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Pod Crashing 101 Episode 468 What Does A Podcast Spike Actually Mean · Arroe Collins Like It's Live

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  Speaker 1: one on one Episode number four hundred sixty eight. What
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  Speaker 1: does it really mean when your analytics sport a spike
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  Speaker 1: in numbers from Chrome to Apple, VLC or even Spotify.
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  Speaker 1: Now it boils down to one thing. Your podcast or
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  Speaker 1: episode briefly crossed a visibility threshold. It's not that several
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  Speaker 1: hundred or thousands of people just fell in love with you,
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  Speaker 1: but the algorithms took note of your podcast presence, taking
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  Speaker 1: you for a test drive, which is an easy way
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  Speaker 1: to say there's a lot going on behind the curtain.
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  Speaker 1: So what does it mean to trigger an algorithm? Apple? Chrome, Spotify,
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  Speaker 1: and even iHeartRadio do this. They detect a sudden change
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  Speaker 1: in your downloads, follows and completion rates. Then the AI
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  Speaker 1: system believes there's something going on with your website. The
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  Speaker 1: reaction is to plant your podcasts into the sites of
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  Speaker 1: new listeners. This explains why these spikes come from multiple
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  Speaker 1: platforms all at one time. This doesn't mean that you're featured,
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  Speaker 1: but it is a jump closer. I mean, spikes in
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  Speaker 1: your numbers are a soft promotion. Never forget. These platforms
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  Speaker 1: are always looking for stickiness, not popularity. Are people listening?
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  Speaker 1: Do they really finish your episodes? Do they ever come back?
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  Speaker 1: And how often do they hit pause while listening to
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  Speaker 1: your podcast? Hey? Coming up next? What does it actually mean?
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  Speaker 1: These spikes in your podcast the analytics are driving you
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  Speaker 1: completely nuts? Hey? Thanks for coming back to podcasting one
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  Speaker 1: on one? What do these so called spikes in your
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  Speaker 1: podcast analytics actually mean? Are we the next Joe Rogan
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  Speaker 1: or SmartLess? Oh man, that's a tough one. Would you
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  Speaker 1: know what to do if all of a sudden the
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  Speaker 1: stars lit up your podcast? Guy? Spikes are an auditioned
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  Speaker 1: They aren't a history overlap being transparent. I get a
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  Speaker 1: spike and I actually get pretty mad. It's because it
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  Speaker 1: just screwed up my patterns and habits. The numbers are
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  Speaker 1: not authentic. When your podcast numbers are up, think of
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  Speaker 1: it as getting a stage inside some legendary club. The
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  Speaker 1: crowd decides what's gonna happen next? Why does this even happen?
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  Speaker 1: Your episode topic is a big French tickler right now,
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  Speaker 1: and so is the title. When listeners share your you
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  Speaker 1: are being watched. Plus you hit this thing called critical
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  Speaker 1: mass of completion, which should should give you a spike
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  Speaker 1: in your podcasting. But here's the thing. Do not change
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  Speaker 1: your format. Start creating better titles for future hits and success,
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  Speaker 1: but don't change the format. Tell your listeners who you
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  Speaker 1: are and what your plans are in the first thirty
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  Speaker 1: seconds of your episodes. Get your stuff on a regular schedule.
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  Speaker 1: Once again, not being a debbie downer here. Spikes feel
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  Speaker 1: really good, but they aren't real. Don't think of them
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  Speaker 1: as someone stepping in on your toes. Remember they can
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  Speaker 1: be fake numbers. And the thing is is that people
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  Speaker 1: finding you is very important. But if you think you're
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  Speaker 1: a superstar because you got a spike, something else is
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  Speaker 1: gonna hit your heart very soon and you're gonna have
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  Speaker 1: to deal with that. Take care of your neighbors as
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  Speaker 1: well as yourself. I'm Marrow and that's odd. Crashing one
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