Podcast Insider

Blubrry's legal counsel graciously stepped in to join Mike on Podcast Insider to fill in for Todd, who is attending Podfest. They discuss equipment updates - such as AudioTechnica - and some podcasters, new and old. Barry has some great advice on how to handle a podcast partnership, legally. And we've got a lot going on at Blubrry recently, specifically for affiliates and women.

Thanks for joining us this episode of Podcast Insider. Looking to be a guest on the show? Let us know.

This week on Podcast Insider...

Podcasting News:

75% of all Americans now know what a podcast is according to Tom Webster of Edison Research.  Check out The Infante Dial 2020 on March 19th  - Sign up here for the free webinar.

The Audio-Technica ATR2100 has been discontinued! But don’t worry, ATR2100X is out now, and a wonderful replacement. This has a USB-C connector, and still a great option for podcasters.

Todd and Rob Greenlee interviewed Wondery CEO, Hernan Lopez, on the New Media Show recently. You can listen here, it includes a refresher on the Podcast Academy.

Anyone know who is the oldest podcaster in the world? It might be Ida Schuster, who is 101.

Hillary Clinton is coming out with a new podcast, she has signed with iHeart.

Best Practice:

Podcast Ownership: If you’re an employer and you have an employee producing a podcast for you, ensure you have administrative access to your podcast site. If you’re producing a podcast with a co-host, ensure you have a basic agreement of some sort designating how you’ll handle a host leaving. 

Blubrry News:

Affiliates! Blubrry Period 1 2020 payments went out last week. If you’ve been paid, you’ll have received a PayPal email notification. If you’re not already an affiliate, you can learn more here and apply.

There is still time to participate in the Nominate Your Favorite Woman Podcaster contest. We’re highlighting a woman podcast host with a free year of Blubrry hosting, an interview spot on this show, blog post and more. Nominations are open until Sat. March 7 at midnight EST. Help us celebrate International Women's Day, and share the link!

Podfest: Todd, MacKenzie & Angelo are attending in Orlando. Todd will be hosting a live show of the New Media Show with his co-host Rob Greenlee on Sat. March 7 at 12-1 EST.

All of our Getting Started tutorials have been updated.

Interview:

Win Charles - Diary of a Fashionista Podcast and Ask Win

Support:

Updating show listings on the Blubrry Directory: Whether you’re hosting with Blubrry or not - it’s a good idea to make sure your listing is up to date. Doing so regularly, we will be able to recover your RSS feed if something goes wrong.

Do you have an app not updating? If say, Stitcher is not updating, but all the other apps are, the trouble is with Stitcher, not your feed. (P.S, we’re not picking on Stitcher, it’s just an example.)

Changing the email address at blubrry for your account.   You must contact us to change the login email address. We have to 1, make sure it’s a valid email address and 2. That you are authorized to change that email.

Bonus Best Practice:   Remember, we are an AUDIO platform.  Spending too much of your valuable time on things that do not matter as much can take away time and energy for the main product of your podcast.  The Audio (or video I guess). The little things do not matter as much as the audio. Do your show.

Both Shawn and Todd will be back next week!

Contact Win Charles here...

Twitter

Email

LinkedIn

YouTube

Google+

Facebook

Promo code INSIDER for a free month at Blubrry.com

Coming at you this week from Mike Dell’s World Studio in Traverse City, Michigan and  Barry from the Sunny East Coast o...

The team has been busy attending podcasting events recently, but Todd is back this episode to chat with Mike about new Edison Research tracking, Sony, and Oprah have announced new ventures in podcasting and more. Thanks to Jim Malliard for joining us on this episode.

Thanks for joining us this episode of Podcast Insider. Looking to be a guest on the show? Let us know.

This week on Podcast Insider…

News:

Edison Research launches Podcast Quarterly Consumer Tracking Report: A valuable asset of information.

Sony Music and Somethin' Else have partnered for a new podcasting venture.

Oprah is starting a podcast -- different from SuperSoul Conversations.

Earlier this week the PRX Privacy Symposium event occurred in NYC.

Teachers and educators are received Bell grants - for podcasting!

Best Practice:

What is the critical information you can gather from podcast stats?

