The Audacity to Podcast®

WordPress is powerful for running your podcast website and it can be the base for automating your podcasting workflow!

Web services can automate parts of your podcasting workflow, even when you're not online! Here are my favorite web-based automation tools.

PCs (Windows or macOS) are powerful podcasting tools and ideal for automation. Here are 9 tools for automating many computer-based podcasting workflows.

Regularly evaluating and critiquing your own your podcast, especially from your audience's perspective, will help you improve and grow the podcast. Here are four steps to get you started.

Life can get crazy and unpredictable. It can be joyous moments like a birth or marriage. It can be sad moments like a death or job loss. It can be trying moments like a move or transition of any kind.

Whether you're planning a holiday break, a seasonal hiatus, or need some time off, here are ways to stay connected with your audience so they will anticipate your show's return.

Christmas, New Year's Day, and many more holidays affect people differently. Learn whether you should keep podcasting or take a break during a holiday.

There are a lot of myths and misconceptions about podcast SEO. I have this information in my SEO for Podcasters course, and I want you to have these core understanding for what SEO stuff actually does and doesn't matter in podcasting.

Reference or habit? These two approaches to your podcast could make a huge difference in engaging with your community and growing your audience.

Internet security and privacy are deeply connected and important to your safety. Here are 17 tips to help you stay safe and secure in podcasting.

Your privacy is important and you could be compromising it with your podcast! Here are eight ways to protect your personal and professional privacy.

Here are several ways to accomplish the flexibility of multitrack recording with different podcasting hardware and software.

Multitrack recording keeps audio source separate. Here are some reason why you may and may not want to record your podcast in multiple tracks.

Whether you're podcasting for business or pleasure, promoting affiliate products and services can be a great way to monetize your podcast. Here are 10 tips to help you use affiliate marketing effectively.

Hanging out with other podcasters can be inspiring and profitable! Here are five tips to help you find and connect with other podcasters in your area.

Podcasters tend to ask too much of their audience and often too soon. Here's why that could be hurting your podcast and how to overcome it.

International Podcast Day is September 30. Here's how to celebrate podcasting, whether you're a podcaster or a podcast fan! Learn more at http://InternationalPodcastDay.com

Podcasters are often guilty of obsessive compulsive personality disorder (OCPD). It's okay to intently focus on important things, but here are ten podcasting things not worth the obsession.

Learn about 301 and 307 redirects: what they are, which ones to use, how to make them, and how to use them effectively.

Podcasting connects with people in more personal—even more intimate—way than blogging, radio, video, and more. Here are 8 things that make podcasts different.

Concluding the series on fixing common podcasting problems, here are ways others have creatively solved problems they faced with their podcasts.

Interviews can create good content and share powerful stories across all media. Podcasting is full of interviews with problems, here's how to fix them.

WordPress is the best platform for blogging and podcasting, but it can break sometimes. Here is how to fix the most common problems you may face with WordPress.

Podcasting encouragement and tips about taking breaks, refocusing, saying "no" so you can say "yes," and Podcast Movement 2016.

Recording problems can result in noisy, corrupted, or missing audio. Test before anything important! Here are solutions to these common podcasting problems.

iTunes is the largest podcast directory and it powers many podcast apps. Here's how to fix the most common podcasting problems you may face with iTunes.

If your RSS feed breaks, your podcast breaks. So here are the most common RSS problems you may face in podcasting and how to fix them.

Because your RSS feed is the life of your podcast, where you host it is crucial for ownership and control. Here are some things to consider for whether you should host your feed yourself. Feed ownership and hosting are hotly debated among podcast-hosting companies. Each side has some valid arguments, and I'll address more of those shortly. It often comes down to two things: ownership and reliability. Ultimately, the choice is yours to make, and here are some things to consider.

RSS is the core to distributing your podcast. Here's why the RSS size matters, what affects the feed size, and how to reduce the size of your podcast RSS feed.

When changing directions in podcasting, should you rebrand your existing podcast and keep your audience, or launch a new podcast and start over from nothing?

Feeling frustrated or overwhelmed with your podcasting tasks? You may need to delegate in order to improve!

Effective podcasting can be hard work. When hard things come, you may feel like giving up. Here are the hardest things you may face, and some tips for overcoming them.

Don't wait for your friends, family, and people you meet to discover podcasts on their own! Here are six tips to get more people listening to podcasts.

These WordPress themes will help your podcast branding, engagement, and growth. Plus, these best themes could make your podcasting easier!

Podcasters often ask for ratings and reviews, and I created My Podcast Reviews to get all your reviews and more. But do ratings and reviews actually matter? Here are 7 ways ratings and reviews are important for your podcast's growth and success.

If you hate podcast-editing, then invest the time to avoid making mistakes while podcasting. Here are 5 tips to help you podcast with fewer mistakes.

Nearly every podcaster wants a bigger audience. Simply promoting your podcast isn't good enough, you need to actually grow your audience. These five methods will give you the best podcasting growth!

Podcasters often focus on increasing downloads for better stats. These tongue-in-cheek ways will boost your podcast download but not grow your audience.

Batching can be an effective way to improve your podcasting workflow. But is it right for your podcast? Consider these benefits and disadvantages.

In February, 2016, Apple launched Podcasts Connect. This new portal gives podcasters the ability to manager their shows in iTunes and Apple's Podcasts apps. Here's what you need to know about these podcasting updates.

Does your podcast website accomplish what it needs to? Here are five ways to optimize your podcast's site for goals, mobile, SEO, speed, and accessibility.

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

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.

Your podcast needs its own website in order to be successful. Here's how to choose the right Internet home for your podcasting needs.

Keep your podcast growing and up to date with these ten things you may want to update at least every year.

How to Plan a Full Year of Your Podcast

2015 was a huge year for The Audacity to Podcast! Here are my plans for what I'll be doing to help podcasters in 2016.

Several podcasters share expectations, concerns, and anticipations for podcasting in 2016.

It's the new year and this is a time for many New Year's resolutions. Here are five podcasting resolutions I suggest for your podcast in the coming 365 days (even if it's not New Year's Day).

There are givers, takers, and wasters all around us. Which one are you and your podcast?