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Excited news coming from the Blubrry team concerning Spotify; it will be available to hosting customers. E.W. Scripps is getting out of the radio business, entirely, and headed in the podcasting direction. Apple is also focusing on podcasting more so and is hiring. Catch MacKenzie and Mike at Podfest in Orlando soon, and much more including support information and tips on Your Podcast.

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

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News:

Coming soon - Spotify! Submissions will be available to Blubrry hosting customers soon.

Goodbye radio - from E.W Scripps: The owners of Stitcher and Midroll are selling ALL of their radio stations.

Apple Podcasts is hiring in Cupertino, CA: Digital Supply Chain Technical Producer

MacKenzie and Mike will be at Podfest this week in Orlando, Florida! Stop by and see them if you are going.

Topics:

Apple emailed most podcasters last week with an update.

Podcast analytics beta: Another update from Apple

Specification update: Put iTunes new feed URL tag in the NEW feed when moving to a different RSS feed.

Easier podcast submission for hosting partners: Blubrry has implemented this on our Subscribe to Apple Podcasts / iTunes page.

Support:

Support was VERY busy the last couple of weeks.

Sharing your episodes to social - Know WHAT you should share.

Moving your website/RSS feed - Be careful that you do not lose your subscribers in the process!

WordPress questions - Blubrry might not be the right place to ask these questions. Seek help from your theme developer.

New hire: We've got Dave Clements, host of Geek This! Podcast, on the Blubrry team for weekend support.

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

Excited news coming from the Blubrry team concerning Spotify; it will be available to hosting customers. E.W. Scripps is getting out of the radio business, entirely, and headed in the podcasting direction. Apple is also focusing on podcasting more so and is hiring. Catch MacKenzie and Mike at Podfest in Orlando soon, and much more including support information and tips on 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:

Coming soon - Spotify! Submissions will be available to Blubrry hosting customers soon.

Goodbye radio - from E.W Scripps: The owners of Stitcher and Midroll are selling ALL of their radio stations.

Apple Podcasts is hiring in Cupertino, CA: Digital Supply Chain Technical Producer

MacKenzie and Mike will be at Podfest this week in Orlando, Florida! Stop by and see them if you are going.

Topics:

Apple emailed most podcasters last week with an update.

Podcast analytics beta: Another update from Apple

Specification update: Put iTunes new feed URL tag in the NEW feed when moving to a different RSS feed.

Easier podcast submission for hosting partners: Blubrry has implemented this on our Subscribe to Apple Podcasts / iTunes page.

Support:

Support was VERY busy the last couple of weeks.

Sharing your episodes to social - Know WHAT you should share.

Moving your website/RSS feed - Be careful that you do not lose your subscribers in the process!

WordPress questions - Blubrry might not be the right place to ask these questions. Seek help from your theme developer.

New hire: We've got Dave Clements, host of Geek This! Podcast, on the Blubrry team for weekend support.

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

This Week in Tech (TWiT) is suing Twitter for two reasons; and they might actually have a viable case. CES has officially concluded and Todd is back on this episode of Your Podcast to give his recap of 2018. Facebook has some changes coming and listen in to see how they might affect you and your show. Lastly, debating if podcasts will save radio.

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

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

News:

TWiT is going after Twitter for breach of contract and copyright infringement. TWiT sues Twitter

Todd is a frequent flyer at CES and 2018 was no different.

Topics:

Podcasts Will Be The Savior of Radio, But Don't Call Them Podcasts: "A 'podcast' is a meaningless term left over from that historical piece of technology called an iPod. Your dad might have had one. It’s nothing more than a delivery method for audio, but holy moly it has opened the floodgates to a whole new world of possibility.”

Join the Blubrry Affiliate Program: Affiliate payday was last Wednesday. Lots of BIG payments went out! We had a very successful 2017 with the affiliate program.

Facebook Changes -- How will it affect your podcast?: You might be seeing more from your aunt than the businesses that you Liked on Facebook.

Support:

Passwords -- The biggest problem tech support sees is that people do not write down passwords or remember them. Set yourself up with LastPass or another password management system. It will make your life easier (not just for podcasting).