Blubrry Specific:

Podfest is next week - MacKenzie, Todd, Angelo will be attending. Ticket prices go up Feb 28 at midnight!

Blubrry wants you to Nominate Your Favorite Woman Podcaster, for International Woman's Day. Anyone can nominate until Saturday, March 7 at midnight EST. Share the link! https://forms.gle/m3cRar57GVrhYeiC7

We're looking for guests. If you'd like to be interviewed and a guest for the show, let us know!

Todd recently attended the Spark Christian Podcast Conference in Houston, get his take on the first time event.

Interview:

Jim Malliard - The Malliard Report

Support:

Post Types and PowerPress: how do they work. 

WordPress dot COM vs WordPress dot ORG (self-hosted)

Know your Dashboard - The Blubrry Podcaster Dashboard that is.

Did you know you can record on a Chromebook?

Reminder: Login to your Blubrry account when you submit a Support Ticket. This makes it much easier for us to get to your issue quickly.

Shawn's Tip of the week: Blubrry Account integration in PowerPress - NOTE: You do not need to (and in fact, cannot) link your account if you do not have any services at Blubrry.com.

Contact Jim Mallard here...

Email

Reviews and more

Promo code INSIDER for a free month at Blubrry.com

Coming at you this week from Mike Dell’s World Studio in Traverse City, Michigan and Todd from the Convo by Design Blubrry Studio in Columbus, Ohio. Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team.

Schedule a one-on-one with Todd (hosting customers only) Email [email protected]

Schedule a tech checkup with Mike (hosting customers only) Email [email protected]

Send us your podcast sticker and a self-address stamped envelope (SASE) and we will send you a Blubrry care package.

Our mailing address is:

Blubrry – MacKenzie

150 E. Campus View Blvd. #180

Columbus, Ohio 43235

Contact Us:

Kate from Blubrry's Pro-Production team joined Mike Dell on this episode of Podcast Insider to discuss the new Podcast Academy, smart speakers, show notes and more. The announcement of the Podcast Academy brought many reactions - good and bad. Todd does make an appearance this episode in the interview with Trevor Bell from The Iron First and the Velvet Glove.

Thanks for joining us this episode of Podcast Insider. Looking to be a guest on the show? Let us know.

This week on Podcast Insider…

News:

The Podcast Academy - Announced at Podcast Movement Evolutions in LA. Not to be confused with the Academy of Podcaster's Hall of Fame. Lots to take in and reflect on here, in the continue indie vs. pro podcast world. Kate would love to hear your opinion on this subject, email her, [email protected]. If you're part of the original Hall of Fame, she wants to help get it back on track.

Want to work at Apple? They're looking for a Head of Podcaster Relations. They seem to be putting concentrated efforts to keep up with Spotify and others, who are all working towards the same goal.

Staples has installed podcast studios in their concept stores. It's a great idea with lots of potential, curious to see where it will go as they try to simplify a podcasting problem.

Smart Speakers broke a new record! In 2019 Amazon and Google combined to a record breaking number of speakers sold. In a more and more automated world, this will only become more important in podcasting.

Best Practice:

Show notes: They're more than just a description of what was discussed during the podcast. They're a powerful tool, and even better Pro-Production offers this as part of their service.

Blubrry Specific:

PowerPress 8.2.4 is out! Just a few more bug fixes, should be the last one for a while.

Todd is speaking at Spark Christian Podcast Conference in Houston this weekend.

The team is also prepping to attend Podfest in Orlando soon; MacKenzie, Todd and Angelo will be there. Nominate your favorite woman podcaster for a winner announcement there.

And then we'll be attending NAB in Vegas this April. More info coming soon.

Interview:

Trevor Bell - The Iron Fist and the Velvet Glove

Support:

We've noticed lots of people moving shows to different websites, rebranding and generally changing things up; as one does the first quarter of the year. Two words of caution: GO SLOW! Know exactly what you are doing before you do it, or ask us! Moving or rebranding a show has to be done in a particular order to maintain the connection with your audience. We've done it 3 times here on this show and haven't lost anyone.  Call us, email us, just get ahold of us before you make any big tech moves. It's much easier to do it once correctly than fix it after a mess up.

