Guides

The best podcast host for churches is Transistor for multi-show or private feeds, Buzzsprout for volunteers, or Captivate for its 25% nonprofit discount.

Buzzsprout alternatives by reason for leaving: Transistor for multiple shows, Captivate for ad insertion, Podbean for unlimited storage, Acast to start free.

How to read podcast analytics: what downloads, consumption, unique listeners, and retention actually tell you, and the vanity metrics safe to ignore.

What are podcast show notes? The episode description in your feed that tells listeners and search engines what an episode covers. What to include, and why.

How do podcasts make money? The real revenue paths, ranked: sponsorships, listener support, premium feeds, affiliates, and services, with honest numbers.

What is private podcasting? A feed only invited people can access, used for premium content, courses, and internal comms. Here is how it works and who needs it.

The podcast RSS feed format explained tag by tag: what every field does, which ones break your show if wrong, and why you rarely edit the file yourself.

Where to find your podcast RSS feed URL on Buzzsprout, Transistor, Captivate, and Spotify for Creators, plus what to do with it once you have it.

How to submit your podcast to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube: grab your RSS feed, submit it once to each, and let the apps pull every episode after.

Move off Podbean without losing subscribers: import your back catalog, set the 301 redirect in Advanced Feed Settings, and leave the old feed up four weeks.