One of the first steps when you start a podcast is to make your podcast available and discoverable on podcast directories. Spotify is definitely one of the first directories you should start with. Up until recently, Spotify had little to do with podcasting. They solely focused on music. A few years back, Spotify started making…
Welcome to the Podcast Showcase series. In each post, we’ll bring you one featured podcast, and give a short overview about the people behind the microphone, the process they use to podcast efficiently, share tips and recommended tools used for the podcasts and more. We’ll share images of their podcast equipment or setup, and links…
Anchor.fm is the most popular podcast host. It is completely free, and backed (owned) by Spotify. If you’ve just decided to start a podcast, Anchor.fm might be a great solution for you to start with. It helps lowering the entry barriers and anyone with a simple smartphone can start their own podcast with Anchor. In…
With more than 1,000,000 podcasts in the wild, it’s always interesting to see which are the most popular podcasts, most downloaded podcasts, and the podcasts that are running for the longest time. In this article, we explore the ones that reached the top of the charts, but remember they all started somewhere! We also take…
Welcome to the Podcast Showcase series. In each post, we’ll bring you one featured podcast, and give a short overview about the people behind the microphone, the process they use to podcast efficiently, share tips and recommended tools used for the podcasts and more. We’ll share images of their podcast equipment or setup, and links…
Many podcasters promote their shows on social media. It’s a great channel to acquire more listeners and spread the word. When planning a social media strategy for your podcast, you’ll definitely want to consider using podcast video clips that can be shared on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. These popular short clips are a great way…
Welcome to the Podcast Showcase series. In each post, we’ll bring you one featured podcast, and give a short overview about the people behind the microphone, the process they use to podcast efficiently, share tips and recommended tools used for the podcasts and more. We’ll share images of their podcast equipment or setup, and links…
So you have a podcast, or even multiple podcasts – That’s awesome! Many podcasters choose to only focus on recording the actual podcast, without making any “marketing” efforts like posting on social media or creating a dedicated podcast website for their shows. Podcasters often debate whether they should create a site for their podcast. It’s…
WordPress is undoubtedly the most popular website builder out there. Between the free WordPress.org version, and the premium/managed WordPress.com option, more than 37% of the entire web runs on WordPress. What’s making this content management system so popular? And more importantly, should you use WordPress to build a website for your podcast? We will answer…
Show Notes are an extremely important part of your podcast. They can often be seen by your listeners even before they hit that play button, and so the notes can give a glimpse of what’s discussed in your podcast episode. Podcast show notes can also help grow your podcast audience organically through improved Podcast SEO…
