Nov. 11, 2023

Spotify Adds Audio Books To Their Platform

Spotify Adds Audio Books To Their Platform

Send us feedback/questions via Text Spotify has added audio books to their platform (great more competition for podcasts! Ugh). We talk a little about merchandise and affiliate marketing. There is a new service that seems A LOT fishy, in Dave's opinion. The longer you podcast the more files pile up, so how do you organize them, and what do you do with them (cheap ways to backup your files). NEW PATRON!!! Ronnie from Dancing is Forbidden: An Aqua Teen Hunger Force Exploration&nb...

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Spotify has added audio books to their platform (great more competition for podcasts! Ugh).

We talk a little about merchandise and affiliate marketing. There is a new service that seems A LOT fishy, in Dave's opinion. The longer you podcast the more files pile up, so how do you organize them, and what do you do with them (cheap ways to backup your files).

NEW PATRON!!!

Ronnie from Dancing is Forbidden: An Aqua Teen Hunger Force Exploration

THANK YOU RONNIE. You should be like Ronnie .

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02:01 - Sponsor: podcastbranding.co

03:37 - Mugshot: basedonatruestorypodcast.com

05:57 - Worst to First

07:21 - Audio Books in Spotify

08:51 - Merch Royalties

11:23 - Does This Seem Legit?

18:57 - Dave's Accidental F-Bomb

21:04 - WiFi Boosters

26:41 - Dancing is Forbidden

27:20 - [Ad] Audience Connection

28:09 - (Cont.) Dancing is Forbidden

29:09 - WIFI Boosters Part 2

32:53 - Organzing Multiple Podcasts

36:16 - Backup Files

49:37 - Congrats to Jason on 15 Years

52:21 - How Do I Get More Feedback?

59:35 - Spiking in Audacity

01:04:21 - Publish Dates For Newsletters

01:06:52 - Note Taking App

01:07:19 - Putting the Toothpaste Back into the Bottle

01:12:18 - Cool Affiliate Tool

01:16:03 - Affiliate Marketing Can Add Up to $$$