Artwork: You have to follow certain specs, or you're out of luck. Artwork must be 1400x1400px or 3000x3000px, SQUARE, in RBG, jpeg or png and under 500kb (about 1/2 MB in file size). In PowerPress, there are two places that image must be linked. The Artwork tab of PowerPress settings in both the Apple image and the RSS2 Image box. (Should be the same).

Shawn's PowerPress Tip of the Week.

Contact Trevor Bell here…

Contact him - Email or phone

Promo code INSIDER for a free month at Blubrry.com

Coming at you this week from Mike Dell’s World Studio in Traverse City, Michigan and Kate from the Pro-Production team. Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team.

Schedule a one-on-one with Todd (hosting customers only) Email [email protected]

Schedule a tech checkup with Mike (hosting customers only) Email [email protected]

Send us your podcast sticker and a self-address stamped envelope (SASE) and we will send you a Blubrry care package.

Lots of things happening in the podcasting community this week, including Podcast Evolutions in Los Angeles. With Todd attending the event, Angelo Mandato, CIO of Blubrry, stepped in during his absence. Mike and Angelo talk about Chartable's IAB certification, Luminary and Spotify and more. Lots of WordPress discussion, as we recently released PowerPress 8.2. And a great interview between Todd and CJ Boat of Geek I/O.

This week on Podcast Insider...

News:

Happy belated, Africa Podcast Day! Feb. 12.

Chartable is now IAB certified.

Smartphones will likely lead podcast growth.

The never ending podcast subscription discussion - Luminary is expanding

Dave Winer, co-inventor of the podcast RSS feed, has some things to say on whether or not its dead.

250 million - that's how much Spotify paid for The Ringer.

At long last, a Google Podcasts home page.

Best Practice:

WordPress organization: Are you mixing blog posts with podcast posts? Should you have a landing page? A blog post page? We answer many site questions that might be plaguing podcasters.

Blubrry Specific:

PowerPress 8.2 is out! With a fancy new episode box.

PowerPress 8.3 is in works and should be ready for beta soon.

Todd, Toby and Jeff are in LA this week a Podcast Movement Evolutions.

Shawn's PowerPress Tip of the Week - it's back! This time he discusses Moving RSS Feeds.

Interview:

CJ Boat  - Geek I/O

Support:

File names: Make sure each one of your episode file names is unique. If you don't use a new name, the new file will overwrite the old file for one thing and the stats will collect under the old file name mixed with the first time you used that filename.

Reminder: Blubrry offers 2 versions of RSS feeds. 1) WordPress (self-hosted or PowerPress Site) 2) Blubrry.com. Select how you'd like to publish in the Hosting Settings in the Blubrry.com Podcaster Dashboard. You cannot use both.

Contact CJ Boat here...

Twitter

Twitch

YouTube

Email

Promo code INSIDER for a free month at Blubrry.com

Coming at you this week from The Convo By Design Studio in Columbus, Ohio and  Mike Dell’s World Studio in Traverse City, Michigan. Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team.

Schedule a one-on-one with Todd (hosting customers only) Email [email protected]

Schedule a tech checkup with Mike (hosting customers only) Email [email protected]

Send us your podcast sticker and a self-address stamped envelope (SASE) and we will send you a Blubrry care package.

Our mailing address is:

Blubrry – MacKenzie

150 E. Campus View Blvd. #180

Columbus, Ohio 43235

Contact Us:

Podcasting can be a very lucrative business for some. That includes the hosts as as well as the companies involved in content creation and distribution. Some numbers have been released letting us know that some popular hosts are able to make millions - and Spotify has once again purchased a company for content. Stay tuned for information on upcoming events, tech support cries and of course an interview with podcaster, Bill Fairchild.

Thanks for joining us this episode of Podcast Insider. Looking to be a guest on the show? Let us know.

This week on Podcast Insider...

News:

Podcasters are making the big bucks. My Favorite Murder and Joe Rogan are pulling in millions and so are others.

Gary Leland is now working with BizTalkRadio. Congrats on the new gig Gary; BizTalkRadio is based in Dallas.

Spotify has officially purchased The Ringer. The two companies had already been working on content for some time now.

Speaking of Spotify, listenership is up. Nearly 200% the past year.

