WEBVTT 00:00:05.879 --> 00:00:09.199 So, it's a really good indication, as you said, 00:00:09.240 --> 00:00:13.279 of discovery, but it's also, we call them recommendations 00:00:13.279 --> 00:00:16.379 because it really is the creator saying, this 00:00:16.379 --> 00:00:18.420 is a list of other podcasts I think you will 00:00:18.420 --> 00:00:21.820 like. And it's a high value recommendation, therefore. 00:00:23.160 --> 00:00:26.059 Welcome to Fanzone, your bite -sized guide to 00:00:26.059 --> 00:00:28.300 getting the most out of the TrueFans podcast 00:00:28.300 --> 00:00:31.899 app. In each episode, we'll discuss an aspect 00:00:31.899 --> 00:00:34.619 of the app and hopefully answer any questions 00:00:34.619 --> 00:00:38.119 you may have about it. Plus, when you listen 00:00:38.119 --> 00:00:41.219 to Fanzone in TrueFans, you can earn as you 00:00:41.219 --> 00:00:44.140 listen and use your earnings to support your 00:00:44.140 --> 00:00:47.119 favourite podcasters. I'm Claire Waite Brown, 00:00:47.259 --> 00:00:49.539 independent podcaster and all -round podcast 00:00:49.539 --> 00:00:52.859 enthusiast. And I'm Sam Sethi, the CEO and founder 00:00:52.859 --> 00:00:56.880 of TrueFans. Carrying on, looking at the tabs 00:00:56.880 --> 00:01:00.140 that appear on the show screen of a podcast. 00:01:00.600 --> 00:01:05.060 After reviews, there's a tab called recommendations, 00:01:05.079 --> 00:01:09.120 which I like very much. I think they're a lovely 00:01:09.120 --> 00:01:12.000 discovery feature. But Sam, can you explain to 00:01:12.000 --> 00:01:15.560 us what that actually means? Yeah, so recommendations 00:01:15.560 --> 00:01:19.400 are really the creator of the podcast saying 00:01:19.400 --> 00:01:22.700 here are other podcasts that I think you, my 00:01:22.700 --> 00:01:25.450 fan. will like to listen to based on you listening 00:01:25.450 --> 00:01:29.549 to my own podcast. So it's a really good indication, 00:01:29.650 --> 00:01:33.189 as you said, of discovery, but it's also, we 00:01:33.189 --> 00:01:35.090 called them recommendations because it really 00:01:35.090 --> 00:01:38.189 is the creator saying, this is a list of other 00:01:38.189 --> 00:01:41.049 podcasts I think you will like. And it's a high 00:01:41.049 --> 00:01:44.109 value recommendation therefore. Now in other 00:01:44.109 --> 00:01:47.209 apps, they may be called pod rolls, which was 00:01:47.209 --> 00:01:49.129 the original name for them, but we thought we 00:01:49.129 --> 00:01:51.349 would go back to the word recommendations because 00:01:51.349 --> 00:01:54.760 it made. much more sense for people who are new 00:01:54.760 --> 00:01:58.019 to podcasting to understand the term and what 00:01:58.019 --> 00:02:00.879 might be within that tab. Yeah, I think as a 00:02:00.879 --> 00:02:03.819 listener, if you're not a podcaster yourself, 00:02:03.939 --> 00:02:06.140 you're not really going to know what pod role 00:02:06.140 --> 00:02:09.479 means. It's related to blog role, which means 00:02:09.479 --> 00:02:12.710 nothing to me either. This means something to 00:02:12.710 --> 00:02:15.370 us old people who were around in the days of 00:02:15.370 --> 00:02:20.449 blogging. So recommendations, I mean, it does 00:02:20.449 --> 00:02:22.550 what it says on the tin, doesn't it? It does. 00:02:22.810 --> 00:02:26.110 You do have the option in this tab to choose 00:02:26.110 --> 00:02:29.349 the tile and list view, which we've talked about 00:02:29.349 --> 00:02:31.909 before, but basically that just shows you the 00:02:31.909 --> 00:02:36.689 art in big or the art in little. And it's really 00:02:36.689 --> 00:02:39.090 lovely because you can just click on that and 00:02:39.090 --> 00:02:42.550 go. straight to that show that's been recommended. 