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Communication from the president of Libsyn, Laurie Simms. Tips for remote recording. How the pandemic is affecting downloads - with some actual data. What is happening to podcast advertising during this time. Why your audience is the most important thing ever. Apple releases all kinds of new toys. Shows being taken off Spotify. The difference between listens and downloads. And oh goodness all kinds of stats! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro! 3:04 PROMO 1: Fighting Through 3:40 Rob and Elsie conversation Coronavirus email from Laurie Going from live to remote recording? Rob and Elsie quick-tips Download numbers going down and YouTube doesn’t want you to make money with 14:48 COVID–19 - audio feedback from Jon from Professor Slots Insight into download numbers during this time Anything we can glean from 2008 This is when connecting with your

The new Libsyn release which includes Headliner integration, yipeee (ya’ll people are really digging it), discussing the PRX privacy summit, the podcast academy, all kinds of feedback and of course stats stats stats! The latest mean, median, user agent and geographic! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro! 1:35 PROMO 1: The Renaissance Festival Podcast 2:08 Rob and Elsie conversation Right into Libsyn 4.23 Release - Headliner support! And so much more Apple is once again kicking a bunch of folks out of Apple Podcasts, we tell you why Why you need a podcast host that supports byte-range request and don’t use your podcast on Google Drive Nope, you cannot just publish to Apple Podcasts 19:20 Auphonic and ID3 Tags question from Kit No way to change the episodes Apple Podcasts suggests you listen to Prompting Spotify to play the most recent episode

On this episode Apple hiring all kinds of positions, and you get the scoop, Spotify announced some podcasting cool updates on their app, Spotify says their podcast service is not a music distribution tool, and some are getting their show pulled, Audio Hijack vs eCamm Call Recorder, which one is better? Discussing The Podcast Academy + Golden Mic, Castro feedback, IAB vs unique download numbers and of course stats, this time, geographic and user agents. Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro! 3:27 Rob and Elsie conversation All kinds of job opportunities for Apple in podcasting! Spotify is now featuring trailers Spotify does not want you to use their podcast feature to bootleg music - not cool Wanna know what happens when Spotify removes your show for music copyright violation? We got you Does Spotify have a chance of becoming podcasting’s gateke

Breaking down the Apple email in early February, where you should look for your Spotify stats, Castro’s new promoted podcasts feature! What are good download numbers after you launch? What does being at the top of the Apple Podcasts really mean? listens vs downloads, a really bad one star review, chatting about the IAB Privacy and Compliance Unit and of course stats! It’s mean and median number time! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro! 4:07 PROMO 1: Daily Detroit 4:36 Rob and Elsie conversation Oh goodie! An email from Apple! We have content! Show availability and content updates Spotify acquiring Ringer Tips on updating Spotify RSS set-up Elsie shares her love for Castro and the new promoted podcasts! Pay for Castro Premium - it will make Elsie happy Podcast Movement speaker submissions are open Congrats Podchaser How many downloads is a go

Apple creating podcasts to support their TV+ offerings, the Music Modernization Act, more into Google Podcasts and your podcast website, Rob’s new Facebook policies, DMCA takedown notices, geographic and user agent stats and we finish off with a discussion all about the whole Spotify is bigger than Apple Podcasts narrative out there! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro! 3:54 PROMO 1: Disney Chat With Pixie Dust Fan 4:21 Rob and Elsie Conversation Elsie is using a cool new app called TripMode Go Chiefs! Bloomberg says that Apple is discussing making original podcasts related to programs on TV+ A bit into Elsie’s post production We’re correcting something we said in the past episode about public domain recordings and we find out about the Music Modernization Act Do we have any suggestions on where one can look for podcasts that are looking fo

