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More evidence that Soundcloud is in trouble, how to submit your podcast to Spotify, Veronica Belmont is podcasting again, and PowerPress 7.1 with all the new iOS 11 features. All of that with Mike and Todd, covering a few tech topics as well. Thanks for listening to the show and please subscribe at PowerPressPodcast.com.

Happy National Blueberry Day! (July 8th)!

Eat some Blueberries and/or order professional statistics or media hosting from Blubrry.com (promo code Blubrry005 for a free month).

News:

Soundcloud cuts 40% of their staff

Submit your podcast to Spotify

Veronica Belmont podcasting again - IRL from Mozilla

Topics:

PowerPress 7.1 - Comes out Tuesday (or before) - Get on the beta if want to try it out!

Commercial podcasts - What is and what is not a commercial podcast - See our professional podcast hosting information here.

Tech:

File names - Best practices to make sure you are naming your media files correctly. KEEP IT SIMPLE!

File names should only contain numbers, letters, dashes or underscores. No spaces, symbols, periods (other than the .mp3) or commas. This will insure that your files are compatible with all podcast apps and directories (including Apple Podcasts, Google Play Music and Stitcher).

PLEASE Contact us first instead of going on social media. We monitor email 7 days a week, have a phone number for support during business hours (9-5 US Eastern Time) and we are the best place to go for help with your show using Blubrry tools. Just call 1-877-729-8642 ext. 1 for support. Leave a voicemail if it's after hours and we will get back to you. Or email [email protected].

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

More evidence that Soundcloud is in trouble, how to submit your podcast to Spotify, Veronica Belmont is podcasting again, and PowerPress 7.1 with all the new iOS 11 features. All of that with Mike and Todd, covering a few tech topics as well. Thanks for listening to the show and please subscribe at PowerPressPodcast.com.

Happy National Blueberry Day! (July 8th)!

Eat some Blueberries and/or order professional statistics or media hosting from Blubrry.com (promo code Blubrry005 for a free month).

News:

* Soundcloud cuts 40% of their staff

* Submit your podcast to Spotify

* Veronica Belmont podcasting again - IRL from Mozilla

Topics:

* PowerPress 7.1 - Comes out Tuesday (or before) - Get on the beta if want to try it out!

* Commercial podcasts - What is and what is not a commercial podcast - See our professional podcast hosting information here.

Tech:

* File names - Best practices to make sure you are naming your media files correctly. KEEP IT SIMPLE!

File names should only contain numbers, letters, dashes or underscores. No spaces, symbols, periods (other than the .mp3) or commas. This will insure that your files are compatible with all podcast apps and directories (including Apple Podcasts, Google Play Music and Stitcher).

* PLEASE Contact us first instead of going on social media. We monitor email 7 days a week, have a phone number for support during business hours (9-5 US Eastern Time) and we are the best place to go for help with your show using Blubrry tools. Just call 1-877-729-8642 ext. 1 for support. Leave a voicemail if it's after hours and we will get back to you. Or email [email protected].

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

Soundclound may be in trouble, having a Plan B for your podcast if things go sideways, Apple's new tags and stats and lastly, speeding up support if you're a Blubrry customer. All of that with Mike and Todd, covering a whole plethora of topics. Thanks for listening to the show and please subscribe on PowerPressPodcast.com.

News:

Soundcloud - Rumors they are deferring salary reviews indefinitely.

 

Topics:

Plan B - Have one, no matter who you're hosting with.

Apple's new RSS tags and stats - Coming in iOS 11's Podcast app update: What is does and does not do (such as giving you stats for the rest of your listeners, like Android or 3rd part apps).

Global stats - Blubrry's insight.

Blubrry Stats Refresh! - It's finalllly working for our pro stats customers.

Tech Support:

Help us help you! - You can speed up your support time by telling us your feed address and Blubrry account email.

