Podcasts by Captivate Insider

Publish Your Podcast Like a Pro With Our New Descript Integration from 2022-06-15T09:00

We've just launched our new upgraded integration with Descript so this week we're joined by Danny Brown, who heads up our Podcast Experience Team, to talk about the benefits of transcribing your...

Introducing Sarah McDowell: Our SEO Manager and All-Round Podcasting Legend from 2022-06-09T09:00

This week we're joined by our SEO Manager, Sarah McDowell, and it's her first time on Captivate Insider after joining the Captivate Team a few months ago. We get an insight into her role, the aw...

Our Summary Review of The Podcast Show London 2022 from 2022-06-01T09:00

This week I'm joined by our MD, Mark Asquith, to review the event we attended last week - The Podcast Show London 2022 with a recap on some of the talks, how the event was run and a couple of ti...

Give Your Podcast a Professional Edge by Going Beyond Cover Art from 2022-05-18T09:00

Welcome to episode 20 and this week it's all about giving your podcast that professional edge when being viewed across the many potential marketing and monetisation platforms. Your podcast brand...

Level Up Your Podcast on Captivate With These Quick and Useful Tips from 2022-05-11T09:00

I'm joined again this week by super-developer Pierre where we present our top 10 quick and actionable tips within Captivate's platform to get your podcast levelled up.

This is Captivate In...

The Pros and Cons of Video Podcasting and Should You Adopt It for Your Podcast? from 2022-05-04T09:00

This week I've dragged our MD, Mark Asquith, back on to get his thoughts on Video Podcasts. With the recent announcement of Spotify's Achor adding video into their process the industry is talkin...

Save Time With These Post-Production Tools from 2022-04-28T09:00

For episode 17 Danny Brown, our Head of Podcaster Experience, joins us to talk all things post-production: editing, mastering and some recommendations on software PLUS a couple of great tools you c...

Embedding Confidence In Our Users Through Openness and Honesty from 2022-04-21T09:00

This week we're joined by Ben, from our User Experience team, for a chat on why honesty is always the best policy when dealing with our users and maintaining a high level of quality user experience...

Why You Should Reduce Your Production Time with Captivate’s Guest Booking Features from 2022-04-13T09:00

Welcome to episode 15 where this week I'm joined once again by top guy and developer Pierre to chat about our Guest Booking feature and how, like our other features, can cut down on your podcast pr...

The Importance of Starting and Nurturing Relationships at Podcast Events from 2022-04-06T09:00

This week I'm joined by our MD, Mark Asquith, to learn about Captivate's early days when Mark and Kieran spent a lot of time attending various podcast conventions. Mark lays on us the importance of...

Delivering a Functional, Easy to Use, Great Looking Experience for Our Users from 2022-03-30T09:00

As Head of Design at Captivate, my job is to deliver amazing User Experience design to our users which involves wearing a few hats and communicating with the rest of the team. Join me as I break do...

The Design&Development Collaboration Level at Captivate is Over 9,000 from 2022-03-23T09:00

For episode 12 I'm joined once again by our super-dev Pierre to talk through working collaboratively with design and development, the importance of communication and how it's helped us ship top-cla...

Saving You Time and Improving Your Content Delivery With Our New Research&Planning Tools from 2022-03-16T09:00

We recently announced at our first Upfront live stream some great features and two of those were Episode Planning and Research Links. I've grabbed our MD, Mark, to dive deeper into this and look at...

Optimise Your Podcast Workflow with Our Dynamic Show Notes Builder from 2022-03-09T09:00

Podcast show notes, a necessary step in the workflow which at times can appear as a real time-drain but it doesn't have to be so laborious. This week Danny, our Head of Podcaster Experience, jumps ...

Getting the Basics Right Using Captivate’s Intuitive Dashboard from 2022-03-02T09:00

Welcome to episode 9, this week I'm joined by one of our developers, Pierre, to talk about some podcast basics to get nailed for either a new podcast or if you're giving your current show a spring ...

Helping Our Users Grow Their Podcasts Through 2022 and Beyond from 2022-02-23T09:00

This week we're joined once again by our MD Mark Asquith as we take a look at the perception and details of growth within the industry, why some OG podcasters are getting a bit salty with newbies a...

