Question 1

How to use the AI Data Analyst in Flightcast

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Using the AI Data Analyst in Flightcast

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Step By Step

1. Accessing the AI Data Analyst 0:01

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Navigate to the AI Data Analyst tool in Flightcast.
Understand that this tool is designed to help you analyze data and answer analytics questions.

2. Understanding the Tool's Purpose 0:24

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Use the AI Data Analyst to:
Find patterns in your data.
Analyze performance month-over-month.
Explore correlations, such as view duration and engagement.

3. Navigating the Interface 0:44

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Familiarize yourself with the interface:
The left panel shows your old chats.
Use the '+' button to start a new chat.

4. Selecting Settings 0:57

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Question 2

How to use the FlightCast Inventory Planner, Forecasting, and check VAST Fill Rates

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How to Read and Use the Inventory Planner in FlightCast

1. Open the Inventory Planner to forecast available ad inventory 0:00

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The Inventory Planner shows:
How many ad impressions you’re likely to get
How many impressions are already booked or sold
How your programmatic fill rate is performing
Use it to understand how much inventory you still have available to sell.

2. Review the overall forecast for the next 7 days 0:18

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The example view is set to the next seven days.
In the sample forecast:
About 2.5 million total ad impressions are projected
About 200,000 are already committed to current sponsors/campaigns
About 2.3 million impressions remain available to sell
This works out to roughly a 7.6% sell-through.

3. Drill into inventory by country 0:42

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Scroll down to see the forecast broken out by country.
For example, in the United States:
About 2.48 million impressions are projected

Question 3

How To Upload A Video Episode With Flightcast

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How to Create an Episode on Flightcast

Step 1: Start a New Episode

Click Create a new episode in the top left corner, then select Blank Episode.

Step 2: Add Your Title and Description

Enter your episode title and description in the corresponding fields. If you want clickable links in your description, just type out the full URL (e.g., google.com) and hit space — it will turn purple and automatically become a hyperlink.

Step 3: Add Chapters

Add chapters individually by specifying a timestamp and label. For example:

0:00 — Intro
1:23 — Something Cool If you want these chapters to appear inside your description, click the small book icon labeled Insert Chapter Placeholders. This inserts a marker you can drag to any position in the description, and when published, it will be replaced with your formatted chapter list.

Step 4: Upload Your Episode Video

Drag or upload your video file into the Episode Video field. This is required — you must always provide a video here. By default, this video will be published to both YouTube and Spotify, and Flightcast will automatically extract the audio track from it. That extracted audio is what gets distributed to audio-only platforms like Apple Podcasts and other RSS-based apps.

Step 5: Add a Thumbnail

Drop a thumbnail image into the thumbnail area. This image will be used on both YouTube and Spotify. If you want to A/B test thumbnails, wait until the episode has been scheduled to YouTube, then add the A/B t

Question 4

Flightcast Pricing

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Flightcast has three main plans. Basic, Pro, and Legend. The main differences are the amount of clips and downloads. The Basic Plan has no clips, the Pro Plan has 1 episode worth of clips per month, and the Legend plan has 4 episodes worth of clips per month. The Basic Plan has 50k included Downloads. The Pro plan has 100k included Downloads. The Legend plan has 250k included Downloads. If you want to automatically copy your entire youtube channel to Spotify, and keep it synced, you need at least the Pro Plan. This feature is called "YouTube->Podcast", or "Auto-Sync YouTube to Spotify".

BASIC ($50/month, or $500/year)

1 Podcast Upload video to YouTube & Spotify Upload audio everywhere else Up to 50,000 Downloads/month Up to 3TB of file storage 4K uploads AI Titles, Descriptions, Chapters AI Chat with your data Unlimited Transcriptions Unlimited Team Members Advanced Analytics Dynamic Audio Ads (Pre-roll, mid-roll, post-roll) Get Started with BASIC Perfect for individual creators

PRO ($100/month, or $1000/year)

1 Podcast Upload video to YouTube & Spotify Upload audio everywhere else Up to 100,000 Downloads/month Up to 6TB of file storage 4K uploads AI Titles, Descriptions, Chapters AI Chat with your data Unlimited Transcriptions Auto-Sync YouTube to Spotify Unlimited Team Members Advanced Analytics Dynamic Audio Ads (Pre-roll, mid-roll, post-roll) Advanced AI 30x AI Clips (1 episode) Get Started with PRO Perfect for growing creators

LEGEND ($250/month, or $2500/

Question 5

Connecting Your Spotify for Creators Account to Flightcast

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Connecting Spotify to Flightcast

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Step By Step

1. Access Spotify for Creators 0:01

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Navigate to Creators.spotify.com to ensure you are using a Spotify for Creators account, not a regular Spotify account.
If you do not have an account, you may need to create one.

2. Link Your Spotify Account 0:32

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Click on 'Sign to Connect'.
Agree to the terms when prompted.
You will see a list of shows you have access to.

3. Select Your Show 0:41

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Find and select the show you want to link (e.g., Rocks Test Show 3).
Click 'Select Show' to complete the linking process.

4. Check Episode Status 0:48

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Question 6

Ad Decisioning Explainer

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What You Can Control

Campaign Settings

Flight Dates – Set when your campaign starts and ends
Download Goals – Set a target number of impressions; the campaign automatically stops when it hits the goal
Priority – Higher priority campaigns get placed first when there's competition for ad slots

Targeting Options

Geographic:

Target by country, city, or postal/zip code
Can target multiple locations (e.g., "US and Canada" or "New York and Los Angeles") Content:
Run across your entire podcast network, or
Target specific shows only
Exclude specific episodes if needed Ad-Level Overrides:
Individual ads within a campaign can have their own targeting rules
Useful when one ad creative is region-specific but the campaign is broader

Ad Slot Types

Pre-roll – Plays before the episode content
Mid-roll – Plays at a specific timestamp during the episode
Post-roll – Plays after the episode ends Each slot can hold multiple ads, and you control whether each slot accepts your host-read ads, programmatic (VAST) ads, or both.

How We Decide Which Ads Play

When a listener requests an episode, here's what happens:

1. We Check What's Eligible

Is the campaign active and within its flight dates?
Has the campaign already hit its download goal?
Is the campaign on track with pacing, or running too hot?

2. We Apply Targeting

Does this campaign target this specific podcast?
Is this episode excluded from the campaign?
Does the listener's location

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