Best Practice:

Walk before you run. We relate to this when it comes to podcast shows and networks. We suggest that podcasters start with one show, learn the ropes and then expand. It's the same amount of work for the second show - are you sure you have the time for that?

Blubrry Specific:

We're looking for an experienced writer AND podcaster for a long-term contracted writing position. Contact [email protected] for more info.

New music for your podcast? Our partner, SourceAudio provides a plethora of affordable and legal music for your podcast.

And for those searching for a podcast producer or looking for production help, we also know a team. Blubrry Pro-Production provides high quality services, including launches, - they even produce this show - and is available for any hosting customer. Check it out.

Podcast Movement Evolutions in LA - Hang out with Todd and meet our new marketing manager, Jeff Levine, and VP of Pro-Production, Toby Goodman.

Interview:

Bill Fairchild - Run Jump Stomp

Support:

If you submitted your podcast to Spotify via Blubrry, ALL of your files must be hosted with us for them to work properly in Spotify.

Apple and Spotify issues - all fixed!

Todd and Mike take a stab at politics and their relation to podcasts. They also discuss some recent issues with Apple and Spotify. Thanks to Tommy Savoia for being the guest this week, showcasing a topic we haven't focused on often, gaming! If you're looking to start interviewing people for your show or some tips, stick around for the Best Practice portion of the show.

Thanks for joining us this episode of Podcast Insider. Looking to be a guest on the show? Let us know.

This week on Podcast Insider...

News:

Gimlet Academy: Gimlet Media will be releasing all of their tips and tricks to the public on how to make a great podcast.

MTV UK: They'll be adding 5 new podcasts to compliment their TV shows

Senator Ted Cruz has started a podcast, The Verdict: As an active participant in the U.S Trump Impeachment Trial, he has been recording episodes every night to review what happened that day concerning the trial.

So You Want to Be President, a podcast by MSNBC's Chris Matthews: Launched on Jan. 27, 2020. Keeping track of the 2020 presidential race.

How much influence do podcasts have in politics or vice versa?

Happy Birthday, Rob Greenlee! Todd's co-host on The New Media Show.

Best Practice:

Prepping your podcast guest: Prepare your guest for their experience, what should you tell them.

Blubrry Specific:

Spark Christian Podcast Conference: Todd is speaking. A new event in Houston, can't wait!

Podcast Movement Evolutions: Again, Todd is speaking. The smaller, first PM event of the year.

We want to know -- what type of swag or gifts do you like to receive at conferences? Let us know in the comments or send us an email.

Interview:

Tommy Savoia - Cube Command Podcast

Support:

Check your post after publishing: Make sure that the episodes does indeed play and is the correct file.

Apple Updating issue: Yes, they were having issues last week (perhaps still) updating new episodes in their directory.

Spotify Updating issue: If you're having issues with this as a customer and submitted via Blubrry, let us know.

Welcome Emails: When you sign up for hosting, you receive a welcome email. That email contains links to videos on how to get set up and use PowerPress to get started. We highly recommend you watch that video, and you'll be off on the right foot. If you have issues after watching, we're all ears!

Phone Support hours: Remember, we're here on the phones 9am-7pm EST Mon. - Thurs. and 9am-5pm EST Fridays. No other hosting company even has phone support.

Connect with Tommy Savoia here:

Cube Command

Email

Twitter

Promo code INSIDER for a free month at Blubrry.com

Coming at you this week from The Blubrry, Convo By Design Studio in Columbus, Ohio and Mike Dell’s World Studio in Traverse City, Michigan. Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team.

Schedule a one-on-one with Todd (hosting customers only) Email [email protected]

Schedule a tech checkup with Mike (hosting customers only) Email [email protected]

Send us your podcast sticker and a self-address stamped envelope (SASE) and we will send you a Blubrry care package.

Our mailing address is:

Blubrry – MacKenzie

150 E. Campus View Blvd. #180

Columbus, Ohio 43235

Contact Us:

As many podcasters are hobbyists, the legal aspects of podcasting are often a mystery. Gordon Firemark has made a name for himself in the podcast industry by sharing his knowledge as an entertainment lawyer. Todd and Mike discuss some sales propositions, upcoming shows and Blubrry releases.

Thanks for joining us this episode of Podcast Insider. Looking to be a guest on the show? Let us know.

This week on Podcast Insider...

