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We've got a special episode of Podcast Insider as the Blubrry team celebrates our 400th episode! Join us as we reflect on our journey, share highlights and stories from past episodes, and discuss what's next for Blubrry Podcasting. This milestone is a testament to our incredible community of podcasters, listeners, and supporters. Thank you for being part of our journey! Episode 400 is likely not completely accurate. We guessed when we started Podcast Insider by adding up all the prior episodes of all the prior podcasts, but it's close enough :) Cathy and Todd reflect on attending the Podcast Show in London in May Different names of this podcast Blubrry community podcast - Just about anything, no schedule. PowerPress Podcast - MacKenzie interviewed PowerPress and Blubrry users -  Weekly(Ish) Your Podcast - Todd and Mike talked about deep subjects around podcasting - Weekly(Ish) We combined PowerPress Podcast and Your Podcast into Podcast Insider - The current show with Mike, Mac and Todd weekly Todd has been a podcasting pioneer for 20 years Inaugurated into the Podcaster Hall of Fame in 2015, wrote the first book on podcasting Humble beginnings - Started with just Todd in 2004 and then brought on other staff in 2005 and then added more full-time employees in 2015 and have continued down that road. We want to extend our deepest gratitude to each and every one of you who have been part of this incredible journey. Your support, feedback, and enthusiasm have been the driving force behind our success. We've shared countless stories, learned valuable lessons, and built a community that thrives on the passion for podcasting. Here's to the next 400 episodes and beyond—continuing to innovate, inspire, and celebrate the world of podcasting together. Stay tuned for more exciting content, and as always, happy podcasting! The best place for support with any Blubrry product or service is our ticket system. Tickets give the whole team access vs. direct emails or calls. General podcasting discussion and more can be shared on the Blubrry Podcasting Facebook group. Fill out our listener survey at surveys.blubrry.com/podcastinsider Hosting customers can schedule a one-on-one call with Todd or a tech checkup with Mike. todd@blubrry.com and mike@blubrry.com

When this show started in 2008 we never could have imagined that we'd be at episode 300 now. Join us as we celebrate the 300th episode of Podcast Insider today! MacKenzie joined Todd and Mike to host this time and they reminisced about the past versions of the show, podcast advertising instances and where podcast listeners live. 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. Live Facebook recording with Todd, Mike and MacKenzie News Obama's moving their content to Audible, away from Spotify 4 reasons why advertisers in Asia should use podcast marketing from The Drum Announcer vs. Host Read Ads Podcast listening tilts towards larger cities Best Practice Celebrate your big wins publicly. Such as… your 300th episode of your podcast. Some History of This Podcast Started as the “Blubrry & PowerPress Community Podcast” in 2008ish.   Restarted started as The PowerPress Podcast with MacKenzie in 2015. A second podcast was added called “Your Podcast” with Todd and Mike (terrible name) in 2017. We combined them to form Podcast Insider in 2019. First episode here. Blubrry News Blog post: Making the most of your summer break by Meryl Klemow Media kit and programmatic ads are coming soon! Blubrry Pro Tip Tweaking Sound Design and Music Interview Robert Riggs, True Crime Reporter and Fox Nation TV show “Freed to Kill” Learn more here. Question of the Week Question: From Ted Newill, Medical Device Success podcast I have been invited by a trade show organizer to conduct a podcast from the trade show floor. This is one of their tactics to liven up the show. I will probably do 2 or 3 podcast interviews in one day. You have been to trade shows so you know what the noise level can be. What kind of gear do you recommend I use to keep the background noise to a minimum. Headsets with microphones? Lavalier mics? Etc. Answer: A headset mic such as the Audio-Technica BPHS1 is a good option. Use that with a Mixer, portable recorder or interface that takes XLR. Any hand-held DYNAMIC mic should work. The background noise would add “ambiance” to the on location sound. Personally [Mike], I use a zoom H5 recorder with 2 hand-held dynamic mics and it's good enough. Got a question you'd like us to answer on the show? Drop an email to mike@blubrry.com (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 products/services 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 Blubrry Studio in Columbus, New Media studio in Coldwater, Michigan & Mike Dell's World Studio in Traverse City, Michigan.  Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team.  NEW! Fill out our listener survey at surveys.blubrry.com/podcastinsider  Schedule a one-on-one with Todd (hosting customers only). Email todd@blubrry.com Schedule a tech checkup with Mike (hosting customers only). Email mike@blubrry.com Send us your podcast sticker and a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) and we will send you a Blubrry care package. Our mailing address is: Blubrry – MacKenzie 150 E. Campus View Blvd. #180 Columbus, Ohio 43235