Talking Tech and the Future of Podcasting from 2022-02-16T09:00

Episode 7 has dropped and this week we're joined by one of our devs, Pierre, to chat about the tech side of things within the podcast industry and the wider digital landscape plus a look to the fut...

More Great Support and Experience Insight and the Importance of Community from 2022-02-09T09:00

This week I'm joined by Ben who works in our Support and Experience Team. We chat about his day-to-day duties at Captivate, his experience with delighting our users, the importance of the community...

Nailing Your Episode Notes with our In-Depth Show Notes Builder from 2022-02-02T09:00

Join your host Garry with guest Mark, our MD of Captivate, to talk about yet another great feature that's hitting the platform this week - Show Notes Builder. This in-depth tool makes it super easy...

Making Our Users Happy and Our Experience Values from 2022-01-26T09:00

What exactly is"podcaster experience"? In this week's episode, I've brought in Danny, our Head of Podcaster Support and Experience, to chat about consistently making our users happy, how support fi...

Building a Dynamic Content Engine for Podcasting - AMIE, Part Three from 2022-01-19T09:00

Hello and welcome to episode 3 as we cap off our series dedicated to AMIE, our dynamic content engine, and chat once again with our co-founder and MD of Captivate Mark to find out his favourite par...

An In-Depth Chat with Co-Founder Mark on Global's Acquisition of Captivate from 2022-01-14T09:00

For a special bonus episode, I'm sitting down to chat with one of our co-founders, Mark Asquith, to chat about our acquisition by Global and the exciting future of Captivate.This is Captivate Insid...

Building a Dynamic Content Engine for Podcasting - AMIE, Part Two from 2022-01-12T09:00

Welcome to the second part of our AMIE series. This week I'm talking all things technology and development with one of our amazing developers Pierre on the technical hurdles and big wins he encount...

Building a Dynamic Content Engine for Podcasting - AMIE, Part One from 2022-01-05T09:00

In this first episode, we're chatting with our founders - CEO Mark Asquith and CTO Kieran McKeefery - to get their thoughts on how AMIE, our dynamic content engine, was conceived, its development, ...

Welcome to Captivate Insider from 2021-12-21T14:00

This is Captivate Insider, a weekly update on what's happening here at Captivate, where we're actively helping the serious independent podcast creator save time, grow their podcast and monetize the...

A New Player FM Integration and a Login Screen Makeover! from 2020-10-02T09:00

It's weekly update time! This time, there's a brand new integration in the Distribution dashboard! Plus, we've improved our login screen to improve your experience and help you to find useful infor...

Introducing... Captivate Sites™ 2.0: The Most Powerful Podcast Websites From ANY Hosting Platform from 2020-09-24T09:00

Huge news! We’re proud to announce eight huge brand new upgrades to Captivate Sites™, making them the most powerful podcast websites from any hosting platform, included for free on every Captivate ...

Welcome, Danny Brown and A Gerry Anderson Podcast! from 2020-09-03T09:00

Well well well, we're back with more updates!
This week has been largely a bug fixing week but we did do two things that might interest you, too...
We integrated AdBarker prefix support dir...

Jiosaavn Distribution Is Here! from 2020-08-27T09:00

Hot on the heels of our Amazon Music & Gaana distribution partnerships, we're delighted to announce that from today all Captivate podcasters can submit their podcast to another of India's biggest s...

Role Management Overhaul & Some Analytics Preparation! from 2020-08-20T09:00

Today we released a HUGE redesign of how Captivate's role management works, making it even easier to grant the right levels of access and create a custom setup that works perfectly for you and your...

Welcome to Our Partners Gaana and Podcorn! from 2020-08-14T09:00

We've been working hard with both the Gaana and the Podcorn teams to make life easier for podcasters so, to both teams, thank you!
We also released our brand new podcaster resources section tha...

Introducing Embeddable Player Multi-Language Support from 2020-07-30T09:00

Imagine if there was an embeddable podcast player that translated its interface into your listener's language. Well, now there is with Captivate's embeddable player! Plus, we make it easy to add cl...