News:

Is the Serial Productions up for grabs? They're currently exploring a sale.

Newly launched women's podcast network: Seneca Women Podcast Network, in conjunction with P&G

CNN diving into podcasting: They're planning to launch a dozen shows, and have started with The Jeffrey Epstein I Knew. Read here and here.

Best Practices:

Listener privacy:  We are negotiating a contract with Chartable as we have determined they are doing listener attribution in relation to ad buys.

Blubrry News:

PowerPress 8.2 coming, we're hoping for Monday, Jan. 27. 

PowerPress 8.3 ready for beta soon.

Spotify passthrough coming soon! Available to hosted and submitted shows. 

Interview:

Gordon Firemark - Entertainment Lawyer extraordinaire

Support:

Moving to or from Blubrry? Please contact us BEFORE you do this. Make sure your outgoing company provides a 301 redirect for 30-60 days, at least. 

Yes, Spotify has been slow lately. We're aware of the issue and currently in the process of fixing it.

Adding 3rd party stats redirects via PowerPress.

Contact Gordon Firemark here:

Email

Twitter (personal)

Facebook

Promo code INSIDER for a free month at Blubrry.com

Coming at you this week from New Media Studio Southern Michigan and Mike Dell’s World Studio in Traverse City, Michigan. Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team.

Schedule a one-on-one with Todd (hosting customers only) Email [email protected]

Schedule a tech checkup with Mike (hosting customers only) Email [email protected]

Send us your podcast sticker and a self-address stamped envelope (SASE) and we will send you a Blubrry care package.

Our mailing address is:

Blubrry – MacKenzie

150 E. Campus View Blvd. #180

Columbus, Ohio 43235

Contact Us:

Three long-time podcasters on the show this episode of Podcast Insider; Todd Cochrane, Mike Dell and special guest, Daniel J. Lewis. They discuss current industry news and even get into a case from many years ago concerning patents and podcasting.

Thanks for joining us this episode of Podcast Insider. Looking to be a guest on the show? Let us know.

This week on Podcast Insider...

News:

iHeartMedia announces technology transformation and new organizational structure, aka layoffs.

Spotify - Podcast Producer for 'Owned Channels': Looking for a job, give this a shot.

Podcast Patent Troll: This is case is finally over!

DJL: Luminary is slashing prices

Consent in podcast directories: Are you being asked to add your show to apps or directories?

DJL: Podcast related jobs: From Apple Jan. 13,14,15.

Best Practice:

Be everywhere you reasonably can be, your podcast that is. This means in podcast apps and directories; the more syndication, the better.

Blubrry News:

January newsletter is available

Blubrry blog and Podcast Insider are together again! We're back on the main Blubrry.com site. www.blubrry.com/podcast-insider.

Columbus Podcast Meetup - Jan. 28

Blubrry Academy (Columbus, Detroit this spring and summer)

Interview:

Daniel J. Lewis - The Audacity to Podcast

Support:

Directory update times: Apple, Google, Spotify and whatever other directory or app can take time to update.  24 hours is not abnormal.

Known issue with Divi version 4. Issue with RSS enclosures. Use default WordPress editor for Podcast posts.

Determining how much space you have left for the month on your Blubrry hosting plan.

Contact Daniel J. Lewis here:

Twitter

Facebook

Audacity to Podcast

Promo code INSIDER for a free month at Blubrry.com

Coming at you this week from Convo By Design with Todd and Daniel in Columbus, Ohio and Mike Dell’s World Studio in Traverse City, Michigan. Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team.

Get on Todd’s one-on-one schedule. Email [email protected]  (hosting customers only)

Get on Mike’s schedule for a tech checkup.  [email protected] (hosting customers only)

Send us a sticker and a SASE and we will send you a care package.  

Our mailing address is:

Blubrry - MacKenzie

150 E. Campus View Blvd.

Columbus, Ohio 43235

Contact Us:

This episode is a bit more tech oriented than normal, feature Shawn Thorpe from the support team to cover Todd and an interview from an experienced radio expert from ARRL Audio News. Todd is out this week enjoying CES in Las Vegas for the Tech Podcasts Network. They discuss some new equipment, tech and platforms involved in podcasting (Spotify and Samson) and title best practices. We're still making slow and steady improvements to PowerPress and soon a new version will be available for beta testing.

Thanks for joining us this episode of Podcast Insider. Looking to be a guest on the show, let us know.

This week on Podcast Insider...

News:

Spotify ad injection: Almost a year after Spotify went on a podcast purchasing spree, they've added ad insertion into their platform for podcasting.

54% of Adults in the US have used a smart speaker: A look at recent numbers concerning usage and growth of smart speakers and we discuss how it relates to podcasting.

Funny podcasting bit on Family Guy.

From CES 2020: New Q9U from Samson was announced. Great possibilities for XLR and USB.

Best Practice:

Numbering episode in podcast titles: good, bad, non issue? Who knows. We know. Thanks for Dan Smolen for the topic.

Blubrry Specific News:

We're moving! Our site that is. Podcasting Insider and PowerPress Podcast are moving to a new overall site, very, very soon.

PowerPress 8.2 beta is in testing now. If you'd like to beta test, email [email protected]

Interview:

Steve Ford, WB8IMY -   ARRL Audio News

Support:

Feed Redirects for self-hosted sites and Blubrry Publisher users

Swear words in titles: do not self-censor your titles, Apple will take care of this for you.

Passwords: we have to know who you are for sure to change them for you - security reasons. We have a lost password function on our website and in PowerPress Sites.

Contact Steve Ford here:

Facebook

Twitter

Email (editor of QST Magazine)

Promo code INSIDER for a free month at Blubrry.com

Coming at you this week from Mike Dell’s World Studio in Traverse City, Michigan and Shawn's studio in San Luis Obispo, California. Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team.

Contact Us:[email protected]@[email protected]

Welcome to 2020! Podcast Insider is here with some great information to keep your podcast running smoothly this year. Including some privacy information you might not be aware of. Todd and Mike are here to talk about CCPA, Gimlet (and Blubrry) team members. In typical New Year fashion, we offer up some best practice tips and how to evaluate the future of your show. We might have taken some time off recently but that didn't stop us from releasing a new version of PowerPress; listen and read below to learn more. And of course, can't forget our guest interview. Thanks to Dan Moyle of the Storytellers Network for joining Todd this time around.

Thanks for joining us this episode of Podcast Insider. Looking to be a guest on the show, let us know.

This week on Podcast Insider…

News:

CCPA will take effect early 2020. Not familiar with California Consumer Privacy Act? Learn more here.

The Gimlet team is looking for a Producer of Scripted Fiction. Maybe you're the right person.

From the New Media Show, 2020 predictions. Thanks Todd and Rob.

SEO for a podcast website.

Best Practice:

When to rebrand a show vs. starting a new show. No time like the New Year to reflect and make changes to your podcast.

Discontinuing a show. Do you need to do anything? Or just stop podcasting on that feed? Lots of routes you can take here.

Blubrry News:

PowerPress 8.1 is out now! That means no more Simple Mode and Advanced Mode. It's now “Getting Started” which we think will help loads of new podcasters. Leave us a review of PowerPress here.

PowerPress 8.2 is in beta testing, this will include a new Episode Box.

The Blubrry team is growing! We've added additional developers, a new graphic designer and a marketing director. 

We're currently looking for a few more shows to add to our Blubrry ad campaign. Reach out to Todd if you think you're a good fit.

Interview:

Dan Moyle - The Storytellers Network

Support:

File names, yes, we're bringing this up again. Letters, numbers, _ underscores and - dashes only. Do not include _ or - at the end of the file name. Filenames are not helpful for SEO. Most listeners will never see the file name, so the simpler the better.  

In WordPress, what you do to your site effects your RSS feed and your show listings everywhere. You cannot podcast in 'coming soon' mode.

The #1 requirement for getting into a podcast directory is to have one published podcast episode. Yes, having an up and running podcast public is necessary for the feed to work properly in directories.

Connect with Dan Moyle here:

LinkedIn

Twitter

Facebook

Instagram

Email Dan

YouTube

Pinterest

Spotify

Promo code INSIDER for a free month at Blubrry.com

Coming at you this week from the New Media Studio in Southern Michigan and Mike Dell’s World Studio in Traverse City, Michigan. Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team.

Contact Us: