The Audacity to Podcast® - tips and how to start and grow profit in podcasting

Choosing the right category for your podcast has the potential to help your podcast get discovered and featured. But what should you do with so many categories to choose from, and sometimes seemingly not enough? Sidenote: "genre" and "category" are often used interchangeably in podcasting, but I'll stick with the "category" term for this episode. Please share this episode from your podcast app or...

Internet marketers have a new crush on video and many podcasters are starting to feel pressured to create video content. But do you need to add video?

There are many ways to earn income through podcasting: affiliates, sponsorships, sales, and more. Disclosing when you get compensated is not only the law, but it's also a good way to earn your audience's trust! Please share this episode from your podcast app or https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/disclose 1. Read the FTC's resources
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Some podcasters think everything a successful podcaster does directly contributes to their success and not holding them back. But that's false! Please share this episode from your podcast app or https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/nothurting ——— Start and grow your own podcast for passion and PROFIT! Learn more and follow at https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/ Know, engage, and grow your audience with...

As you podcast consistently, you'll build up a back catalog of episodes. But should you keep all of those episodes available, or should you limit how many are in your podcast feed? Please share this episode from your podcast app or https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/limitornot 1. Podcast feed versus website archive What You Need to Know about Episode Limits and Your Podcast RSS Feed: https://theauda...

Podcasting 2.0 introduced a new way for your audience to support your podcast by sending micropayments. This is usually measured by satoshis (abbreviated as "sats"), which are one hundred millionths of a Bitcoin. As such a small portion of cryptocurrency, many people might wonder whether the effort is even worth the return. Please share this episode from your podcast app or https://theaudacitytopo...

Your podcast description usually isn't someone's first impression of your show and it often doesn't affect your SEO, but the description does give you the vital opportunity to convince a potential audience to try your podcast. Here are some ways you can improve your podcast description. 1. Remove unnecessary or redundant details from your podcast...

I've teamed up with Dave Jackson, from School of Podcasting, to discuss the future of podcasting! We seek to inform you about trends, Podcasting 2.0, and more to help you make your podcast better for yourself and your audience, and we work to explain things in an understandable way.

While there can be many great podcast microphones, depending on your needs, here are what I think are the BEST podcasting microphones. Please share this episode from your podcast app or https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/microphones23 (As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases through these links. But I recommend things I truly believe in, regardless of earnings.) 4. Any mic when used proper...

Whether you're just starting your podcast or you've been podcasting for a while, you might find some things easier by using better tools. Here are the audio-editing apps I recommend most for podcasting in 2023. Please share this episode from your podcast app or https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/audioediting23 4. Audacity (02:24) Audacity Is Improving Fast! Here Are the Top New Features to Try: http...

Here are the words to avoid so you can have the best podcast title that will clearly communicate to potential audiences and stand out in searches. Please share this episode from your podcast app or https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/avoidwords 1. Ambiguous cuteness (01:39) 2. Easily misunderstood made-up words or mashups (03:53) 3. Starting with "the" (07:05) 4. "Podcast" or "show" (10:44) Podcast I...

Podcast Cover Art is usually the first and most prominent thing people will see about your podcast—often even before the title itself! Visual space is limited (usually only half an inch or 1.25 cm square—or about the size of your thumbnail). So should you include a photo of yourself in your cover art? Here are some questions to help you decide! Please share this episode from your podcast app or ht...

Whether you're a guest on someone else's podcast, you're promoting your latest episode on social networks, or you're making marketing materials for your podcast, you might be wondering which link you should use to share your podcast. Please share this episode from your podcast app or https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/bestlink Share your podcast link for general promotion to new audiences Why Does Y...

If you ever have a guest on your podcast, you might be wondering where to put their name. Here are some things to consider for your own podcast.

Does it matter what time of day you publish your podcast episodes? Yes! And here are some tips to help you pick when that should be.

Should you publish your podcast episodes on a particular day of the week, avoid the weekends, publish on popular days, or something else? In short: publish the same day as your previous episode. (Watch for my next episode and article about the best time of day to publish!) Please share this episode from your podcast app or https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/bestday 1. Consistency Podcasting 2.0 Podp...

You already know that your podcast needs top-level cover art to look great in all the podcast apps and directories. You can further enhance the experience for your audience and reinforce your branding with unique artwork for each episode. But you need to compensate for how each app might display the episode image. Please share this episode from your podcast app or https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/...

If your podcast uses seasons, you have multiple options for how to display them. Here's some guidance to help you decide! Please share this episode from your podcast app or https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/seasonsintitles Should You Include Episode Numbers in Episode Titles? https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/should-you-include-episode-numbers-in-episode-titles/ Do you even need episode numbers? Sho...

If your podcast uses episode numbers, you have multiple options for how to display them. Here's some guidance to help you decide! But I'll give this warning: it's, unfortunately, more complicated than it should be! Please share this episode from your podcast app or https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/numbersintitles Do you even need episode numbers? Are episode numbers REALLY necessary? https://theau...

Your podcast episodes don't have to "expire" once the next episode is released. With some strategy, you can use your old episodes to continue growing and engaging your audience! Please share this episode from your podcast app or https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/oldepisodes Why bother sharing old episodes? 1. Make timeless content The NewsWorthy podcast: https://www.thenewsworthy.com/ How to brains...

You might think your audience should thank you for all the work you put into your podcast, but how often do you thank them? Even though this episode was published around USA Thanksgiving, I suggest practicing thankfulness at all times of the year and in every episode! Please share this episode from your podcast app or https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/thankyouraudience 1. Adopt a perspective of gra...

Where do you tell your audience to go for the actions you want them to take? I suggest that should almost always be based on your podcast's own domain name. Here are 5 reasons your podcast needs its own domain, even if it's merely a redirect (which I'll explain below). Please share this episode from your podcast app or https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/needdomain To simplify your most important cal...

Presentation is one of the 5 cornerstones of podcasting (content, presentation, production, promotion, and P.R.O.F.I.T.). How you communicate in your podcast can make the biggest difference in whether people enjoy and benefit from your content. Here are six free and non-technological ways to improve your podcast by communicating better! Please share this episode from your podcast app or https://th...

The Audacity software is popular among countless podcasters at all levels of production! at some point! It's a free, cross-platform audio-editing app, so almost anyone can use it. But Audacity has historically lagged behind other audio-editing apps until now! So here are some of my favorite new features that I think warrant giving Audacity another try. Please share this episode from your podcast a...

A while back, Apple introduced the RSS tag to let you mark individual episodes as "bonus," "full," or "trailer" types. Here's what each type means and how you should use them in your podcast-publishing tools. Please share this episode from your podcast app or https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/episodetypes "Full" episode type "Bonus" episode type Apple's RSS tag explanations: https://help.apple.com/...