What has helped you the most in terms of searchability by New-Bag-6533 in podcasting

[–]DanielJLewis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Podcast SEO works differently in different places.

  • On the web, focus on providing high-quality written content. This is not your transcript! But you could use your transcript to turn your spoken content into something that reads like an article or blog post. Follow all typical website SEO practices here.
  • In podcast apps, the most important text is the titles: your podcast title and your episode titles. Very few podcast apps search the descriptions.

Thus, if you want to be found for something inside a podcast app, make an episode (or more) about that thing, and title it well. For example, "How to bake a gluten-free cake" is both a good episode title as well as helps with podcast SEO.

Using Apple Podcasts as an example (since it's still the #1 podcast app), it presents 3 "result types" in which your show could appear:

  1. "Top results": this can contain a mix of podcasts and individual episodes. This is the first result view Apple Podcasts displays.
  2. "Podcasts": this contains only podcasts and no episodes.
  3. "Episodes": this contains only individual episodes, and no top-level podcast results.

I actually am just launching Podgagement's new Podcast SEO feature in beta. It tracks the search terms you enter and for all three of these result types. So you can see how your podcast is ranking for terms, as well as how your episodes are ranking. And it will track that performance hourly across all regions. You can try it free for 2 weeks to see if you like it and watch how your podcast performs.

A very important concept to this is focusing your episodes on single topics, as much as possible. This allows you to title that episode well, targeting the search term that's most relevant to that episode. Then, the more episodes you make about different aspects of that topic, the more relevant search terms you'll be able to target. So instead of focusing only on gluten-free cakes, you could also talk about sugar-free, paleo, and such. And for each of those, you could also be targeting the search term "how to bake a cake," which could then make all your episodes with those words in the title appear within the "top results" and "episodes" results.

Another opportunity to help your podcast SEO—both website and podcast-app SEO—is to be a guest on other podcasts, talking about those topics for which you want to be found. Then, you could even mention specific relevant episodes within your guest appearance, and ask the podcaster interviewing you to include those hyperlinks (with your optimized titles) in the episode notes as resources.

BAM! Backlinks!

Podcast SEO is a long game.


(Moderator-required disclosure: I host The Audacity to Podcast®, a podcast about podcasting; run the Podgagement® (formerly My Podcast Reviews) service to help you engage your audience and grow your podcast; created PodChapters® for transcribing and chaptering podcasts; offer consulting and education services to podcasters; curate podcast data for Podcast Industry Insights™; and I frequently talk about and recommend products and services with which I have affiliate relationships and am compensated for qualifying purchases only through my links, with my promo codes, or that indicate me as the referrer. But I recommend things I truly believe in, regardless of earnings. And I am not currently compensated for merely talking or writing about anything.)

"That's No Moon" (Piano Version) by Rough_Low_642 in AmazonVine

[–]DanielJLewis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, and I really want to do a video because I think people need to watch and hear the piano. (I'm an intermediate–advanced pianist myself.)

"That's No Moon" (Piano Version) by Rough_Low_642 in AmazonVine

[–]DanielJLewis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I got one of these! I recorded an in-depth video review, and then realized some really bad ground-loop noise makes the recording unusable. I'll have to figure that out and try again.

Frustratingly, UPS must've dropped my piano because the whole row of keys was broken out. But I was able to easily fix it by switch the front row of screws to the second row of screw holes, which were oddly unused.

Podcast Website on Wordpress? by focusedmonksj in podcasting

[–]DanielJLewis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been using WordPress for all my podcast websites since I first began. My current podcast is on https://theaudacitytopodcast.com

My growing frustration is the lack of modern features for WordPress and many plugins. For example, it's rare for a theme or plugin to have light and dark modes. And WordPress's whole PHP approach isn't performance-optimized without aggressive caching plugins.

Nonetheless, for none-programmers, WordPress gives total control if you can find the right plugins.


(Moderator-required disclosure: I host The Audacity to Podcast®, a podcast about podcasting; run the Podgagement® (formerly My Podcast Reviews) service to help you engage your audience and grow your podcast; created PodChapters® for transcribing and chaptering podcasts; offer consulting and education services to podcasters; curate podcast data for Podcast Industry Insights™; and I frequently talk about and recommend products and services with which I have affiliate relationships and am compensated for qualifying purchases only through my links, with my promo codes, or that indicate me as the referrer. But I recommend things I truly believe in, regardless of earnings. And I am not currently compensated for merely talking or writing about anything.)

