Sept. 20, 2021

Understanding Podcast Hosting Features

Every Facebook has the question, "where should I host my podcast" about six times a day and every response gets about 17 replies. I realize that question is sometimes confused by the different features, and business plans so this episode is here to help you understand podcast hosting companies.

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QUESTION OF THE MONTH

I need your answer by 9/24/21. The question is "What was the last thing you shared and why?" Be sure to mention the name of your show, the website and a little bit about your show.

Go to www.schoolofpodcasting.com/question

Mentioned in This Episode

Libsyn.com (use the coupon sopfree)

Captivate.fm

Blubrry.com

Podbean.com

Castos.com

Buzzsprout.com

Transistor.fm

Redcircle.com

Fireside.fm

Anchor.fm

IAB Guidelines

Full Show Notes

Topics:

01:52 Question of the Month 02:28 Novel Marketing 03:46 Does One Media Host Deliver More Downloads? 08:58 IAB Statistics 10:37 Are IAB Stats Important? 12:22 Will Switching Hosts Bring More Downloads? 13:12 Storage 14:14 Downloads 15:22 What Kindof Stats? 16:23 Demographic Data? 17:08 Podcast Website 18:28 Private Podcasts 18:57 Dynamic Ad Insertion 20:47 Support 21:32 Transcripts 21:54 Audiograms 22:24 Media Hosting Business Models 22:40 Free Media Hosts 24:42 Why Free Media Hosts Fail 25:26 Limited Uploads - Unlimited Downloads 26:16 Unlimited Uploaded - Limited/Pricier Downloads 27:16 Unlimited Everything 27:42 Opinion My Criteria 31:18 Join the School of Podcasting 31:58 How to Choose? 35:07 Opinion on Transcripts 36:48 Opinion Audiograms 38:36 Opinion on Anchor.fm 42:00 Opinion on I Can't Afford It 42:31 Opinion- Busines Models 45:37 Opinion - All Things Unlimited 47:08 Facebook is Useless 49:17 Opinion: WordPress Feeds 51:53 be Careful Switching Hosts

00:00 - Untitled

02:07 - Question of the Month

02:43 - Novel Marketing

04:01 - Does One Media Host Deliver More Downloads?

09:13 - IAB Statistics

10:52 - Are IAB Stats Important?

12:37 - Will Switching Hosts Bring More Downloads?

13:27 - Storage

14:29 - Downloads

15:37 - What Kindof Stats?

16:38 - Demographic Data?

17:22 - Podcast Website

18:43 - Private Podcasts

19:12 - Dynamic Ad Insertion

21:02 - Support

21:47 - Transcripts

22:09 - Audiograms

22:39 - Media Hosting Business Models

22:55 - Free Media Hosts

24:57 - Why Free Media Hosts Fail

25:41 - Limited Uploads - Unlimited Downloads

26:31 - Unlimited Uploaded - Limited/Pricier Downloads

27:30 - Unlimited Everything

27:57 - Opinion My Criteria

31:33 - Join the School of Podcasting

32:13 - How to Choose?

35:21 - Opinion on Transcripts

37:03 - Opinion Audigrams

38:51 - Opinion on Anchor.fm

42:15 - Opinion on I Can't Afford It

42:46 - Opinion- Busines Models

45:52 - Opinion - All Things Unlimited

47:23 - Facebook is Useless

49:32 - Opinion: WordPress Feeds

52:08 - be Careful Switching Hosts