Deliver Drive Podcast to Apple Podcast Connect One Step at a Time
Glue-gun 24 upright plastic straw segments (trimmed to 8 cm) inside the left wall; plop capped prompts in like PEZ. Cant the rear panel 15° so Mother Earth feeds the next cap when a learner drops any coin–use laundry rejects spat out by vending machines; lunchroom jugs hold hundreds for free.
must match the channel title byte-for-byte; smart quotes trigger error 400.
inside needs a live mailbox; Apple sends legal notices there and bounces kill the whole show.
requires one primary and up to two subcategories; spell them exactly as listed in the official tree—"Society & Culture" not "Culture & Society".
must be 1:1, RGB, 72 dpi, no alpha; add corner radius manually—Apple no longer crops, it simply rejects non-compliant files.
for every episode: HH:MM:SS format; missing zero-padding break scrubber display.
has to stay forever the same; altering the string after approval wipes reviews and rankings.
Check the enclosure length attribute against the real MP3 byte size; a 200-byte mismatch provokes "episode unavailable" on mobile clients.
Record three columns on one index card: Tool Hacks, Story Hacks, Body Hacks. Any observation that scores in two columns is a hotspot. Last semester, a middle-grader in Denver spotted 11 such overlaps; eight students later mocked up a solar-powered skateboard in science class and two filed provisional patents.
When batch output, drop the same URL into qr-code-generator.com, choose "Clear BG" and 1000 dpi; the site returns a lightweight file with built-in quiet zone already. Tag each file to mirror the project–blanks morph into underscores like magic–then move the set to a dedicated stash directory. Pure path: flip the "Embed logo" switch, keep the logo box clear, and the bot still hands you a clean path-only SVG that clocks next to nothing and blows up loss-free until billboard.
Build the feed with a Jekyll/Hugo-style generator or a minimal PHP script on your own domain; the field must exceed 32 characters but not exceed 4 000, and the e-mail address inside has to equal the one tied to your Apple ID or the publish button stays greyed out. Validate double: once with CastFeedValidator.com and once with Podcasts Connect preview; the second scan often flags MIME-type mismatches that the first overlooks.
Auto-Fill Post Dates with a 5-Column Date Formula
Place the first Monday of theApply a three-color scheme to the Status column so you can eyeball bottlenecks in under half a second per row. Grab the entire Status range (say D2:D100), pop open Format › Conditional formatting, choose "Custom formula is", and punch in =D2="Live". Paint background #00B04F and font #FFFFFF. Stack two more rules: =D2="Review" with #FF9C2A and #000000; =D2="Paused" with #C41230 and #FFFFFF. Hit "Done" and lock the range via Data › Protected ranges so editors can’t nuke the colors.
Tie every licensing deal to a 3-year limit plus instant reversion if revenue slip below 80 % of the prior 12-month mean. This lone clause has kept Melbourne studio Marra + Co from being swallowed by two consecutive acquirers; founder S. Marra still approves every palette, yet bulk revenue soared from 1.2 M to 7.9 M AUD with zero extra hires.
Fulfill only SKUs you can manufacture in-house within 3 days. When Berlin pottery label Heile adopted this rule, stock on hand plunged 46 %, unleashing 210 k € in cash that financed a second oven–while customer wait times hovered under five working days. Match the setup with a 30 % upfront at cart; chargebacks slid to 0.4 %, half the industry average.
Pro tip: consumer accounts can’t auto-expire links; workspace admins can enforce expiration dates under "Admin portal" → "Add expiry". Set it today so the drawbridge stays open only while you require it.
Streamline Invoicing & Client Onboarding Before You Bring on Anyone
Hook Bonsai to Stripe on launch:
дополнительные ресурсы enable a one-third deposit trigger, three-day late-fee ladder at 2, 5, 10 percent, and only release final files after the last payment clears. Typical payout wait drops from 14 to 4 days.
Next, whip up a date-driven overlay that charcoals any past-due item. Drop =AND(E2<"Live") as a top-level rule, coat charcoal fill #3B3B3B and bold white text. Place this rule at the top of the list; order is king because the first matching condition trumps. Items will flip to charcoal when the go-live date in column E is overdue, giving you an instant red-flag.
Loan Your IP on a Short-Leash Contract You Can Cancel in 30 Days
Ditch the standard 3-year locked-in clause with a 30-calendar-day license. Slide in section 4(b): "Both parties may terminate with 30 calendar days’ email notice; upon termination all IP return back to licensor, licensee must kill use, delete or ship masters, and pay any outstanding royalties within 7 days." Box the territory to one sales channel–e.g., "Amazon US only"–and limit the SKU count to a max of five listings. Bill 12 % of net royalty, due monthly, with review rights once per 12 months on 10 days’ heads-up. Demand quarterly sales reports in Excel format, synced from the brand’s Shopify or WooCommerce backend, emailed to ip@yourdomain.com by the 10th day after quarter-end. Bolt on a penalty clause: $2,000 per day for ongoing use after pull-back, plus legal fees. Store the agreement on HelloSign; keep a executed PDF in a private Google Drive folder visible solely with your patent lawyer. Re-use the same shell for each new licensee–switch SKU list, fee, and region in under 15 minutes.
