Publish and Promote Your Podcast

Now that your show is ready for the public, you can make it available and let people know about it.

Upload and Publish an Episode

The general instructions for uploading and posting an episode of your show is:

  1. Upload the file to the site where you plan to host the media (which may be different than the one hosting your blog or website) using the web interface provided by that service. (Some hosting plans also let you upload via secure FTP.)

  2. Create a new blog entry or web page with your show notes and anything else you want to say. Link to the podcast file in the entry. Show notes provide an episode synopsis, and they should include the size of the file and the duration of the podcast. For example:

    Number 7: ...

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