Podcast Movement
Podnews supporterPodcast Movement (PM) is an annual conference for the podcast industry. It is one of the largest gatherings of participants in podcasting, with over 3,000 attendees in 2019. Described as "for podcasters, by podcasters", it focuses on collaboration and networking among attendees, in addition to education and encouragement. Wikipedia
Website: podcastmovement.com
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- Sep 8: It’s Ausha’s turn to write-up the company’s experience at Podcast Movement. And it’s also Libsyn’s turn as well - with a lot of helpful advice.
- Sep 2: The top reasons people leave a podcast are that “it started with too much meaningless chat”, or that “it was just boring”, according to The Podcast Study: Growth, a survey of 1,200 podcast listeners first presented at Podcast Movement last month. The data suggests that the first 60 seconds are critical to get right to ensure your listeners stay with you. Today, The Podcast Study: Growth is available, in full, as a free download for Podnews readers.
- Aug 29: In Good Tape, Dane Cardiel posts Building Castles in the Sky, asking “Will Sounds Profitable and Podcast Movement deliver on their promises?” It builds on a LinkedIn post from Twila Dang last week.
- Aug 27: Almost half of YouTube podcast users listen to podcasts on YouTube more than they watch them there. That’s one of the surprising pieces of data from The Podcast Landscape, new research by Sounds Profitable (here’s a link to sign up to the webinar). And - while video is comparatively new in Spotify, almost a third of people there say that they watch podcasts on the platform more than listen. “If you are doing a video podcast specifically for YouTube, it better work as an audio podcast,” says Tom Webster: who might have got one of our stickers at Podcast Movement, defining a podcast as “something for your ears when your eyes are busy”.
- Aug 25:
A neat thing on the RSS
.com booth at Podcast Movement that we didn’t take a picture of: a live watch of new RSS .com hosted podcasts, via PodPing. We hope Alberto publishes that code somewhere!
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