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Meta Ads for Podcasts

Jon Loomer

You can run ads to Apple Podcasts or Spotify, but the tracking is a black hole. Now that YouTube allows you to connect your show’s RSS feed, you can embed a YouTube version of your podcast on your website. This is something I was already doing for standard YouTube videos. You have another option.

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Feature Friday: How iGoogle is My RSS Feed HQ

Ari Herzog

The following is a guest blog article by Chris Apple. You can add RSS feeds, YouTube subscriptions, personalize it with custom themes, and even view your Gmail inbox, all in one place. As you can see, I use iGoogle for all of my RSS feeds. How to add RSS feeds to iGoogle. RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication.

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Feature Friday: How iGoogle is My RSS Feed HQ

Ari Herzog

The following is a guest blog article by Chris Apple. You can add RSS feeds, YouTube subscriptions, personalize it with custom themes, and even view your Gmail inbox, all in one place. As you can see, I use iGoogle for all of my RSS feeds. How to add RSS feeds to iGoogle. RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication.

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3 Tools for Social Media Listening on a Budget

Ignite Social Media

If you don’t give a hoot about reporting on conversations, but want a more thorough way to collect and organize mentions, RSS Owl is one of the more-robust free options for listening. If you want to read more on how to set up RSS Owl, check out this tutorial we wrote a while back! language, region, and volume. Simple, but effective.

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Addressing the Reactions to the Shutdown of Facebook Podcasts

Jon Loomer

Or asking why I “chose” Facebook Podcasts over something like Apple Podcasts or Spotify. You simply connected your show’s RSS feed to your page so that when you published a new episode through your host, it would publish to Facebook. This suggests a basic misunderstanding of how the feature worked.

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Microcasting: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Getting Started

Social Media Strategies Summit

Some people listen on a dedicated podcasting app, some people use Spotify or Apple Music, and some people listen to podcasts on YouTube without looking at the screen. To do that, you will want to take the file path – called an RSS feed – and provide that information to Apple Music, Spotify, and others as a new podcast.

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How Social Media, Content Transform Marketing from Expense to Investment

Webbiquity SMM

Buying a bag of apples at the grocery store is an expense; planting an apple tree is an investment. One reason is that reader subscriptions (when via email or RSS feed) tend to grow over time as the blog establishes its voice and readership. Like a blog, each social media account is an appreciating asset.