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IAB compliance is coming, and the money should start flowing to podcasters thanks to all the new advertisers just waiting to advertise on podcasts, right?
Well... not so fast. I speak with some authority when I say that there are more problems with podcast advertising than will be solved by having an agreed-upon way of counting downloads.
What's the problem? Logistics. We're just not set up to easily take ad dollars, because we've made it hard, when the advertising world is moving in a different direction. It should take hours to get an IO generated in 2018. Not days. Or weeks.
I think it's mostly due to a misunderstanding -- if not downright ignorance -- of how digital advertising is supposed to work
Check out this episode and see if you agree. The good news is that it's fixable.
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Podcast Pontifications is written and narrated by Evo Terra. He’s on a mission to make podcasting better. Allie Press proofed the copy, corrected the transcript, and edited the video. Podcast Pontifications is a production of Simpler Media.
