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Aug 9, 2022 • 1h
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 Content Marketing World Techlearn Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! Overcast: Podcaster info Overcast: Privacy Podcast Guests Can Pay Big Money to Be on Top Shows - Bloomberg Disclosures 101 for Social Media Influencers Why Hank Green can’t quit YouTube for TikTok - The Verge Buy iZotope RX 9 Standard Audio Repair for Music Production | Music Editing/Production Software Black Podcasting Awards The Squeeze | Skye Pillsbury | Substack IAB Tech Lab Verified Podcast Statistics - Official Libsyn Blog 08.01.22 -- AdvertiseCast July Ad Rates release Podcast Advertising Rates 2022 Latino Podcast Listener Report: SIGN UP! 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

Jul 26, 2022 • 1h 4min
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/7kpEvaLIHK" / Twitter Ecamm Live Sony ZVE-10 18 inch ring-light Podcast Monetization: The Real Deal To Attract Dollars How to Make Real Money Podcasting • Virtual Event - July 19th & 20th She Podcasts Live 2022 Get $200 off by using the code BUYINJULY 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

Jul 12, 2022 • 1h 9min
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 Leave us voice feedback! Subscribe to the Libsyn YouTube Channel Resso PR Announcement PDF Podcast News Bites: Transistor, Spotify, Libsyn, Deezer, Rooster Teeth. Podcasters.Amazon.com Podcast Audio Editing Made Easy with Libsyn’s Brian Cottington Podcasting Ideas for Bonus Membership Audio Content! https://streamlinedpodcasts.com/rss_tool?view=2 The Tilt Research The Creators Study from SoundsProfitable significant sample size increase announced for edison podcast metrics Podcasting, Seriously fund AdvertiseCast Advertising Rates She Podcasts Live! Make Real Money Podcasting 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

Jun 28, 2022 • 1h 7min
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 First-Look Deal After Ending Spotify Pact - Variety Podcasting on YouTube? Frequently asked Questions & Best Practices from a Strategic Partner Manager! - YouTube How Do I Stop Podcasts Automatically Downloading to My MacBook? Create a channel - Apple Podcasts for Creators Nominations 2022 — British Podcast Awards Listeners' Choice Award — British Podcast Awards Speed up Your Episode Description Writing with Snippets – Libsyn 5 Speed Up Your Podcast Workflow With Text Snippets w/ Dave Jackson - YouTube Newsletter Database — Tink* Facebook is shutting down its podcast platform after less than a year - The Verge Unapologetic: Being Black & Queer in Podcasting - YouTube Podcast Audio Editing Made Easy with Libsyn’s Brian Cottington - YouTube She Podcasts LIVE 2022 • She Podcasts How to Make Real Money Podcasting • Virtual Event - July 19th & 20th 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

Jun 14, 2022 • 1h 15min
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! Podfest 2022 — Libsyn Team Take-Aways! - Official Libsyn Blog Learn How to Start a Podcast for Under 100 Bucks Total! - YouTube Ossa | StartEngine Women’s Meditation Network Home - Women's Meditation Network iOS 16 Podcasting Workflows Reincubate Camo - Use your phone as a pro webcam, free NDI Tools | NDI.tv libsyn on Twitter: "🧵 Libsyn podcasters! Win a chance to get featured on @amazonmusic's Hidden Gems Playlist - here's how 👇🏽 📅 On 6/17 tweet about your show 1️⃣ Use your Amazon Music URL 2️⃣ Tag @libsyn 3️⃣ Add hashtag #gems617 That's it! https://t.co/EE7xT1JMsi" / Twitter Connect Your Show to Publish Episodes to Amazon Music/Audible – Libsyn 5 Vocaster | Focusrite The RØDE COLORS Range Expands Again With COLORS 3 TASCAM Debuts the Mixcast 4 Podcast Station podCast411 - Learn about Podcasters and Podcasting News: 411 Item 176 TikiBar TV Podcast - Voicemail line 206-666-4357 The Feed The Official Libsyn Podcast Libsyn Studio | Create and Launch your podcast today! ernmander (@ernmander) / Twitter AudioMo #AudioMo (@AudioMo) / Twitter 06.01.22 -- AdvertiseCast May Ad Rates release Podcast Advertising Rates 2022 Amplifying Your Voice Through Podcasting with Elsie Escobar — Nikki Groom Unapologetic: Being Black & Queer in Podcasting Tickets, Thu, Jun 23, 2022 at 6:00 PM | Eventbrite How to Make Real Money Podcasting • Virtual Event - July 19th & 20th ROCKNPOD Retreat 2022 Tickets, Sat, Jul 23, 2022 at 8:00 AM | Eventbrite 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

