 2018

126: Rob and Elsie Record In The Same Room

Want merch? We’ve got you covered #podcastersftw! Get yours today and support Podcasting! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :07 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: The Blind Side 2:23 How you can be featured by Libsyn! 6:55 PROMO 1: Pop Culture Nickel 8:20 Elsie and Rob Conversation 8:48 In the same room! And what we used to record What’s been happening with Podcasts Connect? No more keyword stuffing your titles, longtime listeners, you know what we’re talking about Public Radio International and PRX, have announced they are getting hitched. Wordpress.com parent company Automattic is investing in Radiopublic The Veritone acquisition of Performance Bridge PROMO 2: Be Bold Podcast The voting for the 2018 Podcast Awards is open An LLC for your podcast? The Spotify app now supports sharing podcasts on Instagram Stories! We’ve got an awesome support article on SSL and https! Four reasons why your broadcasting company should hire a director of podcasts! What about being able to donate to a podcast from Google Podcasts? Or how about your RSS feed? How to remove a podcast from Google Podcasts A podcaster’s recent bad experience with using copyrighted images Will Libsyn be at Podcast 2 in Seattle? The most awesome Australian Department of Podcasts video Nielsen, ad deals and more Where have you been! With Chris Christensen and Harris Voicemail testing the new Speakpipe mobile responsive site The worst email of the last 2 weeks … wow! Sharing your one start review! PROMO 3: Your Brain on Facts Stats, stats, stats! Geographic and user agent for the month of July Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Pop Culture Nickel Be Bold Podcast Your Brain On Facts The Blind Side Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) PRI and PRX To Unite In Major Audio Industry Merger PRX and PRI announce tranformational public media merger <a href= "https://about.radiopublic.com/2018/

Sun, August 05, 2018

125: Back From Podcast Movement 2018 and Rob Has A Soapbox

Want merch? We’ve got you covered #podcastersftw! Get yours today and support Podcasting! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :07 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: Podcasts Glyph Notes 2:23 How you can be featured by Libsyn! 6:55 PROMO 1: Moms I’d Like To Follow 8:20 Elsie and Rob Conversation 8:48 Breaking down the Podcast Movement experience play by play, with tons of shout-outs A Rob correction about who had the earlier enhanced podcast PROMO 2: I Have Cool Friends 27:27 From the Apple files: what happens now when you spam your title with keywords and the warning that you get Paying for Premium Content! Audio feedback from Mike 31:12 Fun with Facebook and what the new changes they’ve made to their API have to do with you ability to cross-post to personal profiles The Washington Post is looking for a podcast host and Stitcher is offering an incredible fellowship position Apple is now at the 1 Trillion mark. Woah. A cool transcription tool called Temi When numbering your episodes using the Apple feed tags, do you HAVE to have a number for all of them? Libsyn http vs https via audio feedback from Jon 47:08 Google Play Music having issues updating shows and more information We’ve partnered with AdsWizz! Where have YOU been segment featuring Sigrid Nice coverage of Michael Rapport in the NY Times Podcasters suspicious of broadcasters? With tons of Elsie coverage! We go deep into specific data per episode in the last 60 days PROMO 3: Investing With The Buyside 1:07:08 STATS, stats, stats: mean and median numbers for June Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Moms I’d Like To Follow I Have Cool Friends Investing with the Buyside Klyph Notes Mike from Native Opinion Jon from The Professor Slots Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Our Facebook Live coverage from Podcast Movement and a lot more! Job posting from The Washington Post <a href= "https:

Sat, July 21, 2018

124: It's Not A Guessing Game, It's A Trend Game

Meet Rob and Elsie at Podcast Movement! We’ll have a meet and greet at Reading Terminal on Tuesday, July 24 at 8 am EST! Want merch? We’ve got you covered #podcastersftw! Get yours today and support Podcasting! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :07 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: The Bearded Tog 4:14 How you can be featured by Libsyn! 6:40 PROMO 1: The Soul Mammas Podcast 8:18 Elsie and Rob Conversation 8:51 Feedback from James Cridland all about the Google Podcast App being native 9:40 Some news about Search Engines Journal and podcasts are more popular than blogs? Ooh! Another way to not be accepted by Apple Podcasts and iTunes! How do you put an episode on the “Best of the Podcast” in Apple Podcasts? Concerns about ASCAP and BMI when playing music with permission from he artist on the podcast If you update existing podcast episodes rating from explicit to clean, will it update in Apple Podcasts? There is a process towards having your podcast on Plex! And of course one of our listeners delivered the goods More feedback on enhanced podcasts aka those with chapter markers, this time via the mighty Chris Christensen 31:26 How you can use timecodes to facilitate jumping to certain parts of an episode using Overcast #MarcoIsAGenius PROMO 2: Mongobay 39:44 Are downloads “a tally of how many times someone clicks a play button?” Commentary on the difference between server side stats and client side stats How to get a date range of stats from initial post date from a podcast episode to 30 days after it was released, easily, within the Libsyn podcast advanced stats Niche advertising rates still win the race and how we paint a picture with the paint and canvas given Podcast download data: it’s not a guessing game, it’s a trend game MP3 are the winners! Always Why does the formatting for shownotes show up all messed up in different places? For any “listens” or audience building to really matter per episode it needs to expand into the next episodes - trend lines must go up S-Town is getting sued, ugh, is there no loyalty? We discuss Oh my! People think that publishers are just now discovering podcasters and signing them to book deals! Moxie has some voice feedback asking when is the best time to release and episode? 1:02:57 Why did you leave us segment 1:06:24 The worst email in the past 2 weeks - this time it’s Elsie’s Where YOU been? A new segment and a request for a bumper! PROMO 3: Future of Humanity 1:14:25 Stats! Geographic and user agent! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio <a href="https://w

Sun, July 08, 2018

123: Google Podcasts App Answers And A Late Soapbox

Meet Rob and Elsie at Podcast Movement! We’ll have a meet and greet at Reading Terminal on Tuesday, July 24 at 9 am EST! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :07 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: Aviation News Talk 2:40 How you can be featured by Libsyn! 8:01 PROMO 1: Super Power U 9:28 Elsie and Rob Conversation 9:57 Why did episode 122 get cut off? And some workflows on what to do so that you can make it as seamless as possible The Google Podcast App update! One, it’s not Google Play Music You do NOT submit your podcast’s RSS feed to Google. It’s all about the code on your website and the Google spider will find it An awesome email from Zack from Google giving us the down-low (and yes you need to listen to get all the info) Is the Google Podcast App native? The updated TOS from Anchor and whether you should use them as a destination for your podcast VOICE FEEDBACK from Jack: why aren’t my episodes showing up on Google? 32:20 VOICE FEEDBACK from Mandi: how should someone do business cards for a network? 34:08 Is there a way to remove a podcast from the new Google Podcast App? PROMO 2: Pick The Mind Podcast 39:03 The 13th annual Podcast Award nomination and registration process is now live! iTunes author tag: great practices and sucky ones VOICE FEEDBACK from Karin: all about chapter markers! 43:23 Interesting stats about NY city downloads How the downloads per state/country are determined for mobile devices Rob’s worst email of the past few weeks Congrats to the Reasons I’m Broke podcast on their 300th episode! Why did you leave us segment 50:30 Stats on the proportion who accessed a podcast in the last month via Reuters What’s going on with user agent stats and HomePod? Can we see them? Release date vs upload date PROMO 3: Hostile Worlds 1:00:35 Stats, stats, stats! Mean and median numbers! Spotify geographical location stats Rob soapbox! All about the Netflix of podcasting Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Super Power U Hostile Worlds Pick the Mind Podcast Jack from Darknet Diaries Mandi from the Eloquent Gushing Network Karin from X-poilers Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie

Sun, June 17, 2018

122: WWDC 2018 Updates For Podcasters

Fill out our survey! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :07 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: Fighting Through from Dunkirk to Hamburg 2:30 How you can be featured by Libsyn! 8:17 PROMO 1: Castle Rock Zone 9:54 Elsie and Rob Conversation 10:29 Catch up with Rob at DisneyWorld and what he found podcasting-wise at the Yeti Ride and a podcaster’s Mom WWDC and iOS 12: Apple Podcasts App changeable durations for the skip buttons Come iOS 12 Apple has made it much much easier to skip ads in podcasts Apple Watch will be getting the Podcasts companion App with offline support The Voice Memo App is coming to the iPad and the Mac FaceTime will allow up to a 32 person group chat PROMO 2: Podnews  25:19 Geek, nerd and what about dork? Spotify has opened up the floodgates and things might take some time to update as they should What Audio Hijack Pro has to say about the new Skype updates Someone had some issues with their Wordpress site running their RSS feed and asked for help The media app Plex now supports podcasts! Rob shares details of what that means Awesome tip for removing the category feed from a Wordpress site for easy indexing by Google for podcasts Jonathan Mosen gives awesome thoughtful feedback about chapter marks for podcast episodes 40:33 What is a mailing list for a podcast? We released a Press Release with amazing numbers for growth from Libsyn! We give you all the details Some audio feedback about the features of the Libsyn WP plug in 50:43 If you live in the EU vote no on article 13 Why did you leave us! An awesome testimonial of the power of podcasting in the TV genre Apple podcast stats via WWDC 2018 PROMO 3: The Art of Manufacturing 56:06 Stats, stats, stats! Geographical and user agent! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Castle Rock Zone Podnews The Art of Manufacturing Fighting Through from Dunkirk to Hamburg Jonathan Mosen from The Blind Side Bill Monroe from Strokecast Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Plex <a href= "http://kadavy.net/wordpr

Sun, June 03, 2018

121: Secure RSS Feeds and Return On Influence

Fill out our survey! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :07 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: Deep Listening 2:00 How you can be featured by Libsyn! 6:22 PROMO 1: Video Fuzzy 7:51 Elsie and Rob Conversation 8:21 Apple sent an email to podcasters on May 29 and goodness, and the world went wacky Clarifying all things secure RSS feeds Optimizing the iTunes Author field section PROMO 2: The Prodigal Son 22:46 Email about BossJock and a great back up for recording on an iOS device Your Chrome browser is good at pretending it’s an Android phone says James Cridland What if you don’t see what everyone else sees in Apple Podcasts stats? There is a wordpress plugin called “Libsyn Podcast Quick embed” THAT IS NOT OUR PLUGIN - don’t use it GDPR is a letter word and Libsyn info all about it Spotify cut a deal with Amy Schumer More on stupid money coming into podcasting plus all the things we have to say about it, again Reports on Google Assistant not playing the latest episode and what Google had to say about it How do you measure a company podcast’s ROI? And ROI is not what you think Castro 3 is out and Elsie is giddy! Rob shares his worst email question in the last two weeks PROMO 3: 1:06:36 Stats, stats, stats! The median and mean numbers based on episodes released in the end of April with downloads measured until the end of May! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Video Fuzzy The Prodigal Son The Music Educator Deep Listening Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) BossJock IK Multimedia iRig lav mic How to see if Google has indexed your podcast, without an Android phone Libsyn and GDPR Amy Schumer Spotify Podcast Deal Don’t put podc

Sun, May 20, 2018

120: More On Google's Podcasting Strategy And Watch Where You Spend 5k

Fill out our survey! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :07 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: I’m Difficult and Demanding 2:19 How you can be featured by Libsyn! 5:09 PROMO 1: MSG of Hope 6:25 Elsie and Rob Conversation 6:51 Straight into the Google Podcast Strategy conversation Does the code NEED to be on the homepage? Can you have ore than one show featured on the same page? Is there anywhere than non-Android users can go to search for their show to confirm it? What code should you search for on your website to see if you have it? PROMO 2: The Jeep Talk Show 15:49 Podcasting news! Triton Digital and Audioboom merger not happening A public speaking tool and repurposing your podcast content How to get your own app? via Trey Downes with some audio feedback 27:59 In Podcasting News Luminary Media LLC has raised $40 Million in VC funding for a subscription based podcast service, so there’s that SkullCandy launched a podcast! eCamm will be ok with the Skype update! The EFF has won the final Victory over the Podcast terrorist Jim Logan in the fight over the Podcasting patent Homepods and listening to podcasts Klout is dead Why you shouldn’t have emojis in your podcast’s RSS feed Using NBA clips on your podcast continued Embracing nerds and geeks Rob’s worst phone call in the past two weeks involves a show getting kicked out because they hired the wrong marketing company Podcast metrics: what exactly is a download and a listen Apple has a tutorial for their own podcast analytics PROMO 3: World’s Toughest Podcast 1:03:12 Stats, stats, stats geographic and user agents! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio MSG of Hope The Jeep Talk Show World’s Toughest Podcast I’m Difficult and Demanding Trey from Your Superior Self Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Removing the extra comments feed from your website

Sun, May 06, 2018

119: Google Podcasting Strategy and Pocketcasts Future?

Fill out our survey! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :07 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: Plantrama 2:20 How you can be featured by Libsyn! 7:22 PROMO 1: The Strokecast 8:40 Elsie and Rob Conversation 9:27 Different place, no microphone Let’s talk about the Google Podcast strategy - this is what they’re up to Question from Justin about whether or not the RSS link on the player counts How to optimize google search results to show your podcast Setting custom defaults for your player to save you time! Using audio clips from a sports broadcast! PROMO 2: The Corner Office 35:15 Rob’s hardware set-up with the Zoom H6 and what needs to be done to make it all work minus a mixer - an email story with Lillian Audio feedback: thank you from Kelly from Go Legal Yourself 39:59 There was a Twitter password breach NPR, WNYC, WBEZ and This American Life bought Shifty Jelly Pocketcasts and what we think about that Delays for Spotify have now grown, they are not accepting new submissions until June! Apple Podcasts passed the 50 Billion episodes served mark recently Trader Joe’s just launched a podcast series and Rob is happy Wondery proved they are not against Spamming Podcasters The BBC - just released 16,000 sound effects What happens when you change your podcast title? What’s Libsyn doing about GDPR? Overcast 4.2 has had a privacy update PROMO 3: Chasing Ghosts. On Scooters. In Bars. 1:06:03 Stats! Median and mean stats from the end of March until the end of April! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio The Strokecast The Corner Office Chasing Ghosts. On Scooters. In Bars. Plantrama Kelly from Go Legal Yourself Google podcast link tag example code For example, this code would look like this for Libsyn’s podcast The Feed: What to search for in your website source code: link rel=“alternate” Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Libsyn Supports Google’s Podcasting Strategy HTML5 Show Player <

Sat, April 21, 2018

118: Apple Podcast Features and Upcoming Skype Updates

Fill out our survey! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :07 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: Phoning it In 1:45 How you can be featured by Libsyn! 6:25 PROMO 1: Alnham Island Podcast 7:44 Elsie and Rob Conversation 8:15 A bit of talk about video podcast episodes and best practices Do SAG-AFTRA actors have to be paid to be on podcasts? Find out! We begin the conversation about Facebook’s new branded content guidelines PROMO 2: Let’s Talk About The Weather More advice from Apple on how to get featured on Apple Podcasts/iTunes Goal achieved! Guidelines and information about ad pricing Skype audio not being very reliable plus poor quality Have we heard about the upcoming Skype for content creators edition? Rob reveals some impactful information about the new updates coming to Skype, video first and then audio - time for a contingency plan Spotify is experiencing some growing pains and what you need to know Updates on what to expect when you apply to advertise on Spotify A site for free images Changing the conversation from demographics to psychographics for advertisers! A funny for indie podcasters from Jim Harold More details about Rob’s Drill One Mic Your baby is not as beautiful as you think conversations that has to do with media players and browsers Downloads vs total downloads from Civilla PROMO 3: Popcorn Finance Podcast Geographic and user agent stats for March! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Alnham Island Podcast Let’s Talk About The Weather Popcorn Finance Podcast Making it Real Terry from VideoFuzzy Civilla from Childless Not By Choice Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) The Actor CEO Podcast SAG/AFTRA contact us Marketing guidelines from Apple Make collaboration the

Sun, April 08, 2018

117: Sorry, I'm In The Middle of a Double Ender

Fill out our survey! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :07 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: Phoning it In 1:45 How you can be featured by Libsyn! 6:25 PROMO 1: Best Pick 7:44 Elsie and Rob Conversation 8:15 Allergies and Elsie has a new set-up New interesting tool, Clipisodes What is the most podcasted about subject? What ever happened to the December 2017 mean stats? Feedback all about advertising for Spotify and Twitter feedback 23:14 Why would you want to have a Libsyn standalone app for your podcast? PROMO 2: Untold Miracles 34:30 1.5 speed can make people think that you’re drunk Optimizing your show titles in Apple Podcasts can really get you to move up in the rankings This time we discuss matching loudness for LUFS and tal RMS, Loudness, and Perceived values Moving from my Apple ID to someone else’s in Apple Podcast Connect. More about Embed.ly/oEmbed Some key tips about what needs to be in your episode zero What spam is and how someone is doing some spamming Goodness, Play.it is closing down and their kicking show off Download vs streaming Why do we not have a featured section for podcasters What’s the scoop on using a bit of audio from another podcast on my podcast? Josh just got his first one star review! Congrats! 1:12:40 The IAB has not put anyone through compliance testing What exactly does it take to get a run at the top of Apple Podcasts/iTunes chart when you launch PROMO 3: The Cinema Psychos 1:18:00 STATS! Mean and median numbers based on episodes released in the month of February through the end of March. Elsie opened up the doors to her mentorship group The E-League for Spring! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Best Pick Untold Miracles The Cinema Psychos Phoning it In Keith from the My Instruction Manual Podcast Josh from Shannara World Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Zoom H6 <a href="https://clipisode.co/"

Sat, March 24, 2018

116: Embedly and Twitter Bombing is Dead

Fill out our survey! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :07 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: Desert Tiger Entertainment 2:16 How you can be featured by Libsyn! 7:07 PROMO 1: I’m Difficult and Demanding 8:54 Elsie and Rob Conversation 9:24 We are now an official Embedly provider! And we’d love to see you using it The new super secret bulk editing tool is now, not secret The Players got an update! LibsynPRO got some new things #vaguepodding Press release for podcasters, yay or nay? PROMO 2: Reasons I’m Broke 24:04 The new twitter updates to social media scheduling and duplicate content that you need to know Audio feedback from Pilar! 32:43 LUFS and clipping and all of those things Listening at 1.5 speed doesn’t work for everybody What’s up with the Stitcher TOS and should we care? Awesome cute headphone suggestions! You can (if you want to) advertise on Spotify! If you do let us know how it goes New functionality has been added to the Google App on Android, could this be the answer that we’ve been looking for? Why you should get your own Alexa skill Rob’s most shocking/interesting email of the week and it has everything to do with profanity Some audio feedback from Jonathan Bloom! 1:10:11 What in the world is CPM? PROMO 3: Bears on Film 1:17:57 STATS, stats, stats! Geographic and user agents! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio I’m Difficult and Demanding The Reasons I’m Broke Bears on Film Desert Tiger Entertainment Pilar from 21st Century Worklife Jonathan Bloom Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Libsyn Embedly Rob’s Embedly Example on Medium What Twitter’s new rules mean for social media scheduling

Sat, March 10, 2018

115: Podcast Promotion and Infinite Dial 2018

Fill out our survey! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :07 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: Project Management Insight Podcast 2:20 How you can be featured by Libsyn! 5:20 PROMO 1: My Instruction Manual Podcast 6:40 Elsie and Rob Conversation 7:10 Rob’s talking about the MDrill One microphone again! When advertisers offer you advertising cart blanc services Good ways for podcasters to make links easier on our listeners in the event that their app does not support hyperlinks Voice Feedback: The Feed Alexa Skill outside of the US 22:26 Free or inexpensive methods to promote your podcast a la Elsie PROMO 2: Smirk 30:30 Auphonic says they will update the desktop apps to support –14 LUFS Asking your editor to export to –14 LUFS Give us some examples of pretty headphones! Custom domain on Libsyn vs on your own website Updated thoughts on Podsearch What’s with the Voltron? You guys, it’s Soapy! When other hosting companies approach you More numbering and Apple Podcasts stuff Rob’s worst email in the past 2 weeks Why almost no one is making a living on YouTube Edison and their Infinite Dial Report for 2018 PROMO 3: Shrink2Shrink 1:07:30 Stats, stats, stats: median and mean numbers for February 2018 Dave’s feedback about Social Media Marketing World 1:15:07 Featured Podcast Promos + Audio My Instruction Manual Smirk Shrink2Shrink Oscar from Deep Listening Project Management Insight Podcast Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Thronmax MDrill One Microphone Basic SM Marketing Practices for Podcasters Trello Board Dave Jackson: Growing your audience Elsie Escobar: Social Media Best Practices <a href= "https://www.washingtonpo

Sat, February 24, 2018

114: Libsyn Alexa Skills Podcast Skills and Access To The VIP Room

Fill out our survey! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :07 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The Hyperformance Podcast 2:26 How you can be featured by Libsyn! 6:30 PROMO 1: Awakened Awareness 7:36 Elsie and Rob Conversation 8:01 The scoop on why we didn’t record last week from Rob, and it has to do with email A bit of Rob’s preparation workflow Elsie shares her post production workflow per Oscar’s question More feedback on Zoom and automatically turning off the camera PROMO 2: Featured Creatures 21:26 The secret NPR meeting about Remote Audio Data straight from Rob The Thronmax MDrill One Microphone on Indiegogo! More on LUFS and what Rob suggests Finding your podcast once it’s in Spotify Aaron Manhnke’s awesome SASSY podcasting tips, and which ones are our faves Some awesome feedback about Spotify from Grant from Saturday Morning Media Some insider tips on optimizing podcast consumption via the Spotify App ALEXA SKILLS! Discussed, and what you need to do to get yours Just because others are using music doesn’t mean you should - just no Why Apple is still featuring podcasts that are have numbers in their title even though they said they don’t want you to do that Why are the same podcast in New and Noteworthy all the time? And are celebrities paying Apple? What you need to do if you want to to be considered to be featured by Apple More discussion about numbering your podcasts in the way that Apple requests, vs not. Why are my numbers still showing up in iTunes? Audio feedback from Damian from the Adventures in Erylia podcast 1:04:48 Rob’s favorite and most memorable email since last show. What is Stagefright/Beyonce? An amazing testimonial from Selling Sarasota about our podcast pages! So good Does anyone really know how many subscribers they have? We actually answer that question What does the star mean in the Libsyn stats? PROMO 3: Plantrama 1:24:18 Stats: geographic and technology aka user agents Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Awakened Awareness Featured Creatures Plantrama The Hyperformance Podcast Adventures in Erylia Podcast Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsi

Sat, February 03, 2018

113: Zoom, Discord and Straight Up Spotify Stats

Fill out our survey! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :07 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Professor Slots 3:39 How you can be featured by Libsyn! 8:39 PROMO 1: Transcendent Love 10:12 Elsie and Rob Conversation 10:41 Catching up on all kinds of Zoom feedback! Man did we get a lot And also, about Discord! Does Libsyn have a directory app? Audio feedback from Ms. Ileane! 18:52 People can find you via Spotify, we have proof Advise on creating Alexa Skills Burger King trolled the FCC Discussing General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) PROMO 2: The Monday American 30:18 A question about migrating your files to Libsyn Again, LUFS! About podcast thumbnails from Libsyn to Twitter So, is there somewhere we share the stats number? Nope, and we tell you why Voxnest acquired Blogtalkradio and Spreaker Rob’s worst email in the past 2 weeks PROMO 3: Hong Kong Confidential 53:55 Stats! This time it’s all about Spotify Shout-out to Gamertag Radio Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Transcendent Love The Monday American Hong Kong Confidential Ms. Ileane Speaks Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Zoom Discord The Podcast Source Burger King Video trolling the FCC The EU General Data Protection Regulation Job posting for Apple Podcasts let us know if you apply! Voxnest Rob on TASCAM Talkback Episode 13 Elsie on The Mark Struczewski Podcast Elsie on the Dirt in Your Skirt Podcast Gamertag Radio

Sun, January 21, 2018

112: Spotify, Pandora, and Geographic Podcast Stats

Fill out our survey! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :07 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Barca Talk 2:16 How you can be featured by Libsyn! 7:03 Elsie and Rob Conversation 8:36 Elsie has baby goats! Rob has a super honest kid - from the mouth’s of babes Apple share more info on what they want from descriptions in Apple Podcasts All about apostrophes and Spotify And no, Spotify will not take over Podcast Consumption More talk about how to make your Spotify destination amazingly optimized Spotify does like podcasting How fast does Spotify update their stats? Will Apple phase out podcast downloads in iTunes/Apple Podcasts? Looking at Apple consumption stats and what data is important PROMO 1: Future of Structures 30:50 Auphonic, LUFS and our thoughts An experiment between apps and podcasts Shownotes feedback from Marc 39:11 More feedback from another Mark 43:26 There seems to be a problem with reviews in Apple Podcasts Some thoughts about reviews and how they can be more than just in Apple Podcasts PROMO 2: What You Will Learn 56:50 Using GTW for podcast recording software The confusion between Apple Podcasts and iTunes Podcast Movement is accepting applications! And there is a new track: Society, Culture and Advocacy You cannot really ‘download’ on iOS Evil emails, Pandora and podcasts Download momentum and what to expect from your downloads after releasing your latest episode PROMO 3: The 10th Year Podcast 1:22:07 Stats, stats, stats! Geographic and technology Featured Podcast Promos + Audio The Future of Structures What You Will Learn The 10th Year Podcast Childless Not By Choice Marc with The Irish and Celtic Music Podcast Mark with The Resourceful Designer Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Baby goats on the She Podcasts Facebook Page! Spotify Will Turn Up The Volume On Programmatic And Podcasting In

Sat, January 06, 2018

111: Elsie Fails Basic Math, Acquisitions and Shownotes Workflow

Fill out our survey! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :07 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Barca Talk 3:01 How you can be featured by Libsyn! 6:26 Elsie and Rob Conversation 8:42 A bit of a chat about Skype and High Sierra And goodness Spectre and Meltdown Libsyn went shopping and got themselves Pair! Who is Pair? The scoop There is a secret tool to make your input of all the new iTunes New Feed Tags waaaaay easier, and guess who gets the scoop? The Feed listeners! PROMO 1: Making it Real Audio 17:15 It seems that podcasting has gone totally mainstream on mainstream media! Rob shares when this happened and Elsie shares the latest expression Sound quality of FB video The proper way to fill out your Spotify account so that it’s accepted Tips for making sure your shownotes are nicely formatted - workflow and apps included There is a Libsyn Status page, did you know? #ItsNotMeItsYou How the biggest shows optimize for SEO and optimize social media Congrats to all the finalists and winners of the Parsec Awards! PROMO 2: Paranormal Thoughts 48:19 FYI you only need to submit once to Stitcher, GPM and Apple Podcasts, etc. Seeing your Apple consumption stats when you are an OG podcaster that started your podcast way before Podcasts Connect Squarespace has added the ability to add in a redirect for just your RSS feed! Rob has made some predictions about podcasting in 2018 Does Libsyn have any safeguards to prevent third parties from skewing download stats? Legacy stats are no longer updating Yes, Libsyn DOES count download numbers from Stitcher and Overcast Will a native download app for Android really affect podcast consumption? PROMO 3: Dudes with Brews on a Porch 1:09:43 Stats! Median and mean numbers for November until the end of December 2017 Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Making It Real Paranormal Thoughts Dudes With Brews On A Porch Barca Talk Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Apple: All iPhones, iPads and Macs affected by chip flaws <a href= "https://mainsite-43b1.kxcd

Sun, December 17, 2017

110: New Libsyn Stats Interface, IAB Podcast Measurement Guidelines 2.0 and Apple's Consumption Stats

Fill out our survey! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :11 PROMO 1: Ready Set Comedy 2:42 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: No Effects 3:11 How you can be featured by Libsyn! 6:51 PROMO 2: The Power Your Story Podcast 8:23 Elsie and Rob Conversation 8:53 Star Wars talk! No spoilers promise Elsie bring in net neutrality right off the get go and off goes Rob on a soapbox IAB Podcast Measurement Technical Guidelines Version 2.0 dropped and what that means for the podcasting industry We have a new stats default interface! The inner workings of what Spotify look like from within the Libsyn interface Apple’s consumption stats are out! Woah Do you have a podcast that was submitted before Podcasts Connect came out? We have details on how to get your podcast! Apples Podcasts App was updated with the release of iOS 11.2 and it fixed a couple of issues Overcast is going to support permanent-redirect support! A podcast producer job posting Some great feedback about Facebook Groups from Kevin 1:09:38 The best strategy for laying out your Libsyn Podcast page Some more follow up on who holds the rights to use audio from their interviews that were commissioned by another media organization Non-podsafe music on Spotify? Have to check all episodes? Audio feedback from Clay 1:23:10 NPR’s Remote Audio Data proposal Calculating stats into the main stats from other sources: audio feedback from SP 1:30:41 PROMO 3: Use Your Voice 1:33:28 Libsyn monthly stats report! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Ready Set Comedy Power Your Story Use Your Voice No Effects Kevin Bachelder from Tuning into SciFi TV Clay Groves from The Fish Nerds Podcast S.P. from Better Podcasting Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Arrogant overreach: Ajit Pai’s plan to totally destroy net neutrality may doom him in court Congressional Dish on Net Neutrality <a href= "https://iabtechlab.com/blog/podcast-metrics-the-n

Sat, December 02, 2017

109: Spotify! Release The Hounds!

