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414. Ask Your Audience These 3 Questions in 2026

Surveying your audience doesn't have to be a complicated matter. Moving into a new year, here are the three most important questions I recommend you ask your audience. Please share this episode from your podcast app or https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/3questions 1. "What would you like more of from me/us or my/our podcast?" [01:20] 2. "What would you like less of from me/us or my/our podcast?" [02:14] 3. "What do you want to tell me/us that's been on your mind?" [04:05] You turn these into to-dos and take action [04:43] I want to hear your thoughts about The Audacity to Podcast! [07:36] Please share your answers to these through questions through https://podcastfeedback.com/audacity Special thanks [10:30] 1,363§ from Bryan Entzminger from TopTierAudio.com ——— Start and grow your own podcast for passion and PROFIT! Learn more and follow at https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/ Supercharge your audience engagement and grow your podcast! https://podgagement.com/ FEEDBACK Call (903) 231-2221 Email feedback@theaudacitytopodcast.com Send a message or voicemail through https://podcastfeedback.com/audacity MAILING ADDRESS The Audacity to Podcast PO Box 739 Burlington, KY 41005

413. Does Your Podcast Need WordPress Anymore?

Is WordPress still the best choice for your podcast website, or should you try something else now? Please share this episode from your podcast app or https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/needwordpress Your podcast does need a website! [01:16] Podcast-hosting providers have much better websites now [05:24] Captivate podcast hosting: https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/go/captivate Buzzsprout podcast hosting: https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/buzzsprout Transistor podcast hosting: https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/transistor WordPress gives ultimate power with costs [07:24] Blubrry podcast hosting: https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/bhosting Website builders have gotten easier and better [10:04] Squarespace: https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/squarespace Wix: https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/wix Podpage and Beamly provide a new way [11:15] Podpage: https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/podpage Beamly: https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/beamly What's right for you? [13:35] Important tip #1: update your RSS feed's episode links! [15:01] Important tip #2: copy or redirect all old URLs [16:00] Chapter your podcast with PodChapters! [18:07] Try PodChapters FREE! https://podchapters.com/ ——— Start and grow your own podcast for passion and PROFIT! Learn more and follow at https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/ Supercharge your audience engagement and grow your podcast! https://podgagement.com/ FEEDBACK Call (903) 231-2221 Email feedback@theaudacitytopodcast.com Send a message or voicemail through https://podcastfeedback.com/audacity MAILING ADDRESS The Audacity to Podcast PO Box 739 Burlington, KY 41005

412. Don’t Cram for Your Podcast!

Running short on time but feel obligated to podcast? Should you "wing it" or just cram like a procrastinating high-schooler the night before a big test? Please share this episode from your podcast app or https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/SLUG 1. Respect your audience's time Should Podcast Episodes Have a Consistent Length? 2. Always consider quality over quantity Seth Godin's blog 3. Adapt to prevent recurrences Special thanks Try PodChapters FREE ——— Start and grow your own podcast for passion and PROFIT! Learn more and follow at https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/ Supercharge your audience engagement and grow your podcast! https://podgagement.com/ FEEDBACK Call (903) 231-2221 Email feedback@theaudacitytopodcast.com Send a message or voicemail through https://podcastfeedback.com/audacity MAILING ADDRESS The Audacity to Podcast PO Box 739 Burlington, KY 41005

411. Beware These 7 Deadly Sins in Podcast-Hosting Providers

There are plenty of great podcast-hosting providers, but some of them are committing podcasting sins that could make it harder for you to use them, or impair your podcast's performance. Please share this episode from your podcast app or https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/hostingsins (I earn from qualified purchased through my affiliate links in this episode, but I recommend things I truly believe in, regardless of earnings.) Introduction [00:00] Sin 1: not redirecting your podcast RSS feed [01:02] [Redirects and How to Use Them in Podcasting] (https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/redirects-and-how-to-use-them-in-podcasting-tap280/) Sin 2: using unpredictable media URLs [06:07] Sin 3: changing your GUIDs [14:08] Podcast GUID from Podcasting 2.0 Sin 4: improperly constructing your RSS feed [18:35] Sin 5: stripping important data from your episodes [28:19] Try PodChapters for $0! Sin 6: not optimizing your media [32:53] Sin 7: unnecessarily optimizing your media [39:21] My podcast-hosting performance results Special thanks [45:53] Lyndsay Phillips had me as a guest on Leverage Your Podcast to talk about engaging your podcast audience. Go listen to it! Podfest Multimedia Expo accepted my session proposal, so I will be sharing "What You Need to Know About Podcasting 2.0" at Podfest! Please join me at Podfest, January 15–18, in Orlando, Florida! Please support The Audacity to Podcast if you feel you get any value from it! Try PodChapters on your next episode for $0! https://podchapters.com/ ——— Start and grow your own podcast for passion and PROFIT! Learn more and follow at https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/ Supercharge your audience engagement and grow your podcast! https://podgagement.com/ FEEDBACK Call (903) 231-2221 Email feedback@theaudacitytopodcast.com Send a message or voicemail through https://podcastfeedback.com/audacity MAILING ADDRESS The Audacity to Podcast PO Box 739 Burlington, KY 41005