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In cluhouse app, we have a big update.

You can now give people a direct link to your profile or club.

An example is direct link to our podcasting club:

https://www.joinclubhouse.com/club/Podcasting

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I will always recommend you get a website if you have a podcast.

One simple solution I have found is PodPage.

See: https://www.clubpod.co/podpage.html

PodPage allows you to run a podcast website with probably everything you could need.

You can opt for the free version or for a few dollars the complete package

You can also host a podcast network as well.

Simply add a few details and your RSS feed and you are live.

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What has self help books to do with podcasting.



I was listening to a podcasting club on clubhouse where one of the host was from what I gather selling his book on the club.



He was quoting passages from the bible.



I am not sure if he was one of these life coach people. I have only come across them on club house. I am in the UK, so perhaps they are a thing in the USA.



I have listened to many on clubhouse and have noticed many seem to use the same script I heard from the 1980’s when people were pushing pyramid selling.



Many of the large clubs on clubhouse seem to be populated by these people.



I have heard people selling there homes to pay these people believing they will become wealthy. But end up with nothing.



But back to this podcasting club on clubhouse.



Until all of a sudden I was banned (what have they to hide), they were talking about buying 500 books.



It was extremely odd.



I did wonder if the host/owner of the club had been paid or was on commission from this chap.



Personally I feel clubhouse needs to let people opt in or out of clubs that are hosted by people pushing a product or service.


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I came across a site that may interest podcasters.



It is called BuyMeACoffee.com.



To put simply it lets people pay you a small amount if they like your site or podcast or indeed whatever.



I set up a page today.



https://www.buymeacoffee.com/clubpod



You can opt in for membership too where people can pay you monthly or yearly.



You can get paid via PayPal and some other payment system (I forget the name).



Then all you need do is tell people your link.



In a podcast you can simply say, ‘If you enjoy this podcast, feel free to send me a dollar or two to buymeacoffee.com/clubpod (but of course change clubpod to your name)’.



You can also put the link on your vid.



And why not add the link in your podcast description too.



The website lets you add a very nice button to your website with ease.



Remember that the website presumably takes a cut of whatever people pay you.  So one presumes if someone sends you via the site $5, one presumes you will not get the full $5 (I could be wrong).



This may or may not be some use to you.



I will see how things go and report back later.



As my site/podcast is small and just gets a few visits, I do not expect to get any cash, but podcasts with thousands of listeners may make a nice income from doing this.


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The way things work is simple in podcasting.



You find a site to host on. You get an RSS feed. You then add your podcast to the many distribution sites, such as apple and Spotify.



This is very easy to do.



If a firm offers to do this for you for a fee, tell them to go shove a brick where the sun does not shine.



All you do is find the RSS feed on the host site. 



In my case my RSS feed is: 



https://anchor.fm/s/4dc6fed8/podcast/rss



If you use a Anchor then you need to turn the display personal email in RSS feed to on as some sites may not except the RSS feed without it.



I could not find the option on the anchor app, and did it on the anchor website.  But it could be on the app, and I simply did not see it.



Now all you have to do is a quick search for each site you want your podcast on. I tend to search for ‘add podcast to [website]’ for the direct link as some sites are not easy to find it.



Some all you need to is copy and paste the RSS link in, while others you have to join first.



I found adding the RSS link to apple a bit harder, as I found for me that I had to use my apple account. I mean by this the email that I registered my apple account on my apple mobile and password.  I am not sure you can add your podcast without an apple account.



Once I did that, I just added the RSS link and was approved about 4 days later.



Some sites that host your podcast may automatically add your podcast to some sites with a press of a button.




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In truth, it is only a few days ago I read that when saving podcasts that it is recommended that you save using bitrate Constant or CBR (and I have no idea what it means).



Your soft wear may be set to save this version as it is.



However I found in the software I was using it was set to something different, so I had to change it.


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