Program Keywords / Web Friendly Names / Blubrry Directory URLs -- Don't overthink them. They are not THAT important.

NOTE: They can’t be changed after the fact if you are hosting or using stats at blubrry.com.

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

This Week in Tech (TWiT) is suing Twitter for two reasons; and they might actually have a viable case. CES has officially concluded and Todd is back on this episode of Your Podcast to give his recap of 2018. Facebook has some changes coming and listen in to see how they might affect you and your show. Lastly, debating if podcasts will save radio.

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

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

News:

TWiT is going after Twitter for breach of contract and copyright infringement. TWiT sues Twitter

Todd is a frequent flyer at CES and 2018 was no different.

Topics:

Podcasts Will Be The Savior of Radio, But Don't Call Them Podcasts: "A 'podcast' is a meaningless term left over from that historical piece of technology called an iPod. Your dad might have had one. It’s nothing more than a delivery method for audio, but holy moly it has opened the floodgates to a whole new world of possibility.”

Join the Blubrry Affiliate Program: Affiliate payday was last Wednesday. Lots of BIG payments went out! We had a very successful 2017 with the affiliate program.

Facebook Changes -- How will it affect your podcast?: You might be seeing more from your aunt than the businesses that you Liked on Facebook.

Support:

Passwords -- The biggest problem tech support sees is that people do not write down passwords or remember them. Set yourself up with LastPass or another password management system. It will make your life easier (not just for podcasting).

Program Keywords / Web Friendly Names / Blubrry Directory URLs -- Don't overthink them. They are not THAT important.

NOTE: They can’t be changed after the fact if you are hosting or using stats at blubrry.com.

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

CES, the Consumer Electronics Show, is up and running in Las Vegas, with Todd Cochrane in attendance. Mike and guest-host, MacKenzie discuss CES and Todd's Tech Podcasts Network coverage happening all of this week. The Blubrry team is looking for multiple team members to join, and Midroll is also hiring. Become more familiar with MacKenzie, Services and Affiliates Coordinator on the Blubrry team. RIP Combat Jack, long-time and loved podcaster, he passed away from colon cancer.

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

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

News:

Todd, along with the Tech Podcasts team are in Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Check out their coverage starting tomorrow (Tuesday, Jan 8th, 2018) on TPN.tv and GeekNewsCentral.com.

Looking for a job in podcasting? Midroll Media is seeking a Production Coordinator at Earworlf.

Condolences to the family, friends and audience of Combat Jack. Combat Jack has passed away

Podfest in Orlando, FL Feb 8 - 10th. Make your plans to get to sunny Florida to see Mike and MacKenzie and the conference.

Topics:

Meet MacKenzie, Services & Affiliates Coordinator at Blubrry / RawVoice Inc.

Blubrry is hiring a full-time developer. Email [email protected] for more info or questions.

Support:

Statistics - Blubrry had a hardware failure. It's been resolved now. See this post for a full explanation.

3rd party media players and themes. There are lots of players available for WordPress to play podcasts, they are all fine but not all play well with PowerPress. We can help you with the stuff that PowerPress does, but we really can’t help much with the 3rd party players. If there is an issue with one of the players that we do not supply with PowerPress, you need to contact that player’s support team to troubleshoot it. If you have trouble with your RSS feed from PowerPress, we can help.

Do not pre-load or autoplay your podcast in the player on a page. Lot's of reasons to not integrate either of these on your website.

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

CES, the Consumer Electronics Show, is up and running in Las Vegas, with Todd Cochrane in attendance. Mike and guest-host, MacKenzie discuss CES and Todd's Tech Podcasts Network coverage happening all of this week. The Blubrry team is looking for multiple team members to join, and Midroll is also hiring. Become more familiar with MacKenzie, Services and Affiliates Coordinator on the Blubrry team. RIP Combat Jack, long-time and loved podcaster, he passed away from colon cancer.