When this show started in 2008 we never could have imagined that we'd be at episode 300 now. Join us as we celebrate the 300th episode of Podcast Insider today! MacKenzie joined Todd and Mike to host this time and they reminisced about the past versions of the show, podcast advertising instances and where podcast listeners live. 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. Live Facebook recording with Todd, Mike and MacKenzie News Obama's moving their content to Audible, away from Spotify 4 reasons why advertisers in Asia should use podcast marketing from The Drum Announcer vs. Host Read Ads Podcast listening tilts towards larger cities Best Practice Celebrate your big wins publicly. Such as… your 300th episode of your podcast. Some History of This Podcast Started as the “Blubrry & PowerPress Community Podcast” in 2008ish.   Restarted started as The PowerPress Podcast with MacKenzie in 2015. A second podcast was added called “Your Podcast” with Todd and Mike (terrible name) in 2017. We combined them to form Podcast Insider in 2019. First episode here. Blubrry News Blog post: Making the most of your summer break by Meryl Klemow Media kit and programmatic ads are coming soon! Blubrry Pro Tip Tweaking Sound Design and Music Interview Robert Riggs, True Crime Reporter and Fox Nation TV show “Freed to Kill” Learn more here. Question of the Week Question: From Ted Newill, Medical Device Success podcast I have been invited by a trade show organizer to conduct a podcast from the trade show floor. This is one of their tactics to liven up the show. I will probably do 2 or 3 podcast interviews in one day. You have been to trade shows so you know what the noise level can be. What kind of gear do you recommend I use to keep the background noise to a minimum. Headsets with microphones? Lavalier mics? Etc. Answer: A headset mic such as the Audio-Technica BPHS1 is a good option. Use that with a Mixer, portable recorder or interface that takes XLR. Any hand-held DYNAMIC mic should work. The background noise would add “ambiance” to the on location sound. Personally [Mike], I use a zoom H5 recorder with 2 hand-held dynamic mics and it's good enough. Got a question you'd like us to answer on the show? Drop an email to mike@blubrry.com (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 products/services 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 Blubrry Studio in Columbus, New Media studio in Coldwater, Michigan & Mike Dell's World Studio in Traverse City, Michigan.  Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team.  NEW! Fill out our listener survey at surveys.blubrry.com/podcastinsider  Schedule a one-on-one with Todd (hosting customers only). Email todd@blubrry.com Schedule a tech checkup with Mike (hosting customers only). Email mike@blubrry.com Send us your podcast sticker and a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) and we will send you a Blubrry care package. Our mailing address is: Blubrry – MacKenzie 150 E. Campus View Blvd. #180 Columbus, Ohio 43235

Learning never stops in podcasting. Recently, the team at Apple explained how Apple podcast search works and the results it gives, in terms of user behavior, metadata, and more. Speaking of learning, we go over 3 lessons on audio marketing, tips for respecting your listeners time and some branding recommendations for your podcast. 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. Live Facebook recording News Apple tells how Apple Podcasts search works 3 Lessons on Audio Marketing -  Conal Byrne from iHeart Podcast listening is growing in 2022 Spotify to acquire Sonatic (Likely Related) WordPress.com says you will be able to create podcasts from blog posts Snoop Dogg fans love Martha Stewart on her podcast Vacations and road trips are in full swing. Lots and lots of articles out titled ‘Best Podcasts for Car Rides' Best Practice Set a podcast mission, similar to a company mission. What do you want your listeners to get out of this podcast and what action steps will you take to make those goals happen? Blubrry News Blog Post: Branding for your Podcast - by MacKenzie Bennett Next week is our 300th show! (Yay us!) MacKenzie will be joining us to celebrate since she was the one who started the PowerPress Podcast which turned into Podcast Insider. Also, we have a great interview scheduled. Programmatic form here Blubrry Pro Tip Respecting Listeners Time Question of the Week Question: Why are all the apps & directories so strict on podcast artwork? What are the rules? Answer: Apps need to have a consistent aspect ratio. Everyone picked square as it's the easiest. As far as the content of the image, no rules other than common sense. As for the technical rules…  The image must be PNG or JPG in RGB.  (lots of letters there) Apple wants between 1400 and 3000px SQUARE images.  All the other apps and directories will take an image in that size range.  BUT the other size thing is file size. Try to make it less than 500kb in size.  It will work a bit larger than that, but no need to have an image that is too big.  Most people are seeing it on their phone screen at 1x1 inch.  My images are all 1400x1400px.  That is good enough and gets the job done. Got a question you'd like us to answer on the show? Drop an email to mike@blubrry.com (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 products/services 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 studio in Coldwater, Michigan & Mike Dell's World Studio in Traverse City, Michigan.  Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team.  NEW! Fill out our listener survey at surveys.blubrry.com/podcastinsider  Schedule a one-on-one with Todd (hosting customers only). Email todd@blubrry.com Schedule a tech checkup with Mike (hosting customers only). Email mike@blubrry.com Send us your podcast sticker and a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) and we will send you a Blubrry care package. Our mailing address is: Blubrry – MacKenzie 150 E. Campus View Blvd. #180 Columbus, Ohio 43235

