![]() ![]() Making sure podcast hosts read disclosure statements correctly can be trying and time-consuming. When companies in the financial services or medical industries must convey a message explicitly to comply with government regulations, an announcer-read ad is a good option. Direct-to-consumer brands, arts and entertainment, among other business types looking to leverage FOMO (fear of missing out) or the “everyone has this or is doing this” factor will benefit most from host-read ads. ![]() When a product is about connection, lifestyle improvement and the like, audience members will be convinced to act when a host recommends a product. These ads are a form of influencer marketing-the advertiser is using the host’s familiarity with the audience to prompt a listener to purchase a product. The automatically generated webpage isn’t as nicely designed as Buzzsprout either, and it certainly doesn’t offer the versatility of a Squarespace site.Host-read ads are best when an advertiser is looking to leverage the host’s connection with their audience. ![]() With subscriptions starting at $15/month it’s affordable, but slightly more than my top pick, Buzzsprout. Simplecast is a fairly basic podcast hosting service. But honestly, between you and me, I’m not sure they’re really doing anything different than Buzzsprout, which looks nicer to boot. If having that type of information is super valuable to you, then Acast is a great way to go. Have more than one podcast? Use a single Squarespace account to create multiple blogs on your site, and each can be its own podcast title! Despite the tedious setup, Buzzsprout certainly can’t match this benefit!Īcast has been around for a while, and they pride themselves on having the best podcast analytics in the industry. That includes all the big ones-Apple, Spotify, TuneIn, iHeart, Pandora, Amazon, Stitcher, and Google. Unlike Buzzsprout, though, you will have to manually submit your RSS feed, once, to every platform you want it on. Don’t be put off, you can use that same RSS for any podcast platform. The functionality hasn’t really been updated much, so it’ll say that you’re creating an RSS for Apple podcast. Every time you make a new blog post, the RSS feed will update with a corresponding new episode. That feed can be uploaded (manually, unfortunately) to podcast platforms, which will take it from there. Squarespace has a built in RSS generator, meaning you can generate an RSS feed for every Squarespace blog you create. Lots of independent creators use Squarespace because it can host a website, podcast, shop, and take donations all at once. Love the integrations, love the customizations that are possible if you learn some code.īut what about podcasts? Squarespace is built for podcasting from the ground up, its one of the ways they differentiated themselves early on. As far as “WYSIWYG” or “What You See Is What You Get” editors go, Squarespace is my favorite. ![]() You might have noticed my site is a Squarespace site, and I love it. But if you’re a small nonprofit, perhaps just starting up, and you want a full service solution, Squarespace is great. If your nonprofit already has a website, and I’m betting you probably do, then Squarespace isn’t for you. I highly recommend Buzzsprout for any nonprofit interested in podcasting. It even has tools for included 5 minutes of dynamic (meaning changeable) content before and after your main episode content, tools for generating social media friendly podcast content, transcript options, and so much more. Buzzsprout offers beautiful, embeddable audio players for bringing your content onto your main website. It generates a website automatically, in branded colors that I can adjust, and looks awesome. So there’s on Buzzsprout for now, which means I pay for every podcast I manage. I need to move them over to Squarespace, but haven’t had time to go through the tedious process (see below). At the time of writing this, I use Buzzsprout for all of my podcasts. Top Recommendations: Podcast Hosting Services for NonProfitsĪt $12/month, if you’re a nonprofit starting off in the podcast world, Buzzsprout is probably the best hosting service you can use. Some are services with which I have personally experience, some were positively recommended by clients of NJV Media who manage their own podcast. So what are the best podcast hosting services for nonprofit organizations? Here’s a quick round up. Of course, that’s all before you upload your content to a hosting service, and send it out to podcast land! Affectionately known as Podland. The costs of podcasting can add up quickly, with physical equipment, software service subscriptions and editing fees. Every penny counts in nonprofit budgeting, and podcasting is no exception. If you’re a non-profit, not for profit, or charitable organization then chances are you’re hyper focused on the bottom line. ![]()
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