Podcast Insider

Tips to Getting Your Podcast Going

As people who have launched lots of podcasts over the years, Todd and Mike from the Blubrry team are more than equipped to provide tips on the best way to start a podcast.

Welcome to the new look, new format Podcast Insider! For Episode 333, CEO Todd Cochrane (@GeekNews) and Blubrry Support Evangelist Mike Dell (@MGDell) take us back to the basics to discuss the best ways to start a podcast.

We hope you enjoy today's episode of Podcast Insider; we've worked hard to ensure that you're getting the best podcast knowledge. We'll still be periodically having guests on, so if you're interested in being featured reach out to the team.

Today's Hosts: Todd Cochrane and Mike Dell

We cover a variety of items at hand when starting your podcast.

Topics - Pick one you're relentlessly passionate about and won't run out of things to say about it; skip popular and stick with something you care about.

Podcast Titles - Do your research and secure the title quickly. Research other shows, you can do so here. Don't make this too difficult to spell or pronounce.

Websites / Domains - Lock down a URL before it's already taken. Consider if it will be your show title, network, business, your name, etc.

Artwork - 1400x1400 is recommended. Directories are very picky about this, so you have to get the specs right.

RSS Feed - Time to setup the lifeblood of a podcast; we suggest using PowerPress and Blubrry hosting.

Trailer / episode 0 / launch episodes - Should you do them or not? It depends, but it typically doesn't hurt to give audiences a heads up.

Directories - You can't submit to directories until you have your first episode; Apple, Spotify & Podcast Index. The page on where to submit your podcast can help.

Pro-Production Tip

Batch Recording and Social Media Setup

Got a subject you would like us to cover on the show, Drop an email to [email protected] (audio, text, video), and we may use it. You can also post a question on the Blubrry Podcasting Facebook group.

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Columbus, Ohio 43235

There comes a time that you should refresh your podcast; change something up. And it's time for Blubrry to do the same. Next week we'll be back with a whole new format and some stylistic changes but still the same team. We're pairing back on the number of topics we discuss each week so we can really give our expertise on the topics at hand. We think you'll really enjoy the change. In the meantime, Mike and MacKenzie discuss big tech in podcasting, some listener data and more.

Thanks for joining us on this episode of Podcast Insider. Looking to be a guest on the show? Let us know. Emails are listed at the bottom of show notes.

News

“Big Tech is Bad for Podcasting” Leo Laporte on the Podnews Weekly Review

What do chart-topping podcasts have in common?

US people between 13-34, one third of them listen to podcasts every day 

Confirmed: Google will remove Podcasts Search carousel on February 13th - https://podnews.net/uploads/google-podcasts-feb13.png          

To be replaced by a “new feature” 

Crooked Media podcasters move forward to unionize with WGA (Writers Guild of America East)

Best Practice

Keeping your podcast fresh

Every once in a while you need to change things up to improve your podcast and keep it interesting for podcasters and the listener.

Blubrry News

This podcast will be changing up the format a bit next week. If there is a subject you want us to dig into, let us know! Email [email protected]

Blubrry Pro Tip

The Power of Audio vs. Video

Question of the Week

Question:  I've got to know how can I use the Blueberry listeners statistics dashboard to see downloads for a single episode on a specific day?

Answer:  Ah yes, good question!  Go to the Blubrry dashboard and click on See all Statistics under the stats chart. Then, in the blue bar at the top, click on Episodes. From there find the episode you want to check out. Click on it.  (the file name). Once you do that, you can scroll down to “trending” and hover over the graph and the daily numbers will show up for each day.

Got a subject you would like us to cover in detail, drop an email to [email protected] (audio, text, video), and we may use it. You can also post a question on the Blubrry Podcasting Facebook group.

Produced and edited by the Blubrry Pro Production team at BlubrryPro.com.

Thanks for listening to Podcast Insider. Join us next week or better yet, Subscribe or Follow in the podcast app of your choice.

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Coming to you this week from Columbus, Ohio & Traverse City, Michigan. Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team.