Annual Pricing & Multi-Currency Options Now Available! from 2020-07-23T15:00

Today we released annual pricing for all podcasters using Captivate, starting at $17 per month (paid annually). We also launched multi-currency options so that Captivate will detect USD, GBP or EUR...

MP3 Auto-Conversions and Internal Report Upgrades! from 2020-07-16T09:00

This week we've introduced a few tweaks to keep giving you a gold-standard podcasting experience. From today, you can take advantage of MP4/M4A to MP3 auto-conversion, whilst we enjoy some internal...

Introducing Clickable Timestamps! from 2020-07-09T09:00

Introducing Clickable Timestamps!
As a podcaster, one of the biggest goals that you have is to drive people through to your website. That's why today we're introducing automatic clickable times...

Captivate Sync™ Updates! from 2020-07-03T09:00

This week it's all about showing love to Captivate Sync™ and our wonderful WordPress users - we have feature additions, bug fixes and code changes to lighten the load even more.
Episode-specifi...

Playlist Player Updates & Apple Banners from 2020-06-26T09:00

It's weekly update time!! As always, we've worked hard to listen to what you'd love to see in Captivate and have put together the latest release as follows...
Updated playlist player for season...

Introducing Collections, Curated Podcast Playlists that Your Listeners Love from 2020-06-18T09:00

The brand new "Collections" feature within Captivate is the perfect way to make your back catalogue more accessible and to increase listenership of your podcast through curation and collection of r...

Episode Expiration & Episode Feed Exclusion Options Now Live! from 2020-06-11T09:00

In this free upgrade, all Captivate podcasters can now exclude episodes from their RSS feed AND set auto-expiration dates on episodes!

Advanced Embeddable Podcast Player Customizations & More! from 2020-05-29T09:00

After last week's IAB Certification announcement we've added the IAB verified logo to your one-click sponsor kit, we've also added more flexibility in your external linking from Captivate Sites and...

Captivate is IAB Tech Lab Certified! from 2020-05-22T09:00

Captivate is delighted to continue its user-focused push to become the world's best podcast hosting platform by announcing today that the platform is now IAB Tech Lab Certified!

Unique Listener Analytics! from 2020-05-14T09:00

This free Captivate upgrade introduces new unique listener tracking metrics and a simple way of checking when your analytics were last updated, plus we're hosting a live webinar next week to dig in...

Google Podcasts Manager & More Podcast Community Help! from 2020-05-07T08:00

Google Podcasts has just released Google Podcasts Manager which is a very simple way to submit your podcast to Google Podcasts and, in a similar way to Apple Podcasts Connect & Spotify for Podc...

Buggy Bug Bug Fixes from 2020-05-01T09:00

After the huge analytics upgrade we released last week, this week we've gone into bug fix mode to fix up some tiny little annoyances that have been bugging us, too.

Brand New Podcast Analytics Features! from 2020-04-21T09:00

With a new episode deep-dive view, publish date overlays and city/region breakdowns across your entire show or on an episode-by-episode basis, your Captivate podcast analytics just got a serious po...

XSLT Styling and Widget Heaven from 2020-04-07T09:00

This week we've made some changes that are a bit weird to explain, but that make lives easier for you as a podcaster, for the podcast listener errantly landing on your RSS feed in a browser window ...

Web page URL convenience updates and a little Anchor thing from 2020-03-31T09:00

This week we've added a pile of extra usability to the way that you interact with URLs within your Captivate podcast website plus, we've fixed something that was causing some issues for people movi...

?Your Podcast Analytics, In Your Timezone! from 2020-03-25T10:00

Today we're pushing out a release that will display your podcast download analytics in your own timezone, as set in your show settings.
This means that you can view data in a time local to you...

Error checking and support updates from 2020-03-17T09:00

This weeks update isn't a fun one for you as much as it is for us. We've spent time this week upgrading some of our error messages to give you even more information on producing your show as effici...

One-click sponsor kit generation from your Captivate dashboard! from 2020-03-13T09:00

Knowing exactly how to work with sponsors is something that so many indie podcasters are concerned about and one of the vital, early-stage conversations with potential sponsors is around whether yo...

Export analytics to CSV for Excel or Google Sheets! from 2020-03-06T09:00

This is something that the Captivate power users have asked for and today we're very pleased to announce that you'll see a lovely little download icon next to the information icon on each section i...