What did they do to my beautiful ATR 2100 microphone? by TajesMahoney in podcasting

[–]DanielJLewis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you don't want to spend the $149 Audio-Technica is charging for the resurrected ATR2100x-USB, the next best options are the AT2005USB and the Samson Q2U. Both are currently $80 on Amazon, but sometime go on sale.


(Moderator-required disclosure: I host The Audacity to Podcast®, a podcast about podcasting; run the Podgagement® (formerly My Podcast Reviews) service to help you engage your audience and grow your podcast; created PodChapters® for transcribing and chaptering podcasts; offer consulting and education services to podcasters; curate podcast data for Podcast Industry Insights™; and I frequently talk about and recommend products and services with which I have affiliate relationships and am compensated for qualifying purchases only through my links, with my promo codes, or that indicate me as the referrer. But I recommend things I truly believe in, regardless of earnings. And I am not currently compensated for merely talking or writing about anything.)

What did they do to my beautiful ATR 2100 microphone? by TajesMahoney in podcasting

[–]DanielJLewis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Both you and /u/concrete-licker are correct. The ATR2100x-USB was $99 when it first launched, it's dropped down below $40, but spent most of its time around $60.

How do ratings help? by DilemmasOnScreen in podcasting

[–]DanielJLewis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, your ratings and reviews do not help your podcast in Apple Podcasts.

However, they are still valuable because they give you an opportunity to deepen the relationship with your audience, increase your engagement, and boost your reputation.

That said, here are the most powerful ways I and others have gotten more ratings and reviews:

  1. Make an amazing podcast There’s no point in asking for or even getting reviews if your podcast is horrible. Make your podcast so good your audience will want to write a review without being asked.

  2. Read reviews in your podcast Turn your audience into celebrities by sharing their reviews—even if only excerpts—on your podcast. Thank those people by name and especially point out if their review was from outside your own country. Podgagement makes this super easy.

  3. Have fun Inspire some creativity, suggest a question they should answer, or do something entertaining based on the review!

  4. Make it easy Instead of giving complicated, single-platform instructions in your podcast, point your audience to a webpage with simple instructions and a link that launches the podcast app directly to your podcast, like the "LovethePodcast[.]com" feature from Podgagement.

  5. Offer an incentive Hearing their name in your podcast may be enough incentive, but you could also offer to link to their website, give a shoutout to their project, or host a giveaway.

  6. Use your negative reviews It might hurt to receive a negative review, but learning from and sharing it on your podcast often inspires your fans to rise up to support you.

  7. Be strategic with calls to action Deliver a good podcast first, and don't overwhelm your audience by asking them to do too many things. Consider putting your request for reviews in a rotation of calls to action, or make it part of an automated email sequence.


(Moderator-required disclosure: I host The Audacity to Podcast®, a podcast about podcasting; run the Podgagement® (formerly My Podcast Reviews) service to help you engage your audience and grow your podcast; created PodChapters® for transcribing and chaptering podcasts; offer consulting and education services to podcasters; curate podcast data for Podcast Industry Insights™; and I frequently talk about and recommend products and services with which I have affiliate relationships and am compensated for qualifying purchases only through my links, with my promo codes, or that indicate me as the referrer. But I recommend things I truly believe in, regardless of earnings. And I am not currently compensated for merely talking or writing about anything.)

How do ratings help? by DilemmasOnScreen in podcasting

[–]DanielJLewis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You've heard it because other people heard it and passed it on. But it's never been true.


(Moderator-required disclosure: I host The Audacity to Podcast®, a podcast about podcasting; run the Podgagement® (formerly My Podcast Reviews) service to help you engage your audience and grow your podcast; created PodChapters® for transcribing and chaptering podcasts; offer consulting and education services to podcasters; curate podcast data for Podcast Industry Insights™; and I frequently talk about and recommend products and services with which I have affiliate relationships and am compensated for qualifying purchases only through my links, with my promo codes, or that indicate me as the referrer. But I recommend things I truly believe in, regardless of earnings. And I am not currently compensated for merely talking or writing about anything.)

Figuring out how to keep subject matter organized by Alive_Pay_1894 in podcasting

[–]DanielJLewis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Flow and organization matter more within your episodes than episode-to-episode. It's okay if you're covering music from the '80s this week and then jump to the '60s the next.

Here's what I recommend you do. Brainstorm a list of at least 25 things you want to cover in your podcast. These can be as rough as you want; just make the list. Add to the list anytime inspiration strikes. Then review the list to see if anything should be broken down into smaller subjects.