Fill out our listener survey at surveys.blubrry.com/podcastinsider

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Columbus, Ohio 43235

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.

Thanks for joining us on this episode of Podcast Insider. Looking to be a guest on the show? Let us know. Emails are listed at the bottom of show notes.

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.

Got a question you’d like us to answer on the show? OR a subject you would like us to cover on the show.Drop an email to [email protected] (audio, text, video), and we may use it. You can also post a question on the Blubrry Podcasting Facebook group.

Produced and edited by the Blubrry Pro Production team.

Thanks for listening to Podcast Insider. Join us next week or better yet, Subscribe or Follow in the podcast app of your choice.

The best place for support with any Blubrry product or service is our ticket system (https://blubrry.com/support/). Tickets give the whole team access rather than direct emails or calls.

Coming to you this week from Columbus, Ohio & Traverse City, Michigan. Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team.

Fill out our listener survey at surveys.blubrry.com/podcastinsider

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In recent years we've seen how people are getting their podcast change. New apps, new formats etc. But does an RSS feed make a podcast, a real podcast? We discuss in various topics today how podcasting has evolved, changes to podcast RSS feeds, most importantly with Podcasting 2.0 initiatives and more on today's episode of Podcast Insider with Mike and MacKenzie.

Thanks for joining us on this episode of Podcast Insider. Looking to be a guest on the show? Let us know. Emails are listed at the bottom of show notes.

News

Spotify laying off 600 more people

Vox Media laying off 7% of its workforce

Is the number of new podcasts REALLY down 80% over 2020?

Podcast downloads UP in 2022

Full schedule for Podcast Movement Evolutions is out now 

.FM domains are dominated by podcasting, not radio.

Best Practice

Video Podcasting: Do's and dont's and why you might be making it too hard on yourself. Again, does an RSS feed make a podcast?

Blubrry News

Podcasting 2.0 features released! RSS feed features available in Publisher and PowerPress.

Be sure to check out our YouTube channel. We will be posting a lot of how-to videos soon.

Todd is speaking at Podfest Expo in Orlando today and Friday.

Blubrry Pro Tip

When is a podcast not a podcast?

Question of the Week

Question: I have another person managing my podcast, but I don’t want them to have my login info. Can I have additional users on my Blubrry account?

Answer: Yes! We have account sharing. To find that, go to the Podcaster Dashboard at Blubrry.com and select your show (if you have more than one) and click on Show > Manage and then Sharing settings. You can invite people by email and give them access to your stats or publishing or both on the show level. They will not have access to the other shows on your account or your account settings.

Got a question you’d like us to answer on the show? Drop an email to [email protected] (audio, text, video), and we may use it. You can also post a question on the Blubrry Podcasting Facebook group.

The best place for support with any Blubrry product or service is our ticket system (https://blubrry.com/support/). Tickets give the whole team access rather than direct emails or calls.

Coming to you this week from Columbus, Ohio & Traverse City, Michigan. Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team.

Fill out our listener survey at surveys.blubrry.com/podcastinsider

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-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) and we will send you a Blubrry care package.

Our mailing address:

Blubrry – MacKenzie

150 E. Campus View Blvd. #180

Columbus, Ohio 43235

The great debate in podcasting: sound vs. video. Podcasting is most often known as audio, but in recent years has taken a sharp turn to video as well. Podcast sound only reigns king for regular publishing, but video has a purpose. Mike and Todd discuss podcast sound, some amazing new Blubrry releases and we feature a pro-production tip about you guessed it - podcast sound.

Thanks for joining us on this episode of Podcast Insider. Looking to be a guest on the show? Let us know. Emails are listed at the bottom of show notes.

News

Do listeners want video?

Why video can’t replace audio in podcasting

Podcasts removed from search at Google

Is the Google Podcasts app going away?

New (launching) podcast creation has drastically dropped since 2020

Best Practice

While not accessible to everyone, if you have the means, consider upping your bandwidth to reduce issues when recording.

