When switching over Firstory from another hosting platform, you can now import your previous data and stats all at once through CSV.
We noticed a recent increase in the number of spam and malicious messages in the comments section. This is a natural occurrence brought about by the increase in listeners and downloads.
You can now delete these unwanted spam comments from Firstory Studio from the โAudience Feedbackโ menu โ โCommentsโ โ Three dots โ โDelete.โ
Never miss out on any important activity again!
The new Firstory Studio notification bell includes: Listener donations & subscriptions, comment notifications, and downloads milestones.
Weโll make sure to keep you posted on the important stuff happening with your podcast while you focus on creating awesome content!
As the year draws to a close, take a look back at your podcast adventure this year!
Your Podcast's2021 Year in Review
Firstory wishes you and your family a very merry Christmas and a happy holidays!
Our research shows that NEARLY 50% of Monthly Podcast Downloads come from older episodes.
With Dynamic Insertion, you can insert ads and timely messages into both old and new episodes. This means you:
Read more here:
Dynamic Insertion: Make Money from Old Podcast Episodes in 2021 | The Firstory Blog
Before getting into the how's **of this feature, let us first take a look at why and what **this Dynamic Audio Insertion is for. There are endless possibilities on how you can use the DAI, and we're very excited to see how creative you'll be with this feature.
In fact, the method of usage is ENTIRELY up to you!
To give you an idea, here are just SOME ways you can use the Dynamic Audio Insertion:
Insert CTA (Call To Action). CTA is very important because it produces value through conversion. This is the same reason as to why product promotions by prominent creators are valued by brands and businesses. However, many small and medium-sized creators often ignore CTA. Call-to-action lines such as:
are just some common examples that creators often forget to record and include into episodes. The Dynamic Audio Insertion solves this problem. We have a pre-recorded Demo Audio Block that invites listeners to leave comments, ratings, and sponsorships.
You may directly use these for your show with the following steps :
Want to make your own CTA? If you don't like the demo audio block provided, you can also insert your own reusable audio block. Simply press the "x" sign under Audio Blocks to remove the file. Upload your file, and the succeeding steps are the same as part 1.
Advertisements and Ad Spaces. If you have experience working with brands or advertising partners, you can record these ads separately and insert it into the episode of your choice (you no longer need to open a a separate editing software).
Your last 3 episodes usually make the best candidates for ad spaces.
Enhancing our users' account security is among our core values and responsibility.
After gathering user feedback and having several team discussions, Two Factor Authentication is now available to all users. From originally being part of the Pro and Enterprise plans, users from all tiers can now enjoy this feature.
Go to account settings to enable Two Factor Authentication.
Spotify data issue resolved.
We would like to thank you for all your feedbacks during our last update. We welcome all creators to send in their valuable feedbacks
Audience comments, Apple Podcasts reviews, and voicemail are all organized into a separate page in the sidebar. Creators can now view and manage these information more quickly and more conveniently.
You can now see comments for the show as a whole, as well as comments for respective episodes. The comment board is similar to Apple Podcasts reviews, except with increased inclusivity and much faster updating.
Listeners can now also view other listeners' comments from our web player and easily interact with each other just like on YouTube or any other social media.
Dashboard Interface
In order to prepare for future data releases, we adjusted our interface into a columnar structure. You can now see all your data at a glance and quickly spot the measure you're searching for.
New Data Measure: Podcast Performance
You can now benchmark your showโs performance against others in the same category and all podcasts (Firstory Pro). You can also see your showโs position (e.g. top 5%). These metrics may also be helpful for advertisers.
Separation of Audience Feedback
We recognize the importance of audience feedback to every creator. This is why we have decided to create a separate page in the sidebar which can allow creators to quickly access this information.
Podcasts List Removed from Sidebar