When this show started in 2008 we never could have imagined that we’d be at episode 300 now. Join us as we celebrate the 300th episode of Podcast Insider today! MacKenzie joined Todd and Mike to host this time and they reminisced about the past versions of the show, podcast advertising instances and where podcast listeners live.

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Live Facebook recording with Todd, Mike and MacKenzie

• Obama’s moving their content to Audible, away from Spotify
  
• 4 reasons why advertisers in Asia should use podcast marketing from The Drum
  
• Announcer vs. Host Read Ads
  
• Podcast listening tilts towards larger cities
  

Celebrate your big wins publicly. Such as… your 300th episode of your podcast.

• Started as the “Blubrry & PowerPress Community Podcast” in 2008ish.  
  
• Restarted started as The PowerPress Podcast with MacKenzie in 2015.
  
• A second podcast was added called “Your Podcast” with Todd and Mike (terrible name) in 2017.
  
• We combined them to form Podcast Insider in 2019. First episode here.
  

• Blog post: Making the most of your summer break by Meryl Klemow
  
• Media kit and programmatic ads are coming soon!
  

Tweaking Sound Design and Music

Robert Riggs, True Crime Reporter and Fox Nation TV show “Freed to Kill”

Learn more here.

Question: From Ted Newill, Medical Device Success podcast

I have been invited by a trade show organizer to conduct a podcast from the trade show floor. This is one of their tactics to liven up the show. I will probably do 2 or 3 podcast interviews in one day. You have been to trade shows so you know what the noise level can be. What kind of gear do you recommend I use to keep the background noise to a minimum. Headsets with microphones? Lavalier mics? Etc.

Answer: A headset mic such as the Audio-Technica BPHS1 is a good option. Use that with a Mixer, portable recorder or interface that takes XLR. Any hand-held DYNAMIC mic should work. The background noise would add “ambiance” to the on location sound. Personally [Mike], I use a zoom H5 recorder with 2 hand-held dynamic mics and it’s good enough.

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Coming to you this week from the Blubrry Studio in Columbus, New Media studio in Coldwater, Michigan & Mike Dell’s World Studio in Traverse City, Michigan.  Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team. 

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