Are You Getting the Most Out of RSS?
About this episode
This episode discusses how to maximize the use of RSS feeds for podcasts, including common mistakes and the importance of transcripts.
Are you getting the most out of your RSS feed? To figure out if you are, you first have to understand how a podcast workflow works, which means you need to understand: what an RSS feed is how you make one where you get the best feed and how you make sure you're getting the most out of it Don't Make These Mistakes In this episode, I'm going to explain some of the mistakes I see people making with RSS feeds, especially when it comes to getting the most out of transcripts . In some cases, people aren't putting their transcripts into their media host, which means their transcripts aren't going into their feed. That is not something the best way to maximize your show. Where Do I Get an RSS Feed? Your RSS feed comes from your media host. For me, the best RSS feeds come from dedicated media hosts . Places like Captivate , Buzzsprout , rss.com , and Blubrry . All of these do one thing: they host your files, they provide an RSS feed , and they provide statistics. Make Sure Your Transcripts are In Your RSS Feed While having transcripts on your website is good, you are missing another opportunity by having them in your feed (which can be used in Podcast apps). When it comes to Podpage…
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