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Quick recap of the NABshow in Las Vegas last week where Todd Cochrane, Mike Dell and MacKenzie Bennett were in attendance for the Blubrry booth. Three podcasts were nominated for a Peabody award this year, and one of the next events in the Pod Summit on May 5th in Western Canada. Stick around for these topics and more on Your Podcast by Blubrry. Only Mike is around for this episode as Todd is on assignment. Full show with both hosts coming up in two weeks!

Thanks for listening to the show and please subscribe at PowerPressPodcast.com.

We love our PowerPress users, please leave us a review.

News:

Had a great time at NABshow at the Blubrry booth. We were in the inaugural Podcast Pavilion in South Hall Upper. Made some nice contacts with people from radio, TV, digital and podcasters. It was a great show overall and we're looking forward to heading back next year.

Peabody Awards - podcasts nominated. Ear Hustle, S-town and Uncivil: The Raid.

PodSummit in Edmonton, Alberta Canada May 5th. If you're in that area, don't miss it.

Support:

Podcast Titles: How to change them - Look for "Feed Title" in the feeds tab of PowerPress settings if you are using PowerPress.  It takes a few days for it to update in the directories and Apps after you make the change.  Open your feed in Firefox browser to see what your title is currently.

Its now "Apple Podcasts" NOT "iTunes". Apple is making a big effort to change the name of their podcast directory and apps to "Apple Podcasts" or simply Apple when it comes to podcasting. Whenever you hear someone say (or read the word "iTunes") it should now only refer to the desktop application called "iTunes".

Thank you to Shawn and Dave for covering for Mike last week in support! He got a little behind, but those guys took the brunt of the tickets and emails from me while I was on travel.  You Guys ROCK!

To ask questions or to comment on the show, contact Todd and Mike here: [email protected].

Quick recap of the NABshow in Las Vegas last week where Todd Cochrane, Mike Dell and MacKenzie Bennett were in attendance for the Blubrry booth. Three podcasts were nominated for a Peabody award this year, and one of the next events in the Pod Summit on May 5th in Western Canada. Stick around for these topics and more on Your Podcast by Blubrry. Only Mike is around for this episode as Todd is on assignment. Full show with both hosts coming up in two weeks!

Thanks for listening to the show and please subscribe at PowerPressPodcast.com.

We love our PowerPress users, please leave us a review.

News:

Had a great time at NABshow at the Blubrry booth. We were in the inaugural Podcast Pavilion in South Hall Upper. Made some nice contacts with people from radio, TV, digital and podcasters. It was a great show overall and we're looking forward to heading back next year.

Peabody Awards - podcasts nominated. Ear Hustle, S-town and Uncivil: The Raid.

PodSummit in Edmonton, Alberta Canada May 5th. If you're in that area, don't miss it.

Support:

Podcast Titles: How to change them - Look for "Feed Title" in the feeds tab of PowerPress settings if you are using PowerPress.  It takes a few days for it to update in the directories and Apps after you make the change.  Open your feed in Firefox browser to see what your title is currently.

Its now "Apple Podcasts" NOT "iTunes". Apple is making a big effort to change the name of their podcast directory and apps to "Apple Podcasts" or simply Apple when it comes to podcasting. Whenever you hear someone say (or read the word "iTunes") it should now only refer to the desktop application called "iTunes".

Thank you to Shawn and Dave for covering for Mike last week in support! He got a little behind, but those guys took the brunt of the tickets and emails from me while I was on travel.  You Guys ROCK!

To ask questions or to comment on the show, contact Todd and Mike here: [email protected].

Blubrry is proud to introduce a new way for podcasters to get 'pod-safe' music on their podcast. Soundcloud has added technology that everyone else has had for podcasts for the past 11 years. The world-famous podcast, Serial, is back in the news again; that is the case from season 1 is being talked about.

Thanks for listening to the show and please subscribe at PowerPressPodcast.com.

We love our PowerPress users, please leave us a review.