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

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

News:

Todd, along with the Tech Podcasts team are in Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Check out their coverage starting tomorrow (Tuesday, Jan 8th, 2018) on TPN.tv and GeekNewsCentral.com.

Looking for a job in podcasting? Midroll Media is seeking a Production Coordinator at Earworlf.

Condolences to the family, friends and audience of Combat Jack. Combat Jack has passed away

Podfest in Orlando, FL Feb 8 - 10th. Make your plans to get to sunny Florida to see Mike and MacKenzie and the conference.

Topics:

Meet MacKenzie, Services & Affiliates Coordinator at Blubrry / RawVoice Inc.

Blubrry is hiring a full-time developer. Email [email protected] for more info or questions.

Support:

Statistics - Blubrry had a hardware failure. It's been resolved now. See this post for a full explanation.

3rd party media players and themes. There are lots of players available for WordPress to play podcasts, they are all fine but not all play well with PowerPress. We can help you with the stuff that PowerPress does, but we really can’t help much with the 3rd party players. If there is an issue with one of the players that we do not supply with PowerPress, you need to contact that player’s support team to troubleshoot it. If you have trouble with your RSS feed from PowerPress, we can help.

Do not pre-load or autoplay your podcast in the player on a page. Lot's of reasons to not integrate either of these on your website.

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

After a long wait, iOS11 Apple Podcast Stats beta is out and available to users in Podcasts Connect. Recently, IAB recently released version 2.0 of their measurement standards for podcasting. Mike and Todd discuss what this means for podcasters.

Lastly, consulting is not always what people think it is. At Blubrry what we standard customer support may qualify as consulting someplace else. That doesn't mean all answers are considered available as part of your service.

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

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

News:

Apple Podcast Stats Beta:  Remember, these stats are not a complete view of your audience. They only count downloads and listens from the Podcasts App on iOS11 and iTunes Desktop (latest version). Downloads and plays from your webpage or any other directory or app are not included (Android, Google Play, Stitcher, Tunein, Spotify or any other app).

IAB 2.0 Podcast Measurements: Get the update on what changes were made.

Support:

Support vs. Consulting?: If your question doesn't have anything to do with any Blubrry.com services or software (PowerPress) you may need to sign up for consulting at Blubrry. Typically, the Blubrry team will provide a bit of assistance, but any involved site design, marketing, production, or network setups would fall under consulting -- not support.

Soundcloud is NOT a podcast directory (syndication point). You can think of Soundcloud as something similar to Youtube, but for audio. Blubrry cannot automatically post to Soundcloud; it must be done manually if you wish to use them as a second point of presence.

Blubrry is not a destination per se. We are different than Podbean, Libsyn, SoundCloud and just about any other podcast company, in that we would rather you promote your brand. You promote Your brand. Mike is frequently asked where they should promote, not that I'm on Blubrry. Blubrry recommends that you promote on your website. You have a directory listing at Blubrry, but it's just that. It goes to our company philosophy: only promote places you own and control.

We hope everyone has a happy holiday season and thanks for joining us this year!

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

After a long wait, iOS11 Apple Podcast Stats beta is out and available to users in Podcasts Connect. Recently, IAB recently released version 2.0 of their measurement standards for podcasting. Mike and Todd discuss what this means for podcasters.

Lastly, consulting is not always what people think it is. At Blubrry what we standard customer support may qualify as consulting someplace else. That doesn't mean all answers are considered available as part of your service.

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

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

News:

Apple Podcast Stats Beta:  Remember, these stats are not a complete view of your audience. They only count downloads and listens from the Podcasts App on iOS11 and iTunes Desktop (latest version). Downloads and plays from your webpage or any other directory or app are not included (Android, Google Play, Stitcher, Tunein, Spotify or any other app).

IAB 2.0 Podcast Measurements: Get the update on what changes were made.

Support:

Support vs. Consulting?: If your question doesn't have anything to do with any Blubrry.com services or software (PowerPress) you may need to sign up for consulting at Blubrry. Typically, the Blubrry team will provide a bit of assistance, but any involved site design, marketing, production, or network setups would fall under consulting -- not support.

