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My Tips and Tools for Creating Your Own Podcast
Today's episode is all about podcasting. We usually talk about blogging in this podcast, but to celebrate reaching the milestone of 50 podcast episodes, I thought I might share what's worked and what hasn't worked in my podcasting journey so far.

In just three months my podcast series has hit #1 in iTunes Australia, was in the top 10 international chart for the first weeks, and is hovering in top 10 for Business/Marketing categories for Australia and America.

I still have a lot to learn, but I've been getting asked a lot about how I create this podcast series, so I decided to share what I've learned so far (and am sharing my most listened to podcasts and the tools I use below).


In This Episode
You can listen to today's episode above or in iTunes or Stitcher (where we'd also LOVE to get your reviews on those platforms if you have a moment). In today's episode I share:

the benefits of starting a podcast
how I measure my podcast's success
my podcast statistics
what types of content have been most popular so far on my podcast series
the most effective ways to deliver podcast content
the details behind my experiment of completing 31 podcasts in 31 days
the tools I use to create my podcast series
how you can use a podcast series to build an audience
how to monetize a podcast

Further Reading and Resources for Tips and Tools for Creating Your Own Podcast
The most popular episodes in my podcast series so far:

Episode 32: Can you really make money blogging?
Episode 38: How One Humiliating Experience Gave Me a Wake Up Call That Helped Me Build a More Profitable Blog
Episode 11: How to Come Up with Hundreds of Blog Post Ideas for Your Blog
Episode 18: How to Create a Page That Propels People Deep Within Your Blog
Episode 29: How to Develop a Plan to Grow Your Readership
Episode 35: How to Turn Surfers into Blog Readers by Building a Sticky Blog
Episode 40: How to Become a More Efficient and Productive Blogger

The videos I used to help me in setting up my podcast, by Pat Flynn: 

How to Start a Podcast – Pat’s Complete Step-By-Step Podcasting Tutorial 

The podcasting tools I use:

Libsyn - hosting podcast episodes
Auphonic - levels things out in the audio
BluBrry PowerPress - mp3 player, iTunes integration etc.
MyPodcastReviews - to see reviews people are leaving in iTunes and Stitcher (globally)
Rode Podcast Mic - the microphone I use

How did you go with today's episode?
What did you learn from today's episode? Do you already have a podcast? Feel free to share a link. I'd love to hear what's working for you. Or perhaps you're thinking about starting one?

I'd love to hear from you in the comments below. Don't forget to share a link to your blog and your podcast if you have one.

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