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Everything that you know about the new updated Apple Podcasts categories! And how to update yours NOW on the Libsyn interface. Also covering that story from Bloomberg about Apple Podcasts exclusive content strategy and the plethora of derivative articles that spun and spun it, the Onion like article on podcasting by the NYTimes, discussing how the beauty of podcasting is creating a show that is exactly how you want it to be, and stats, this time centering on all the geographic and user agent data, plus plenty of other wonderful and helpful podcasting tips… Mostly inspired by you and your feedback!

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• :07 Intro & how you can be featured by Libsyn!
• 4:09 PROMO 1: The Rideshare Guy
• 4:42 Rob and Elsie Conversation
• 6:30 Apple Podcasts updated their categories and how to update them on Libsyn
• 10:44 That Bloomberg article about the rumor Apple is looking to create exclusive content
• What Elsie and Rob think is happening with Apple's alleged podcasting strategy
• 16:05 There was an INC article furthering the misguided narrative that Apple has done nothing for podcasting
• 21:18 PROMO 2: Southern Gothic
• 21:52 There was an Onion piece that accidentally was published in the NY Times about podcasting and Elsie and Rob have thoughts
• 23:10 When the term podfading began, in 2005
• 27:56 Peter asks about episode artwork help
• Pandora only has podcasts on the mobile app, not on the desktop
• 33:18 Making sure that episodes on Apple Podcasts show up at the exact time that sponsors want
• Audio promo tips
• 41:00 Follow up tip for mobile podcasting using the Tascam DR10L with lavs via Dave
• Creating category custom players for your show!
• Did we spoil a TV show?
• Will we make The Feed 24 minutes long?
• How to circumvent the problem of hitting number 300
• 55:12 Liz from Ben Franklin's World toured the Libsyn office and shared her insights
• Someone did use the NASA audio and images that we mentioned in the last episode!
• Listen Notes CEO Wenbin shared some cool tip about transcriptions and Listen Notes
• A podcaster featured on C-SPAN Radio!
• 1:02:30 PROMO 3: UNAPOLOGETICALLY DIFFERENT
• 1:05:35 Stats, stats, stats! Geographic and user agent
• 1:10:58 Where have we been?
• 1:14:44 Elsie's new show Sobre Podcasting
• 1:18:06 Where are we going?

• Promo 1: The Rideshare Guy
• Promo 2: Southern Gothic
• Promo 3: Unapologetically Different
• Peter from Marketing Study Lab
• Dave from The GrowthBuster Podcast
• Liz from Ben Franklin's World

Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro!

Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie

• Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :)
• This is where the Libsyn Meet-up is going to be at 8 am on August 14
• What's New – Libsyn Platform Special Update Supporting the New Apple Podcasts Categories
• Apple Plans to Bankroll Original Podcasts to Fend Off Rivals
• Apple Made Podcasting a Thing. Here's How It Plans to Get Back on Top (and Why You Should Pay Attention)
• Have We Hit Peak Podcast?
• Fernando Air Nandez @microgdl on Twitter
• Tascam DR–10L Portable Digital Audio Recorder with Lavalier Microphone
• Aviation News Talk episode featuring all the NASA media
• Submit to Listen Notes!
• 001: PODCASTING: WHY TO START (AND HOW TO SUCCEED) – ROB WALCH
• Finale: Supertop & Friends
• Elsie on Forty Thrive talking about community
• Elsie's new show Sobre Podcasting!

• Podcast Movement
• She Podcasts Conference
• DragonCon
• Content Marketing World
• Military Influencer Conference

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This episode dives into an incremental simplifying release to Libsyn, Spotify allowing direct access to their Spotify-specific performance stats, follow up on wireless recording with the Zoom H6, handling bonus episode numbering, recording quality tips, random podcasts dot com, the fastest podcast hosts and finally mean and median number stats! And there is a lot more in between, so yes, this is a jammed packed one.

