Course description
Three Courses in One
Your website can be as simple or as complex as you want it. This course shows you three tools that enable you to make a "Set it and forget it" website, or one where you control every ounce of your website. You can see podpage,com, podcastpage.io and WordPress using elementor and see what system works best for you.
It also shows you how to write a better description and how to plan your website for maximum impact.
WordPress for Podcasters
WordPress is used on major websites and powers a large number of the Internet. In this course you will learn how to use this free software to build your own Podcast Website. Topics include:
Installing WordPress
Aligning Your Domain with Your Web host
The initial tweak of WordPress
Understanding the Different Areas of Your Website
What are categories and when you would I use them
How to create Menus
How to handle comments
Stopping spam on your website with Akismet
Why you should ALWAYS update your website
Entering show notes
Adding Images
Putting your website on Auto-Pilot
SEO For WordPress - Yoast SEO Plugin
Updating your WordPress website
Wordpress plugins, what are they? Which ones do I need?
Making Easy to Remember Links
What are Wordpress Themes? What are some good ones?
Dave Jackson is an award-winning podcaster who has been podcasting since 2005.
He is a featured/keynote speaker at events such as Podcast Movement, Podcast MidAtlantic, DC Podfest, Podfest.us, and others.
Author of the book More Podcast Money and My Favorite Podcast Is..Understanding Listener Loyalty
He served as the Director of Podcasting for the New Media Expo.
He is best known for founding the School of Podcasting and help hundreds of podcasters launch successful podcasts
His School of Podcasting podcast has (as of 4/18) over 1.7 million downloads.
Hosts the School of Podcasting, Ask the Podcast Coach, Because of My Podcast, Podcast Rodeo Show, More Podcast Money and co-hosts the Podcasters Roundtable podcasts
He holds a Bachelors Degree in Education (specializing in Technical Education) from the University of Akron.
Works for Libsyn.com the largest Podcast Hosting Company