Fill out our survey! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :11 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The Mark Struczewski Podcast 1:31 How to get your voice on the show and promote yourself 4:10 PROMO 1: FBI Retired Case File Review 5:37 Elsie and Rob Conversation 6:19 Spotify is available for all! How about that? Really, really, really…DO NOT use even 1 second of music that is not podsafe. Don’t The Feed Podcast on Alexa! Apple’s Podcast App latest version of iOS 11.2 beta 5 finally plays episodes from oldest to newest one right after the other in your library Stressing the importance of the new iTunes Feed Tags Don’t spam the author field Thoughts on Facebook Groups for your podcast 30:00 A bit of discussion of how to connect and record remote guest If you get a takedown notice about the name of your podcast do you have to change your show slug? Cool voice and emotions research! Our opinion on the sudden YouTube “fake video” story Re-naming your podcast Chapter markers via forecast by Marco Arment PROMO 2: The 4 Principles of Success 1:18:35 More about being able to search via episodes in apps PROMO 3: Rose Drive 1:23:21 Stats, stats, stats! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio FBI Retired Case File Review The 4 Principles of Success Rose Drive The Mark Struczewski Podcast Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Podsafe Music in wikipedia Spotify support article Contact Elsie for podcast coaching Rob’s mixer set-up Yale Research on Voice and Emotion:5 Experiments and What It Means for Speakers Forecast The Stats Update and Review Webinar! Elsie’s Emergency Excitement , her newsletter about everything Where is Libsyn Going? (In Real Life) Podcast Movement 2018 <a href="http://

Sat, November 11, 2017

108: 280 Characters, Time Stamps and Preaching To The Choir

THE FEED GROUP CHAT ON VOXER! Copy and paste this URL into your desktop browser to join the group! If you have troubles reach out to @yogeek on Voxer. Fill out our survey! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :11 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The Addictions Podcast 1:57   How to get your voice on the show and promote yourself and some announcements 4:34 Promo 1: Voices of Deconversion 7:35 Elsie and Rob Conversation 8:05 Rob got an iPhone X New Libsyn features! 280 characters and time stamp player Going to YouTube and sharing all of your podcasts with the tap of a button Breaking down a bunch of apps that index episode titles (and those that don’t) #naughtylist Elsie comes in to say Breaker DOES support search for episodes! 22:22 Thoughts about audiosear.ch going away Yes, you do have to have at least ONE episode of your show published on your feed before your feed is accepted by Apple PROMO 2: Real Famous Podcast 30:47 The best 1 start reviews ever When the date of your podcast publishing doesn’t match with what apps show you How many podcasts were added to Spotify? The two minute option for publishing your show in YouTube Chorus A lovely long list of all the apps showing what your shownotes look like When you record someone for an article can you then make the recording into a podcast? Anybody use Hindenburg to record Skype conversations? PROMO 3: Darknet Diaries 55:33 Facebook OnPublishing, where do those stats go? STATS, STATS, STATS: User agents, mean and median! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Voices of Deconversion Real Famous Podcast Darknet Diaries Addictions Podcast Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) 10 Funniest Siri Replies Listen Notes Introducing Chorus How podcast show notes display in 19 different apps The Power of Podcasting for

Sat, October 28, 2017

107: Facebook Listeners, Mailchimp and Podcast Apps Episode Search

THE FEED GROUP CHAT ON VOXER! Copy and paste this URL into your desktop browser to join the group! If you have troubles reach out to @yogeek on Voxer. Fill out our survey! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :11 Promo 1: Comedy Chatter Podcast 2:49 How to get your voice on the show and promote yourself 3:19 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: 600 Second Saga***6:00 *** Elsie and Rob Conversation 9:46 Are you guys up for a Libsyn podcaster meet-up in Asheville? Talk about Rob’s new future iPhone X Speakpipe is working on iOS 11 and how that affects your audience feedback Promo 2: The Whine Situation 22:17 Listening data from Spotify, and guess what? It matches up with Libsyn Why is your podcast not showing up in iTunes search results? It’s time to forget all about New & Noteworthy, really people An update from Kirsten all about Mailchimp’s single opt-in business Follow up on feedvalidators talk Audio feedback from Stacey Simms from Diabetes Connections about people listening on Facebook! 43:54 Other podcast apps we recommend that are not Apple Podcasts The podcast apps that index episode episodes Promo 3: Creative Studio 58:30 Biden’s Briefing is on Libsyn! Facebook news feed change is death to small businesses - or so you think What can we expect from our podcast stats? What has changed? Do you have any data? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Comedy Chatter Podcast The Whine Situation Creative Studio 600 Second Saga Stacey from Diabetes Connections Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Speakpipe The Halloween Feed: A Spooktacular Podcast Brew Spotify knows you’ve been listening to that podcast at work Create if Writing Mailchimp article Create if Writing Ep 115 about the Mailchimp updates <a href= "https://medium.com/refresh-mag

Sun, October 15, 2017

106: When Google Acquires A Podcast App

THE FEED GROUP CHAT ON VOXER! Copy and paste this URL into your desktop browser to join the group! If you have troubles reach out to @yogeek on Voxer. Fill out our survey! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :11 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Thrashbacks, Diablo Valley Show 2:10 How to get your voice on the show and promote yourself 5:50 Elsie and Rob Conversation 7:00 Why Rob is in the doghouse Feed validators are not doing to well When Google acquires a podcast app What’s up with the random spikes and how can I make it happen again? How far back should you go back to update your podcast episodes with the new Apple Podcasts tags? A tip about making sure your podcasts are in the right order on Apple Podcasts when you publish them using the new feed tags Some advice about how to number your shows when you don’t need a number Long term data on daily downloads? Linked in is not doing so good showing the latest podcast episode PROMO: Classic Movie Reviews with Snark 33:36 A podcast isn’t behaving re: copyright infringement - who’s job is it to make them behave? Removing the podcast page destination from your Libsyn account The Elsie level of snark and the Rob level of snark when requests to be on the show come through The popularity tags on Apple Podcasts are meaningless!!! Making sure your podcast is available to Android users What exactly counts as a download There are only 4 results when searching for a podcast in Apple Podcasts! More problems with Feedburner and your show not reflecting the new Apple Podcasts new feed tags Podcasts App tip: how to manually subscribe to a podcasts RSS feed Feedback about the new stats adjustment PROMO: Girlfriends Happy Hour 1:04:54 It’s stats time! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Classic Movie Reviews with Snark Girlsfriends Happy Hour Diablo Valley Show Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Podba.se Google just bought a podcast app cofounded by former Netflix executives <a href= "https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/10/google-acqui-hires-team-at-podcast-app-60

Sat, September 30, 2017

105: Stats Follow Up and Apple Podcasts Feed Tags

THE FEED GROUP CHAT ON VOXER! Copy and paste this URL into your desktop browser to join the group! If you have troubles reach out to @yogeek on Voxer. Fill out our survey! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :11 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: In Her Voice 2:30 How to get your voice on the show and promote yourself 5:50 PROMO 1: Economics Detective Radio 7:30 Rob & Elsie Conversation 8:00 Happy International Podcast Day and what we’re doing We got over 40 pieces of email about something that we reported on last episode, and it’s NOT about stats 😳 Feedback about switching accounts in Podcasts Connect Apple doesn’t want you to use the term iTunes, they want you to use the term Apple Podcasts Some interesting information about iBooks that has relevance to your new podcast to launch in 2018 PROMO 2: The Blacklist Exposed 19:00 You can only see the new feed tags if you’re using iOS 11 There is a bug in iOS 11, at this time September 30, 2017, that isn’t showing podcast episode numbers for podcasts that are episodic, only for those that have been marked seasonal Numbering questions of your episodes! The difference between adding something to your Apple Podcasts library vs downloading it More discussion about podcast numbers A search engine for your podcasts! Listen Notes! Opinion is gone Ringr now supports conference calling We share where we got our super awesome #podcaster t-shirts for Podcast Movement A podcast listener study PROMO 3: B Squad HotRod 51:46 Addressing questions and clarification about the stats changes Median and mean numbers from mid August until the end of September Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Economics Detective Radio Black List Exposed B Squad HotRod Kelly Covert from In Her Voice Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) International Podcast Day Listen Notes Ringr supports conference calling When Rob and Elsie used Ringr to record <

Mon, September 18, 2017

104: The One About The Big Stats Overhaul

THE FEED GROUP CHAT ON VOXER! Copy and paste this URL into your desktop browser to join the group! If you have troubles reach out to @yogeek on Voxer. Fill out our survey! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :11 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Advanced TV Herstory 2:27 How to get your voice on the show and promote yourself 6:09 Audio feedback about Podcast Movement from Julie, from A Mother’s Quest 7:54 PROMO 1: The Tales of Honor Podcast 9:40 Rob & Elsie Conversation 10:15 Elsie is back to crappy connectivity The exciting conversation Rob had at Podcast Movement which then turned into a sad trombone moment That email that you might have gotten from Apple about the administrative email address associated with your podcast is real iOS 11 goes live on September 19 - have you updated your new tags yet? GET ON IT Audio feedback about Podcast Movement 2017 from Tom Kelly from Elemental FM 18:44 The most awesome tip about WHEN to send out your newsletter to your list to ask them to subscribe to your show Best practices on numbering your episodes Gentner vs Skype What are the best use cases for podcast transcription? The typical CPM for podcasters A nice article on Podcasting from Vice.com from David Bienenstock Very nice research done by Michael Stelzner from Social Media Examiner covering how podcasters monetize PROMO 2: The Wise Traditions Podcast 42:20 Guess what gets you completely pulled from Apple Podcasts? Profanity Welcome Brooke Burke to the Libsyn family! A list of places to get music and sound effects for your podcast The iTunes ranking algorithm Is sound quality for the the OnPublish Facebook destination degraded? Feedback? How to update an episode from third party destinations SEO from a Libsyn Page is really good! There are some Libsyn destinations that don’t report back to us and have downloaded the file onto their platforms, so they are not included in your stats Anonymous proxy is anonymous proxy PROMO 3: How To Be Less Awkward 103:36 ANNOUNCEMENT: THE STATS SYSTEM IS BEING OVERHAULED 1:04:08 Elsie reads President of Libsyn, Laurie Simm’s letter to Libsyn and Libsyn PRO Rob comments about the new stats announcement User agent stats for downloads for the month of July and August combined Featured Podcast Promos + Audio The Tales of Honor Podcast The Wise Traditions Podcast <a href="https://lauramerlicomedy

Sat, September 02, 2017

103: Back From Podcast Movement and NYC Is Not The Podcast Capital

THE FEED GROUP CHAT ON VOXER! Copy and paste this URL into your desktop browser to join the group! If you have troubles reach out to @yogeek on Voxer. Fill out our survey! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :11 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The Creative Studio Podcast 3:00 Promo 1: E-Travels with E. Trules 9:20 Rob & Elsie Conversation 9:50 It’s nice to be back and catching up after Podcast Movement Feedback from Wayne Henderson 13:04 Touching base on the Academy of Podcaster Awards - congrats Elsie! Feedback from Molly MacCready from The Non-Profit Optimist 30:00 Super cool new podcast listening app just for kids Apple really wants you to add the header code to your websites! Really, they do Feedback from Casey O’Roarty from Joyful Courage 38:20 Rob almost had a stroke about NYC’s report about it being the podcast capital 😵 Promo 2: The Blood Drawn Chronicles 41:30 Elsie had to edit for profanity. Woah Changing ownership of podcasts via Apple ID, can it be done? Rob’s rant continues calling out all the misinformation that the NYC governor’s office put out Feedback: Sonia Paz from Your Rockstar Mentor 1:00:30 Getting your podcast onto YouTube using Libsyn Feedback: Andrea Klunder The Creative Impostor 1:03:43 iTunes new feedback support and transition from Soundcloud More on adding music to your podcast Promo 3: Baseball Pitching - The Fix 1:17:24 A little bit of conjecture about Apple Podcasts upcoming stats and possible release Stats time! Mean and median numbers Featured Podcast Promos + Audio E-Travels with E. Trules The Blood Drawn Chronicles Baseball Pitching: The Fix The Creative Studio Podcast Wayne Henderson from The Packers Fan Podcast Molly MacCready from The Non-Profit Optimist Casey O’Roarty from Joyful Courage Sonia Paz from Your Rockstar Mentor Andrea Klunder from The Creative Impostor Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie <a href="ht

Sat, August 12, 2017

102: Podcast Patent Death, VC Podcast Funding and iTunes Rank Rantings

THE FEED GROUP CHAT ON VOXER! Copy and paste this URL into your desktop browser to join the group! If you have troubles reach out to @yogeek on Voxer. Fill out our survey! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :11 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The Shipping Podcast 3:25 Rob & Elsie Conversation 8:00 Elsie has not written her acceptance speech! And why! Updated info to the new format Ding, dong the podcast troll is dead and more talk of evil things Promo 1: Create New Futures 15:00 Re-publishing and episode to all the destinations When shouldn’t you podcast? And when is it time to throw in the towel? Some features that are back with iOS 11 beta 3 Is there a reason for the podcast page being http instead of https? How to re-broadcast an episode that already exists Discussing Gimlet’s newest podcast funding Promo 2: 600 Second Saga 36:30 Moving from Soundcloud to Libsyn and other Soundcloud studies Anchor as a podcast host? How best to deal with host ad reads A quick update on how to update the new iTunes tags Feedback from Carey Green from Podcast Fast Track 51:30 Current issues from feed validators not supporting the new iTunes and feedburner troubles Buy the pre-release of The Messengers Documentary! It tells the story of the 90% SP shares all about the upcoming GenCon 1:03:46 Thanks for leaving comments on The Feed app! Promo 3: Real World Redneck Podcast 1:14:16 We did see the Mike Rowe video and this is what we thought about it! Stats! Medium and mean numbers Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Create New Futures 600 Second Saga Real World Redneck Podcast The Shipping Podcast Carey Green from Podcast Fast Track SP from The Gonna Geek Network Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) “Podcasting patent” is totally dead, appeals court rules http vs. https Article explains the difference between http and https protocols <

Sat, July 29, 2017

101: A Better Place For Ratings and Reviews, LUFS Confessions and The Download On Podcasts Report

THE FEED GROUP CHAT ON VOXER! Copy and paste this URL into your desktop browser to join the group! If you have troubles reach out to @yogeek on Voxer. Fill out our survey! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :11 Promo 1: The Manwhore Podcast 2:30 Rob & Elsie Conversation 3:00 The Messengers is in iTunes! The Libsyn UI now supports iTunes feed tags Soundcloud’s CEO corrected the narrative about their dire situation - but is seems to be all about music Promo 2: The Guitar Speak Podcast 12:40 iOS 11 beta has put back the ratings and reviews A better place to show your ratings and reviews, who’s up for a guess? An SDK on everyone’s devices to measure podcast consumption? #Soapbox Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Who Cares, What’s The Point? 27:00 How to get featured on The Feed and more How to provide a fully secure version of your podcast RSS feed Dr. Ginger Campbell shares her thoughts on Squarespace as a podcast host 36:40 Switching from Acast back to Libsyn How to get notified when your favorite podcast have a new episode Some super cool comments we got on The Feed Smartphone App! Feedback all about non-evil podcast networks from SP 47:40 If you knew of a big deal coming for your show (an award, honor, national magazine feature, etc) what would you do in advance or at the time to take advantage? Why was Elsie not following the podcasting gurus loudness suggestions Promo 3: Fairy Tales for Unwanted Children 1:10:40 Stats, stats, stats, There might be some bloopers…maybe Featured Podcast Promos + Audio The Manwhore Podcast The Guitar Speak Podcast Fairy Tales for Unwanted Children Who Cares What’s The Point Dr. Ginger from Books and Ideas and Brain Science Podcast SP from The Gonna Geek Network Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Publishing an episode File for download only Generating text posts The Messengers D

Sat, July 15, 2017

100: Sinking Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts Privacy Issues and iTunes Features

THE FEED GROUP CHAT ON VOXER! Copy and paste this URL into your desktop browser to join the group! If you have troubles reach out to @yogeek on Voxer. Fill out our survey! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :11 Promo 1: Pop Culturally Deprived 3:10 Promo 2: Fighting Through 4:06 Rob & Elsie Conversation 4:28 Rob has an announcement to anyone that’s going to ComicCon in San Diego Cool updates to The Feed App: new animation, UI improvements and comments! Interesting changes to the Podcasts App iOS 11 Will we be supporting the new Apple Podcasts features? 🤔 Debrief of Libsyn Live 27 all about new feed tags and Libsyn dashboard UI changes Congrats from Haley Radke! 15:20 If you’ve wondered about Apple’s stance on privacy and their gathering of data, you must listen here! Is Squarespace a good place to host your podcast? Congrats from Finn Caspian! 27:56 Congrats from Porter! 28:37 Neiman Lab’s article all about Podchaser and the discoverability problem Follow up on the transcript discussion for Episode 99 A very cool new podcast all around the best interview techniques Time to chat all about Soundcloud Serial bump? S-Town bump? 48:30 Fan-less MacBook Pros! Rob’s dream A viral email shared How to spend $150 promoting your podcast OMGosh, there is a Facebook Messenger Chatbot - who’s up for using it? 1:06:50 Liz Covart from Ben Franklin’s World was featured on the front page of iTunes and she let’s us know what happened Congrats from The Food Heals podcast! 1:17:50 Stats, stats, stats! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Pop Culturally Deprived Paul from Fighting Through Haley from Adoptees On Jonathan from the Alien Adventures of Finn Caspian Prescott from the Busy Creator Podcast Carey Green from Podcast Fast Track and the Podcastification Podcast The Food Heals Podcast Porter from Porters Podcast Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) <a href= "http://www.niemanlab.

Sat, July 01, 2017

099: Podcasting Advocacy, IAB Podcast Advertising Study and Clammr Death

THE FEED GROUP CHAT ON VOXER! Copy and paste this URL into your desktop browser to join the group! If you have troubles reach out to @yogeek on Voxer. Fill out our survey! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :11 Promo 1: A Toast To Truth 1:40 Join the Voxer Group! 2:10 Promo 2: By Association 3:08 How we feature you! 3:35 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: Emil Amok’s Take Out 4:09 Promo 3: Gear Shift 10:50 Rob & Elsie Conversation 11:30 What happened to Elsie’s van and a thank you from Elsie Dear Clammr users, Clammr is dead Discussing why audio apps and services die What you can do when you don’t have an episode to publish, audio feedback from Stargate Pioneer 23:27 Prime Day is coming! July 11! And Rob goes into over active nerd compulsions Why Prime Day is important to podcasters 6 Ft Mama has integrated the Libsyn Podcast Page really nicely into her existing Wordpress site Dr Kyle asks about app only content available via the Libsyn Podcast App offering 36:09 How to share podcasting with people that don’t listen, or don’t know about podcasting aka #PodcastAdvocacy New product release! iRig Pro I/O! Coolest thing ever 55:06 Apple’s new stats could revolutionize the way we find podcasts Elsie was featured on Inside Podcasting! She’s premium 😜 A transcription conversation and ADA non-compliance “Is there any way, via Libsyn (or elsewhere), to track how many people have listened to the podcast but not downloaded it?” Are Soundcloud stats recorded in Libsyn? And the very clear answer will leave you 😳 Podcaster survey alert! Let’s help a podcaster get her Phd! What ad blocking and pop-overs have to do with dynamic ads IAB Podcast Ad revenue study an analysis condensed by Rob Get your cards to Rob to take to Podcast Movement! Real stats around what it means to have your podcast featured on the front page of iTunes User Agents Stats Featured Podcast Promos + Audio A Toast To Truths By Association Gear Shift Emil Amok’s Take Out Stargate Pioneer’s Better Podcasting Dr. Kyle and Michigan Family Wellness Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie <a href="http://speakpipe.co

Sun, June 11, 2017

098: Lawnmower Man and Apple Podcast Analytics

THE FEED GROUP CHAT ON VOXER! Copy and paste this URL into your desktop browser to join the group! If you have troubles reach out to @yogeek on Voxer. Fill out our survey! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :11 Promo 1: Rock Your Retirement 1:30 Join the Voxer Group! 2:00 Dan and Jared from Podcast Movement give us a head’s up! 3:41 Promo 2: Under The Puppet 7:20 How we feature you! 7:40 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: 1995 7:51 Promo 3: 11:08 Rob & Elsie Conversation 11:49 Rob talks Fiber Rob talks why women love to date men with iPhones Holly Worton voices fun tweet from Saturday Morning Media 15:36 We announce the winners of the #PMfun17 giveaway! Elsie advocates to join the Voxer group Chris Nesi tells us how cool Voxer is to build community and gather audience feedback 23:05 Elsie thinks that automatically distributing content in all places will automatically build audience. NO. IT. DOES. NOT. WWDC iOS 11 beta and Apple’s Podcast App v 3.0 Castro and iHeart Radio get super cool updates When you need another site other than the Libsyn Podcast Page What about your listeners asking questions when they leave a review in iTunes? SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT NEW PODCAST TAGS AND PODCAST ANALYTICS 47:14 If you are an S-Town fan, there is a podcast called KunstlerCast Feedburner bites another podcaster in the arse Podcasting and JSON feeds Rob likes the title of an episode “There are no shortcuts, it takes a good show” The disdain when people wanna make money with podcasting right away Ad cutting announced for LibsynPRO How having an app for your show can really help you keep listeners A bit about Podsearch Stats, stats, stats: median and mean Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Rock Your Retirement Under The Puppet The Heart of Business for Coaching 1985 Holly Worton from The Business Mindset Podcast Chris Nesi from The House of #EdTech Podcast Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) <a href= "https://help.apple.com/itc/podcasts_connect/#/it

Sat, May 27, 2017

097: The MP3 Is Free and W.H.A.C. Is Quaint

GROUP CHAT FOR EPISODE 97 ON VOXER!  **IMPORTANT** In order to get in the chat, you need copy the LINK and PASTE it in your mobile browser and it will open the app. IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE: ADD ELSIE AND SHE WILL ADD YOU TO THE CHAT: search for Elsie Escobar or yogeek on Voxer!This will only be available until June 3, 2017 Fill out our survey! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :11 Promo 1: The Art of Manufacturing 1:48 Let’s try Voxer! 2:23 Promo 2: Paranormal Now 3:59 How we feature you! 4:17 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: Two Minute Talk Tips 5:00 Promo 3: Wise Traditions 10:49 Rob & Elsie Conversation 11:24 We got the coolest t-shirts! We still have our #PM17fun giveaway going on! Fun tweets from #PM17fun voice by Kris 14:18 Oh man, the horrible headlines and stories about the death of the MP3, the MP3 is finally free! Elsie has an idea, and she wants you to participate, let’s try out this Voxer thing What have we done to optimize our recording space? In case Apple comes a knockin’ and they want to feature you, here’s what you need to do to get ready Tip for those adding custom tags. Best use for Clammr and the new Auphonic Audiograms Starting in a network and keeping your branding Playing music in your podcast is like being pregnant How to bulk edit your categories What are the pros and cons of posting old episodes onto Blogger or Tumblr? Awesome feedback for Libsyn from a high-schooler! The status of the Downcast App Going over stats of a podcast that was featured on the front banner of iTunes Core stat trends that Rob sees month after month Stats stats staaats! - A Poem And…well…STATS! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio The Art of Manufacturing Paranormal Now Wise Traditions Two Minute Talk Tips Kris from No Extra Words Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Marco Arment: The MP3 isn’t dead Voxer Clammr <a href= "https://auphonic.com/blog/2017/04/2

Sat, May 13, 2017

096: Optimal Podcast Frequency, Podcast Length Revisited and Hall of Famers

Fill out our survey! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :11 Promo 1: Karaoke Nation Podcast 2:10 We have a support blog! 2:42 Promo 2: Love Your Work 3:40 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: Marketing Disenchanted 4:12 How we feature you! 9:01 Promo 3: Mother’s Quest 10:52 Rob & Elsie Conversation 11:21 100th episode Promos! Podcast Movement Ticket giveaway! Sponsored by Podcast Movement Answering a two-fold question about how to optimize your podcast app Shout out to Terry for 100 episodes! More questions about recording more than one person in the same room Talk about Sounddesign Mix Pre–3 and Mix Pre–6 series digital recorders Feedback about what being on our feed can do for your stats via Corey 31:47 Our thoughts about Revoice - is it spam? Weekly, fortnightly, what works best to build an audience? You guys won’t believe this from soundcloudreviews A story about why having a feed separate from your website is awesome The 12th Annual Podcast Awards are back! Rob, soapbox on comments about the perfect length of a podcast episode and more The latest stats for Median and Mean podcast download numbers! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Karaoke Nation Podcast Love Your Work Mother’s Quest Marketing Disenchanted Carey Green from Podcast Fast Track Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) 2017 Academy of Podcasters Hall of Fame inductees Brian Ibbot Podcast411 Interview MP3 Dan Klass Podcast411 Interview MP3 Luria Petrucci, formerly known as Cali Lewis, Podcast411 Interview MP3 Rob Greenlee Podcast411 Interview MP3 Elsie Escobar Podcast411 Interview MP3 Introducing the Mix Pre series <a

Sat, April 29, 2017

095: Podcasting at NAB, W.H.A.C. and Stats Addiction

Fill out our survey! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :11 Promo 1: The Inspired Entrepreneurs Guide Podcast 1:44 A request, what do you want on the blog? 2:22 Promo 2: Honestly Lisa 3:15 How we feature you! 3:41 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: BRNDD 4:17 Promo 3: Reflections of a Recovering Ugly Duckling 10:37 Rob & Elsie Conversation 11:08 Help us with a 30-second promo for The Feed! Audio feedback from Kevin Bachelor about recording more than one person 14:07 Chat about Skype out and some name dropping Libsyn and iTunes in one, all about your iTunes URL, Scandinavian letters, and ampersand. iHeart Radio, referrers and user agents Thoughts about podfading and consistency YouTube and Facebook cross-posting to video do not affect your overall Libsyn stats Stats addiction and easy text posting to Libsyn Does putting times with show notes increase downloads in an interview style show? How do you turn off the app? Nice Article in AllAccess.com all about the NAB podcasting sessions The NAB show floor, fancy mics and the Roland GO:Mixer We love Libsyn podcasters, you get extra love About Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts and the Smartphone App Talking about the podcast start-up bubble and WOM Discussing the simplest way to tell someone does not know podcasting W.H.A.C: the We Hate Apple Consortium and who they are Stats, stats, stats! The User Agent Edition Featured Podcast Promos + Audio The Inspired Entrepreneurs Guide Podcast Honestly Lisa Reflections of a Recovering Ugly Duckling BRNDD Kevin Bachelder from Tuning Into Scifi TV Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) May Podcasting QuickStart! NAB Show Wednesday: Podcasting Primers And More Smartphone App FAQs The Great Podcast War of 2017 Podcasting

Tue, April 25, 2017

Bonus Ep RSS feed only - Rob Walch interviewed on Podcastification

On Ep 58 of Podcastification - Rob is the Guest and talks with Carey Green all about Stats - what matters, what doesn't and more.     http://www.podcastfasttrack.com/58  

Sat, April 15, 2017

094: It's iTunes Podcasts, Banners and Sponsorship

Fill out our survey! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :11 Promo 1: Kicking it with Daree 1:43 A request, what do you want on the blog? 2:13 Promo 2: Stronger Marriages Podcast 3:22 How we feature you! 3:54 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: Podcast Meander 4:21 Promo 3: 21st Century Hannah 11:00 Rob & Elsie Conversation 11:52 We’re getting close to the the Podcast Page update deadline! Proper size for header artwork is 1920 x 48 Apple Podcasts and the new badge! Apple’s Podcast Connect will be doing scheduled maintenance April 22 What Apple says about using spammy author tags 🙄 Support of playback of Podcasts in the iMessages app with iOS 10.3 Sponsorship question, what exactly do you need to present to advertisers? Put your episode title in right away when you’re editing in Libsyn What is the code at the end of your iTunes link so it opens iTunes? Asks Stephanie 33:36 Have any of you used the new interview functionality in the Anchor app? Yay for SEO feedback! Ringr now supports lightning mics for the iPhone Can we find out what countries or states podcasters are from? Stuck RSS feeds Don’t keep checking with Rob about Spotify Push notifications on our podcast apps are so awesome! Stats time!!! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Kicking it with Daree Stronger Marriages Podcast 21st Century Hannah The Podcast Meander Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Migrating to the new Podcast Page Deadline is May 1! Support FAQs Apple rebrands iTunes Podcasts directory as Apple Podcasts, new badge for publishers to use iTunes banners Apple Podcasts Identity Guidelines Anchor adds interviews to create a powerful mobile recording studio <a href= "http

Tue, April 11, 2017

Bonus Ep RSS feed only - Rob Walch interviewed on The Long Short Way

Bonus Ep RSS feed only - Rob Walch interviewed on The Long Short Way.   Per Ep 93 of the feed - here is an example of an episode added to the Feeds Feed via the enclosure tag sent from the host of The Long Short Way.   The process of adding in an episode to your libsyn feed - where the media file is delivered from another account is as follows:   1. Select "Add New Text Post" under Content 2. Add in the Title / Subtitle / Description you want.  3. Go to Schedule / Release Expiration - then Advanced Tab.  Deselect All destinations and then pick just the RSS feed destination.   4. Go to Advanced Options and in the "Extra Tags" box add in the Enclosure tag provided by the other host - it MUST be the full enclosure tag and not just the URL for the media file.  5. Click Publish    That is really all it takes to add in a bonus episode in your feed that is being delivered from another users account.    

