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Ask Your Audience These 3 Questions in 2026

December 17, 2025
Episode 414
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Surveying your audience doesn't have to be complicated. Here are the three most important questions I recommend you ask your audience.

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Does Your Podcast Need WordPress Anymore?

December 10, 2025
Episode 413
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Is WordPress still the best choice for your podcast website, or should you try something else now?

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Best Podcasting Deals for Black Friday/Cyber Monday 2025

November 28, 2025 Daniel J. Lewis Blog 1 Comment

The holiday deals are upon us! Here are my favorite and best deals I could find on podcasting tools I recommend! (As an affiliate, I earn from purchases through these links. But I trust you know by now that I recommend things I truly believe in, regardless of earnings.) Podcast hosting My top podcast-hosting recommendation,...

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Don't Cram for Your Podcast!

November 19, 2025
Episode 412
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Running short on time but feel obligated to podcast? Should you "wing it" or just cram like a procrastinating high-schooler the night before a big test?

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Beware These 7 Deadly Sins in Podcast-Hosting Providers

November 5, 2025
Episode 411
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There are plenty of great podcast-hosting providers, but some of them are committing podcasting sins that could make it harder for you to use them, or impair your podcast's performance.

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Which Is Higher Priority: Audio, or Video?

October 22, 2025
Episode 410
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In a world that can't correctly define a podcast anymore, there's a new obsession over and pressure to publish video. But if you are able to publish both audio and video, which should actually be your priority?

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