Learning never stops in podcasting. Recently, the team at Apple explained how Apple podcast search works and the results it gives, in terms of user behavior, metadata, and more. Speaking of learning, we go over 3 lessons on audio marketing, tips for respecting your listeners time and some branding recommendations for your podcast. 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. Live Facebook recording News Apple tells how Apple Podcasts search works 3 Lessons on Audio Marketing -  Conal Byrne from iHeart Podcast listening is growing in 2022 Spotify to acquire Sonatic (Likely Related) WordPress.com says you will be able to create podcasts from blog posts Snoop Dogg fans love Martha Stewart on her podcast Vacations and road trips are in full swing. Lots and lots of articles out titled ‘Best Podcasts for Car Rides' Best Practice Set a podcast mission, similar to a company mission. What do you want your listeners to get out of this podcast and what action steps will you take to make those goals happen? Blubrry News Blog Post: Branding for your Podcast - by MacKenzie Bennett Next week is our 300th show! (Yay us!) MacKenzie will be joining us to celebrate since she was the one who started the PowerPress Podcast which turned into Podcast Insider. Also, we have a great interview scheduled. Programmatic form here Blubrry Pro Tip Respecting Listeners Time Question of the Week Question: Why are all the apps & directories so strict on podcast artwork? What are the rules? Answer: Apps need to have a consistent aspect ratio. Everyone picked square as it's the easiest. As far as the content of the image, no rules other than common sense. As for the technical rules…  The image must be PNG or JPG in RGB.  (lots of letters there) Apple wants between 1400 and 3000px SQUARE images.  All the other apps and directories will take an image in that size range.  BUT the other size thing is file size. Try to make it less than 500kb in size.  It will work a bit larger than that, but no need to have an image that is too big.  Most people are seeing it on their phone screen at 1x1 inch.  My images are all 1400x1400px.  That is good enough and gets the job done. Got a question you'd like us to answer on the show? Drop an email to mike@blubrry.com (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 products/services 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 studio in Coldwater, Michigan & Mike Dell's World Studio in Traverse City, Michigan.  Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team.  NEW! Fill out our listener survey at surveys.blubrry.com/podcastinsider  Schedule a one-on-one with Todd (hosting customers only). Email todd@blubrry.com Schedule a tech checkup with Mike (hosting customers only). Email mike@blubrry.com Send us your podcast sticker and a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) and we will send you a Blubrry care package. Our mailing address is: Blubrry – MacKenzie 150 E. Campus View Blvd. #180 Columbus, Ohio 43235

Welcome to a special celebration episode of Podcast Insider, our 200th episode. Mike and MacKenzie hosted and shared some memories and past episode clips from over the years. Before they begin the reminiscing, they discuss a variety of podcast news articles - spending quite a bit of time on Spotify and Apple. Apple has released a new daily show, and Spotify has a new exclusive show with Michelle Obama. Thanks for joining us this episode of Podcast Insider. Looking to be a guest on the show? Let us know. Recorded live from two well-separated and socially distant podcast studios in northern Michigan and central Ohio; here’s a Podcast Insider show LIVE. News: Apple now has a new podcast,  Apple Daily News. Spotify now has podcast charts! Available for about 25 markets and top 50 results. They also announced Spotify is now available in Russia, but only the music portion with podcasting to come later most likely. SiriusXM update! The confirmed selling price for Stitcher’s sale to SiriusXM was $325 million. Congratulations to Scripps! Rode announced the winners of their contest, “My Rodecast 2020”. New podcast: There Are No Girls On The Internet IAB Podcast Revenue study - Comedy is #1 The Michelle Obama Podcast, a Spotify exclusive, will debut on July 29. Nine episodes total released weekly. Replacing Best Practices: History of this podcast ... our this may be a bad practice The podcast originally started  started as The PowerPress Podcast, with MacKenzie as host Then on March 17, 2017 Todd and Mike decided to start Your Podcast.  We combined them into this show, Podcast Insider, a year ago. Episode 200 is the sum of all of the shows. Blubrry News: We have installed SpeakPipe on PodcastInsider.com so you can send in your questions, comments or other feedback to the show and we may use it in the show.  The button is under the subscribe links on the sidebar of Podcast Insider. Leave us messages! Interview: Nothing this week, we're looking for guests! Let us interview you for the show!  Tell your story of podcasting right here on Podcast Insider.  Email Todd@blubrry.com, Mike@blubrry.com or MacKenzie@blubrry.com. Support: Changing Artwork: When you want to change artwork, simply upload the new artwork to your settings.  In PowerPress you have to put the link to the artwork in two places in the Podcast Artwork menu. Upload it once and copy and paste the URL to the other box. Make sure your artwork file name is NOT the same as the last version of the artwork. This could delay it getting to all the apps and directories.  There is no set time for them to update but most will update within 72 hours. Along the same lines, changing the TITLE of your show. You simply change the “feed title” and it will get PULLED into the directories and apps the same as any other change to your RSS feed. Email addresses: Make sure you have an email address you check (not a spam catcher email) in the RSS feed settings. Promo code INSIDER for a free month at Blubrry.com Coming at you this week from two very separate podcast studios in Michigan. Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team. Schedule a one-on-one with Todd (hosting customers only) Email todd@blubrry.com Schedule a tech checkup with Mike (hosting customers only) Email mike@blubrry.com Send us your podcast sticker and a self-address stamped envelope (SASE) and we will send you a Blubrry care package. Our mailing address is: Blubrry – MacKenzie 150 E. Campus View Blvd. #180 Columbus, Ohio 43235