If you can’t upgrade your bandwidth, here are some tricks that may help

Do not use wifi; use a wired connection to your router.

Do a double-ender recording where each host records themselves. 

Do not use video on either end.

Blubrry News

Quicklinks was launched this week for Blubrry hosting customers.

Media Mastering by Auphonic released today. Free until February 18th. 

Podcast 2.0 features added to Blubrry Publisher. PowerPress and more info next week!

Todd is speaking at Podfest Expo in Orlando Thursday and Friday. If you are in the area, we have some expo-only passes available.

Blubrry Pro Tip

What do you sacrifice with bad sound?

Thanks for the tip, Kate

Question of the Week

Question: What are LUFS? Why is -16lufs the standard for podcasting?

Answer: Lufs stand for “Loudness Unit Full Scale” which to ordinary people means as loud as a system can handle. For podcasters, it just means that your show's audio will be as loud as it should be, and if we all do -16lufs, people won’t have to change the volume on their device between shows at that value. Not sure who or why -16 is the standard, but it is for now.

More reading for the sound geeks:  https://www.edmprod.com/lufs/ 

Got a question you’d like us to answer on the show? Drop an email to [email protected] (audio, text, video), and we may use it. You can also post a question on the Blubrry Podcasting Facebook group.

The best place for support with any Blubrry product or service is our ticket system (https://blubrry.com/support/). Tickets give the whole team access rather than direct emails or calls.

Coming to you this week from The New Media Production studio in Coldwater, Michigan & Mike Dell’s World Studio in Traverse City, Michigan. Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team.

Fill out our listener survey at surveys.blubrry.com/podcastinsider

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-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) and we will send you a Blubrry care package.

Our mailing address:

Blubrry – MacKenzie

150 E. Campus View Blvd. #180

Columbus, Ohio 43235

Our first big release of the year was working with Apple. We now integrate with Apple Podcast Subscription shows for easy publishing directly from the Blubrry platform.

Anyone producing a premium subscription based Apple Podcast can now publish their premium episodes directly through our platform and we're very excited about it. Tune in to hear more on that feature as well as some cools tools in Slack and for Podcasting 2.0.

Thanks for joining us on this episode of Podcast Insider. Looking to be a guest on the show? Let us know. Emails are listed at the bottom of show notes.

News

Apple Podcast Subscriptions integrated into the Blubrry platform

PRX using V4V in a new way

Levar Burton is launching his first kid’s podcast, Sound Detectives

Slack now produces a transcript if you upload an audio file. Not sure how useable it is yet, but we discovered that last week. Other chat services have this too.

True Crime podcast listener now a murder suspect

Best Practice

Reach out to be a guest on your favorite podcast! We don’t mean your favorite podcast that is not relevant to insights or expertise that you can provide, but you should reach out to be a guest on a show you’re familiar with for a meaningful conversation.

Blubrry News

Lots of Podcasting 2.0 features are now in the Blubrry publisher. Learn more here and here.

Location

Transcripts

Chapters

Person

Live Item

TXT

Podping

Value (V4V) Coming very soon

PowerPress will be updated with the same tags very soon

Todd will be keynote speaking at Podfest Expo in Orlando Thursday and Friday -   If you are in the area, we have some expo-only passes available. Reach out to MacKenzie.

Todd will also speak at Podcast Movement Evolutions in Las Vegas in March.

Blubrry Pro Tip

First Impressions Artwork

Question of the Week

Question:I use an AudioTechnica ATH-M50 headset for my podcasting, but I need to buy three more pairs for guests, and I don't want to spend $200 on each pair. Can you recommend a "decent" headphone option that sounds neutral and easy to listen to for long periods of time that's under $100?

Answer: (Mike)I have a set of Sony MDR 7506 headphones that I like a lot. They are around $80 and seem tough as well. At least I haven’t broken them yet :)  (Todd) You could likely go cheaper than that for guests. As long as they can hear you and the headphones are comfortable, it shouldn’t be an issue.

