Podcasters Toolkit: Spotify Announces New Tools ; Signal Award Winners Announced; Preventing Podfade

 Spotify For Podcasters rolls out new features

Earlier this year at Podcast Movement Denver, Spotify announced its latest developments for podcasters to engage with audiences, get discovered, and grow. Now, Spotify for Podcasters has begun to roll out some of these features for creators globally. The full details can be found in its blog post here.

Below is an overview.  

“Best Place to Start” and “Host Recommendations”: Creators are now able to customize parts of their podcast show page for the first time. Creators can make it easier for first-time listeners to jump to their best content by featuring one episode as the “best place to start.” They can also curate up to two different pieces of content (another podcast show, music album, playlist, or audiobook) that are pinned to the top of the “More like this” tab on Spotify. Availability: All hosted/non-hosted creators on Spotify for Podcasters, globally. Fans and listeners will be able to see these changes reflected on a creators’ show page over the coming weeks.
Impressions analytics: Creators can use their Spotify for Podcasters dashboard to see the total number of Spotify impressions for their show and individual episodes in the past 30 days, how they have trended over that period, as well as specific sources on Spotify those impressions came from. Availability: Hosted/non-hosted creators on Spotify for Podcasters, globally.
Monetization analytics: Creators monetizing with Spotify for Podcasters can track their earnings with greater accuracy and measure the performance of their ad campaigns and subscriptions — so they know exactly what’s working and how. Availability: Creators hosted and monetizing with Spotify for Podcasters.

Signal Award Winners for podcasts announced
The Podnews newsletter has published the winners of The Signal Awards.

The Signal Awards, celebrating the world’s best podcasts, have announced the Winners for its second annual honors. Some of the world’s most influential, entertaining and informative voices are taking top prizes, including Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Eva Longoria, Kit Harington, Kevin Hart, Hoda Kotb, Doja Cat, QuestLove, Jill Scott, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Ashley Johnson, Jon Stewart, Ed Helms, Snoop Dogg, Björk, Steve Yeun, Kevin Pang and Miranda Keeling.

The first-ever Signal Company of the Year was won by Audible, earning the most honors across all categories. With 32 total wins, Audible received nods for Michelle Obama: The Light Podcast, The Sesame Street Podcast, Mandela: The Lost Tapes, Origins, American Football, The Goop Pursuit and more.

Some of my notable winners include: Best Host (Current Events) – Shows -- Jon Stewart

Best Interview or Talk Show -- Profoundly Pointless

Best History Shows (Listener’s Choice) Mobituaries -- Mo Rocca

Here is the complete list of Signal Award winners.


Golden Goose Creative covers Podfade

Here's a valuable article from Golden Goose Creative, a highly effective podcast consulting firm, about podcast burnout.

"What’s more scary than podcasting burnout and your show coming to an end before you want it to?!

"Granted, I can think of a few things more terrifying, but we can all agree on one thing; ending a project before you intend to can be really disappointing.

"Unfortunately, podcasting burnout and podfade are very real! Not only are they very real, but having the impending ‘doom’ lingering over your head can make the fear worse and sometimes even result in podfading quicker than you’d think.

"Before we get ahead of ourselves, what is podfade? This is when podcast episodes are released sporadically and often get further and further apart. Often starts with missing or delaying one episode and letting it cause you to neglect future episodes."

Read more at: https://goldengoosecreative.com/podcasting-burnout-strategies-to-help/