International Podcast Day is September 30. Here’s how to start the conversation and celebrate podcasting!
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Thanks to Steve Lee, lead founder of International Podcast Day and a podcast host at Modern Life Podcast Network, for joining me in this episode!
What is International Podcast Day?
International Podcast Day is your day to start the conversation about podcasting. But it’s also an official day that we, as a global community can come together to make a concerted effort to growing the podcast industry. The day has even been proclaimed in California!
Steve got the idea for starting International Podcast Day by listening to the radio and realizing there are official days for other meaningful and meaningless purposes.
In 2014, we hosted the first National Podcast Day, but have since rebranded to embrace the worldwide audience by calling in International Podcast Day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6XsTi0Y4bg
What podcasters can do to celebrate International Podcast Day
International Podcast Day needs you to promote and grow International Podcast Day! Here are some suggestions.
- Get audio, video, and banners to promote International Podcast Day on your own site and podcast.
- Host a local meetup
- Get your audience involved
- Submit video for the “Stuff Podcasters Say” video
- Submit your podcast in the International Podcast Day Gratitude Award
- Tag your social posts with #PodcastDay (use tchat.io or TweetChat to easily participate on Twitter)
- Visit the International Podcast Day website for more ideas
- Share your ideas, too!
Here’s Steve’s video from visiting his local water district.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHjh_7u86zs
What podcast-enthusiasts can do to celebrate International Podcast Day
There are more podcast-enthusiasts than podcasters, so it’s very important to get other podcast listeners and viewers to celebrate with us!
- Tell your friends about your favorite podcasts
- Help your friends find a podcast they would enjoy
- Write reviews for your favorite podcasts
- Donate to your favorite podcasts
- Try another podcast you might love
- Tag your social posts with #PodcastDay (use tchat.io or TweetChat to easily participate on Twitter)
- Visit the International Podcast Day for more ideas for podcast-enthusiasts
- Share your ideas, too!
International Podcast Day Gratitude Award
There are already great podcast awards (People’s Choice Podcast Awards and The Academy of Podcasters Awards) and we’re announcing a new award for the podcast that makes the most impact.
The International Podcast Day Gratitude Award is sponsored and powered by My Podcast Reviews™. Here’s how to enter.
- Submit your own podcast to the Gratitude Award.
- Ask your audience to write or update a review in iTunes or Stitcher between September 1 and 26. Especially ask them to include what kind of impact your podcast has had on them.
This is not a game with raw numbers. We’ve designed the algorithm so that small podcasts will have an equal chance to win as the big podcasts.
The winner will receive a beautiful plaque and free account on My Podcast Reviews.
Even if you don’t win the award, you still win from your audience by getting a load of great new reviews and expressions of gratitude!
Live podcasting events on September 30
International Podcast Day actually starts first in Australia and moves around the world across time zones.
We’ll be hosting office live streams throughout the day from many countries (and probably in many languages). Stay updated and subscribe on International Podcast Day’s website for the upcoming schedule.
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Announcements
- Grow your podcast from average to amazing in Podcasters’ Society! Join us for a free webinar with Mignon Fogarty (better known as “Grammar Girl”) on September 24.
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