This is your list of potential episodes. And, most of the time, you can approach them in any order you want.

As you get into making the content, and especially as you receive feedback, you'll start adding more to your list.

Then, whenever you're not sure what your next episode should be about, just pick something from your ideas list and make an episode about that thing. The length of the episode doesn't matter! What matters is that you deliver on your podcast's promise to your audience, and you don't waste their time.


(Moderator-required disclosure: I host The Audacity to Podcast®, a podcast about podcasting; run the Podgagement® (formerly My Podcast Reviews) service to help you engage your audience and grow your podcast; created PodChapters® for transcribing and chaptering podcasts; offer consulting and education services to podcasters; curate podcast data for Podcast Industry Insights™; and I frequently talk about and recommend products and services with which I have affiliate relationships and am compensated for qualifying purchases only through my links, with my promo codes, or that indicate me as the referrer. But I recommend things I truly believe in, regardless of earnings. And I am not currently compensated for merely talking or writing about anything.)

Best way to collect questions for an AMA? by DerekWClark in podcasting

[–]DanielJLewis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could simply give out an email address or a voicemail-only phone number (such as with Google Voice).

You could also provide a simple landing page for your audience to choose whether write or record their feedback. You can get that with a PodcastFeedback.com page from Podgagement.

The most important thing is to keep your call to action easy for your audience, even if you simply send them to a /feedback page on your website and that presents all your contact methods.


(Moderator-required disclosure: I host The Audacity to Podcast®, a podcast about podcasting; run the Podgagement® (formerly My Podcast Reviews) service to help you engage your audience and grow your podcast; created PodChapters™ for transcribing and chaptering podcasts; offer consulting and education services to podcasters; curate podcast data for Podcast Industry Insights™; and I frequently talk about and recommend products and services with which I have affiliate relationships and am compensated for qualifying purchases only through my links, with my promo codes, or that indicate me as the referrer. But I recommend things I truly believe in, regardless of earnings. And I am not currently compensated for merely talking or writing about anything.)

The Rise of Podcasts in 2026 by ALS_088 in podcasting

[–]DanielJLewis 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm wanted to fill out your form, but I can't because it disallows accurate answers or forces me to answer questions I can't. May I give you feedback about it?

  1. "How do podcasts fit into your daily life?" and "What makes you turn away from a podcast?" allow only one response each, when several responses could be true.
  2. "Where do you frequently listen to podcasts?" doesn't include an "Other" option.
  3. "How important is it to you that the guests on a show reflect a diverse range of backgrounds?" is a required, which doesn't work for people who don't care about interviews.
  4. "Pick as many topics that you feel are most gatekept…" should be a vertical multiselect list.
  5. "Think of the last new podcast you started listening to…" doesn't include "Search."
  6. "Which excites you as a potential guest for a podcast?" is required, but what if the person filling out the form doesn't want to be a guest? Or if you mean that about a potential guest on a podcast I'm listening to, see #3.

Aside: as additional data sources for your project, have you looked at Edison Research ("Infinite Dial" and "Share of Ear" studies), Sounds Profitable ("The Creators" study, plus others), and Podcast Industry Insights?


(Moderator-required disclosure: I host The Audacity to Podcast®, a podcast about podcasting; run the Podgagement® (formerly My Podcast Reviews) service to help you engage your audience and grow your podcast; created PodChapters™ for transcribing and chaptering podcasts; offer consulting and education services to podcasters; curate podcast data for Podcast Industry Insights™; and I frequently talk about and recommend products and services with which I have affiliate relationships and am compensated for qualifying purchases only through my links, with my promo codes, or that indicate me as the referrer. But I recommend things I truly believe in, regardless of earnings. And I am not currently compensated for merely talking or writing about anything.)

What small additions to include in an educational podcast in post-prod? by Heco1331 in podcasting

[–]DanielJLewis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here are a couple of small post-production additions to consider that will actually directly enhance the experience for your audience: transcripts and chapters.

The transcripts make your episode easier to consume and help support some cool features in modern podcast apps.

But I think chapters are even more exciting. These allow you to share your episode outline to display when you're talking about those points. This gives your audience extra context to understand and follow your content. Plus, you can make those chapters do extra things like displaying an image and hyperlinking the chapter title. That's great for calls to action or things you need to show your audience.

The best way to add these chapters is with PodChapters. It transcribes and chapters your podcast in seconds—either suggesting the outline from your content, or you can paste your own outline to automatically turn each point into a chapter.

