Category: The Feed: The Official Libsyn Podcast

Episode 239 The Feed, The Official Libsyn Podcasts with the title considering the end user workflow

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?

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Episode 238 of The Feed the Official Libsyn Podcast, with the title Podcasts in YouTube Music and Measuring Distinct Listeners

Podcasts In YouTube Music & Measuring 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,

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Episode 237 of The Feed The Official Libsyn Podcast titled Podcasting is Just Fine

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

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All The Feedback on Podcast 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

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Nudging For Podcast Feedback

(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 –

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234 Wishes, Advice and Predictions for 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

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The Feed 2022: Look Back at Another Podcasting Year!

Another year of podcasting is in the books! I usually do this type of recap at the end of the year, right after we finish publishing the last episode of The Feed, but this year I wanted more time to process. Why? Because this was an eventful feeling year for

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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.

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232 Podcast Artwork & 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

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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

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230 18 Years of Libsyn, Apple Podcasts & Relaunching 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

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229 Podcaster Twitter Spaces & 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

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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

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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

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226 Libsyn Auto Ads | Apple Podcasts Charts | YouTube

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

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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

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224 Subscriber Metrics | Make Podcast Money When?

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,

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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

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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.

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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

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Fun iOS 16 Podcast Workflows from 2022 (WWDC22)

As podcasters we focus on Apple’s hardware releases and how they will create a more seamless experience in podcasting. Truth be told, we’ll be discussing it at length on Episode 220 of The Feed, but I decided to give a quick overview of what iOS 16, iPadOS 16 and WatchOS

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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

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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

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217 Podcast Exports, Thoughts & 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Rob Walch and Elsie Escobar, hosts of The Feed, lean back to back with smiles and postures suggesting confidence, a knowledge that together they can figure out and help solve all your podcasting concerns.

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,

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Rob Walch and Elsie Escobar, hosts of The Feed, lean back to back with smiles and postures suggesting confidence, a knowledge that together they can figure out and help solve all your podcasting concerns.

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

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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!

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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!

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Episode 207_thefeed

07 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

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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:

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205 Video Podcasts, Search and Instagram Updates

A summary of the latest Apple event and theMacBook 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

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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

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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:

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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

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The 200th Episode!

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

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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, acknowledging unexpected consequences and of course stats! Mean

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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

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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

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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

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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 javascript to infect your computer, keeping you posted on the latest Apple

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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

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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

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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

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The Feed Glow Episode

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

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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

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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

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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 again

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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

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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

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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!

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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

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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!

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The Feed 2020 Recap and Look Back

We celebrated year 6 of The Feed this year! Here are some fun 2020 podcast points: We featured seventy-two 30 second podcast promos. We featured 19 pieces of audio feedback from our audience. We created 31 hours 57 minutes worth of content. We had a total of 96,416 IAB downloads

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Overcoming Podcast Challenges in 2020

This is the first installment of our end of the year collaborative blog series featuring you, the heart and soul of podcasting, independent podcasters. The more we can connect and share our knowledge about podcasting, the more the medium shines and thrives from the wisdom of those that are in

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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

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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

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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

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180 An Elsie Soapbox

Apple getting you ready for the end of the year via their holiday submission deadliness, 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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170 One Star Power

A round-up of cancelled 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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164 The Episode Talking About It

Here is what we’re covering on the show! 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

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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

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Apple hiring all kinds of positions Spotify announced some podcasting updates on their app Spotify says their podcast service is not a music distribution tool Audio Hijack vs eCamm Call Recorder The Podcast Academy + Golden Mic Castro feedback IAB vs unique Geographic and user agent

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

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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,

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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

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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

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The Feed 2019 Recap and Look Back

Man oh man has this been a year for The Feed Here are some fun podcast points: We featured seventy-two 30 second podcast promos. We featured 34 pieces of audio feedback from our audience. We created 30 hours 15 minutes and 25 seconds worth of content. We had our very

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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

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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

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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

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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

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152 Trademarking Taco Tuesday

Covering: trademarking Taco Tuesday, plagiarism revisited, remote interview tips, design best practices for your artwork in Apple Podcasts, dealing 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

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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

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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

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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

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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!

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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

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