Technical difficulties get the best of the She Podcasts team at the start of the episode. Also covering Spotify is making moves with transcripts & Apple watch, while Libsyn 5 and Canva and many others are now BFF’s. Elsie recaps the Ambies and takes a stand on the correlation between celebrity names used to drive attention and how it detracts from meaningful conversations. Finally, discussing how to keep podcasting when not in the studio! PRICES ARE GOING UP TO SHE PODCASTS LIVE - GET YOUR TICKET TODAY! ? NEW WAY TO CONNECT! Elsie (and occasionally Jess) will be texting you directly! - Sign up here! 302–240–3425, text yes or my.community.com/shepodcasts THE SHE PODCASTS SUPER SQUAD: SIGN UP Send us your feedback, email feedback@shepodcasts.com! We can’t wait to hear from you! EPISODE LENGTH 43:07 Bandwidth issues are a constant struggle, we are the queens of podcasting under duress 4:18 Quick recap about the Ambies! (the very first podcast centric awards). Congrats to Dan and Jared for the production of the Ambies Elsie really just loves podcasting 9:35 Elsie is LOVING “The Me You Can’t See” When does the celebrity hook fail? But the important topic conversations turn into headlines surrounding celebrities instead of focusing on the deeper problem. 17:10 Spotify is making moves! Spotify brings offline listening to the Apple watch. 20:24 What do you say when people ask you how long the perfect show should be? Spotify added automatic transcripts for their own exclusive and original podcasts. Fun fact! If you listen to a song in Apple music you can see the lyrics.  Jess and Elsie reminisce on their childhood! Reading the lyrics from the inserts in cassette tapes. 27:57 There is new Canva integration in Libsyn 5. Canva will automatically resize your podcast artwork so it’s not gigantornormous.  Current Canva Integrations -spoiler alert, there’s a lot! 33:25 Elsie’s Tool Tip Time! Elsie is going to be recording in the wild this summer as her children are headed into town 3 times a week! “We have crashed and burned on this show so many times and we’ve recovered” - John Elsie’s will be scouring downtown Asheville for the best internet connection. Get your tickets for She Podcasts Live: http://www.shepodcasts.com/live/ LINKS! Join The Super Squad 302–240–3425 “yes” 4D with Demi Lovato The Me You Can’t See - the show that Elsie loves Spotify to add automatic transcripts for its own Exclusive and Original podcasts | TechCrunch Spotify brings offline listening to the Apple Watch, at last | TechCrunch The Perfect Length for a Podcast Episode Marketplace Tech Apple Introduces Affiliate Program for Podcasts Subscriptions - MacStories Lisbyn 5 and Canva Integrating - Crowdcast Canva Agorapulse   She Podcasts thank-you to our Sponsors! → Produce Your Podcast! → Our editor John from Audio Editing Solutions. He is so good you need to hire him STAT! Help Us Spread The Word! It would be stellar if you shared She Podcasts with your fellow women podcasters on twitter. Click here to tweet some love! If this episode got you all fired up SUBSCRIBE wherever you get your podcasts! ONE CLICK! Feedback + Promotion for Women Podcasters You can ask your questions by emailing feedback@shepodcasts.com. We love audio feedback! Let your voice be heard, record your voice via voice memo in your smartphone and send it over! You can also join the She Podcasts Facebook group!