Welcome to a special celebration episode of Podcast Insider, our 200th episode. Mike and MacKenzie hosted and shared some memories and past episode clips from over the years. Before they begin the reminiscing, they discuss a variety of podcast news articles - spending quite a bit of time on Spotify and Apple. Apple has released a new daily show, and Spotify has a new exclusive show with Michelle Obama. Thanks for joining us this episode of Podcast Insider. Looking to be a guest on the show? Let us know. Recorded live from two well-separated and socially distant podcast studios in northern Michigan and central Ohio; here’s a Podcast Insider show LIVE. News: Apple now has a new podcast,  Apple Daily News. Spotify now has podcast charts! Available for about 25 markets and top 50 results. They also announced Spotify is now available in Russia, but only the music portion with podcasting to come later most likely. SiriusXM update! The confirmed selling price for Stitcher’s sale to SiriusXM was $325 million. Congratulations to Scripps! Rode announced the winners of their contest, “My Rodecast 2020”. New podcast: There Are No Girls On The Internet IAB Podcast Revenue study - Comedy is #1 The Michelle Obama Podcast, a Spotify exclusive, will debut on July 29. Nine episodes total released weekly. Replacing Best Practices: History of this podcast ... our this may be a bad practice The podcast originally started  started as The PowerPress Podcast, with MacKenzie as host Then on March 17, 2017 Todd and Mike decided to start Your Podcast.  We combined them into this show, Podcast Insider, a year ago. Episode 200 is the sum of all of the shows. Blubrry News: We have installed SpeakPipe on PodcastInsider.com so you can send in your questions, comments or other feedback to the show and we may use it in the show.  The button is under the subscribe links on the sidebar of Podcast Insider. Leave us messages! Interview: Nothing this week, we're looking for guests! Let us interview you for the show!  Tell your story of podcasting right here on Podcast Insider.  Email Todd@blubrry.com, Mike@blubrry.com or MacKenzie@blubrry.com. Support: Changing Artwork: When you want to change artwork, simply upload the new artwork to your settings.  In PowerPress you have to put the link to the artwork in two places in the Podcast Artwork menu. Upload it once and copy and paste the URL to the other box. Make sure your artwork file name is NOT the same as the last version of the artwork. This could delay it getting to all the apps and directories.  There is no set time for them to update but most will update within 72 hours. Along the same lines, changing the TITLE of your show. You simply change the “feed title” and it will get PULLED into the directories and apps the same as any other change to your RSS feed. Email addresses: Make sure you have an email address you check (not a spam catcher email) in the RSS feed settings. Promo code INSIDER for a free month at Blubrry.com Coming at you this week from two very separate podcast studios in Michigan. Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team. Schedule a one-on-one with Todd (hosting customers only) Email todd@blubrry.com Schedule a tech checkup with Mike (hosting customers only) Email mike@blubrry.com Send us your podcast sticker and a self-address stamped envelope (SASE) and we will send you a Blubrry care package. Our mailing address is: Blubrry – MacKenzie 150 E. Campus View Blvd. #180 Columbus, Ohio 43235

Welcome to a special celebration episode of Podcast Insider, our 200th episode. Mike and MacKenzie hosted and shared some memories and past episode clips from over the years. Before they begin the reminiscing, they discuss a variety of podcast news articles - spending quite a bit of time on Spotify and Apple. Apple has released a new daily show, and Spotify has a new exclusive show with Michelle Obama. Thanks for joining us this episode of Podcast Insider. Looking to be a guest on the show? Let us know. Recorded live from two well-separated and socially distant podcast studios in northern Michigan and central Ohio; here’s a Podcast Insider show LIVE. News: Apple now has a new podcast,  Apple Daily News. Spotify now has podcast charts! Available for about 25 markets and top 50 results. They also announced Spotify is now available in Russia, but only the music portion with podcasting to come later most likely. SiriusXM update! The confirmed selling price for Stitcher’s sale to SiriusXM was $325 million. Congratulations to Scripps! Rode announced the winners of their contest, “My Rodecast 2020”. New podcast: There Are No Girls On The Internet IAB Podcast Revenue study - Comedy is #1 The Michelle Obama Podcast, a Spotify exclusive, will debut on July 29. Nine episodes total released weekly. Replacing Best Practices: History of this podcast ... our this may be a bad practice The podcast originally started  started as The PowerPress Podcast, with MacKenzie as host Then on March 17, 2017 Todd and Mike decided to start Your Podcast.  We combined them into this show, Podcast Insider, a year ago. Episode 200 is the sum of all of the shows. Blubrry News: We have installed SpeakPipe on PodcastInsider.com so you can send in your questions, comments or other feedback to the show and we may use it in the show.  The button is under the subscribe links on the sidebar of Podcast Insider. Leave us messages! Interview: Nothing this week, we're looking for guests! Let us interview you for the show!  Tell your story of podcasting right here on Podcast Insider.  Email Todd@blubrry.com, Mike@blubrry.com or MacKenzie@blubrry.com. Support: Changing Artwork: When you want to change artwork, simply upload the new artwork to your settings.  In PowerPress you have to put the link to the artwork in two places in the Podcast Artwork menu. Upload it once and copy and paste the URL to the other box. Make sure your artwork file name is NOT the same as the last version of the artwork. This could delay it getting to all the apps and directories.  There is no set time for them to update but most will update within 72 hours. Along the same lines, changing the TITLE of your show. You simply change the “feed title” and it will get PULLED into the directories and apps the same as any other change to your RSS feed. Email addresses: Make sure you have an email address you check (not a spam catcher email) in the RSS feed settings. Promo code INSIDER for a free month at Blubrry.com Coming at you this week from two very separate podcast studios in Michigan. Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team. Schedule a one-on-one with Todd (hosting customers only) Email todd@blubrry.com Schedule a tech checkup with Mike (hosting customers only) Email mike@blubrry.com Send us your podcast sticker and a self-address stamped envelope (SASE) and we will send you a Blubrry care package. Our mailing address is: Blubrry – MacKenzie 150 E. Campus View Blvd. #180 Columbus, Ohio 43235