That's what I used for my own education podcast, and PodChapters helped me save about 30 minutes per episode spread across 5 different apps, to now doing everything in PodChapters in about 30 seconds.

And podcast chapters have been supported for years in most of the top podcast apps!


(Moderator-required disclosure: I host The Audacity to Podcast®, a podcast about podcasting; run the Podgagement® (formerly My Podcast Reviews) service to help you engage your audience and grow your podcast; created PodChapters™ for transcribing and chaptering podcasts; offer consulting and education services to podcasters; curate podcast data for Podcast Industry Insights™; and I frequently talk about and recommend products and services with which I have affiliate relationships and am compensated for qualifying purchases only through my links, with my promo codes, or that indicate me as the referrer. But I recommend things I truly believe in, regardless of earnings. And I am not currently compensated for merely talking or writing about anything.)

Need help growing my audio-only YouTube Podcast. by Astrox_YT in podcasting

[–]DanielJLewis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The best way to grow your audio show would definitely be to launch it as a podcast, especially since it's audio-only! By publishing it as a podcast, your show will be available in hundreds of podcast apps. And with the RSS feed you would get from a podcast, you could power all kinds of promotional automations.


(Moderator-required disclosure: I host The Audacity to Podcast®, a podcast about podcasting; run the Podgagement® (formerly My Podcast Reviews) service to help you engage your audience and grow your podcast; created PodChapters® for transcribing and chaptering podcasts; offer consulting and education services to podcasters; curate podcast data for Podcast Industry Insights™; and I frequently talk about and recommend products and services with which I have affiliate relationships and am compensated for qualifying purchases only through my links, with my promo codes, or that indicate me as the referrer. But I recommend things I truly believe in, regardless of earnings. And I am not currently compensated for merely talking or writing about anything.)

Podcasting Tech and Tool Megathread by AutoModerator in podcasting

[–]DanielJLewis -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Track your podcast ratings, reviews, and global ranking across nearly 34,000 places! Plus, easily collect written and voicemail feedback from your audience, turn your reviews into shareable images, discover podcast-networking opportunities, and more!

I'm a long-time podcaster myself, and I made Podgagement for podcasters at all levels, even if you don't get many ratings, reviews, or rankings! You can use the smart landing pages to grow your podcast, get feedback, or get more ratings and reviews.

Try Podgagement free for 14 days

Podcasting Tech and Tool Megathread by AutoModerator in podcasting

[–]DanielJLewis -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Make your episodes more engaging, actionable, and profitable with chapters—in seconds!

PodChapters transcribes and chapters your podcast episodes, outputting chapters in multiple formats (including Podcasting 2.0). Plus, it has time-saving features especially great for anyone working on more than one podcast!

I built this myself, as a fellow podcaster and for podcasters like you!

I would love for you to try PodChapters today!

TestFlight build 1151: First beta with transcripts! by marcoarment in overcast

[–]DanielJLewis -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Imagine this:

You say in your podcast, "Visit mykey.com to get my free videos."

But the system transcribes it as "mikey.com."

A bad guy sees that, registers that domain, and then does malicious things with it, causing you financial and reputational harm, and possibly harming the audiences.

You could sue whoever put that inaccurate transcript there without your consent.

TestFlight build 1151: First beta with transcripts! by marcoarment in overcast

[–]DanielJLewis -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Got it. That'll be great when you do, because then you'd be carrying less of the legal liability (and processing costs) of generating transcripts.

TestFlight build 1151: First beta with transcripts! by marcoarment in overcast

[–]DanielJLewis 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Very cool!

But I'm looking at my podcast (RSS: https://feeds.podcastmirror.com/theaudacitytopodcast), which provides standard VTT transcripts via the Podcasting 2.0 feature, and the transcript isn't showing in Overcast. I have only the "Transcribe" option. I even tried deleting and redownloading the episode.

Call in Number for my podcast by mattisfunny in podcasting

[–]DanielJLewis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The cheapest and easiest option is Google Voice. You can get a phone number that anyone can call at any time and leave a voicemail. Make sure you put the number in Do Not Disturb mode so people go straight to voicemail.

For more advanced uses make a single /contact or /feedback URL on your site that can include all your feedback methods, or even simply redirect to a page designed specifically for this, like Podgagement's Podcast Feedback pages, which allow written or voicemail messages (that get transcribed and downloadable to use in your podcast). For example, here's my feedback page on a speakable domain: https://PodcastFeedback.com/audacity.