Sat, April 01, 2017

093: Surprising Data About Optimal Podcast Length and Lack Of Diversity In Podcasting Is Not Due To Discoverability

Fill out our survey! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :11 Promo 1: Hello! Bands 2:12 A request, and have you updated to the new Podcast Page? 2:45 Promo 2: BRANDD 4:37 How we feature you! 5:08 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: The Ends 6:03 Promo 3: A Creative Approach Podcast 11:29 Rob & Elsie Conversation 12:23 Make sure that you not pick white as your theme for your Libsyn Podcast Page! Libsyn Tip: episode defaults are amazing and you need to set them. The end A super cool user tip on sharing the embed code for category players A Rob tip that merits replay after replay after replay The story of managing someone else’s podcast that manages their RSS feed via Feedburner A tip about remote interviews with all the tools to demonstrate the quality of the audio Elsie loves to be recognized for her mad markdown workflow Hello Dave and Elsie…what? Rob feels sad A clarification of the mean and median numbers, how they are calculated and what they are Rob likes an article on iTunes ranking! SEO expert tips on the issue of posting duplicate content Updates on the TryPod campaign Discussing how you can enable your podcast to appear in Google Search, app and Home The issue about the lack of diversity in podcasting is due to discoverability? Get out Rob’s special Blue Moon stats all about podcast length and they will blow your socks off 😡 Rob’s special Blue Moon stats all about podcast length and they will blow your socks off Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Hello! Bands BRANDD A Creative Approach Podcast The Ends Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Migrating to the new Podcast Page Deadline is May 1! Opening Shot: The Best Way To Record Remote Interviews iTunes Rankings: How Does It Work? <a href= "https://developers.google.com/search/docs/d

Sat, March 18, 2017

092: Shownotes Advice and What Is The Optimal Length For Your Podcast?

  Fill out our survey! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :11 Promo 1: Podcast Meander 1:47 What do you want from our blog? 2:13 Promo 2: The Marketing Disenchanted Podcast 4:00 How we feature you! 4:25 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: Adoptees On 5:00 Promo 3: Lucky To Be Dad 9:34 Dave & Elsie Conversation 10:00 Look who’s on the show! Two podcasting awards discussed Podcast Movement meet-up in Vancouver! And Canada is big Thoughts on Cast, Zencastr and others with workflow on recording podcast interviews What are the best practices for adding links in the shownotes? Audio from Steve Stewart A bunch of cool Squarespace sites and Libsyn as a podcast host RSS compilation tools! Audio from Preston The top questions Dave gets in to support! The soap box has been passed on: Dave on the length of episodes Stats, stats, stats! Rob drops in to give us the scoop Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Podcast Meander The Marketing Disenchanted Podcast Lucky To Be Dad Adoptees On Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Dave and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Latin Podcast Awards Australian Podcast Awards Podcast Movement Local - Vancouver Meet-up Cast Zencastr Cleanfeed Zoom Article with all the RSS feed aggregators The Download on Podcasts Podcast Completion Rate Is Still About Length Elsie’s Emergency Excitement Podcast Squarespace sites with Libsyn hosted media * Tiffany Han * Live Black Sheep * Books Between * Art

Sat, March 04, 2017

091: RSS SEO Myths, Podfest and Proclaim

Fill out our survey! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :11 Promo 1: Digidex 1:47 Get our new Podcast Page! 2:13 Promo 2: Sustainable Living 4:00 How we feature you! 4:25 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast How Hits Made 5:00 Promo 3: The Blood Drawn Chronicles 9:34 Rob & Elsie Conversation 10:00 The week the internet broke because of a typo aka when Amazon S3 goes down Project Orange has surfaced and we’ll chat about it in more depth in the next episode New Overcast updates! New Castro 2 updates! Congrats to Keith and The Girl on their 12th anniversary! Clarifying the hashtag TryPod initiative If you tell your listeners to download your app, will they unsubscribe from your podcast in iTunes? The scoop on people that use an individual podcast app vs podcast aggregator apps Why March 1 was special for a podcaster from Arlington, Texas Can you have individual embeddable playlist players? Audio question via Carey Green 29:32 RSS SEO myths busted A clear, precise answer about RSS feeds, SEO and feed control via Krystal 38:22 What to do when you book what you feel is a big guest and wanna pitch it to the iTunes peeps How the Podcast Pages could serve some podcast network pages An easy way to find out how many hours of podcasting you’ve done! Is there a link between auto-play and bounce rates? Are podcast subscribers and organic traffic completely different audiences? What is the main reason of a podcast website? BeLive TV seems to be a neat way to broadcast live a la Blab Podrover has an app to obsess about your podcast reviews STATS, STATS, STATS The very first all women Podcasters Roundtable Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Digidex Sustainable Living The Blood Drawn Chronicles How Hits Made Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) How to migrate to the new Podcast Page All you need to know about the Podcast Page Amazon S3 Outage Due To Human Error <a

Sat, February 18, 2017

090: New Libsyn Podcast Pages and Apple Talks Podcasting

Fill out our survey! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :11 Promo 1: 3 Minute Weekend 1:29 We have a support blog! 2:04 Promo 2: The Why and The Buy 4:49 How we feature you! 3:59 Promo 3: Based on a True Story 5:18 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: Subject:CINEMA 6:23 Rob & Elsie Conversation 14:27 The Libsyn Podcast Page reveal! And what to expect Congrats to Ray Ortega on his Podcasters’ Studio 100th episode! How to number your podcasts and special series of podcast episodes Let’s talk about hashtags on Facebook How do you measure engagement for your podcast, a discussion YOU need to keep your podcast episodes back ups An interesting way to get international PR for your podcast You can share the embed code for your libsyn custom player with others! The best dates and times to release podcasts A super cool way to share a bunch of your podcasts via Clammr Edie Cue from Apple mentions podcasts, it’s always nice when Apple talks about podcasting Great feedback from The Recovered Podcast re: the success with their show and their app Interesting stats on the type of numbers that you’re missing if you mark an episode explicit Oh no! All my reviews are gone! What happened! A new initiative! #TryPod is here! Stats, stats, stats! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio 3 Minute Weekend The Why And The Buy Based On A True Story Subject:CINEMA Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) The New Libsyn Podcast Pages walkthrough! Libsyn Live with Krystal and Elsie The Podcasters’ Studio Episode 100 Custom Player tutorial FYI it’s the custom player with playlist! The Social Entrepreneurs Clammr marketing campaign Eddy Cue Apple is working on features for podcasts Recode YouTube Video 41:15 timecode <a href="https://www

Sat, February 04, 2017

089: The War and Peace Article About Podcasting, New Podcasting Records and Kidney Stones

Fill out our survey! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :11 Promo 1: Two Middle Aged Dudes and a Microphone 2:28 Libsyn has the best YouTube channel! 2:49 Promo 2: How Hits Made 3:32 How we feature you! 3:59 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: Deal Talk 4:59 Promo 3: The Fixer Upper Podcast 7:37 Rob & Elsie Conversation 9:41 A Rob stoner story Celebrating the new record holder of hitting a million download in less than 24 hours! So what about getting some data on how many people listen all the way to the end of the episode? Elsie attempted to do a stats experiment and was proven very wrong in her assumption Will the reddit of podcasting make it? We discuss the longest podcasting article to date (30 min to read) so you don’t have to Does anyone do any artwork out there? Hey, not all podcast article posts are crap, here is one from John Jantsch The reasons that Gimlet makes news when they cancel a podcast Oh no! SLATE political podcasts are seeing a reduction in numbers! Good, bad? The best ear training guide for podcasters out there Ivy Envy is back with their feed in iTunes! Yeay! Rob has a new promotion that he shares with us, you in? Getting into the weeds of promoting your podcast Yep, you totally can link to a specific episode in iTunes Audio feedback all about ClexaCon via Kevin Bachelder Is having unique episode artwork worth it? A podcaster when the gold in the audio category for the North American Travel Journalism Awards! All about 7 podcast communities to join and why you need them! A little about the Werk It Festival in LA Stats, stats, stats! The median and mean numbers for the end of 2016 Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Two Middle Aged Dudes and a Microphone How Hits Made The Fixer Upper Podcast Deal Talk Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) The Libsyn YouTube Channel Hardcore History Episode 59, the record breaker Podcast Movement and Dan as a keynote speaker! <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/

Sat, January 21, 2017

088: Destinations and Syndicated Media

Fill out our survey! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :11 Promo 1: The Pollsters 1:48 How to get Libsyn support! 2:16 Promo 2: Chefs Coast To Coast 6:26 How we feature you! 7:49 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: Begin Self Publishing Podcast 8:34 Promo 3: Scifi scifi scifi 13:24 Rob & Elsie Conversation 14:44 The crappy sound of Rob’s AirPods Soapbox time! This time, it’s all about Hot Pod and Syndicated Media The best ways to promote your survey on your show Can you bring other platform’s data for Libsyn advertisers? Killer tips on getting your best podcast business card You guys, Podcast Movement submissions are open Something seems wonky in the world of Stitcher A breakdown of what Destinations are and how to use them! Alexa enable…these podcasts! A numbering your podcasts tip and R.I.P. Aurora Another discussion about https Using your website host to host your media files is not a thing. Podcast hosting is different than media hosting Going down the iTunes search rabbit hole “Clever is the enemy of clear” in iTunes What types of podcasts thrive in iTunes? No stats! But some stats questions answered! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio The Pollsters Chefs Coast To Coast Scifi, Scifi, Scifi Begin Self Publishing Podcast Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) HotPod issue addressing the Syndicated Media discussion Podcast Movement submit to be a speaker Libsyn Support Blog Libsyn Support FAQs Libsyn Podcasting QuickStart Events FB thread discussion Rob’s AirPods audio quality Elsie’s new newsletter: Elsie’s Emergency Excitement Subscribe if you want a tiny bit of excitement on Saturday mornings Podfest Chronicles <

Sat, January 07, 2017

087: Facebook Live Audio and Explainerism In Podcasting

Fill out our survey! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :11 Promo 1: The Level One Podcast 1:57 The Libsyn Blog info 2:24 Dyslexia and podcasting via The EdTech Podcast  4:35 Promo 2: Language of Bromance 5:41 How we feature you! 6:29 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: One More Sale On The Path To Mastery 8:34 Promo 3: Begin Self Publishing Podcast 13:24 Rob & Elsie Conversation 13:48 Rob is using his new AirPods to record in this episode! Let us know what you thought! Apple email: don’t name your episodes the same Apple email: when transferring your feed add the iTunes new feed tag to the new feed Copyrighted material in your podcast…some guidelines from the NON lawyers (best thing to do is to consult a legal professional) How many people are downloading your podcast from your own Android App? Advanced stats to the rescue! The Libsyn WP Plugin and what it was created to support Questions about the Libsyn blog templates Head’s up PayPal users! There are some changes that are happening A discussion about the whole Facebook Live Audio thing - and no, it’s not podcasting Podclubs A bit of discussion on the possibility of NPR Podcasts being more elitist? Check the shownotes for the linked articles When your podcasts’s website goes down and your podcast disappears HTTPS and iTunes What not to do to get your podcast featured in iTunes Stats, stats, stats! Median and Mean trends and user agents Featured Podcast Promos + Audio The Level One Dad Podcast Language of Bromance Begin Self Publishing Podcast The  EdTech  Podcast One More Sale On The Path To Mastery Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Apple AirPods Facebook Live Audio elbows in on radio and podcasting Facebook launching new audiobook and podcasting system <a href= "http://blog.meetedgar.com/

Sat, December 17, 2016

086: When Radio Guys Don't Get Podcasting and Imminent Stratification

Fill out our survey! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :11 Promo 1: Broadway Backstory 3:28 The Libsyn Blog info 4:01 Promo 2: The History News Show 4:49 How we feature you! 5:13 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: Mouse Scouts 6:15 Promo 3: Badasses, Boobs and Body Counts 12:05 Rob & Elsie Conversation 12:37 A little catch up on Rogue One And then there’s the time when podcasters decided to leave negative iTunes reviews for other podcasters Yeay! Happy Holidays from Civilla! And we love she listens more than once 22:42 Nope, we’re not considering a live broadcast solution and we let you know why Did you guys know that we can make your podcast an app? We totally can iTunes totally does NOT let you know if you are featured in the New & Noteworthy slot, nope, they do not “Don’t get intoxicated with the fact that someone wants you. That’s how 55 year old men wind up alone at Thanksgiving.” Revisited A bit of an update to the PayPal Donate button A conversation around Mark Ramsey and his opinion about podcasting’s worst problem And how does having an app for your own show help you? Shout out to Danny Pena for letting us know about the Dead Rising 4 podcasting thing! Auphonic is doing some great stuff with podcasting and speech to text Ummmmmm 8 podcasting innovations for 2016? Ya, not so much And goodness, the divide between pro-casters and podcasters is stratifying And the million dollar question: why does podcasting need to yield a significant audience? Small predictions for podcasting in 2017 The 1 star review from the might Dave Jackson 1:07:54 Stats stats stats! User agents! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Broadway Back Story The History News Show Badasses, Boobs, and Body Counts Mouse Scouts 21st Century Hannah: Childless Not By Choice by Civilla Morgan Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) A Free Year Of Podcast Hosting Podchristmas Improving the donate button for bigger buck

Sat, December 03, 2016

085: Should You Join A Podcast Network and Podcasts With Your Name

Fill out our survey! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :11 Promo 1: Parler Cuisine 1:25 The Libsyn Blog info 1:56 Promo 2: America Adapts 2:33 How we feature you! 3:05 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: Four Seas One Family 3:42 Promo 3: Spartan Up 9:32 Rob & Elsie Conversation 10:03 Guys, free year of hosting, here’s the scoop! iTunes submission dates and stuff iTunes SEO and iTunes episode author tag Should you create another RSS feed for your podcast if you go over 300 episodes for iTunes search juice? When you should join a podcast network and leave your RSS feed and what to look for 25:30 Having a podcast app for you podcast can be a good thing! It’s been some time since we’ve discussed What do you do if a new podcast comes along with the same name as your podcast? 43:51 What if the name you want to name your podcast is already taken? Having contests for your show are totally ok, just make sure that you are clear what the rules and regs are! A clarification between the IAB digital audio buyers guide and the IAB podcast ad metrics How to find shows about your topic or similar to yours in iTunes Elsie’s very sad 1 star review about Elsie’s Yoga Class Stats, stats, stats! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Parler Cuisine America Adapts Spartan Up Four Seas One Family Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) A Free Year Of Podcast Hosting Warning for Podcasters! Before You Launch Your Podcast During The Holidays Know These Dates! Daniel’s SEO Cheat Sheet The Story Behind Rushmore featuring Porter Walch IAB Digital Audio Buyers Guide IAB Podcast Ad Metrics Guidelines <a href= "http://www.campaignbrief.com/2016/11/iab-

Sat, November 19, 2016

084: Calls To Action, Lawyers and Good Podcasting Articles

Fill out our survey! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :11 Promo 1: Nate’s Take 4:01 The Libsyn Blog info 2:59 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: The Quest For Magic and Steele 5:17 Promo 2: Accidentally The Whole Tip 10:11 How we feature you! 10:43 Promo 3: The Jeep Talk Show 13:21 Rob & Elsie Conversation 13:53 Catch up with traveling Rob Elsie gives you the scoop on winning a free year of podcast hosting Goodness, when lawyers reach out to you to edit your content An indie developer reaches out to podcasters for some feedback about his social podcasting app idea James Altucher gives us the scoop on why we must podcast When people end up on one of your podcast episodes from years ago! It seems that podcasts.com was up for sale! Wonder who go it? What should we do about CTAs? audio via Kirsten 43:54 An update on getting a YouTube take down notice for copyright music, and it’s not what you think! CBC Radio seems to be taking a serious stance again podcast aggregator apps How female Star Wars fans made Star Wars their own! Killer feedback from Sarah and Tricia! 59:09 The best ways of using media coverage to get your podcast out there once you’ve gotten an awesome feature Going the local route to grow your audience, tip from Jemmy! 1:09:38 Peeps, stop talking politics if you’ve never talked politics before Big brands getting into their own created and sponsored content….I guess Ad Week just figured it out Scientists are riding the podcast wave! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Nate’s Take Accidentally The Whole Tip The Jeep Talk Show Kirsten from Create If Writing Sarah and Tricia from Fan Girls Going Rogue Jemmy from Curve The Cube Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Tung.FM Why You Absolutely Must Do A Podcast How Long Should A Podcast Be? <a href= "http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/podcasts/2016/10/why-it-s-time

Sat, November 05, 2016

083: Transcription Impact, Copyright Problems and Rob and Dave at DC Podfest

WE LOVE feedback! 1-412-573-1934 thefeed@libsyn.com   Fill out our survey! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :11 Promo 1: Bitchen Boutique 2:29 The Libsyn Blog info 2:59 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: Accidentally The Whole Tip 4:13 Promo 2: Skywalking Through Neverland 9:15 How we feature you! 9:47 Promo 3: Remnant Bible Fellowship 12:09 Rob & Elsie Conversation 12:36 Good things coming for the end of the year! Do you guys know about WalkMe? It’s awesome The story of when a podcaster’s files so so big There was an iTunes glitch in mid October and it made podcasters feel unpopular Apple releases new MacBook Pros and they are not very good for podcasters Windows 10 is having issues with volume levels on their mics Yes, podcasting DOES build trust, credibility, and brand loyalty And goodness gracious, invoking god and pleading with people to NOT start a podcast The Libsyn Custom Player is totally responsive! But sometimes websites are not Copyright problems with podcasters on YouTube Discussing 60db And more on pen-pineapple-apple-pen Very through information about the impact of transcription on your podcast The Cast Away Awards! And that would be the Australian Podcast Awards! 53:27 Supporting an OG podcaster that needs your help and support Why Do You Hate Us? Minx from Polyamory Weekly! 55:45 It’s stats, stats, stats time! Both mean and median AND user-agents! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Bitchen Boutique Skywalking Through Neverland Remnant Bible Fellowship Accidentally The Whole Tip The Cast Away Awards Polyamory Weekly Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Link to video dealing with the Windows 10 volume thing Podcasting: ‘It builds trust, credibility and brand loyalty’ <a href= "http://thoughtcatalog.com/ryan-holiday/2016/10/please-please-for-the-love-of-god-do-not-start-a-

Sun, October 23, 2016

082: Clammr Clones, Dealing With Racially Charged Language and Stickers!

Feedback anyone? Email thefeed@libsyn.com  or call 412-573-1934 or Speakpipe! Fill out our survey! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :11 Promo 1: The Man Whore Podcast 2:01 The Libsyn Blog info 2:38 Random promo! Bitchen Boutique HALLOWEEN 3:41 Promo 2: The Blood Drawn Chronicles 5:31 How we feature you! 6:00 Promo 3: The Alien Adventures of Finn Caspian 7:43 Rob & Elsie Conversation 9:18 Sticker talk! Stickers are fun, should a podcast have them? The story of the podcaster that almost lost his audience of 11 years because of Feedburner So there’s an app that is touted as the Soundcloud of podcasting, hmmm It seems that This American Life’s Shortcut repurposed Clammr and called it something else What if there’s racially charged language on your show? Should you mark the show explicit? Audio feedback 46:06 How should you go about changing your style and content in your podcast? A story about the easiest way to impact SEO in iTunes YouTube has a bonus for podcast listeners that’s awesome for impaired listeners! How exactly to get your widescreen image on YouTube! Why Do You Hate Us: Justin Malik 1:06:19 Rob calls Elsie out as a stats addict What good stats are in iHeart Radio What’s the difference between feed hits and download numbers User Agent stats! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio The Man Whore Podcast The Blood Drawn Chronicles The Alien Adventures of Finn Caspian Bitchen Boutique WWI Digger Stories Podcast Optimal Living Daily Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) The Feed: Spooktacular Halloweeeeeeeen Episode! Relay.FM Stickers The Incomparable stickers About Bumpers, the podcast app <a href= "https://www.wired.com/2016/1

Sun, October 09, 2016

081: Spanish Podcasting, You Never Know Who's Listening and The Download On The Download

We want your feedback! Call 1-412-573-1934 or email thefeed@libsyn.com  and if you would be so kind  Fill out our survey! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :11 Promo 1: The Quest For Magic And Steele 1:33 The Libsyn Blog info 1:51 Promo 2: Talk, Tales and Trivia 3:01 How we feature you! 3:28 Promo 3: What A Predicament 5:15 Rob & Elsie Conversation 5:43 International Podcast Day re-cap - we did it! We discuss Nielsen getting into the podcasting stat measurement game Updates on Spotify and what’s going on over there for podcasters! What you guys wanted to know about over at the Facebook Page: Google Play, iHeart Radio and set-top boxes! The best audio feedback about Spanish Podcasters via Craig and Pilar 25:32 What if a podcast directory posts your stuff and you don’t want it to be up there? We discuss iVoox Why does podcasting still need RSS and it’s discovery problem? What if you upload a file and Libsyn says you’ve run out of space? You won’t believe why that error appears most of the time When you were fired because of your podcast Some workflows for when two hosts are on the road and want to keep it light and easy while they podcast Guess what happened when a senior producer at CNBC heard a podcast? Libsyn apps now support Apple Watch and it’s super cool! Otto Radio is hiring…just in case you’re interested Congrats to Mignon Fogarty and MacMillan for being so awesome Why Do You Hate Us Segment: The Sleep Whispers Podcast 1:15:12 Natalie Eckdahl asks what exactly constitutes a download? Stats, stats, stats! Median and mean numbers - the latest and greatest Featured Podcast Promos + Audio A Quest For Magic And Steele Talk, Tales and Trivia What A Predicament En Clave De Podcast with Pilar and Craig The Sleep Whispers Podcast Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Rob’s Podcasting 100% on an iOS device Elsie’s Social Media Best Practices Nielsen Measuring Podcasts <a href= "https://about.radiopublic.com/why-podcasting-still-needs-rss-6a2779e94e96#

Sat, September 24, 2016

080: International Podcast Day 411, More Bad Articles In Podcasting and Your Podcast Description

Fill out our survey! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :11 Promo 1: The Geoff and Jeffrey Show 2:15 The Libsyn Blog info 2:19 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Wine To Five 2:49 Promo 2: The Jeep Talk Show 7:28 How we feature you! 7:56 Promo 3: 80s of the 80s 9:38 Rob & Elsie Conversation 10:08 Download our app! Once in a while you might get a free ticket to something fun :) Rob is still waiting for his iPhone 7 A bit about International Podcast Day Libsyn’s first online conference as a celebration of International Podcast Day We totally want to promote you and your podcast, with a video from you Remember when we had a nice Facebook Player? Ya. That was nice The solution to posting your podcast on Facebook via video We’ll be doing some research of the know more button on Facebook and report back Some thoughts on more bad articles about podcasting from Neiman Lab among others Discussion about some good articles on podcasting out in there in the online space What is twitter bombing and having peeps ask for money for being on your sponsored podcast. Audio feedback 35:18 Using Voice Typing on Google Docs to transcribe your podcast When you don’t but the link that you promised to put in, in the shownotes. Audio feedback 43:40 What you need to do to ensure that that your replacement file is picked up by iTunes Will Libsyn ever show Soundcloud stats? That would be a no, and we let you know exactly why What to do if your latest episode is not showing up in YouTube and verifying your account Thanks for the t-shirts Trek Geeks! How to incorporate trolls into your podcast for entertainment value Social Media Best Practices: Part 4 - Your Podcast Description 1:05:18 Why Do You Hate Us Segment 1:21:10 How Rob recruits people even without wanting to Why Did You Leave Us Segment 1:24:06 A little note from TCC, a Verizon Premium Wireless Retailer Are you ready for some stats? We’ve got user agents information! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio The Jeff and Jeffrey Show The Jeep Talk Show 80s of the 80s Wine To Five Justin from Optimal Living Daily Lena from The Shipping Podcast Cheri from Creation Science 4 Ki

Sat, September 10, 2016

079: Podcast Upfront, New IAB Advertising Stats and Podcast Branding 101

We LOVE feedback! Call 1-412-573-1934 email thefeed@libsyn.com  or Speakpipe ! Our Audience SURVEY! Fill it out please: http://survey.libsyn.com/thefeed Quick Episode Summary: Intro :11 Promo 1: The Chip and Cern Show 2:15 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Curve The Cube 3:34 Promo 2: The Book Guys 8:05 How we feature you! 8:30 Promo 3: Humans of Business 10:11 Rob & Elsie Conversation 10:55 Catching up on how Rob didn’t get the iPhone 7 right away Apple Podcasting News, about the App Store and titles Paul Colligan and no podcast support email address from Apple Stitcher has made some changes on how they manage and deliver RSS feeds LinkedIn now supports hashtags. We know you were totally waiting for that! Audio feedback about troubleshooting to get the best audio ever and failing a la Spiritually Bizarre 22:40 Chris Christensen tells us about how he handles the transcripts for his show Podcast transcription follow up and copy pasting from Google Docs follow up from Carey from Podcast Fast Track There is a way that you can have your podcast downloaded even in countries that do not want explicit content! Audio feedback 33:29 What do you do about ads in your podcast and your podcast in YouTube? Audio feedback 37:47 Elsie loves Castro 2! And she tells us all about it Are those download numbers from Product Hunt for real? We give you the scoop Why your podcast’s survey is so important and why you shouldn’t promote it via social media Are mobile download numbers going up and browser listens going up? Peeps! Verify your YouTube account before you set up your destination! We don’t really wanna exactly how obsessed you are about your stats There was a WIRED article about what made podcast fiction a thing and it was wrong. We tell you what’s up What’s with the random upticks to stats? Audio Feedback 1:06:27 And we get into the Podcast Upfront numbers People! Stay away from Podcasts Connect! Leave it alone. Stop it! iTunes search results revisited aka don’t use super generic words if you wanna be found Rob defends his content vs marketing stance Pinterest for podcasters! Part 3 of Best Social Media Practices for Podcasters: A Lesson in Branding 1:26:23 Why Do You Hate Us Segment from The SeaHawkers Podcast! 1:37:46 Discussing the IAB new podcast advertising standards! Mean and median numbers! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio The

