The Feed The Official Libsyn Podcast 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!
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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
- 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 Podcast
- Jason from from Radio BSOTS
Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro!
Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie
- Leave us voice feedback!
- Audacity has been acquired by Muse Group, which also owns MuseScore and Ultimate Guitar
- Blogtrottr
- Voicelink.fm
- Amazon Music Podcasts Listen On Amazon Music Buttons
- Spotify adds timestamped podcast sharing and other social features
- CC Mixter
- Best tweet of the week from And Now We Drink
- Rob on Ken Ray’s In A Few Minutes
- 107: Getting to Know Libsyn 5 and Glow.fm with Elsie Escobar - from Podcasting For Coaches
- Libsyn 5 Update! Webinar
- Podcast Episode Notes Deep Dive Meet-up
- DEI For Podcasters Audience Value and Growth
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