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• :07 Intro & how you can be featured by Libsyn!
• 2:37 PROMO 1: Two Are Gathered In Leadership
• 4:02 Elsie and Rob Conversation
  • Rob has some feedback for Stranger Things 3 and Amazon Prime Day
  • We have a simplifyng easy release to the Libsyn interface!
  • Spotify feature that allows individual creators to have more direct access to their Spotify-specific performance statistics
  • 25:51 PROMO 2: Two Are Gathered In Leadership
  • People do care about privacy, so watch out podcast businesses based on taking advantage of listeners podcasters
  • What's the difference between PandoraRSSCrawler and Pandora as a user agent?
  • A better solution available than spending $700 or so on a pro-grade wireless mic system
  • 33:32 AUDIO FEEDBACK about how to number bonus episode numbers on your feed
  • Yes, the description field is going away from iTunes and the Apple Podcasts app
  • You should clear out anything that is in the Summary section as it will be depricated soon
  • Elsie shares some tips on how to continue to write a summary of your episodes and use it for your marketing
  • A rant about excited
  • Covering a bit about recording quality
  • Podcasts appearing in the wrong order in iTunes and how to fix that
  • iTunes not showing all 300 episodes of your show
  • When the audio player is pre-loading
  • 56:57 Why did you leave us segment
  • A tool for discovering new podcasts called Random Podcasts dot Com
  • Wondery received $10 million more in VC funding
  • Podimo raised 6 Million Euros as well
  • Tips for getting your local podcasting group started
  • Why Elsie is a little bit excited about the Bullet App
  • 1:19:07 PROMO 3: Pop Culturally Deprived
  • STATS: Mean and median numbers
  • Where are we going?

• Promo 1: Two Are Gathered In Leadership
• Promo 2: Pod With Me
• Promo 3: Pop Culturally Deprived
• Suzy from The Casual Birder Podcast

Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro!

Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie

• Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :)
• Podcasting Quickstart July 17
• Amazon Prime Day will actually be two days this year
• Your podcast, on Spotify
• Independent audit finds Facebook activity has fallen by 20% since Cambridge Analytica
• Sennheiser AVX MKE2 Lavalier Pro Wireless Set from Borrown Lenses
• Feds Announce Rule for Selling 600MHz Wireless Mics
• Will Increasing your Bit Rate equal More Listeners?
• Stop Making Podcasts
• Who Offers the Fastest Podcast Hosting? – TAP335

• Utah Podcast Summit
• Outlier Conference
• Podcast Movement
• She Podcasts Conference
• DragonCon
• Content Marketing World
• Military Influencer Conference

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This episode has follow up on the Apple category announcements and when you can expect to be able to update them, Spotify adding ads to podcasts, NASA makes their entire library copyright free! Using an H6 and a wireless mic, when you need to fire your podcasting agency, Rob soapbox! Privacy vs podcasting! And of course stats! This time it's all about user agents, and geographic data!

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• :07 Intro & how you can be featured by Libsyn!
• 2:37 PROMO 1: Licensed To Live
• 3:10 Elsie and Rob Conversation
  • The story of when the roof caved in during the Elsie and Krystal webinar
  • Apple Announcements at WWDC 2019 follow up focusing on when the category changes will happen and what to expect
  • Apple, yet again, cracking down on podcasts that are key word stuffing titles and author tags
  • 11:20 iTunes disappearing is a good thing! Voice feedback from Michael
  • Spotify started putting some ads in front of some podcasts
  • What it takes for your show to advertise on Spotify
  • NASA makes entire media library available copyright free!
  • Apple is once again changing things and it's affecting podcast rankings
  • Need your help! Using a Zoom H6 with a wireless microphone
  • Omny was just purchased by Triton Digital
  • Where have YOU been?
  • Worst email of the week
  • New and noteworthy is not a thing, really, it's not
  • 36:57 Why did you leave us, because of a flakey co-host
  • 38:54 PROMO 2: Professor Slots
  • There is no such thing as AIB Compliant, mind Rob soapbox
  • Podcasting and privacy
  • 53:30 PROMO 3: Monster Slots
  • Stats: geographic and user agents

• Promo 1: Licensed To Live
• Promo 2: Monster Attack
• Promo 3: Professor Slots
• Michael from Native Opinion

Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro!

Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie

• Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :)
• Libsyn Live #29: WordPress, Libsyn Publisher Hub, & Gutenberg Explained
• Spotify now lets advertisers target podcast listeners
• NASA makes their entire media library publicly accessible and copyright free
• NASA Image and Video Library
• Sennheiser AVX-ME2 SET Digital Camera-Mount Wireless Omni Lavalier Microphone System (1.9 GHz)
• Beyond Gimlet And Luminary: A Look Into Podcasting Investment In 2019
• The Mueller Report—the Best True Crime Tale Going—Is Now Available as a Podcast
• Privacy vs Podcasting
• Dean McDermott, Adam Hunter, And Nicky Paris Take On Comedy-Driven Podcasting

• Utah Podcast Summit
• Outlier Conference
• Podcast Movement
• She Podcasts Conference
• DragonCon
• Content Marketing World
• Military Influencer Conference

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Starting with WWDC 2019 and the big news that iTunes will never be the same to Apple's latest email letting all podcasters know that all podcast categories will be changing and exactly how that affects podcasters. We don't only keep it to Apple, we share the latest podcasting insight from Google I/O last month and so much more! Including the latest mean and median download number stats so that you can get some clear metrics to know where you and your show stand.

Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email [email protected] or call 412–573–1934. We'd love to hear from you!

• :07 Intro & how you can be featured by Libsyn!
• 2:42 PROMO 1: Arm Cast
• 3:08 Elsie and Rob Conversation
  • Elsie's using a new mic!
  • WWDC redux all about podcasting via Rob Walch: iTunes is not being killed off with a flip of a switch
  • iTunes specific questions from the community!
  • The email from Apple that went to podcasters
  • The email from Apple that went to podcast hosts
  • Passing along Google podcasting news from Google I/O
  • 44:36 PROMO 2: Dear Strategy
  • A question about an app that could check Libsyn stats
  • Have you submitted your show to RADIO.COM ?
  • 47:36 AUDIO FEEDBACK from Kevin about using the new Overcast clip feature
  • Follow up on audio clips and Castro's new release of sharing audio clips
  • Question about setting up multiple destinations for YouTube
  • The 14th annual People's Podcast Awards are open!
  • Transcripts strategy talk
  • Streamlining what website pops up when searching Google for your podcast
  • Competitors claiming they have apps when really, they don't
  • Where have YOU been? Jennifer has been on TV!
  • IAB advertising numbers and what they have to do with a sliver of pepperoni
  • Rob has an article about podcasting and privacy, have you read it? We'd love your feedback!
  • 1:08:10 PROMO 3: Scifi Talk
  • Stats, stats, stats! Mean and median

• Promo 1: Arm Cast
• Promo 2: Dear Strategy
• Promo 3: Scifi Talk
• Kevin from Tales of The Black Badge: A Wynnona Earp Podcast

Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro!

Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie

• Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :)
• Apple Podcasts categories
• https://g.co/podcasts/links
• How to set up your RADIO.COM destination
• Kevin's Overcast clip Twitter example
• Kevn's Overcast clip Twitter example 2
• Castro Podcast Player for iOS adds support for creating and sharing podcast clips
• Privacy vs podcasting
• Elsie Escobar: Podcasts Are the Antidote to Misleading Media, on Podcasting Step by Step

• Podcast Movement
• She Podcasts Conference

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All 4 of Libsyn's Hall of Famers are recording together face to face for the very first time to bring you the news that we have a new agreement with Entercom, to distribute Libsyn podcasts on RADIO.COM, Entercom's integrated digital platform! Plus, some insight into Rob Greenlee's move to Libsyn.

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• Jennifer from Bourbon Barrel Podcasting
• JimJim from JimJim's Reinvention Revolution Podcast

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Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Team Libsyn

• Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :)
• All of the Libsyn Destinations available to you!
• How to set-up your Radio.com Destination
• Rob Greenlee on Podcast411 - direct link to MP3!

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Starting off with some big news from The Libsyn Team, Google now including podcasting in their search results, Podfund thoughts and feelings, advice on making agreements with advertising companies, Tackling the Apple Podcasts review myth, insight in about Podcoin and as always, STATS, country breakdowns, Spotify country breakdowns and user agents

