285 Do Not Let The Unicorns Die

New updates to how episode artwork shows up on your show page in Apple Podcasts, the latest on short-form video on social media, including a deep dive into the Instagram algorithm and best practices, a Podfest and Podcasting Hall of Fame recap, the new strategy building up The Feed ecosystem by adding short-form video and a newsletter, the LARK M2S by Hollyland, revisiting the best day of the week to release an episode, and of course, stats—this time geographic and user agent!

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Quick Episode Summary

• (2:25) Rob and Elsie conversation
• (3:36) Podcasting Hall of Fame and Podfest redux
• (4:24) Do not let the unicorns die
• (5:14) A bit of love for Dave Mansueto
• (8:00) More on the Hall of Fame Inductees
• (18:21) Apple Podcasts no longer showing episode artwork on the show page
• (26:05) Discussing Breaking into Podcasts: Media Relations Tools
• (36:10) The new The Feed ecosystem strategy
• (40:08) The new LARK M2S!
• (45:02) What is the best day of the week to publish a podcast based on data
• (49:47) All about vertical video trends
• (51:16) How the Instagram algorithm works and best practices
• (59:23) PROMO: Podcast Coaching for Kingdom Entrepreneurs
• (1:03:47) Stats: geographic and user agent
• (1:08:54) Dave Mansueto's induction into the Hall of Fame - full acceptance speech

Featured Podcast Promo + Audio

• PROMO: Podcast Coaching for Kingdom Entrepreneurs

Where have we been and where are we going

• NAB Show
• The Podcast Show 2025
• Podcaster & Podcast Industry Conference - Podcast Movement Evolutions | Chicago 2025

Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro!

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