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 properly and effectively - Best Audio-Editing Apps for Podcasting in 2023:...

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:...

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 Index search: https://podcastindex.org/search ## 5. Publishing...

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 https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/photoincoverart (As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying...

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 Your Podcast Need Its Own Domain?...

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. Is your guest well-known to your audience? “Celebrities” come in all sizes and niches. So consider whether they'll be known to a broad audience, or even to your own audience. For example, imagine you have a podcast about dogs and you invite me as a guest. Even though I've had a couple of dogs, I'm known for talking about...

Does it matter what time of day you publish your podcast episodes? In short: publish either in the morning or as soon as possible. Please listen to my previous episode about the best day of the week to publish for considerations on that. But this episode is only about the time of whatever day you choose. 1. Consistency Like with your publishing day of the week, consistency is most important. Try to publish at the exact same minute of the same hour on every...

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 Podping: https://github.com/Podcastindex-org/podping ## 2. Consider your...

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/episodeartwork ## Quick tips for episode artwork - 7 Kinds of Podcast Images for...

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? - Should You Podcast in Seasons??...

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?...

There's no episode this week. Instead, I'd love for you to try my own egg nog recipe for whatever you want to pay! Click here to get my egg nog recipe! My son and I created this recipe together after many trials, and it's now my whole family's favorite egg nog and it goes fast at Christmas time! Pay whatever you feel the recipe (or The Audacity to Podcast) is worth to you. You can pay nothing, or come back to “repurchase” it later if you'd like to support it! Try...

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 brainstorm future podcast topics:...

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 gratefulness ## 2. Say "thank you" ## 3. Share, use, or acknowledge your...

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 1. To simplify your most important call to action 2. To promote your brand, not someone or something else's - Stop...

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://theaudacitytopodcast.com/communicatebetter 1. Listen to yourself 2. Learn from all...

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 app or https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/audacity32 - Who Created Audacity & Why is it...

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/itc/podcasts_connect/#/itcb54353390 - How Did This Get Made? podcast:...

We use many services in the process of podcasting and engaging our audiences, like Patreon, Buy Me a Coffee, SpeakPipe, and more. But saying these brand names in your podcast can overwhelm or confuse your audience and—even worse—break their ability to properly engage with your podcast! Please share this episode from your podcast app or https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/brandnames ## 1. Make a generic URL with your domain - Learn more about redirects and how to use them for your podcast:...

In summer 2021, iOS 14.5 introduced a major change to Apple Podcasts with implications many podcasters may still not realize. With that update, your audience on Apple Podcasts is no longer getting your podcast directly from your RSS feed, but from a proxy. And that has some potentially bad implications! Please share this episode from your podcast app or https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/proxies ## What is a proxy? • Feedburner: https://feedburner.google.com • Podcast Mirror:...

The podcasting industry has grown a lot since its birth in 2004, but the core of what a podcast could be and what it could do hasn't changed much. Now, Podcasting 2.0 revolutionizes the industry with highly requested innovations that will help everyone on all sides of the RSS feeds. Please share this episode from your podcast app or https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/podcasting20 ## What is "Podcasting 2.0"? • Learn more about the Podcast Namespace: https://PodcastNamespace.org •...

International Podcast Day is this Friday, September 30! This is a day for everyone to celebrate podcasts! It's for podcasters, for audiences, and for us to introduce others to the amazing fun and education available through podcasts! Learn more about International Podcast Day and how to celebrate at https://internationalpodcastday.com/ Save 20% on any new first-year subscription to My Podcast Reviews! https://mypodcastreviews.com/

Dust off my corner of your podcast app because The Audacity to Podcast will be back in September with all-new content to help you podcast better! The first return episode will cover Podcasting 2.0 and why it's so important for you and your audience. I can't promise an episode every week. So if you don't see a new episode by Wednesday, then there probably won't be an episode that week. While you wait, check on TheAudacitytoPodcast.com and follow my YouTube channel for fresh...

In Apple's live-streamed presentation on April 20, 2021, they announced several new products and offerings. But in only a couple minutes, Apple CEO Tim Cook mentioned Apple Podcasts with announcements that will affect the whole industry. Disclaimer: This episode contains my live-streamed initial thoughts, along with consenting participants, recorded shortly after Apple's presentation. Any misrepresentations are accidental. “Subscribe” changed to “follow” The first change...

Do you want to improve the content on your podcast? Jarvis (also known as “Conversion AI”) can help! It uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to generate blog post ideas, headlines, phrases, captions for images, and more. How good is it? That first paragraph was generated using Jarvis's “Blog Post Intro Paragraph” template! And all the italicized text in this article was generated or enhanced by Jarvis with little to no tweaking from me. Click here to try Jarvis...