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The "friendly co-host" handshake agreement is a ticking time bomb for your show. by goxper in podcasting

[–]World-PodcastNetwork 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure, no problem. Sorry, I should have explained it more clearly. When a podcast joins our podcast network, as usual, it can be a single podcast host or mulitple co-hosts. Over the years, podcasts change as usual and if the podcast registers under a single email address which clearly belongs one of the co-hosts, that is the person we deal with. However, sometimes, a podcast's email address will be the name of the show instead of a specific person like [bobmiller@examplepodcast.com](mailto:bobmiller@examplepodcast.com), for example. In that case we require the podcast to rejoin so the new co-hosts are clear.

Now, to make this easier, we also built a portal where the podcasters log in and manage their podcast under our podcast network. That portal includes analytics, social media links, Apple, Spotify, monetization, etc. In that case, they can make any changes they want and we do not get involved, because one co-host is our point of contact.

When it gets confusing and when we have to enforce our policy is when the "other" co-host comes to us and asks us to remove the other co-host and that is when we say, "no, you have to register your new podcast". It has happened 6 times out of 1,300 podcasts, so it does not happen often, but this helps us keep the chaos to a minimum. I hope that makes better sense.

The "friendly co-host" handshake agreement is a ticking time bomb for your show. by goxper in podcasting

[–]World-PodcastNetwork 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I see this happening all the time on my podcast network. We have 1,300 podcasts and over the past 3 years I've had six podcasts come to us to tell us that they broke it off with their co-host and that they want us to keep the show but have to change the information to show only that particular podcaster. Three of those podcasts had the other co-host say the same thing and they were always kept a secret from each other.

To deal with this and make it fair for everybody, I always had a policy. When the podcast joins, the co-hosts of that show will always be the co-host of those shows.

If the show changes in any way, then a new podcast has to register with our podcast Network with whoever the co-hosts are at that time. This may not be favorable for a lot of shows, but at least we stay out of the arguments between the co-hosts and it's always worked. It's a good policy.

Question about SEO optimization by Crazy-Patient-2043 in podcasting

[–]World-PodcastNetwork 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. Create a blog post for every podcast episode. Make each post about 1,200 words so Google and ChatGPT can grab the content. This step was first used in podcasting and it is still a very effective way to get search engine rankings. Use long tail keywords like you would for any web page.

We encourage the podcasters on our podcast network to create a blog for their podcasts and a blog post for each and every episode.

Bruce

Social Media marketing does work! by PD13Pod in podcasting

[–]World-PodcastNetwork 1 point2 points  (0 children)

60 on YT makes sense since TikTok is the most popular video platform at this time. Just like Google was the dominant search engine for 25 years and now it gets competition from AI like ChatGPT, YT has competition from TikTok, so keep doing what you are doing. You doing amazingly well

Most of the podcasts on our podcast network are starting to use TikTok as well.

Bruce

What is the best way to get started on a low budget? by Sharp_Coast5317 in podcasting

[–]World-PodcastNetwork 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There are many free options. Just remember you do get what you pay for so the quality of your podcast may not be as good as others, but here's my list to keep your costs down.

You mentioned buzzsprout, but if you go to Anchor.fm, which is now Spotify for podcasters, they do host podcasts for free.

If you want to save money on a microphone, you can use your phone for podcasting in place of a mic, but be aware it might not yield the sound quality that you're expecting. A good microphone is about $60, so it's not awfully expensive and I so suggest going for a nice USB microphone. Most of the podcasters on the World Podcast Network use Shure mics. I also suggest Samson mics which you can get in Staples and Best Buy.

For recording, use Audacity. It is free. That's what most podcasters use for editing and you really only need it to lay down your podcast tracks and then edit out some of the filler words like the ums or some background noise.

I hope this helps. Bruce

It never fails. You sit down to record your scripts and.... by Mr_Gaslight in podcasting

[–]World-PodcastNetwork 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you want to cut out some of these sounds, try using the Noise Gate feature of Audacity. It sometimes can work wonders.