Linking! - Connect your PowerPress / WordPress site to Blubrry (including your PowerPress Site). This also helps us help you if there is a problem. Bonus - you're included in the Blubrry directory, the largest in the world.

Replacing a file - On our CDN a file is propogated to data centers all over the world. If you replace a file on our hosting server, it can take time to get the new version everywhere. To speed this process up, when you replace a file email [email protected] so we can refresh the cache. That helps the CDN get the file to everyone quicker.

Support hours - Our main hours are 9-5 ET. And remember our advice, provide the following: File name, feed, and Blubrry account email. We'll find everything much faster.

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

Soundclound may be in trouble, having a Plan B for your podcast if things go sideways, Apple's new tags and stats and lastly, speeding up support if you're a Blubrry customer. All of that with Mike and Todd, covering a whole plethora of topics. Thanks for listening to the show and please subscribe on PowerPressPodcast.com.

News:

* Soundcloud - Rumors they are deferring salary reviews indefinitely.

 

Topics:

* Plan B - Have one, no matter who you're hosting with.

* Apple's new RSS tags and stats - Coming in iOS 11's Podcast app update: What is does and does not do (such as giving you stats for the rest of your listeners, like Android or 3rd part apps).

* Global stats - Blubrry's insight.

* Blubrry Stats Refresh! - It's finalllly working for our pro stats customers.

Tech Support:

* Help us help you! - You can speed up your support time by telling us your feed address and Blubrry account email.

* Linking! - Connect your PowerPress / WordPress site to Blubrry (including your PowerPress Site). This also helps us help you if there is a problem. Bonus - you're included in the Blubrry directory, the largest in the world.

* Replacing a file - On our CDN a file is propogated to data centers all over the world. If you replace a file on our hosting server, it can take time to get the new version everywhere. To speed this process up, when you replace a file email [email protected] so we can refresh the cache. That helps the CDN get the file to everyone quicker.

* Support hours - Our main hours are 9-5 ET. And remember our advice, provide the following: File name, feed, and Blubrry account email. We'll find everything much faster.

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

This episode of Your Podcast was recorded while Todd was on the road. Perfect time for Todd and Mike to talk about some road show tips for recording your show and making the best of it while traveling. There's a lot of talk happening right now, and they clear up some rumors that are true and some that are not true about podcasting. Thanks for listening and please subscribe to the show!

 

News

WWDC Podcast App Update

*** We didn’t know about the RSS feed tags they added or the episode stats that will be provided in iOS11’s Podcasts app. Coverage on that to come.***

Rumor Control! Downloading MP3’s is now illegal (not true).

Ad Free Podcasting - Stitcher offering “ad free” podcast listening for a fee.

Tech Support

You have to publish an episode before you submit. To be published in a podcast directory, you have to have a podcast first. That means a podcast post in your RSS feed and all the other requirements. Your site (if you are using WordPress) can not be in “coming soon” mode. It has to be published and public. Just like in the phone book, you need to have a phone number before you will be in the phone book. If you want to be in the directories before you first real episode. Record an intro episode (episode zero) and publish. This will get your feed ready to go and get everything submitted before you go with episode 1 or your “launch.”

Waiting on iTunes - Changes and new episodes can take 24 hours or more to update in the Apple Podcasts directory (Formerly iTunes). This is the same for most podcast directories and apps.

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

This episode of Your Podcast was recorded while Todd was on the road. Perfect time for Todd and Mike to talk about some road show tips for recording your show and making the best of it while traveling. There's a lot of talk happening right now, and they clear up some rumors that are true and some that are not true about podcasting. Thanks for listening and please subscribe to the show!

 

News

* WWDC Podcast App Update

*** We didn’t know about the RSS feed tags they added or the episode stats that will be provided in iOS11’s Podcasts app. Coverage on that to come.***

* Rumor Control! Downloading MP3’s is now illegal (not true).

* Ad Free Podcasting - Stitcher offering “ad free” podcast listening for a fee.

