Happy Tuesday PM Family,

We share with you each week, in some form or fashion, how we would like for you to be a part of Podcast Movement this summer in Anaheim. Well for this week’s newsletter, we decided to change it up!

This week we share stories from past PM attendees who have had amazing experiences and results after attending Podcast Movement.

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Joe Saul-Sehy

“Podcast Movement gave me the confidence to do something I knew needed to be done….I had to change our format. After guidance from pros in many sessions I had the courage and expertise to make some tough moves. I’m SO glad I took the advice I learned at Podcast Movement. Within three months we 3x’d our listeners. A year later publications in our industry were handing us “Best Podcast” awards. I credit that largely to Podcast Movement.”

Stacking Benjamins

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Denise LaRosa

“Whenever I started podcasting, I was a stay at home mom who had a deep desire to connect with other mothers. Podcast Movement changed my life and podcasting journey completely! What started out as a hobby transformed into a profitable business. I formed genuine, meaningful connections with other podcasters who became guests and lifelong friends. In addition, my appearance as a PMx speaker was the catalyst to my speaking career!”

Mom Talk

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Rich Jones

“I bumped into a representative from a software solution company outside of one of the evening sessions at PM16. We started a conversation about the possibility of sponsorship. Unfortunately, the Paychecks and Balances podcast was not a fit at that time. Podcast Movement encouraged me to stay focused and produce the best show possible. The podcast grew a lot during this timeframe. 8 months later we signed an agreement for this same company to be a sponsor for the show!”

Paychecks and Balances

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Natalie Eckdahl

“Thank you Podcast Movement! I landed my first sponsor at #PM16 by connecting with my email marketing provider AWeber in the vendor area. It has been a fabulous partnership that was only made possible by the opportunity to meet in person. Thanks again Jared and Dan for bringing us all together.”

Biz Chix

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Make Podcast Movement memories of your own! Register today to be a part of the world’s largest gathering of podcasters.

REGISTER BEFORE PRICE GOES UP TUESDAY AT MIDNIGHT

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WHY JOIN US AT THE ANAHEIM MARRIOTT?

When booking your hotel for PM17, you may find other choices besides the host hotel. However, we’d love to share with you some of the benefits to booking your room at our host hotel, using our special discounted room block.

1. Maximize Networking and Social Time with other Podcasters!
One of the key reasons podcasters attend Podcast Movement is to meet other podcasters, as well as networks, sponsors and more. By staying at the Anaheim Marriott, where almost all the other attendees are staying, you will enhance your opportunities to meet new and old faces, and share experiences and ideas.

2. Stay Where the Action Is!
Not only is the Anaheim Marriott the hotel we recommend, it’s also where every single official event will take place from Tuesday through Friday. Whether it’s the keynote talks, PM Expo, or the big Thursday Night Luau, guests of the Anaheim Marriott will be steps away from it all!

3. Special Guest Status!
As a PM17 attendee booked at the Anaheim Marriott as a part of our room block, you are considered a special guest by the hotel. Guests at the hotel receive preferred service and additional concessions negotiated by PM17. This year we’ve negotiated free use of the 24/7 fitness center, and free internet for all PM17 guests no matter where in your room, or the hotel, you’re at.

4. Stay close to what makes Anaheim Great!
While Anaheim is home to this year’s Podcast Movement, it is also home to some of the most magical places on earth. You’re steps away (two blocks) from DisneyLand Resort, and just minutes from some of the most beautiful beaches in the country. We encourage you to take advantage of the Anaheim Marriott’s premier location, and enjoy your time in Southern California.

BOOK YOUR HOTEL ROOM NOW

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Coming next week, we reveal more speakers coming to PM17 this summer, including another keynote announcement!

Until next week,
Team PM17

Important dates:
April 11 – Registration cost increases AT MIDNIGHT
August 22 – PMx Competition, Optional Workshops & First Timers’ orientation
August 23-25 – Podcast Movement 2017
July 24-26, 2018 – Podcast Movement 2018 (mark your calendars)

Greetings PM family, can you believe that it is April already!?!

Spring is here (or hopefully on its way soon where you are), and a few members of the PM staff have already enjoyed some Spring-Break-style trips. The Podcast Cruise went to Mexico in February, Gary Leland spoke on an all star podcast panel this past month at Social Media Marketing World in San Diego, and Dan and Jared exhibited at WrestleCon in Orlando meeting with a lot of podcasters in the wrestling niche.

PM also had a recent community meetup in Vancouver, WA. If that weren’t enough going on – we are seeing more and more of the orange PM t-shirts surfacing as the weather is getting warmer!

