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

411. Beware These 7 Deadly Sins in Podcast-Hosting Providers

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

Show Notes

There are plenty of great podcast-hosting providers, but some of them are committing podcasting sins that could make it harder for you to use them, or impair your podcast's performance.

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Introduction [00:00]

Sin 1: not redirecting your podcast RSS feed [01:02]

[Redirects and How to Use Them in Podcasting] (https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/redirects-and-how-to-use-them-in-podcasting-tap280/)

Sin 2: using unpredictable media URLs [06:07]

Sin 3: changing your GUIDs [14:08]

Podcast GUID from Podcasting 2.0

Sin 4: improperly constructing your RSS feed [18:35]

Sin 5: stripping important data from your episodes [28:19]

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Sin 6: not optimizing your media [32:53]

Sin 7: unnecessarily optimizing your media [39:21]

My podcast-hosting performance results

Special thanks [45:53]

Lyndsay Phillips had me as a guest on Leverage Your Podcast to talk about engaging your podcast audience. Go listen to it!

Podfest Multimedia Expo accepted my session proposal, so I will be sharing "What You Need to Know About Podcasting 2.0" at Podfest! Please join me at Podfest, January 15–18, in Orlando, Florida!

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