Podcast Website Builder: Podcast Page Review
A website for your podcast is a smart move. Think of it as your podcast’s central hub – a dedicated space where listeners can access all your episodes, show notes, and connect with you directly.
But what if you’ve never built a site, and have no idea where to start? In this article, I’ll review a platform called Podcast Page and step through what it takes to get a podcast website up and running.
If that sounds interesting to you, please read on!
Quick Intro: Why a Podcast Website Matters
A website boosts your podcast’s discoverability, helping new listeners find you through search engines. It also allows you to build a community, fostering engagement through comments, exclusive content, or even a forum. And don’t forget the potential for monetization – you can showcase sponsors, sell merchandise, or offer premium content. Plus, with built-in analytics, you’ll gain insights into your audience to further refine your content. In essence, a website is a powerful tool to elevate your podcast’s professionalism, reach, and potential for growth.
Getting Started with Podcast Page
Disclosure: Podcast Page reached out to see if I’d be interested in reviewing their product. They have zero say in my review, and this is my honest take on it.
Signup Process
The signup process was very easy. They just need a good email address, you import your podcast (or manually do it later, and choose from a selection of themes available.
The Purple Theme…
Once you pick the theme, you’re brought right into the site builder. This is where you set up the basics for the website like name, logo. I found it very easy to navigate through their system. If you’ve ever used WordPress (80% + of the internet’s websites are built on WordPress) and this feels similar.
It has all the stuff you’d need to get started — since I’m on the free plan, I couldn’t set up the analytics, but you can configure emails, team members, custom code (if you want to drop Google Analytics code in…. all good stuff.
I didn’t want to mess around with the look too much, because the theme already looks really good from the jump. I just customized it out a little bit with a test logo, title, etc.
Page Customization
Building a website for your podcast takes a little bit of strategy that isn’t talked about very often. See, if you build a website without a strategy, you may never end up with traffic on the page…. So while the home page of the site is important, the real importance is to point visitors where you want them to go. In my case, I made a couple test buttons to point people to my homepage.
Blog Work
The Podcast Page blog is going to be the strength behind your podcasts website, which is why I made a test post.
To be honest I was a little surprised the background color is set to be so dark, I would prefer a more standard color scheme of black on white. But like anything it depends what you plan to use it for.
If you’re a podcast and happen to upload your videos to YouTube, it might look better with a video embed at the top of the page, along with a transcript of the episode, and resources relating to the episode. Thankfully, Podcast Page has the ability to connect to your videos in their backend!
What Else Goes On The Podcast Blog Post?
So if your show had an expert on relating to plumbing, you could provide an episodic blog post (a post per episode) with a rundown of the episode, a link out to the episode on your favorite provider, along with a PDF download showing people how to deal with simple plumbing issues.
Why Podcast Page’s Blog Is Powerful
Here at Podcast Pontifications, we are very conscious and focused on SEO (search engine optimization) for podcasters. Generally this is an afterthought where it comes to podcasting — and while that is understandable — it is also a reason why so many podcasts struggle to get listeners, growth, and making money with their show. Above all else you should be passionate about whatever it is you’re producing, and fusing that passion with a strategy is where you’ll see sparks fly.
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