When is the last time you tended to your garden? Not the place where you grow your fruits and vegetables. I mean the garden that is your social media presence. Break out those hedge trimmers, podcaster!

It's hard to perfectly integrate your podcast and your website. Yet it's actually quite simple to get the most critical things right on your page or site. In fact, it’s so simple that I will fix it for you over a cup of coffee.

If you want more engagement from your podcast listeners, make it easier for your listeners to engage with your content. I mean, it's often literally in the palm of their hands.

Processes and practices are a surefire way to increase your skills. But they don't always help you broaden your podcasting horizons. Which is why, for your next project, you should collaborate with people who are better than you.

Is the podcast landscape too crowded? Well, obviously not. So yes, you should make another show. Only this time, should you consider making one that's worth paying for?

When you run a small, passion driven podcast, it's hard to collect enough data to know exactly what your audience wants. But podcast apps and directories are different. They've a lot of data, and you can bet they’re using it.

Apple controls some 80% of the podcast landscape, which automatically makes me want to fight this monopoly. But sometimes services are the biggest because they're the best.

When is a podcast not a podcast? Well, let's see: When it's a book, a video series, a community, or anything else that makes business sense as you expand your publishing empire.

When is a podcast not a podcast? When it's an audio-based learning experience. And here's the good news. Your podcasting chops means you're already at the top of the class.

When is a podcast not a podcast? When it's a newsletter from a podcast. No, I'm not talking about just sticking a link to your latest episode in your existing newsletter. That's just being lazy. And it ignores the changing newsletter landscape.