 News:

Blubrry announces podcast music: Podcastmusic.blubrry.com and buyoutmusic.blubrry.com via SourceAudio

Soundcloud: Finally, a way yo schedule a release...something everyone else has had from the beginning.

Serial: All the way back from season 1 in 2014. Adnan Syed has been granted a new trial.

Topics:

NABshow next week! Check out Blubrry's series on radio and podcasting at PowerPressPodcast.com

Join us at NABshow next week for only $50 (floor pass).

Rebranding a poddcast: When is it time?

Support:

Changing the title of your podcast: The Feed Title setting in PowerPress will change it everywhere, but with some delay. Most things in podcasting are hardly instant.

Apple Podcast Subscribe Links and Buttons in PowerPress: You need to put the link to your listing in the 'Destinations' tab of PowerPress settings for Apple Podcasts option to show up in the Subscribe Widget.

Remember how RSS feeds works. They are a pull technology, not push. Directories (even Blubrry) update when they pull your feed, not right after you publish a show.

To ask questions or to comment on the show, contact Todd and Mike here: [email protected].

Blubrry is proud to introduce a new way for podcasters to get 'pod-safe' music on their podcast. Soundcloud has added technology that everyone else has had for podcasts for the past 11 years. The world-famous podcast, Serial, is back in the news again; that is the case from season 1 is being talked about.

Thanks for listening to the show and please subscribe at PowerPressPodcast.com.

We love our PowerPress users, please leave us a review.

 News:

Blubrry announces podcast music: Podcastmusic.blubrry.com and buyoutmusic.blubrry.com via SourceAudio

Soundcloud: Finally, a way yo schedule a release...something everyone else has had from the beginning.

Serial: All the way back from season 1 in 2014. Adnan Syed has been granted a new trial.

Topics:

NABshow next week! Check out Blubrry's series on radio and podcasting at PowerPressPodcast.com

Join us at NABshow next week for only $50 (floor pass).

Rebranding a poddcast: When is it time?

Support:

Changing the title of your podcast: The Feed Title setting in PowerPress will change it everywhere, but with some delay. Most things in podcasting are hardly instant.

Apple Podcast Subscribe Links and Buttons in PowerPress: You need to put the link to your listing in the 'Destinations' tab of PowerPress settings for Apple Podcasts option to show up in the Subscribe Widget.

Remember how RSS feeds works. They are a pull technology, not push. Directories (even Blubrry) update when they pull your feed, not right after you publish a show.

To ask questions or to comment on the show, contact Todd and Mike here: [email protected].

The yearly Infinite Dial report from Edison Research and Triton Digital is out, after their 2018 presentation recently. Podcasts hosting with Blubrry are now starting to show up in Spotify. Enjoy this slightly manic, nicotine-free new episode of Your Podcast.

Thanks for listening to the show and please subscribe at PowerPressPodcast.com.

We love our PowerPress users, please leave us a review.

 News:

Edison / Triton Infinite Dial

Blubrry hosted podcasts are starting to show on Spotify.

Join the Blubrry Team at NAB Show

Topics:

Podcast discovery: Is there really a problem that needs to be solved?

Echo, Google assistant, Apple Home Pod and Cortana are not perfect. Finding your podcast on them can be a challenge if the name is hard to pronounce, or is too long, or….  or… Your hosting provider (us) has no control over whether your show isn’t easy to find.

Caching, what it is? And why you should care?

- Website caching (Cloudflare, WP plugins, server caching)

- CDN caching (content delivery)

- Browser caching (web history on most browsers now)

- Feed caching (FeedBurner, PodcastMirror, others)

- Podcast directory (just another website) caching

Support:

MP3 encoding. We have been getting lots of questions about file formats. The best format for an audio podcast is MP3, 44.1khz (44100hz) sample rate, 128kbps stereo bit rate (or 96kbps mono) -16LUFS (loudness) for stereo and -21LUFS for mono. .Wav files WILL NOT WORK! We recommend Auphonic for final processing of the loudness. It used to be that the lame MP3 encoder was bad, but improvements have made it just as good as Fraunhofer (which is included with Audition, iTunes desktop, and other software). AAC files (m4a) from GarageBand do work 90 percent of the time.  BUT, not 100 percent. Mp3 is currently the best way to go.