May 31, 2022 • 59min
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 Rode Rodecaster Pro II Podcast Production Console Your Audiograms Aren’t Working | Pacific Content Conan O’Brien Sells Team Coco Podcast Business to SiriusXM – The Hollywood Reporter iOS 15.5 Updates - Apple Podcasts for Creators Podcasting For Under $100 - YouTube Kamuela Kaneshiro Polynesian Culture - Official Libsyn Blog podCast411 - Learn about Podcasters and Podcasting News: Podcast Apps that Support Video Podcasts podCast411 - Learn about Podcasters and Podcasting News: A Podcast by any other name is still a.. Podcasters Unlimited Presents: PODWORK-The Podcast Network Conference - May 21 | Hopin Elsie Escobar on Leading From the Front for Women and Diversity in Podcasting - Pod Chat Red Beard Radio with Brian Keith: #145: How to Monetize Your Podcast with Dynamic Ads | Rob Walch How to Make Real Money Podcasting • Virtual Event - July 19th & 20th ROCKNPOD Retreat 2022 Tickets, Sat, Jul 23, 2022 at 8:00 AM | Eventbrite * 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

May 16, 2022 • 1h 7min
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 Apple Podcasts Delegated Delivery Libsyn to Support Apple Podcasts Delegated Delivery Be notified about Apple Podcasts Delegated Delivery How to schedule a Tweet from your Libsyn Dashboard Prime number calculator U.S. Podcast Advertising Revenue Report: FY 2021 Results & 2022-2024 Growth Projections Erik Hoffner on Twitter: "We work to build the most interesting & diverse guest list for @mongabay’s podcasts, a metric that shows @MikeG2001 @MikeDiGirolamo & I are succeeding is the nearly even gender ratio over the last 80 shows from 2020 on w/ 54% women. Hear our results here: https://t.co/Hb46qLssK2 https://t.co/hfNzdB9agt" / Twitter Libsyn’s AdvertiseCast Marketplace Unveils April 2022 Podcast Advertising Rates Podcast Advertising Rates 2022 Elsie workshop with BIPOC Podcast Creators: How to build a podcast promotion strategy that works PODWORK Make Real Money Podcasting 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

May 3, 2022 • 1h 10min
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 Pig Hog PHM10BKW Black/White Woven High Performance XLR Microphone Cable MOGAMI® Cables New Listening Reports for subscriptions Introducing three new Apple Podcasts Collections: Darkside, tbh, and Popped Obamas to Leave Spotify, Seek Podcast Deal Elsewhere The Libsyn YouTube Channel Get Started with Advertisecast SOUND OFF Acast warns podcast app is shutting down for millions of users after 8 years Podcasts will account for more than one-fourth of digital audio ad spending What Are Podcasters Thinking? The Answer May Depend On How Long They’ve Been Podcasting. What Do Podcasters Actually Care About? How to build a podcast promotion strategy that works PODWORK Make Real Money Podcasting 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

Apr 19, 2022 • 1h 22min
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 Leave us voice feedback! Anker’s biggest battery pack ever is a 43-pound power station with impressive specs Gilbert Gottfried’s Colossal Podcast How to Get Featured on Apple Podcasts @PodKatt’s TikTok video sharing Android recorder Veed.io Screenrecorder Chrome recording extensions Are true crime podcasts blatantly stealing from non-fiction writers? Audio Hijack 4 Apple releases an original - Run, Bambi, Run Crackers In Soup Professional Podcast Directory Podswaps submit your show! The Podswaps database Compressor Settings for RODECaster Pro v2.1.0 The A&P Professor podcast database Libsyn’s AdvertiseCast Marketplace Unveils March 2022 Podcast Advertising Rates PDF Podcast Advertising Rates Salvis Unidos Podcast - Podcasting Mentor Elsie Escobar 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

Apr 5, 2022 • 1h 10min
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! The Ambies: Serial Acceptance at 41 min mark Spotlight: Women in Podcasting – Kathleen Russo, Elsie Escobar & Espree Devora Apple Podcasts Charts Apple Podcasts introduces Follower metrics, MP3 support for subscription audio, and more Spotify is testing its podcast discovery feature, Podz, on its platform NTH–100 Professional Over-Ear Headphones The Overcast Redesign: Part One How to Properly Cite a Podcast Joe Rogan: ‘I will quit’ Spotify if I have to ‘walk on eggshells’ The Uncanny Robot Podcast: stories written by AIs and read by humans podcasting’s key statistics for 2022 The State of Podcasting in 2022: Back to Work The Thing About Pam TV show The Thing About Pam podcast Masters in Media, episode 215 featuring Rob Walch Example of the Crackers In Soup newsletter Sign up for the Crackers in Soup newsletter Libsyn Stats visualized 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