{"id":2445,"date":"2018-03-04T13:37:23","date_gmt":"2018-03-04T19:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2018.kansascity.wordcamp.org\/?post_type=wcb_session&#038;p=2445"},"modified":"2018-04-16T19:50:18","modified_gmt":"2018-04-17T00:50:18","slug":"rob-walch-the-podcast-ecosystem-where-people-are-really-consuming-podcasts","status":"publish","type":"wcb_session","link":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2018\/session\/rob-walch-the-podcast-ecosystem-where-people-are-really-consuming-podcasts\/","title":{"rendered":"The Podcast Ecosystem &#8211; Where people are really consuming Podcasts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/2018.kansascity.wordcamp.org\/schedule\">Saturday, April 14, 3pm \u2013 Brush Creek<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This session will go over the metrics of Podcasting Ecosystem and break some myths. It is not just Apple Podcasts \/ iTunes &#8211; there are new places people are consuming podcasts.<\/p>\n<h2>Rob Walch<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"il\"><a href=\"http:\/\/podcast411.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2696\" src=\"https:\/\/2018.kansascity.wordcamp.org\/files\/2018\/03\/RobWalch-200x213.png\" alt=\"Rob Walch | WordCamp KC 2018 Speaker\" width=\"200\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/03\/RobWalch-200x213.png 200w, https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/03\/RobWalch-282x300.png 282w, https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/03\/RobWalch.png 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Rob<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Walch<\/span>\u00a0was inducted into the Podcasting Hall of Fame in 2016.\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Rob<\/span>\u00a0is the Vice President of Podcaster Relations for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Libsyn<\/a> (LSYN) having joined Libsyn in 2007, Prior to joining Libsyn he founded podCast411, Inc in 2004.\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Rob<\/span>\u00a0is Co-Author of the book \u201cTricks of the Podcasting Masters\u201d \u2013 Que 2006, an editors pick as a Top 10 Reference book for 2006 by Amazon.com.\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Rob<\/span>\u00a0was listed as the 5th most influential person in podcasting according to the book \u201cPodcasting for Dummies\u201d \u2013 Wiley Press 2005. He has consulted on podcasting for Jack Welch, Senator Edwards, Governor Bill Richardson, Noah Shanok (Stitcher), Tim Ferriss, Dr. Mark Hyman and the Sacramento Kings\/Monarchs to name just a few.\u00a0He is also a monthly columnist for Podertainment The Podcast Magazine.\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Rob<\/span>\u00a0is a member of the IAB Podcasting Working groups.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"il\">Rob<\/span>\u00a0started podcasting in 2004, and is the host of the award winning <a href=\"http:\/\/podcast411.com\">podCast411<\/a> podcast, where he has interviewed such prominent podcasters as Quincy Jones, Walt Mossberg, Colin Ferguson (Eureka), Ronald Moore (Executive Producer of Battlestar Galactica), Phil Gordon (World Series of Poker), Larry Kudlow (CNBC\u2019s Kudlow and Company) and Leo Laporte (TechTV, G4 TV). Additionally\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Rob<\/span>\u00a0is host of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayinios.com\/\">Today in iOS<\/a> (iPhone) Podcast \u2013 The first and largest podcast about the iPhone and also the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kcstartup411.com\/\">KC Startup 411<\/a> podcast which covers the Kansas City Start up scene.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2004\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Rob<\/span>\u00a0has presented at well over 100 events on the subject of podcasting and New Media including NAB, the Newspaper Association of America Marketing Conference, the US Latino Film Festival, the Corporate Podcasting Summit, The Association for Women in Communications 2006 Annual Professional Conference, Social Media 2007, Ad-Tech, Podcast Movement, New Media Expo, and Blogworld Expo. He is also a regular guest Lecturer at the University of Kansas School of Journalism.\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Rob<\/span>\u00a0was the Track Leader for the Podcasting sessions at the 2009 Blog World Expo \u2013 where he recruited 25 top experts to speak on podcasting.<\/p>\n<p>In 2004\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Rob<\/span>\u00a0received his MBA from the University of Connecticut. He also has an Engineering degree from the University of Dayton.<\/p>\n<h3>Connect with Rob<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Website:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.podcast411.com\/\">podcast411.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Twitter:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/podcast411\">@podcast411<\/a><\/li>\n<li>LinkedIn:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/in\/podcast411\">\/in\/podcast411<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday, April 14, 3pm \u2013 Brush Creek This session will go over the metrics of Podcasting Ecosystem and break some myths. It is not just Apple Podcasts \/ iTunes &#8211; there are new places people are consuming podcasts. Rob Walch Rob\u00a0Walch\u00a0was inducted into the Podcasting Hall of Fame in 2016.\u00a0Rob\u00a0is the Vice President of Podcaster [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12713659,"featured_media":2901,"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_wcpt_session_time":1523736000,"_wcpt_session_duration":3000,"_wcpt_session_type":"session","_wcpt_session_slides":"https:\/\/2018.kansascity.wordcamp.org\/files\/2018\/03\/Rob_Walch_Podcast_Ecosystem_WordCamp_KC_2018.pdf","_wcpt_session_video":"","_wcpt_speaker_id":[2443],"footnotes":""},"session_track":[818221],"session_category":[],"class_list":["post-2445","wcb_session","type-wcb_session","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","wcb_track-brush-creek"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9l3jo-Dr","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"session_date_time":{"date":"April 14, 2018","time":"3:00 pm"},"session_speakers":[{"id":"2443","slug":"rob-walch","name":"Rob Walch","link":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2018\/speaker\/rob-walch\/"}],"session_cats_rendered":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/2445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wcb_session"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/2445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2697,"href":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/2445\/revisions\/2697"}],"speakers":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/2443"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/podcast411"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wcb_track","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session_track?post=2445"},{"taxonomy":"wcb_session_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session_category?post=2445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}