{"podcast":{"title":"School of Podcasting: Expert Tips for Launching and Growing Your Podcast","slug":"school-of-podcasting-expert-tips-for-launching-and-growing-your-podcast-505901","podcast_index_feed_id":505901,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/school-of-podcasting/","website_url":"http://www.schoolofpodcasting.com","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/b4a26191-38b9-47ba-86c1-73bf2cd30126/sopalbumart2020-white-20230402-emhtx68qui.jpg","author":"Dave Jackson","episode_count":1006,"summary":"You want to start a podcast, but you’re unsure where to start. You need advice on how to grow or monetize your show, and stop being so scared that it won’t work! I can help by showing you what mistakes NOT TO MAKE and much more. Subscribe to the show and soak in the 18+ years of podcasting experience from Podcaster Hall of Fame Inductee Dave Jackson.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-20T08:21:44.808087+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/school-of-podcasting-expert-tips-for-launching-and-growing-your-podcast-505901"},"episode":{"title":"Are You Getting the Most Out of RSS?","slug":"are-you-getting-the-most-out-of-rss","published_at":"2026-06-22T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/school-of-podcasting-expert-tips-for-launching-and-growing-your-podcast-505901/are-you-getting-the-most-out-of-rss","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/school-of-podcasting-expert-tips-for-launching-and-growing-your-podcast-505901","url":"https://www.schoolofpodcasting.com/understanding-rss","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/fd4ee5ef-ed5e-408b-85e1-d1bec6b4f8e9.mp3","summary":"Are you getting the most out of your RSS feed? To figure out if you are, you first have to understand how a podcast workflow works, which means you need to understand: what an RSS feed is how you make one where you get the best feed and how you make sure you're getting the most out of it Don't Make These Mistakes In this episode, I'm going to explain some of the mistakes I see people making with RSS feeds, especially when it comes to getting the most out of transcripts . In some cases, people aren't putting their transcripts into their media host, which means their transcripts aren't going into their feed. That is not something the best way to maximize your show. Where Do I Get an RSS Feed? Your RSS feed comes from your media host. For me, the best RSS feeds come from dedicated media hosts . Places like Captivate , Buzzsprout , rss.com , and Blubrry . All of these do one thing: they host your files, they provide an RSS feed , and they provide statistics. Make Sure Your Transcripts are In Your RSS Feed While having transcripts on your website is good, you are missing another opportunity by having them in your feed (which can be used in Podcast apps). When it comes to Podpage , having the transcript in your feed put it into a place where Podpage can grab it and put it on your site. Don't Hire Your Dentist to Work On Your Car Other places like Riverside are trying to be a jack-of-all-trades and a master of none. I don't want someone who's not a master of the RSS feed . The RSS feed is like the blood in your veins; it is your veins, and you don't want your veins to be Scotch-taped together. You want an RSS feed that is fully compatible with all the features available for podcasters. Directing People To Your Site When I recently tested Riverisde , you could not direct peopl…","meta_description":"Are you getting the most out of your RSS feed? To figure out if you are, you first have to understand how a podcast workflow works, which means you need t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2128,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/school-of-podcasting-expert-tips-for-launching-and-growing-your-podcast-505901/episodes/are-you-getting-the-most-out-of-rss/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/school-of-podcasting-expert-tips-for-launching-and-growing-your-podcast-505901/are-you-getting-the-most-out-of-rss.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}