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Aaron Dowd
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It’s Sunday, April 19th. Here’s your podcast news and helpful tutorials for the third week of April, 2020.
This week in podcast news and tutorials: We have an article with a detailed look at the changes in podcast listening behavior, helpful resources for folks who’ve jobs have been disrupted by the Coronavirus, a couple articles with tips for improving your podcast content, and then a couple about improving your podcasts’s audio quality.
It’s Sunday, April 12th, 2020.
Here’s some of the best podcast news for the first week of April, 2020. And don’t worry, it’s not all Coronavirus.
- Text or call a friend
- Stronger connections and file sharing
- Daily planning, disruption, and how we handle it
- How to get great-sounding audio from your podcast guests… from a distance
- Podcasting for remote teams: using audio to connect, engage & inform
- How to turn your podcast hobby into a business
- New York Times acquires Audm, whose narrators turn long-form journalism into audio
- How the coronavirus is affecting podcast downloads
Hey friends, just wanted to say hi real quick and get a short message out to you. I just arrived in Los Angeles this past Sunday night, right in time for the Governor's stay at home order. I've got a couple new roommates here, we’re staying inside except to get groceries but everything is fine overall. I’ve got plenty of work to do, so I’m doing my best to keep my normal routine and work making this podcast back into my schedule. Take care of each other, ask for help if you need it, offer to help if you have the resources. I'll talk to you next week.
The New York Times in talks to potentially buy Serial Productions (makers of Serial), Simplecast launches MAE (Movable Audio Engine), their new dynamic audio insertion tool-set, podcasts as a way to provide training to employees and increase employee retention and happiness, lessons learned from the Substack writers gathering, guides to podcast editing and audio software, how Twitter uses a podcast to attract advertisers, and more.
This week: It's not too late to start that podcast, how a creative brief can help you get great show artwork from your designer, tips on podcasting with a co-host, and 8 things you should know about putting a podcast on YouTube.
The discussion about Spotify continues, “the Oscars for podcasting” are coming, how to measure and use podcast analytics to make your show successful, which metrics you should be focusing on, tips for how to find sponsors for your show, and more.
Will Spotify Ruin Podcasting? Advertising A Podcast (Part 2), Why the Podcast Gold Rush is Slowing Down for Some Publishers, and more.
Advertising a podcast, podcast ads, audience growth, SEO tips, Voice Boost 2 for Overcast, the recipe for earning $1000 per fan, and more.
Want to know the secret to building an audience for your podcast? Dan Misener from Pacific Content has the goods. New episodes not showing up in Apple Podcasts or iTunes? Elsie Escobar has tips to help you troubleshoot. Also: Vox Media is planning on doubling their ad revenue this year, tips about hiring a podcast producer for your independent show, 6 ways independent podcasters can compete with big media in 2020, the CEO of Wondery answers a bunch of podcasting questions, and more.
This week: It seems that Apple is working on original podcasts (I'm here for it), how to survive as a podcaster in 2020, how to craft great episode titles, what you should know if you're thinking about hiring a podcast editor, a guide to microphone technique so you can sound your best every time, and SEO for podcasts: How to get your show discovered.
This week: Advice for folks making business to business podcasts, Simplecast just started a blog post series about how to build a dream team for your podcast: First up, Social Media Managers. Show production and interview tips from Scott Hanselman of the long running and popular Hanselminutes podcast, 5 ways starting a podcast can help you reach your career goals, how to start a podcast on top of your full-time job (according to people who've done it), and more.
This week: Spotify announces new targeted ad insertion tech is coming for their original and exclusive shows, there were a record number of podcast launches in 2019 (but there's still room for more), quick tips about how to keep your podcast going, Dan Misener from Pacific Content shares their process for developing new podcasts, more predictions for 2020 from podcast industry folks, tips for how to confidently read from a script, and more.
This week: Will the hype and drive towards profit force a lot of podcasters to decide if they’re a pro or a hobbyist in 2020? The Darknet Diaries podcast shares a detailed look at their stats and analytics for 2020, and Mike Murphy shares a great explainer article about podcast distribution and RSS feeds.
Hey friends! Since there wasn't much in the way or podcast news or tutorials this week, I'm going to do something I don't normally do: I'm going to record an episode without a script, and talk about my experience with podcasting over the past 10 years.
This week: There's more to life than downloads: 3 ways your organization can measure podcast growth. Are podcasts threatening the growth of the music industry? What podcasters can learn from the folks in Public Radio, another ultimate guide to growing your audience, and more.
This week: Pacific Content shares a huge list of podcast predictions for 2020 from some of the top minds in podcasting, We Edit Podcasts published a great guide to email marketing basics for podcasters, Dave Jackson shares what you should consider before joining a podcast network, the best ways to grow a podcast audience, and more.
This week: Podcorn, a native ad platform for podcasters, just launched this week, Podtrac says unique monthly listeners for the top ten podcasts decreased in November compared to October (but that's consistent with a seasonal dip they saw last year). Independent.co.uk predicts that audiobook sales will overtake ebook sales in the UK in 2020 (probably because no one reads anymore, and also because audio is the best medium), We Edit Podcasts published a blog post about the 10 key elements of a strong podcast intro (you won't believe what number 3 is), and more!
This week: Ollie Judge (podcast producer from the UK) argues that we need a new standard for how podcasts are delivered and consumed, Sonal Chokshi and Connie Chan from the A16Z podcast share a detailed behind-the-scenes looks at their production process, Amanda Hickman from AIR shares what she's learned about media salaries and pay rates in radio and podcasting, 6 tips about how to improve your interviews, how to make your podcast SEO-friendly, and more.
This week: Why articles in audio format increase member loyalty, behind the scenes of podcast advertising, 10 things new podcasters can do to boost downloads, building a podcast studio from scratch, tools to make your podcasts sound good, startup opportunities in podcasting, and more.
This week: Rev.com (popular online transcription service) lowers pay rates for their contract workers, Apple now allows you to hide new shows in Podcasts Connect while you wait for their review and approval, the podcast industry is grappling with the prospect of automated ads, Podsights looks at conversion rates for pre-roll, mid-roll, and post-roll podcast ads, and more.
Welcome to The Podcast News, a new weekly news show for podcast producers. My name is Aaron Dowd, and I'll be your host this week.
I'd like to share with you a few interesting articles and stories I found during the week of November 9th, 2019.
This week: Pacific Content writes about what makes a great podcast host, Google and PRX launch a new Podcasting 101 series, and I'd like to know: Are you listening to podcasts on your smart home speaker?
I share AIR's rates list for podcast engineering and composition with someone from Reddit, podcasters shared their top frustrations with the folks at the Hot Pod newsletter, and more.