Does Your Podcast Need a Blog or a Website - Eps. #240

<p>If you&apos;ve ever considered creating a blog or website for your podcast, I&apos;ll tell you that it&apos;s a good idea. While it&apos;s not 100% necessary, having a website can do a lot for you as far as promoting and finding your podcast through the search engines - or SEO.</p><p>I’ve been blogging since 2012 and yes, it takes time to build and grow an audience and increase readership and no it’s not easy, but you can do it and if you are looking for a place to begin, start by signing up with Podpage and please feel free to use my referral link : https://www.podpage.com/?via=antionette</p><p>The purpose of a blog or website is to house all your episodes in one location. Most podcasters post their shows on various social media platforms which is fine, but it’s much easier for your listeners to go to one site and you can also track your analytics from the one site as well.</p><p><strong>Find the right Platform</strong></p><p>If you want to build a blog or website from scratch, then I suggest GoDaddy because there are plenty of different templates so you can choose the look you want.</p><p>I can teach you <a href='//www.ablakeenterprises.com'>how to start a blog</a> as part of my offerings for $299 or you can wait and enroll in my online <strong>Build a Blog</strong> course which is coming soon.</p><p><strong>Podcast Posts</strong></p><p>Use your show notes to create short blog posts about each episode. The content should include specific keywords for search engine optimization (SEO).</p><p>SEO is the way in which search engines rank certain websites. If you want your show&apos;s website to show up on the first page of Google, consider adding high ranking keywords to your blog posts. If you need more assistance in researching keywords, try using Google&apos;s<a href='https://ads.google.com/home/tools/keyword-planner/'> <u>keyword planner</u></a>.</p><p>In addition to the show notes from your podcast episodes you should also include other key elements such as:</p><ul> <li>About The Host(s): Let your audience g