podcasting productivity and automation tools

PODCASTING AUTOMATION AND PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS

HANI MOURRA | SIMPLEPODCASTPRESS.COM

http://simplepodcastpress.com

HANI MOURRA IS A DAD, SW ENGINEER AND THE CREATOR OF THREE WORDPRESS PLUGINS THAT AUTOMATE THE PUBLISHING OF VIDEOS, PODCASTS, AND LIVE BROADCASTS TO YOUR WORDPRESS SITE.

HE IS EXTREMELY PASSIONATE ABOUT CREATING AUTOMATION SOFTWARE TO HELP CONTENT CREATORS BUILD THEIR EMAIL LIST AND GROW THEIR AUDIENCE.

Hani Mourra

#PCTO16 SimplePodcastPress.com


▸ Plan and organize your podcast

▸ Create attention-grabbing images

▸ Record and edit your episodes

▸ Distribute your podcast for maximum exposure

▸ Automate social sharing

DISCOVER TOOLS TO HELP YOU …



PLANNING AND ORGANIZING YOUR PODCAST

▸ Trello

▸ Google Drive or Dropbox




TRELLO ▸ Organize your production workflow

▸ http://trello.com (free)




GOOGLE DRIVE▸ Online file storage and documents

▸ http://google.com/drive (free)

▸ Alternative - http://dropbox.com (free)



CREATING ATTENTION-GRABBING IMAGES

▸ Canva

▸ Pixlr

▸ Pablo by Buffer

▸ Relaythat



CREATE ATTENTION-GRABBING IMAGES

CANVA▸ Create the perfect image for all social media platforms

▸ Includes a full library of templates, icon, and images

▸ http://canva.com (free)




PIXLR▸ Online photoshop replacement (supports .psd files)

▸ Work in layers, replace colours, and transform objects

▸ http://pixlr.com/editor (free)




PABLO BY BUFFER▸ Create engaging social media image in under 30 seconds

▸ Instantly share or schedule posts to Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest

▸ http://buffer.com/pablo (free)




RELAYTHAT▸ Graphics that design themselves

▸ Instantly publish the perfect graphic for each social media platform

▸ http://relaythat.com (free trial / $8 per month)



RECORDING AND EDITING YOUR PODCASTS

▸ Skype Recorders

▸ Zencastr

▸ Auphonic



RECORDING YOUR PODCASTS

SKYPE RECORDERS▸ Record Skype audio or video calls and splits each side into separate tracks

▸ Ecamm Call Recorder (Mac) - http://ecamm.com ($30 US)

▸ Evaer Skype Recorder (PC) - http://evaer.com ($20 US)




ZENCASTR▸ Record your guests in top quality directly from their web browser

▸ Recording of each side of the conversation is sent to Dropbox automatically

▸ http://zencastr.com (free - currently in beta)




AUPHONIC▸ Automatic audio post production web service for podcasts

▸ Analyzes your audio and adjusts it to achieve professional quality

▸ http://auphonic.com (2 hours free per month)



DISTRIBUTE YOUR PODCAST FOR MAXIMUM EXPOSURE

▸ Podcast Directories

▸ Media Platforms

▸ Your Website




PODCAST DIRECTORIES▸ Submit your podcast feed to iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, Blubrry, Libsyn and Google Play (coming soon)

▸ Full list of recommended directories can be found here:

▸ http://PodcastPlaces.com




MEDIA PLATFORMS▸ Some podcasting hosting services can push your audios to other platforms

▸ Automatically convert audio podcasts to videos and upload to YouTube

▸ http://TunesToTube.com (free / plans start at $5 per month)




SIMPLE PODCAST PRESS (WP PLUGIN)▸ Automatically publish all your existing (and new) podcasts to your WordPress site

▸ Includes a mobile-friendly player designed to grow your audience and build your list

▸ http://SimplePodcastPress.com ($47)



AUTOMATE SOCIAL SHARING

▸ Auto Share Posts To Social Media (WordPress)

▸ Buffer




AUTO SHARE POSTS TO SOCIAL MEDIA▸ Requires a WordPress plugin called JetPack (enable the "Publicize" option)

▸ You can publish to Google+, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn automatically

▸ http://jetpack.me (free)




BUFFER▸ Schedule posts to all social media platforms

▸ Choose a specific day or add to your queue

▸ http://buffer.com (free)



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