Jan 11, 2022
New public domain work, more podcasting acquisitions, adding video or not to your podcasting workflow, we have an affiliate program, yas! What you need to start a podcast in 2022, the power of host read ads, ad insertion best practices, from promo codes to insertion points, and of course stats!
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Quick Episode Summary
- :13 Intro
- 3:34 PROMO 1: The Fluent Show
- 4:06 Rob and Elsie conversation
- It’s a new year! And Rob gives us the scoop on his 19th calendar year as an indie podcaster
- Have you changed your copyright field yet?
- New public domain works
- Captivate was acquired by Global at the end of 2021 and Whooshkaa was acquired by Spotify
- 12:33 AUDIO FEEDBACK - Creating video to support your podcast, it’s sucking the joy out!
- Thoughts on adding video production to your current audio podcast, is it worth it?
- Japanese language podcast and YouTube - tags fail to send over, why?
- We have an affiliate program! Yas!
- 21:20 PROMO 2: Video Fuzzy
- What do you need to Start a Podcast in 2022?
- Host read ads are not gone and are very much available for advertisers in our space!
- The Libsyn Blog has been very active with all the recaps for 2021
- Rob’s tip on purposely customizing your show’s background color
- 30:11 AUDIO FEEDBACK: Carey Green and some extra audio files?
- Best practices for publishing archived episodes for the holidays
- Would it be better to release every other week all year round or take off more time at the beginning or end of the year?
- Spotify and Google Podcasts currently do not support video files - MP4 files will not show up there
- Ad insertion best practices, from promo codes to insertion points
- Is it best to promote the entire podcast, a series or an episode?
- Advertisecast team reported their monthly Podcast Advertising Rates
- 48:18 PROMO 3: The Unstarving Musician
- 49:02 Stats! Mean and Median
- Where have we been and where are we going!
Featured Podcast Promo + Audio
Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro!
Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie
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- Public Domain Date
- Ten Notable Pre–1923 Recordings
- The National Jukebox
- List of Books in the public domain for 1926
- Become a Libsyn Affiliate
- Don’t Bid Farewell to Podcast Promo Codes Quite Yet
- Libsyn’s 2021 Year in Review
- The Feed 2021 Recap and Look Back
- A Big Call-Out to The Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts of 2021!
- Apple Podcasts Tips: Customize Your Show Artwork
- Advertisecast Advertising Rates
- Rob on the Outdoor Biz Podcast
- Rob on Mind of A Mentor
- Super Podcast Growth Hacks for TikTok!
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