Here are a few photos from these experiences:

What podcast experiences are you enjoying this month? Please send us your spring podcast photos to hello@podcastmovement.com so that we can feature you in the newsletter this month!

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NEW EPISODE OF SESSIONS

We announced recently that PM17 will feature Shannon Cason from Homemade Stories as one of our keynote speakers! Shannon’s session at PM16 in Chicago was one of the best from the entire event. This episode breaks down that session!

You can check it out here

Thank you to PM Sessions host Joel Sharpton for producing this great episode!

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SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT

We have many cool speaker announcements coming up over the next few weeks and months. One speaker announcement that we wanted to celebrate right away is a first for our event! We are honored to have Michael and Teresa Blaes speak this year in Anaheim.

What is this a first for?

Michael and Teresa are our first ever blind speakers at Podcast Movement.

Their session is titled What does your website sound like? It will educate on the importance and simplicity of making podcast websites accessible to nearly 6 million blind users. They will also demonstrate what a website looks like to a blind person using a screen reader. They have provided website consulting for over ten years, and are active podcasters themselves, so they have great value to provide on this topic.

Would you be willing to consider sending them a short message and congratulating them? You can message them through the contact link on their website or connect with Michael and Teresa on Twitter!

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Book your hotel room now at the host hotel for PM17!

BOOK DISCOUNTED ROOM NOW

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We are grateful that you take the time to read this newsletter each week. How can we make it better? What would you like to hear about in upcoming editions? We welcome your perspective!

We appreciate you!
Team PM17

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Important dates:

• April 4 – Registration cost increases AT MIDNIGHT
• August 22 – PMx Competition, Optional Workshops & First Timers’ orientation
• August 23-25 – Podcast Movement 2017
• July 24-26, 2018 – Podcast Movement 2018 (mark your calendars)

Podcast Movement exists because of you, the awesome members of the PM Community! As you probably know, high quality events are impossible to produce without an incredible community, and significant support from partners. We need both, and are grateful to have both!

This week we will focus on our three main supportings partners for this year’s event!

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AudioBoom is a leading podcasting platform for hosting, distributing and monetizing content. With offices in London, Melbourne, Mumbai and New York City, they host thousands of podcasts with top tier audio content producers from around the world.

AudioBoom also allows the monetization of audio via the dynamic insertion of pre, post, and mid-roll advertising into content as a user is listening, allowing contemporary advertising selection, depending on content genre and geographic location of the user.

We’re excited to have AudioBoom as our Platinum Partner for #PM17!

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Blue Microphones aren’t your average studio mics–they’re bold, creative instruments that offer custom sonic signatures, giving you unique character and tone unlike anything else in the studio. Some of the world’s biggest podcasters have used their mics to define their sound.

Welcome Blue Microphones as Gold Partners for #PM17, and keep an eye out for exciting microphone giveaways in the coming weeks & months!

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Public Media Marketing was created to unite programming, both broadcast and web, with national sponsorship. PMM strives to serve both podcast creators and sponsors with brand building solutions. PMM is proud to exclusively represent a few smaller podcasts called Serial and the Joe Rogan Experience, plus some larger ones as well.

Welcome Public Media Markting as Gold Partners for #PM17.

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CHECK OUT ALL THE GREAT PARTNERS AND EXHIBITORS WHO YOU’LL GET THE CHANCE TO MEET THIS SUMMER

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Register now for PM17 to get access to all 80+ sessions, plus the PM Expo, featuring over 50 exhibitors from all around podcasting!

REGISTER TODAY

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Podcast Movement Meetup – ORLANDO

We told you a few months back that Podcast Movement is the title sponsor of the Live Podcast Stage this weekend at Wrestlecon in Orlando Florida. However we’re also excited to be hosting a fun and informal podcaster meetup this Saturday afternoon!

If you’re in Orlando on Saturday, April 1st, join us from 12pm-2pm at the Hyatt Regency for good food, good drinks and good company.

LEARN MORE AND RSVP TODAY

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PM17 Sticker Contest!

Shhh, don’t tell anyone, but we’re making stickers to give out this summer leading up to and at Podcast Movement…and we’d like to see what YOU want them to be!

If you have a design that you think would be perfect, send it to hello@podcastmovement.com, and winners will have their art credited and featured all year long!

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We’ll make the first wave of speaker announcements in next week’s newsletter! We have some of the best speaker submissions that we have ever received, and are excited to share some of the awesome sessions with you.

