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247 The IndiePod Manifesto, Goodbye Stitcher and Hello Threads

Jul 11, 2023

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

Barriers to Entry: A Conversation With Early Adopters

2min

How to Keep Your Stitcher Listener Audience

2min

The Closure of Stitcher

5min

The End of Podcasting

2min

The Impact of Stitcher on the Podcasting Industry

2min

The Power of Interoperability

2min

The Disappointment of Stitcher

2min

Overcast's IndiePod Manifesto

2min

10.

The Importance of Passion in Podcasting

2min

11.

The 10 Pillars of Podcasting

3min

12.

How to Promote Your Podcast Business Cards

6min

13.

Lipsen Syndication Announces Advertising Partnership With Tech

2min

14.

How to Tell if an Episode Is Not 30 Days Old Yet

4min

15.

How to Upload an Episode to Lips and Five

5min

16.

How to Follow Us on Threads

2min

17.

The Importance of Apps in Life

2min

18.

Elon Musk's Theory of Free Speech

3min

19.

How to Stop Posting Gold Viral on LinkedIn

2min

20.

How to Create Content That Is Helpful

3min

21.

The Future of Podcasting

3min

22.

How to Use YouTube to Connect With Your Team

2min

23.

Google's Algorithm Heavily Skews YouTube Content

2min

24.

The Effect of TV on View Duration

2min

25.

How to Get Your Podcasts Up on YouTube

2min

26.

The Train Wreck of a Podcast Deal

2min

27.

How to Be a Successful Podcaster

4min

28.

Unapologetic Being Black and Queer and Podcasting

3min

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!

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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?