Opening up as if it’s a Thanksgiving episode but…nope! Because of mold and other things like, making sure that you mute yourself before you burp, Apple hiring a podcasting content team? Spotify’s awesome strategy to address habits and behavior, and that ONE question that everyone asks at this time of year - should your podcast take a break for the holidays? Listen up! You don’t wanna miss it!

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Episode Recap: length 45:49

• Mold remediation talk, which is why Jess is at a hotel
• Schitt’s Creek and Elsie - podcasting has usurped her time as of late
• Folks you need to know how to mute yourself, especially when you BURP
• Oh the behind the scenes of trying to parent when you are recording a show
• 9:45 NEWS
• Y’all, it looks like Apple is hiring content people for PODCASTING! I mean, right?
• And why is Elsie going to eat her panties? WHAT?
• What do we think? Will Apple put special podcasting content behind a paywall?
• 17:45 And on we go into discussing Spotify possibly eating Apple’s lunch
• Are video podcasts a thing? Do they even exist?
• Elsie loves JLos YouTube Channel!
• Elsie also loves how Spotify is addressing qualitative vs quantitative metrics and focusing on habits and user behavior
• 29:49 You guys new sponsor Meet Edgar!!!
• 32:38 Spotify passthrough stats breaking info from Libsyn
• No you are not famous, we know that’s sad
• 36:49 Should your podcast take a break for the holidays?
• You can do nothing, create content in advance OR you can keep creating content - what do you wanna do?
• If you have a business then you kind of have to
• Jess figures out that working with a sponsor during the end of the year is now our life
• For your own data purposes go look at your own stats people!
• The She Podcasts virtual ticket is LIVE! Purchase that puppy

Links!

• Inside Podcasting Newsletter we mention on the show!
• Schitt’s Creek
• Spotify’s Daniel Ek Has a Plan to Harness Hollywood for Podcasts and Create "the World’s No. 1 Audio Platform
• Jennifer Lopez’s YouTube Channel
• The Low Down on Stats and Your Spotify Destination
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Elsie intros the special bonus Q&A with the Apple’s latest email to podcasters and her use of the app Forecast, then we get to Jess answering a bunch of questions about dynamic ad campaigns, when you’re ready for sponsorship, what if you hate selling your stuff, and search in Apple Podcasts!

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Episode Recap: length 45:01

• A taster of the She Podcast Super Squad, tee hee
• You need to sign up by December for the Super Squad at $5
• 2:21 The News! All about the Apple Podcasts email sent about holiday hours, hiding your podcasts and guest + host features
• 8:03 Tool Tips! All about Forecast and why Elsie has been using it to make it easier for all of you to easily consume what you want in each of our episodes
• 10:30 Jess’s Q&A!!!
• 11:19 A question about dynamic ad insertion from Amanda
• 15:20 Elsie comes in to answer a bit more about dynamic ad insertion
• 23:48 Question from Annie on how to start with advertising with her niche - all about France
• 36:20 Selling and comfort - what does it take to actually sell something so that you don’t feel weird and crappy?
• 39:24 Question, when a podcast isn’t showing up in search for Apple Podcasts
• 40:37 Elsie comes in to clarify more on search in Apple Podcasts when you launch
• 42:48 Jess gives you all kinds of fabulous insider info about her Podcast Money Makers course!

Links!

• From Apple - Manage Show Launches; Updates to Host and Guest Image Specs; Holiday Submission Schedule; Siri Commands
• Forecast
• Work with Jess via Podcast Money Makers

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What happens when Elsie and Jess allow for natural consequences in their families? Sadness? Anger? Which brings us to how one podcasting industry dude celebrated a 5th birthday in the space. Frustrated? Elsie has you covered on that one as she discusses audio leveling and having appropriate conversations in proper venues that are helpful for the majority of people.

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Episode Recap: length 58:51

• Oh, remember the days when Elsie had to go gather wood to stay warm through the winter
• Oh, the pain of natural consequences and Isaac as the Sith Lord
• When Elsie’s little girl lost her beloved rainbow bear
• And Jess did something crazy on the highway when her son’s toy flew out the window!
• 12:55 PODCASTERS TEST YOUR WORKFLOW BEFORE YOU RECORD!
• 15:40 What’s the depressing 5 year old birthday?
• Hot Pod finally printed some of all of our thoughts
• Are podcasters overwhelming bummed out and negative? People, chime in
• ALL media is NY City-centric
• “Why aren’t they looking for Wyoming talent?” - omg Jess
• Hot Pod has the same birthday as Libsyn!
• Libsyn won the best podcast host! (In IG stories)
• 27:55 We start by discussing a quote from our friend Mark Asquith
• So should a podcaster that doesn’t level their audio teach a podcasting 101 workshop?
• Elsie is using colorful language and it has to do with leveling
• Sharing our Auphonic love!!! And you need to get the red one
• 39:08 Awesome audio feedback from Civilla Morgan!
• People are going to outgrow your content, and that is perfectly ok
• 42:37 Elsie’s rant on having conversations in the appropriate place and not expecting to have access to everyone all the time
• Framing everything as a public discussion is very disempowering
• 49:10 Elsie’s dream to contact companies or organizations re: policy, business practices, etc.
• 54:10 How insightful and HELPFUL conversation actually happen using social media appropriately

Links!

• As Hot Pod turns 5, these are the problems podcasters are most frustrated by
• Why do podcast companies try to complicate things?
• Happy 15th Birthday Libsyn landing page!
• The Podcast Collective on IG
• Auphonic
• Civilla from Childless Not By Choice
• Why Are We Still Having a Manufactured Debate About LATINX? (the episode that Elsie was talking about at the end of the show)

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A not so quick family Halloween update, a way to help new podcasters (from PRX and Google,) a Spotify app for kids, talking about downloads vs reach, who gets podcast data and weird and wild show of the week is back!

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Episode Recap: length 47:36

• Halloween family recap! And it’s full of all the Jess and Elsie type stuff that you know and love
• 12:33 PODCASTING NEWS
• PRX and Google have created this super cool how to podcast video series!
• 15:52 Advice from Elsie for the PRX team for their Podcasting 101 video series!
• 16:45 Spotify is launching a kids only app and Jess is stoked
• 19:37 Elsie got so excited in reading Tom Webster’s latest article on Medium
• You will also get to know why Tom Webster is Jess’s spirit animal
• Elsie shares why downloads does not necessarily mean audience or advocates for your show
• 28:00 what we think about the consumer quarterly tracking report
• Also, we get all ranty about people in the podcasting industry that are just petty
• 43:15 Weird and Wild show of the week
• Netflix is going to be releasing their very first scripted podcast - y’all - so meta
• And another of Elsie’s podcast obsessions, the Killing of Marilyn Monroe

Links!

• Podcasting 101 from PRX
• PRX, Google to Launch ‘Podcasting 101’ Video Series (EXCLUSIVE)
• Spotify launches a dedicated Kids app with curated playlists and playful art
• Podcast Audience Strategy: What Your Downloads Can’t Tell You
• the podcast consumer quarterly tracking report
• Everything You Need to Know About Netflix’s First Scripted Podcast
• Marilyn Monroe Was Killed by Mafia Men Using ‘Chloroform Cloth,’ Deadly ‘Syringe,’ Podcast Claims

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