Until Next Week,

Team PM17

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Important dates:

• March 14 – Registration cost increases AT MIDNIGHT
• August 22 – PMx Competition, Optional Workshops & First Timers’ orientation
• August 23-25 – Podcast Movement 2017
• July 24-26, 2018 – Podcast Movement 2018 (mark your calendars)

March is known for a number of things. March Madness and St. Patrick’s Day may immediately come to mind for some, but did you know that it is also Women’s History Month!?!

We love and appreciate all of the women in the Podcast Movement family. We wish that we could give shoutouts to all of them in this newsletter, but that would make for one long post! Instead, we will do for a few what we wish we could do for so many!

In this newsletter we highlight ten women podcasters that rock, and announce the involvement of two of them at this years event in Anaheim!

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10) Jaime Legagneur

One of our favorite podcasters that we met this year. Jaime has great energy and LOVES podcasting! She can’t get enough. You cannot miss her enthusiasm when you check out her show Curve the Cube which shares inspirational and motivational stories. Jaime is also the organizer for the Palm Beach podcasters meetup in South Florida! Definitely connect with Jaime at PM17 if you want to laugh, take a goofy picture and make a new best friend!

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9) Josie Ong

Josie Ong is the host of the popular Affirmation Pod show which is a podcast for self care and reflection. Josie uses affirmations, meditations, visualizations and actionable tips to help listeners to manage negative thinking, limiting beliefs and their inner critic effectively and consistently. Josie is also the organizer for the Vancouver Podcasters Meetup in British Columbia! Josie’s little boy is adorable as well.

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8) Leah Darrow

You may recognize Leah Darrow as a reality show contestant from America’s Next Top Model. Leah is now the host of the Do Something Beautiful podcast which shares stories from inspirational people that add true beauty to the world! A recent review had this to say about Leah’s show, “A great podcast for finding true beauty in a world that has been swallowed up in the lies of materialism and vanity.” Leah travels and speaks a lot, and may be coming to a town near you!

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7) Civilla Morgan

Civilla Morgan is the host of the 21st Century Hannah podcast. The show discusses childlessness not by choice and infertility. It is the story of a large segment of society that is largely ignored and misunderstood. Civilla has lived this story. This show provides understanding, empathy, and grace for anyone who has experienced infertility. Civilla is also the primary organizer for the Central Florida Podcasters meetup! Side note: Civilla may or may not have more podcasting t-shirts than you do.

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6) Jennifer Swanson

The communication diva! Jenn hosts the Communication Diva Podcast which provides workplace, job search and self-improvement topics that help you to succeed in the workplace (and in life!) through great and more effective communication. Jenn has been guilty of driving over 2 hours (each way) to attend a Podcast Movement meetup! We feel that level of commitment definitely communicates success!

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5) Aimee Joshua

Disclaimer – When you first meet Aimee Joshua at Podcast Movement she will likely ask you to hold up a fun homemade “Chasing Dreams” sign and take a picture! You should do it because you will be in great company! Aimee is not only appreciated as the host of the top rated/ranked Chasing Dreams podcast, but she also has an amazing reputation as an interviewer.

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4) Dominique Townsend

Dominique is the host of Diver[C]ity which is recorded at the Nashville Entrepreneur Center. The podcast focuses on increasing awareness of the need for diversity and inclusion in the technology, entrepreneurship, healthcare, and corporate environments within the Music City. Domonique is also the founder of Meltdown Mama which is an organization that strives to transform the lives of ambitious working mothers who seek to rise in their career while maintaining a high quality life!

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3) Amy Robles

Amy has figured this podcasting thing out. Why? She is all about building authentic relationships. She is always encouraging others and willing to help whenever possible. Amy’s podcast is no different. Think Enriched shares steps to help organize, focus, and take care of those in your life while still making time for you. This show is the perfect fit for laughter and personal development, planning, priorities, time management, family, faith, and a whole lotta sass! Definitely connect with Amy this summer in Anaheim!

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2) Addy Saucedo

Addy is no stranger to podcasting. She hosted the DO IT podcast and a show for Audiobooks.com. Addy also is the creator of The Podcast Planner, which is a guide to help podcasters create the right content and do it with consistency. Over four years of hosting podcasts, producing and managing over fifteen other podcasts, Addy witnessed many fellow podcasters lose momentum and give up. This led to the creation of her thoughtfully designed templates within the planner.

