Danny Brown

I'm Danny Brown, and you're listening to One Minute Podcast Tips, the show that helps you be a better podcaster in just a minute a week. If you enjoy the show and want to support it, you can do that with a donation of your choosing at oneminutepodcasttips.com forward slash support. And thanks so much for supporting. And now this week's episode.

I'm Danny Brown, and you're listening to One Minute Podcast Tips, the show that helps you be a better podcaster in just a minute a week. If you enjoy the show and want to support it, you can do that with a donation of your choosing at oneminutepodcasttips.com forward slash support. And thanks so much for supporting. And now this week's episode.

When it comes to the audio quality of a podcast, many podcasters use plugins like iZotope, Waves, AccentEyes, and others like them with their preferred editing software. This helps both optimize and repair audio after an episode has been recorded.

When it comes to the audio quality of a podcast, many podcasters use plugins like iZotope, Waves, AccentEyes, and others like them with their preferred editing software. This helps both optimize and repair audio after an episode has been recorded.

But for podcasters who may not be confident when it comes to audio quality, there's a great online tool called Auphonic that does a lot of the heavy lifting for you. This includes leveling the volume of all speakers, ensuring music and background noise isn't too loud, noise removal and reverb reduction, setting the EQ so each voice isn't hard on the listener's ears and more.

But for podcasters who may not be confident when it comes to audio quality, there's a great online tool called Auphonic that does a lot of the heavy lifting for you. This includes leveling the volume of all speakers, ensuring music and background noise isn't too loud, noise removal and reverb reduction, setting the EQ so each voice isn't hard on the listener's ears and more.

They also provide show notes, chapters and transcripts, which means you've got pretty much everything you need when it comes to creating a great episode. You can have two hours for each month and then either choose a monthly plan or one of credits as you need them. And I'll leave a link in the show notes so you can check Ophonic out for yourself.

They also provide show notes, chapters and transcripts, which means you've got pretty much everything you need when it comes to creating a great episode. You can have two hours for each month and then either choose a monthly plan or one of credits as you need them. And I'll leave a link in the show notes so you can check Ophonic out for yourself.

It's a great time saver and it really makes a difference to your audio. Until the next time, happy podcasting. Thanks for listening. If you enjoy One Minute Podcast Tips, be sure to share with your friends and other podcasters so they can enjoy it too. Until the next time, happy podcasting.

It's a great time saver and it really makes a difference to your audio. Until the next time, happy podcasting. Thanks for listening. If you enjoy One Minute Podcast Tips, be sure to share with your friends and other podcasters so they can enjoy it too. Until the next time, happy podcasting.

I'm Danny Brown, and you're listening to One Minute Podcast Tips, the show that helps you be a better podcaster in just a minute a week. If you enjoy the show and want to support it, you can do that with a donation of your choosing at oneminutepodcasttips.com forward slash support. And thanks so much for supporting. And now this week's episode.

I'm Danny Brown, and you're listening to One Minute Podcast Tips, the show that helps you be a better podcaster in just a minute a week. If you enjoy the show and want to support it, you can do that with a donation of your choosing at oneminutepodcasttips.com forward slash support. And thanks so much for supporting. And now this week's episode.

At the end of last year, Spotify announced their new monetisation options for podcasters, Spotify Partner Programme and subscriptions. Now while at first this might appear great news, after all it might seem tempting to be making money on arguably the largest podcast platform in the world, chances are for the average podcaster that's not going to happen because of their eligibility limitations.

At the end of last year, Spotify announced their new monetisation options for podcasters, Spotify Partner Programme and subscriptions. Now while at first this might appear great news, after all it might seem tempting to be making money on arguably the largest podcast platform in the world, chances are for the average podcaster that's not going to happen because of their eligibility limitations.

For the Partner Program, for example, you need to be hosted with Spotify for Creators, have 10,000 streamed hours on Spotify in the last 30 days, have been streamed by 2,000 unique Spotify users in the last 30 days, and have at least 12 episodes published.

For the Partner Program, for example, you need to be hosted with Spotify for Creators, have 10,000 streamed hours on Spotify in the last 30 days, have been streamed by 2,000 unique Spotify users in the last 30 days, and have at least 12 episodes published.

Now, the first and last bullet points aren't deal-breakers as such, but the main two, the 10,000 hours and 2,000 unique Spotify users in the last 30 days, definitely could be, and probably are, for several reasons. According to the Podcast Marketing Academy's Podcast Marketing Trends 2024 report, the average podcast has 425 downloads per episode and 1,132 downloads per month.

Now, the first and last bullet points aren't deal-breakers as such, but the main two, the 10,000 hours and 2,000 unique Spotify users in the last 30 days, definitely could be, and probably are, for several reasons. According to the Podcast Marketing Academy's Podcast Marketing Trends 2024 report, the average podcast has 425 downloads per episode and 1,132 downloads per month.

So if your figures are similar to that of the average podcast, then the Spotify Partner Program is out of reach, unfortunately. That, and the fact that a lot of listeners won't use Spotify for personal reasons, is a great example of why having multiple monetization options without restrictions is key.

So if your figures are similar to that of the average podcast, then the Spotify Partner Program is out of reach, unfortunately. That, and the fact that a lot of listeners won't use Spotify for personal reasons, is a great example of why having multiple monetization options without restrictions is key.