Elsie has a new toy (and she’d love your help with it,) updating your copyright, what’s available via public domain, not everyone is getting the Apple emails from Apple Podcasts, Google gives us some key insights into getting your podcast website ready for 2020, Spotify brings their own streaming ad insertion technology, how to manage new types of content on your podcast feed and what to do when you hit 300 podcasts, we got feedback on using the new MacBook Pros internal speakers, all kinds of predict the future posts about the podcasting industry, the worst email of the week and of course stats! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro! 2:20 PROMO 1: The Steaming Cup 2:43 Rob and Elsie Conversation Guess what Elsie got? And can she find a new workflow to podcast? Have you changed your copyright notice? It’s your yearly reminder Oh! New public dom

In this episode, listen to what the podcasting ready microphones of the new 2019 MacBook Pro sound like. And staying on that same topic, we discuss the mics we use and the processing workflow for the show. We also cover the latest Apple News including their new hire, plus the latest email sent out to podcasters. We answer and comment on a very interesting question what would be the impact and slowdown for indie podcasters if there’s an economic downturn? And lastly Rob dives into nuanced discussion about protecting the privacy of podcast listeners. And some fun stats about raw percentage growth… Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro! 3:09 PROMO 1: Dot To Dot 3:54 Rob and Elsie conversation Quick Star Wars chat - ZERO SPOILERS Call to KC podcasters for a panel at Planet Comicon! Our first email, we think that it’s a compliment ;) This is what we

Sending congrats and discussing Apple’s top podcasts of 2019, why podcasts are headed for disaster, pre-fixes on Libsyn, the coalition to expand RSS, mean and median stats and so much more, including soapboxes from both Rob and Elsie! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro! 2:43 PROMO 1: Night Work Pod 3:13 Rob and Elsie Conversation Oh man, when spaghetti at the wall doesn’t work, it sucks 8:06 Audio feedback about using Overcast to share audio clips via Kevin A new app that Elsie found with automatic transcriptions for video Congrats to Dave Ramsey and Joe Rogan There is something in common that these top podcasts have, we discuss Rob is getting a new computer and he needs to use a new program to level out his audio! Shout out from Tony from Sci-fi talk - thank you ♥ Are podcasts a disaster waiting to happen? New update to Libsyn! Podcasters w

We discuss the Apple email sent in mid November, deconstructing the email that we (Libsyn) sent out to make sure you get all the must know info! BIG thoughts on how to use consumption rate data, demographic vs psychographic info, teaser promos, show notes vs blog posts and oh so much more! OH and of course stats stats stats, this time user agent and geographic! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro! 3:24 PROMO 1: Creatively Complicated Straight into discussing the Apple email sent out in mid November 14:47 The Libsyn Team sent out an email about the Spotify passthrough and we break down into a mass of details Should you still claim your podcast in Spotify? What to do with episode consumption rates 28:37Voicemail from Neil asking all sorts of questions about demographics, teaser promos and shownotes vs blog posts 38:40 PROMO 2: The MandaLore Rob

We celebrate Libsyn’s 15th bday! Spotify stats passthrough update, more information on guests and hosts features in Apple Podcasts, as well as how to prepare for Apple Podcasts during our upcoming end of year season, a massive Rob soapbox on privacy in podcasting, tips on whether or not you should join a network, don’t have the rights to music? Watch out! Insider info on the new AirPods Pro and of course tons of stats discussion! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro! 2:51 PROMO 1: Forensic Inservice 3:20 Rob and Elsie Conversation What were Rob and Elsie doing 15 years ago? 7:19 Happy Birthday from Based On A True Story Transitioning from Spotify rehosting to pass through 11:48 Paul Colligan shares some insight into Apple Podcasts hosts and guest features 20:08 PROMO 2: Video Fuzzy It’s that time of year to prepare for Apple Podcasts holiday s

Help us celebrate our 15th year anniversary! An invite to be part of our beta for our mobile publishing app (all details in the shownotes.) Apple research enhancements including discovering topics and people. PLUS, show and episode pages display images of hosts and guests. We break it down for you. Setting the podcasting historically narrative straight and an ad insertion technology history lesson. And the latest geographic, Spotify and user agent stats…plus of course a whole lot more! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro! 3:10 PROMO 1: Femcanic Garage 3:34 Rob and Elsie Conversation 4:44 Krystal has an invitation for you to be part of our mobile publishing app beta! Gotta listen for deets! We are celebrating our 15 year anniversary and we would love your help! Straight up Apple search enhancements that include the guest image specifications G