Sat, August 27, 2016

078: Art19, Omny Studio and Social Media Playgrounds

We love feedback! thefeed@libsyn.com  or call us 1-412-573-1934 or Speakpipe Quick Episode Summary: Intro :11 Promo 1: The Art of Manufacturing 1:48 A message from Kris Dersch about an awesome podcasting collaborative project 2:44 Promo 2: I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere 9:01 How we feature you! 9:29 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The Armchair Ninja 3:57 Promo 3: Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast 15:54 Rob & Elsie Conversation 16:22 Facebook Destination Updates! aka timeline player update Ooooh 16:9 YouTube image available Shout out to Consumer Reports and their Talking Cars Podcast! 21:54 Talking Cars 100th episode promo Will the podcasts you follow start following you? We discuss! Art19 and their wanting to kill the RSS feed and replace it with an API - will it fly? Does Omny Studio have a breakthrough in Apple Podcast Data Blab is totally dead and Google Hangouts is getting some changes Live podcasting platforms Podster holds ‘best undiscovered podcast’ competition Tips from other podcasters about copying and pasting from a rich text editor to an online editor 48:19 Some audio feedback from Dr. Kyle, leading into social media 50:38 Social Media Best Practices For Podcasters: we talk playground and energy 51:37 Funny or sad twitter bomber story Google will soon start punishing mobile sites that show hard-to-dismiss popups Auphonic is testing a transcription beta and do you have a service that you use that you like? Introduction to a new segment! ‘Why do you hate us’ Why did you leave us 1:31:16 Not enough listeners Done giving away audio for free Stats time! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio The Art of Manufacturing I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast The Armchair Ninja Podcast The CADORS Aviation podcast Michigan Family Wellness Podcast Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Podcast Storyfest <a href= "http://www.consumerreports.org/talking-cars/talking-cars-with-consumer-reports-video-podcast-turns-100/?platform=hoots

Sat, August 13, 2016

077: Good Stats, Bad Stats And Social Media Best Practices For Podcasters Begin

Quick Episode Summary: Intro :10 Promo 1: The Nitty Gritty from Music City 2:02 On the Libsyn Blog 2:26 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The Last Ship 3:57 Promo 2: Lejadech 7:24 How we feature you! 7:50 Promo 3: The Jeep Talk Show 9:16 Rob & Elsie Conversation 9:45 Oh the perils of recording in empty houses Congrats Jason Bryant! You rock! Are we keeping audio records? Audio question from Liz Covart 12:51 Why can’t we have data on how long someone streamed a podcast episode? When observing download stats is good and bad, especially via Twitter Is there a way to drip feed podcast episodes? What stats would be important/nice to keep for the future…you know, in case you wanna get sponsors and all that fancy stuff Instagram stories, Snapchat stories and Twitter Moments discussed Intro to Social Media Best Practices for Podcasters! 35:21 Part 1: You and Them Copy and pasting shownotes from Google Docs can do funky stuff to your feed The library of resources that can be shared with any podcast pupils How to best maximize iTunes categories How to improve your audio quality A neat tutorial on header code #geekytalk Oh goodness gracious, the EFF asks court to uphold invalidation of podcasting patent Why Did You Leave Us Segment! 1:03:04 Stats! Stats! Stats! The latest mean and median numbers Featured Podcast Promos + Audio The Nitty Gritty from Music City Lejadech The Jeep Talk Show The Last Ship Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Wasting All the Time All About Breast Feeding Spearhead Transmission The Entrepreneurial Report Under The Crossbones cinematiclivesmatter <a href= "https://blog.libsyn.com/2016/08/08/rockin-new-libsyn-podcasts-rock-n-roll-arch

Sat, July 30, 2016

076: What Red Polyamorous Roosters, Author Tags And Getting The Boot In iTunes Have In Common

We love your feedback! Call us! 1-412-573-1934 or email thefeed@libsyn.com  OR Speakpipe ! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :10 Promo 1: Sleep With Silk 1:42 On the Libsyn Blog 2:13 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Dealing With My Grief 2:42 Promo 2: Butterflies of Wisdom 6:56 How we feature you! 7:17 Music4Podcasts feedback 8:09 Promo 3: Lejadech 9:23 Rob & Elsie Conversation 10:05 iTunes is coming down on author tag spamming, take heed Clarification of what author spamming means How proper title descriptions can help your podcast Directory link woes “How do I create an app for my podcast?” with Libsyn Chrome, RSS feeds and a player! Audio feedback from Byron 29:36 “Should I just use the ID3 tag function when uploading through Libsyn? Is there a difference between the two?” What were those links to the hardware you mentioned? Oh you hardware addicts! Audio feedback from Let’s Talk About Metal Detecting 38:02 The Zoom U–24, Zoom U–44 and Audio-Technica BPHS1 Broadcast Stereo Headset Conference call lines, Blab, podcasting apps, and marketing Streaming and downloads Random Libsyn tip: capping number of items Overwriting ID3 tags and SEO Questionable pronunciations and iTunes explicit definitions iHeart Radio update AudioMaster: For Podcasts and Music The Messengers IndieGoGo campaign We distribute this show under a creative commons share alike 3.0 US license and what that means Someone’s artwork was too big and guess what happened? Encoding, keeping files under 100mb and saving data STATS!!!! User agents, technology, and more! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Sleep With Silk Butterflies of Wisdom Lejadech Dealing With My Grief Byron TGI Friday Let’s Talk Metal Detecting and Treasure Hunting Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Podcast Best Practices for more info on how to use the title, author and description tags via Apple <a href= "https://support.libsyn.com/faqs/the-libsyn-sm

Sat, July 16, 2016

075: Back From Podcast Movement 2016 Plus iHeart Radio And Libsyn!

Quick Episode Summary: Intro :12 Promo 1: Mile After Mile Podcast 2:15 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Motherhood in Hollywood 2:46 Promo 2: 40 Plus Fitness Podcast 7:48 How we feature you! 8:25 Promo 3: Michigan Family Wellness Podcast 9:57 Rob & Elsie Conversation 10:28 Press Release! A new publishing destination to iHeart Radio! A quick run-down of the iHeart destination as well as our other feature releases Catching up about Chicago and Podcast Movement 2016 How to set up destination stats for your account Awesome post by Mignon Fogarty on Mediashift about YouTube! What to do if you have explicit content on YouTube? Congrats to Mur Lafferty on her book Shambling Guides acquired by Netflix! Podcast Movement REDUX Audio feedback from Natalie about Podcast Movement 53:06 The podcast guests service Apple split the Podcast section of iTunes support to now have a Podcasts for iOS App forum Audio feedback from Nobilis…we totally missed the boat? 59:34 Audio feedback from Steve Stewart giving advice about publishing to a destination and keeping your dates! 1:04:55 Getting custom buttons for your custom Libsyn Player! So is Audible podcasting? We do discuss the good and everything in between Best practices for sharing your survey for your podcast An update for all of those Evernote lovers Should you go back and re-edit all of your prior ID3 tags??? Do you really need an episode 0? And does it have to be a ‘good’ episode 0? How many episodes should you launch with? Can you make some episode private and share with people in advance? OMG no, we don’t go into the N&N conversation AGAIN The “if I had a nickel each time” category of email Have you heard of that app? iShowU Audio Capture? Are you a podcaster in KC, Minneapolis, Chicago or DC you need to contact Rob! STATS TIME!!!! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Mile After Mile 40 Plus Fitness Podcast Michigan Family Wellness Motherhood in Hollywood Natalie from A Face Project Steve from No Debt, No Credit, No Problems Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) L

Sun, June 26, 2016

074: Destination Stats, PEW Podcasting Data and Community

FEEDBACK. WE LOVE IT. thefeed@libsyn.com  412-573-1934 Speakpipe Quick Episode Summary: Intro :11 Promo 1: Sleep Whispers 2:09 On the Libsyn Blog 2:42 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Childless By Choice 5:50 How we feature you! 7:36 Rob & Elsie Conversation 10:16 Catch up! And it has to do with Captain America and Rob in a tux Elsie’s jealousy over…well, you’ll have to listen We go over the new Libsyn features! SO EXCITING! Destinations stats Audio to video conversion to YouTube Google Play Music button in the custom player and other fun things! Asset uploader for the episode description Google verification for the podcast page SSL support for RSS feeds and podcast pages Wordpress OnPublish to support SSL Updates to the ID3 tag creation feature Publishing episode defaults And more! Podcast411 is BACK! The Pod 11 - the 11 most influential entities in podcasting Will increasing yoru bitrate equal more listeners? If you use the same thumbnail image on every episode, why does Libsyn ask you to upload it separately for each episode? Nice article on geekwire.com all about CEOs and podcasting A story of how not to lose your podcast if your website server was DDoS’d And then Neimanlab wrote one of the worst articles about podcasting - ever Start your kids podcasting early! It is a bummer that it’s hard to find podcasts the most recently updated podcast episodes Building community around your podcast Clarifying some of our mean and median number stats Audio feedback from Steve Stewart about tags 1:12:22 Spreecast and WWDC update Audio feedback from Ella from On Air With Ella 1:16:52 Release day spikes and what they mean! We (RE)address Nobilis’s request for podcast growth data Adding your podcast to Google Play Music is so easy - at least according to our listeners Republishing and episode STATS, but not Libsyn stats, discussing the PEW podcasting data On The Libsyn Blog Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts and Podcast Luminary: Polyamory Weekly Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The Zen Commuter Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Sleep Whispers Childless Not By Choice <a href="

Sat, June 11, 2016

073: The Stitcher Takeover, The Future of Podcasting and Prefading

Got feedback? 1-412-573-1934 thefeed@libsyn.com  or Speakpipe Quick Episode Summary: Intro :11 Promo 1: The Last Ship 1:42 On the Libsyn Blog 2:13 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Rock N Roll Archaeology Project 3:02 Promo 2: 7 Minute Sales Minute 8:06 How we feature you! 8:23 A conversation with Izabella Russel about New Media Europe! 10:00 Promo 3: Tell Them I Said Something 16:07 Rob & Elsie Conversation 16:56 Rob’s diet update! OMG. We have new payments options in Libsyn iTunes has absoluttely been having some update issues, and here’s what you can do! Discussing Stitcher being bought out by Scripps The future of podcasting? And you won’t believe what it is A GREAT podcasting article per Rob…this is huge people! Some stats requests from Steve and Nobilis And then there’s the time when infamous was used What happens when you update a non-mp3 into iTunes? How exactly the iTunes search algorithm works! Again…and New and Noteworthy is overrated Have you gotten this cold email What’s the difference between What’s Hot and Top Podcasts A super quick GPM stats update Why did you leave us 59:32 A new vocabulary word for podcasters: PREfading STATS TIME!!!!!! On The Libsyn Blog Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Civil Aviation Daily Occurrence Reporting System Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Winnipeg’s Real Estate Podcast Featured Podcast Promos + Audio The Last Ship Podcast 7 Minute Sales Minute Tell Them I Said Something Rock N Roll Archaeology Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) PayPal and Libsyn! Delays in the iTunes store E.W. Scripps Buys Podcast Company Stitcher <a href= "http://daringf

Sat, May 28, 2016

072: Podcasting Hockey Sticks and Your Changing iTunes Link

We love feedback! Email thefeed@libsyn.com , Speakpipe or 1-412-573-1934 Quick Episode Summary: Intro :11 Promo 1: Under The Crossbones Radio 2:01 On the Libsyn Blog 2:30 Promo 2: World Citizen Storycast 4:28 How we feature you! 4:58 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: All About Breast Feeding 6:34 Promo 3: Geeks, Gadgets And Guns 12:29 Rob & Elsie Conversation 12:48 Update on iTunes v 12.4 and how it’s been affecting podcasters New listener feedback and a super important request! The Feed has been nominated for an Academy Of Podcasters Award A bit of an update on how Rob’s trek to fit into his tux Twitter is going to stop counting media files towards the 140 character limit! Confirmation: Google Play Music support is only in the US, Canada, Android and the web - no iOS or other parts of the world How long does it take for your show to be accepted into Google Play Music? Shout-out to Nate from ……for the milestones! Congrats 29:24 Is the Libsyn media player responsive? We have an answer! How to find your GPM listing and change your feed Best practices to make sure a podcast is set up right in Libsyn Getting stats from various podcast players (or not) Touching base on the best practices for running Facebook ads for a podcast A list of all the directories to submit your RSS feed More 5 year olds podcasting! Is your podcast website as important as your podcast? Auphonic has some great stuff happening! A new player for Android! Changing the name of your podcast in iTunes and how it will affect the iTunes link 51:02 Why did you leave us? 55:20 A yes…the seasonal podcast, and best practices! STATS: not Libsyn stats, but stats nonetheless! Podtrack The Podcast Consumer 2016 On The Libsyn Blog Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Chronicle Z Podcast Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Jump Start Your Joy Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Under The Crossbones Radio World Citizen Storycast Geeks, Gadgets And Guns All About Breast Feeding Nate from AVShopTalk Podcast <a href="h

Sat, May 14, 2016

071: NY Times Article Response And Podcasters, Be Yourself

Feedback welcome! Please email thefeed@libsyn.com  or call 1-412-573-1934 or Speakpipe Quick Episode Summary: Intro :11 Promo 1: Creative Science 4 Kids Show 2:26 On the Libsyn Blog 2:56 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Wasting All The Time Improv Comedy Podcast 4:37 Promo 2: Jeep Talk Show 9:33 How we feature you! 9:45 Promo 3: Packers Fan Podcast 11:26 Rob & Elsie Conversation 12:07 Touching base with Rob’s quest for the tuxedo And then there was the NY Times podcasting article and we are somber ‘We’ the collective podcasters are a bit miffed at the boneheads and it involves a soapbox A bit of follow up on how to change your feed in Google Play Music from a variety of sources Krystal feedback is awesome and we got some feedback that very much said that, very meta Q- What do I need to keep in mind when switching to the Libsyn Podcasting Plugin for WordPress? Amazing answer by Krystal 35:34 What we think Pro-casters vs Podcasters Heads up on the App - Ummo - which counts your ummmms and tons of other things! What should you do about stats anomalies? A little feedback about the process of submission to Google Play Music Where do downloads come from? How to track FB Ads to iTunes - and can you? A Feedburner warning Advice for podcasters - be yourself The Why Did You Leave Us Segment! All about break-ups and co-hosts flaking out 1:09:30 Stats time! User agents/technology and mean and median On The Libsyn Blog Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Media Fiasco Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The Best Real Estate Investing Advice Ever Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Creative Science 4 Kids Show Jeep Talk Show Packers Fan Podcast Wasting All The Time Improv Comedy Podcast Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Podcasts Surge, but Producers Fear Apple Isn’t Listening Marco Arment’s response to above article: <a href= "https://marco.org/2016/05/07/apple-role-in-podcast

Sat, April 30, 2016

070: Podcasts In Google Play Music, Website Crashes And ROI On Facebook Ads

Quick Episode Summary: Intro :11 Promo 1: Winnipeg’s Real Estate Podcast 1:44 On the Libsyn Blog 2:19 Promo 2: The Trivia Minute 4:10 How we feature you! 4:28 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The 5 Minute Mojo 6:31 The rumor 11:29 Promo 3: Wasting All The Time Improv Comedy Podcast 11:35 Rob & Elsie Conversation 12:08 Rob is done with the travels! And he’s had some pretty serious gmail woes There has been a new cool Libsyn release that cleans up your individual episode code in the Libsyn dashboard Shout-out to Libsyn Podcast Lore, you’re gonna have to listen to know why! And it has to do with TV! Google Play has in fact been released! With some voice feedback from Win 22:48 Find out exactly how you can access podcasts in Google Play Music So autoplay on a website, yeay or nay? The ability for you to archive your media is coming, oh yes it is iTunes tip time! It’s all about how some M4As are not allowing to preview content from iTunes and what you can do to fix it Rob wants you to email him if you’re producing your podcast using an iPad! A very BIG podcaster’s episodes were not showing up in iTunes…and guess what? It was do to his artwork being over 500kb Just because you THINK your artwork meets specs, does not mean it actually meets spec Recent website crashes and back-up woes with sad feedback from Craig 42:02 Killer amazing feedback from Krystal about MYSQL, back-ups, caches and all kinds of other geeky stuff for WP 45:37 Spotify stats? Where are they and how do you share that you’re on Spotify? Rob gives us the scoop on some stats about Spotify! Some in depth information about using Facebook Ads for your podcast What’s with the Skype TOS? Are we breaking them as podcasters? The Why Did You Leave Us Segment! 1:12:18 Some very surprising stats around how people are consuming podcasts and what technology they are using On The Libsyn Blog Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Donald Is A Moron Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Barrel Proof Comedy Google Play Music FAQs Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Winnipeg’s Real Estate Podcast The Trivia Minute Wasting All The Time Improv Comedy Podcast <a href= "https://itunes.apple.com

Sat, April 16, 2016

069: Tim Ferriss On Podcasting, iTunes Feed Tags And It's Called A Podcast

please leave us some feedback! Email thefeed@libsyn.com  or call 1-412-973-1099 Quick Episode Summary: Intro :11 Promo 1: Grown Men Chopping It Up 2:28 On the Libsyn Blog 2:43 Promo 2: Whistle Kick Martial Arts Studio 5:48 How we feature you! 6:17 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Zen Commuter 7:06 The rumor 11:29 Promo 3: Elf Centered 15:00 Rob & Elsie Conversation 15:33 Rob made a newbie boo boo Consuming video podcasts on big TVs 17:33 Do 3rd party apps look at the iTunes new feed tag? Marco Arment from Overcast gives us a developer’s perspective on how iTunes new feed tags are treated Ringr launched a destop app! It’s the beginning of the end of podcasts, oh my, and yes we discuss, soapbox and all Audible is getting in the podcasts game! Or are they? Stargate Pioneer asks about TuneIn displaying subscriber counts, and we get the asnwer straight from the source 32:20 A very nice post by Tim Ferriss on podcasting and Rob is NOT on his soapbox. He liked it! He really liked it! Is there a good use for the subtitle field and tags? Question by Steve Stewart 41:42 Having fun with Twitter questions! Podcast Awards are now open! Get ready to rally the troops! Emily gives us an update on Canva artwork sizes for iTunes Martin asks about the iRig Field Mic and Rob shares his opinion More patents for Microsoft! Why did you leave us segment 58:26 No stats in this episode! And that’s on purpose :) On The Libsyn Blog Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Trek Geeks Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Diabetes Connection Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Veteran’s Cafe Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Fat Father Chronicles Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Grown Men Chopping It Up Whistle Kick Martial Arts Studio Elf Centered from Saturday Morning Media The Zen Commuter Stargate Pioneer from GonnaGeek.com Steve Stewart from No Debt, No Credit,

Sun, April 03, 2016

068: Kicking And Screaming With Jenna And Bodhi Plus Podcasting Tips Galore

We love feedback! Please email thefeed@libsyn.com  or you can call 1-412-573-1934 or Speakpipe Quick Episode Summary: Intro :11 Promo 1: 5 Minute Mojo 2:19 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts! Polyamory Weekly 3:25 Promo 2: Free Crochet Patterns 8:26 Brief intro to our awesome guests! 8:52 Promo 3: Attagirl 11:06 Conversation with Jenna and Bodhi Elfman from The Kicking And Screaming Podcast! 11:38 Rob & Elsie Conversation 49:11 Libsyn release! ID3 tag goodness and color swatches fun Shout out to The Best of The Left Podcast for their 1000th episode. Woah Tip using bit(dot)ly and your iTunes URL within emails Following up about having a native app for Apple TV How do you find out what artwork works the best in iTunes? Snapchat audio feedback from Tom about content disappearing 1:13:46 A live streaming site just for podcasters? Selecting the custom player site Big shout out to a new feed validator! What’s a good workflow for encoding to a final MP3 via Garageband into iTunes? Audio Canva tip via Win 1:32:53 Question abotu setting default destinations within the Libsyn Dashboard from Liz Covart 1:36:55 Is it worth submitting to iHeartRadio if it’s so hard? All of a sudden Rob and Elsie start giving business advice Rob requests some advice from you guys! Should Adam Carolla clean up his language to get more sponsors? Why did they leave us segment 1:53:10 The 2016 Academy of Podcasters Hall of Fame Inductees have been announced! Median and mean stats for the month! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio 5 Minute Mojo Free Crochet Patterns Attagirl Polyamory Weekly Tom from The Slumberland Podcast Win from Win Women of Wisdom Liz from Ben Franklin’s World Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Kicking And Screaming with Jenna and Bodhi Elfman <a href= "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/kicking-screaming-by-je

Sun, March 20, 2016

067: Distilling The Infinite Dial Data, What Exactly IS Explicit In Your Podcast, And We're Serious

Do leave us feedback! 1-412-573-1934 or email thefeed@libsyn.com Quick Episode Summary: Intro :11 Promo 1: The Best Real Estate Advice Ever  2:05 On the Libsyn Blog! 2:35 Promo 2: The Balanced Living For Busy Professionals Podcast  4:29 How to get featured on the show! 4:57 Promo 3: The Yogahealer Real Life Show  7:22 Rob & Elsie Conversation 7:42 We didn’t mean to belittle, that’s no bueno K7.net is going away! So is Pandora gonna get in the podcasting game? 20:35 So, how do you get the fancy URL’s in iTunes? Will the standalone podcasts app be available for AppleTV? What’s the best strategy for having an audio and video podcast? A neat resource for moving your podcast to Soundcloud Gene wonders about the explicit tag and what exactly that means Does podcast order matter in iTunes? Re-visiting running a contest in your podcast for iTunes reviews Libsyn was on Fox News via Ralph Sutton from the SDR show! We got some super audio feedback all about podcasters vs PROcasters 45:12 We discuss the most unsatisfying things about podcasts…article Finding a co-host is hard! The Why Did You Leave Us Segment 1:05:15 Ooooh! Fancy infographic all about the growth of podcasting! Stats time! But we begin with the Infinite Dial numbers from Edison And then we answer what technology people are using to listen to podcasts - crazy stuff Featured Podcast Promos + Audio The Best Real Estate Advice Ever The Balanced Living For Busy Professionals Podcast The Yogahealer Real Life Show Joshua Sheets from The Radical Personal Finance Podcast Heather Ordover from Craftlit Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog and Podcasting Links The Debt-Free in 30 Podcast Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The Just-Us Show Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) K7.net The Best Way To Move Your Podcast Off Soundcloud <a href= "http://video.fox

Sun, March 06, 2016

066: Contests For iTunes Reviews, Losing Your Co-host and Podcasts Connect Clarified

We love feedback! Please email thefeed@libsyn.com  or call 1-412-573-1934! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :13 Promo 1: Your Motivational High 5 2:16 On the Libsyn Blog! 2:51 Promo 2: Down In The Hole 4:47 How to get featured on the show! 5:08 Be part of Thanks, Podcasting! Promo 3: Media Fiasco Podcast 7:09 Rob & Elsie Conversation 7:34 Krystal and Elsie will be doing a Libsyn Live all about the iTunes New Podcasts Connect Shout-out to some awesome podcasters! The Man Whore Podcast, Deedlecast and Grammar Girl! How a little boy didn’t get nervous because of podcasting, a Rob Daddy story Instagram contest for podcasters! 15:09 Rob breaks down how to immediately know if an article on podcasting is worth reading Our very first Snapchat conversation! Elsie gives Rob his very first lesson on the platform Is it ok to have a contest in your podcast for iTunes reviews? Emily is happy Dave is working at Libsyn! And she reveals a big boo boo Elsie made 37:32 What is the best social network to drive audience to your podcast? The answer will surprise you! What are the best days to publish podcasts? We sucked at explaining Podcast Connect last time - we try to make amends Apple’s Podcast Artwork specs clarified - yet again How to add a character to your iTunes URL so that it automatically opens the podcasts app! If you loose your co-host…what should you do? Some super cool audio from Rob’s testing the iRig Mic Dual Lav 1:07:56 Rob’s proudest moment as a podcaster - and it has nothing to do with download numbers Why did you leave us segment! Stats time! The latest Mean and Median numbers revealed Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Your Motivational High 5 Down In The Hole Media Fiasco Podcast Scout Digital Emily and The Classy Little Podcast Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog and Podcasting Links Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The Food Heals Podcast Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Win’s Women Of Wisdom How To Create And Pin An Audio Player For Your Podcast On Twitter Podcasting A

Sun, February 21, 2016

065: iTunes Podcast Connect, Podcast Advertising Hurdles And A New Member Of The Libsyn Team!

WE LOVE feedback! How about calling 1-412-573-1934 or email thefeed@libsyn.com Quick Episode Summary: Intro :13 Promo 1: 11:22:63 A Look Back 2:27 On the Libsyn Blog! 3:01 Promo 2: Grants Rants 4:37 How to get featured on the show! 5:04 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts from The Donald Trump Is A Moron 6:18 Be part of Thanks, Podcasting! Promo 3: Veteran’s Cafe 12:44 Rob & Elsie Conversation 13:06 The new submission for in iTunes! The good and the not so good Do you have to get permission from artists and labels to use their music in YOUR podcast? Mmmmmmm Jason from A Basement in Tulsa offers a killer TuneIn tip! Longest audio feedback ever, and it’s totally worth it! How to keep podcasting via Stargate Pioneer 28:14 Why a listener likes having a podcast app 38:19 Destinations are awesome, so there Oh my gosh! We have a surprise guest!!! AND a new addition to the Libsyn Team! A discussion about the latest WSJ article on podcasts facing advertising hurdles Wanna find out when the first article about there being a podcasting resurgence was? The Why Did You Leave Us segment! 1:04:06 Stats, stats, stats! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio 11:22:63 Grants Rants Veteran’s Cafe The Donald Trump Is A Moron Stargate Pioneer Byron from California! @askTGIF Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog and Podcasting Links Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: No Extra Words Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The Unconventional Woman Changes coming to the iTunes submission process Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Be part of the Thanks, Podcasting Project! Thanks, Podcasting in iTunes <a href= "http://blog.libsyn.com/2016/02/16/ch

Sun, February 07, 2016

064: The Crossroads Of Podcasting And Public Radio Podcast Measurement Guidelines, Oh My!

Call us 1-412-573-1934 or Speakpipe  and of course you can email us! thefeed@libsyn.com Quick Episode Summary: Intro :13 Promo 1: One New Message 1:57 On the Libsyn Blog! 2:59 Promo 2: Soiled Restroom CINEMA  3:40 How to get featured on the show! 4:09 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts from No Extra Words 4:37 Promo 3: Couch Pilots 10:14 Rob & Elsie Conversation 10:58 Birthday musings Shout out to Troy Kirby on 600 episodes! A discussion on a soapbox about podcasting being at a crossroads Holy cats! We have a Spotify and a Google Play Music update for podcasters Something new seems to coming in iTunes and there have been growing pains Guys, make sure your artwork is the right size! Make sure you set your clean or explicit tag - choose Shout-out to Adidas for diving into the world of podcasting! Audio feedback question from the mighty Joshua Liston about WP migration and stuff 29:37 Q about getting demographic data for your podcast Q how to make sure that iTunes lists podcast from oldest to newest Fun podcasting software from Rogue Amoeba - Loop Back And there’s Zencastr SOAPBOX no. 2: the folks at public radion put out a Public Radio Podcast Measurement Guidelines document and they think they’re Steff from Pretty In Pink Oooooh patent fun stuff! The Why Did You Leave Us segment 59:25 Stats time!!! Sharing some cool podcasting events for you Featured Podcast Promos + Audio One New Message Soiled Restroom CINEMA Couch Pilots Josh from JCALDIGITAL.org Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog and Podcasting Links Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Balanced Living For Busy Professionals Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The 99 Lives Podcast Kris’s Dersch’s podcasting set-up Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Sports Tao 600 episodes Podcasting At A Crossroads - oh look! No link! (on purpose)</l

Sun, January 24, 2016

063: The Forcing Clean Status, Do You Need A Strong Launch In iTunes? And User Agents For 2015

Please leave us feedback! thefeed@libsyn.com  or 1-412-573-1934 or Speakpipe Quick Episode Summary: Intro :13 Promo 1: Healthcare Podcast Promo 1:43 On the Libsyn Blog! 2:59 Promo 2: Just Us Show 6:03 How to get featured on the show! 6:34 Promo 3: Backtivity 8:13 Rob & Elsie Conversation 8:49 Shout-out to Mignon Fogarty for her 500th episode of Grammar Girl! Apple is now forcing a clean status for podcasts that have not selected the setting The Libsyn dev team released an update for the podcast page to support categories So Amazon affiliates are fine in Illinois now Shout-out to the Florida Podfest If you’re not going to do a strong launch in 12 weeks right when you into iTunes will you get lost in the shuffle? Micro-networks are a thing Libsyn tip to add the URL for Stitcher, TuneIn and iTunes, so make sure you add them to the custom player! Q - Do some of the Website Builders (Weebly, Wix, SquareSpace, etc.) integrate with Podcasts, better than others? If so, how? Q - Where to get sound clips to mark segments and transitions for your podcast? New app that will help you make chapter markers for your MP3 available for Mac 32:19 Did you know that you could export your stats? You totally can Some feedback and clarification about pinning your post on Twitter! Google Hangouts, YouTube and your app - questions from Maddy 39:32 How does iTunes make money from podcasts? Why did you leave us segment! This time for Soundcloud, but they were back It’s stats time people! The tech that people are using to download your podcasts broken down Backtivity feedback just for podcasters and their back 1:07:49 Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Get Social Health , The Intrepid Now Podcast and The Pharmacy Podcast and The Healthcare IT Marketing Podcast Just-Us Show Backtivity Thomas from The Chapters App Maddy from A Minnesota TransAthiest Podcast From the Backtivity podcast Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog and Podcasting Links Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Chicks With Flick

Sun, January 10, 2016

062: Explicit To Clean, Why Did You Leave Us And 2016 Podcasting Predictions

We love feedback! Email thefeed@libsyn.com  or call 1-412-573-1934 or use Speakpipe! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :15 Promo 1: Play On Ultra 1:51 On the Libsyn Blog! 2:23 Promo 2: Win’s Women Of Wisdom 7:26 How to get featured on the show! 7:45 Promo 3: The Jeep Talk Show 8:45 Rob & Elsie Conversation 9:21 Getting right into the feedback! A thank you from a new user Podcasting predictions for 2016. And then there were the crappy podcasting articles that came out at the end of the year, and we discuss. Going deep into programatic insertion technology and why it sucks for you, podcaster. Podcasting a nascent industry? Get out of town. Did you see how awesome the player looks pinned to the top of your Twitter page? How to get your podcast into Spotify - again. The best podcasting newsletter - again. Rob and Elsie share some cool tools they dig What’s the most effective way to share your podcast episode into Facebook - hint - it has nothing to do with enclosure tags. The weird byte-range iTunes error rears it’s ugly head. Looking to go from having some explicit episodes into a complete clean show - what do you do? iTunes messing with podcast release dates? Audio feedback from Tim 47:39 What to do when the Amazon Affiliate program doesn’t let you participate? Audio feedback from Win. 51:38 iTunes issues do to a wordpress feed and the wrong sized artwork. The Why Did You Leave Us segment premiers! Stats! The Mean and median numbers till the end of 2015. Featured Podcast Promos + Audio The Play On Ultra Win’s Women Of Wisdom The Jeep Talk Show Tim from Pediatric Emergency Playbook Win from Win’s Women Of Wisdom Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog and Podcasting Links Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Marta On The Move Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Inspired Entrepreneur’s Guide Podcast The Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts of 2015 Libsyn Round Up 2015 <a href= "http://blog.lib

Sun, December 20, 2015

061: There's A New Player In Town And Answers To Many Podcasting Questions

We'd love your feedback! You can email thefeed@libsyn.com , call 1-412-573-1934 and Speakpipe! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :14 Promo 1: Remove This Movie RIGHT 2:29 On the Libsyn Blog! 2:57 Promo 2: Engineering The Truth Podcast 5:52 How to get featured on the show! 6:13 A special audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts from The Diabetes Connection Podcast 7:25 Promo 3: No Extra Words 12:54 Rob & Elsie Conversation 13:22 Rob gives us some MUST listen to information in case you’re taking your kids to watch #TheForceAwakens Super fabulous tweets about our new player Oh, yeah, we have a beautiful new player! Customizable Embed code sharing Player playlist Shareable Download option Even more awesome Libsyn feature releases! Rob shares all the details We pick another winner for the Thanks, Podcasting project! We share how how The Blacklist Exposed got the scoop about The Blacklist above mainstream media! Shout-out to Do You Even Hustle Follow up feedback about Levelator - and it’s about Auphonic 37:29 Some information about a new podcasting book that has just been released 39:41 Follow up question about the best week days to publish and promote your show How in the world do you choose either explicit or clean with the Libsyn dashboard? Hosts in different location, using Skype, mixers and mix-minus advice Some feedback about owning your feed, and what it means as a podcaster 50:35 Submitting your podcast into Spotify if you’ve been using the “for download only” option Some really strange issues arising with Feedburner feeds How to remove a podcast from iTunes that you no longer want to be in the iTunes store 59:21 Harry Duran from Podcast Junkies is offering his Podcast Junkies book for free! It seems that someone is charging people to be on his podcast, yes he is A great tip about adding your podcast to Mixcloud for free A guide to the business of podcasting It seems that podcasting is becoming very clearly fragmented with coverage skewing very clearly towards the NPR WNYC side of things Stats time! We go deep into all kinds of user agents! Where are we going with a big plug to the upcoming Asia Pacific Podcast Conference in Auckland, New Zealand 1:19:42 Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Remake This Movie RIGHT Engineering The Truth Podcast No Extra Words </li

Sun, December 06, 2015

060: The Winners of Thanks, Podcasting, Censorship And Levelator Is Not Dead!

  We'd love your feedback! thefeed@libsyn.com , 1-412-573-1934 or Speakpipe ! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :11 Promo 1: BonBonBreak 2:06 On the Libsyn Blog! 2:35 Promo 2: AudSpots 3:48 Promo 3: Podcast Junkies 6:57 Rob & Elsie Conversation 7:30 A bit of a discussion around Westwood’s One’s webinar about podcasting consumption and media buyers A Thanks, Podcasting conversation begins We announce the three winners for a year of podcast hosting! Another promotions! Get $50 off of your standalone podcast app We browse how many countries censor internet country all over the world! What if you were explicit and you changed your mind to clean? Does your Google Play Music podcast submission change as well? iTunes now wants you to pick either clean or explicit - you need to make a decision, period You can host your website wherever you like, but you do need to be much more mindful about where you host your media and RSS feed A little feedback about how to go about preparing for next year in the Libsyn system 39:04 Levelator is not dead! The email about not sending an email a la Steve Stewart A confusing article about small businesses using audio to build their brands, and we clarify A bit more discussion about Blab as another source of podcast content and should you start a new podcast with it? 52:10 Cross posting from another service on to Facebook does not in any way affect the algorithm A bit of talk about an 11 port USB C dock and the new 12 inch Macbook Help wanted section! Help wanted section! Surprising stats about the Mean and Median numbers through October - you’re gonna love them Featured Podcast Promos + Audio BonBonBreak AudSpots Podcast Junkies Mark Dillon from The Organize Mindfully Podcast Janet from Get Social Health Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog and Podcasting Links Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The Play On Ultra Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Steakhouse Entertainment Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) <a href= "http://rai

Sun, November 15, 2015

059: Win Free Podcast Hosting For A Year, Google Play Music Submissions Outside The U.S? And Feeds, Feeds, Feeds

  Enter the Thanks, Podcasting Project for a chance to win a FREE year of podcast hosting with Libsyn Quick Episode Summary: Intro :20 Promo 1: The Productive Woman Podcast 2:06 On the Libsyn Blog! 2:36 Promo 2: Healthcare Tech Talk 4:18 How you can win a free year of podcast hosting! And how you can be featured on the podcast and blog 4:48 Promo 3: Jeep Talk Show 5:49 Rob & Elsie Conversation 6:22 The Thanks, Podcasting Project! Win a free year of hosting Rob got a new toy, the iPad Pro is in the house! Why is Google Play Music only in the US? 18:37 Follow up on having zero downloads and no downloads Is there any way to get monthly stats that go back further than 3 months? Feedburner feed to the Libsyn feed and having issues with the other podcatchers 27:54 Should you fill out all the publishing fields in Libsyn and create ID3 tags as well? Putting the title of your show into the episode title does not help at all, it just makes your episode title look wonky Rob found the found something very interesting about the Podcasts App, and it has to do with the Complaints about ‘owning your feed’ and what it really means Who is America’s best history teacher? Elsie gushes about a podcaster Castro is also doing the patronage model! And Elsie is super stoked about it It’s stats time again! Mean, median AND user agents gallore Featured Podcast Promos + Audio The Productive Woman Podcast Healthcare Tech Talk Jeep Tech Talk English With Kirsty The Celtic Music Podcast Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog and Podcasting Links Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The Manwhore Podcast Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The Productive Woman Podcast Why We’re Creating A Collaborative Podcast Project Called Thanks, Podcasting Win A Free Year Of Hosting And Be Part Of A Collective Podcasti

Sun, November 01, 2015

058: Google Play Music Questions Answered, The Term Podcasting Is Here To Stay and Thanks, Podcasting

send us your feedback to thefeed@libsyn.com  call 1-412-573-1934 or you can use Speakpipe . Quick Episode Summary: Intro :12 Promo 1: Songs Inside 2:01 On the Libsyn Blog! 2:31 Promo 2: Two Ewes Fiber Adventures 4:34 How you can win a free year of podcast hosting! 5:05 Promo 3: The Manwhore Podcast 12:17 Rob & Elsie Conversation 12:54 Apple TV Happiness! Overcast has some really cool time-stamp type features! What type of files types and sizes Bossjock can import and export Funny Onion article, all about podcasting and audio quality We discuss all kinds of stuff about whether or not there’s a db standard for publishing Awesome feedback from a listener to a podcaster about how awesome their standalone app is! OMG there are NO explicit or partially explicit shows in India - audio feedback 29:23 What exactly do zero downloads mean? - audio feedback 33:32 We got A LOT of feedback about Google Play Music and we address two key questions What exactly are some of the advanced options in the GPM destination When Google Play goes LIVE, will I have to do anything different in my podcast production workflow? If you initially didn’t submit the Libsyn GPM feed can you change it? Is Google Play Music only for the big shots? - audio feedback 45:38 Lovely email from one that listens and obeys - audio feedback 47:03 What is the best email to use when submitting to GPM? Oh goodness! We respond to questions about the GPM Terms of Service Rob soapbox, this time it’s about the term podcasting, it’s here to stay Make sure that you participate in our giveaway for a free year of hosting! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Songs Inside Two Ewes Fiber Adventures The Manwhore Podcast Kris Baker Dersch from No Extra Words Ben Hauck from The Acting Income Podcast John from Let’s Talk Metal Detecting and Treasure Hunting John Biethan Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog and Podcasting Links Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The Oversell Podcast <a href= "http://blog.libsyn.com/2015/10/26/rockin-libsyn-podca

Tue, October 27, 2015

The Feed SPECIAL: Google Play Music And Podcasts!

Google Play Music and podcasts!!! Breaking the news about Google Play Music supporting podcasting is a good way to start a day. Good times. We open the show with a conversation between Rob Walch and Elias Roman, a products’ manager from Google Play Music. Google Play Music helps connect people with the perfect soundtrack for whatever they’re doing For Google it is about taking something you’re doing in the real world and helping you do it better - this time with podcasting. I love that their strategy is to curate and offer podcasts out to those that might not know about podcasts. AND these were perhaps one of my favorite quotes from Elias: “More about the right thing finding people” “The right podcast in front of the right people at the right time” I like that. And Rob, did a great job of asking the key questions that podcasters would be interested in - you are good podcaster you are. ;) IMPORTANT FOLLOW UP NOTES / CLARIFICATIONS about Google Play Music and your podcast Google Play Music with podcasts will be US only at the start. At the beginning, it will be just Android only - then followed shortly thereafter by iOS and web browsers. Elias said they do not change the file - but he wanted to make it clear - they do re-encode the file - just like Stitcher and Spotify. They do not change the content at all, which includes, inserting ads into it or cutting it apart. Finally, 1200 x 1200 is fine for the image - anything above that is fine, but not at all necessary. Your 1,400 x 1,400 images are great - as will be your 3,000 x 3,000 or any square in between. And as mentioned you can even go up to 7,000 x 7,000 - but if you do anything over 3,000 x 3,000 you must go with the libsyn GPM destination if you are hosting with us - and not your main feed. In Libsyn there will now be a GPM (Google Play Music) destination. As I mentioned in the interview if you are hosting with Libsyn you should have a Google Play Music destination available for you. Why do you want to use your new Libsyn Google Play Destination over say your regular one? It means you have better control over your content and you can determine on a per episode basis which episodes go to which destinations and when. It gives you better control over the description and meta data. GPM does have some specific tags. There is a Googleplay author tag - a google play email tag - a google play image tag - a google play description tag - a google play explicit tag and a google play block tag. All that is taken care of from within the Libsyn destination. Google Play Music is supporting the top level categories from iTunes, but not down at the sub-categories. If Google decides to add or remove categories, we will be able to make those changes to keep lock step with any Google chan

Sat, October 17, 2015

057: An Apptastic Episode And The Power of Spotify For Podcasts

Hey! We love feedback! Send in your thoughts! 1-412-573-1934 thefeed@libsyn.com  or Speakpipe Quick Episode Summary: Intro :12 Promo 1: The Successful Pitch 1:42 On the Libsyn Blog! 2:11 Promo 2: WW2 Podcast 3:53 How we feature YOU 4:26 Promo 3: Tatiana Is Everyone 6:32 Rob & Elsie Conversation 7:02 Our thoughts on the new Podcasts App Gutsy move on the new Overcast 2 app Elsie learns all about Begware models Feedback on podcasts app via Stephanie 23:30 How Elsie uses iCatcher Tips on password safety a la Rob If your show is labeled explicit it might not be in every country Audio feedback from Satchel Player! 37:31 Polyamory Weekly has gotten an awesome stats spike because of Spotify! The new Spotify is still not every where feedback from Minx 41:02 Is it ok to create an extra feed to compliment your podcast without submitting it to iTunes? Q via Jason If you wanna have an app as soon as you launch next year, you need to get it in STAT Breakdown of stats user agents! Rob’s been to a bazillion places Elsie shares a really cool service to submit your 30 second promos Featured Podcast Promos + Audio The Successful Pitch WW2 Podcast Tatiana Is Everyone Stephanie from Drinks At The Dahl Beau from Satchel Minx from Polyamory Weekly Jason from A Basement in Tulsa Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog and Podcasting Links Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: WW2 Podcast Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The Odd Man Out Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Overcast 2s New Business Model Is A Popularity Litmus Test Definition of Begware Satchel Player <a href= "http://www.allaccess.com/podcast/broadcaster-meets

Sat, October 03, 2015

056: iTunes Coming Down On Author and Title Spammers, Patreon Got Hacked, and Software Updates

give us your feedback! thefeed@libsyn.com  1-412-573-1099 or Speakpipe ! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :12 Promo 1: How You Can Save The World 1:46 On the Libsyn Blog! 2:26 Promo 2: The Jock and Nerd Podcast 3:43 How we feature YOU 4:13 Promo 3: Odd Man Out 5:19 Rob & Elsie Conversation 5:46 What we did for International Podcast Day iTunes is finally showing your last 300 episodes! Yipee for all What happened to independent podcast apps after iOS 9 iOS 9.0.2 is out and it’s solved the Podcasts App issue El Capitan was released! Some advice for you podcasters that wanna update Let’s talk about iTunes and spamming the title and author fields - SOAPBOX TIME! Destinations are a great plus for podcasting and a little more about searching for podcasts. Feedback from Jeff 24:44 A reminder of what is needed for you to have your show on Spotify! Skype went down and podcasters were sad Holy cats! Patreon got hacked! What is our take on subscribeonandroid.com? What’s the scoop on repurposing an existing podcast to create a new podcats? Product Hunt now has a podcast section A destinations tip What do we know about Satchel Player? Stats time! Get the latest Mean and Median numbers for all podcasts hosted with us! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio How You Can Save The World The Jock and Nerd Podcast Odd Man Out Jeff from Deal Talk Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog and Podcasting Links Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The Stories of You Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The Short Storiess Podcast Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) International Podcast Day Apple releases El Capitan Skype outage She Podcasts Ep 68 on Skype alternatives link will be live on

Sat, September 19, 2015

055: Private Premium, Clarifying iTunes Search and The Impact Of Cars On Podcasting

leave us feedback! thefeed@libsyn.com and call us 1-412-573-1934 Quick Episode Summary: Intro :12 Promo 1: Classy Little Podcast 1:35 On the Libsyn Blog! 1:57 Promo 2: The Intentional Parenting Podcast 3:58 How we feature YOU 4:25 Promo 3: The Irish and Celtic Music Podcast 5:58 Rob & Elsie Conversation 6:31 We got one of the best tweets ever! Get the scoop on the latest release for LibsynPRO - private premium! We are super happy that Mike from the Scuttlepuck podcast doesn’t hate us Clarification on video podcasts in iTunes vs audio podcasts Feedback and conversation about iTunes search: Jeff from Deal Talk 19:52 iOS 9 - could it be #PodcastGate? The Podcasts App is having some issues 25 Free or Low cost music and sound effects sites! You know the rumor around how cars are going to change the face of podcasting as we know it? Not so much User agent stats for July/August aka where your podcasts download stats are coming from Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Classy Little Podcast The Intentional Parenting Podcast The Irish and Celtic Music Podcast Jeff from Deal Talk Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog and Podcasting Links Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The Fantasy Footballers Podcast Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: British Theatre Guide Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Libsyn Launches Private Premium Service for Secure Business Podcasting Top 10 Music Industry Podcasts Free or Low Cost Music & Sound Effects for Video or Audio Projects We tried Apple CarPlay, and it could completely disrupt the auto industry in one important way <a href= "http://www.laweekly.com/arts/10-people-to-know-at-the-la-podcast-festival

Sun, September 06, 2015

054: iTunes Myths and Misinformation For Podcasters, Video vs Audio Podcasts in iTunes And Bagpipes

 Email the show thefeed@libsyn.com or call 1-412-573-1934 or Speakpipe ! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :12 Promo 1: Virtual Coffee With Lisette 1:44 On the Libsyn Blog! 2:22 Promo 2: The Americana Music Show 4:06 How we feature YOU 4:39 Promo 3: KO Sales Coach 7:06 Rob & Elsie Conversation 7:34 A little gear deal mention! Facebook Ads and podcasters - audio feedback from Marc Gunn 14:08 A special promo all about bagpipes, just for Rob 18:43 Should we care about what’s going on with radio or concentrate on our own podcasting stuff 21:03 How much promotion of your episode is enough on Twitter? What’s your twitter strategy? It’s not THAT hard to create premium content for your podcast - really An update on how iTunes figures out the popularity rating for each episode Should you do a video podcast AND audio podcast in iTunes? Podcasts might be headed into popular vernacular What options to does Libsyn provide to embed content in other sites? The MYTH of 8 weeks on New & Noteworthy What is the difference between “Top Podcasts” and “What’s Hot” in iTunes? Is the “All Podcasts” section in iTunes just random? When should you use a custom permalink in Libsyn and when should you not Feedburner is on it’s way out - we have some proof We’ll talk about Blab and a warning about doing live for the sake of doing live STATS, STATS, STATS!!! Median and mean numbers for July - August Where have Rob and Elsie been and where Libsyn is going Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Virtual Coffee with Lisette : The 21st Century Work Life Podcast The Americana Music Show KO Sales Coach Marc Gunn from the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog and Podcasting Links Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The Shadow of Ideas Podcast Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The Irish and Celtic Music Podcast Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Elsie’s Instagram video of her four year old <a href= "http://www.amazon.com/Audio-Technica-ATR210

Sun, August 23, 2015

053: Facebook Ads For Podcasters And Radio Has It Wrong

email your feedback to thefeed@libsyn.com or send it via  Speakpipe   Quick Episode Summary: Intro :12 Promo 1: The Podcast Digest 1:39 On the Libsyn Blog! 2:13 Promo 2: Modern Mouse Radio 3:38 How we feature YOU 4:08 Promo 3: 5:58 Rob & Elsie Conversation 6:28 A little discussion about podcasting, radio and measurement Another podcasting patent to discuss Someone is no longer going LAME for their encoding! Great feedback about Trek.fm and the Parsec Awards Kevin Bachelder from Tuning in to SciFi.Tv shares about DragonCon 27:42 This is the first time that we chat about Facebook Ads and podcasting There is a lot more to Facebook Ads than you think A great article about the possibility of podcasting moving into main stream jargon AND having a podcast to put people to sleep Why don’t my shownotes appear in the Apple App? There’s a very interesting new feature on Shifty Jelly Pocket Cast! We got more stats for you all about technology and use agents Featured Podcast Promos + Audio The Podcast Digest Modern Mouse Radio Adventures in Audio Kevin Bachelder from Tuning Into SciFi TV Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog and Podcasting Links Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: FIX IT Home Improvement Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The Scuttlepuck Podcast Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Do Your Podcasts Hurt Your Ratings? TVEyes Awarded Patent for Contextually Relevant Advertisements Appearing on Internet Video and Audio Players Parsec Awards Trek.fm DragonCon Jurymore Claire Pelletreau’s FB Ads Guide NO OPTIN REQUIRED <

Sat, August 08, 2015

052: Podcast Movement 2015 Digest, Podcasting Rumors and Social Media Tools

Leave us feedback! thefeed@libsyn.com, call the show 1-412-573-1934   Quick Episode Summary: Intro :12 Promo 1: Perception and Action Podcast 2:04 On the Libsyn Blog! 2:33 Promo 2: The Stories of You Podcast 4:45 How we feature YOU 5:16 Promo 3: Books and Ideas 6:40 Rob & Elsie Conversation 7:13 Finally back from traveling! Our Podcast Movement 2015 thoughts and ideas Hey! 50% of the Academy of Podcasters Award winners hosted with Libsyn! Soundcloud rumors beware! You know that iTunes show bug only showing the latest 20 episodes on your feed? Well, there’s an update Rob’s found a bunch of new podcasting patents! Take note Oh no, more troubles about podcast feeds in iTunes causing them to be pulled down A discussion of what might get your podcast pulled down from iTunes do to colorful language What social media tools does Elsie use to promote The Feed? You want stats? We’ve got the latest podcasting stats - listen up! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Perception and Action Podcast The Stories of You Podcast Books and Ideas Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog and Podcasting Links Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The Podcast Producers Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The Couples Expert Relationship Podcast Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Podcast Movement The Winners of The Academy of Podcasters Awards Soundcloud Running Dangerously Low On Cash Sources Veritix’s knowledge of its customers is big reason for its success Podcasting patent number 1 Podcasting patent number 2 Podca

Sat, July 25, 2015

051: LAME vs Fraunhofer and Podcasting Money In Micro-Niches

How about some feedback? Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call us 1-412-573-1934 or  Speakpipe   Quick Episode Summary: Intro :12 Promo 1: Reflective Riot Team 2:07 On the Libsyn Blog! 2:59 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast! The Fantasy Footballers Podcast 4:15 Promo 2: The Big Seance Podcast 7:55 How we feature YOU 8:25 Promo 3: The DIStracted Life Podcast 9:57 Rob & Elsie Conversation 10:27 Can’t wait to see you at Podcast Movement! Apple celebrating 10 years of podcasting Did you hear Colbert talking about and immitating Dan Carlin? TuneIn delayed Oh bummer - Blip.tv shut down Holy wow: E.W. Scripps purchased Midroll. Guess what? Some of you guys had downloads and cool stories about Antartica Tips for increasing downloads from iOS devices Why do you want to use the Fraunhofer encoder instead of the LAME encoder? Monetizing your podcast with some tips about approaching sponsors with a hyper-niche audience Demographics? Psychographics? Why? A Spotify idea for podcasters Hey! iBooks now work on iPhones and you can now get Rob’s book on your iPhone Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Reflective Riot Team The Big Seance Podcast The DIStracted Life Podcast The Fantasy Footballers Podcast Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog and Podcasting Links Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Dress Code Hacker Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The Verdicts In Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) iTunes celebrates 10 years of podcasts Which is the best encoder for podcasts The Colbert Report impersonating Dan Carlin! Maker Studios Will Shut Down Blip as Pioneer Becomes Casualty

Sun, July 12, 2015

050: BBQ Bandwagon, Google Analytics, The Libsyn WP Plugin and Happy 2yr Anniversary

Leave us feedback! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call the show 1-412-573-1934 or  Speakpipe Quick Episode Summary: Intro :12 Promo 1: The Shadow of Ideas 2:05 On the Libsyn Blog! 2:41 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast! The Irish and Celtic Podcast 5:18 Promo 2: Mentally Ripped 10:17 How we feature YOU 10:49 Promo 3: Polyamory 12:19 Congrats from Alex from the Angrybeards 12:48 Rob, Elsie, Krystal and Greg Conversation 13:01 OMGosh - Marc Maron coming to Podcast Movement! A little bit of stats: the first month of The Feed vs this last month of The Feed. We give a shout-out to all the countries from which we’ve gotten one download. We break down Libsyn update 4.6 aka BBQ bandwagon Google Analytics Tracking Code for the Podcast Page Create Spotify Stats System New Widget: Embed and other links Subscriber Manager for Private Premium Shows We chat all about our new beta wordpress plug-in and how we need your help! A little The Feed love from Eric from Eric and Stacey Talking Rubbish 38:46 Ah, the silly reasons people stop podcasting We can accept your Academy of Podcasting Awards for you if you can’t go to the Podcast Movement! Advice for TV show podcasters: podcast about the latest season Sometimes, even following Apple’s podcast specs breaks things It’s stats time! With the statastic Rob Walch 55:15 Featured Podcast Promos + Audio The Shadow of Ideas Mentally Ripped Polyamory Marc from The Irish and Celtic Music Podcast Alex from the Angry Beards Podcast Eric from Talking Rubbish Jeffrey Holbrook from Daggers of The Mind Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog and Podcasting Links Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: See You Next Wednesday Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Food Non-Fiction Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob, Elsie, Krystal and Greg Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) WTF Happened To Podcast Movement</

Sat, June 27, 2015

049: A Statastic Episode With An Inside Scoop On Podcasting History, Feedback On Podcast Promos And Stats, Stats, Stats

Our 50th/2 year anniversary episode is coming up! Send us audio feedback! thefeed@libsyn.com, Speakpipe or call 1-412-573-1934 Win a ticket to the Podcast Movement by leaving us an iTunes review or sending us feedback for our 50th episode! Yeay! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :12 Promo 1: The Wise Idiots Podcast 1:45 On the Libsyn Blog! 2:14 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast! Fix It Home Improvement with Jacy and Cindy 4:47 Promo 2: Boss Free Society 9:17 How we feature YOU 9:47 Promo 3: Under The Dome 10:46 Rob and Elsie Conversation 11:19 iTunes started supporting podcasting 10 years ago! The BIG podcasting news - can anybody guess? It has to do with a garage The inside stat scoop of the Maron and President episode - you have not gotten THIS kind of detail anywhere #statastic Why a podcast was the ultimate choice Holy catz! There’s a bug in iTunes! Don’t freak out WNYC has announced a Podcast Accelerator - are you in? Oh geez, more troubles for the poor Windows Mobile 8 podcast consumer peeps. A bit more insight and very interesting hardware for podcasting all in the same room It looks like podcasting from the Apple Watch is a thing - or not. Wireless mics for doing interviews on the go via Alan Misner 46:16 Feedback - all about promos! That’s the most we’ve ever gotten Kevin Bachelder 50:23 JD Sutter 53:29 Joshua Liston 54:56 Joe Saul-Sehy 59:48 Stats on general trends in listenership App stats and common practices Best article Rob has ever seen on Medium with regards to Podcasting What company created out app? And all kinds of crazy stats on where are listeners are coming from #statastic Um - STATS TIME!!! How YOU can win a ticket to Podcast Movement! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio The Wise Idiots Podcast Boss Free Society Under The Dome Jacy and Cindy from Fix It Home Improvement Kevin Bachelder from Tuning into SciFi TV JD Sutter from JDSutter.me Joshua Liston from Braver By The Day Joe Saul-Sehy from the Stacking Benjamins Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog and Podcasting Links <a href= "http://blog.libsyn.com/2015/06/15/rockin-libsyn-podcasts-thats-a-holiday/"

Sat, June 13, 2015

048: The Story of Show Slugs, More Discovery Problems & A Format Change?

