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Steve and Dave Lee, founders of International Podcast Day, joined MacKenzie to discuss the 5th annual celebration, occurring on September 30th. A day dedicated to the power of podcasting for not only creators but listeners and enthusiasts, Blubrry is participating in two different sessions dedicated to teaching podcast practices. Before they delve into the celebration they spoke of some recent changes in the podcasting industry. Slate's Panoply network announced they'll no longer be releasing new content, instead focusing on advertising. iHeartMedia purchased StuffMedia for 55 million dollars and Buzzfeed cut it's podcast department and subsequently some of it's staff.

These changes won't have an effect on the majority of the podcasting industry but they represent a bigger systematic evolution. The abandonment can seem to outweigh the recognition and movement forward, especially all in one week, but overall this is all part of how a medium grows.

International Podcast Day actually starts on September 29th to accommodate for part of the day on different countries all over the world; about 30 hours of content will be provided. The schedule can be found on the site and be sure to check out sessions times for things you want to learn and hear about. We're thrilled to be taking part and that Todd Cochrane's Podcast Awards are included.

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.
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Show notes:
iHeartMedia Purchases StuffMedia: The network responsible for Stuff You Should Know, Atlanta Monster, Required Listening and more.
Podcasting Shakeup: Panoply parts ways with content creation.
Buzzfeed Shutting Down Podcasts: Focusing more exclusively on video and longer-form projects.
International Podcast Day: September 30th
Blubrry sessions: 11AM and 6PM PDT
Podcast Awards: Catch em at 5PM PDT
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Blubrry Podcasting recently hit another milestone, 600,000 shows in their podcast directory, and always growing! For those interested in the Apple industry, which is all podcasters in some sense, they have some new toys coming out this week and the rest of fall. We've got RSS feeds on the mind so we've explained different ways to create your RSS feed (and what is an RSS feed) at Blubrry. Todd is back from travel and they're talking about all things Blubrry and podcasting on this episode of Your Podcast.

Welcome to Your Podcast, THE Official Blubrry Podcast!

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Topics:

New from Apple: As always Apple has something they're releasing, this time it's iOS12, among other things.
600,000 shows: In the Blubrry Podcast Directory!
RSS Feeds: There are a few ways to create your podcast feed with Blubrry. Learn about them here.

1. PowerPress on your site (WordPress)
2. PowerPress on PowerPress Sites (included in hosting)
3. Blubrry Publisher (Will have Blubrry in the name)
4. Podcast Mirror (Free feed service via Blubrry)

Dynamic Advertising Insertion System: In beta testing.
Switching things up: We've got a new voice on the Blubrry blog.
Want to work for Blubrry? Columbus office is looking for an administrative assistant for it's development team.
Who owns your podcast? Make sure it’s worked out with any co-host, employees/employers ahead of time. When things split up for whatever reason, it's best to have a plan.

Support:

Welcome our new technical support rep: Helping out nights and weekends, John Haskins.
Player images on the Blubrry player: Turn on the option in the “activate and configure now” area. Then upload the episode image to the spot provided in the Podcast Episode box (only works on PowerPress)
Episodic images: Where they show up and where they do not. See PHD Episode 109.
Directory times: Apple doesn’t show your new episode in the directory listing right away.  Normally 24 hours or less, but sometimes longer. Subscribe to your own show to make sure it’s working properly.
Show notes: DO NOT USE A WORD PROCESSOR and copy/paste your shownotes. It causes a LOT of trouble. Hidden symbols and such.

To ask questions or to comment on the show, you can contact Todd or Mike here: yourpodcast@blubrry.com.

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Podcasting has quite a learning curve for most when they're first getting started. Fortunately, there are some people out there to help others learn, or just hand off to someone more experienced. Dan Thibeault, is a podcaster himself, created Fast Twitch Media to help other podcasters. He offers services for a variety of podcast tasks such as graphic design, content marketing strategies and social media.

Before learning of Dan's podcast experience they discussed an article from earlier this year, focusing on marketing for podcasts. There is often debate and speculation that the technology hinders the medium from growing, and that listening is a barrier, but this article focuses on how we can help combat this by promoting the content of podcasts.

A PowerPress tip about secure podcast feeds is included at the end of the episode, courtesy of Shawn Thorpe from the Blubrry support team. Remember, Blubrry has great technical support available 7 days a week. You can reach them via support@blubrry.com.

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:
Explain the Content, Not the Tech: Some advice all podcasters can take for their show.
Fast Twitch Media: Reach out to Dan if you'd like to utilize some of his podcast expertise.
Life Underground: Dan's show about metal detector findings.
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The Federal Communications Commissions, better known as the FCC, has officially joined podcaster ranks with their own show, entitled More than Seven Dirty Words. A play on their role in communications, it focuses on the organization as a whole. Shawn Thorpe joined Mike on the episode today as Todd was out on travel. They discuss a new podcast event happening in Atlanta and podcast listener demographics.

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News:

They regulate TV, radio, cable and wire and satellite communications and now they have a podcast. The FCC just released an episode of their show, More Than Seven Dirty Words.
A Pod Connection: Podcasting conference happening in Atlanta Oct 5 – 7th.
No surprise here, Millennials and Gen Xer's top the charts in podcasting listening. Check out the data from NextRadio.

Topic:

Just who is Shawn Thorpe and how long has he been involved with Blubrry?

Support:

Moving your podcast: When you are running your podcast from a website, do not change the domain until you have redirected to the new website/domain. Rebranding needs to be done in a particular order to work correctly and to not lose subscribers/listeners. Follow the steps below.

Set up your new domain/website.
Import podcast to your new site.
Check PowerPress settings.
Copy/Paste all settings from Destinations (that you're able to).
Redirect old RSS feed to new RSS (no not do a whole site redirect yet).
Put your new RSS feed address in the “iTunes New Feed URL” tag or setting on both the new and the old RSS feeds.
Wait 30 days, perform site redirect then.
***Post new content only on the new site.

Spotify: If your Spotify link doesn’t work, please check with us first (if you are hosting with us) and we will check it. If we find nothing wrong, you will have to contact @spotifycares on Twitter (it’s their only support for podcasters). Check with us first, before heading over to social media.
For those using Generator: (Blubrry.com RSS feeds) Do not put ANYTHING in the Alternative Feed URL box. That will cause a loop that will duplicate every episode over and over and over in the feed (which is really annoying to clean out).
Import Podcast from within PowerPress: This is NOT a workflow. It’s meant to be a one-time only use to move a feed to WordPress from any other feed.

To ask questions or to comment on the show, you can contact Todd and Mike here: yourpodcast@blubrry.com.