Sony Headphones at B&H

Got a question you’d like us to answer on the show? Drop an email to [email protected] (audio, text, video) and we may use it. You can also post a question on the Blubrry Podcasting Facebook group.

The best place for support with any Blubrry product or service is our ticket system (https://blubrry.com/support/). Tickets give the whole team access rather than direct emails or calls.

Coming to you this week from The New Media Production studio in Coldwater, Michigan & Mike Dell’s World Studio in Traverse City, Michigan. Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team.

Fill out our listener survey at surveys.blubrry.com/podcastinsider

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-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) and we will send you a Blubrry care package.

Our mailing address:

Blubrry – MacKenzie

150 E. Campus View Blvd. #180

Columbus, Ohio 43235

Enough with the 2022 recap, we're here to focus on what's ahead for 2023. Mike and MacKenzie review some recent articles predicting and focusing on potential changes the podcast industry; it's a bit foreboding. Working in podcasting for so long, both of them give their best takes on ad dollars, networks, even the economy.

Thanks for joining us on this episode of Podcast Insider. Looking to be a guest on the show? Let us know. Emails are listed at the bottom of show notes.

News

Great Podcasting Market Correction from Bloomberg

A Rocky 2023 for Podcasting? from The Verge

30 experts give their forecast for podcasting in 2023 

What are some of Mike and MacKenzie’s predictions for podcasting in 2023?

MacKenzie - Hoping for better search within apps

Mike - Predicting Joe Rogan will leave Spotify

Best Practice

Don't Ghost Your Guest!

Encourage your guest to share your episode when it’s published! Easier said than done but there are many ways to make it easier for them to share said episode. Follow an email schedule / template where you follow up with a link to the episode; social media handles if they want to tag (and ask for theirs) and clue them into other cool places they can share their link.

Blubrry News

Todd is attending CES in Las Vegas, he can provide a quick tech recap next week tpn.tv

Looking to start off the month of January with a Podcaster of the Month blog feature, guest on this show, etc. Email MacKenzie!

Integrations, announcements and releases coming soon, starting next week.

Blubrry Pro Tip

Ads for your podcast

Question of the Week

Question: From a flurry of support tickets this week - What are the ‘Podcast Landing Page URL’ and ‘Podcast Mirror Feed URL’ fields for in PowerPress?

Answer: “Podcast landing page” is where you can put a page you want people to go to if they click “Podcast Homepage” in Apple and other apps.

“Podcast Mirror feed URL” is used when you choose to use the Podcast Mirror service that Blubrry offers. This can also be used to create a 301 redirect to a new feed if you are moving away from PowerPress to generate your RSS feed.

Got a question you’d like us to answer on the show? Drop an email to [email protected] (audio, text, video) and we may use it. You can also post a question on the Blubrry Podcasting Facebook group.

The best place for support with any Blubrry product or service is our ticket system (https://blubrry.com/support/). Tickets give the whole team access rather than direct emails or calls.

Coming to you this week from MacKenzie’s studio in Columbus, Ohio & Mike Dell’s World Studio in Traverse City, Michigan. Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team.

Fill out our listener survey at surveys.blubrry.com/podcastinsider

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-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) and we will send you a Blubrry care package.

Our mailing address:

Blubrry – MacKenzie

150 E. Campus View Blvd. #180

Columbus, Ohio 43235

Todd and Mike review how the predictions panned out for this last year. Also, Mike had a little fun with the RoadCaster Pro's cart buttons :) Todd paid the $1 bet.  It was fun and a little rough around the edges.

Happy New Year!  See ya in 2023!

Thanks for joining us on this episode of Podcast Insider. Looking to be a guest on the show? Let us know. Emails are listed at the bottom of show notes.

Carolyn Berry from Adventures with Grammy, says her show will double its listeners in 2022.  ( good plug! )  Don’t know.  Carolyn?  Did it double? 

Maxwell Ivey Jr. from What’s Your Excuse network and The Blind Blogger says: I predict even more people, companies, and organizations will launch podcasts.