Soundcloud is NOT a podcast directory (syndication point). You can think of Soundcloud as something similar to Youtube, but for audio. Blubrry cannot automatically post to Soundcloud; it must be done manually if you wish to use them as a second point of presence.

Blubrry is not a destination per se. We are different than Podbean, Libsyn, SoundCloud and just about any other podcast company, in that we would rather you promote your brand. You promote Your brand. Mike is frequently asked where they should promote, not that I'm on Blubrry. Blubrry recommends that you promote on your website. You have a directory listing at Blubrry, but it's just that. It goes to our company philosophy: only promote places you own and control.

We hope everyone has a happy holiday season and thanks for joining us this year!

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

Blubrry releases Podcast Mirror, and is giving away prizes for all of December, with #BuildYourBlubrry. We're looking for someone for our support team, could that be you? Mike and Todd discuss happenings with Blubrry and more on this 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:

Podcast Mirror - Read the press release HERE. It's a feed mirroring site for podcasters.

#BuildYourBlubrry - Win great prizes for 30 days in December. Until December 30th, keep an eye out on our Facebook and Twitter pages.

If you've been doing your part to support podcasts and other creative endeavors, you might have noticed that Patreon is adding a service fee to pledges.

Topic:

Apple statistics: what to expect. Our stats (along with all other hosting/stats companies) will not have this data right away. Apple says they release an API, but haven't committed to it. You will be able to login to PodcastsConnect.Apple.com to see those stats WHEN they release them. No date has been set for that so keep an eye out for Apple to announce something. In the meantime, please remember to be nice to your support people!

Support:

Settings in PowerPress: Subscribe Links / Destinations. The links in the widget, subscribe page and under the player are controlled by the Destinations tab and the Website tab of PowerPress settings. Enable the links in Website and populate the links in Destinations. See: Website Tab and Destinations Tab.

Hiring: Part-time Support (contractor) weekends and evenings. Must have trouble-shooting, WordPress and PowerPress experience, and be willing to learn the Blubrry system. Contact [email protected] if you are interested.

PowerPress Webinar: Jan 4th, 3PM EST. Learn how to add podcasting to your WordPress (self-hosted) website! Click HERE to sign up.

Please remember to keep the content coming! Your listeners need something to listen to this time of year. It's not a good time to have a break in your production schedule.

We hope everyone has a happy holiday season!

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

Blubrry releases Podcast Mirror, and is giving away prizes for all of December, with #BuildYourBlubrry. We're looking for someone for our support team, could that be you? Mike and Todd discuss happenings with Blubrry and more on this 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:

* Podcast Mirror - Read the press release HERE. It's a feed mirroring site for podcasters.

* #BuildYourBlubrry - Win great prizes for 30 days in December. Until December 30th, keep an eye out on our Facebook and Twitter pages.

* If you've been doing your part to support podcasts and other creative endeavors, you might have noticed that Patreon is adding a service fee to pledges.

Topic:

* Apple statistics: what to expect. Our stats (along with all other hosting/stats companies) will not have this data right away. Apple says they release an API, but haven't committed to it. You will be able to login to PodcastsConnect.Apple.com to see those stats WHEN they release them. No date has been set for that so keep an eye out for Apple to announce something. In the meantime, please remember to be nice to your support people!

Support:

* Settings in PowerPress: Subscribe Links / Destinations. The links in the widget, subscribe page and under the player are controlled by the Destinations tab and the Website tab of PowerPress settings. Enable the links in Website and populate the links in Destinations. See: Website Tab and Destinations Tab.

* Hiring: Part-time Support (contractor) weekends and evenings. Must have trouble-shooting, WordPress and PowerPress experience, and be willing to learn the Blubrry system. Contact [email protected] if you are interested.

* PowerPress Webinar: Jan 4th, 3PM EST. Learn how to add podcasting to your WordPress (self-hosted) website! Click HERE to sign up.

Please remember to keep the content coming! Your listeners need something to listen to this time of year. It's not a good time to have a break in your production schedule.

We hope everyone has a happy holiday season!

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