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episode 193: 193: Alexa, Play The Podcast
OMG Audacity was acquired, clarifying more about the Apple Podcasts summary tag, how to get promoted on Amazon Music, podcasting music history, testing a new voice feedback service, stats, geographic and user agent and folks listening to this, we have a segment where we speak to your Amazon smart speaker — over and over and over — so please make sure you’re wearing headphones!
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Quick Episode Summary- :13 Intro
- 2:58 PROMO 1: Your Brain on Facts
- 3:28 Rob and Elsie Conversation
- Talking about the Apple Podcasts summary tag and why you should no longer use it
- Audacity was acquired! WUT?
- Apple Podcasts has been working around the clock to get the issues cleaned up!
- Getting a new Apple ID to log into Apple Podcasts Connect
- A service for your listeners to get your podcast delivered via email - it’s called Blogtrottr
- 14:44 What do you need to know about podcasting privacy? Audio feedback from Stacy
- Shout-out to Voicelink.fm
- Started publishing episodes 2 times a week and podcast downloads went down by a lot - help?
- 25:30 PROMO 2: Legends From The Pacific
- How to get your show promoted on the Amazon Music service!
- Elsie and Rob might turn on your Alexa as they talk through asking Alexa to play a podcast
- How to figure out how many plays or downloads are coming from the Libsyn player on the website
- 33:47 Does libsyn also offer website hosting? Audio feedback from Chaplain Jared
- Spotify adds timestamped podcast sharing!
- 41:27 A bit of music in podcasting history - audio feedback from Jason
- Sometimes seasons make podcast episodes disappear
- Best tweet of the week!
- Worst email of the week
- 54:10 PROMO 3: Louisville Cycling Podcast
- Stats! Geographic and user agent
- Where have we been? In A Few Minutes and Podcasting for Coaches
- Where are we going? We Are Podcasts, Libsyn Meet-up and Libsyn Webinars
- PROMO 1: Your Brain On Facts
- PROMO 2: Legends From The Pacific
- PROMO 3: Louisville Cycling Podcast
- Stacy from Diabetes Connection
- Chaplain Jared from The Christian Meditation Podcast
- Jason from from Radio BSOTS
Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro!
Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie
- Leave us voice feedback!
- Audacity has been acquired by Muse Group, which also owns MuseScore and Ultimate Guitar
- Blogtrottr
- Voicelink.fm
- Amazon Music Podcasts Listen On Amazon Music Buttons
- Spotify adds timestamped podcast sharing and other social features
- CC Mixter
- Best tweet of the week from And Now We Drink
- Rob on Ken Ray’s In A Few Minutes
- 107: Getting to Know Libsyn 5 and Glow.fm with Elsie Escobar - from Podcasting For Coaches
- Libsyn 5 Update! Webinar
- Podcast Episode Notes Deep Dive Meet-up
- DEI For Podcasters Audience Value and Growth
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