The reason you don’t want to use your website’s RSS feed for a podcast is simple: If the site goes down – so does your RSS feed. No access to your website means no new episodes get released and eventually Apple Podcasts will remove you from iTunes due to abandonment
Top 10 Podcast Directories to Submit Your Podcast
How to get a podcast listed in iTunes and the top 10 directories like Apple Podcasts, Pandora, Spotify, Google and See More…
Why a Podcast Editor can’t be your Content Editor
Your Podcast Editor could be your Content Editor, but they really shouldn’t. After all, that’s not why you hired them.
Here are 3 helpful ways to help your Podcast Editor improve your content for the benefit of your listener.
Audio out of sync? How to fix “Zencastr Drift”
“Help. My tracks are out of sync. How can I fix audio drift from my Zencastr recordings?” This video could help you save a recording by showing you how to fix the problem yourself in a matter of minutes.
Using Google Drive? Free up lost space from “Orphaned Files”
Running out of space in Google Drive, even though you KNOW you haven’t used that much storage? That was the problem I experienced a year ago. I would Remove unwanted files to the Trash, clear out my Trash, and STILL my Google Drive said I was using waaaaaay more space than I should have. Fortunately, […]
What is a RSS feed (and where do I get one)?
Your podcast is like a magazine. You want to get it out to the different locations so consumers can get it every time you hit “Publish”. How do you set up agreements with all the different places where people might look for your show? Magazines are shipped to book stores, grocery stores, pharmacies, the dentist’s […]
Podcast Editing Tip: How to edit out “LIKE”
You are in the middle of a podcast interview. You get excited. You begin to speak faster and are on a roll – and so are your crutch words. That’s what happens to one of my awesome clients, and the word “like” begins to be uses too often. As a podcast editor, what do you […]
A simple tip for introducing your guest the RIGHT way
So I’m asked to be a guest on [insert podcast here]. I’ve been given a list of questions he/she will ask. We connect via Skype or Zoom.us, we have a little pre-show chit chat, then they say, “Okay, I think we can get started”. How do you begin your podcast interviews? There are many ways […]
Your Podcast Isn’t Showing Up in Spotify? Check these 4 things
Spotify began admitting more podcasts into their listings in late 2017. Media host libsyn.com worked it out so their customers could submit their podcasts directly to Spotify. All you need to do is create Spotify as a Destination. However, some shows are still not showing up – including MoneyPlan SOS. That’s extremely frustrating since I […]
Weird Hack to Quickly Replace Original Audio in a Destructive DAW
I don’t know how to explain this other than showing you in a video. Audacity is a destructive editor – meaning the changes you make are permanent past a certain point. For example: You make a change 5 minutes ago, then realize you needed to keep that piece in. You could CTRL-Z / CMND-Z (aka: […]