Spreaker Live Show #118 for July 5th, 2017

Show Today:
-What Show Format is Best? Guest Interviews or Co-Hosts
-Spotify Accepts Podcast Submissions, should you expect to get in though?
-Your comments

Show Duration: 58 minutes

Host: Rob Greenlee, Head of Content, Spreaker @robgreenlee - rob(at)spreaker(dotcom)
Co-Host: Alex Exum, Host of “The Exum Experience Podcast” on Spreaker
We stream LIVE every Weds at 3 Pacific /6pm EST from SpreakerLiveShow.com

On the show today:
-Will be at http://TheConclave.com Radio Conference in Minneapolis, MN July 25-28
-Just booked my trip to http://PodcastMovement.com in August, will be in Anaheim, CA Aug 22-26
-Spreaker will have an exhibit booth and a total of 5 team members at the event
-Rob is getting Inducted into the Podcasters Hall of Fame at the event - http://academyofpodcasters.com/announcing-the-2017-hall-of-fame-class/
-Moderating State of Podcasting 2017 - http://podcastmovement.com/speakers/#!programmation=artist$rob-greenlee/437
-Moderating Geo-Local Podcasts - http://podcastmovement.com/speakers/#!programmation=event$geo-local-podcasting/117
-What Show Format is Best? Guest Interviews or Co-Hosts
-Spotify Accepts Podcast Submissions, should you expect to get in though?
-Your comments

We discuss “Show Guest Interviews or Co-Hosts: What Format is Best?”

Solo, co-host, or guest?
There are a few different podcast formats you could try:

• Only you: You’re the host, the one host, and the only host.
• This can work but you must have a talent for connecting with listeners, rare talent
• You + one other standing host: You co-host with same partner for every episode.
• This can work well, is a matter of chemistry between the two, but is a gamble
• You will find with good and regular co-host you can build a solid/loyal audience
• You + guest: You interview with a new guest on each episode.
• You could also have a standing co-host + guest, but complicated
• This format brings new perspectives, opinions, stories, voices, and talent to every episode. Your guests will share their episodes with their audiences, too, serving as advocates that will help you grow your listener base.

Spotify Accepts Podcast Submissions, should you expect to get in though?
-Accepting less than 10% of submissions, so don’t count on or expect to get into Spotify
-Spotify is focused on creating curated playlists for users, thus main reason they are very picky on shows they add
- https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfKJ76t_tPV2jugdX14NeajSfp7EV0hcgjVki1GEGuoeyJvDw/viewform?c=0&w=1

Listener Comments:

Linda Irwin
I personally listen to a show for the content not the numbers, but others feel differently. 😄

Internal Monarch
Man I need to go back to the drawing board. Never planned on making money with it. Just a creative zone for me at the moment.

Linda Irwin
I got two donations, one for $100 and one for $25. OTCR is going to go the getting regular advertisers method through people we know who are willing to advertise with us.

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