Podcasting 2.0

15 Regrets from 15 Years of Professional Podcasting

As The Audacity to Podcast celebrates 15 years of professional podcasting, I invite you to take a critical look back at the biggest mistakes I’ve made and things I wish I did differently with my show. My hope is that this will inspire you to either fix these things early for yourself, or avoid them altogether!

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How to Use Podcast Transcripts

Transcripts have long been promoted as ways to make your podcast more findable and accessible. But it’s only recently that podcast transcripts have become actually useful!

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Top 5 Podcasting 2.0 Features You Should Try

Podcasting 2.0 is revolutionizing podcasting for podcasters, audiences, and developers. Here are what I think are the best features you should be leveraging, if you can.

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Are Podcasting 2.0 Micropayments Actually Worth It? [episode 371]

Podcasting 2.0 introduced a new way for your audience to support your podcast by sending micropayments. This is usually measured by satoshis (abbreviated as “sats”), which are one hundred millionths of a Bitcoin. As such a small portion of cryptocurrency, many people might wonder whether the effort is even worth the return.

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Follow The Future of Podcasting Now!

I’ve teamed up with Dave Jackson, from School of Podcasting, to discuss the future of podcasting! We seek to inform you about trends, Podcasting 2.0, and more to help you make your podcast better for yourself and your audience, and we work to explain things in an understandable way.

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Should You Include Guest Names in Your Podcast Episode Titles?

If you ever have a guest on your podcast, you might be wondering where to put their name. Here are some things to consider for your own podcast.

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How to Make Episode Artwork Show in Podcast Apps (even in Apple Podcasts!)

Enhance the experience for your audience by making unique artwork for each episode. But you need to adapt to how each app might display the image.

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Should You Include Seasons in Podcast Episode Titles?

If your podcast uses seasons, you have multiple options for how to display them. Here’s some guidance to help you decide!

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Should You Include Episode Numbers in Episode Titles?

If your podcast uses episode numbers, you have multiple options for how to display them. Here’s some guidance to help you decide! But I’ll give this warning: it’s, unfortunately, more complicated than it should be!

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When to Use Trailer, Full, and Bonus Episode Types [episode 353]

A while back, Apple introduced the RSS tag to let you mark individual episodes as “bonus,” “full,” or “trailer” types. Here’s what each type means and how you should use them in your podcast-publishing tools.

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