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1) “She Podcasts”

It would be wrong to not acknowledge the achievements and leadership of Elsie Escobar and Jessica Kupferman. The She Podcasts Facebook Group started in 2014. It is now well over 5,000 members and impossible to ignore. Elsie and Jessica have cultivated a thriving community for women podcasters to get quick answers, tips and resources from one another. Podcast Movement is proud to have Elsie and Jessica speak at this year’s event this summer in Anaheim!

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Register for PM17 to enjoy Podcast Movement, all the breakout sessions and panels, and the parties…at the lowest price ever!
REGISTER AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICE TODAY

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SHE PODCASTS AT PM17

We’re proud to announce that we’ve partnered with the team at She Podcasts to bring two amazing sessions to the PM stage this August.

Elsie Escobar will be moderating an all star panel on The Culture of Podcasting: Exploring The Impact of Podcasts in Society and Culture.
The future and growth of podcasting is often discussed by the podcasting industry and public media around data that solely focuses on advertising, monetization and podcast download/listener metrics. The problems to be solved are heavily biased toward *the discovery problem* and the so-called *wild west* of podcast metrics measurement and almost exclusively from the producer, creator side of things.

Issues that the industry has not addressed are how socioeconomics and cognitive behavior impact the reality of podcast growth from the listener perspective, regardless of new discovery and measurement tools. This session will face these issues head on!

Jessica Kupferman is giving a solo presentation called Are You Ready for Sponsorships? How to Get Started Making Money TODAY!

• What measurements really matter and what to STOP keeping track
• What advertisers truly value from podcast advertising;
• How to put together a pitch that potential sponsors can’t resist;
• How to overcome the most common sponsor objections;
• How you can measure a successful campaign;
• What advertisers expect you to take care of, and what their responsibility is,
• What you can do if your show ISN’T quite ready for a full-on paid sponsor yet;
• And much more!

Please feel free to tweet congratulations to Elsie, Jessica and the rest of our Women Podcast Rock Stars above!

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Who was not on the list but should have been? Please feel free to sing their praises and give them a shoutout in the Podcast Movement Facebook group!

We have more great updates coming next week!

Until then,
Team PM17

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Important dates:
March 21 – Registration cost increases AT MIDNIGHT
August 22 – PMx Competition, OPTIONAL WORKSHOPS & First Timers’ orientation
August 23-25 – Podcast Movement 2017
July 24-26, 2018 – Podcast Movement 2018 (mark your calendars)

It’s Tuesday, which means it’s Podcast Movement Weekly time…stay warm Northeast US! We’re excited to have two big speaker announcements this week, so let’s not waste any time.

Shannon Cason of Homemade Stories

Fresh off his performance at SXSW this weekend in Austin, we’re proud to announce that Shannon Cason of the podcast Homemade Stories will take the main stage this summer at PM17.

Whether you caught Shannon last year at Podcast Movement, seen him on stage with The Moth, or heard him guest hosting Snap Judgment, if you know Shannon Cason then you know that this will be a can’t miss talk. Shannon speaks from the heart and keeps it real, blemishes and all.

And if you don’t know him, you’re in for a treat in Anaheim! Learn more about Shannon Cason at his official website.

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Infinite Dial DEEP DIVE is coming to PM17

If you pay any attention to the business or industry side of podcasting, then you no doubt heard last week about the Infinite Dial study released by Edison Research. Exciting growth is happening in our podcast world, but what do all these numbers mean?

Lucky for you, we’re teaming up with Larry Rosin, president and co-founder of Edison Research, to bring you a deep dive this August at Podcast Movement.

We’re excited to welcome Larry to the main stage for a no-nonsense look at the Infinite Dial and Share of Ear studies, and more importantly find out what they mean for us as podcasters and a podcast industry!

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Register now for PM17 to learn from Shannon Cason, Edison Research, and over 150 other speakers and panelists this August!

REGISTER TODAY

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Have you checked out The Sessions?

We love podcasts, but we also love podcastING! Did you know we have an awesome, highly produced podcast of our very own?

The most recent episode of Podcast Movement: Sessions features PM favorites Colt Cabana, Liz Covart, and some other surprise guests discussing building a rabid fanbase and making money!

Check out this week’s episode, and don’t forget to subscribe!

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Next week, we celebrate Women’s History Month by highlighting some of the awesome woman podcasters in the Podcast Movement community, and of course will have more great news to discuss about Podcast Movement 2017.

Until Next Week,

Team PM17

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Important dates:

• March 14 – Registration cost increases AT MIDNIGHT
• August 22 – PMx Competition, Optional Workshops & First Timers’ orientation
• August 23-25 – Podcast Movement 2017
• July 24-26, 2018 – Podcast Movement 2018 (mark your calendars)