You need a “home base” for your podcast.
If you’re a podcaster (or even a YouTuber, speaker, teacher, consultant, etc.) you need a place that you own, not something that is owned by Google, Facebook, Apple, or any other company.
We’ve all seen how organic reach continues to decline on Facebook and Google is showing more ads, making organic search less visible.
Sure, those platforms are great, you just can’t rely on only those platforms.
Having a place to send people that shows you in a good light and that can provide more information is essential for continued growth:
Did you know that for many podcasts, around 50% of people listen on their desktop computers? And usually that is done through the podcast's website, not Apple Podcasts.
By using WordPress and creating your site from proven design templates, you’ll stand out from other podcasters that just use the limited templates included with many podcast hosts (nothing against them, but they’re specialty is podcast hosting, not website hosting and design)
In this self-paced course, I’ll walk you through all the technical (don’t worry, it won’t be that scary) details step-by-step to show you how to create a podcast website that you own with your own podcast RSS feed (that’s the thing you submit to get on Apple Podcasts and Spotify).
You’ll have the ability to customize your website as much - or as little - as you need.
You’ll be a great fit for this course if:
I’ve been building websites for over 15 years, and have used nearly every decent plugin and theme out there. You’ll get my professional recommendations that keep your site fast, looking great, and SEO-friendly.
You know podcasting will let you:
Don’t let building a website stop you from growing your podcast...
What's included? Glad you asked!
We'll start with Initial Website Setup including:
Then we'll go over WordPress setup (many people get this wrong) and show you how to add and customize to your heart's content.
You'll learn all about posts, pages, widgets, menus, and more.
Next I'll show the best Plugins to further customize and enhance your site, without slowing it down (careful, some plugins will make your site really slow - or worse - but I've done that research for you)
You'll not only learn what the best Plugins are, but how to install and and customize them correctly.
We'll go over:
and a bunch more...
New bonus lessons are being added regularly to help with things like monetizing, email marketing, and more!
There is a comment section on each lesson where you can ask questions too.
Look, I know there are other options:
Or you could simply enroll in Podcast Website LaunchPad today and have your own custom WordPress website live in a week or less.
Hey, I’m Ross Winn – the creator of Podcast Insights.
I’ve helped hundreds of thousands of people start, grow, and monetize a podcast through Podcast Insights. I’ve also guided over 50,000 people go through the How To Start A Podcast email course.
My team is not very tech savvy so the content in this course was perfect to help us greatly improve our podcast website... thanks Ross!
— Patrick from the WGG Podcast