Articles for Podcasters
The quick answer is probably not unless you have paid for licensing through music rights organizations such as ASCAP, BMI, GMR, or SESAC.
And even then, you still may not be able to distribute it because podcast aggregators may not realize you have a license to play music, so they could refuse to add your feed to their list.
[Read more…] about Can I use popular, licensed music in my podcast?Guest post by Riley Moore, co-creator of CrowdQuestion, the social hub that makes it easy for podcasters and other creators to engage with their crowds.
You’re no doubt aware of podcasting’s tremendous growth in the world in the past few years. Yet there has never been a social platform tailored specifically for them. Podcasters have been forced to attempt to build followings, gain awareness, and elevate revenue through social media platforms like Instagram.
While this may appear sufficient at first, it is nearly impossible to do so without having a following prior to creating your show. This is due to many reasons. Some of which include:
[Read more…] about Finally, A Social Platform for the Podcasting World
Received an email from Apple Podcasts outlining their latest enhancement for podcasts. It appears they are adding foreign language support so that you can search for podcasts in a different region of the world. At least that’s what I think this enhancement allows.
I looked up the word Danish word “hjerne” (“brain” in English) in the US Apple Podcasts app and found many shows in Danish.
[Read more…] about Apple Podcasts Enhances Search into International Territory
As a podcaster, you know that podcasting is typically not an income generator. It can be a great funnel to generate income through consulting, products, and even sponsorships.
But podcasting itself? Unless you’re hired by a company to be a podcaster, you’ll probably be doing it for free.
As your podcast grows however, you become more credible and people will want to connect with you in other ways. They may even want you to offer a product so they can get more of what you teach. You’ll have more opportunities to make more intimate connections and quite possibly provide those same people with something they really need. [Read more…] about When Podcasting Isn’t Making the Money, Maybe The Webinar Will
Libsyn announced that they are redesigning their stats system to allow for IAB compliance. What this means is that podcasters will see new features and changes to their stats reporting. It also means that advertisers will now have access to more accurate, measurable data.
In fact Libsyn states that what you may have been seeing for download numbers up to this point could have been inflated due to bots, sampling, pre-loading players or pages, and “ill-behaving podcast apps”. On top of that, the larger the media file, the greater the variation. [Read more…] about Your Libsyn Download Stats May Look a Little Different Now