6 Tips for Picking a Good Domain for Your Podcast or Website

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6 Tips for Picking a Good Domain for Your Podcast or Website

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Nov 3, 2010

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Your domain is one of the most-important parts of your branding, and it’s how people will get to your website from anything other than a hyperlink. I share six tips for creating your domain.

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Nov 3, 2010

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You Need Passion, Organization, and Dialog (POD) to Podcast – TAP001: Welcome to the first-ever episode of The Audacity to Podcast! I share my vision, talk about the POD of podcasting, and more. by The Audacity to Podcast
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Website Stats and Feedburner’s RSS Subscriber Stats – TAP008: You have probably heard a lot of false things about stats, especially Feedburner's RSS stats. I'm here to tell you the truth! Make sure you listen to the episode because I explain everything in much more detail than I'm writing in the shownotes. by The Audacity to Podcast
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How to make LAME MP3s with Audacity – TAP006: Stop making crappy MP3s with Audacity and LAME! I tell you how to encode MP3s the way LAME was designed to, so you get a great audio quality and small file size. by The Audacity to Podcast
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Podcasting without Passion, Organization, or Dialog? – TAP015: I'm back from my wedding and honeymoon, but still settling in with my wife. This is another prerecorded episode that started with a question about podcasting without passion. by The Audacity to Podcast
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Podcasters, Podcasting Equipment, and Podcasting Software that I’m Thankful For – TAP022: I share a bunch of resources and inspirations for which I'm thankful. This is almost a "how I podcast" episode, but not quite. by The Audacity to Podcast
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6 Tips for Picking a Good Domain for Your Podcast or Website – TAP019: Your domain is one of the most-important parts of your branding, and it’s how people will get to your website from anything other than a hyperlink. I share six tips for creating your domain. by The Audacity to Podcast
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Interview with Fred Castaneda of Struggling Entrepreneur, Part 2 – TAP014: While I'm on my honeymoon, I have a two-part conversation with Fred Casteneda, a podcasting machine! We talk about his passion, organization, and dialog in his podcasting empire. This is part 2 of our previous conversation. by The Audacity to Podcast
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5 New Year’s Resolutions for Podcasters – TAP027: Don't forget your podcast in planning your new year's resolutions! I share five suggested goals to improve your podcasting in 2011. by The Audacity to Podcast
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How to Have an Effective Podcast Intro/Opening – TAP030: How you open your podcast episodes could be turning people away from your podcast. I share eleven potential elements of an opening/intro, examples, and my suggestions for an effective podcast opening. by The Audacity to Podcast
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6 Tips for Picking a Good Domain for Your Podcast or Website

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