Video is a whole other ball of worms! (.mov, .flv do not work) Only mp4 and m4v work. Make sure they are optimized for the web or they will not play right away.

Paid consultations: If you are not a hosting customer but still need help or guidance with your podcast, you can hire Blubrry to rectify the issue. See: blubrry.com/contact/ for prices and options.

To ask questions or to comment on the show, contact Todd and Mike here: [email protected].

The yearly Infinite Dial report from Edison Research and Triton Digital is out, after their 2018 presentation recently. Podcasts hosting with Blubrry are now starting to show up in Spotify. Enjoy this slightly manic, nicotine-free new episode of Your Podcast.

Thanks for listening to the show and please subscribe at PowerPressPodcast.com.

We love our PowerPress users, please leave us a review.

 News:

Edison / Triton Infinite Dial

Blubrry hosted podcasts are starting to show on Spotify.

Join the Blubrry Team at NAB Show

Topics:

Podcast discovery: Is there really a problem that needs to be solved?

Echo, Google assistant, Apple Home Pod and Cortana are not perfect. Finding your podcast on them can be a challenge if the name is hard to pronounce, or is too long, or….  or… Your hosting provider (us) has no control over whether your show isn’t easy to find.

Caching, what it is? And why you should care?

- Website caching (Cloudflare, WP plugins, server caching)

- CDN caching (content delivery)

- Browser caching (web history on most browsers now)

- Feed caching (FeedBurner, PodcastMirror, others)

- Podcast directory (just another website) caching

Support:

MP3 encoding. We have been getting lots of questions about file formats. The best format for an audio podcast is MP3, 44.1khz (44100hz) sample rate, 128kbps stereo bit rate (or 96kbps mono) -16LUFS (loudness) for stereo and -21LUFS for mono. .Wav files WILL NOT WORK! We recommend Auphonic for final processing of the loudness. It used to be that the lame MP3 encoder was bad, but improvements have made it just as good as Fraunhofer (which is included with Audition, iTunes desktop, and other software). AAC files (m4a) from GarageBand do work 90 percent of the time.  BUT, not 100 percent. Mp3 is currently the best way to go.

Video is a whole other ball of worms! (.mov, .flv do not work) Only mp4 and m4v work. Make sure they are optimized for the web or they will not play right away.

Paid consultations: If you are not a hosting customer but still need help or guidance with your podcast, you can hire Blubrry to rectify the issue. See: blubrry.com/contact/ for prices and options.

To ask questions or to comment on the show, contact Todd and Mike here: [email protected].

The Blubrry Alexa Amazon Skill is out, named MyCast. Podcast listeners are able to listen to podcasts in the Blubrry directory by using MyCast. The well-known podcast, Nerdist Podcast has been renamed ID10T, a change that came in early February. Long-time listeners, no worries, more of name change than anything else. Speaking of changes, there is a new writer at PodcasterNews.com - head on over to the site to look out for new content. Lastly, Squarespace has been causing some issues for Blubrry podcasters, which Blubrry is attempting to remedy as soon as possible.

Thanks for listening to the show and please subscribe at PowerPressPodcast.com.

We love our PowerPress users, please leave us a review.

News:

Blubrry “MyCast” Amazon Echo skill: Read our blog post on it to learn more about how to use it.

Nerdist Podcast now called ID10T with Chris Hardwick: Article from Jen at PodcasterNews.

Mike Wilkerson joins the PodcasterNews.com team. He has a couple of good articles over there now, one about Mic Booms and another called “Content Stagecoach: The Booth Junkie” where he talks about a podcast/YouTube series about voiceover and microphones.

