3 Simple Ways to Reach Listeners and Keep Them Engaged

May 3, 2017 / By Georgia Grey / No Comment

(Updated July 2019) What would your podcast be if your listeners weren’t there? It would just be a one-way conversation, a full-on monologue shared with no one but yourself. There’s almost no point in producing a podcast if there’s no one there to dialogue with.

And so, once you’ve found the right words to say and have used the best tools at your disposal to do so, the next step is to really focus on getting those words to open ears – and get them wanting more.

There are three components to reaching listeners and getting them hooked: distribution, engagement, and getting them loyal. Here’s how to approach each using Spreaker’s professional podcasting tools:

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Spreaker Podcast Radio Gets a New Sleep Timer and Playback Speed Settings

Feb 28, 2017 / By Georgia Grey / No Comment

Great podcasts are easy to love, so why not make them easy to listen to? We know you’re fitting in your listening-time anywhere you can—like on the way to the movies or as you’re getting ready to go bed—so we’ve added a few extras to Spreaker Podcast Radio for both iOS and Android to facilitate things: introducing new playback settings!

Sometimes inconveniences like time restraints get in the way, but a great podcast listening experience means that time works around you, and not the other way around. Now, a new sleep timer and playback speed settings will help you manipulate those limits.

Podcasting Tips

How to Measure Your Podcast Analytics with Spreaker

Sep 7, 2016 / By Chiara Sagramola / No Comment

As content creators, podcasters must be able to measure the success and strengths of their product. Understanding the full scope of the stats and data available can be a challenge, but is necessary to improving the quality of your content. Essentially, the more resources you have on your listeners, the greater the possibility of creating better, appealing content, as well as connecting with sponsors and advertisers.

Podcasting Tips

How To Create Amazing Podcast Cover Art: A Complete Guide

Aug 17, 2016 / By Georgia Grey / 4 Comments

(Updated on November 2018)

First impressions count, there’s no denying it. And, although people always say to never judge a book by its cover – they inevitably do, especially when it comes to podcasts. Good cover art can make the difference between being ‘featured’ in Apple Podcasts (which is the new branding and identity from iTunes) and gaining tons of new listeners, to appearing unprofessional and setting your show up to fall flat on its face.

Therefore, the real question is: how do you make your podcast’s image pack a proverbial punch? Luckily there are some handy (and easy-to-follow) tricks you can employ which will immediately help your visuals – we’ve listed 9 of the most important in this written tutorial. Read the guide, cross the items off your checklist and give your podcast some added pzazz!

Podcasting Tips

3 Easy Steps for Submitting Your RSS Feed to iTunes

Jun 24, 2016 / By Chiara Sagramola / 3 Comments

(Update as of July 2019 – We have now launched one-click/tap distribution for Apple Podcasts – please read this blog to discover how easy it is to submit your podcast.)

One of the reasons why podcasts are so hyped and popular these days is that once they’re online, you can share them everywhere and through any platform or device. This means that once you’ve published the newest episode of your podcast, thanks to your RSS feed, you’ll be able to get it automatically shared on every platform or network you’ve set it on, including iTunes, which is still one of the largest web services for listening to podcasts.

An RSS feed (Really Simple Syndication), which is set up like a URL, sends regularly updated or changing content from say a blog or a podcast, to other web services. A “podcast feed URL” is a document which contains all of your show’s information, and if you want to submit a podcast to iTunes, you’ll need to have it hosted on a website that is able to generate its RSS feed. The way it works is that every time an update is made to your podcast, the RSS feed gets automatically updated as well. Then, whoever is subscribed to your podcast’s RSS feed will be automatically notified that there’s new content. If you’ve submitted it to iTunes, or any other podcatchers that accepted RSS feed submissions, it will show up there, too.

What if you don’t have a website set up for generating RSS feeds? Well, no problem: you can set up your podcast on Spreaker, and it will automatically generate the RSS feed for you. In fact, we give you the ability to share both your Show and Profile RSS feeds. To do so, here are the three steps you need to follow:

General

Why are podcasts the new blogs?

Feb 2, 2016 / By Chiara Sagramola / 1 Comment

Do you remember how, ten years ago, we were all obsessed with blogs? And how many times you said (or you’ve been told) “you should start writing a blog”? Suddenly, even your grandma had a blog about gardening tips.

Don’t you think it’s the same now, with podcasts? And doesn’t it seems awkwardly amazing to listen to your grandma’s voice talking about how to keep your cyclamen from dying in the winter? It’s amazing!

It is undeniable that podcasts are living their golden age and that the ingredients are basically three: easy-to-use platforms, professionalism, and incisive content creation – the same successful ingredients for putting together a successful blog. So, what’s the difference? And which one is better?

Podcasting Tips

The Ultimate Guide to Submitting a Podcast to Apple Podcasts (iTunes’ New Name)

May 15, 2015 / By Amanda Peterson, Enlightened Digital / 7 Comments

(Updated on June 2019) iTunes, first introduced by Apple in 2005 was the first smartphone app to host podcasts. Not only is iTunes the first distribution outlet for podcasters, but it also is the most popular. In the world of podcasting, you can’t say you are a podcaster without submitting your podcast to iTunes. Though new syndication points have recently launched on platforms, like Google and Spotify (and it appears that Pandora will soon join the game as well) Apple remains the main and most popular podcast distribution outlet. In fact, in 2018 it rebranded to be named Apple Podcasts. With an entirely new iPhone app, it now holds 500k available podcasts and has reached over 50 billion downloads.

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Feature Update: New Enabled Formats!

Jun 24, 2011 / By Tonia / No Comment

Hey guys from now on you won’t have to wait hours converting you files into mp3s, but will be able to upload them directly to Spreaker. Starting today the following formats are supported:

-AAC
-3gp / 3gpp
-mp4 / m4a

Space is now available for all of your iTunes tracks and those cool and fun recordings previously shared with friends. Now you can use and transmit them with Spreaker.

Happy broadcasting!

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