Open The Mic And Speak — Apple is quietly tagging podcast episodes by topic

Brett Johnson
7 min readNov 17, 2022

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The New Conversation Starter in Sales

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How Big Brands and Younger Generations Are Embracing Boomerswww.nextavenue.org
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Podcast Monetization Tools

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PODCASTERS’ MARKETING TOOLBOX

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Introducing handles: A new way to identify your YouTube channelblog.youtube
Handles will appear on channel pages and Shorts, so they’ll be instantly and consistently recognizable. It’ll soon be simpler and faster to mention each other in comments, community posts, video descriptions and more.

The Web’s Favorite Online Graphic Design Tool

getstencil.com

Stencil is a fantastically easy-to-use online graphic design tool and image editor built for business owners, social media marketers, and podcasters.

WHAT DID YOU MISS IN PODCAST NEWS?

Apple is quietly tagging podcast episodes by topicwearebumper.com
Apple is quietly tagging podcast episodes by topic. Here’s what that means for podcasters.

Spotify brings audiobooks to US users with a catalog of 300,000 titles to start techcrunch.com

With music and podcasts already on the platform, audiobooks are Spotify’s way of getting closer to being an “all-in-one destination for everyone’s listening needs.”

3 Reasons You Should Stop Paying for Ad Space On Podcasts medium.com

What if I told you that for not a whole lot more than it costs to get an ad on a top tier podcast you could be creating your own great show, coming up with engaging content that will attract listeners, and turn them into customers?

Median Age of Listeners v. Listening www.edisonresearch.com
All three of these platforms have lots of listeners, and listening, in all age groups. But the midpoint of these listener and listening bases are significantly different.

Podcasting Tools

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Find every tool you need to support your podcasting needs, all on one page.

PODCASTERS’ PRODUCTION TOOLBOX

The technical side of podcastingwww.morningbrew.com
How to produce a really, really good podcast.

Using Music to Find… Music!www.epidemicsound.com
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Attribution Beta Signup — Podtrac

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Podtrac is to launch an attribution product. “Podtrac Attribution” promises “independent, accurate assessment of your podcast ad performance, in a new dashboard you’ll want to use” — you can apply for the beta today.

Podcast Audio Tools

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Recording your podcast can be daunting WITHOUT the proper tools.

PODCASTS TO CHECK OUT TODAY

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As he states on his LinkedIn profile… I create opportunities for people and communities to thrive. Harvey Hook is my guest on this episode. I interview VERY few men on my podcast, so when I do, you know he has something big to offer my listeners.

Strange Airpodcasts.google.com
Ten years ago, Malcolm Smith was the host of “Strange Air”, a successful radio show about the paranormal. One night, during a live broadcast, Malcolm vanished into thin air. To this day, no one knows what happened. Now his daughter, Chase Smith, is in her last year of film school and she’s making a documentary about her father’s disappearance.

Fangs & Fur — Add Moisture to Your Pet’s Food with Flo from Crude Carnivorepodcasts.google.com

Why is moisture important in your pet’s diet? We talk about the WHY!

Dream Power Radiopodcasts.google.com

This is the show where we talk about dreams — both daytime and nighttime dreams.

Stock Shot Secrets — 44. podcasts.google.com

Why You Are Only One Feeling Away

Armoredpodcasts.google.com

Hitting a moving target is hard, but for some criminals that’s their specialty. Armored truck robberies are supposed to be among the most difficult and dangerous crimes to get away with, so, how is it that they happen so often?

Dollar Saving Divas & More — Keep Your Pet Comfortable in All Kinds Of Weatherpodcasts.google.com

As a rule of thumb, if you are comfortable with the temperature in your home, your pet likely is, too.

Films To Be Buried With with Brett Goldsteinpodcasts.google.com

We are born. We die. In between we watch a lot of films. And some of these films shape the people we are. This is a podcast about those films. (And a bit about death.)

Firebugpodcasts.google.com

For ten years, a serial arsonist terrorized Southern California, burning down businesses in broad daylight. Four people were murdered. Then, a manuscript for a novel lead investigators to the last person they would have ever suspected.

Huntington Tri-State Time Machine — Homesick for The Huntington Tri-Statepodcasts.google.com

On this episode, made for past & present residents of the Huntington Tri-State area, HTS Time Machine host W.G. Bunch and HTS native Allison Enslow Neal talk about what they missed most after leaving the Huntington Tri-State area for college.

Lawyer Talk: Off the Record — The Reds or The Blues — Post-mortem of the 2022 Mid-term Electionspodcasts.google.com

We are now in the post-elections “blues” (or the “reds”) depending on who and what you voted for in the mid-term elections.

Please Review My Podcast

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Why should you ask for a rating and review for your podcast? Because they are valuable in so many ways…

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