This episode is a bit more tech oriented than normal, feature Shawn Thorpe from the support team to cover Todd and an interview from an experienced radio expert from ARRL Audio News. Todd is out this week enjoying CES in Las Vegas for the Tech Podcasts Network. They discuss some new equipment, tech and platforms involved in podcasting (Spotify and Samson) and title best practices. We're still making slow and steady improvements to PowerPress and soon a new version will be available for beta testing. Thanks for joining us this episode of Podcast Insider. Looking to be a guest on the show, let us know. This week on Podcast Insider... News: Spotify ad injection: Almost a year after Spotify went on a podcast purchasing spree, they've added ad insertion into their platform for podcasting. 54% of Adults in the US have used a smart speaker: A look at recent numbers concerning usage and growth of smart speakers and we discuss how it relates to podcasting. Funny podcasting bit on Family Guy. From CES 2020: New Q9U from Samson was announced. Great possibilities for XLR and USB. Best Practice: Numbering episode in podcast titles: good, bad, non issue? Who knows. We know. Thanks for Dan Smolen for the topic. Blubrry Specific News: We're moving! Our site that is. Podcasting Insider and PowerPress Podcast are moving to a new overall site, very, very soon. PowerPress 8.2 beta is in testing now. If you'd like to beta test, email support@blubrry.com Interview: Steve Ford, WB8IMY -   ARRL Audio News Support: Feed Redirects for self-hosted sites and Blubrry Publisher users Swear words in titles: do not self-censor your titles, Apple will take care of this for you. Passwords: we have to know who you are for sure to change them for you - security reasons. We have a lost password function on our website and in PowerPress Sites. Contact Steve Ford here: Facebook Twitter Email (editor of QST Magazine) Promo code INSIDER for a free month at Blubrry.com Coming at you this week from Mike Dell’s World Studio in Traverse City, Michigan and Shawn's studio in San Luis Obispo, California. Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team. Contact Us:todd@blubrry.commike@blubrry.commackenzie@blubrry.com

This episode is a bit more tech oriented than normal, feature Shawn Thorpe from the support team to cover Todd and an interview from an experienced radio expert from ARRL Audio News. Todd is out this week enjoying CES in Las Vegas for the Tech Podcasts Network. They discuss some new equipment, tech and platforms involved in podcasting (Spotify and Samson) and title best practices. We're still making slow and steady improvements to PowerPress and soon a new version will be available for beta testing. Thanks for joining us this episode of Podcast Insider. Looking to be a guest on the show, let us know. This week on Podcast Insider... News: Spotify ad injection: Almost a year after Spotify went on a podcast purchasing spree, they've added ad insertion into their platform for podcasting. 54% of Adults in the US have used a smart speaker: A look at recent numbers concerning usage and growth of smart speakers and we discuss how it relates to podcasting. Funny podcasting bit on Family Guy. From CES 2020: New Q9U from Samson was announced. Great possibilities for XLR and USB. Best Practice: Numbering episode in podcast titles: good, bad, non issue? Who knows. We know. Thanks for Dan Smolen for the topic. Blubrry Specific News: We're moving! Our site that is. Podcasting Insider and PowerPress Podcast are moving to a new overall site, very, very soon. PowerPress 8.2 beta is in testing now. If you'd like to beta test, email support@blubrry.com Interview: Steve Ford, WB8IMY -   ARRL Audio News Support: Feed Redirects for self-hosted sites and Blubrry Publisher users Swear words in titles: do not self-censor your titles, Apple will take care of this for you. Passwords: we have to know who you are for sure to change them for you - security reasons. We have a lost password function on our website and in PowerPress Sites. Contact Steve Ford here: Facebook Twitter Email (editor of QST Magazine) Promo code INSIDER for a free month at Blubrry.com Coming at you this week from Mike Dell’s World Studio in Traverse City, Michigan and Shawn's studio in San Luis Obispo, California. Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team. Contact Us:todd@blubrry.commike@blubrry.commackenzie@blubrry.com

This episode is a bit more tech oriented than normal, feature Shawn Thorpe from the support team to cover Todd and an interview from an experienced radio expert from ARRL Audio News. Todd is out this week enjoying CES in Las Vegas for the Tech Podcasts Network. They discuss some new equipment, tech and platforms involved in podcasting (Spotify and Samson) and title best practices. We're still making slow and steady improvements to PowerPress and soon a new version will be available for beta testing. Thanks for joining us this episode of Podcast Insider. Looking to be a guest on the show, let us know. This week on Podcast Insider... News: Spotify ad injection: Almost a year after Spotify went on a podcast purchasing spree, they've added ad insertion into their platform for podcasting. 54% of Adults in the US have used a smart speaker: A look at recent numbers concerning usage and growth of smart speakers and we discuss how it relates to podcasting. Funny podcasting bit on Family Guy. From CES 2020: New Q9U from Samson was announced. Great possibilities for XLR and USB. Best Practice: Numbering episode in podcast titles: good, bad, non issue? Who knows. We know. Thanks for Dan Smolen for the topic. Blubrry Specific News: We're moving! Our site that is. Podcasting Insider and PowerPress Podcast are moving to a new overall site, very, very soon. PowerPress 8.2 beta is in testing now. If you'd like to beta test, email support@blubrry.com Interview: Steve Ford, WB8IMY -   ARRL Audio News Support: Feed Redirects for self-hosted sites and Blubrry Publisher users Swear words in titles: do not self-censor your titles, Apple will take care of this for you. Passwords: we have to know who you are for sure to change them for you - security reasons. We have a lost password function on our website and in PowerPress Sites. Contact Steve Ford here: Facebook Twitter Email (editor of QST Magazine) Promo code INSIDER for a free month at Blubrry.com Coming at you this week from Mike Dell’s World Studio in Traverse City, Michigan and Shawn's studio in San Luis Obispo, California. Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team. Contact Us:todd@blubrry.commike@blubrry.commackenzie@blubrry.com

