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  • Earth Care Show by Sarah Christie

    Hey there, podcast fans! I had the pleasure of interviewing Sarah Christie, the host of the Earth Care podcast, and let me tell you, her setup and approach to podcasting are truly inspiring. Sarah’s on a mission to make climate change an approachable conversation for everyone, and her bite-sized episodes are perfect for listeners who…

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  • TrueFans.fm: The Future of Podcasting 2.0

    If you’ve been hearing about this Podcasting 2.0 thing over the last few years — or even few months — you might be wrestling to wrap your head around it. Terms like: V4V, Sats, boosts, and bitcoin might even scare you away from wanting to go deeper. I don’t blame you. Podcasting is already hard…

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  • 5 Ways to Craft a Podcast Intro

    The great thing about starting a podcast? There are no rules. The bad thing about starting a podcast? There are no rules.  When I’m asked, “How should I start the intro of my podcast?” I can’t help but press the :shrug: emoji symbol. Who am I to tell anyone how to craft their art? This…

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  • Apple Podcasts Embraces the Crazy Ones

    Transcripts are now available in the Apple podcast app. The highlight of this story? Apple is using the Podcasting 2.0 RSS tag to load transcripts, which other indie podcast apps and podcast hosts, have been using for years. While it’s just a tiny part of a much more robust RSS offering, this is a huge…

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  • Relaunching The Podcast Setup Website

    For the last year this website was hosted on the open source Ghost platform. For those of you that don’t know, I’ve held a 15+ year career in the WordPress space. From running my own agency, to hosting the leading podcast covering WordPress news. If you’re a non-technical person, having dipped your toe in WordPress,…

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  • AI Tools I Use for Podcasting

    I’ve been on the fence about using AI for a while. Every time I asked ChatGPT to write a draft to a blog post, or to highlight some nuanced areas of my career topic of ‘WordPress,’ it failed miserably – much to the chagrin of my Twitter timeline. It seems everyone has a masterfully crafted…

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  • Don’t Skimp on the Mic: How to Pick the Right Podcasting Microphone as a Beginner

    So you want to start a podcast but don’t want to break the bank on equipment? The good news is you don’t need to spend thousands to get good audio quality. But you also can’t just rely on your laptop microphone or earbuds if you want people to actually stick around and listen. The microphone…

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