Power Your Podcastwith WordPressPresented by Douglas Bell
www.DouglasBell.us / www.techtAUk.net
WordCamp Baltimore 2013Station North Track - 1:00 pm
What is a Podcast?
A podcast is an episodic audio or video program, syndicated over
the internet using RSS feeds.
Users can subscribe to these shows and have new episodes pushed to
them as they’re released, and take the episodes with them on any device.
Who’s Podcasting?
A Little About Me(in a very brief slide)
A Brief History of Podcasting
2001 iPod
2002
RSS 2.0
Feeds
2003 Blogging
2004
iPod + Broadcast= Podcast!
The Big Idea
2004
2004 “Podcatchers”
2005 iTunes Podcasting
Podcasting & Blogging
They go hand-in-hand!
Democratizing Publishing
Democratizing Broadcasting
What Makes a Podcast?
Personal Portable
Professional(or amateur)
Pretty Easy
How to Start Your Own Podcast Using
WordPress
Four Things You Need:Blog or CMS Website
Artwork & Branding
Podcast Feed
Episode Hosting
iTunes defines the de facto standards for Podcast Feeds
www.apple.com/itunes/podcasts/
Blog or CMS Website• Easy-to-use CMS to
control your website design and content
• Media-friendly platform
• Generates RSS feeds of syndicated content
• Self-hosted or WP.com
WP.com Episode Hosting• Space Upgrade required to
upload audio files(10 GB = $20/year)
• VideoPress Upgrade required to upload & embed video ($60/year, incl. 3 GB space)
• WordPress.com Premium ($79/year, incl. VideoPress and 10 GB space & other features)
Other Episode Hosting• Any shared web host
($80-$100/year)
• Many hosts offer unlimited bandwidth & storage space
• Keep regular backups!
• Pro option: Amazon S3
Artwork & Branding• Podcast Artwork
represents your podcast on iTunes & media devices
• 1400x1400 square JPEG image recommended
• Should scale down well to 300x300 for viewing
1400
1400YOURIMAGEHERE!
Example Artwork
Podcast Feed• Enhanced version of your
WordPress site’s RSS feed
• Adds metadata about the podcast, read by iTunes
• WordPress Plugins: podPress and PowerPress
• Google Feedburner
DemoRecording & Editing An Episode
Self-Hosted & Plugin Setup
Submit Podcast to iTunes
WP.com & Feedburner Setup
Demo
RecapWhat Podcasting Is
Setup a Podcast Site w/ WordPress
Submit Podcast to iTunes
How to Edit an Audio Podcast
Podcast Feed & Requirements
ResourcesApple iTunes Podcasters Guide
www.apple.com/itunes/podcasts/
WordPress.com Podcasting Setupen.support.wordpress.com/audio/podcasting/
WordPress Self-Hosted Podcastingcodex.wordpress.org/Podcasting
Plugins (Self-Hosted)podPress
wordpress.org/plugins/podpress/
Blubrry PowerPresswordpress.org/plugins/powerpress/
Feedburner Pluginwordpress.org/plugins/feedburner-plugin/
More Podcast Directories
Podcast Alley - www.podcastalley.com
PodBean - www.podbean.com
Blubrry - www.blubrry.com
Podfeed.net - www.podfeed.net
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SlideShare: www.slideshare.net/dbelldcWordPress.tv: Coming Soon!
If You’re Hiring...Contact Me: [email protected] Website: www.DouglasBell.us
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Questions?Thanks for listening!
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