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About the Author
As an award-winning podcaster, Daniel J. Lewis gives you the guts and teaches you the tools to launch and improve your own podcasts for sharing your passions and finding success. Daniel creates resources for podcasters, such as the SEO for Podcasters and Zoom H6 for Podcasters courses, the Social Subscribe & Follow Icons plugin for WordPress, the My Podcast Reviews global-review aggregator, and the Podcasters' Society membership for podcasters. As a recognized authority and influencer in the podcasting industry, Daniel speaks on podcasting and hosts his own podcast about how to podcast. Daniel's other podcasts, a clean-comedy podcast, and the #1 unofficial podcast for ABC's hit drama Once Upon a Time, have also been nominated for multiple awards. Daniel and his son live near Cincinnati.

Attach photography/videography accessories to iPhone with olloclip Studio

Instead of putting your iPhone in a large camera cage, olloclip Studio lets you attach your photography/videography accessories directly to your iPhone case!

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14 Features Your Podcast Website Needs

How your website functions is highly influenced by the features you add with plugins and coding. Here are my general recommendations for podcast websites.

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If I have a Blue Yeti, should I switch to the Audio-Technica ATR2100-USB?

I was looking at the gear you recommend. Unfortunately, the Heil Sound is out of my price range currently. I was looking at the Audio Technica options. I am currently using a Blue Yeti microphone. Do you think the AT options would be an upgrade or am I better off with the one i have?…

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Should I use a Facebook group or a page for my podcast?

If you have a podcast, would you use a Facebook group or would you use a Facebook page? —Javiera, 1133podcast Whether you have a Facebook page or group really depends on what you want to accomplish with it. Facebook pages are great for creating an official presence of your podcast on Facebook. There’s even a…

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6 Needs for Your Podcast’s Website Design or WordPress Theme

Ensure your podcast website is designed with these six things to help grow your audience, engage better, and build your authority. These will help you whether you’re hiring a designer, choosing a WordPress theme, or using a website-builder.

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How long until iTunes, podcast apps, and subscribers receive my new episodes?

There are two answers: For iTunes and other directories—these are usually cached and when everything is working properly, it can take 15 minutes to a few hours for a new episode to show up in the directory listing. For subscribers—with a few exceptions (Stitcher, Google Play, iHeartRadio, and Spotify), when someone subscribers to your podcast…

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How do I validate my podcast RSS feed?

iTunes and other podcast apps won’t accept a podcast if the RSS feed isn’t valid. An invalid feed could also prevent your podcast from updating in apps and directories. Here’s how to validate your podcast feed. Copy your podcast feed URL. Paste into CastFeedValidator, Podba.se Podcast Validator, or Feed Validator. Look for errors. Warnings from Feed Validator…

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How should I time my podcast launch and iTunes submission?

My friend and I are launching a podcast and we’re planning to launch with three episodes, and we’d love to launch on … [a particular date]. Is it even possible to time launches with approvals? —Kim Trying to perfectly time your publicized launch with your iTunes launch can be stressful. It’s also bad advice that…

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Should I promote affiliates in my podcast while also asking for donations?

… could I run affiliate ads … in my podcast … and still ask the listeners in the beginning for contributions? —Dennis Yes, but this could be tricky to do well. It really depends on how you promote the affiliate. If you make the affiliate sound like an ad, some listeners will question why they need…

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How can I better promote my affiliates?

The best ways I’ve seen to promote affiliates is to make them contextually relevant. Instead of treating the affiliate like an ad, mention an affiliate’s product or service when it makes sense within the context of your content. For example, I share my affiliate code (“noodle”) for Libsyn, Blubrry, and Spreaker when I mention any of…

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