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Apple seems to have backed down on Episode Numbers in Episode Titles. Here is a partial quote from the email they sent out...

We’ve received a lot of questions about metadata best practices on Apple Podcasts. We want to provide more details and clarification as you think about improving your show’s metadata.

Your Show Won’t Be Removed for Having Episode Numbers in Episode Titles

Starting with iOS 11 in September 2017, we introduced modern RSS tags to improve podcast metadata. These tags include support for seasons, trailers, and episode numbers. The new tags help us present your show to your listeners on Apple Podcasts and present listening data to you in Podcast Analytics.

Be sure to listen to Episode 117 for the first part of this story...

Here is a list of the apps/directories that are using the Apple Tags and not using the Apple tags.

Apple Podcasts – iTunes title (of course)
Itunes desktop – main title ‽
Blubrry – main title
Google Podcasts – main title
Pocket Casts – iTunes title
Podcast Addict – main title
BeyondPod – Stripped out the number but uses the main title ??
Spotify – main Title
Tunein – main title
Stitcher – Not updating 🙁
Overcast – iTunes Title
Himalaya – iTunes Title

This is typed into the Post Content box in WordPress ***

Please let me know what you see above this line in the “show notes”, “Episode notes” or “Description” on your app and what app you are listening on. [email protected].

This should be a live link

Today I talk about Anchor, Spotify and if they are “bad” or good, and if it’s good to have one dominant platform that people listen on. You should promote your own website for your podcast and give everyone links to the platforms you are on from there. Do not send people to a particular platform.

Paul Colligan is a Podcast Pioneer, Marketing guy, Podcaster, Author and Speaker who was around in the early days of Podcasting. Paul sat down with me and we talked about, you guessed it, Podcasting (duh!).

Paul’s Links:

• PaulColligan.com
• The Podcast Report
• Paul’s Twitter
• Paul’s Facebook
• Paul’s books

Thanks for listening. Be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss an Episode!

Do you want to separate your blog posts from your podcast posts on your website? It might be a bad idea.

First – How to do it if you really really want to in WordPress

1. Create a category for the podcast. DO NOT USE “podcast” as a category.
2. Enable Category Podcasting in PowerPress Settings (at the bottom of each setting page)
3. In the Category Podcasting menu (found under PowerPress in the sidebar) tick the box that says “Strict Categories” Save settings.
4. Back in the category podcasting menu, Add Podcast Settings to your Category
5. All your podcast related settings go in the category podcasting settings for that category NOT the main PowerPress settings.
6. Once that is all set up, make a blog post. Select the category for your podcast in the right sidebar AND in the podcast episode box. The podcast episode box category setting is for the RSS feed and the sidebar is for the website. You must do BOTH.
7. In the Appearance > menus menu, add your podcast category (not called podcast I hope) to the menu where you want it.
8. Categorize your blog posts in a single category and add that category to the menu as well.

There is one more way to do it explained in the Podcast called Post Types. I don’t recommend that method.

Why you do not want to do separate blog posts from your podcast posts

People that want to listen to your podcast, and show up on your website, wouldn’t they want to maybe read your blog posts (without clicking another menu)? Wouldn’t people that read your blog want to listen to your podcast? Why go through all the BS separating them?

PHD042 – The Meaning of Life, The Universe and everything

DON’T PANIC and don’t forget your towel!

Being the big geek I am, I have to do this every time I get to episode 42 on a podcast I do. It’s, of course, a tribute to Douglas Adams’ Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.

Nowadays, we say Don’t forget your smartphone instead of your towel and the Hitchhikers Guide.

Now on with the REAL content for this episode!
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Correction:

As you heard, last week I had an audio problem. I could have fixed it by re-recording those segments. I felt the content was good enough to put up with the little popping sounds.

Also, on my checklist, I have removed the part about audacity. Truncate Silence. It’s too easy to screw something up for me to recommend using that.

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Recording only with an iPhone?

Yes, you can record only with an iPhone. There are several good ways to do it.

Boss Jock Studio – Play clips, record and edit. Saves in mp3, ready to upload.

Mobile Podcaster. AAC only

Voice Memo – Stock iPhone program by Apple. Very good for quick notes and recording segments. BUT, saves files in AAC format instead of Mp3 so you *should* edit them and re-encode to mp3.

You can add a professional mic to the iphone using the “camera connection kit” usb adapter. or you can use the mic/headphone jack with a splitter. Rockit Headphone/Microphone Splitter

While I’m playing with it, How about a mic shootout using the studio mixer?

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Q: I uploaded my show yesterday, it’s still not in my Podcast Listing at iTunes... HELP!!

A: RELAX! 2 things to do to help you not worry about this “problem”

Look at your RSS feed in FIREFOX (other browsers do not work the same) and verify your latest post is in there with it’s media file.
Subscribe to your podcast in iTunes (on your computer) or the IOS “podcasts” app. Verify that your new episode shows up.
If 1 and 2 are OK. RELAX and give iTunes up to 3 days to list your show. If it takes more than 3 days, email Apple ([email protected]) and give them your listing address and your RSS feed. You may get a run-around or a form response. Reply to that with the same info. Sooner or later they will have a human answer you.

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Podcast on Radio? Then the recording of the podcast on radio, on a podcast?

At the risk of generating at vortex here, I’m going to play one local radio show’s take on my segment about how lame music radio can be from Episode 36.

As heard on the Omelette & Friends radio show on WKLT in Traverse City (1 day after they interviewed Bob Seger!!

Next we are going to have the Guy behind the mic at Omelette & Friends, Omelette Himself on this very podcast!

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Blubrry Tip of the week

Teach your listeners how to subscribe and make it easy for them.

In powerpress 6 there are 2 new ways to get your listeners to subscribe.

One is the Subscribe page. If you go to podcasthelpdesk.com/subscribe you will see that I have a neat page there that makes it easy to just press a button on a smartphone and subscribe. It’s easy to set this up with powerpress. Make sure you have everything including the iTunes subscription URL block filled out in the Feeds and iTunes tabs in powerpress.

Create a blank page called Subscribe (or whatever you want to call it) publish the page and go into edit it again and write down the page ID.
Go into powerpress settings > media appearance and where it says “Subscribe Page” Paste the page ID in the block and save settings.
Go back to your page and you can edit the words in there as you would like.

The other thing that was added is the subscribe sidebar widget. All you have to do is go into your widgets area and find the subscribe block and drag it to the sidebar. You are done!

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Podcast Starter 2

Recording your First Episode
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