Reducing Your Anxiety Around Big Podcasting Changes [S3E113]

Podcast Pontifications

There’s way too much stress in podcasting. Stress brought on by speculation of coming changes that podcasters have little control over.

Take the reports from Apple Podcasts beta testers that there’s a new “frequency” badge coming. What does that mean for your show, and what can you do about it? You don’t know, and nothing. In that order. The same goes for whatever else Apple might announce regarding podcasting tomorrow. I assure you that you will not need to take immediate action.

Just like you had no control over Apple Podcasts’ “Hosts & Guests” section.

Just like you had no control over how Spotify mangled your carefully crafted episode details displayed in the app.

Just like you won’t have any control over Facebook’s new discovery and distribution service in conjunction with Spotify rumored to be announced today. There’s nothing for you to do ahead of that announcement! So don’t work yourself into a lather just yet.

As proof that there’s no need to panic or do much of anything, I remind you that there are hundreds, if not thousands, of valid podcasts in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and every other directory that haven’t been touched in over a decade. No one has logged in to their hosting companies to take advantage of any new tags. No one has logged into the shows’ dashboards on any app or directory to do any futzing at all.

Yet all those shows still play fine. Each of them is easily discovered by searching for their name. They work. Your show will continue to work too, even if you choose to completely ignore these pending announcements and do nothing—if there’s anything to do at all.

Whatever Facebook announces today and whatever Apple announces tomorrow, don't sweat it. Whatever Amazon Music announces after that and whatever the next big service announces after that; don't sweat it.

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