I predict Spotify and others will continue to try to win the podcasting world like it's a game of monopoly.

I predict that more people will be hosting with Blubrry.

Dave Keeshan from The Future is Not Set, I predict the option to open a payment stream to podcasts will increase. So far Patreon and buymeacoffee.com are sorta fits. The start of tipping, or lightning/crypto payments, or anything that can be done from a handheld device will become more common. This will hopefully happen as a result of people’s frustration with the increase of ads into their podcast experience. Hopefully, this will also lead to a more dynamic podcast, where they can be delivered with and without ads.

There will be more live streaming like events/productions. Clubhouse, Fireside, Wisdom, are all chasing "something". The thing, live, interactive audio, which can be recorded and released later as a podcast, maybe as different as radio shows are to podcasts (which are also released after the fact as podcasts)

The CHECK YOUR HEAD Podcast’s prediction for 2022 @checkheadpod is that it will be the biggest year for podcast growth as more people turn to #podcasts for safe, enjoyable & free entertainment during #pandemiclife.

 Josh - Tips of the Slung I wouldn't be surprised if some of the shows under the banners of bigger companies (in particular shows that were independent and successful prior to signing) try to break their contracts and go indie again.

Daniel J. Lewis from Audacity to Podcast -  I expect we'll see another huge platform support podcasts—maybe Microsoft, Twitter, or LinkedIn. Also much bigger adoption of Podcasting 2.0.

Jim Malliard from The Malliard Report:  I predict Spotify will close the free version of anchor and try to recruit shows to only be on Spotify, only with free music accounts.

Articles:

HotPod / The Verge’s predictions (toward the bottom of this article)

Pacific Content’s Annual Prediction article

Kids’ Podcast Predictions for 2022

From the Team:

Toby Goodman from Blubrry Pro Production:  ​​There will be at least one best selling book about podcasting coming in late Feb! (hint: Toby is writing a book)  :)

Ultimately I say this... The industry will be split into even more subsections from a revenue-generating standpoint. I don't think paid subscriptions will grow wildly unless podcasters are prepared to give more than just... more audio away. ie: More in-person events, memberships…

Barry Kantz -  I think the blockchain will have an impact on podcasting over the next couple of years.

Todd’s Predictions: 

Facebook will be #2 by end of 2022  (BONK!)

More consolidation of conglomerates buying podcast companies (Some)

More advertising opportunities for independent podcasters (Yes)

The growth of the podcast space will go back to pre-pandemic levels (Maybe?)

More companies will exercise private podcasting in their organizations (Some)

Podcasts tend to follow a routine or format each episode. Most often this is a good thing for the audience as repetition is conductive to building loyalty. That doesn't mean you need to stick to the format that you've always done. Thanks to Kate from the Pro-Production team for joining Mike this episode, they have some great discussions on podcast format changes, mastermind groups and more.

Thanks for joining us on this episode of Podcast Insider. Looking to be a guest on the show? Let us know. Emails are listed at the bottom of show notes.

News

Spotify may rebrand Anchor

Overcast web player will remain after all

Will Joe Rogan renew with Spotify? 

Apple’s holiday deadline for adding new shows, channels or subscription shows may be slower than normal from Dec 23rd to Jan 2nd.

Best Practice

Be wary of the so-called podcast mastermind groups. Anyone can call themselves a mastermind, and certainly plenty of podcasters that know a bit about podcasting do call themselves just that. Sometimes these groups and orgs can be very helpful, but a lot of the time, they’re not worth the hype and definitely not worth the money. As you head into the new year with renewed energy, do your research. Keep in mind, this advice also applies to podcast networks.

Blubrry News

Blog post: Remembering Blubrry in 2022

Next week's show, we pull up what was predicted for 2022 and see how we did. :) It should be fun!

We have a lot of team members that are enjoying the holiday season away from work. Response times in sales and support will be slower than usual this week and next.

