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How to Submit Your Podcast to the TuneIn App

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TuneIn is an app that allows you to listen to music, sports, news and most importantly podcasts from almost any device!

It’s available in select cars by manufactures such as Ford, Chevy, and Tesla. The app is also available for most smartphones, tablets and many smartTV’s. In other words TuneIn gives your podcast a very large potential reach of new listeners (over 40 million so TuneIn Radio app logofar).

Here’s how to submit your podcast to their catalog. [Read more…] about How to Submit Your Podcast to the TuneIn App

TPS 076: Random Thoughts on Recording Audio

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I try a new way of recording my podcast (mic to Fethead to H4n, no mixer) and have a totally off-the-cuff episode filled with other thoughts about recording audio. In other words… I go off “script.”

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I also talk about SD vs HD video hosting and production. In my opinion, there is no reason to produce video in anything other than HD. You can always fall back to SD if you need it but you can never go from SD to HD. Future proof your productions by shooting in HD and then compress that file into whatever size you need. [Read more…] about TPS 076: Random Thoughts on Recording Audio

TPS 075: Podcasting Hurdles – Getting Past Common Barries to Starting a Podcast

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What were the largest hurdles you had to overcome when starting a podcast?

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Starting anything can be tough. The first sentence of a school paper, an about page on your blog, show notes for your podcast episode, these are all hard things to start but once you do you’re off and running.

A podcast is no different. Once you get past that initial barrier, whatever that happens to be in your case, then you gain momentum and the next thing you know you’re on episode twenty. [Read more…] about TPS 075: Podcasting Hurdles – Getting Past Common Barries to Starting a Podcast

PQT – Audio File Size vs Quality

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When you compress/export your final edited version of your podcast into an .mp3TPS Podcast Quick Tips ID3_300x300 audio file you have a couple decisions to make. How big or small do you want the file to be versus how good do you want it to sound?

There are many factors that can lead to a final decision regarding your podcast file. Here are a few factors that I take into consideration when compressing my .mp3 for release into the RSS feed. [Read more…] about PQT – Audio File Size vs Quality

TPS 074: iTunes Feed Specs and HOA for Podcasters

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Hangouts On-Air (HOA) have been a great experiment for my newest podcast, Podcasters’ Roundtable. I’ve tried several different live-streaming options and HOA’s have been remarkably effective in getting people to actually show up and participate. The most interesting revelation about this is the live-streams tend to get scheduled only 24 hours in advance of going live and are rarely based on a regular schedule. Hardly a recipe for success in live-streaming yet for some reason it works. So what’s going on? Googlepluslogo

Perhaps the most powerful aspect of HOA’s is the ability to create an “Event” page via Google Plus and associate it with your up coming live-stream. This allows people to RSVP and most importantly it sends whoever signs up for the event a reminder before the actual live-stream. I think this reminder is a key element to getting people to show up.

When setting up a podcast, Apple actually gives you a playbook of how they would like  your feed to be setup for success in iTunes. It’s right there in black and white, a step-by-step guide about how to succeed in the iTunes store with a podcast.  [Read more…] about TPS 074: iTunes Feed Specs and HOA for Podcasters

TPS 073: Securing Your WordPress Website with Dustin Hartzler

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Protect your WordPress website from malicious hackers, spam and other bots attempting to invade your site by taking some simple steps for non-coders.

Plugins are a great way to enhance the security of your WordPress website. Dustin Hartzler from Your Website Engineer talks with me about some of his favorite ways to protect your website.

Also included in this episode is a conversation about the importance of backing up your site on  regular basis in case something does manage to infect your site. Backing up is an easy way to get your site back to normal quickly. Dustin walks us through ways to clean up your site after an attack and how to get back into the good graces of Google should you end up being blacklisted.

Here’s Dustin tips and plugins for securing your site. [Read more…] about TPS 073: Securing Your WordPress Website with Dustin Hartzler

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