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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.
Be BOLD

5 reasons bloggers and podcasters MUST have audacity

April 2, 2012
Episode 75
 Daniel J. Lewis Audio 0:33:12 Comments Off on 5 reasons bloggers and podcasters MUST have audacity

Learn why you need guts to blog or podcast. It’s not just about a computer program.

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iTunes 10.6 about screen

iTunes changes podcast specs and features

March 26, 2012 Daniel J. Lewis Blog 8 Comments

On Monday, March 26, iTunes sent an email with the subject, “iTunes Podcasts: Provider News & Announcements,” to all podcasters in their directory. I’ll explain what this means and how it applies to you.

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Zune HD

Is Zune still important for podcasters?

March 26, 2012
Episode 74
 Daniel J. Lewis Audio 0:46:38 3 Comments

Rob Greenlee from Zune tells us that the Zune Marketplace isn’t dead, and we talk about the future of Zune and podcasting in general.

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Google on iPad with podcasting mic

New SEO for Google, Audacity 2.0, New iPad, Mobile-Friendly [podcasting news]

March 19, 2012
Episode 73
 Daniel J. Lewis Audio 0:37:26 0 Comments

Is your blog or podcast ready for Google’s new algorithm? Should you update to Audacity 2.0? What the new iPad means for podcasters. Becoming mobile-friendly.

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Audacity 2.0 Now Available and No Longer Beta

March 14, 2012 Daniel J. Lewis Blog 5 Comments

The free audio-editor Audacity has finally received its official upgrade to 2.0! You can and should download the new version right now.

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How to Use PowerPress to Setup Your WordPress Blog for Podcasting

March 12, 2012
Episode 72
 Daniel J. Lewis Audio 0:51:11 91 Comments

Learn how to setup Blubrry’s PowerPress plugin for WordPress, including feed and iTunes settings, category podcasting, channels, and how to attach podcast episodes.

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Accents, Cover Art, and Stitcher’s Terms [feedback]

March 5, 2012
Episode 71
 Daniel J. Lewis Audio 0:40:34 3 Comments

Will a native-language accent turn away listeners? How to fix a cover art display issue. And whether Stitcher’s legalese is evil.

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How to Use Truncate Silence and Sound Smarter with Audacity

February 27, 2012
Episode 70
 Daniel J. Lewis Audio 0:57:29 29 Comments

Learn how to remove verbal crutches and automatically shorten long silences.

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Submit a podcast to iTunes

Top Podcast Directories and How to Get in Them

February 20, 2012
Episode 69
 Daniel J. Lewis Audio 0:43:32 74 Comments

The worldwide web is a big place and having your podcast on just your website will prevent you from growing an audience—or getting one in the first place.

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Right!

Podcasting Stuff You MUST Get Right the First Time

February 13, 2012
Episode 68
 Daniel J. Lewis Audio 1:11:22 34 Comments

Podcasters don’t have to be perfect, and it’s easy to fix most of our mistakes. But here are thirteen things that you can’t fix later if you don’t get it right when you start podcasting. Most of these apply to blogs, too.

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