Just a short announcement. PowerPress Podcast and Your Podcast by Blubrry are now combined into Podcast Insider.  (found at PodcastInsider.com). If you were subscribed to one or the other, you do not need to do anything continue to get the new show.  If you were subscribed to BOTH shows, you can remove one of them as they are both the same feed now. You may notice some episdoes you have never seen or heard before.  That is because of the combining of the 2 feeds.  Feel free to listen to them or ignore them as you see fit :) We will have the first official episode of Podcast Insider on Friday!

Just a short announcement. PowerPress Podcast and Your Podcast by Blubrry are now combined into Podcast Insider.  (found at PodcastInsider.com). If you were subscribed to one or the other, you do not need to do anything continue to get the new show.  If you were subscribed to BOTH shows, you can remove one of them as they are both the same feed now. You may notice some episdoes you have never seen or heard before.  That is because of the combining of the 2 feeds.  Feel free to listen to them or ignore them as you see fit :) We will have the first official episode of Podcast Insider on Friday!

Just a short announcement. PowerPress Podcast and Your Podcast by Blubrry are now combined into Podcast Insider.  (found at PodcastInsider.com). If you were subscribed to one or the other, you do not need to do anything continue to get the new show.  If you were subscribed to BOTH shows, you can remove one of them as they are both the same feed now. You may notice some episdoes you have never seen or heard before.  That is because of the combining of the 2 feeds.  Feel free to listen to them or ignore them as you see fit :) We will have the first official episode of Podcast Insider on Friday!

Changes coming soon to this podcast. Todd and Mike talk about the changes coming for Your Podcast and PowerPress Podcast (but not telling you the new name yet!). Also, Triton Digital buys Omny Studio and Castbox plays within Waze app. Thanks for listening to the show and please subscribe at PowerPressPodcast.com. We love our PowerPress users, please leave us a review  News: This podcast is changing – soon! Stay subscribed though. If you are a Blubrry user and want to be interviewed for the new podcast, contact Todd or Mike. New buy: Triton Digital bought Omny Studio Car Dashboards: Castbox plays within Waze App Topics: Ads between podcasts in an app. What do you think about this?  (Spotify and others) Spotify player caution: plays in the Spotify player might not count in your Blubrry stats due to a caching issues (in most cases). Ad Injection coming: July 8th beta testers needed. Contact support@blubrry.com if you are interested. PowerPress update has important updates. If you use PowerPress, UPDATE! Support: Upload limits for Blubrry hosting. mp3 Encoding. File size is related to bitrate; 128kbps is 1mb per minute, 64kbps is 1/2mb per minute. More than 128 is likely wasting space and bandwidth for you and your listeners. Subscribe links in PowerPress. Why doesn’t my “Apple Podcasts” link show up right away? (hint: you have to put your Apple Listing link in the destinations tab of PowerPress Settings) Keeping it simple. Giving all the apps only one choice in your tags ensures your notes looks the same (as much as it can be) on all apps. Trying to do different things for different platforms is going to drive you nuts. RSS is a standard and different tags for the same thing gives Apps and directories a choice. Some will take one and some will take the other. To ask questions or to comment on the show, you can contact Todd or Mike here: yourpodcast@blubrry.com.

Changes coming soon to this podcast. Todd and Mike talk about the changes coming for Your Podcast and PowerPress Podcast (but not telling you the new name yet!). Also, Triton Digital buys Omny Studio and Castbox plays within Waze app. Thanks for listening to the show and please subscribe at PowerPressPodcast.com. We love our PowerPress users, please leave us a review  News: This podcast is changing – soon! Stay subscribed though. If you are a Blubrry user and want to be interviewed for the new podcast, contact Todd or Mike. New buy: Triton Digital bought Omny Studio Car Dashboards: Castbox plays within Waze App Topics: Ads between podcasts in an app. What do you think about this?  (Spotify and others) Spotify player caution: plays in the Spotify player might not count in your Blubrry stats due to a caching issues (in most cases). Ad Injection coming: July 8th beta testers needed. Contact support@blubrry.com if you are interested. PowerPress update has important updates. If you use PowerPress, UPDATE! Support: Upload limits for Blubrry hosting. mp3 Encoding. File size is related to bitrate; 128kbps is 1mb per minute, 64kbps is 1/2mb per minute. More than 128 is likely wasting space and bandwidth for you and your listeners. Subscribe links in PowerPress. Why doesn’t my “Apple Podcasts” link show up right away? (hint: you have to put your Apple Listing link in the destinations tab of PowerPress Settings) Keeping it simple. Giving all the apps only one choice in your tags ensures your notes looks the same (as much as it can be) on all apps. Trying to do different things for different platforms is going to drive you nuts. RSS is a standard and different tags for the same thing gives Apps and directories a choice. Some will take one and some will take the other. To ask questions or to comment on the show, you can contact Todd or Mike here: yourpodcast@blubrry.com.

