113: Are Podcasts More Popular Than Blogs?

  Have podcasts become more popular than blogs? What happens when you 'boost' a podcast post on facebook to promote your show and what's still wrong with the Google Podcasts App? This and more! Join Ray, Dave, Daniel, Paul Colligan and Jonathan Bloom to talk about recent podcasting news. Subscribe to Podcasters' Roundtable on YouTube and use the bell icon to set notifications so that you know when we're live!     Stories from this Round: Ray Ortega   Title: The Daily starts being marketed, and the BBC wants a UK podcast chart   Main Takeaway: URL: https://podnews.net/update/the-daily-marketing Title: Donating to podcasts via an Amazon Alexa smart speaker Main Takeaway: URL: https://podnews.net/update/alexa-donations   Dave Jackson   Title: Main Takeaway: 27% of people have three or more smart speakers listening to am/fm is #4 on the list of where do you listen to audio. People are calling podcast directing more URL: https://www.nationalpublicmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Smart-Audio-Report-from-NPR-and-Edison-Research-Spring-2018_Downloadable-PDF.pdf Title:What is Podchaser? Main Takeaway: I don't get it? URL: https://www.podchaser.com/episodes   Daniel J. Lewis   Title: Podcasts More Popular than Blogs Main Takeaway: I think "popularity" and "interest"/"usage"  are very different things URL: https://www.searchenginejournal.com/podcasts/261447/ Interesting cross-reference from 2 years ago: https://techcrunch.com/2015/07/18/the-future-of-podcasting/ Title: [Opinion] Castbox has not fixed the problem they created, and more Google Podcasts issues Main Takeaway: Several podcasts still exist in Google Podcasts with a Castbox feed, instead of redirecting the feeds, they are simply broken. Also, I've discovered unintentional duplicates and omissions based on some podcaster oversights or Google's method   Related Question posted in PR.com comments: Andy from photobizx.com: Hi Guys - I've submitted my Free podcast to Google and it's there and working fine but Google is also displaying my premium feed which I want to stop. Do you have any idea how to go about this?   URL: [none]   Paul Colligan   Title: I boosted a Facebook post to promote my podcast. Here are my results! Main Takeaway: URL: https://www.reddit.com/r/podcasting/comments/8ye074/i_boosted_a_facebook_post_to_promote_my_podcast/?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=podnews.net:2018-07-13 Title: Podcasts More Popular than Blogs Main Takeaway: URL: https://www.searchenginejournal.com/podcasts/261447/   Jonathan Bloom   Title: TalkShoe is Relaunching Main Takeaway: The featureset sounds amazing: doing mixing, call-ins, even streaming straight to YouTube Live from their site. All things I wish I could offset, as I have to use two computers for one of my shows to achieve this. The catch: FREE, I see NOWHERE where it is mentioned how to pay. As a creator, I have had my share of my own content go away from free hosts. Some of my early stuff was on Blip.tv's free plans. I don't want to see content people create gone and missing forever. URL: http://podcasternews.com/2018/07/18/talkshoe-is-relaunching/ Title: From Podnews: Radiotopia launch Everything is alive today, interviewing inanimate objects about their daily life. Main Takeaway: This shows the beauty of podcasting. I actually felt an emotional connection to the can of cola, Louis. This is a fictionalized podcast, but it shows how you can connect with a podcaster/guest. This helps with serious topics as well. I've had my perspective shifted because I heard someone describe why they believe something. URL: http://www.everythingisalive.com/episodes/louis-can-of-cola