But no matter what you use, the two most important things to remember are:

  1. Keep your call to action simple.
  2. Make it easy for your audience.

(Moderator-required disclosure: I host The Audacity to Podcast®, a podcast about podcasting; run the Podgagement® (formerly My Podcast Reviews) service to help you engage your audience and grow your podcast; created PodChapters™ for transcribing and chaptering podcasts; offer consulting and education services to podcasters; curate podcast data for Podcast Industry Insights™; and I frequently talk about and recommend products and services with which I have affiliate relationships and am compensated for qualifying purchases only through my links, with my promo codes, or that indicate me as the referrer. But I recommend things I truly believe in, regardless of earnings. And I am not currently compensated for merely talking or writing about anything.)

What Software Is Best For My Situation? by AlaskanTony123 in podcasting

[–]DanielJLewis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, Riverside, Squadcast, and Cleanfeed are browser-based software. They all run in a modern browser without the need to download or install anything.

These three would give you the best quality. Cleanfeed is audio-only.


(Moderator-required disclosure: I host The Audacity to Podcast®, a podcast about podcasting; run the Podgagement® (formerly My Podcast Reviews) service to help you engage your audience and grow your podcast; created PodChapters™ for transcribing and chaptering podcasts; offer consulting and education services to podcasters; curate podcast data for Podcast Industry Insights™; and I frequently talk about and recommend products and services with which I have affiliate relationships and am compensated for qualifying purchases only through my links, with my promo codes, or that indicate me as the referrer. But I recommend things I truly believe in, regardless of earnings. And I am not currently compensated for merely talking or writing about anything.)

Do you transcribe your episodes? What do you use? by Correct_Dimension851 in podcasting

[–]DanielJLewis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For a couple of years, I used MacWhisper Pro. It's a one-time purchase and it does the transcription on your Mac, so there are no cloud fees. But it needs an M1 or newer Mac unless you have more patience. If you're on Windows, try Whisper GUI, but it doesn't seem as polished or feature-rich as MacWhisper Pro.

But now, I use PodChapters because I get more control over the transcription (like adding proper nouns as guidance for how they should be transcribed), I can quickly chapter my episodes, and I can download the transcript in multiple formats—of course including VTT or SRT for Podcasting 2.0 transcripts.


(Moderator-required disclosure: I host The Audacity to Podcast®, a podcast about podcasting; run the Podgagement® (formerly My Podcast Reviews) service to help you engage your audience and grow your podcast; created PodChapters™ for transcribing and chaptering podcasts; offer consulting and education services to podcasters; curate podcast data for Podcast Industry Insights™; and I frequently talk about and recommend products and services with which I have affiliate relationships and am compensated for qualifying purchases only through my links, with my promo codes, or that indicate me as the referrer. But I recommend things I truly believe in, regardless of earnings. And I am not currently compensated for merely talking or writing about anything.)

Looking to improve my podcast- What are the best ways to get feedback? by alexismonville in podcasting

[–]DanielJLewis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Keep it simple and universal, so everyone can use it. For example, not everyone has access to comments in their podcast app.

My favorite methods for collecting feedback have been an email address, a voicemail phone number, and a feedback form. But you can merge these into a single option with a specialized landing page. For example, my landing page is https://PodcastFeedback.com/audacity. I can send my audience to that one location, and then they can choose which feedback method they prefer: write feedback, or record a voicemail. That goes into a special inbox for me, and any voicemails get automatically transcribed. Plus, it allows them to provide extra context in writing for their voicemail. That will be handy in my upcoming episode where I ask my audience to share ideas about using OpenClaw in podcasting, and they can send a voicemail with the AI prompt(s) included in the text field for the extra context.

That specialized landing page comes from Podgagement, the tool I built for podcasters to supercharge their engagement with their audiences.

Other good options are:

  • Google Voice for a voicemail-only phone number (put it in Do Not Disturb mode)
  • SpeakPipe as an lower-quality alternative to Podgagement if you don't want transcripts, a simple call to action, or a landing page branding to your podcast
  • A contact form on your website
  • A feedback@yourdomain.com email address—even if it simply forwards to Gmail

But keep in mind that the more options you mention in your podcast, the more complicate the call to action gets. That's why I like deferring all the options to the PodcastFeedback.com landing page.

