The Podcast Index initiative continues to move forward with more and more use of additional RSS 2.0 feed tags being implemented and used, including from Blubrry. Join the conversation for podcasting 2.0 simplified, courtesy of Mike and MacKenzie.   Thanks for joining us on this episode of Podcast Insider. Looking to be a guest on the show? Let us know. Emails are listed at the bottom of show notes. News Podcast companies BUYING listens in mobile and online game apps. Dave Jones, from Podcastindex.org, is on this weeks New Media Show talking about Podcasting 2.0.  Marc Maron’s WTF is going live on stage in London UK on Oct 19th.  People’s Choice Podcast Awards show will be live at 9pm ET on Sept. 30th (Friday) Cross-promotion is still a good way to promote your shows - A&E does it.  CNN cuts some of their podcast staff. Andy Lehman’s Podcast Namespace Plugin for WordPress has added the live item tag Podcast listening differences along political party lines Best Practice More Podcasting 2.0 Simplified: Let your listeners know about some new podcast listening apps to take advantage of the Podcasting 2.0 features. Learn more here: https://podcastindex.org/apps Blubrry News Blog Post: Growing Your Podcast on Social Media - Travis Brown International Podcast Day live starts at 10:30am ET. Here is the schedule, also https://linktr.ee/internationalpodcastday  PodPing is now supported in PowerPress 9.5 which was released this week! Blubrry Pro Tip Re-recording an interview because of bad guest audio Question of the Week Question: What is one thing you wish you would have known before you started podcasting? Answer: This is from a Facebook group. There are lots of answers. Don’t take yourself too seriously. Have fun. You don’t need the “best” gear to get started! Just start creating episodes and upgrade along the way. How much time it takes to build a following. How easy it actually is, despite what seems like complicated processes and how much money it would generate. Pace yourself. You can burn out if you go too hard too quickly. Got a question you’d like us to answer on the show? Drop an email to mike@blubrry.com (audio, text, video) and we may use it. You can also post a question on the Blubrry Podcasting Facebook group. The best place for support with any Blubrry products/services is our ticket system (https://blubrry.com/support/). Tickets give the whole team access rather than direct emails or calls. ______________ Coming to you this week from the Mike Dell’s World Studio in Traverse City, Michigan & MacKenzie’s undisclosed location in Columbus, OH.  Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team.  Fill out our listener survey at surveys.blubrry.com/podcastinsider  Schedule a one-on-one with Todd (hosting customers only). Email todd@blubrry.com Schedule a tech checkup with Mike (hosting customers only). Email mike@blubrry.com Send us your podcast sticker and a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) and we will send you a Blubrry care package. Our mailing address is: Blubrry – MacKenzie 150 E. Campus View Blvd. #180 Columbus, Ohio 43235

The Podcast Index initiative continues to move forward with more and more use of additional RSS 2.0 feed tags being implemented and used, including from Blubrry. Join the conversation for podcasting 2.0 simplified, courtesy of Mike and MacKenzie.   Thanks for joining us on this episode of Podcast Insider. Looking to be a guest on the show? Let us know. Emails are listed at the bottom of show notes. News Podcast companies BUYING listens in mobile and online game apps. Dave Jones, from Podcastindex.org, is on this weeks New Media Show talking about Podcasting 2.0.  Marc Maron’s WTF is going live on stage in London UK on Oct 19th.  People’s Choice Podcast Awards show will be live at 9pm ET on Sept. 30th (Friday) Cross-promotion is still a good way to promote your shows - A&E does it.  CNN cuts some of their podcast staff. Andy Lehman’s Podcast Namespace Plugin for WordPress has added the live item tag Podcast listening differences along political party lines Best Practice More Podcasting 2.0 Simplified: Let your listeners know about some new podcast listening apps to take advantage of the Podcasting 2.0 features. Learn more here: https://podcastindex.org/apps Blubrry News Blog Post: Growing Your Podcast on Social Media - Travis Brown International Podcast Day live starts at 10:30am ET. Here is the schedule, also https://linktr.ee/internationalpodcastday  PodPing is now supported in PowerPress 9.5 which was released this week! Blubrry Pro Tip Re-recording an interview because of bad guest audio Question of the Week Question: What is one thing you wish you would have known before you started podcasting? Answer: This is from a Facebook group. There are lots of answers. Don’t take yourself too seriously. Have fun. You don’t need the “best” gear to get started! Just start creating episodes and upgrade along the way. How much time it takes to build a following. How easy it actually is, despite what seems like complicated processes and how much money it would generate. Pace yourself. You can burn out if you go too hard too quickly. Got a question you’d like us to answer on the show? Drop an email to mike@blubrry.com (audio, text, video) and we may use it. You can also post a question on the Blubrry Podcasting Facebook group. The best place for support with any Blubrry products/services is our ticket system (https://blubrry.com/support/). Tickets give the whole team access rather than direct emails or calls. ______________ Coming to you this week from the Mike Dell’s World Studio in Traverse City, Michigan & MacKenzie’s undisclosed location in Columbus, OH.  Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team.  Fill out our listener survey at surveys.blubrry.com/podcastinsider  Schedule a one-on-one with Todd (hosting customers only). Email todd@blubrry.com Schedule a tech checkup with Mike (hosting customers only). Email mike@blubrry.com Send us your podcast sticker and a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) and we will send you a Blubrry care package. Our mailing address is: Blubrry – MacKenzie 150 E. Campus View Blvd. #180 Columbus, Ohio 43235