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It’s Thanksgiving 2020, the year from hell. NOTE! The actual gift guide begins 20 min into the show 😬 You’ve been warned. We have a whole list of things that will make the life of a podcaster so much easier and oh so much more comfortable and chic. We need your feedback about live streaming the show and we have a new phone number so we can connect 302–240–3425

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EPISODE LENGTH 1:24:40

  • We come clean right from the beginning that we will more likely than not, NOT talk about podcasting very much at all - in fact for most of this episode

  • 2:00 John has a confession to make, he’s a Spotify Premium member!

  • Elsie loves brussel sprouts

  • 6:03 Jess finally intros the actual show

  • 9:31 Elsie and Jess reminisce about the goats, they are no longer baby goats

  • 14:57 Elsie has lost her tech clout because her girls are schooling her

  • 17:00 We want feedback on where and what you want for us to do to show our live stream of the podcast? Send an email that says “Give zero effs”

  • 19:45 FINALLY IT’S THE GIFT GUIDE! And we begin with the AirPods Pro

  • 21:43 Elsie goes off on a through review of the AirPods Pro

  • 38:05 Elsie goes off on one of her 2020 favorites! The Zoom Podtrak P4 - it can do so many things!

  • 42:45 Jess begins with her love of the pajama chic fashion desires

  • 46:00 The love of a wall charger and why everyone needs to have one to make your life better

  • 49:44 Did you know there are virtual escape rooms? And jess is totally into them!

  • 52:56 And a fun thing that we might do to have fun that directly copies what the folks at Relay.FM did a while back

  • 56:08 A small stainless steel coffee press!

  • 59:26 John thinks that Elsie is allergic to convenience

  • 1:02:38 The Trader Joe’s Cookbook

  • “Cookie butter is weird.” -Jess

  • 1:07:12 The perfect slouchy slippers for podcasting

  • 1:09:06 YOU MUST GET THE SHURE MV7!

  • 1:11:29 And to end the list, we have a scarf organizer - for leggings

  • Text YOUR MOM to 302–240–3425

LINKS!

Podcast Themed Gift Guide! 

Work From Home Gifts!  

Jess’s Gift Guide:

Nice Pajama Work Clothes: 

- Torrid Dark Slate Grey Bedazzled Cord Fleece Hoodie 

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Category:general -- posted at: 7:46pm EDT

As we go into Thanksgiving week a recap of how the COVID–19 surge has been affecting both Elsie and Jess, which leads them down the rabbit hole of holiday preparations and cooking #fails. In the podcasting realm, the power of host read ads, preparing for not making money with sponsors and 2 new super cool tech tools!

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EPISODE LENGTH 49:08

  • :58 Jess guesses how Elsie is doing now that everyone is getting COVID

  • “Nothing is different.” -Elsie

  • Jess on the other hand has things going on with school and all the things

  • 4:45 Elsie shares the children’s schedule and their outing in town once a week

  • 8:36 Whole Foods is sold out of turkeys already 

  • Jess tries to convince Elsie to cook the turkey while Elsie is not quite amped up to cook one

  • Jess says Thanksgiving is one of the only meals that she knows how to cook 

  • 11:07 Elsie failed at roasting a chicken and more Thanksgiving preparation stories

  • 19:30 NEWS: Podcast ads perform, host-reads outperform 

  • Announcer-reads generated 11 lifts, while host-reads generated 91% more, for a total of 21 lifts.

  • Overall, read the ad yourself

  • If you want to prerecord the ad, do so, but keep in mind if you make it sound recorded, then you are not doing your advertiser any service

  • 25:55 Two great quotes that are about making sure that you as a podcaster are aware of the advertising space

  • Sherpa leggins!!!! What???

  • 31:20 Elsie’s daughters are into an anime series called My Hero Academia and how weird it was that she’s getting articles suggested that have to do with that topic!

  • 33:02 Buzzsprout has added some extra tags to their podcast feeds

  • It is a cool functionality but as with anything else the tool only works when you have the workflow optimized

  • What do you think of this new functionality from Buzzsprout? Send us feedback! 