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• :07 Intro & how you can be featured by Libsyn!
• 2:25 PROMO 1:
• 2:48 Elsie and Rob Conversation
  • A new addition to the Libsyn Team! Welcome Rob Greenlee!
  • Google Podcasts now playing in browsers!
  • iOS 12.3 went live on May 13
  • Congrats to Overcast for getting the Editors Choice designation in the iOS App store
  • Tips on tagging an episode 'trailer' and what that means to your podcast listeners
  • Elsie and Rob talk about Podfund
  • 37:47 PROMO 2: Mind Your Mental
  • Luminary App has been updated to include links in the shownotes
  • About CPMs and percentages - what are the best practices?
  • There is a new podcast newsletter aimed at the listener, called The Listener
  • The iTunes Review myth, we talk about it again
  • 56:22 Audio feedback asking about how to redirect your feed from Squarespace to Libsyn
  • Worst email of the week! Becoming famous!
  • 56:34 Why did you leave us segment?
  • Podcoin, stats reporting and what happens when you pay people to 'listen'
  • We think respecting the privacy of the listeners is the right way to do things
  • Edison Research from Australia! We need your feedback!
  • 1:11:40 PROMO 3: The Big Seance
  • STATS: Country, Spotify country breakdowns and user agents

• Promo 1: Small Business Made Simple
• Promo 2: Mind Your Mental
• Promo 3: The Big Seance Podcast
• Adam from the What You Will Learn Podcast

Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro!

Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie

• Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :)
• Google adds handy playable podcasts to search results
• A new company will give podcasters up to $50,000 to help them grow
• Transferring A Podcast - Squarespace Support
• The Listener Newsletter
• These Are Our 5 Favorite Podcast Apps Right Now
• NAB Show: The 13 Innovative Media Companies to Watch
• Elsie on Episode 5 of Preserve This Podcast

• Proclaim 19
• NAB in Las Vegas
• Utah Podcast Summit
• Military Influencer Conference
• Podcast Movement
• She Podcasts Conference

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Super specific tips on the new podcasts.apple.com URLs, email on new feature enhancements in iOS 12.2, the new 'clips' functionality on Overcast, OUR THOUGHTS ON LUMINARY!!!! Images supported in podcast app descriptions? New podcast industry acquisitions, the *worst* most mind blowing email of the week, mean and median stats and so much more!

Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email [email protected] or call 412–573–1934. We'd love to hear from you!

• :07 Intro
• 1:44 Audio Rockin' Libsyn Podcast: The A&P Professor
• 5:55 How you can be featured by Libsyn!
• 6:56 PROMO 1: The Social Forge
• 7:20 Elsie and Rob Conversation
  • So, what is the URL to use with the new podcast.apple.com links? It involves a lot of ? m t = & and oh so much more
  • When your latest episode is missing from Apple's Podcast App
  • New email from Apple calling attention to the new features in iOS 12.2
  • Overcast now has Clip sharing! And who needs to use it?
  • Findings from the Canadian Podcast Listener survey
  • 25:02 PROMO 2: Dropbear and Panda Save The World
  • The discussing begins about Luminary
  • 25:46 Elsie tests a new microphone for just a little bit - she needs feedback on it!
  • Back onto the Luminary conversation, which includes why you shouldn't as in should not pull your show out of Luminary
  • Asking all of you, what podcast apps support images in the shownotes?
  • Where have YOU been - the super sweet version
  • More acquisitions in podcasting!
  • Acast releases a first like an iHeart Media first
  • LibsynPro customers now get Geo Fencing!
  • Is "The" in the titles of shows totes gauche?
  • Worst email of the week, and goodness gracious it is really the worst
  • President Clinton and Chelsea Clinton seem to have already made a bit of a mistake when starting their podcast to rehabilitate their image
  • Some light shining brought by J. Brown from J. Brown Yoga Talks Podcast about Squarespace and podcasting
  • About GDPR/CCPA and business practices that are set up for a bit of a fail
  • Some very interesting stats about Pandora podcast consumption
  • What happens when someone says that Libsyn stats are inaccurate and why Chartable stats are not like Libsyn stats
  • 1:06:40 PROMO 3: The Newsworthy
  • Stats, stats, stats: mean and media from March through April!

• Audio Rockin' Libsyn Podcasts: The A&P Professor
• Promo 1: The Social Forge
• Promo 2: Dropbear and Panda Save The World
• Promo 3: The Newsworthy

Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro!

Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie

• Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :)
• Overcast Podcast Player Gains Audio and Video Clip-Sharing Feature
• Canadian Podcast Listener Study finds podcast listening fueled by sharing
• TONOR Q9 USB Condenser Microphone Kit
• Link to take your show off of Luminary
• Rogers Media buys Vancouver podcast company
• Pippa acquired by Acast
• 146 Charla Con Elsie Escobar de Libsyn
• 123: Podcast Social Media Best-Practices with Elsie Escobar

• Proclaim 19
• NAB in Las Vegas
• Outlier Conference in Austin
• Utah Podcast Summit
• Military Influencer Conference
• She Podcasts Conference

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We discuss the new Apple/iTunes podcast browser pages, having an audio player in your email, networks wanting all of your IP rights and our advice on what to do, what made Joe Rogan so successful, the Podcast Consumer data 2019 plus country and user agent stats!

Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email [email protected] or call 412–573–1934. We'd love to hear from you!

• :07 Intro
• 1:45 Audio Rockin' Libsyn Podcast: The Fit Mess Podcast
• 6:28 How you can be featured by Libsyn!
• 7:40 PROMO 1: Minor Murderers
• 8:10 Elsie and Rob Conversation
  • Congrats to Elsie on successfully funding the She Podcasts conference at 200%
  • Apple is changing the iTunes show URL's
  • Does an Apple iTunes Preview page show in stats as browser?
  • Help on naming your episodes when you want to do a series for your show
  • Refresh feed - yes or no?
  • 27:11 Voice feedback from Paul Colligan re: what Android tablet Elsie should get
  • Colons causing issues for episode titles?
  • Aweber has a cool audio embeddable option for sharing your show via email
  • It seems that the MDrill cannot do a firmware update on a Mac and that is a big fail
  • 40:26 PROMO 2: Unsupervised Podcast
  • Some funkiness embedding a player to Squarespace
  • Where have you been? The NY Times!
  • 43:29 Voice feedback from Adam, a finalist of the Australian Podcast Awards!
  • As a podcaster, there is NO reason to give up ALL of your IP rights
  • Do not number your episode, episode 0
  • A two parter worst email of the week
  • How did Joe Rogan become so successful? Rob has some answers
  • Oh no! Apple Watch is not podcasting's stealth success story
  • Discussing the data for The Podcast Consumer 2019
  • 1:12:14 PROMO 3: Without Warning
  • Stats! Country breakdowns, Spotify country breakdowns and user agents

• Audio Rockin' Libsyn Podcasts: The Fit Mess Podcast
• Promo 1: Minor Murderers
• Promo 2: Unsupervised Podcast
• Promo 3: Without Warning
• Paul Colligan from The Podcast Report
• Adam Ashton from What You Will Learn

Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro!

Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie

• Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :)
• She Podcast LIVE!!!
• Podcast & Carol & Ted & Alice
• How did The Joe Rogan Experience podcast become so successful?
• Apple Watch: Podcasting's Stealth Success Story
• the podcast consumer 2019
• Blog: Where does the podcast boom go from here?
• MacVoices #19110: NAB - Libsyn Makes Your Podcast Available Everywhere
• 135- NAB show interviews with Rob Walch and Dave Jackson

• Proclaim 19
• NAB in Las Vegas
• Outlier Conference in Austin
• Utah Podcast Summit
• Military Influencer Conference
• She Podcasts Conference

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• :07 Intro
• 1:53 Audio Rockin' Libsyn Podcast: Collected Clan
• 7:17 How you can be featured by Libsyn!
• 8:34 PROMO 1: The Author Inside You
• 9:03 Elsie and Rob Conversation
  • Rob has new AirPods
  • New information for the summary iTunes tag! (description vs summary)
  • Unknown season updates
  • When do you start showing up in the Apple Podcasts Analytics?
  • Big issues with people's iTunes/Apple Podcasts charts - what could be going on?
  • Checking your podcast on Google Podcasts on a desktop
  • It looks like Google Podcasts is going to be transcribing your episodes!
  • 35:21 Audio Feedback from Ron on adding ID3 tags with Audacity and is there anything better?
  • The Blacklist Exposed recently moderated a panel with The Blacklist series creator Jon Bokenkamp! And so much more from them
  • 40:44 Audio Feedback from Shawn about the connections made with our business cards table!
  • How to deal with unusual numbering in Apple Podcasts
  • 49:49 Audio Feedback from Steve: can you shrink your RSS feed?
  • How to make sure that if you replace an episode it updates on Spotify
  • Spotify is still doing some shopping
  • Support Emily Prokop from The Story Behind! Get her to win a Webby!
  • 1:06:14 Audio Feedback from Craig: permalinks
  • The BBC is pulling their content from Google Podcasts
  • 1:17:54 PROMO 2: Beyond Westworld
  • 1:18:43 Audio Feedback from Seniortopia on copyright notices
  • Worst email of the week!
  • Update on Rob's MDrill One Microphone with built in Noise Canceling purchase
  • Finding your stats for your smartphone app
  • 1:31:03 PROMO 3: Suspicious Circumstances
  • Stats, stats, stats! Mean and median numbers