Tech Support

* You have to publish an episode before you submit. To be published in a podcast directory, you have to have a podcast first. That means a podcast post in your RSS feed and all the other requirements. Your site (if you are using WordPress) can not be in “coming soon” mode. It has to be published and public. Just like in the phone book, you need to have a phone number before you will be in the phone book. If you want to be in the directories before you first real episode. Record an intro episode (episode zero) and publish. This will get your feed ready to go and get everything submitted before you go with episode 1 or your “launch.”

* Waiting on iTunes - Changes and new episodes can take 24 hours or more to update in the Apple Podcasts directory (Formerly iTunes). This is the same for most podcast directories and apps.

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

In this episode of Your Podcast Todd and Mike talk about PowerPress Sites Deluxe - it's finally here, clarify and explain how MP3's are not actually dead. After a curious listener emailed them, they addressed some podcasting events, and finished up the episode discussing MP3 encoding tops to save you storage space and bandwidth. Thanks for listening and please subscribe to the show!

 

 

News:

PowerPress Sites Deluxe is available!

Topics:

Is the MP3 dead? No!

Using your webhost server for your podcast hosting: Don't do it! We have been migrating several people's podcast files over to Blubrry due to their webhost cracking down on the amount of storage used, or the bandwidth used by the media. Often times, when you read the fine print for most web hosting companies, they mention something along the lines of "Large media files are not included or supported in this hosting plan..."

Email from a Listener:

Hi Todd & Mike,

I'm enjoying the new podcast and appreciate hearing your take on various things in the podcast world.

You two mentioned recently attending the NAB show which made me wonder, as I'm getting close to launching my first podcast, what podcast conferences are out there that you would recommend as a good place to learn and connect with others in the podcasting space for someone totally new?

I'm also curious if you have any suggestions for finding other podcasters to possibly connect with locally? Does blubrry have any sort of location based directory?

I look forward to the next episode. Thanks!

Blessings,

Bekah

To answer Bekah, here is a list of some podcast events that we know of:

Podcast Movement Aug. 23-25th 2017 - Use promo code BLUBRRY for a 10% off!

Podfest US in Florida

NRB Proclaim! 18

Mid-Atlantic Podcast Conference

Podcamps There are still some active.

WordCamps Also great for podcasters to check out!

Local Meetups NE Ohio, Kansas City, Columbus OH and many more.

Pod2pod.com Newsletter, and they have a list of events as well.

Tech:

MP3 Encoding

Make sure you are saving with a 44.1khz (or 44100hz) sample rate.

128kbps Stereo or 64kbps Mono Constant Bit Rate (CBR).

128kbps Stereo will give you 1mb per minute file size.

64kbps Mono will give you the same quality as 128 at half the size (½ mb per minute) which saves YOU on hosting and bandwidth and saves your listeners time and data on their cell plans.

AAC files are OK. MP3s are still the most compatible for now, but this could change in the future.

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

In this episode of Your Podcast Todd and Mike talk about PowerPress Sites Deluxe - it's finally here, clarify and explain how MP3's are not actually dead. After a curious listener emailed them, they addressed some podcasting events, and finished up the episode discussing MP3 encoding tops to save you storage space and bandwidth. Thanks for listening and please subscribe to the show!

 

 

News:

* PowerPress Sites Deluxe is available!

Topics:

* Is the MP3 dead? No!

* Using your webhost server for your podcast hosting: Don't do it! We have been migrating several people's podcast files over to Blubrry due to their webhost cracking down on the amount of storage used, or the bandwidth used by the media. Often times, when you read the fine print for most web hosting companies, they mention something along the lines of "Large media files are not included or supported in this hosting plan..."

Email from a Listener:

Hi Todd & Mike,

I'm enjoying the new podcast and appreciate hearing your take on various things in the podcast world.