MacKenzie had Mike and Shawn on the last PowerPress Podcast to talk about network setup in PowerPress and the Podfest conference.

Angelo and MacKenzie attended the NRB Proclaim conference in Nashville last week.

Topics:

Squarespace has been causing some issues with Blubrry statistics. We have reached out to the Squarespace team to try to get resolved, stay tuned. If you are using Squarespace and are having a problem with stats at Blubrry, please contact Squarespace support and Blubrry support.

Again, own your stack! Do not promote anything you do not own as your primary point of presence for your brand. Don’t let others control your RSS feed and your connection to your audience, that you work VERY hard to collect and grow. Always send them back to the Mothership (your own domain).

Support:

Do not cut and paste from Word docs or processors or Google Docs directly into WordPress. In WordPress there is a new setting that puts that visual editor into "Paste as TextMode."

Learn to check your RSS feed when you publish a new post, add a plugin, change your theme or move your website to another web host.

1. Download FIREFOX for a quick look. Load your feed in the address bar of FireFox and it will be much more readable.

2. Use castfeedvalidator.com and/or podba.se.

3. What is listed in the feed will be what people see in the directories.

4. ONLY if you know what you are doing, you can use some of the blog feed validators (w3 or feevalidator.org) to find specific errors. Ignore most of the warnings.

PLEASE BE CAREFUL - These “old school” validators know nothing about SSL links (https) or any of the newer podcasting tags or namespaces.

Stats - What Blubrry stats do and do not track.

Mike personal note: Heil customer service is top notch! I have a PR40 (I’m a Ham Radio Operator and that mic is good for HF radio) with the shock mount and the bands for the shock mount got loose. I contacted support over there and even though my setup was over 7 years old, they shipped out a new set of bands to me, free of charge, and priority mail. (I was just asking where to buy them). Very good Bob Heil, you have a great team over there! Todd had the same experience with Blue Mics.

To ask questions or to comment on the show, contact Todd and Mike here: [email protected].

The Blubrry Alexa Amazon Skill is out, named MyCast. Podcast listeners are able to listen to podcasts in the Blubrry directory by using MyCast. The well-known podcast, Nerdist Podcast has been renamed ID10T, a change that came in early February. Long-time listeners, no worries, more of name change than anything else. Speaking of changes, there is a new writer at PodcasterNews.com - head on over to the site to look out for new content. Lastly, Squarespace has been causing some issues for Blubrry podcasters, which Blubrry is attempting to remedy as soon as possible.

Thanks for listening to the show and please subscribe at PowerPressPodcast.com.

We love our PowerPress users, please leave us a review.

News:

Blubrry “MyCast” Amazon Echo skill: Read our blog post on it to learn more about how to use it.

Nerdist Podcast now called ID10T with Chris Hardwick: Article from Jen at PodcasterNews.

Mike Wilkerson joins the PodcasterNews.com team. He has a couple of good articles over there now, one about Mic Booms and another called “Content Stagecoach: The Booth Junkie” where he talks about a podcast/YouTube series about voiceover and microphones.

MacKenzie had Mike and Shawn on the last PowerPress Podcast to talk about network setup in PowerPress and the Podfest conference.

Angelo and MacKenzie attended the NRB Proclaim conference in Nashville last week.

Topics:

Squarespace has been causing some issues with Blubrry statistics. We have reached out to the Squarespace team to try to get resolved, stay tuned. If you are using Squarespace and are having a problem with stats at Blubrry, please contact Squarespace support and Blubrry support.

Again, own your stack! Do not promote anything you do not own as your primary point of presence for your brand. Don’t let others control your RSS feed and your connection to your audience, that you work VERY hard to collect and grow. Always send them back to the Mothership (your own domain).

Support:

Do not cut and paste from Word docs or processors or Google Docs directly into WordPress. In WordPress there is a new setting that puts that visual editor into "Paste as TextMode."

Learn to check your RSS feed when you publish a new post, add a plugin, change your theme or move your website to another web host.