Call the show! 1-412-573-1934, email thefeed@libsyn.com OR Speakpipe !   Quick Episode Summary: Intro :12 Promo 1: Dress Code Cracker 1:47 On the Libsyn Blog! 2:19 Promo 2: If You Like 4:36 How we feature YOU 5:06 Promo 3: The Acting Income Podcast 6:10 Rob and Elsie Conversation 6:39 What should we do for our 50th episode? Y’all need to let us know! Apple is making some changes to how they deal with support issues - podcasts@apple.com is DEAD. Lots of feedback for recording in one room! Nobilis's feedback. 19:09 Craig’s feedback. 13:29 Yahoo Pipes so so sad, going away in September. The story about your show slugs - and if you wanna get them back. A Spotify questions from a basement in Tulsa. 25:47 Spotify is not just about the biggies - but also about the little guy - some feedback from Jeffrey. 27:05 More on the discovery problem, which Rob loves to discuss. We get some feedback all about the format of our show - so what do you guys think? Nobilis feedback #2. 42:37 Was there something going on with stats from February to April? Very interesting medium and average analyzation via Rob. Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Dress Code Cracker If You Like The Acting Income Podcast Nobilis from The Nobilis Erotica Podcast Craig from the Ingles Podcast A Basement In Tulsa Jeffrey from Daggers of the Mind Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog and Podcasting Links Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: Doha Heat Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: The Angry Beards Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Apple Support Direct link to Apple Support Why Podcasting Is So Broken <a href= "http://shadowofideas.com/episode-7-a-brief-history-of-podcasting

Sat, May 30, 2015

047: Postproduction Workflow, Spotify Follow-up & In Real Life Recording

Give us feedback! thefeed@libsyn.com 1-412-573-1934 or Speakpipe !   Quick Episode Summary: Intro :12 Promo 1: Podcast Dojo 1:33 On the Libsyn Blog! 1:58 Promo 2: A Writer’s Life 3:47 How we feature YOU 4:22 Promo 3: The Jock and Nerd Podcast 5:23 Rob and Elsie Conversation 5:53 Have you updated Skype lately? You should! Adding Google Analytics to the new Libsyn Podcast Templates More on enhance podcasts - via your feedback So how do you record people in the same room? Question from Stephanie! 13:07 If you have cash to burn to advertise your podcast - we let you know our thoughts Our detailed post-production workflow Have we heard of The Association & Media Publishing? You’ll get exactly what to send to Rob so he takes you with him to all the conferences So Apps, what’s the minimum amount of downloads you should get before getting an app? Rob thanks Leo Laporte, and it’s not what you think Spreaker stats in Libsyn discussed The Spotify clarification segment begins! There is a whole social media platform just for podcasters, how about that? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio The Podcast Dojo A Writer’s Life The Jock and Nerd Podcast Stephanie from Tatiana is Everyone Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog and Podcasting Links Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: MMA Nuts Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: Podcast Junkies The Special Spotify Episode on The Feed! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Skype for Mac ignores it’s Own Audio Settings Skype For Mac Hotfix Soundsoap 4 Association Media & Publishing Podcross <a href= "http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2015/05/how-podcas

Wed, May 20, 2015

Spotify Partners With Libsyn And Podcasting

Quick Episode Summary: Our big announcement! Rob reads the one-sheet that Spotify sent to their partners - and we’re one of the partners! 2:39 What does this mean to you as a Libsyn user? You have a Spotify destination that’s how. A little back story on the relationship. 3:38 How will this work with Spotify? This is all about how you will get your stats and all that stuff 4:20 This is only the initial launch, available to about 1% of Spotify customers in only a few countries - this will change. 4:38 This is about a growth opportunity, this is not a monetization opportunity. 4:55 If you are someone that says: “hey! I want my content to be out there on a platform that has 70 million users” then this is for you. 7:54 Spotify has a podcasting team! 8:30 How will you add your podcast to be available in Spotify once all the stats are worked out? Rob does a quick verbal walkthrough. 10:28 RE-cap Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Spotify Rob and Elsie IRL (In Real Life) Where are we going? Podcast Movement Podcast Movement Workshop For Women: Empower, Evolve, Expand with Elsie Escobar and Jessica Kupferman LA Podfest Online Learning Conference HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share #TheFeed with your twitter followers. Click here to post a tweet! If you dug this episode head on over to iTunes and kindly leave us a rating, a review and subscribe! Ways to subscribe to The Feed: The Official Libsyn Podcast Click here to subscribe via iTunes Click here to subscribe via RSS You can also subscribe via Stitcher <h3 id="feedbackp

Sat, May 16, 2015

046: Broken Popularity In iTunes, Clammr And PEW Report On Podcasting Data

email your feedback to thefeed@libsyn.com. Call the show 1-412-573-1034 or Speakpipe ! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :12 Promo 1: That’s A Holiday 1:17 On the Libsyn Blog! 1:46 Promo 2: Women of Substance 3:38 How we feature YOU 4:21 Promo 3: Podcaster’s Unite Directory 5:00 Rob and Elsie Conversation 6:10 We’ve got the TuneIn hook-up! Rob shares all the deets. Audio/microphone feedback via Jorge Fernandez 9:01 The Ringr App is now available for Android! Dealing with broken popularity in iTunes via audio feedback from Rich. 13:54 Ooooh! A question about enhanced podcasts! We dive briefly into clean itunes tags do to double voice feedback. 26:00 and 28:53 A cool service for free transcription. We chat about Clammr! Elsie has a mini podcast :) We go over the PEW research report that was released this week - all about podcasting. The latest podcasting stats - are you ready for these? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio That’s A Holiday Women of Substance Podcaster’s Unite Directory Jorge Fernandez - his podcast is to come, but here’s his YouTube Rich from The BuckAround Podcast Craig from The Ingles Podcast Stephanie from Tatiana is Everyone Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog and Podcasting Links Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: MLS Fancast Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) TuneIn Radio Ringr now available for Android Episode 38 of The Feed all recorded with Ringr Heather Ordover from Craftlit Heather’s awesome episode ‘On Serial’ Voice Base <l

Sat, May 02, 2015

045: About Podcasts.com, Where To Build Your Social Media Podcast Community And More Scripting Workflow

Please send you feedback to thefeed@libsyn.com, call 1-412-573-1934 or  Speakpipe   Quick Episode Summary: Intro :12 Promo 1: Window To The Magic 3:19 On the Libsyn Blog! 4:13 Promo 2: XJ Talk Show 8:28 How we feature YOU 8:58 Katie from Brain Burps About Books 9:38 Todd from the Goldbergs Podcast 14:36 Need artwork? Here’s an offering from Lillian! 20:23 Promo 3: Food Non-fiction 21:27 Rob and Elsie Conversation 21:55 What in the world is going on with all the podcasts.com stuff??? Question from Jacy all about the word a.s.s. What are the most awesome iOS podcast apps? Hat tip to Kevin Bachelder. Brad from the The Civil Aviation Daily Occurrence Reporting System Podcast asks about where and what to use for your podcasts community. Getting iTunes reviews from other countries? feedback via The Mad Humanist 43:50 Are your downloads real? Asks Rob from the Generation X-Wing Podcast. Libsyn love after leaving Libsyn! Cool stuff. More scripting and workflow information - all about sounding natural. Overall podcasting stats for the month of March! Family plug! Find out about Elsie’s brother. Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Window To The Magic XJ Talk Show Food Non Fiction Katie Davis from Brain Burps About Books Todd from the Goldbergs Podcast Lillian from Food Non Fiction Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog and Podcasting Links Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: The Ingles Podcast Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: The Show Radio Media Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: Get Social Health Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: The Alphabet Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Our favorite podcast client for iOS Overcast <a href="http://castro.fm

Sat, April 25, 2015

044: The Podcast Patent Troll Is Dead, New Media Expo Re-dux 2015 And Cool New Mics

Leave us some feedback! thefeed@libsyn.com or 1-412-573-1934 or  Speakpipe! Quick Episode Summary: Intro 12:02 Promo 1: The Martial Arts Nation Podcast 3:10 Rockin’ Libsyn Podcaster Pilar Orti 4:08 Katie from Brain Burps About Books shares her podcasting hacks! 7:03 Promo 2: The Ingles Podcast 11:52 How we feature YOU 12:25 Promo 3: Voice-Over Journey 15:11 Rob and Elsie Conversation 15:40 Rob’s excitement over his upcoming Apple Watch. Ding dong the podcast patent is dead and we tell you all about it! Yeay Serial won a Peabody Award! FYI iTunes does NOT update ASAP. Great feedback from a Libsyn user at meeting us at NMX! Wayne has something to share with us about NMX. 28:00 Rob’s experience at New Media Expo. The story about Rob’s epic session. Video podcasting is NOT as popular as we ALL thought aka surprising stats about video podcasting. Elsie’s experience at New Media Expo - we start with the sessions. Social Media at live events aka IRL is NOT social. A bit of Elsie’s workflow to prepare for covering a conference via social media. We showcased you on our booth and people LOVED it. How to make NMX better. And then, the discussion moves onto the Podcast Awards. The Podcast Awards Winners! You should never have to pay to be part of an awards show. Rob’s super cool podcaster microphone finds from NAB. 1:06:50 and 1:08:41 Someone wants to sit down and edit a podcast episode with you. Should you? Rob goes off - a bit. Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Martial Arts Nation Podcast The Ingles Podcast Voice-Over Journey Pilar Orti from 21st Century Life Katie Davis from Brain Burps About Books Wayne Henderson from Media Voice Overs Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Pretty link ScheduleMAX The Podcast Awards Sennheiser - Lightning Lapel Mic Shure MV88 lightning mic wit

Sat, April 04, 2015

043: Podcasters Unite, Being Prepared Vs Being Extemporaneous And Can Audio Ever Be Viral?

How about your feedback? Email thefeed@libsyn.com OR Speakpipe  OR 1-412-573-1934 Quick Episode Summary: Intro :15 Promo 1: The Angry Chimp Podcast 2:06 On the Libsyn Blog 2:37 Promo 2: Grocery Shop For Free Podcast 3:46 How we feature YOU 4:13 Cool new place to post your podcasting meet-ups! 6:36 Promo 3: France Travel Podcast 7:51 Rob and Elsie Conversation 8:36 Rob needs a new mixer Apple has updated their specs page for podcast artwork Update on the EFF ruling about the patent troll Audacity just released a new version: 2.1.0. Frustration with yucky shownotes strategy in the Podcasts App. Podcast Movement announce two new inductees into the Podcasters Hall of Fame. Can audio ever be viral? Should it be? How to script an episode so that it doesn’t sound like you’ve scripted an episode? The latest STATS STATS and more PODCASTING STATS! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio The Angry Chimp Podcast Grocery Shop For Free Podcast France Travel Podcast Addy Saucedo from Do It Podcast Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog and Podcasting Links Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: The Blended Family Podcast Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: The Warriors Huddle Podcast Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Check out the new Apple Podcast specs for artwork from the source here Daniel J. Lewis episode all about the cool new Audacity features! Byword Markdown The Podcasters Hall of Fame Mur Lafferty’s interview on Podcast411 Mur Lafferty’s awesoem podiobooks series for Heaven Scott Sigler’s interview on Podcast411</

Sat, March 21, 2015

042: iTunes Went Down, A Review Exchange Rant & Basic Twitter Etiquette

Feedback yo! thefeed@libsyn.com, 1-412-573-1934 or  SpeakPipe Download MP3 Quick Episode Summary: Intro :13 Promo 1: Get Social Health 2:05 On the Libsyn Blog 3:12 Promo 2: This Week in Heresy 5:43 How we feature YOU 6:09 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: Talking Rubbish With Eric And Stacey 7:30 Promo 3: The Tony and Josh show 12:52 Answer for possible Pamela recording solution from Dave Jackson 14:22 Rob and Elsie Conversation 15:36 Holy wow! iTunes went down! Interesting find about the iTunes algorithm - wanna try it? A bit of an iTunes review exchange rant. And a bit of a proper Twitter etiquette rant. Rob has his possible perfect podcasting solution. Happy Anniversary Keith and The Girl! And awesome feature on the Village Voice. Can we get Speakpipe integration in the apps? (audio feedback) 39:32 Can we get Swedish speaker stats? (audio feedback) 39:32 Ok, so sharing your direct MP3 link in Twitter is like dark chocolate. 44:16 Get the scoop on a podcaster that leveraged his nomination for the Podcast Awards and got some super cool press. 47:18 Some examples of podcasters using Blogger. Breaking down the main user agents you need to know (technology in your stats.) January podcasting stats! Mean and median updated for your obsessive pleasure. Where have Elsie and Rob been and where we will be. Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Get Social Health This Week in Heresy The Tony And Josh Show Talking Rubbish with Erik and Stacey Dave Jackson from The School of Podcasting Michael from M Podden Terry from Healthcare Tech Talk Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog and Podcasting Links Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: Manage A Tarot Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: Live And Active Pop Culture Podcasting Luminaries: Tapping Q&A Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our Spea

Sat, March 07, 2015

041: Voting Is Open For The Podcast Awards, The Latest Infinite Dial Data and The First Academy Of Podcasters Inductees

Your feedback! 1-412-573-1934 or email thefeed@libsyn.com Quick Episode Summary: Intro :13 Promo 1: Masks, Monsters, and a Metalhead Podcast 2:21 On the Libsyn Blog 2:52 Promo 2: New Mommy Media 5:09 How we feature YOU 5:38 Audio Podcast Luminary: Kevin Bachelder 7:21 Promo 3: The Tony and Josh show 15:23 Rob and Elsie Conversation 15:52 The history of the Podcast Box There IS an update to Feedburner, feed size has increased - hat tip to Daniel Lewis. Podcast Awards nominees have been announced and voting is open! You own podcast app can have a strong impact on your show! Hey! Check out our Libsyn listing for NMX. The first two inductees to the Academy of Podcasters Hall of Fame are announced. How do you get your show into iTunes in other countries other than your own? The answer might surprise you. We need your help - how to fix issues with Pamela with three people on a Skype call. 37:32 Rob has updated the Podcast of Directories and you can be a part of it. Edison Research’s Infinite Dial is out and we break it down for podcasting data gems. Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Masks, Monsters, and a Metalhead Podcast New Mommy Media The Tony and Josh Show Podcast Luminary: Kevin Bachelder Chip Dolce from the Plus One Show Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog and Podcasting Links Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: Planet 3 Radio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: Women of Substance Podcasting Luminaries: The Sibling Rivalry Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) The Podcast Awards - it’s time to vote! Going to NAB? Add Libsyn to your map. Adam Curry and Leo Laporte Announced As The First Hall of Fame Inductees

Sun, February 22, 2015

040: Amazing Growth For Podcasting In 2014, The Academy Of Podcasters and Careers In Podcasting

Feedback please! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call us 1-412-973-1099 and Speakpipe !  Quick Episode Summary: Intro :13 Promo 1: The Tony and Josh Show 3:05 On the Libsyn Blog 3:40 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: The Ingles Podcast 6:07 Promo 2: Southern Beer Review 13:06 How we feature YOU 13:33 Audio Podcast Luminary: The Sibling Rivalry 16:45 Promo 3: The Mad Humanist Podcast 22:38 Rob and Elsie Conversation 23:07 Super awesome Libsyn press release! Glamour magazine is on Libsyn. iRig Mic field What happened when a private audio uploaded as file for download only was released to the feed by mistake. From Steve at Apple: A great way to get iOS visitors of your website subscribed to your podcast in podcast.app. The Academy of Podcasters is here. Some weirdness going on with the way MP4s show up in iOS or iTunes. How to improve Bing-enabled podcasts results. Careers in podcasting? And then there’s the podcast resurgence meme. Going over 2014 podcasting stats. Rob is a coverboy. Featured Podcast Promos + Audio The Tony and Josh Show Southern Beer Review The Mad Scientist Podcast The Ingles Podcast Sibling Rivalry Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog and Podcasting Links Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: Planet 3 Radio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: Women of Substance Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Libsyn on Instagram Any Truth to Podcasting Renaissance? article by Rob Greenlee The Glamour Podcast iRig Mic Field Check out the direct link to the Podcasts App over at Today in iOS Members of The Academy of Podcasters <a href="http://ww

Sun, February 08, 2015

039: Demystifying "Popularity" in iTunes, RINGR Feedback and Casturbation Defined

FEEDBACK: 1-412-573-1934 or email thefeed@libsyn.com Quick Episode Summary: Intro :13 Promo 1: The Tony and Josh Show 2:30 On the Libsyn Blog 3:05 Promo 2: Cuentoaventuras 4:53 How we feature YOU 5:24 Audio from Ralph from the Sex, Drugs and Rock-n-Roll Show 7:55 Promo 3: Salty Language 13:23 Rob and Elsie Conversation 13:53 Popularity in iTunes - you know that little bar to the right of your episodes? Ya, we demystify it. A little more feedback and follow up on RINGR. Major over-haul to Audio Hijack Pro people! Casturbation defined - thanks Dave Jackson! Feedback from Geeks Interrupted: Auphonic, twitter bombing and the future of podcasting An awesome podcasting article about the future of podcasting! Going deep into “https” “itcp” “itmp” “?mt=2&ls=1” and “&ls=1.” Oh yes we are. Audio feedback from Chip from The Plus One Show 41:51 Diving into data - which months get more downloads for podcasts. What length of podcast is downloaded more? The Share of Ear is now quarterly. Shout-outs to a lot of podcasters. Featured Podcast Promos + Audio The Tony and Josh Show Cuentoaventuras Salty Language Ralph Sutton from the Sex, Drugs and Rock-n-Roll show Chip Dolce from The Plus One Show Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog and Podcasting Links Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: Discovering America Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: Uttabull Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Libsyn on Instagram Daniel from Geeks Interrupted Ringr App 5 Reasons Why Podcasting Is Back In The Media Addy from the Do It Podcast The awesome episode of Craftlit featuring - podcasting She Podcasts: The Overwhelm Rant aka Woman Podcaster Tro

Sat, January 24, 2015

038: Podcast Awards Nominations, The Ringr App and Auphonic Vs Soundsoap

How's about some feedback about the Ringr App? thefeed@libsyn.com OR voice feedback on Speakpipe  or 1-412-573-1934 Quick Episode Summary: Intro :15 Promo 1: The Tony and Josh Show 2:40 On the Libsyn Blog 3:04 Promo 2: What’s Up On Earth 5:29 How we feature YOU 30:09 Promo 3: Assembly of Geeks 8:15 Danny Pena and Gamertag Radio - how they are celebrating their 10th year anniversary! 8:47 Rob and Elsie Conversation via Ringr 10:03 We are using the Ringr app! Our soundquality is completely different than usual. Pond5 the super cool new public domain source. We got presents in the mail from podcasters! Via Dave Jackson, CBS launches Play.it podcast networks The nominations for the 10th Annual Podcast Awards Show are on! It seems that some might have experienced that K7.net has run out of free numbers (maybe not.) Auphonic vs Soundsoap a conversation. How to move an episode for your podcast to episode zero. Some podcast apps like Castro aren’t showing ratings does it matter? We continue the conversation about whether or not you should check if your RSS feed is valid every time you publish an episode - feedback via Kevin Bachelder 41:42 Does having an iPhone App affect the iTunes ranking algorithm? - feedback via Steve Stewart 45:02 So twitter bombing…it doesn’t work. Local podcast meet-up examples discussed. Stitcher is having delays. Stats time! November - December 2014 where in the world are you downloads coming from? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio The Tony and Josh Show What’s Up On Earth Assembly of Geeks Danny Pena from Gamertag Radio Kevin Bachelder from Tuning into SciFi Steve Stewart from The Money Plan SOS Podcast Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog and Podcasting Links Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: The Forever Fan Podcast Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: The Science Fiction Film Podcast Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Once Upon A Time Fa

Sun, January 11, 2015

037: Podcasting Lessons Learned, Twitter Bombing and The Year of The Podcast?

thefeed@libsyn.com 1-412-573-1934 Quick Episode Summary: Intro :13 Promo 1: Craftlit 2:48 On the Libsyn Blog 3:24 Lessons learned from podcasting and more 8:15 Promo 2: Beekeeping Podcast 29:39 How we feature YOU 30:09 Promo 3: The Tony and Josh Show 31:15 Rob and Elsie Conversation 31:45 Rob just updated to Mavericks and the latest version of Garageband and he feels like a podcast newbie Copying and pasting from MS Word can break iTunes - stop it Facebook is now allowing you to have your Facebook Page be a Podcast Page How to get a direct link to your podcast episode in iTunes DO NOT use the itcp link to have people subscribe to your podcasts Podcasting is featured on Entertainment Weekly! Thanks Kevin Bachelder Are you running a local podcast meet-up? Rob wants to hear from you Rob’s phrase “ twitter bombing ” is taking off! Is this the year of the podcast? Thoughts on walls being broken between apps Download stats on the WTF App - they will blow your mind Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Craftlit Beekeeping Podcast The Tony and Josh Show Patrick from The Big Seance Show Marianna from The Bilingual Avenue Podcast Randy from Leaning Toward Wisdom Pilar from 21st Century Work Life Matt from the Obsessive Viewer D. Louis from the Science Fiction Film Podcast Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog and Podcasting Links Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Mat Talk Network Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Superb Diamond Range Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Talk Music Talk Podcaster Voices: What’s the Hardest Podcasting Related Thing You Overcame in 2014 Podcaster Voices: 19 Podcasters Share Podcasting Lessons Learned in 2014 <a href= "http://blog.libsyn.c

Sat, December 20, 2014

036: EFF Challenging Podcast Patent Troll Before USPTO, Geographical Stats And Podfaded And Still In iTunes, Why?

We would love to get your feedback! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call us 1-412-573-1934 Quick Episode Summary: Intro :10 Promo 1: Laughing With Cancer 1:38 On the Libsyn Blog 2:08 Promo 2: 21st Century Worklife 8:06 How we feature YOU 8:43 Promo 3: Obsessive Viewer 9:55 Rob and Elsie Conversation 10:24 We’ve got news on the EFF and the podcast patent troll! Our new podcast apps 2.0 are in the wild - check them out Podfaded shows are still in iTunes, why is that? - feedback from The Kitchen Counter Podcast What is the best way to market your show via social media? - feedback from Startup Dad Headquarters Purchasing a MBI Music Performance Agreement does not give you permission to use their music in your podcast How to podcast information is free - it’s all out there Apple did send and email saying they’ll be requiring additional time for reviewing and processing from Dec 22 to Jan 5, 2015 More podcasting in mainstream media A clarification of listens, listeners and downloads Libsyn stats geographically broken down Stat time!!!! happy happy joy joy Rob’s new podcast! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Laughing With Cancer 21st Century Worklife Obsessive Viewer Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog and Podcasting Links Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The Valley of The Sun Real Estate Show Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The A-League Show Podcaster Voices: What’s the Hardest Podcasting Related Thing You Overcame in 2014 Libsyn Support Holiday Schedule Libsyn Live 2014 Re-cap Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) The EFF challenges the podcast patent troll before USPTO The Kitchen Counter Podcast Startup Dad Headquarters <a

Sun, December 07, 2014

035: Figuring Out Your Podcast Subscriber Count, Collaborate On The Feed and More Feedburner Problems

We'd love to hear your feedback! thefeed@libsyn.com Call the show 1-412-573-1934 Quick Episode Summary: Intro :10 Promo 1: from Golden Spiral Media 1:58 On the Libsyn Blog 2:35 Promo 2: Blended Family 7:38 How we feature YOU 8:08 The Libsyn Story 6:26 Promo 3: Excellence Expected 9:37 Rob and Elsie Conversation 10:12 How to get featured on The Feed - again We’ve got a collaborative blog post series going on and a possible super special episode to go along with that! That email that Apple sent about the new features Feedburner problems. Oh yes. Feedburner PLUS podcast apps don’t really get along. Feedback from Dr. Ginger Campbell - are streaming downloads counted? 55:30 The difference between a download link and a direct download link. Problems with Music Alley and where to get podsafe music. Is submitting to aCast worth it? How to figure out how many subscribers you have to your podcast. Why people podfade - two examples. Stats time - #not - blame it on Google. Podcasting in the news and the importance of meet-ups We need microphone help for a fellow podcaster! Rob has a new podcast - sshhhhhhhhh don’t tell his wife! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Golden Spiral Media Blended Family What Is The Truth Catholic Podcast Dr. Ginger Campbell from Brain Science Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog and Podcasting Links Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Real Entrepreneur Development RED Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The Business Side of Music Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The Unsigned EDM Podcast From Podcaster to Podcaster A Collaborative Blog Post Series Black Friday Standalone Podcast App Deal Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) CCmixter Garageband.com <

Sun, November 16, 2014

034: Libsyn's History, Podcast Review Etiquette Clarified, Making It Easier For Your Audience To Stream Your Content

Make sure that you send your PROMOS to thefeed@libsyn.com!!! And of course your feedback: 1-412-573-1934  Quick Episode Summary: Intro :12 Promo 1: ODU Wrestling Monarch Matcast 1:46 On the Libsyn Blog 2:15 Promo 2: The Big Seance 4:20 How we feature YOU 4:49 The Libsyn Story 6:26 Promo 3: Excellence Expected 19:19 Rob and Elsie Conversation 19:50 Libsyn news - Phase out of Libsyn 3 - Remember We go over artwork specs AGAIN. Creativity in podcasting via @nictreadwell 32:08 Celebrating your 100th episode via press release - congrats to The Business Side of Music podcast What directories should you add your podcast to? Is asking your audience to review your podcast bad? Image questions about what shows up for the Facebook in-line player Bit-rate question from Nobilis Update to the Overcast App - iPad + CarPlay! New niche directory: marketingpodcasts.com Cool new podcasting newsletter We’ve got more stats!!! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio ODU Wrestling Monarch Matcast The Big Seance Excellence Expected Snippet from Nic Treadwell’s The Home Grown Podcast Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog and Podcasting Links Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Nerd Out Loud Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The Primal Scream Podcast Libsyn Stroll 2005 – The First Libsyn Commercial (Re-post) Farewell Libsyn 3 You Were Loved Happy Birthday, Libsyn! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) The Business Side of Music The Home Grown Podcast Podcasting Newsletter by Nick Quah iRig Mic HD Article

Sat, November 01, 2014

033: A Facebook In Line Player, There is No Magical Marketing Trick, Not Getting Traction? Should You Relaunch?

