WP-Tonic | WordPress | SaaS | Bootstrap SaaS | Startups 134 Tools and Tips For Podcasting With WordPress
This week, our panel examines tools and tips for podcasting With WordPress. We look at why you might consider starting a podcast and the tools and services that you should consider using.
In EP134, we discussed podcasting with WordPress: what you need to know, tools to help you, and tips from our panel members on how to launch a new podcast.
We went over what podcasting equipment you'll need, the best podcasting microphone to get started with, useful podcasting software and storage services, and the best podcasting themes and plugins for WordPress.
Our panel this week:
Brian Lee Jackson of Kinsta.com and Woorkup.com
Sallie Goetch of WPFangirl
Jackie D'Elia of Jackie D'Elia Designs
Jonathan Denwood of WP-Tonic and the Mail-Right Show
John Locke of Lockedown Design
Episode 134 Table of Contents
0:00 Intros
2:15 WordPress Story #1: GoDaddy's New Primer Theme Approved on WordPress.org in Same Day
http://wpin.me/godaddy-wordpress-theme-approved-same-day
9:27 WordPress Story #2: Three Articles Addressing the WordPress Community
Goodbye WordPress
http://jamesdalman.com/goodbye-wordpress/
Hey WordPress Community, Stop Being A Fan And Start Doing
https://surefirewebservices.com/hey-wordpress-community-stop-fan-start/
What Does Any of this Fuss Have to do with WordPress?
https://www.wpfangirl.com/2016/what-does-any-of-this-fuss-have-to-do-with-wordpress/
26:59 WordPress Story #3: The Days of Creating Child Themes for Simple CSS Changes May Soon Be Over
https://wptavern.com/the-days-of-creating-child-themes-for-simple-css-changes-may-soon-be-over
40:26 Main Topic: WordPress Podcasting Tools and Tips
40:44 The first things Brian would do if he were starting a podcast. What are the first two items he would figure out?
42:19 What is the business value in podcasting?
44:00 What's a good microphone to start with? What does the panel use?
44:58 Podcasting is hard to do. Expect to spend a lot of time on it.
45:37 The best way to get started with podcasting is to appear on someone else's podcast.
47:15 What Jackie has learned from launching her own podcast.
51:31 What about transcriptions for podcasts? What is a good service for podcast transcriptions?
53:28 Things that Jonathan has learned from doing the WP-Tonic podcast for the last two years.
55:46 Why would you want to use a service like Libsyn to host your audio files?
57:08 There is power in building a podcasting audience.
59:05 What are the things that Brian looks at when considering subscribing to a podcast?
1:02:15 Consistency of schedule is one of the most important factors in growing a podcast.
1:03:09 School of Podcasting and other resources
1:06:43 The last 10% of sound quality will cost you a lot of time and money.
1:09:34 How did Jackie decide what themes or plugins to use for her WordPress podcast website?
1:11:15 Does the length of a podcast affect whether you listen to a podcast or not?
1:14:50 What has regenerated podcasting in the last few years?
1:15:58 You really don't want to host your own audio files on your WordPress site.
1:17:31 The Smart Podcast Player for WordPress (by Pat Flynn)
1:18:51 The Blubrry PowerPress plugin does some pretty cool stuff.
1:21:42 Some more plugins and podcasting themes that we haven't mentioned yet.
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Links mentioned during the show
The Iceberg of Life by Cory Miller
http://corymiller.com/the-iceberg-of-life/
This Is About The Time I Chose Not To Die by Mike Monteiro
https://medium.com/@monteiro/this-is-about-the-time-i-chose-not-to-die-3c2cc97cf769#.8bbo2uv1a
The Truth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhnN9bBSVbI
Audio Technica ATR2100 Microphone
https://www.amazon.com/Audio-Technica-ATR2100-USB-Cardioid-Dynamic-Microphone/dp/B004QJOZS4
Rode Podcaster Mirophone
https://www.amazon.com/Audio-Technica-ATR2100-USB-Cardioid-Dynamic-Microphone/dp/B004QJOZS4
Rode Shockmount for Podcaster Microphone
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000WA8KYG/
Rode Swivel Boom Arm for Studio Microphone
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001D7UYBO/
Rode Wind Shield
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002DUVU4/
Blue Yeti Microphone
https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Yeti-USB-Microphone-Silver/dp/B002VA464S
Rethink.fm - The Forward Thinking Podcast About Web Design and Front-End Development in WordPress
http://rethink.fm/
Libsyn
https://www.libsyn.com/
Blubrry PowerPress Podcasting plugin
https://wordpress.org/plugins/powerpress/
Blubrry Podcasting Services
https://www.blubrry.com/
How I Built It - A podcast about building things on the web
https://howibuilt.it/
Timelines of Success (click the Podcasting Resources link in the sidebar)
http://timelinesofsuccess.com/
5by5 Network
http://5by5.tv/
Back To Work
http://5by5.tv/b2w
Roderick on the Line
http://www.merlinmann.com/roderick/
Relay.fm
https://www.relay.fm/
Soundcloud
https://soundcloud.com/
GoodStuff.fm
http://goodstuff.fm/
School of Podcasting
http://schoolofpodcasting.com/
Media Go by Sony
http://mediago.sony.com/enu/download
Multiplicity (IMDB)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117108/
Stitcher
https://www.stitcher.com/
The Audacity to Podcast - A how-to podcast about pocasting and using Audacity
https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/
Smart Podcast Player
https://smartpodcastplayer.com/
Seriously Simple Podcasting
https://wordpress.org/plugins/seriously-simple-podcasting/
Libsyn Podcasting Plugin for WordPress
https://wordpress.org/plugins/libsyn-podcasting/
Appendipity Themes: WordPress podcasting themes
https://www.appendipity.com/
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