Unlock your podcasting potential with tips on rebranding, leveraging Podcasting 2.0, improving audio quality, and an opportunity to join the 30-Day Solo Podcasting Challenge for a special price (see cart and use coupon FINAL27) in this episode of Build a Big Podcast with David Hooper.

Episode Topics

General Advice
- Importance of giving listeners something to care about and something they'll miss if it's gone.
Sponsor Advertisement: Riverside.fm
- Features and benefits of Riverside.fm
- Overview of multitrack recording and its importance.
- Free trial and discount code (BIGPODCAST) for Riverside.fm.
30-Day Solo Podcast Challenge
- Details about joining the 30-day challenge.
- Benefits: improving hosting skills, clarifying your message, and working with David Hooper and Big Podcast
Temporary Rebranding
- Example of Goldfish crackers rebranding to Chilean Sea Bass
- How to use creative rebranding to attract attention to your podcast
Podcasting 2.0
- Overview of the concept and its current state
- Benefits: listener messages, direct donations, advanced RSS features
- Mention of players supporting Podcasting 2.0:
  - Podverse
  - Fountain
Technical Tips: Audio Editing
- How to make your voice sound better in Audacity
- Sequence of editing steps: EQ, normalize, compress, normalize
Listener Engagement
- Story about an April Fool's joke that didn't go over well
- Discussion on how passive listeners often do not interact but still care
- Encouragement to consider every listener, even those who don’t actively engage
Internet Domain Importance
- Story about the disappearance of the ".io" domain extension
- Importance of controlling your domain name and using domain-based RSS wrappers

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Episode Timestamps

00:00 Halloween enables authenticity; use it for podcasting
04:14 Postproduction enhances podcast transitions and content delivery
08:32 Podcasting 2.0 offers substantial, evolving upgrades
13:31 Audacity adds nondestructive editing (and how to improve your voice)
17:01 Each email/comment you get represents many unspoken voices
20:22 Domain control isn't always guaranteed; consider alternatives
23:25 Join the 30-Day Solo Podcast Challenge

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