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We're just learning the power of Value4Value for podcasters. Blubrry recently released this new RSS feed feature and we are excited to see where it leads for podcasters. Todd and Mike discuss how it works in details and some of the other Podcasting 2.0 tags released in PowerPress recently.

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News

The State of Podcasting 2022

The Ambies announce their nominees for 2023

PodcastGuests.com announces acquisition

Spotify CEO “I may have gotten carried away with spending…”

Drift Off With Joe Pera, a new podcast

Best Practice

Value4Value

Value4Value is more than a tech thing; it’s a way for your audience to support and interact with you and your show. It’s an alternative to advertising which can free you up to do things on your show that advertisers may disapprove of.

Setting up Value4Value is getting easier for both the podcaster and the podcast listener. As an example, here at Blubrry, we have partnered with Alby to make getting a wallet easier.

Check out more info here: https://value4value.info

Here are the steps to set this up on your podcast with Blubrry.

Sign up for an account at getalby.com

Fund your wallet over there

In your Blubrry feed settings (PowerPress or Publisher) link your account to Alby in the Experimental tab

Promote on your show that you are now V4V enabled

Tell your listeners to check out a new podcast app over at newpodcastapps.com

Blubrry News

PowerPress 9.10 is out. It has all the Podcasting 2.0 features that we have rolled out so far. 

If you’re headed to Podcast Movement Evolutions in March and would like to schedule a meeting with us, do so here.

Todd and Mike will be on the Podcasting 2.0 show with Adam Curry and Dave Jones tomorrow.  Check it out here or watch for a live notice in Podverse or Podcast Addict (you must subscribe to the show first).

Blubrry Pro Tip

AI, don’t think so

Question of the Week

Question: I’m using PowerPress for my feed and  want to switch to using Blubrry Publisher. Is this possible? What are the advantages and disadvantages of doing this?

Answer: Yes, this is possible. The disadvantage is that your feed will no longer come from your own domain. The advantage of this would be that you don’t have to worry about the functionality of your website to keep your podcast online.

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New podcasters are full of questions and uncertainties and Todd Cochrane answers some of those questions and considerations. Todd joined MacKenzie on the PowerPress Podcast to give an educated and experienced opinion on what you should think about before you start your show. And speaking of beginners, there is a new app for podcasting, Bumpers.fm. The app was developed by two formers Twitter engineers and focuses on making recording, editing and publishing your episode easily. If you're interested to hear what Blubrry has going on with new releases, make sure to listen to the beginning of the episode when MacKenzie and Todd discuss the upcoming social media sharing tools. Thanks for listening and please subscribe to the show!

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Show notes:

Bumpers.fm

Email MacKenzie

Blubrry Twitter

This episode of the PowerPress Podcast was a little different. Todd Cochrane, CEO of RawVoice and Blubrry, joined MacKenzie to talk about advertising on your podcast. It's been a topic that they've wanted to talk about for a while now and you get the inside scoop on how it works with Blubrry. News kind of took a hit this week on the podcast, but MacKenzie got in her podcast chronicle of the week as well. Leave us a review for PowerPress!

The iTunes explicit / clean setting...

As we mentioned before, the setting has changed. It applies to the entire program (also referred to as the RSS channel) as well as to the episodes (also referred to as RSS items). iTunes has rolled out an update to their podcast directory that now strictly displays, either a 'clean' or 'explicit' tag next to each podcast program listing, as well as next to each episode. The previous behavior allowed for a 3rd option, which was the ability to not specific clean or explicit. Most podcasters selected the 'no' option for the explicit which displayed nothing. The belief was that the 'clean' tag was intended for content that was safe for all ages and if you show wasn't intended for children, it didn't matter. Now it does. Please take a moment to review your PowerPress setting and make sure you have 'clean' or 'explicit' selected in your settings under iTunes.

Intro and outro music provided by Phonophage

Show notes:

Email Todd Cochrane

Blubrry Advertising

Podcast statistics are not a deep mystery, but some would like to think they are. Todd Cochrane, CEO, and Angelo Mandato, CIO, of RawVoice / Blubrry recently spent some time doing a very deep dive on Blubrry Podcast Statistics. This is an in-depth behind-the-scenes look at how Blubrry Podcast Statistics measure and filter every podcast downloaded / live play delivering an accurate report to our podcasters, network customers and media buyers.

This deep dive video, while long, is perfect training for podcasters, reporters, media buyers and anyone else in the media space that wants to understand how podcast statistics work.

RawVoice / Blubrry has 11 years of experience in podcast measurement. Our team has led and participated in the podcast metrics standardization, with the current IAB Podcast measurement committee, and chaired the prior Association of Downloadable Media measurement committee.

If you have questions on this video, or would like a question answered, feel free to email [email protected] for any inquiries.

Blubrry is incredibly excited to offer podcasters in early August a free WordPress site for every Blubrry Podcast hosting user. Blubrry WordPress Website, WordPress website hosting for your podcast, will allow you to sign up for a podcast-hosting account, starting at $12 a month, and for free have everything you need to create and grow your show.

Each WordPress site is managed by Blubrry taking away the maintenance headaches, and includes Premium Podcast Statistics, meaning you can track your podcast with the most reliable and accurate statistics in the business. With Blubrry WordPress Website, Blubrry is providing a one-stop shop for all of the services you need for a podcast -- no one else in podcasting has packaged a best of service package.

Blubrry WordPress Website will employ the best practices for podcasting and focuses on your freedom. Build your podcast with these services, and we’ll stay out of your way: We want you to use PowerPress sites to build an amazing brand and show; the best part you are 100% in control of your brand and listener experience. You can upgrade and grow your site as your podcast grows -- without worrying about moving to another site when you outgrow the one you have.

Setup includes answering a few quick questions; you’ll have yourself a podcast optimized WordPress site in minutes. The basic level service even includes essential plugins pre-loaded. This is a full functional content management system to diversify your content by, Including pictures, blog posts, and videos. You want to build a huge audience, right? We are providing the tools to do so a well-rounded website from Blubrry WordPress Website accomplishes just that.

Blubrry WordPress Website, available in early August, is provided for free with every podcast-hosting account. If you’re interested in all the features, read about them on our Blubrry WordPress Website WordPress Hosting Page.

Here only some of what you get with every hosting account.

PowerPress Site

- PowerPress - Post, Upload, Publish

- Quick setup guide

- Managed WordPress site

- Mobile Ready Template

- Podcast Optimized Template

- Essential plugins Pre-Loaded

- SEO optimization

Hosting

- World Class Media Hosting (CDN)

- 25% Storage Overage Allowance. (No Fault)

- Replace Media anytime (Long Tail Podcasting)

- ID3 Tagging

Stats

- Download and Play totals

- Trending

- Applications

- Traffic Sources

See our Press Release!

On this episode of the Blubrry PowerPress Community podcast. I talk about our new Subscribebyemail.com service and our just kicked off Patreon campaign. I also invite all of our community to Podcast Movement at the end of July.

Check out Subscribebyemail.com

Support our PowerPress Patreon Campaign

Get your tickets now for Podcast Movement use the promo code “NMS” and save 10%. Todd and MacKenzie will be at their along with up to around a 1000 podcasters. The event is shaping up to be the primary podcast event of the year.

Todd get's you caught up with what's new at Blubrry.com. He shows off One Click and also talks about the expansion of Blubrry.com.

Show Links:

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Angelo and Todd update you on PowerPress 6.0 and the features to expect. We cover SEO, PlayList, Subscribe Page. We also talk about some issues surrounding iTunes and things you can do if your listing is not updating. We also talk about Pro Podcast Hosting and integration with PowerPress.