134 Tools and Tips For Podcasting With WordPress

This week, our panel examines tools and tips for podcasting With WordPress. We look at why you might consider starting a podcast and the tools and services that you should consider using.   In EP134, we discussed podcasting with WordPress: what you need to know, tools to help you, and tips from our panel members on how to launch a new podcast. We went over what podcasting equipment you'll need, the best podcasting microphone to get started with, useful podcasting software and storage services, and the best podcasting themes and plugins for WordPress.   Our panel this week: Brian Lee Jackson of Kinsta.com and Woorkup.com Sallie Goetch of WPFangirl Jackie D'Elia of Jackie D'Elia Designs Jonathan Denwood of WP-Tonic and the Mail-Right Show John Locke of Lockedown Design   Episode 134 Table of Contents 0:00 Intros 2:15 WordPress Story #1: GoDaddy's New Primer Theme Approved on WordPress.org in Same Day http://wpin.me/godaddy-wordpress-theme-approved-same-day https://wptavern.com/godaddys-new-primer-theme-bypasses-theme-review-queue-highlights-bottlenecks-in-review-process 9:27 WordPress Story #2: Three Articles Addressing the WordPress Community Goodbye WordPress http://jamesdalman.com/goodbye-wordpress/ Hey WordPress Community, Stop Being A Fan And Start Doing https://surefirewebservices.com/hey-wordpress-community-stop-fan-start/ What Does Any of this Fuss Have to do with WordPress? https://www.wpfangirl.com/2016/what-does-any-of-this-fuss-have-to-do-with-wordpress/ 26:59 WordPress Story #3: The Days of Creating Child Themes for Simple CSS Changes May Soon Be Over https://wptavern.com/the-days-of-creating-child-themes-for-simple-css-changes-may-soon-be-over   40:26 Main Topic: WordPress Podcasting Tools and Tips 40:44 The first things Brian would do if he were starting a podcast. What are the first two items he would figure out? 42:19 What is the business value in podcasting? 44:00 What's a good microphone to start with? What does the panel use? 44:58 Podcasting is hard to do. Expect to spend a lot of time on it. 45:37 The best way to get started with podcasting is to appear on someone else's podcast. 47:15 What Jackie has learned from launching her own podcast. 51:31 What about transcriptions for podcasts? What is a good service for podcast transcriptions? 53:28 Things that Jonathan has learned from doing the WP-Tonic podcast for the last two years. 55:46 Why would you want to use a service like Libsyn to host your audio files? 57:08 There is power in building a podcasting audience. 59:05 What are the things that Brian looks at when considering subscribing to a podcast? 1:02:15  Consistency of schedule is one of the most important factors in growing a podcast. 1:03:09 School of Podcasting and other resources 1:06:43 The last 10% of sound quality will cost you a lot of time and money. 1:09:34 How did Jackie decide what themes or plugins to use for her WordPress podcast website? 1: