Podcasting Guides & Resources

Spotify has started to take podcasting seriously and has quickly become one of the top directories to find your favorite shows.

Because many people already use (and swear by) Spotify for music, and because they already have many integrations with home speakers (Sonos comes to mind), it’s a natural extension to add podcasting.

It’s an easy way to offer additional content and reach a broader audience.

They also are looking to take the Netflix approach and produce original content that is only available on their platform.

You want to get on Spotify because they are quickly growing and already the number 2 place for podcast downloads – although still far behind Apple Podcasts.

They are also coming out with an API that will allow hosting companies to display Spotify-specific playback statistics.

Spotify has partnered with podcast hosting companies so you will want to follow specific steps (shown below) for your hosting company so that they can submit your podcast to Spotify on your behalf.

Below are Spotify’s recommend platforms as well as how to get on Spotify if you’re not hosted with one of them: [Read more…] about How To Submit Your Podcast To Spotify (On Every Platform)

Do you want to start a podcast?

Perfect! You’re absolutely in the right place…

Starting a podcast isn’t difficult, but there are a number of steps you’ll need to go through in order to put it out to the world.

We’ll walk you through every step of the process, including:

• Topic ideas
• Podcast format
• Equipment selection
• Audio editing
• Submission to iTunes

And much more…

Podcasting is a much less crowded and competitive space than blogging, making now the perfect time to get started.

There are just over 500K podcasts, but over 440 million blogs!

Let’s get started: [Read more…] about How To Start A Podcast: A Complete Step-By-Step Guide (2018 Edition)

The secret is out, podcasting is here to stay.

Not just as a form of hobby, but as a vehicle for business. But business implies the generation of revenue, and revenue generation requires —at least at some point— a monetization strategy.

That’s where a vast majority of podcasters are getting things wrong.

In this article we’re going to explain why traditional advertising and sponsorship is the wrong monetization strategy for 95% of podcasters, and why you should be replacing it with a custom membership model. [Read more…] about Stop Trying To Monetize Your Podcast With Ads!

Starting a podcast and want your own custom domain name?

Or maybe you don’t want your podcast’s website to be at thebestpodcast.libsyn.com but instead be at thebestpodcast.com.

That second version is much easier to remember or share, and you’re not promoting another company (that you’re already paying, by the way) in the process.

Cool, we decided to want to register a domain name, how do we do it?

Here are the steps to follow: [Read more…] about How (And Why) To Register A Domain Name For Your Podcast

You need a podcast RSS feed to submit your podcast to iTunes and other podcast directories.

You’ll typically get your RSS feed from your podcast hosting company. This is by far the easiest way to create a podcast RSS feed. Details below.

Or you can get (or create) your feed from your own website if you use something like Squarespace or the PowerPress plugin for WordPress.

Make sure you don’t upload your audio files directly to website host (with Squarespace being the one exception) as that will cause major issues. You will need to host your .mp3’s with a dedicated podcast host.

You want to make sure you submit a feed with only your podcast episodes, not a combination of blog posts and podcast episodes.

I’ll show you how to create (or find) your podcast-only RSS feed on the most popular platforms, but first, there are some requirements you need to make sure you follow before trying to submit your feed: [Read more…] about How To Create (Or Find) Your Podcast RSS Feed On The Top Platforms