International Podcast Day recap and Libsyn’s latest Q3 growth results, the death of Podcoin, a great resource for recording remote episodes, podcasting words of wisdom for college students, how to count your subscribers, all kinds of new stuff from Spotify including playlists! Y’all seriously, so much more! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro! 2:48 PROMO 1: Threads From the National Tapestry 3:18 Rob and Elsie Conversation International Podcast Day and incredible Spanish speaking podcasters! Fantastic results for Libsyn Q3! Super cool data from Rob re: some top podcasts Podcoin is dead Pocketcasts is doing some great things What Mongobay Newscast does to get super great audio for their remote interviews A winner in the 2019 Podcast Awards Advice for college students about podcasting 20:53 Thoughts on Himalaya - audio feedback from Civilla Can

Covering: trademarking Taco Tuesday, plagiarism revisited, remote interview tips, design best practices for your artwork in Apple Podcasts, sealing with explicit content, best practices for using copyrighted music, more insight into IAB vs Uniques, and a double whammy of stats, mean and median, user agent and geographic! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro! 1:35 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The Advent of Computing 6:34 How to get featured on the show! 8:01 Promo 1: the Inappropriate Traveler 8:31 Rob and Elsie Conversation What happens when someone files for a trademark of Taco Tuesday Amazing job opening in Arizona to work for Kim Komando! Plagarism revisited When having connection issues on Skype, what to do? Best designed practices for Apple Podcasts Do check Apple Podcasts to see if your podcast has updated, just not IMMEDIATELY after p

We begin by addressing whether or not podcasting has a plagiarism problem, podcast hosts not providing a 301 redirect, when you are ready to start offering premium content, the latest RODEcaster Pro firmware update, getting your Spotify stats, Apple Podcasts metadata best practices, plus our recap of Podcast Movement! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary Plagairism and podcasting, is it a problem :( Kudos to Oprah Magazine for doing their homework Can one activate ID3 tags after an episode is published? What if your RSS feed description gives you issues? The long time issue of podcast hosts not offering 301 redirects Can a podcast be penalized for using click farms? Audio feedback from Neil Acast raising 25 million euro and what that means for building a profitable podcasting business When new companies pose privacy problems and are not GDPR or CCPA com

This is special show, recorded right before Podcast Movement 2019 on August 11, featuring not only my awesome co-host Rob Walch VP of Podcaster Relations at Libsyn, but also, Rob Greenlee VP of Podcasting Partnerships and Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting and also part of our awesome support team! We cover the big news released last week that Libsyn is IAB 2. 0 compliant aka we are certified! Some fantastic Google Podcasts updates , an interesting study from Coleman Insights, leaving Apple Podcasts because of negative ratings, women podcasting stats, plus of course our latest user agent and geographic stats! You will not wanna miss this! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary Special intro with Elsie and her daughter The Rob, Rob, Dave and Elsie conversation Libsyn is IAB v2 certified! And what exactly does that mean? Entercom buys Pineapple Stre

Going over the Apple Podcasts categories again, OMG a new Libsyn front end website! New look y’all! Super awesome. Breaking down deets of what’s going on with Libsyn and Podcast Movement, plus we answer what are the Top 5 things a Podcaster should do BEFORE recording their first episode? And what to do after publishing their first 5 episodes, and y’all we don’t stop there because we have 2 Rob mini soap boxes and the latest stats! Mean and median numbers! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro & how you can be featured by Libsyn! 2:50 PROMO 1: History of the Bible 3:19 Rob and Elsie Conversation Right into more details about Apple Podcasts categories Hey! We have a new Libsyn front-facing Libsyn website! 13:20 A break down of when, where and what the Libsyn Team will be doing at Podcast Movement 2019! Audio listeners in the UK survey 24:42 P

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! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :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 a

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.  Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :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 Gathere

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! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :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! Voi

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 thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :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 po