Tom Kelly and Mathew Passy break down some of the changes we heard this week following WWDC and an email from Apple Podcasts.

Some of the major headlines....

• Apple is killing iTunes and creating a separate podcast app.
• They are introducing machine learning search of the spoken content. (Credit Steve Goldstein of Amplifi Media)
• An email later that week revealed major category changes.

We also hit upon....

• Evo Terra's advice for podcasters in light of this news
• James Cridland's scathing rebuke of Apple
• Joel Sharpton's efforts to get more LGBTQ+ categories

Lastly, we are going to make some changes to the Podcast Me Anything format. Stay tuned for a new time and date for the one-hour AMA and then we'll just release some solid content as a regular podcast throughout the week.

No live show this week due to some personal conflicts, so we dug deep into the archive of shows recorded at Podfest 2019 to bring a special episode on Social Media marketing.

First up is Stefanie LaHart, BoomTown Marketing and host fo the TraDigital Talk Show Podcast. She's a social media guru and has great advice for more effective social media strategy.

Then we have Lee Silverstein, host of We Have Cancer podcast. Lee has been doing this show for a long time and spoke about one particular, and often overlooked strategy that has helped his show thrive.

Cole Raven, the founder of Podchaser joined us on Podcast Me Anything with a deep dive into the IMDB (and in one case MySpace) of podcasting. We talk about the user profiles, creator profiles, the top 8, their partnerships with tee public, other current features, and new features coming to the platform. Learn how you can leverage your Podchaser show page and personal profile to grow you show.

Check out Podcast Me Anything on Podchaser -

Mathew Passy user profile (please follow) and creator profile.

Tom's link coming soon!

Dave Zohrob, co-Founder and CEO of Chartable, and co-host of Hacker Daily, explains how podcasters can best use their new SmartLinks feature to know whether or not people clicking on their podcast links are ultimately converting into listeners.

You can try our new SmartLink we set up for Podcast Me Anything https://link.chtbl.com/ChartableIntv.

We are delighted to welcome Jaclyn Schiff, Founder of PodReacher, a firm focused on content marketing to help your podcast get more traction.

• The focus is on
• Why you need to write meaningful content.
• Listicles including episode content, or better yet a bunch of episodes
• Creating highly shareable content

Skype? Zoom? Two cans tied together by string? How do you record a remote guest without it sounding like complete and utter garbage.

Like everything else in life, proper planning will lead to better performance. And this is very true of your podcast venture. With that in mind, we are delighted to welcome Brandon Hull of HelloCast, and also host of Freelance to Founder. Their platform helps podcasters prepare their show, recruit guests, manage their contacts and more in one place.

We also take a few minutes to recap the launch of the new Luminary podcast app. Many in the community are upset with them and others are questioning the viability.

That being said, if you heard the episode and want to be delisted from the Luminary platform, click here.

Tom and Mathew will help you think about the do's and don't's of selecting the right microphone for your podcasting venture. Gear up folks!

Tonight we recap and review the Podcast Consumer 2019 report from Triton Digital and Edison Research. As usual, the numbers continue to move in the right direction and the market for consumers is growing.

There were some other really interesting numbers about how we listen to podcasts, why we listen to podcasts, how we discover podcasts, and what is holding people back.

It's a very comprehensive report and presentation that we encourage you to check out.

We also take a quick look at some stories out of the Podcast Business Journal about YouTube being the number 1 place for podcast consumption. Tom feels vindicated, Mathew still has his reservations.

How and where should I distribute my podcast, and what links do I share when it comes time to publicize. Tom Kelly and Mathew Passy discuss, and we have a special interview with James Cridland of PodNews that we did at Podfest 2019.

It's one of the most common questions asked within the podcasting community. Where should I host my show? Tom and Mathew explore all the options and give some sage wisdom.