Changes coming soon to this podcast. Todd and Mike talk about the changes coming for Your Podcast and PowerPress Podcast (but not telling you the new name yet!). Also, Triton Digital buys Omny Studio and Castbox plays within Waze app. Thanks for listening to the show and please subscribe at PowerPressPodcast.com. We love our PowerPress users, please leave us a review  News: This podcast is changing – soon! Stay subscribed though. If you are a Blubrry user and want to be interviewed for the new podcast, contact Todd or Mike. New buy: Triton Digital bought Omny Studio Car Dashboards: Castbox plays within Waze App Topics: Ads between podcasts in an app. What do you think about this?  (Spotify and others) Spotify player caution: plays in the Spotify player might not count in your Blubrry stats due to a caching issues (in most cases). Ad Injection coming: July 8th beta testers needed. Contact support@blubrry.com if you are interested. PowerPress update has important updates. If you use PowerPress, UPDATE! Support: Upload limits for Blubrry hosting. mp3 Encoding. File size is related to bitrate; 128kbps is 1mb per minute, 64kbps is 1/2mb per minute. More than 128 is likely wasting space and bandwidth for you and your listeners. Subscribe links in PowerPress. Why doesn’t my “Apple Podcasts” link show up right away? (hint: you have to put your Apple Listing link in the destinations tab of PowerPress Settings) Keeping it simple. Giving all the apps only one choice in your tags ensures your notes looks the same (as much as it can be) on all apps. Trying to do different things for different platforms is going to drive you nuts. RSS is a standard and different tags for the same thing gives Apps and directories a choice. Some will take one and some will take the other. To ask questions or to comment on the show, you can contact Todd or Mike here: yourpodcast@blubrry.com.

After a long hiatus, the PowerPress Podcast is back. For the most part school is out for the summer, but we’re here to talk about a podcast that works at Penn State University. Before they get to that, MacKenzie and this episodes co-host discuss subscribers. There is quite a bit of misunderstanding of how subscribers are calculated for podcasting, and this will give a better explanation and insight into these numbers – or lack there of. Jenna Spinelle, co-host of Democracy Works for the McCourtney Institute for Democracy at Penn State University, shared her experience getting a show off the ground rather quickly and expectations she has for podcasting in 2019. She has written two articles for Medium on the subject, they’re linked below. She will also be on a panel at Podcast Movement this summer, don’t miss it. Lastly, they talk about a new partner for Blubrry, Audioburst. Free transcriptions and audio bursts of your podcast. They help you take your content to the next level with easy ways to share sound bites of your show and add a transcription to your website. Learn more with the link in the show notes. Thanks for listening and please subscribe via your favorite podcast app. If you’d like to be a guest on the show reach out to MacKenzie. She’s always looking for fun, new podcasters that use Blubrry services, specifically PowerPress. Fan of PowerPress? Leave us a review here! Show notes: Beyond the Download – Subscriber Numbers Democracy Works Five Questions to Ask Before Starting A Podcast At Your Organization Why 2019 will be the year of the podcast in higher education — and what it means for the industry Audioburst – Blubrry’s new partner

After a long hiatus, the PowerPress Podcast is back. For the most part school is out for the summer, but we’re here to talk about a podcast that works at Penn State University. Before they get to that, MacKenzie and this episodes co-host discuss subscribers. There is quite a bit of misunderstanding of how subscribers are calculated for podcasting, and this will give a better explanation and insight into these numbers – or lack there of. Jenna Spinelle, co-host of Democracy Works for the McCourtney Institute for Democracy at Penn State University, shared her experience getting a show off the ground rather quickly and expectations she has for podcasting in 2019. She has written two articles for Medium on the subject, they’re linked below. She will also be on a panel at Podcast Movement this summer, don’t miss it. Lastly, they talk about a new partner for Blubrry, Audioburst. Free transcriptions and audio bursts of your podcast. They help you take your content to the next level with easy ways to share sound bites of your show and add a transcription to your website. Learn more with the link in the show notes. Thanks for listening and please subscribe via your favorite podcast app. If you’d like to be a guest on the show reach out to MacKenzie. She’s always looking for fun, new podcasters that use Blubrry services, specifically PowerPress. Fan of PowerPress? Leave us a review here! Show notes: Beyond the Download – Subscriber Numbers Democracy Works Five Questions to Ask Before Starting A Podcast At Your Organization Why 2019 will be the year of the podcast in higher education — and what it means for the industry Audioburst – Blubrry’s new partner

After a long hiatus, the PowerPress Podcast is back. For the most part school is out for the summer, but we’re here to talk about a podcast that works at Penn State University. Before they get to that, MacKenzie and this episodes co-host discuss subscribers. There is quite a bit of misunderstanding of how subscribers are calculated for podcasting, and this will give a better explanation and insight into these numbers – or lack there of. Jenna Spinelle, co-host of Democracy Works for the McCourtney Institute for Democracy at Penn State University, shared her experience getting a show off the ground rather quickly and expectations she has for podcasting in 2019. She has written two articles for Medium on the subject, they’re linked below. She will also be on a panel at Podcast Movement this summer, don’t miss it. Lastly, they talk about a new partner for Blubrry, Audioburst. Free transcriptions and audio bursts of your podcast. They help you take your content to the next level with easy ways to share sound bites of your show and add a transcription to your website. Learn more with the link in the show notes. Thanks for listening and please subscribe via your favorite podcast app. If you’d like to be a guest on the show reach out to MacKenzie. She’s always looking for fun, new podcasters that use Blubrry services, specifically PowerPress. Fan of PowerPress? Leave us a review here! Show notes: Beyond the Download – Subscriber Numbers Democracy Works Five Questions to Ask Before Starting A Podcast At Your Organization Why 2019 will be the year of the podcast in higher education — and what it means for the industry Audioburst – Blubrry’s new partner