You two mentioned recently attending the NAB show which made me wonder, as I'm getting close to launching my first podcast, what podcast conferences are out there that you would recommend as a good place to learn and connect with others in the podcasting space for someone totally new?

I'm also curious if you have any suggestions for finding other podcasters to possibly connect with locally? Does blubrry have any sort of location based directory?

I look forward to the next episode. Thanks!

Blessings,

Bekah

To answer Bekah, here is a list of some podcast events that we know of:

* Podcast Movement Aug. 23-25th 2017 - Use promo code BLUBRRY for a 10% off!

* Podfest US in Florida

* NRB Proclaim! 18

* Mid-Atlantic Podcast Conference

* Podcamps There are still some active.

* WordCamps Also great for podcasters to check out!

* Local Meetups NE Ohio, Kansas City, Columbus OH and many more.

* Pod2pod.com Newsletter, and they have a list of events as well.

Tech:

MP3 Encoding

* Make sure you are saving with a 44.1khz (or 44100hz) sample rate.

* 128kbps Stereo or 64kbps Mono Constant Bit Rate (CBR).

* 128kbps Stereo will give you 1mb per minute file size.

* 64kbps Mono will give you the same quality as 128 at half the size (½ mb per minute) which saves YOU on hosting and band...

Todd and Mike talk about the new Echo Devices from Amazon, the Podcast Awards relaunch, Small Batch Audio Kickstarter, and about how Blubrry accounts are organized. Also, we answer the question "How many subscribers do I have?" Thanks for listening and please subscribe.

News:

- Podcast Awards - Relaunched and with new rules

- SmallBatch.Audio Kickstarter

- Alexa Echo Show - Alexa exists in what looks like an "iPad" lookalike, including video and camera.

- Alexa calling and messaging enabled

Topics:

PowerPress Sites Deluxe will include the following:

- A fully managed WordPress Website

- More theme options

- Domain mapping

- DNS control

- Email forwarding

- More plugin selections

Tech:

Accounts at Blubrry.com explained:

- Login account - What you use to sign into your overall Blubrry account.

- Show listing - Your show's listing in Blubrry. You can add hosting, stats, PPS to each listing.

- Hosting or Stats subscriptions - These are hosting or stats for individual shows.

When you ask us to “delete” an account, this means your your login will no longer work and ALL of your serivces and listings will be turned off. We regularly received 2 or 3 deletion requests a week, that then wonder why they cannot login anymore.

We get this question all the time: “How many subscribers do I have?” The short answer is, there is no way to tell, listen to the show for a better explanation.

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To send us feedback or questions, [email protected]

Todd and Mike talk about the new Echo Devices from Amazon, the Podcast Awards relaunch, Small Batch Audio Kickstarter, and about how Blubrry accounts are organized. Also, we answer the question "How many subscribers do I have?" Thanks for listening and please subscribe.

News:

- Podcast Awards - Relaunched and with new rules

- SmallBatch.Audio Kickstarter

- Alexa Echo Show - Alexa exists in what looks like an "iPad" lookalike, including video and camera.

- Alexa calling and messaging enabled

Topics:

PowerPress Sites Deluxe will include the following:

- A fully managed WordPress Website

- More theme options

- Domain mapping

- DNS control

- Email forwarding

- More plugin selections

Tech:

Accounts at Blubrry.com explained:

- Login account - What you use to sign into your overall Blubrry account.

- Show listing - Your show's listing in Blubrry. You can add hosting, stats, PPS to each listing.

- Hosting or Stats subscriptions - These are hosting or stats for individual shows.

When you ask us to “delete” an account, this means your your login will no longer work and ALL of your serivces and listings will be turned off. We regularly received 2 or 3 deletion requests a week, that then wonder why they cannot login anymore.

We get this question all the time: “How many subscribers do I have?” The short answer is, there is no way to tell, listen to the show for a better explanation.

-----------

To send us feedback or questions, [email protected]