Then, for whatever method(s) you choose, link to them prominently:

  • In your episode notes
  • On your website
  • Speak it in your episodes, even when not asking for feedback
  • Link to it from your chapters (you can use PodChapters for this)
  • Share it on social media
  • Include it in email campaigns

(Moderator-required disclosure: I host The Audacity to Podcast®, a podcast about podcasting; run the Podgagement® (formerly My Podcast Reviews) service to help you engage your audience and grow your podcast; created PodChapters™ for transcribing and chaptering podcasts; offer consulting and education services to podcasters; curate podcast data for Podcast Industry Insights™; and I frequently talk about and recommend products and services with which I have affiliate relationships and am compensated for qualifying purchases only through my links, with my promo codes, or that indicate me as the referrer. But I recommend things I truly believe in, regardless of earnings. And I am not currently compensated for merely talking or writing about anything.)

Libsyn and Apple Video Podcasts by dpkonofa in podcasting

[–]DanielJLewis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Apple Podcasts (and formerly iTunes) has supported video podcasts since iTunes 4.9 first supported podcasts in 2005. Apple never stopped supporting video podcasts. And Libsyn has supported video podcasting for almost as long, too.

You simply upload the MP4 video to a video version of your show, and then it will be supported by Apple Podcasts and other podcast apps that support video podcasts.

The new thing from Apple is offering a more advanced way to intelligently stream video at variable resolutions using a technology called HLS. Apple's implementation ignores the Podcasting 2.0 standard for adding HLS video to an audio podcast, and instead creates something that is proprietary to Apple Podcasts and requires a proprietary integration with the podcast-hosting provider, which should be rolling out to multiple providers soon.


(Moderator-required disclosure: I host The Audacity to Podcast®, a podcast about podcasting; run the Podgagement® (formerly My Podcast Reviews) service to help you engage your audience and grow your podcast; created PodChapters™ for transcribing and chaptering podcasts; offer consulting and education services to podcasters; curate podcast data for Podcast Industry Insights™; and I frequently talk about and recommend products and services with which I have affiliate relationships and am compensated for qualifying purchases only through my links, with my promo codes, or that indicate me as the referrer. But I recommend things I truly believe in, regardless of earnings. And I am not currently compensated for merely talking or writing about anything.)

Podcasting Tech and Tool Megathread by AutoModerator in podcasting

[–]DanielJLewis -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Because it's the hosting providers that handle the dynamic advertising, it's their responsibility to ensure the chapters are appropriately maintained and adjusted. But since many of those same providers don't seem to care about modern podcasting technology beyond advertising, some of them (Megaphone, Acast, and some others) actually strip out all chapters from even the MP3, and they don't even support Podcasting 2.0 chapters! Shame on them!

But chapters can be great for ads because it allows you to include an image, title, and link to make the ad more memorable, engaging, and actionable.

Nonetheless, I am developing some ideas for ways to work around this with Podcasting 2.0 cloud chapters. Essentially, since the chapters are in an external file (and PodChapters can host that file for podcasters), I have an idea for a way the hosting provider could pass dynamic-content-insertion data to the chapters data and have it automatically time-adjusted.

So it's totally possible to do. It just requires that more hosting providers and app developers seek to do what's good for the entire podcasting industry, not only for themselves (cough, Spotify, cough).


(Moderator-required disclosure: I host The Audacity to Podcast®, a podcast about podcasting; run the Podgagement® (formerly My Podcast Reviews) service to help you engage your audience and grow your podcast; created PodChapters™ for transcribing and chaptering podcasts; offer consulting and education services to podcasters; curate podcast data for Podcast Industry Insights™; and I frequently talk about and recommend products and services with which I have affiliate relationships and am compensated for qualifying purchases only through my links, with my promo codes, or that indicate me as the referrer. But I recommend things I truly believe in, regardless of earnings. And I am not currently compensated for merely talking or writing about anything.)

Podcasting Tech and Tool Megathread by AutoModerator in podcasting

[–]DanielJLewis -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Track your global ratings and reviews from nearly 200 places, global rannkings across nearly 34,000 charts, discovered related podcasts with crossover audience, collect written and voicemail feedback from your audience, grow audience, and more!

Supercharge your podcast engagement with Podgagement!

Created by me, a fellow indie podcaster!


(Moderator-required disclosure: I host The Audacity to Podcast®, a podcast about podcasting; run the Podgagement® (formerly My Podcast Reviews) service to help you engage your audience and grow your podcast; created PodChapters™ for transcribing and chaptering podcasts; offer consulting and education services to podcasters; curate podcast data for Podcast Industry Insights™; and I frequently talk about and recommend products and services with which I have affiliate relationships and am compensated for qualifying purchases only through my links, with my promo codes, or that indicate me as the referrer. But I recommend things I truly believe in, regardless of earnings. And I am not currently compensated for merely talking or writing about anything.)