1. Download FIREFOX for a quick look. Load your feed in the address bar of FireFox and it will be much more readable.

2. Use castfeedvalidator.com and/or podba.se.

3. What is listed in the feed will be what people see in the directories.

4. ONLY if you know what you are doing, you can use some of the blog feed validators (w3 or feevalidator.org) to find specific errors. Ignore most of the warnings.

PLEASE BE CAREFUL - These “old school” validators know nothing about SSL links (https) or any of the newer podcasting tags or namespaces.

Stats - What Blubrry stats do and do not track.

Mike personal note: Heil customer service is top notch! I have a PR40 (I’m a Ham Radio Operator and that mic is good for HF radio) with the shock mount and the bands for the shock mount got loose. I contacted support over there and even though my setup was over 7 years old, they shipped out a new set of bands to me, free of charge, and priority mail. (I was just asking where to buy them). Very good Bob Heil, you have a great team over there! Todd had the same experience with Blue Mics.

To ask questions or to comment on the show, contact Todd and Mike here: [email protected].

More companies are merging in the podcasting space and digital media companies, the latest of which is, AudioBoom purchasing Triton Digital. It's important to keep track of what companies you're using and who they are merging with. Blubrry recently released the ability to submit to Spotify. Hosting customers are able to submit directly to Spotify via the Podcaster Dashboard.

iOS11 is now on 65% of all Apple devices, and the latest iOS update is what attributes to your Apple podcast statistics. Blubrry wants to remind podcasters to be polite and nice to your support people (no matter what company you are working with).

Thanks for listening to the show and please subscribe at PowerPressPodcast.com.

We love our PowerPress users, please leave us a review.

News:

Audio Boom buying Triton Digital (reverse acquisition)

Podcast Awards registration open: Podcasters need to register their shows on the Podcast Awards website to participate.

Spotify: The destination is now available at Blubrry (in the Podcaster Dashboard). Remember, Blubrry HOSTING customers only.

Podfest Report: Mike talks about how Podfest was this year in Orlando last week.

Topics:

iOS11 is now in use on 65% of all iOS devices

Support:

Migrating to Blubrry from XXXX: We have guides on how to migrate from whatever service you are on now. See create.blubrry.com and search for the site you are on now.

What feed are you using for YOUR podcast?: WordPress has built-in feeds (known as a site feed) but with PowerPress, you should use your special podcast-only feed.

General advice: Be nice to your support person! They are doing the best they can.

To ask questions or to comment on the show, contact Todd and Mike here: [email protected].

More companies are merging in the podcasting space and digital media companies, the latest of which is, AudioBoom purchasing Triton Digital. It's important to keep track of what companies you're using and who they are merging with. Blubrry recently released the ability to submit to Spotify. Hosting customers are able to submit directly to Spotify via the Podcaster Dashboard.

iOS11 is now on 65% of all Apple devices, and the latest iOS update is what attributes to your Apple podcast statistics. Blubrry wants to remind podcasters to be polite and nice to your support people (no matter what company you are working with).

Thanks for listening to the show and please subscribe at PowerPressPodcast.com.

We love our PowerPress users, please leave us a review.

News:

Audio Boom buying Triton Digital (reverse acquisition)

Podcast Awards registration open: Podcasters need to register their shows on the Podcast Awards website to participate.

Spotify: The destination is now available at Blubrry (in the Podcaster Dashboard). Remember, Blubrry HOSTING customers only.

Podfest Report: Mike talks about how Podfest was this year in Orlando last week.

Topics:

iOS11 is now in use on 65% of all iOS devices

Support:

Migrating to Blubrry from XXXX: We have guides on how to migrate from whatever service you are on now. See create.blubrry.com and search for the site you are on now.

What feed are you using for YOUR podcast?: WordPress has built-in feeds (known as a site feed) but with PowerPress, you should use your special podcast-only feed.

General advice: Be nice to your support person! They are doing the best they can.

To ask questions or to comment on the show, contact Todd and Mike here: [email protected].