The team has been busy attending podcasting events recently, but Todd is back this episode to chat with Mike about new Edison Research tracking, Sony, and Oprah have announced new ventures in podcasting and more. Thanks to Jim Malliard for joining us on this episode.

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This week on Podcast Insider…
News:

Edison Research launches Podcast Quarterly Consumer Tracking Report: A valuable asset of information.
Sony Music and Somethin' Else have partnered for a new podcasting venture.
Oprah is starting a podcast -- different from SuperSoul Conversations.
Earlier this week the PRX Privacy Symposium event occurred in NYC.
Teachers and educators are received Bell grants - for podcasting!

Best Practice:

What is the critical information you can gather from podcast stats?

Blubrry Specific:

Podfest is next week - MacKenzie, Todd, Angelo will be attending. Ticket prices go up Feb 28 at midnight!
Blubrry wants you to Nominate Your Favorite Woman Podcaster, for International Woman's Day. Anyone can nominate until Saturday, March 7 at midnight EST. Share the link! https://forms.gle/m3cRar57GVrhYeiC7
We're looking for guests. If you'd like to be interviewed and a guest for the show, let us know!
Todd recently attended the Spark Christian Podcast Conference in Houston, get his take on the first time event.

Interview:

Jim Malliard - The Malliard Report

Support:

Post Types and PowerPress: how do they work. 
WordPress dot COM vs WordPress dot ORG (self-hosted)
Know your Dashboard - The Blubrry Podcaster Dashboard that is.
Did you know you can record on a Chromebook?
Reminder: Login to your Blubrry account when you submit a Support Ticket. This makes it much easier for us to get to your issue quickly.
Shawn's Tip of the week: Blubrry Account integration in PowerPress - NOTE: You do not need to (and in fact, cannot) link your account if you do not have any services at Blubrry.com.

Contact Jim Mallard here...

Email
Reviews and more

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Coming at you this week from Mike Dell’s World Studio in Traverse City, Michigan and Todd from the Convo by Design Blubrry Studio in Columbus, Ohio. Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team.

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