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!

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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 Buying Ringer
• She Podcasts 254 Taking Your Life Back Is Hard - where Elsie talks about Ringer
• Castro introduces promoted podcasts!
• Podcast Movement speaker submissions are open
• Forbes article about biggest earners!
• The first and last word on the CBR vs VBR question.
• My Podcast Reviews
• Meet HeadlinerFlix: a Netflix for podcasts hoping to solve discoverability problems
• Temi
• Descript
• Otter.ai
• BMI Settlement of Royalty Battle with RMLC to Include Music in Podcasts? – Not So Fast
• What is a podcast - again

Where is Libsyn Going? (In Real Life)

• Podcast Movement Evolutions
• National Religious Broadcasters
• Podfest
• NAB Las Vegas
• KC Podcaster Meet-up

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