How to Turn YouTube Playlists into Podcasts
When YouTube announced they were finally bringing podcasts to YouTube, it was the news many podcasters had been waiting for. Best of all, YouTube are making it super simple for podcasters to get started by using existing (or new) playlists. (https://downloads.intercomcdn.comSome readersAdding podcast show links & social links to your Marketing Links in Captivate
Growing your podcast can be hard, which is where Captivate comes in. After all, we are the world's only growth-oriented podcast host! 😄 To help you grow your show, we have a whole host of resources, including marketing insights from industry experts, exclusive tips in our private Facebook group, weekly Q&A's, and much, much more! We also have a dedicated Promotion section within your Captivate dashboard that offers quick, simple, and effective ways to add links to your show on Apple Podcasts,Some readersHow to create and use Captivate Attribution Links
Turn long external URLs into short, branded and memorable links. Visits to these links are fully tracked and using them gives you insight into how your promotions, affiliate traffic and other important links are performing. Attribution links are great for: Sponsor links for measurement. Short links to specific episodes. Memorable links to lead magnets, newsletters or donation links. Quick recall affiliate links. (https://downloads.intercomcdn.com/i/o/385501700/1399af8bf00bc9f4b8b8Some readersHow to Connect Your Captivate Account to Apple Podcasts Delegated Delivery
One of the many ways podcasters can monetize is through premium content and memberships, whether at host-level with Captivate or via podcast platforms like Apple Podcasts and their Delegated Delivery feature. If you’re using Apple Podcasts Subscriptions to offer premium subscribers on Apple Podcasts exclusive content, Delegated Delivery means you can create that content in Captivate and publish it straight to Apple Podcasts, and just for those paying subscribers! Here’s how to get started.Some readersPlaylists Overview
The Playlists feature within Captivate is the perfect way to make your back catalogue more accessible and to increase listenership of your podcast through curation and collection of related episodes. Great examples of creative and really powerful ways to use Playlists: End of year round-ups ‘Best of’ content Modules or course content Your most popular episodes and guest interviews (great for sponsor kits!) As with all Captivate features, creating a Playlist of your podcast episodes isFew readersCaptivate Marketing Links Overview
The Marketing Links area is a convenient place to store all of your podcast related links, such as social media, monetization or podcast directory links, for easy access and also to help "feed" some other parts of Captivate, e.g. your directory links will be used in your podcast player, free Captivate Site, and Single Promotional Link settings. (https://downloads.intercomcdn.com/i/o/743834432/9da8f6b0225bb46f4fdf464d/Marketing+links.gif?expires=1734468300&signature=8ab616fb3a8e4e55b3ef472Few readersHow to Publish Member-Only Episodes to Apple Podcasts Subscriptions Members
With Apple Podcasts Subscriptions, you can publish exclusive content for paid subscribers on Apple Podcasts (ad-free episodes, or bonus content, for example). With Captivate’s integration to Apple’s Delegated Delivery feature, it’s super easy to send this premium content directly from your Captivate account to Apple Podcasts! log in to your Captivate account click Publish Episode fill in your details as normal scroll down to the Member Access section tick the Member Only Content boxFew readersHow do I link my social media accounts to Captivate?
There are many ways to grow your podcast, including email, advertising, being a guest on other podcasts, and more. Yet another simple way is making people aware of your show through social media - and what better way to do that by making it easy for listeners to connect with you on their social network of choice? By connecting your social media accounts, your Captivate website will display them in the header, ready to click through and connect with! 😁 How to add your social media accountsFew readersHow do I create my podcast sponsor kit?
We've made it nice and easy to provide any potential sponsors with a summary of your show and to take away all of the worry of that initial contact with a new sponsor. If you think you're ready to get your sponsor kit and have had at least one episode published, it takes just one click to generate the kit. Simple! Note: the IAB Tech Lab verified seal logo is added to your sponsor kit so that potential sponsors can see that your podcast analytics are verified accurate. Shazam! To geFew readersUsing the Single Promo Link
Promoting your podcast is hard! Where do you send potential new listeners, to what link?! Well, all Captivate podcasts benefit from a very simple, very powerful answer to this. We call it the Single Promo Link. A powerful yet simple link that people can use on any device and that gives single-click subscription links to major podcast apps. It's the link to your show you should promote and means that you can stop saying "Listen wherever you get your podcasts" and start measuring the effectivenesFew readers