News: Messengers movie available for Pre-order at iTunes Soundcloud is dying.  Run for your lives!  (really, make other plans if you are on soundcloud). Audioboom makes deal with Deezer (or is it the other way around?) ------------- Q: Why is XXX (Blubrry, Libsyn, Spreaker) so much more expensive than Soundcloud? A: Because, businesses that host podcasts have to buy bandwidth.  Bandwidth costs money.  If you charge less than it costs you and don’t make a profit, the business won't stay in business.  This is why Free or cheap hosting will never be a long term plan.  If a company charges enough to make themselves a profit, they will stay in business.  Simple as that.  Soundcloud spent more money than they took in for a long time and it’s now catching up with them.  There have been 100’s of free or cheap hosting companies come and go over the years. Unless you enjoy changing hosts every so often, pick one that has been around for a while, not one that just started and seems too good to be true. Topics: Do you do too many podcasts?
 - I know I *try* to do too many. It normally doesn't work out. Do you have too complicated of a website?
 - I can't stress enough the importance of having a clean, easy website for your podcast. Too many times I go to someones "podcast" website and I can't find their podcast. Not only does it make it hard for listeners, but it makes it hard for the podcaster to maintain. Blubrry Tip : PowerPress Sites Deluxe
 is up and running. It's a no-worry WordPress Site, for your podcast, that you do not have to do updates, security and it won't go down. Try it free for a month at blubrry.com use the promo code HELPDESK Your Podcast by Blubrry - Blubrry's podcast about the podcasting business, tips for your podcast and some inside blubrry information. Every other week at PowerPressPodcast.com
 Also check out the PowerPress Podcast with MacKenzie and her guest hosts along with a PowerPress tip from Shawn every other week. Also: I am working on an Amazon Alexa Skill for Podcast Help Desk News that you will be able to add to your flash briefing in Alexa. It will be a 1-2 minute tip or news item from the world of podcasting. ( Yes, I'm a glutton for punishment ) It's just something I'm playing with. Stay tuned!

Today I talk to MacKenzie Bennett from The PowerPress Podcast about her journey in podcasting as a beginner. MacKenzie is the Affiliate and Services Coordinator at RawVoice Inc. and Blubrry Podcasting. You can contact MacKenzie at mackenzie@blubrry.com or on twitter @MacKenzieB6 I also went on another rant about Feedburner and the few podcast "gurus" out there that still say you should use feedburner. If you would like a free month of Hosting or Stats at Blubrry.com, use the promo code HELPDESK at checkout.

I had a nice chat with Colin Gray from Podcraft and The Podcast Host. Another podcaster about podcasting. I guest hosted The PowerPress Podcast this week. Lots of info about the new Apple Podcasts connect and the new version of PowerPress (Please update!) Also, if you love PowerPress, Please rate and review PowerPress here: https://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/powerpress?rate=5#postform I also co-hosted The New Media Show #120 with Todd Cochrane this morning. The show should be out by the time you listen to this or it will be soon thereafter. ------------ If you want to check out how podcasting was "Back in the day" check out my latest Mike Dell's world where i kicked it old school. Podcasting Live to the Hard Drive like back in 2005 :)

This episode of the PowerPress Podcast was a little different. Todd Cochrane, CEO of RawVoice and Blubrry, joined MacKenzie to talk about advertising on your podcast. It's been a topic that they've wanted to talk about for a while now and you get the inside scoop on how it works with Blubrry. News kind of took a hit this week on the podcast, but MacKenzie got in her podcast chronicle of the week as well. Leave us a review for PowerPress! The iTunes explicit / clean setting... As we mentioned before, the setting has changed. It applies to the entire program (also referred to as the RSS channel) as well as to the episodes (also referred to as RSS items). iTunes has rolled out an update to their podcast directory that now strictly displays, either a 'clean' or 'explicit' tag next to each podcast program listing, as well as next to each episode. The previous behavior allowed for a 3rd option, which was the ability to not specific clean or explicit. Most podcasters selected the 'no' option for the explicit which displayed nothing. The belief was that the 'clean' tag was intended for content that was safe for all ages and if you show wasn't intended for children, it didn't matter. Now it does. Please take a moment to review your PowerPress setting and make sure you have 'clean' or 'explicit' selected in your settings under iTunes. Intro and outro music provided by Phonophage Show notes: Email Todd Cochrane MacKenzie.Bennett@rawvoice.com Blubrry Advertising

I was on the Powerpress Podcast this week. Listen to that here: http://powerpresspodcast.com I’m going to be speaking at Converge South 2015 at Wake Forest University next Friday. There will likely NOT be an episode. This episode is a bit Blubrry Heavy (as you can imagine) ----------------- I got a chance to have a conversation with Todd Cochrane who is my boss at Rawvoice / Blubrry. Todd is a hall of fame podcaster, CEO of Rawvoice Inc (parent company of blubrry.com) and executive producer of Geek News Central (which I write for and will have a new show on coming soon!). You can follow Todd and GNC on Twitter @geeknews and find his main website at GeekNewsCentral.com ---------------- Use Promo code HELPDESK at checkout for a free month of anything blubrry.com sells.

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