Spreaker Live Show #149 for March 7th, 2018

Show Duration: 44 minutes

Host: Rob Greenlee, Head of Partnerships, https://Voxnest.com and https://Spreaker.com @robgreenlee - rob(at)voxnest(dotcom)

Co-Host: Alex Exum, Host of “The Exum Experience Podcast” on Spreaker

We stream LIVE every Weds at 3 Pacific /6pm EST from SpreakerLiveShow.com

Correction: Rob misspoke in last weeks show about our support of Apple’s new “Episodic” and “Series” numbering

- Spreaker does fully support it, but I really dislike the Apple spec for it and how it displays the numbering, does not make logical sense to me, given history of the medium.

Numbering from 1 (newest episode) to let’s say 151 (oldest episode), may seem right on the surface, but showing 151 as newest and 1 as oldest makes better sense as it has always been done like that in podcasting.

Show Today:

- Is Podcast Category Targeting Important?

- Podcasting Stories, Challenges and Opportunities of the week

- Spotify Submissions Update

- Listener Comments

Is Podcast Category Targeting Important?

I tracked Apple’s Top 200 Podcasts for an entire year. Here’s what I found.

In early 2017, a colleague and Dan Misener, Head of Audience Development, Pacific Content were discussing an upcoming podcast launch, debating which of Apple’s categories was the best fit: Business? Technology? Society & Culture? Which of Apple’s categories was most appropriate, and would give the show its best chance of being discovered?

Based on Article: https://blog.pacific-content.com/i-tracked-apples-top-200-podcasts-for-an-entirere-s-what-i-found-c4e450266a1ee-year-h

Spotify Submissions Update

FYI - we are creating unique RSS feeds for Spreaker show inclusion in Spotify

Second submission list is being built now, so if you would like to be included and are not currently on a dynamic ad insertion monetization platform and does not have unlicensed music in your show then you can submit your show to me - [email protected] or [email protected]

Listener Comments:

Linda Irwin

Lightly sprinkle platform news and bake until golden brown.