• Audio Rockin' Libsyn Podcasts: Collected Clans
• Promo 1: The Author Inside You
• Promo 2: Beyond Westworld
• Promo 3: Suspicious Circumstances
• Ron from Ethical & Sustainable Investing News to Profit By!
• Shawn from The Crushing Debt Podcast
• Steve from SteveStewart.me
• Julie from Seniortopia
• Craig from The Inglespodcast

Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro!

Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie

• Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :)
• Google Podcasts is available on desktop web with playback and syncing
• How To Access Hidden Browser Tools In Google Podcasts
• Spotify to Acquire Parcast, a Premier Podcast Storytelling Studio
• My Show Isn't Showing Up In Apple Podcasts. Why?
• Vote for The Story Behind!
• The end of open: BBC blocks its podcasts on Google
• Rob on Podlords Episode 3!
• The article that Elsie is quoted extensively on: Is Podcasting More Diverse Than We Thought?
• She Podcast LIVE!!! Kickstarter Campaign

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• :07 Intro
• 1:48 Audio Rockin' Libsyn Podcast: She's Building Her Empire
• 4:03 How you can be featured by Libsyn!
• 5:19 PROMO 1: A Perch of Birds
• 5:49 Elsie and Rob Conversation
  • The "good generic time of the day, Elsie" painting
  • Rob's recording set up for the episode
  • When Apple rejects your podcast submission with "The artwork, metadata, or an episode contain copyrighted content."
  • You can play your Spotify episodes to your Facebook Page via Facebook stories!
  • 2 emails about Apple rankings in Apple Podcasts and iTunes
  • An Apple event is coming on 3/25 and sometimes weirdness happens in the store right before the update
  • "STOP WORRYING ABOUT the Apple charts"
  • iHeart Radio and the meaning of first in two stories
  • 26:13 PROMO 2: Peak Reality
  • Where does the episode number show up in iTunes?
  • How come when you label a podcast episode as "bonus" it's showing up as "trailer"?
  • This past week it was announced that around 80 of Gimlets staff will Unionize with the writers guild of America
  • Ad Age had a great article on how to make branded podcasts that pop
  • Why doesn't Apple have a podcast?
  • Questions about where to listen to bonus content and how to see stats
  • We have some special bonus content peeps!
  • Where do you check to see if your show is on Google Podcasts?
  • Dennis Rodman has a podcast
  • Job opening in Phoenix
  • Amazing feedback from Kenn Blanchard from someone that found his show via Pandora
  • Apple Podcasts search woes and more explanation
  • Another free podcast host has closed down
  • Spotify is suing Apple
  • Luminary in a tweet totally dissed advertising in podcasts and the community responded
  • Funniest and worst emails of the week!
  • 1:01:42 PROMO 3: The Puerto Vallarta Travel Show
  • Stats! Geographic stats, Spotify country breakdown, and user agents
  • Libsyn 10k statement
  • Re-cap of the geekiest meet-up watching Edison's Infinite Dial ever!
  • Where have we been
  • The She Podcasts LIVE conference!
  • Where are we going?

• Audio Rockin' Libsyn Podcasts: She's Building Her Empire
• Promo 1: A Perch Of Birds
• Promo 2: Peak Reality Check
• Promo 3: The Puerto Vallarta Travel Show

Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro!

Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie

• Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :)
• Episode of Podcast411 with Reverse Engineers - MP3
• iHeart Launches It's First All-Podcast Radio Station
• How to make branded podcasts that pop
• How to know if you're in Google Podcasts
• Podfest Attendance Doubles
• Elsie on Forty Thrive: why you need a midlife mentor
• Elsie on PodLords
• Elsie on the New Media Show live from Podfest
• She Podcast LIVE!!! Kickstarter Campaign

• Proclaim 19
• NAB in Las Vegas

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