00:02:42.710 --> 00:02:46.409 And as you said, it's the like, no trust, you 00:02:46.409 --> 00:02:48.830 know, I like this podcast, I like this podcaster. 00:02:48.969 --> 00:02:51.810 If they're recommending these shows, then I'm 00:02:51.810 --> 00:02:54.469 likely going to like them as well. How do the 00:02:54.469 --> 00:02:57.349 recommendations get there? How does the podcaster 00:02:57.349 --> 00:03:00.849 put them there? The primary way of doing it should 00:03:00.849 --> 00:03:03.629 be through your host. Now, not many hosts yet 00:03:03.629 --> 00:03:07.389 support this new feature. Buzzsprout, for example, 00:03:07.469 --> 00:03:10.710 do. And so you'd be able to go into the admin 00:03:10.710 --> 00:03:14.310 dashboard in your host and you will get a option 00:03:14.310 --> 00:03:16.810 called Podroll. You go into there, there's a 00:03:16.810 --> 00:03:19.530 search box. You search for podcasts that you 00:03:19.530 --> 00:03:22.930 like and you click add to Podroll in Buzzsprout. 00:03:23.229 --> 00:03:26.610 We're hoping that other podcast hosts adopt this 00:03:26.610 --> 00:03:29.949 feature as well, but so far they haven't. Now, 00:03:29.949 --> 00:03:34.090 you as a creator can also claim your podcast 00:03:34.090 --> 00:03:36.830 in TrueFans and you can go into your creator's 00:03:36.830 --> 00:03:39.349 dashboard. And there is an option in there for 00:03:39.349 --> 00:03:41.930 recommendations. And exactly the same way as 00:03:41.930 --> 00:03:44.009 Buzzsprout, there's a search box. You find the 00:03:44.009 --> 00:03:46.590 podcast you want to recommend and you add them 00:03:46.590 --> 00:03:50.210 basically as a list appears. So either through 00:03:50.210 --> 00:03:53.210 your host or through directly the creator's dashboard 00:03:53.210 --> 00:03:55.830 in TrueFans. But as you know, Claire, we're going 00:03:55.830 --> 00:03:58.490 to be talking more about the creator's dashboard 00:03:58.490 --> 00:04:01.469 and the features and functions in future episodes. 00:04:02.259 --> 00:04:05.199 Yeah, brilliant. And as you know, Sam, it's one 00:04:05.199 --> 00:04:07.580 of my favourite features and I was quite disappointed 00:04:07.580 --> 00:04:09.979 when I found out it wasn't as well supported 00:04:09.979 --> 00:04:13.259 as I thought it was. So more people need to do 00:04:13.259 --> 00:04:15.699 it. But yeah, we'll talk about how you can do 00:04:15.699 --> 00:04:18.040 that if your hosting company doesn't do it. You 00:04:18.040 --> 00:04:19.939 can do it directly in TrueFans, which is brilliant. 00:04:20.040 --> 00:04:22.420 We'll talk about that in the future. Thank you 00:04:22.420 --> 00:04:25.699 so much for that, Sam. Pleasure, Claire. Thanks 00:04:25.699 --> 00:04:28.279 so much for listening. There are lots more episodes 00:04:28.279 --> 00:04:30.939 of Fanzone for you to get stuck into and that 00:04:30.939 --> 00:04:33.379 show you how to make the most of the fab features 00:04:33.379 --> 00:04:36.600 that this forward -looking podcast app has to 00:04:36.600 --> 00:04:40.339 offer podcast listeners and creators alike. We'd 00:04:40.339 --> 00:04:42.600 love to hear from you. You can send us a comment 00:04:42.600 --> 00:04:45.579 on TrueFans. More about that in the Fanzone 00:04:45.579 --> 00:04:49.759 episode on comments or email support@truefans 00:04:49.759 --> 00:04:50.860 .fm.