Holiday hours for Blubrry Support:

December 23, 8 am - 12 pm (Half Day)

December 26, Closed

December 30, 8 am - 12 pm (Half Day)

January 2, Closed

Blubrry Pro Tip

The Value of DAI

Question of the Week 

Question: Our podcast uses a rigorous format. I think our listeners will get bored with that over time. When is a good time to switch things up? Also, what is your advice on how to make format changes?

Answer: Always. A basic show format is good to have, but mixing that format up based on the core content of your show is always a good idea. A Blubrry customer, Cancer Covered, is a good example of taking your base format and customizing it for each episode so your listeners have a fresh take and listen to current (and past) episodes with fresh ears. While some things should remain constant, your audio logo for example, swap out other music beds. Offer an “ad free” episode for a week or two and simply give your listeners a great conversation or bit of information. There are lots of ways to keep your show fresh and inviting to your current and new listeners.

Got a question you’d like us to answer on the show? Drop an email to [email protected] (audio, text, video) and we may use it. You can also post a question on the Blubrry Podcasting Facebook group.

The best place for support with any Blubrry product or service is our ticket system (https://blubrry.com/support/). Tickets give the whole team access rather than direct emails or calls.

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

Fill out our listener survey at surveys.blubrry.com/podcastinsider

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-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) and we will send you a Blubrry care package.

Our mailing address:

Blubrry – MacKenzie

150 E. Campus View Blvd.

Many people have asked, even we have pondered and answered, and now there is a report on the best day to release a podcast. Kind of. A report has recently been released providing percentages on how popular each day of the week is to release a new episode. The data may surprise you.

Thanks for joining us on this episode of Podcast Insider. Looking to be a guest on the show? Let us know. Emails are listed at the bottom of show notes.

News

True Crime Podcast Proof helped to free 2 men after 25 years in prison 

What is the best day to release a podcast? Here's a report on the subject: What day are the most podcast episodes released?

NPR Student challenge is back for 2023 

Live podcasting, the open way from Dave Jones

Spotify cuts live audio shows

Good Housekeeping’s 40 best podcasts of 2022 

SmartLess Media formed by the hosts behind SmartLess podcast with Will Arnett, Jason Bateman and Sean Hayes. They announced four shows that will debut in 2023, hosted by fellow celebrities.

Best Practice

Use your voice to the best of your ability, and forgo trying to ‘sound like a podcaster’. The best advice we can give to anyone that is anxious about how their voice sounds, is to do it anyway. Your conversational voice will most likely work best; and the content is the most important part. Articulate yourself well and your voice will follow suit.

Blubrry News

Blubrry offices will be closed the Monday after Christmas (Boxing day) and the Monday after New Year's Day. We will also be out the Friday afternoons of Christmas Eve and New Years Eve.

We are still head down on a bunch of new features and a couple of new products. Look for some announcements after the first of the year.

One of those features will be Value 4 Value, where you will be able to get donations to your show via Sats (small parts of bitcoin). This show is enabled for V4V so if you are listening on a supported app (Fountain, Podverse, or others), you can send us a boost.

Blubrry Pro Tip

Podcast Gear/Tech

Question of the Week

Question: What are the 3 or 4 best destinations to submit my podcast to? 

Answer:  Well, you want to try to be as everywhere as you can.  But if you want to pick the most important ones, I would say submit your show to these four:

Apple Podcasts

Google Podcasts

Spotify

Podcast Index

It doesn’t hurt to submit to all the others. If you are a PowerPress or Blubrry user, go to the destinations settings and submit to them all. (Don’t lose any sleep over it) 

Got a question you’d like us to answer on the show? Drop an email to [email protected] (audio, text, video) and we may use it. You can also post a question on the Blubrry Podcasting Facebook group.

The best place for support with any Blubrry product or service is our ticket system (https://blubrry.com/support/). Tickets give the whole team access rather than direct emails or calls.

Coming to you this week from MacKenzie’s Home Studio in Columbus, OH & Mike Dell’s World Studio in Traverse City, Michigan. Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team.

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