Podcast Help Desk

Do you want to separate your blog posts from your podcast posts on your website?   It might be a bad idea.

First - How to do it if you really really want to in WordPress

Create a category for the podcast.  DO NOT USE "podcast" as a category.

Enable Category Podcasting in PowerPress Settings (at the bottom of each setting page)

In the Category Podcasting menu (found under PowerPress in the sidebar) tick the box that says "Strict Categories" Save settings.

Back in the category podcasting menu,  Add Podcast Settings to your Category

All your podcast related settings go in the category podcasting settings for that category NOT the main PowerPress settings.

Once that is all set up, make a blog post. Select the category for your podcast in the right sidebar AND in the podcast episode box.  The podcast episode box category setting is for the RSS feed and the sidebar is for the website.  You must do BOTH.

In the Appearance > menus menu, add your podcast category (not called podcast I hope) to the menu where you want it.

Categorize your blog posts in a single category and add that category to the menu as well.

There is one more way to do it explained in the Podcast called Post Types.  I don't recommend that method.

Why you do not want to do separate blog posts from your podcast posts

People that want to listen to your podcast, and show up on your website, wouldn't they want to maybe read your blog posts (without clicking another menu)?   Wouldn't people that read your blog want to listen to your podcast?   Why go through all the BS separating them?

1. Never Promote something you do not own.   Send people to your website and then give them all the choices you can reasonably.

Apple

I got to chat with my old friend and podcast pioneer, Evo Terra. We talk a bit about the good old days of podcasting and some about what is going on now.  Just a couple of old guys chatting it up.

Some of the things Evo is doing or has done:

Co-author of the first versions of Podcasting for Dummies

Host of ShEvo vs. The First World 

Former Co-host of The Bangkok Podcast

He owns Simpler Media at https://podcastlaunch.pro

Also, make sure watch his facebook for Podcast Pontifications, a video series that is NOT a podcast about Podcasting.

 

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Episode level images. Only some apps use the images and those apps use different images if they do. Here is a list from an experiment I did on my podcast Mike Dell's World. Episode 308 has episode level images.

One image is embedded in the mp3 file in the iD3 tags. It is white with red writing.

The other image is in the tag on the episode level in the RSS feed. It's green with white writing. Results:

Apple Podcasts - Does not use either image. Just the main artwork for the feed. (But does use the RSS tag in the search in the iTunes desktop software)

Google Podcasts - None just uses the main image

Overcast for IOS - Uses the id3 tag image for the episode

Pocket Casts - Uses neither image

Podcast Republic - Uses the RSS image (Thanks Chris Miller)

Podcast Addict - Uses the RSS image

Beyond Pod - Uses the ID3 tag image

Stitcher - Uses the main image (none of the episode level images)

Spotify - Uses the RSS image on some versions of the App, but not on the Web Version. (Thanks Emily Peck Prokop! )

 

Let me know what you see in your app if you are not using any of the above Apps.

 

Random place in the podcast:

It seems that Apple is getting more picky about Titles and Author tags in Podcast Feeds.

Titles should be just "the title" like - Podcast Help Desk. Not "Podcast Help Desk | The best place to learn to podcast like Dave Jackson and Daniel J. Lewis"

Also, the Author tag should be: Mike Dell Not "Mike Dell, Talking about podcasting like Zig Zigler, Tony Robbins and Pat Flynn talk about business"

In other words, use the tags for what they are for, not for some gray-hat SEO within Apple Podcasts (no longer iTunes)

CastBox.fm seems to have hijacked a bunch of feeds. If you are listing on CastBox, please visit PodcastHelpDesk.com and make sure you are subcibed to the real thing and not some cheap copy of the shows I put out.

I have a website for each of my shows for a reason! I don't mind at all that someone lists my shows on their directory, app, site or whatever, but DO NOT REMOVE the links to MY site! That is a violation of my rights as a content creator. I don't think castbox.fm was TRYING to hijack feeds, but who knows? But the result is, they did. They are working on it, I guess.

ARGH!

This is the first test recording using the New Denon DN-300R recorder.  Having the digital recorder mounted in the rack and always hooked up seems to be a better plan (for me) than using a portable recorder as a backup.

I also talk briefly about the new Google Podcasts "app" on Android.

Hi all! Yup, still here.   Been busy with other projects.

Lots going on in the podcasting space.  Google's new podcast strategy, Spotify and other things.

Good to get back behind the mic here.

 

I was the featured speaker at The Columbus Ohio Podcaster's Meetup in March.   Today's episode is the recording of that presentation.

It's all about Beginner Podcasters Tech Mistakes and how to avoid them.   It was held at the RawVoice Inc. / Blubrry Podcasting HQ in Columbus Ohio.  More information about the meetup here.

 

I've been having a few things on my mind so I figured rather than write it out and rant on Facebook, I would flip on the mic and just speak it.

This is a somewhat different episode. It's me rambling on a bit about Passion for podcasting. Also about learning your craft. Even the techy parts.

The main things I tried to get across is this: Learn how this stuff works. Not the super geeky bits, but the basics. Spend the little bit of time it takes to understand what is supposed to happen when you post an episode. Learn how to check your RSS feed.  Learn what an RSS feed is (Hint: it's a special text file sitting on a server somewhere). Learn how Apple, Google, Stitcher, Tunin, Android Apps and desktop podcatchers work.  Learn how to encode and post your MP3 files.  

Again, that is why those of us who try to support and teach people how to podcast do it.  Be a good student of your craft.

Next time I will be off my soap box.