Why do we care? I had a client who had a respected media outlet that wanted to put their RSS feed on their site. You're wasting really, really valuable space.

School of Podcasting – How to Podcast Today w However, would you subscribe if every headline was:

Once you subscribe you see the entire headline. Also here is another thing to keep in mind, on the podcasts app from Apple, you can only see 45 characters of the headline if you're not subscribed to it. Why this makes no sens, is any place you can see the headline (your website, a listing in iTunes) you already see the name of the show. What I am seeing now is people putting the name of their show at the beginning of the headline.

In the past I've talked about starting off a headline with the date. Now I'm doing a bit of a repeat, and that is people make horrible headlines. If you're curious to check out what I've been working on, you can find it here: Another Problem with Your Show's Title HeadlineĪs I now work for Libsyn (where you can get a free month using the coupon code sopfree), and I get to see some mistakes that people are making. + Bob Zerull + Ray Ortega + Daniel Hayes + Nick Seuberling + David Jackson and of course, + Tawny Fineran who has been insanely supportive over the last year as I've worked on building this. Many of the people in this group have influenced me (whether they know it or not) to take this scary jump. I saw a need and last summer, I started working on starting my own business, creating innovative and interactive online transition curriculum and marketing it to schools all over the country.Īfter receiving contracts from school districts and cooperatives, I'm able to leave my job at the end of this school year. Well, there is a huge need for this type of curriculum and schools all over the state of Illinois have started using that podcast. Since 2012, I've been able to call myself a “professional podcast producer” as my employer created a new position for me to do video podcasts for teachers to play in their classrooms to help high school students with disabilities in their transition from high school to life after high school (primarily through work/employment).

I just handed my boss my resignation letter! This podcasting journey started 7 1/2 years ago and it's now allowed me to leave my job and start my own business! You've probably heard me talk about Ivy Envy (my podcast on the Chicago Cubs) more than the one I did for my employer. Because of his Podcast: He Discovered a Niche Who Needed A Product

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