WE NEED YOUR PROMOS!!! send them in 30 seconds or less (clean) to thefeed@libsyn.com!!! Also your feedback is also super welcome: 1-412-573-1934, thefeed@libsyn.com and  Speakpipe Quick Episode Summary: Intro :12 Promo 1: Daggers of the Mind 1:48 On the Libsyn Blog 2:17 Promo 2: Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling 5:08 Promo 3: Podcraft from The Podcast Host 7:44 Get yourself promoted!!! Promos are needed! 5:38 Rob and Elsie Conversation 8:10 Feedback from Kevin Bachelder about how they’ve handled milestones on his show 9:43 OMG we have an inline player on Facebook! There is NO magical marketing trick - good content + easy access = build an audience What can apps be in the future - and how that applies to podcasting So ya, Deezer bought Stitcher The random strangeness of custom permalinks Garageband 10.0.3 Yosemite Update - there was one Should you relaunch your show when you’re not getting the numbers that you want? Feedback from Jon Cadiex 44:37 Podcasting is hard and it can make you podfade - no joke A little portable sound booth Kickstarter project Podcasting stats, stats, stats! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Daggers of the Mind Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling Podcraft Kevin Bachelder from Tuning into SciFi TV Podcast Jon Cadieux from KBInsider.com Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog and Podcasting Links Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The Green UP Podcast Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Harrell Wrestling Talk Podcast Scare Your Ears Off: 18 Halloween Episodes To Fright & Delight Farewell Libsyn 3 You Were Loved Libsyn Live Event #9 November 6 Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) One

Sat, October 18, 2014

032: Changing RSS Feeds, iTunes Limitations, Podcast Search Problem? And A Podcaster's Hall of Fame

CALL THE SHOW! 412 573 1934 EMAIL THE SHOW! thefeed@libsyn.com Quick Episode Summary: Intro :11 Snippet of Rob on the Podcast Report 3:01 Promo 1: The Unsigned EDM Podcast 4:38 On the Libsyn Blog 5:06 Promo 2: The Keith and BJ Show 8:06 Wanna get promoted? 8:37 Promo 3: The Tony and Show Show 9:47 Rob and Elsie Conversation 10:16 Where has Rob been - we get the scoop And the VBR vs CBR conversation deepens How does the Libsyn unmetered bandwidth really work? Addressing the limit that iTunes imposes on shows that have more than 300 episodes - they no longer show up in search results Addressing changing your iTunes RSS feed from Feedburner to the Libsyn RSS feed. Adding a new podcast to a libsyn account: same feed different feed? voice feedback from Craig 37:13 Responding to a question about meta data for The Feed. A Podcaster Hall of Fame! Is searchability of podcasts really a problem that needs to be solved? A tiny Rob rant ensues. The Feed App version 2.0.2. is in the wild! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Unsigned EDM Podcast The Keith and BJ Show The Tony and Josh Show Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog and Podcasting Links Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Vietnam Veteran News Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: A Minnesota Trans-Atheist Podcast Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Announcing The Podcaster Hall of Fame A Curated Podcast Discovery Magazine Acast SoundCloud Rightsholder Discussions Hit Impasse, Labels Question Site’s Future Rob on the PubCast Rob on Mac iOS Now Rob on The Podcast Reporter <l

Sat, October 04, 2014

031: Exclusive Interview With Rick Calvert From New Media Expo Plus Adam Carolla And Mike August On Settling With The Patent Troll

Leave us feedback at 1-412-573-1934 or our SpeakPipe Page ! Email us! thefeed@libsyn.com Quick Episode Summary: Intro :13 Promo 1: The Primal Scream Podcast 3:13 On the Libsyn Blog 3:41 Promo 2: The Independent Podcast 6:20 News, Feedback and other things 6:54 Voice Feedback from Dave Jackson 7:11 Snippet from the Adam Carolla Podcast about the patent troll 10:10 Promo 3: Random JB Musings 15:12 Rob and Rick Calvert 15:50 When is NMX? The purchase of the Podcast Awards and what does that mean? When the voting for the Podcast Awards will officially begin. NMX is now in April - and why that’s the coolest thing ever. “It’s geek heaven” says Rick Calvert If you are interested in speaking at NMX, submissions are open! There will be some incredible podcasting gear exhibitors at NMX The fundamental shift in mindset between NAB & NMX and why new media producers need to attend. When it comes to the Podcast Awards - how is the voting going to be done this year? We ask Rick! RICK wants feedback from YOU! New track leader for the Podcast Awards is….? Some personal history from Rob and Rick about days of old and why being at live events is super important. How you can be an ambassador for podcasting. Conclusion 42:04 Featured Podcast Promos + Audio The Primal Scream Podcast The Independent Podcast Random JB Musings Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog and Podcasting Links Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The Special Mouse Podcast Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Hearts and Laserbeams Rich Eisen, Eric Stonestreet and Mike August on the Adam Carolla Show The School of Podcasting Speakpipe Amateur Traveler wins Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition! HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share #TheFeed with your twitter followers. Click here to post a tweet! If you dug this episode head on ov

Sat, September 20, 2014

030: Podcast Patent Troll Has A Win, Your Podcast Not Updating in iTunes and iOS 8 and iPhone 6 Podcasting Discussion

Call the show! 1-412-573-1934 Email the show thefeed@libsyn.com We want your feedback!!! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :13 Promo 1: It’s Called Life 2:28 On the Libsyn Blog 2:58 Promo 2: The Busy Creator Podcast 5:17 Get yourself promoted! 5:43 Promo 3: Disney Dream Girls 7:52 Rob and Elsie Conversation 8:38 Update on your podcast episodes not updating in iTunes Podcast artwork specs have changed for iTunes The Podcast Awards update What about using the ITPC podcast link to have people subscribe to your podcast? iOS8 and the iPhone 6 and podcasting Should you use one Libsyn account to host multiple podcasts or get separate accounts? Getting more listener engagement What Libsyn account should you upgrade to from an audio to video podcast? 44:11 Commentary on the latest EFF update about the podcast troll win Where have Rob and Elsie been and where are they going in the podcasting world? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio It’s Called Life The Busy Creator Podcast Disney Dream Girls Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog, Podcasting Links and mentions Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Fresh Eats Radio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Disney Dream Girls Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) The Podcast Awards! After Setback in Texas, the Fight Against Podcasting Patent Troll Will Continue PDF of the verdict of Personal Audio vs CBS Elsie on The Podcaster’s Roundtable - Episode 34 all about podcasting conference Women in podcasting interview for Podcaster News with Elsie The Podcast Report HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share #TheFeed with your twitter followers. <a href= "http://c

Sat, September 06, 2014

029: Podcasting in Education, Refining Your Podcast Marketing, Tactics and What Really Works

email your feedback: thefeed@libsyn.com Call the show! 412-573-1934 Quick Episode Summary: Intro :21 Promo 1: Blind Faith Live 1:42 On the Libsyn Blog 2:08 Promo 2: HealthCare Tech Talk 9:08 Feedback from The World of Mouth: Small Business Series 9:37 How to get featured on the blog and podcast 9:51 Promo 3: Learning Machines 101 10:57 Rob and Elsie Conversation 11:26 A podcast marketing strategy from Jacy Elsesser from the Fix It Home Improvement podcast Is TuneIn Radio important? Copying and pasting all the same information over and over into the Libsyn dashboard and how to optimize the workflow - form filling. Feedback from listener about The Podcast Movement How email lists affect podcast launches. Using podcasting in education - is this a thing? Via The Big Seance Podcast 37:18 What happened after the Healthcare Tech Podcast’s standalone app went live in Google Play and iOS Apple honored PG Holyfield on iTunes Stats time!!!! Looking at the median and mean numbers. Prepping for iOS 8. Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Blind Faith Live HealthCare Tech Talk Learning Machines 101 Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog and Podcasting Links Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: My Everyday Awesome Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The Wellpreneur Online Podcast Podcasting Luminary: Daniel J. Lewis Libsyn Live 5: how to podcast directly from an Android Libsyn Live 6: A full on walkthrough Libsyn’s iOS standalone apps Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) TuneIn Radio The directory of directories The Fix It Home Improvement <a href= "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-easy-english-expression/id878268013?m

Sat, August 23, 2014

028: The Adam Carolla Settles Conversation, Getting Deeper Into Listeners Vs Listens And Podcast Movement Recap aka The Hover Hug

 Leave us feedback! 1-412-573-1099 or email thefeed@libsyn.com Quick Episode Summary: Intro Promo 1 - Transatheist Podcast On the Libsyn Blog Promo 2- That One Movie Podcast Get yo-self featured on The Feed and the Libsyn Blog! Promo 3 - Audio Drama Production Podcast Rob and Elsie Conversation We’ve got a response from Microsoft about submitting your podcast to Windows 8.1 Feedback from Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting about the old The Feed App and podcast feedsize on Wordpress! What are the rules about using voicemail in your podcast Rob’s interesting EQ’s on Skype! Revealing interesting stats from prolific twitter users and how that’s affecting podcast downloads We go back again to listeners vs listens Amazon Fire does not allow you to purchase apps via Google Play NMX now located inside NAB!!! (sounds weird but it’s good, believe us) We discuss the Adam Carolla settling with the Patent Troll!!! Feed validator is down - and what you should use instead Please help support a fellow podcaster’s family that needs your help - our condolances to PG Holyfield’s family To get a job in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand going forward you will be required to listen to a podcast Podcast Movement re-cap and upcoming events! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Transatheist Podcast That One Movie Podcast Audio Drama Production Podcast Dave Jackson from The School of Podcasting Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog, Podcasting Links and mentions Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Inspiration with Val Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Biz Women Rock Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) What Stats Matter Most To Podcast Sponsors Fire Phone Users Get Trapped in Amazon NMX located inside NAB The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of Adam Carolla’s Settlement with the Po

Sat, August 09, 2014

027: Patent Troll Discussion, Taking Your Podcast Behind a Paywall Plus Wordpress Feed Size and xml-rpc Issues

Call the show! 412-573-1934 email the show thefeed@libsyn.com SpeakPipe  anyone? Quick Episode Summary: Intro Promo 1: Asia News Weekly On the Libsyn Blog Promo 2: The Business Side of Music Getting featured on The Feed! Promo 3: The Green Up Podcast Rob, Elsie and Krystal Conversation Wordpress questions about feedsize an a self hosted blog What is the call to action that you should have for your listeners regarding your website How do you make sure that you have all your episodes showing up in iTunes Changing your Libsyn slug - a good idea and under what circumstances? Breaking down the scoop on xml-rpc and the OnPublish Wordpress feature Taking your podcast behind a paywall and stepping up to Premium Swell was in fact acquired and Rob is shocked What will get a standalone Android app kicked out of the Google Play Store Troubles for podcasters in the Windows Mobile 8.1 native app No longer needing a Google+ account to be in a Google Hangout Real Radio 1041 in Orland now plays a weekly podcast on air Patent Troll discussion! Patent Troll discussion! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Asian News Weekly The Business Side of Music The Green Up Podcast Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog and Podcasting Links Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The Entertainment Drive Thru Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Hit The Mic with Stacey Harris Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Libsyn Live #3- All About RSS!!! The Libsyn Podcast Page Marian Pierre Louise and the Field Stone Common Podcast The Big Seance Podcast How To Sell More Houses Podcast Blogaid article regarding xml-rpc and ddos attacks Wordpress security update article Wordpress and Drupal se

Sat, July 26, 2014

026: Beyond The Podcasting Set-up, Getting Listens vs LISTENERS And The Libsyn App 2.0

Quick Episode Summary: Intro Mountain Bikes Apart Podcast On the Libsyn Blog Vietnam Veterans News Podcast Get featured and the UK Podcasters Conference! Ron’s Amazing Stories Ben Kreuger - Beyond The Set-Up Rob and Elsie Conversation So it was a tiff not a tryst - get the scoop Elsie brakes down how to replace a file super fast using FTP Weird Al gets some help from podcasters! Lady Business Radio shares how to listen to a podcast Modifying your Libsyn blog templates Marco Arment’s Overcast App Making sure you are searchable in other podcast directories question via Loose Canon We begin discussing promotion vs content again Feedback from Stephanie Beaver from the Tatiana is Everyone Podcast Awesome Gamertag Radio talk at the South Florida meet-up Version 2.0 of our App is here! Where have has Rob been in the podosphere? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Mountain Biking Podcast Vietnam Veterans News Podcast The Scifi Diner Podcast Ben Kreuger - Authority Engine Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog, Podcasting Links and mentions Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The Starter’s Club Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: In Style with Jill Seifert Podcasting Luminaries: The Anomaly Podcast YouTube UK Podcasters Video Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Weird Al! Tacky Doug Breslers Video for Weird Al Lady Business Radio and how to listen to a podcast The blog set-up The blog - advanced hints and tips Marco Arment’s Overcast Podcast App <a href= "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/star-wars-loose-can

Sun, July 13, 2014

025: Content vs Promotion What's More Important? Networks and Discoverability Won't Help You Grow Your Audience

Email the show! thefeed@libsyn.com Call the show! 1-412-573-1934 Quick Episode Summary: Intro :12 Promo 1: ZENcommuter 3:19 On the Libsyn Blog 3:50 Promo 2: The No Sleep Podcast 7:48 How to get your promo and your podcast featured on The Feed! 8:19 Promo 3: Shrink Wrap Radio 10:12 Rob and Elsie Conversation 10:44 An update to the Libsyn HTML 5 player and the podcast page template Best practices for marketing your podcast - question via Jacy Content vs Marketing? FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT ;) Twitter spam about podcasting? does it work? What are the best practices for audio promos via Chris Well from the DIY Author Podcast 32:43 Where do you input information for the Libsyn feed via Chris Well from the DIY Author Podcast 35:28 Question from Daniel from Melbourne about sample rates and RSS feeds When the first time podcasting was used on radio - for real this time Networks are not going to help your podcast discussion Discoverability will only do so much for your podcast discussion Should there be cause for concern about the Stitcher TOS? The latest cool releases from the Stitcher App! Stats, stats, stats update Wrap-up Jason Bryant from the Short Time podcast feedback 1:16:16 Featured Podcast Promos + Audio ZENcommuter The No Sleep Podcast Shrink Wrap Radio Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog and Podcasting Links Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Dark Angels and Pretty Freaks Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Masacote Libsyn Live Event #5 Libsyn Live Podcast Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Mommy’s Cocktail Hour Promotion for 100th Episode in Instagram Mommy’s Cocktail Hour Podcast Support post on basic RSS management Feeder Software <a href= "http://www.webtalkradio.com/mediafil

Sun, June 29, 2014

024: What Qualifies You To Teach Podcasting? A Community Collective of Microphone Comparisons Begins and A Native Podcasts App In iOS 8 Beta

Call the show! 1-412-573-1934 Email us your feedback- what do you think qualifies you to teach how to podcast? thefeed@libsyn.com Quick Episode Summary: Intro :15 Promo 1: Dark Angels and Pretty Freaks 2:17 On the Libsyn Blog 2:41 Promo 2: Joke Me Off 6:28 Really, you need to send in your podcast promo 6:58 Promo 3: Atheist Nomads 7:49 Rob and Elsie Conversation 8:19 Fantastic announcement from Apple about a native Podcasts App for iOS8! Issues with k7.net call in numbers this past week Email feedback from Dave Burck from The Cigar Jukebox Podcast about following our Stitcher advice. Follow up from Ryan from the Green UP! Podcast on feedback about building an audience as well as how he listens to podcasts while gaming Audio feedback from the developer of The Studio Effect 22:05 How to choose the best How To Podcast Tutorials or should people be teaching podcasting when they just started podcasting themselves? We share the Atheist Nomad’s page on how to listen to a podcast Nice sound comparison between MXL990 mic and the Heil PR40 A call to arms! Send in your microphone sound comparisons! A community collective of mic comparisons begins! Rob’s audio mic comparison of the Audio Technica 2100 and the Blue Yeti 37:48 The first time the word podcast was mentioned on Radio Voice feedback from from Ann from the Books On The Nightstand podcast regarding iTunes subscriber counts 44:04 Question from Jon regarding checking sound levels and quality before uploading Question from Craig regarding a future where Amazon brings podcasts to their store David gets a speedround of answers to his myriad of questions Wrap-up! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Dark Angels and Pretty Freaks Joke Me Off Atheist Nomads Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog and Podcasting Links Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Pod on Pod Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The Dr. Vibe Show Elsie on the Dr. Vibe Show Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) The Podcast Movement Native Podcasts App

Sun, June 15, 2014

023: WWDC 2014 Announcements That Affect Podcasters, Who Consumes Podcasts on Xbox and Playstation, Is Publishing Your Show In Different Platforms Worth It?

Send in your feedback! 1-412-573-1934 thefeed@libsyn.com Quick Episode Summary: Intro :12 Promo 1: Fix it Home Improvement 2:48 On the Libsyn Blog 3:14 Promo 2: Tatiana is Everyone - An Orphan Black Podcast 5:00 Elsie’s on the Slumberland Podcast! 5:30 Promo 3: The Special Mouse Podcast 7:36 Rob, Elsie and Krystal Conversation 8:06 Support question for Krystal about checking your support ticket status online New announcements that will affect podcasters in WWDC 2014 Another issue for podcast chapter markers in iTunes 11.2.2 STATS update for April and May! Plus detailed mean and median numbers Comment from Chris Christiansen about people doing searches in iTunes What are the best links to share your podcast? via Jacy Libsyn time zones explained RIAA music and podcasting Feedback from Ryan from the Green UP! Podcast How to mass disable shows in the Libsyn interface How important is it to create a post in Libsyn, vs just uploading the file and using the link on our own blog? Is publishing your show in many different platforms worth it? Is an App for Xbox or Playstation in the works? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Fix It Home Improvement Tatiana is Everyone - An Orphan Black Podcast The Special Mouse Podcast Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog and Podcasting Links Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Too Nerdy for TV Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The Matt and Steve Show Libsyn Live Event #5 Libsyn on Pinterest! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Slumberland Podcast Page Slumberland Episode 13 featuring Elsie as a “guest star” Castro , Elsie’s favorite podcast app The Amateur Traveler Podcast Social Media in Travel + Tourism Awards 2014 from Travel and Lei

Sat, May 31, 2014

022: Stitcher Secrets For Growing Your Audience, iTunes Search After 300 Shows and Can You Expect People to Shell out Money For Your App?

Call the show!!! 1-412-573-1934 Quick Episode Summary: Intro :12 The Amateur Traveler Podcast - promo 3:30 On the Libsyn Blog 4:05 Under The Dome Radio Podcast - promo 11:04 Get your promos in & audio quality 11:40 Feedback from Stephanie to Orlando 13:52 The Dr. Vibe Show - promo 16:15 Rob and Elsie Conversation 16:47 Apple’s Podcast App changes, iTunes 11.2 and iTunes 11.2.2 The SUBSTANTIAL increase in download numbers mid May to the end of May 2014 WWDC 2014 speculation How long does it actually take for iTunes reviews to show up in iTunes? iTunes search only indexes the first 300 shows - people are creating another show to optimize Feedback from Kate from Sticher on leveraging Stitcher to shine! 51:30 How to listen to a podcast via the BizChix Steve Stewart feedback! 1:00:06 On switching from a Wordpress feed to the Libsyn feed. Question from Jason on whether a standalone podcast app is worth it for a ‘small’ podcast Audio feedback from David about having multiple podcasts and workflow. 1:16:28 What exactly is EXPLICIT? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio The Amateur Traveler Podcast Under The Dome Radio Podcast The Dr. Vibe Show Stephanie from Tatiana is Everyone - An Orphan Black Podcast Kate from Stitcher Steve Stewart from The Money Plan S.O.S Podcast David Dear from The Minister of Myself Podcast Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog, Podcasting Links and mentions Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: What About Pod? Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Talking Rubbish with Eric And Stacey Podcasting Luminary: Grant Baciocco Libsyn Live Event 4 Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) The Joe Rogan Experience <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/5864819481

Sun, May 18, 2014

021: Variable Bit Rate vs Constant Bit Rate, Google is NOT Podtracs Friend and MLB, iTunes and Podcasters - Oh My

Give us a call! 1-412-573-1964 Quick Episode Summary: Intro The Satyrsphere Podcast promo On the Libsyn Blog Reality Check Podcast promo Are you interested in RE-freshing your podcast? Here’s how! Pod on Pod promo Rob and Elsie Conversation Oh allergies and pushing children in strollers Have you gotten your tickets for The Podcast Movement? Poor Podtrac - They got Google-ized :( Audio feedback from Orlando Mergal on VBR vs CBR Rob goes off on a bit of a bitrate tirade Audio clip from Keith Olberman on MLB vs Podcasters Rob and Elsie take on the Major League Baseball Video Podcasting from iOS straight to Libsyn! Tantalizing App offerings A little more talk about #PodcastREfresh OMG locked down private apps for companies! Where has Elsie been? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Satyrsphere Reality Check Podcast Pod on Pod Orlando Mergal from Hablando De Tecnologia Keith Olberman YouTube video clip Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog, Podcasting Links and mentions Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The Artist Connection Podcast Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The Still Growing Podcast from 6ft Mama Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Libsyn on Facebook! The Podcast Movement Rob’s article on VBR vs CBR titled “The First and Last Word on the CBR vs VBR question” The Video Stitcher App Hablando de Tecnologia Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast feature The first UK Podcasting Conference will be in Birmingham this summer! HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share #TheFeed with your twitter followers. Click here to post a tweet! </

Sun, May 04, 2014

020: The Golden Rule of Editing, EFF To Challenge Podcast Patent and Is A Dedicated Podcast App Worth It

Give us a Call! 1-412-573-1934 Quick Episode Summary: Intro The Orphan Black Podcast On the Libsyn Blog Voices of Canadian Leadership Podcast Get ready for #PodcastREfresh and the upcoming Libsyn Live #3 Good Podcasts Promo Danny Pena on the benefits of having your own stand alone podcast app Rob and Elsie Conversation Response to Danny’s feedback Via @recoveredcast: should your individual podcast app be in Google Play? How to listen to a podcast from David Gertler from Tennis Days Mono vs Stereo? Yeay or nay? Feedback from Dave Jackson on the new trending line on our stats Copyright infringment and DMCA takedowns for podcasts Another one bites the dust: Quick Blog Cast from Go Daddy Is there too much focus on monetization among podcasts? via Joshua Liston What is the golden rule for podcast editing? A little talk about the EFF challenge to the podcast patent The Feed stats up to date! Can you track specifically where a hit is coming from when stats spike? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio The Orphan Black Podcast Voices of Canadian Leadership Podcast Good Podcasts Promo Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog, Podcasting Links and mentions Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Across The Pond Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The Angry Chimp Show Libsyn Live Event #3 Libsyn Live audio podcast Libsyn Live video podcast Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Gamertag Radio David Gertler from the Tennis Days Podcast Dave Jackson from The School of Podcasting Patent Office Gives Green Light to EFF to Challenge Podcast Patent Elsie on The Dr. Vibe Show Elsie on <a href= "http://www.s

Sun, April 20, 2014

019: Experiment On Keyword Algorithm For Podcast Episodes In iTunes, The Truth About New And Noteworthy And Editing Your Categories in Libsyn 4

Quick Episode Summary: Intro 6 Foot Mama Promo On the Libsyn Blog Shout out to The Business Side of Music Great comment about Adam Carolla and the patent troll from Max Flight Small Business IT Show The awesome conversation over on the Libsyn blog about co-hosts The Scifi Diner Podcast Promo Rob and Elsie Conversation The newest update to Libsyn4 - editing categories! Rob’s recap of NAB - all about Skype TX How to listen to podcasts from Eric and Stacey Jon from KB Insider asks about audio editing software for a PC Question from a listener about your back catalogue Traffic from bogus bots? via Danny Pena from Gamertag Radio Question about keywords within episodes via Ashley from Swiftcast The real time frame of those featured in New and Noteworthy (not what you think) Request for getting the stats out about the non-anglo countries of Marian Pierre Louis Not saying music is podsafe if you have music podcast and getting rejected from iTunes Update on the RECAP to record iOS Where have Rob and Elsie been in the podosphere Featured Podcast Promos + Audio 6 Foot Mama The Small Business IT Show The Scifi Diner Podcast Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog, Podcasting Links and mentions Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The Outlaws of Health Show Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: aBabe Music Podcast Tom Sabella from The Business Side of Music Mac Flight from The Airplane Geeks Podcast Full comment re: Adam Carolla: "The Mark Maron and Adam Carolla piece really concerned me. Carolla showed how little he knows about patent litigation - which is a surprise, given his situation. There is no “loophole” being exploited, as they claimed several times. This is exactly how it works in the U.S. where you can own a patent like any other piece of property. You don’t have to be the inventor and you don’t have to actually create anything based on the patent. Typically, patent trolls are entities who buy patents from patent holders (usually the inventor, but not necessarily) for the express purpose of squeezing license fees out of others. It’s not extortion. It’s how the law works. In this case, the patent holder is the inventor, which is why some feet the “troll” moniker is a little forced in this case. Car

Sun, April 06, 2014

018: The Latest Libsyn 4 Update, Using Your Libsyn RSS Instead of Your Hosted Wordpress RSS Feed, Promoting Your Podcast App

Quick Episode Summary: Intro :11 The Forgetting Curve promo 1:45 On the Libsyn Blog - Hablando de Technologia 2:17 Podcast Junkies promo 7:37 Libsyn info: we need more promos and Libsyn Live podcast 8:03 The Anomaly Podcast 11:28 Rob and Elsie Conversation 12:05 Libsyn 4 version 4.1.1. Rob and Krystal at NAB Why a podcaster closed his Libsyn account Feedback from Steve Stewart about the patent trolls 21:35 Feedback from Film Critic Doc Rotten about interview tips Feedback from Jay from The Big Buck Podcast 26:38 Question from @akaTGIF regarding the top reasons for using the Libsyn feed over the wordpress hosted blog feed Question from Troy Price about the long term vision of podcasting Question from Craig Price on how to promote and market your podcast app Should you publish the same video and audio content? Why host with Libsyn instead of Amazon S3 Podcasting as a viable source of income Follow on on legal question for Kathleen Kelly and the Special Mouse Podcast Podcast Artwork troubleshooting How some podcasters are hustling - shout out to Steve Stewart and Marian Pierre-Louis Featured Podcast Promos + Audio The Forgetting Curve Podcast Junkies The Anomaly Podcast Steve Steward from the MoneyPlanSOS Podcast says let’s bus it to picket the patent trolls! Jay from the Big Buck Podcast and how he explains podcasting to his audience Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog and Podcasting Links Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Hablando De Tecnología Libsyn Live audio feed in iTunes Libsyn Live video feed in iTunes Libsyn Live audio feed Libsyn Live video feed Podcasting Articles, Links and peeps mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) NAB The Podcast Movement Film Critic Doc Rotten <a href="http://bigbuckregistry.com/

Sun, March 30, 2014

017: Podcast Branding From Music To Artwork To Calls To Action With Jessica Kupferman

Quick Episode Summary: Intro - Rob’s not here! :13 Promo 1: Hablando De Tecnologia 2:45 On the Libsyn blog 3:15 Promo 2: Resurrection Revealed 5:16 How to get featured on The Feed and an introduction to Jessica Kupferman 5:45 Cory Huff from Creative Insurgents 9:00 Derrick Duplesy from Purpose Rockstar 9:20 Promo 3: Slumberland 10:11 Elsie and Jessica chat about podcast branding 10:41 Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Hablando De Tecnologia Resurrection Revealed Slumberland Cory Huff from Creative Insurgents Derrick Duplesy from Purpose Rockstar Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog and Podcasting Links Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: Dennis Has A Podcast Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: CybrCast The Rode SmartLav Podcast Branding Question Links and Mentions by Jessica and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Lady Business Radio Podcasting School For Women @TheJParkinson says “@libsyn I have more of a statement. Make sure your website and social media URL’s are reasonably short, memorable and consistent!” @TheMoneyPlanSOS asks whether you should use the word podcast in your title and whether you should use the image of a microphone in your artwork. DHAP would really love to have all the answers Tanya from Single Bliss asks: what are the top three things that a new podcast should focus on in regards to branding and is it better to do your own intro/outro or outsource? Kathleen Kelly from Special Mouse asks a question about the legalities of having a Disney podcast. Oh my. All you Disney podcasters you must chime in! Carmen Spagnola from The Numinous Podcast asks about Calls To Action in podcasts and which ones work and which ones don’t. Stacy Harris from Hit The Mic asks about the importance if consistency not in the visual but in the sound like the music and outros an

Sun, March 16, 2014

016: Edison Report Debrief on Podcasting, Marc Maron and Adam Carolla Chat About The Patent Troll, Interview Tips For Podcasting

Quick Episode Summary: Intro :45 Promo: Tips for Travelers 3:00 Audio Feedback 3:30 On The Libsyn Blog 3:55 Promo: 60 Second Cruise Ships 6:57 The new Libsyn Live Event venture 7:22 Promo: Discovering America Podcast 9:08 Mark Maron and Adam Carolla talk defeating the patent troll 9:50 Rob and Elsie conversation 25:32 What we think about the patent troll Joshua talks SEO on the libsyn blog page 26:49 Walkthrough Steve Stewarts stats 33:48 Edison Research and Triton Digital Report breakdown Libsyn Live Event discussion Interview tips for podcasters The new updated edition of Podcast101 in the iBook store! Using Kickstarter for your podcast Elsie and Rob making the rounds in the podosphere Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Tips for Travelers 60 Second Cruise Ships Discovering America Podcast Joshua from Braver By The Day Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog and Podcasting Links Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Oh Beep! Geocaching Podcast Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The Slumberland Podcast Libsyn Live Event 001 Leaving Feedburner and Re-directing The RSS Feed For Your Podcast Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Adam Carolla’s campaign to fight the patent troll How do I listen to podcasts page from Craig Lucas from DSafterDark Our self appointed stats guinea pig: Steve Stewart from the Money Plan SOS Podcast Alaia Williams from the At the Helm Podcast had a Q about understanding referral traffic. Dial report from Edison Research and Triton Digital link to PDF. Thank you to Arlee , <a href= "http://sci-

Sun, March 02, 2014

015: How To Get More Feedback From Your Listeners, Gary Leland from The Podcast Movement, Tagging and Categories Within Libsyn

Quick Episode Summary: Intro Shout-Out To Gamertag Radio The Gass House Podcast Promo Dave Gertler from The Tennis Days Podcast New Podcasting Groups for Women on Facebook Switched On Podcast Promo Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts Cybrcast Podcast Promo Rob and Elsie Conversation Congrats to Mur Lafferty! How to get more FEEDBACK for your show. Teaching your audience how to consume your podcast - do you have a tutorial? Rob’s 5 year old son has a podcast. Lot’s of people having issues with Feedburner feeds and others this week Anybody out there using Feedblitz? Mobile podcast download stats - re-visited - thanks Steve Stewart ;) How best to use tags and categories within Libsyn; Thank you DisAfterDark , Jessica Kupferman and Sandy Sidhu for the questions! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio The Gass House with James Gass Switched On with Ludwina Dautovic Cybrcast Tennis Days with Dave Gertler Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog and Podcasting Links Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The Gass House Podcast Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Switched On Happy 9th Birthday Gamertag Radio ! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob, Elsie and Gary Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Mur Lafferty on USA Today Windows 8 has a dedicated podcast app You’d be surprised what motivates people - Techcrunch article Commoncraft video: Podcasting in plain english Jpeg mini - Rob’s mini image editor Porter’s Podcast aka Rob’s son Libsyn’s Tumblr support Castro <a href= "http://support.libsyn.com/faq

Sun, February 16, 2014

014: Community Response To Libsyn 4, Superstar Podcasters Keith and The Girl, Growing Your Audience And Keeping It Real

Quick Episode Summary: Intro Ms. Ilene Speaks Promo On the Libsyn Blog Podcast Talent Show Promo Ludwina Dautovic Shout-out Hutch feedback Dr Vibe feedback The Americana Music Show Promo Rob and Elsie Conversation Libsyn 4 responses from the community When willl Libsyn 3 disappear? Libsyn stats are on GMT - Question via Lucas Apps on G+ The text editor can in fact go full screen. Why you should have a standalone app. Do you have artwork resources? Should you use Feedburner? Q from Jim Bumgardner Feedburner no longer being supported by Tumblr Libsyn Stitcher Award Winners!!! Viddler news: no more personal accounts Did you know about THE Podcast Movement? Slate Hires NPR Sports Reporter To Boost Its Podcast Business How is your podcast doing in comparison to every one else? Where has Rob been in the podosphere? Keith and the Girl Conversation! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Ms. Ilene Speaks The Podcast Talent Coach The Americana Music Show The mighty Ludwina Dautovic from Switched On Hutch online Dr. Vibe Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog and Podcasting Links Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The Unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The Athletics Talk Now Podcast New Libsyn Interface Live: The Top 10 Libsyn Support Articles Libsyn Storage is Changing! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Feedburner not being supported in Tumblr Stitcher Award Winners Viddler no longer supporting personal accounts The Podcast Movement Kickstarter

Sat, February 01, 2014

013: The Podcasting Patent Troll Gets Uglier, App Store Optimization, Preparing Your For Libsyn Changes

Quick Episode Summary: Intro Need more promos and Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts! Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts Shout out to LibsynMerrySelfie winnter Uttabull Rob and Elsie Conversation Feedback from Kevin Bachelder Libsyn storage change and Libsyn 4 is coming! (yes we talk about it again) Shout-out to Rob Greenlee PodcastOne’s new CTO! The podcasting patent troll gets even uglier. No profanity in your episode description in iTunes please. Someone else has the same name as our podcast! And what we thing about it. The myriad of shows that Rob is on (he is taking over iTunes all by himself) App store optimization. Transcription services. Comic Geek Speak shout out. Why the Podcasts App is so sketchy. Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Outside Health and Fitness Jack’s Farm Radio You Can Bet on That Kevin Bachelder from Tuning into SciFiTV Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog and Podcasting Links Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The 210 Local Music Podcast Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Adventures in Creative Entrepreneurship Follow us on Instagram Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Libsyn storage change and Libsyn 4 is almost here The Parsec Awards Rob Greenlee moving is new CTO of PodcastOne! EFF Fights Patent Troll Demand For Save Podcasting Campaign Donor Information Definition of profanity Authentic Weather App The other The Feed Podcast with Rick Bayless <a href= "http://podcastersroundtable.com/

Sun, January 19, 2014

012: iTunes Search Optimization, Libsyn Storage Change, and When Should Things Change?

012 iTunes Search Optimization, Libsyn Storage Change, and When Should Things Change? Download MP3 Quick Episode Summary: Intro -hello! The Law Abiding Biker Podcast Promo Audio feedback from Remi from the Sci-fi Movie Podcast The Stitcher Awards The Blind Sport Podcast Gamertag Radio Podcast Awards snippet When should you change what you’re doing? Or should you? Adventures of Creative Entrepreneurship Podcast Promo On the Libsyn Blog The 10 Percent Podcasting Project Marshal Stevenson from the Expert Empire podcast and more (The New Media Expo floor series) Rob and Elsie Libsyn storage change Libsyn 4 is here. Get familiar with it NMX re-dux Can you have a stand alone app for your podcast? Yes you can. Appear.in an easier Google Hangout There is no discovery problem in iTunes people! iTunes search advice for Greg Hickman from the Mobile Mixed Podcast There is a kickstarter podcasting documentary! Blip no longer supporting RSS and using the iTunes new feed tag Shows not showing up on the Apple Podcasts app do to a Feedburner issue REQUEST! What transcription services do you use? Speakpipe feedback from Ileane requesting a cheat sheet for user agents! Speakpipe feedback from Clark about best practices about podcaster meet-ups and how to run them. Email feedback from Colby Jackson about the Libsyn templates Facebook question: what is the Libsyn policy for archiving from those that have chosen to switch to Libsyn. Feedback from Mark deVol , when will I get paid for app sales? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio The Law Abiding Biker Podcast The Blind Sport Podcast Creative Entrepreneurship Podcast Remi from the Sci-fi Movie Podcast Ileane from Ileane Speaks Clark from the ETPCast - Entrepreneurship Podcast Gamertag Radio: Episode 415 where they about The Podcast Awards Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog and Podcasting Links <a

Mon, December 23, 2013

The Holiday Feed 2013 with Ken Ray, Mignon Fogarty and all About The 10 Percent

Merry Happy Holidays! Not like our usual episodes. This is all about fun and heart and the last episode of The Feed for 2013!!! Rob and I get together with Ken Ray from Mac OS Ken as well as through time and space with the awesome Mignon Fogarty from Grammar Girl. We discuss all things gadgets, tech, gifts, wants and fun, just for sheer delight. Community. Heart. Support. But before the discussion begins, I share with you a new project that is arising. One that necessitates a community that chooses to participate. A call to action, to those that want to give, grow and simply support a fellow human being. Give, that which is the most treasured to you - your time, your genius!!! It’s the 10% Collaborative Podcast Project for Mark Newman . Make sure you listen to the episode OR check this out . Oh! And you still have a few more days to participate in the #LibsynMerrySelfie giveaway which will is still going on until 11:59pm December 25 2013! The Podcaster Wishlists Mignon List $99.95 SleepPhones Wireless $24.49  PowerLine PowerCup $99.99 Logitech Wireless Headset $159 Dragon Dictate 3 $29.99 Wireless Remotes for Electrical Outlets Roku $88 (especially good with Amazon Prime ) Where to find Mignon: Grammar Girl Podcast QDNow Network (Quick and Dirty Tips) Ken List $36.99 - Targus 16” Groove Laptop Backpack $49.99 - Pencil Digital Stylus for Paper iPad App by Fifty Three $39.99 - Leather iPhone 5s Case from Apple </l

Sun, December 15, 2013

011: The Podcast Source, Libsyn 4 is Live and Recording Skype on Your iPhone

Quick Episode Summary: Intro What About Pod Promo On the Libsyn Blog Beats & Eats Promo Podcasting in the News Fire on the Mound Promo Chris Hache from The Voices of Canadian Leadership Rob and Elsie Conversation The Recap 2! Windows 8 Network App (The Podcast Source) Libsyn 4 has been released No, you can’t publish audio files to youtube (re OnPublish to YouTube) Google Voice message from Yolande from the Talking Heels Podcast Correction regarding FTP information shared in last episode Updating the new user agent numbers How do we create the different podcast artwork images for The Feed Can you read a book on your show in your podcast? Is your show getting repeatedly rejected from iTunes? When is the best time to publish your podcast episode The Filmon issue Featured Podcast Promos + Audio What About Pod? Beats & Eats Fire on The Mound Chris Hache from The Voices of Canadian Leadership Yolande from the Talking Heels Podcast Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog and Podcasting Links Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Holistic Health Diary Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The Black Astronauts Podcast Then there is the Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Porch Night Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts is The Koops Podcast Podcasting Luminaries: Beats & Eats The

Fri, November 29, 2013

The Thanksgiving Feed 2013

Starring/Featuring (In order of appearance) Saturday Morning Theater Reality Check with Craig Price Daily Adventure Tales with Laurie Weaver Down These Mean Streets Jim1537’s Metaphysical Tools For Transformation The Uglee Truth Pizza Beer Revolution The Ramen Noodle: Clean Comedy Podcast EMTF Podcast I Heard it Was Good Swiftcast In order to break things down a little bit, I’ve split the podcasts into three groups. At the beginning of each set of snippets I will introduce the podcasts and give you a little detail of what’s coming up, so at least you know what to expect! Let’s get going with the first 3 Saturday Morning Theater Saturday Morning Media is your one stop shop for new, family friendly audio and video new media content by the creator of The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd, Saturday Morning Media aims to bring the magic back to Saturday Mornings! This snippet was recorded at the Long Beach Comic Con this week! and it’s a super special Thanksgiving episode which is live as of Wednesday. Reality Check with Craig Price Alan Cerny (@nordlingAICN on twitter) and host Craig Price give their annual holiday movie preview . The two cover their anticipated movies as well as identify traditional December Oscar Bait!   Daily Adventure Tales that encourages retired boomers to reinvent and reinvigorate their lives through trying something new every day Featuring an opener by Donna Libra - Thanksgiving Hiking and Thanksgiving Interview with Carl at Deukmejian Wilderness Park in Glendale California. Skype call with her mom, where she does a Thanksgiving Poem, “The Night of Thanksgiving”, but not before giving Laurie her usual mom-like advice. Laurie’s husband, and podcast helper, Mark wishes everyone a good holiday and wraps the podcast as usual. Down These Mean Streets It’s the show’s Thanksgiving Episode which went live on November 24th. Down These Mean Streets presents classic detectives from the Golden Age of Radio.  Each week, they spotlight one of the best detectives of the era (Philip Marlowe, Sam Spade, The Saint, Nero Wolfe, and many more).  Along with the show, they share some of the behind the scenes history of the series and their stars.  In their Thanksgiving episode, they’ve got a holiday adventure of Sam Spade from 1950, “The Terrified Turkey Caper.” <a href="http://jim1537.libsyn.com/

Fri, November 15, 2013

010: RSS Feed Questions, iTunes SEO and Growing Your Audience Through Connection and Emotion

Leave us Feedback! 412 573 1934 :: thefeed@libsyn.com :: speakpipe.com/thefeed Quick Episode Summary: Intro: We need more promos and Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts! Shout outs to: Izabela and Mike from Music Radio Creative, Jason from Podcast 101 and Craig from Reality Check Podcast Premier Punditry Promo On the Libsyn Blog Tuning Into SciFi TV Promo Social Media Conversation The Awful Parents Podcasting for the holidays Speakpipe feedback Rob and Elsie conversation Feedback from Jonathan from The Foreign Filmcast about not being able to find The Feed in iTunes Eric Gunnar Rochow, Host & Producer from GardenFork.TV sent feedback asking about the subscription model, apps and iTunes SEO. Feedback from JB Lopez from Random JB Musings about enhanced podcasts and Podreel. Skype no longer changing their API via Kevin Bachelder Replacing an MP3 file on Libsyn after it’s been published. Why you should publish your files to your Libsyn RSS and not just for download only. What we want to do for you at the New Media Expo! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Premier Punditry Tuning into SciFi TV The Awful Parents Adam from In All Airness Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog and Podcasting Links My Mom is a Psychic Drink’n Think’n Podcast Growth For The Holidays: Plan, Re-engage and Connect Interview with Rob on Podcasting 101 Upcoming interview with Elsie on The Reality Check Podcast Chico Bags Swag conversation on Facebook . Join in! Music Radio Creative Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Rob’s Podcamp Pittsburgh Talk: The Behind the Scenes on Podcasts Episode 6, all about MyLibsyn, our subscripton mo

Sat, November 02, 2013

009: Libsyn's Lead Developer, User Requests and The Sad GarageBand Update

Quick Episode Summary: Intro First Things Podcast promo On the Libsyn blog Big Picture Science Promo About Holiday Podcasts Australian Podcasters JB Lopez feedback Airspeaker promo Rob, Greg and Elsie conversation The Apple event + The State of Podcasting Libsyn4 Talk with Greg Greg answers questions from our Facebook Page Feedback including Powerpress Question with special guest Dave Jackson NMX Conversation! We’re going! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio First Things Podcast Big Picture Science AirSpeaker JB Lopez from Random JB Musings Jonathan from ForeignFilmcast.com Dave Jackson from The School of Podcasting Oz Podcasts Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog and Podcasting Links The Spooktacular Podcast Brew Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Premier Punditry Big Podcast Data From Todd Cochrane From 4400 Shows Collaborative Halloween Episode! Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Torg Stories R.I.P. Enhanced Podcasts in GarageBand and Updates to Podcasts App Your Podcast Elevator Pitch in 140 Characters Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) R.I.P. Enhanced Podcasts in GarageBand and Updates to Podcasts App Big Podcast Data From Todd Cochrane From 4400 Shows <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/libs

Thu, October 31, 2013

The Halloween Feed Spooktacular Podcast Brew

This is all for FUN! We are featuring FIVE amazingly talented and creative podcasters. Hat’s all to all the courageous content creators. You all ROCK. Featured Halloween Podcasters The Inverse Delirium Podcast The Daily Adventure Tales Audio Canvas The Moonlit Road Talking Rubbish With Eric and Stacy

Sat, October 19, 2013

008: Podcasting Patent Update, More Libsyn4 Features plus Marketing and Promoting Your Podcast

Leave us feedback! 412 573 1934 or SpeakPipe Quick Episode Summary: Intro The Dirty Boxers Show On the Libsyn Blog The Holistic Health Diary Rob and Elsie chat LA Podfest and Podcamp Pittsburgh (shout out to Sorgatron Media) Discussion of the EFF Mignon Fogerty of Grammar Girl on the Today Show More Libsyn 4 Beta Features Libsyn latency issue on October 16 Answering your questions! FTP iTunes image update Reducing your file size Certain Skype recorders may stop working in December Mobile growth Stat geek out time Chuck Brown feedback SciFi Movie Podcast Elsie’s Podcast Power Evolution Session on Marketing and Promoting Your Podcast Featured Podcast Promos + Audio The Dirty Boxers Show The Holistic Health Diary SciFi Movie Podcast Feedback from the amazing voice talent Chuck Brown Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog and Podcasting Links Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: How To Edit Your Podcast Like a Pro The Podcaster’s Round Table If podcasts in iTunes disappeared tomorrow, would you have a way to connect with your audience? Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Video for role reversals in the Gym LA Podfest Podcamp Pittsburgh Michael Sorg and Sorgatron Media Powered by the crowd, EFF attacks infamous “podcasting patent” EFF Press release Mignon Fogarty on The Today Show! Libsyn 4 Beta

Sat, October 05, 2013

007: The Podcast Awards Cliff Ravenscraft On The Power of Attending Live Conferences and NMX 2013

Quick Episode Summary: What’s on the show! :14 Drink’n Think’n 4:38 On the Libsyn Blog: Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts and Podcast Luminaries 5:02 The Accidental Pariah 10:32 Podcasting News and Information 11:04 5am Miracle Podcast 16:25 Feedback 16:52 How big should your audience be before stepping into the subscription model? What if you want to offer our podcast app for free to your audience? How do you upload premium content via the iPhone to Libsyn? User agents and an app for your stats? Cliff, Rob and Elsie chat about live conferences and New Media Expo 2014 30:52 Wrap up 1:08:33 Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Drink’n Think’n with Ben, Tony and Ryan The Accidental Pariah 5am Miracle Podcast with Jeff Sanders Justin Voss from the Set Up Show Circle Track and NASCAR Racing Podcast Mark from The Recovered Podcast Orlando Mergal from the Hablando de Tecnologia Podcast Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog and Podcasting Links Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Will’s Band of The Week Podcast Luminaries: The Hawaiian Vacation Connection Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The Inside Social Media Podcast Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) The Podcast Awards The Podcaster’s Studio 077 - RSS Feeds and FeedBurner Post Production Editing vs Live Mixing Podcasting goals discussin on Google+ Fill in the blank: The roughest, toughest, most boring part about podcasting is discussion on Facebook

Fri, September 20, 2013

006: Jon Baber Interview From WWPD, Tips For Making The Subscription Model Work And Changing The Name Of Your Podcast

Make sure that you send us some audio feedback! 412 573 1934 or email thefeed@libsyn.com Quick Episode Summary: Intro + Housekeeping First Promo- Omega Tau Podcast On the Libsyn Blog, Podcamp Pittsburgh and the As Heard On Plug-in Second Promo- Rouge Radio Interview with Jon Baber from WWPD Third Promo- Jeff Resnik Rob, Sarah and Elsie talk all about the subscription model and MyLibsyn Rob and Elsie catch up on feedback and the latest on Podcasting Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Omega Tau Podcast Rouge Radio Jeff Resnik Cool The Feed deep voice by professional voice talent Chuck Brown Martine from iMake via Speakpipe Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog and Podcasting Links Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The B2B Inbound Expert Interviews Podcast Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The Queen and I Podcamp Pittsburg As Heard On Wordpress plug-in by Dustin Hartzler from Your Website Engineer Links Mentioned by Jon from WWPD WWPD WWPD Forums WWPD Player Services WWPD Premium Podcast The full WWPD Network The Bolt Action Podcast Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob, Elsie and Sarah Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) How To Start a Fancast <a href= "http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/07/arts/doug-stanhopes-beer-hall-putsch-a-stand-up-album.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=137

Fri, September 06, 2013

005: iTunes Not Updating Your Podcast An Awesome Podcasting Workflow and The Beginning of Libsyn4 Trickles Out

Quick Episode Summary: Intro and housekeeping Promo: B2B Marketing Greg Elwell What’s on the Libsyn blog Promo: iMake with Martine Ellis Podcasting workflow with Markus from The Omega Tau Podcast 11min Dr. Ginger Campbell Thank You Feedback Rob and Elsie Podcasting Conversation Our new Feedback number + follow up on SpeakPipe Leave your podcast name + URL when sending in your promos… David Dear Feedback on Ep 3 Can you use your city’s name in your show? - what do you do if you get a cease and desist letter from the city? Feedburner Feed issues (smartcast problem) How to have two media players in one Libsyn account Libsyn4 Release and how to get access - SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK! Promo: Torg Stories William Torgerson Wrap-up Featured Podcast Promos + Audio B2B Marketing with Greg Elwell iMake with Martine Ellis Torg Stories with William Torgerson Markus Völter from The Omega Tau Podcast Dr. Ginger Campbell from The Brain Science Podcast Podcasting articles and media about podcasting Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog and Podcasting Links Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: iMake Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The Mouse Castle Lounge Get the 411 on the NFL Network and Podcasting via Rich Eisen! Markus’s podcasting workflow Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Despite Being Oh-So 2005, Podcasting Is Drawing Listeners and Advertisers Alike A Great Response To A Cease and Desist Letter 2013 Parsec Awards Winners & Finalists <a href= "http://www.podcastsquared.com/2013/09/02/podcast-squared-194-how-to-apps-w

Fri, August 23, 2013

004: Social Media Marketing For Podcasters with Rick Mulready, Failure To Parse Server and Promoting Yourself With Feedback

Quick Episode Summary: Housekeeping and how to get featured as a Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts as well as where to send your podcast promos! What’s new on the Libsyn Blog as well as a super quick catch up on the Social Media conversation on Twitter and Facebook Rob and Elsie Conversation: Discussion of feedback from Kevin Bachelder from Tuning In To Scifi TV Feedback on the blog from: Bob DeGrande on Amadeus Pro and Steve from The Money Plan SOS Podcast Discussion of podcasting articles from The Money Pillow, Blog Tips, USA Today and New Media Expo. Should we add your promos as podcast episodes in between proper The Feed Episodes? YOUR feedback requested! What are Libsyn slugs or what is a show slug Your show surveys and why they are important Failure to parse server and The latest download stats for The Feed as well as our top user agents Prove Rob wrong! Send feedback about all the feedback that you get via SpeakPipe! Rick Mulready Marketing Your Podcast Interview Addressed James Harmer from the Improve Photography Podcast about not having time to see everything we do three times. What are the best social media practices for podcasters with no business know-how and no budget to drive listeners Feedback from David Dear about the most common social media venues and which are the most significant From Greg Elwell on best practices and rules of thumb on how often to promote. From Aaron Barney how to use Facebook Fan Pages to maximize listeners From Joshua Liston on whether or not the quality of your show is enough or should you promote Discussion on the @spiderman tweet about The Overheard Podcast Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Digital Media Branding Podcast with Carlos Quintero Simple Journeys to Odd Destination with William Hrdina BLodCast with Zach and Grey Bill Caskey from The Advanced Selling Podcast Podcasting articles and media about podcasting Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog and Links mentioned Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: ETMF Podcast Podcasting Luminaries: Dr. Ginger Campbell Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The Reality Check Podcast <a href= "http://blog.libsyn.com/2013/07/31/awesome-podc

Fri, August 09, 2013

003: The Future of Podcasting is Mobile, Hidden Libsyn Features and Listening To Your Podcast Once It's Published

Quick Episode Summary: Details on submitting your podcast promos, Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast feature requests AND pitching your own segments to the show! Featured podcasting articles and media plus what’s new on the Libsyn Blog. The Social Media Conversation: Do you listen to your podcast once it’s published? Rob and Elsie Conversation: Our current podcasting set-up Podcasting rituals + listening to your own podcast 1 Billion podcast subscriptions in iTunes iTunes SEO Latest stats on Libsyn downloads per user agents aka where are people listening to your podcast? The latest download stats for The Feed! Podcasting futures discussion inspired by @UMiAudio aka Jackson Rogers from Podcasting FAQs Libsyn Destinations: what they are and how to leverage them Limiting your feed in Libsyn to avoid the Feedburner 512 kb limit Rob comments on Techcrunch’s article: “Apple Developing Audio Hyperlinks, A Way For Audio Streams To Link To Other Media Or Control Devices” Twitter followers do not equal podcast listeners Featured Podcast Promos David and Donald from Take The Red Pill Jim Mckee from Opinionocity Andrew Alliance from The Show Radio Media Podcasting articles and media about podcasting Social Media Links Shared on Podcasting How To Increase Your Podcast Reviews Without Cheating 6 Interviews With Some of The Top Names in Podcasting Study: U.S. Consumes More Digital Media Than TV for The First Time How Podcasting Got It’s Name Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Podcasting FAQs Podcasting Luminaries: Steve Lubetkin Get the Podcast411 on Craftlit Queen Heather Ordover Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The Entrepreneurs Money Podcast Awesome Pod

Fri, July 26, 2013

002: Podcasting Rituals, Podcasting 100% from an iPhone and Leveraging what you already have to grow your audience

  Quick Episode Summary: Details about submitting your podcast promos and Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast feature requests. Featured podcasting articles and media plus what’s new on the Libsyn Blog. Our social media conversation is all about podcasting rituals. Rob Walch shares how you can podcast 100% from an iOS device showcasing some little known Libsyn features. How to leverage what you have to grow your audience! Featured Podcast Promos Eric from The Flicksation Podcast David Dear from The Minister of Myself Podcast Steve Steward from The Money Plan SOS Podcast Podcasting articles and media about podcasting Links mentioned in the episode Should YOU Be Podcasting Voice Techniques For Podcasters Podcasting With Adobe Audition Radio Presenters Should Start Podcasting Elsie interview on Lady Business Radio Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Lady Business Radio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The Flicksation Podcast Promoting Your Podcast Using Video Podcasting Luminaries: Dave Jackson Libsyn social media community conversations Do you have a #podcasting ritual before you record your #podcast ? You know something you do every single time you do your thing? — libsyn (@libsyn) July 19, 2013 You can find a deeper conversation over here on Facebook . Let us know what YOUR ritual is if you haven’t had a chance :) In summation: Podcasters like to drink (preferably something that in some way alters the nervous system) and eat as a way to prepare for podcasting :) Rob Walch Shares How To Podcast 100% from An iOS Device Via Rob Walch:

Fri, July 12, 2013

001: Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 Apps, New Stitcher Stats, Growing Your Audience in Summer Time

Quick Episode Summary: Searching podcasts is no good in iTunes Mini itunes player has a mini breakdown New libsyn windows 8 and windows phone 8 apps New Stitcher stats Growing your audience during summer time Featured Podcast Promos 1. Chuck Brown from Hide Your Word 2. Tim Callaway from The Mouse Castle Lounge 3. Dave Jackson and The School of Podcasting   Podcasting articles and media from the last couple of weeks as well as the newest posts on the Libsyn blog The Best Podcast Hosting options Daniel J Lewis from theaudacitytopodcast.com does a fantastic job breaking down podcast hosting for both your website as well as your media hosting. If you ever have someone wondering where to host their media and why, send them over. How John Lee Dumas Earns $18,000 a Month with His Podcast- An interview with Dave Jackson and John Lee Dumas on The School of Podcasting How Ira Glass Gets People to Talk  : Ira Glass from This American Life on how he approaches interviews. Great stuff from a master. It’s a short article with a super short video. Women in Podcasting article from @Marinaisgo aka Marina Rose Martinez “Here you can find a compilation of the best and brightest the female podcasting scene has to offer! It’s a list that’s growing all the time.” Why Podcasting Is The Perennial Also-Ran "The problem is you can’t find a podcast to save your life. Ever go through the iTunes podcast directory and look for something? It’s akin to looking for a pair of lost floaties in the Atlantic Ocean. Apple, the 800-pound gorilla of the podcasting marketplace, has an awful search capability. Other podcasting directories languish in obscurity, many simply disappearing for lack of use. Services such as Stitcher help you identify shows you may find interesting, but for niche areas such as bankruptcy law and consumer protection issues it’s just not up to the task. You could go to Google and do a search, but that’s not much help either because the audio content can’t be parsed out by the algorithm (yet). Which means the only way you’re going to get people to listen to your podcast