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Apple teams with Common Sense Media to curate podcasts for kids

New Group Aims to Warn Advertisers About Podcast Perils

Ikea’s new podcast is a soothing listen for everyone stuck at home

Google Podcasts working on letting you fine-tune episode recommendations

The Podcaster’s Journey to Hollywood

We are getting so much better at opening the show and being all serious about it

Although y’all missed it (already) we were part of the best series on Clubhouse put on by our Social Media Boss, Andrea Jones which was called Unmute Yourself

“I don’t want to talk about being canceled or what to do when I’m canceled because I never react properly.” -Jess

7:20 We really need to be more prepared for when something unexpected happens and they are opportunities to be better

9:25 Exciting update! Louisville Public Media has just launched a podcasting curator to make podcasting accessible to people in our community who have great ideas but aren’t sure how to make them happen

11:00 Why Elsie has been consciously timing herself to see exactly how long things take

11:57 Are empaths more apt to lose track of time?

How long does it actually take to manage a community

13:48 Elsie loves Toggl - every couple of weeks, Elsie will send her boss a detailed time outline of where she spends her time

18:44 Timing yourself helps you make choices as to what you can do better and then use your time better

21:14 Also, Elsie is using Timerly to remove the friction to start using the timings

Daylight savings is annoying

27:00 News! The five things to avoid to grow your show…

“The reason you want big guests is for credibility, not followers.” -Jess

Jess shares her experience on helping her cousin and the parallels between influencers and podcasters

41:11 we have all the things in the Super Squad!

40:10 How do you get people to share you show??

42:44 Follow up! We circle back to the Ambie Awards 

We have a solution – Podcasting, Seriously Fund

45:35 Jess is pitching once again doing She Podcasts awards and why Elsie finds them to be troublesome

49:25 Elsie finds out that they are judging awards

We hash it out - all about awards, what works, what doesn’t

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Louisville Public Media podcast incubator via Clara

Andrea Jones and Savvy Social

Timery

Toggl

5 things to avoid to grow your show

Podcasting, Seriously Fund

Getting wished a Happy Women’s Day in the wild, so exciting

2:40 What should happen on International Women’s Day #choosetochallenge, people!

4:20 Getting off topic right off the bat with Jess rant about not wanting to know all the things

Is it a gender thing where people are constantly trying to help you by telling you stuff? Elsie doesn’t think so, no

10:54 Elsie finally brings it back to podcasting

“There is a lot of real basic misunderstanding of what even podcasting is on a technical level.” -Elsie

Who’s responsiblity is it to know?

If you want your podcast to succeed, you need to know how to optimize all of the fields

14:52 Whose fault is it when it all goes wrong?

16:59 Elsie shares how she works through the resistance to not wanting to know things

18:32 Jess associates the resistance with gender

25:24 News! How do I know how many people are subscribed to my show?

You can’t get a comprehensive number of subscribers – there is simply no way to know, however, there are 3 separate places where you find more specific data: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, & Google Podcasts

In Google Podcasts there is a place to see your subscribers!

34:16 Spotify is focusing on women – they have a new campaign called “Equal”

Will they follow through? How will we know whether or not the initiative move forward?

The Spotify marketing team is awesome

41:57 The Podcast Academy unveils their first Ambies Awards nominees! 

164 nominees! It’s mostly professional podcasts 

Did you know that the nominations were open?

51:42 It’s about pushing the podcasting industry forward

55:08 Now you know who owns who in the podcasting space! So cool!

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Spotify Focuses On Women

Full List: Podcast Academy Unveils First Ambies Awards Nominees - Variety

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