  • A lot of people just do things for their podcast but never ask if that work is giving them results

  • 42:30 Tool Tips: Little recorders! Zoom F2 and Zoom F2- BT

  • Elsie bought a new toy called Camo! 

  • 46:45 Elsie and Jess are doing their QAs via Zoom instead of what we were using before!

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Direct download: sp292_final.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:05pm EDT

Man oh man have we been sort of recovering from the wildness of the week! Not closing loops becomes a massive energy leak. Shout-out to WOC Podcasters, awesome feedback on past episodes, Podchaser premium, the sale of Wondery, and help in getting a strategy ready for She Podcasts Live 2021!

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EPISODE LENGTH 58:11

  • 2:28 Jess had the most prolonged weekend of her life

  • The election was a bit extra for Jess because Biden lives near where she lives!

  • It really is all about closing the loop and Elsie shares and example of not closing the loop with her headphones

  • 11:40 John says that the loop-closers are annoying

  • Elsie needs an extra human to close all of her loops

  • 13:58 there are actual services that you can use to hire people to do little things for you

  • 18:48 Shout out to the team at WOC Podcasters for featuring the She Podcasts group on their blog!

  • 20:14 We have feedback on episode 288 and we’re closing the loop!

  • Elzie Flenard sent a very nice email taking responsibility for not doing his due diligence  

  • 24:53 Jess got a tweet!

  • If you have feedback, email feedback@shedpocasts.com

  • 27:58 NEWS: Podchaser will offer a premium service

  • Podchaser has grown so much and they are really bringing some amazing value to the podcasting industry

  • You can create a whole feed of all the shows that you’ve been on!

  • 36:09 Apple and Sony are talking about buying Wondery 

  • 40:42 How Jess got a panic attack when she saw the NAB booths

  • 43:49 what are the stipulations of how many people can actually gather somewhere

  • What is full capacity for the hotel? In these times

  • 54:37 How do you solve the issue of the 2021 She Podcasts Live? Send it over!

  • 55:32 Elsie loved The Queen’s Gambit

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Direct download: sp291_final.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:53pm EDT

Audio feedback about our Quibi conversation! Build relationships with mentors who have the expertise – you don’t have to reinvent the wheel. Also, She Podcasts in Audible! Adweek’s Podcasts of the Year for 2020; is it really a podcast if there are only ten episodes? Stay tuned as we dive into the annual growth of podcast listeners and how ad dollars are booming.

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EPISODE LENGTH 58:56

  • 0:45 Elsie is without power and all the learning that came from that

  • 8:19 Super Squad: Elsie will talk about how to optimize your podcasting equipment to be able to record and function whether or not you have power 

  • “I’m not bound to one way of doing things” - Elsie’s podcasting wisdom

  • 10:48 Feedback on our Quibi conversation

  • The most important thing is to start building relationships

  • And it seems that emotions

  • 20:28 We have more feedback about why there was a missing Amazon Music episode of She Podcasts

  • 23:00 Tool Tips! The Libsyn 5 interface!

  • 24:36 She Podcasts is in Audible

  • SURGICAL READING! Wut?

  • How Jess reads books and how Elsie reads books

  • 31:50 Why having your show in Audible will matter to growing podcasting

  • You have to search for Elsie or Jess on Audible; searching for She Podcasts is more challenging

  • Tip: having a hard time finding your show on Audible? Search for your name!

  • 34:03 Adweek releases Podcasts of the year

  • It IS a podcast even if it has an end! Send us feedback feedback@shepodcasts.com

  • 43:44 Jess wonders why Elsie keeps saying her full name

  • 45:02 Podcast engagement and host read ad data is doing just peachy

  • Such amazing data on the amazingness of host read ads

  • Elsie admits she knows she needs to not make the ads so long

  • 54:00 Dynamic microphones, recieving feedback, why we did not talk about the election.

LINKS!

She Podcasts thank-you to our Sponsors!

Produce Your Podcast!

→ Our editor John from Audio Editing Solutions. He is so good you need to hire him STAT!


Help Us Spread The Word!

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Direct download: sp290_final.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:19pm EDT

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