Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2016 16:00:00 -0400
<h3>Summary</h3> <p>Podcasts are becoming more popular now than they ever have been. Podbuzzz is a service for helping podcasters to track their reviews and imporove SEO to reach a wider audience. In this episode we spoke with Kyle Martin about his experience using Python to build Podbuzzz and manage it in production.</p> <h3>Brief Introduction</h3> <ul> <li>Hello and welcome to Podcast.__init__, the podcast about Python and the people who make it great.</li> <li>I would like to thank everyone who has donated to the show. 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Visit <a href="https://discourse.pythonpodcast.com?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss">discourse.pythonpodcast.com</a> to help us grow and connect our wonderful audience.</li> <li>Your hosts as usual are Tobias Macey and Chris Patti</li> <li>Today we’re interviewing Kyle Martin about <a href="https://podbuzzz.com/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Podbuzzz</a></li> </ul> <h3>Interview with Kyle Martin</h3> <ul> <li>Introductions</li> <li>How did you get introduced to Python? – Chris</li> <li>Can you start by explaining what Podbuzz is? – Tobias</li> <li>Why did you end up choosing Python as the language for building thx#is service? – Tobias</li> <li>What have been the biggest engineering challenges in building Podbuzzz? – Tobias</li> <li>How did you conceive of the idea to build Podbuzzz and what inspired you to provide it as a service? – Tobias</li> <li>Part of the service that you are building is a widget that encourages listeners to rate a podcast on iTunes. Why is that important and what are some of the techniques that you have leveraged to determine the most effective messaging? – Tobias</li> <li>What are some of the features that you plan on adding to your service? – Tobias</li> <li>Do you intend to run Podbuzzz as a side project or do you envision it becoming a company with its own staff? – Tobias</li> <li>In addition to your work with Podbuzzz as a way for podcasters to gain visibility for their shows, you’re also working on an analytics platform for the same target audience. Can you explain a bit about that and the problems that you’ve had to overcome? – Tobias</li> <li>What is it about podcasting that makes it hard to gain useful metrics and what is your strategy for overcoming some of those obstacles? – Tobias</li> </ul> <h3>Keep In Touch</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/podbuzzz?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="mailto:kyle@podbuzzz.com">Email</a></li> </ul> <h3>Picks</h3> <ul> <li>Tobias <ul> <li><a href="http://www.thankyouscientist.net/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Thank You Scientist</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>Chris <ul> <li><a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/hell_or_high_water/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Hell or High Water</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>Kyle <ul> <li><a href="https://www.udacity.com/drive?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=brand&gclid=Cj0KEQjwjem-BRC_isGJlJ-0h-MBEiQAbCimWA3FeoD7C4c5sveQ1h0DS5ywctZ1A3hCPGgZFizUs4oaAtm78P8HAQ&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Udacity Self-Driving Car Engineering Nanodegree</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Startups For The Rest of Us</a></li> <li><a href="http://zerotoscale.com/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Zero To Scale</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.speechmatics.com/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Speechmatics</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h3>Links</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.canva.com/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Canva</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.internetbusinessmastery.com/podcast/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Internet Business Mastery Podcast</a></li> </ul> <p>The intro and outro music is from Requiem for a Fish <a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Freak_Fandango_Orchestra/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The Freak Fandango Orchestra</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss" rel="noopener" target="_blank">CC BY-SA</a><img alt="" height="0" src="https://analytics.boundlessnotions.com/piwik.php?idsite=1&rec=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pythonpodcast.com%2Fepisode-77-podbuzzz-with-kyle-martin%2F&action_name=Podbuzzz+with+Kyle+Martin+-+Episode+77&urlref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pythonpodcast.com%2Ffeed%2F&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss" style="border: 0; width: 0; height: 0;" width="0" /></p>