#2590 - Q&A: “Help! My podcast download numbers dropped.”
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 3 February 2024
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
Apple made some big changes last year that have caused some podcasters to worry. If you have a podcast—or even if you’re just podcast-curious—how can you best respond?
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Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week.
Show notes: SideHustleSchool.com
Email: team@sidehustleschool.com
Be on the show: SideHustleSchool.com/questions
Connect on Instagram: @193countries
Visit Chris's main site: ChrisGuillebeau.com
Read A Year of Mental Health: yearofmentalhealth.com
If you're enjoying the show, please pass it along! It's free and has been published every single day since January 1, 2017. We're also very grateful for your five-star ratings—it shows that people are listening and looking forward to new episodes. 😎 🙏🏼
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| 0:00.0 | Like some kind of Pizza Ninja, Domino's are slicing their prices. |
| 0:05.0 | Domino's price slice. |
| 0:07.0 | Small pizzas now 8 quid, medium now 10 quid, and large now 12 quid. |
| 0:12.0 | Yet we're making cuts too. |
| 0:14.0 | In 11th of February 24, minimum delivery spend, charges and areas may apply. |
| 0:18.0 | Tous and see, see Domino's dot code. UK. In this episode we're tackling a pressing issue in the podcasting world. |
| 0:33.8 | Now a couple months ago, there were some big changes by Apple. |
| 0:36.9 | You know Apple, they make the phone that most of us use, |
| 0:40.1 | or at least many of us use, let's say, |
| 0:41.6 | I don't want to exclude everybody else but in the |
| 0:44.2 | podcasting world Apple has always been this huge company because so many people have |
| 0:47.8 | listened to podcasts because of what was originally iTunes and then Apple |
| 0:52.3 | Podcasts Apple Apple Music, etc. |
| 0:55.2 | And so a few months ago they made some changes that have left many podcasters |
| 0:58.4 | including show hosts and producers grappling with new challenges. |
| 1:01.8 | In short, they made some changes that affected automatic |
| 1:05.1 | downloads and then that in turn affects your analytics, your reporting, and what you're able |
| 1:12.2 | to do in terms of ad sales, in terms of your rankings. |
| 1:15.0 | There's just all kinds of details. |
| 1:16.5 | I'm going to try to avoid getting into the weeds. |
| 1:18.5 | But we want to talk about it from a perspective of a small business owner, a side hustler, a content creator, somebody who has a podcast, |
| 1:25.0 | or if you might be thinking about entering the podcast world or any other kind of creator media world, |
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