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Todd and Mike talk about Blubrry being the first Podcast Company with IAB Certification for the podcast stats and what this means for you and the industry.  Also, get in on our 30 day giveaway #buildyourblubrry. They talk about Apple Reviews and Ratings, RAD and lots more!

We hope you and yours have a great Holiday season!

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News:

IAB Certification: Finally, we can say that we are certified in the IAB Tech Lab Compliance program for podcast statistics. We're the first one!
Build Your Blubrry: 30-day podcast equipment giveaway.
Apple’s Ratings and Reviews disappearing last week.

Topic:

Why you shouldn’t worry too much about Apple Podcasts reviews and ratings. (Hint, they do NOT help your rankings) – Daniel J. Lewis talks about it on his podcast – Audacity to Podcast
NPR’s RAD – It's going to be a long road to adoption.

Support:

When to use Category Podcasting and when NOT to use it in PowerPress. If you only have 1 podcast on your site, you DO NOT need to use Category Podcasting. Categories on your site work with the standard RSS feeds.
Apple Podcasts removal: What to do if this happens to you.
What to do if your Spotify listing doesn’t show up. Passthrough coming soon?
Changing the title of your show.

Special guest host next time on Your Podcast. See ya next year!

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

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An RSS feed is crucial for a podcast, in fact without one you technically don’t have a podcast, you’re just sharing audio. Regardless, they’re not as simple as they sound always, and there are many RSS feed misconceptions out there that podcasters don’t necessarily release they’re falling for. Mike Dell, from Blubrry’s support team and Your Podcast, joined MacKenzie to discuss the introduction of Pandora into the podcasting industry, in a much larger way than the past. As time goes on, more companies will be getting involved in Pandora submissions. Wrapped up with ideas on what a Blubrry podcast bootcamp would encompass. It’s becoming more popular for organizations to put the call out there to teach minority groups how to podcast and get them more involved.

Top 5 Directories

1. Apple Podcasts
2. Google
3. Stitcher
4. TuneIn
5. Spotify

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. There is one last episode to be released for 2018, let MacKenzie know what you want to hear in 2019.

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Show notes:

Pandora is Joining the Podcasting Game: But MacKenzie and Mike are a bit more interested in the podcast genome project.
What Is A Podcast Feed?: From our blog earlier this year, alleviating confusion on RSS feeds.
Futuro Media and various others creating podcast bootcamps: What would Blubrry included in their own?

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If one thing is for certain, it’s change and the same can be said for anyone that has a podcast. The latest episode of the PowerPress Podcast talks about continuous change in your podcast. It might not always be on the forefront of your mind but shows do evolve from influence from guests, podcasters, listening to other shows and specific self guided direction. Starting out discussing how frequently podcasters are not always their best marketing team turned into a much longer discussion of taking insight from other and yourself to make sure you’re putting out the best show possible. MacKenzie was joined by Lauren Gombas, host of the show From Blueprint to Solved.

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:

Podcasters make for terrible self promoters
From Blueprint to Solved
Why We Need More Women in Podcasting

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The Blubrry team wanted to get one last feature out to you before the end of the year, and it's an update to our podcast statistics. Free and Pro stats users now have details for Mexico and Germany, hourly reporting and more. M*A*S*H fans rejoice – Alan Alda is having a reunion on his podcast. Swedish podcast business, Acast recently acquired additional funding, a tactic becoming more and more popular for hosting companies in this industry. WordPress users, are you enjoying the the Gutenberg update? Obviously we're on the WordPress wagon, so we're curious to know your thoughts.

Welcome to Your Podcast, THE official Blubrry podcast!

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News:

If you haven't seen it yourself yet, read up on the new Blubrry Pro Stats features – new places, metro details and hourly reporting!
Alan Alda, actor and podcaster is hosting a M*A*S*H reunion on his podcast, Clear + Vivid with Alan Alda.
Acast raised another round of Series C money, $35 million to be exact.

Topic:

Daniel J. Lewis, devoted podcaster, among other things in this industry, took it upon himself to look into RSS feeds from multiple podcast hosting companies. His results are rather interesting, and focus on podcasting growth as a whole. You can also check out the Podcasters News article.

Support:

Update: WordPress 5.0 and Gutenberg Editor ( Classic Editor Plugin). PowerPress works just fine with Gutenberg.
Blubrry Directory: Many Blubrry hosting and PowerPress users forget this step. You just set the Hosting Settings to WordPress and put your RSS feed in the Listing settings at Blubrry.

It puts your podcast in the directory at Blubrry.com (not automatic if you are using PowerPress.
It allows the Blubrry player to have YOUR podcast image in it.
It helps the support team to understand your RSS feed – where it's based – if you have a question for us, inevitably saving us loads of back and forth emails.

Keep in mind of holiday delays. The week of Christmas all the way to New Years Day will likely be a bit slower for support requests as the team spends some time with family and friends. We thank you for your patience!

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