SEO Friendly Single Episode Pages with Captivate Sites from 2020-02-27T09:00

As always, we've worked hard to listen to what you'd love to see in Captivate and we've just added one of the most requested features by podcasters using Captivate sites to generate their stunning ...

Introducing the podcast playlist player and latest episode players! from 2020-02-19T09:00

We just released the outstanding embeddable playlist players and the simple, powerful latest episode embeddable player to all Captivate podcasters! As of today, you can embed a beautiful player tha...

Drag & drop team members on your podcast website and some advanced WordPress functionality for the geeks like us from 2020-02-11T09:00

It's weekly update time!! As always, we've worked hard to listen to what you'd love to see in Captivate and have put together the latest release as follows...
Drag and drop team member ordering...

Request your perfect Captivate feature, any time! from 2020-02-04T09:00

It's weekly update time!! As always, we've worked hard to listen to what you'd love to see in Captivate and have put together the latest release as follows...
Request a Captivate feature!: We l...

Listener Ethics & Privacy: Introducing "Full Transparency Mode" for Your Captivate Podcast from 2020-01-28T09:00

Today, Captivate becomes the world's first podcast hosting platform to introduce a full transparency mode for all podcasts. Full Transparency Mode allows listeners to see exactly where their data m...

EPIC new feature: single subscribe links for ALL podcasts from 2020-01-21T09:00

Asking people to subscribe to your podcast can be a real pain - where do you send them? To what link?! Promoting your podcast just got way, way easier and there's more to come!

Changing podcast prefixes, figuring out a team member bug and making Evo smile from 2020-01-17T09:00

It's weekly update time!! As always, we've worked hard to listen to what you'd love to see in Captivate and have put together the latest release as follows...
Episode URL added to publishing sc...

Podcast Episode Page SEO Updates, Holiday Support Hours and more... from 2019-12-12T09:00

It's weekly update time!!
This week it's all been about SEO, whoop!
As always, we've worked hard to listen to what you'd love to see in Captivate and have put together the latest release as...

Free Download Threshold Increases for Everyone On All Plans! from 2019-12-03T09:00

TL:DL -Those plans with 10,000 downloads now receive 12,000; those plans with 50,000 downloads now receive 60,000 and those plans with 120,000 downloads now enjoy 150,000 included each and every mo...

WordPress Updates, Podcast Websites Tweaks and Sync Sync Sync! from 2019-11-26T09:00

This one is a bit of a boring one, sorry - it's "bug smashing" as much less cool companies would write.

Analytics Upgrades, Whoop! Geo-Location, to Be Precise... from 2019-11-19T09:00

It's weekly update time!!
This week we finished rolling out some major upgrades to your account area, making it super easy to switch plans, view your download allowances on a super sweet looki...

Simpler Account Management & Boring Admin from 2019-11-12T09:00

It's weekly update time!!
This week it's been a week or account updates, making sure that your billing and download quota is easy to view, manage and understand.
The biggest changes this w...

Captivate Sync™, Our WordPress Podcasting Plugin is Here! from 2019-11-05T09:00

It's weekly update time and this week is a BIG one!!
Captivate Sync™, our WordPress podcasting plugin, is here!!
We've been building WordPress stuff for a long, long time. In fact, my (Mar...

Stress-Free Podcasting with Captivate & Alitu! from 2019-10-29T09:00

Today, we talk about the first part of our deep integration strategy to make podcasting stress free for everyone, starting with our integration with Alitu, the podcast maker!

Captivate Podcast Website Upgrades from 2019-10-22T09:00

It's weekly update time!! As always, we've worked hard to listen to what you'd love to see in Captivate and have put together the latest release as follows...
Simpler website pagination - this ...

Even Simpler, Smarter Podcast Imports from Other Hosting Platforms! from 2019-10-15T09:00

It's weekly update time!! As always, we've worked hard to listen to what you'd love to see in Captivate and have put together the latest release as follows...
Podcast import assistant just got ...

Important CDN Update and What Happened with Speed This Week from 2019-10-08T09:00

It's weekly update time!! As always, we've worked hard to listen to what you'd love to see in Captivate and have put together the latest release covering CDN updates, speed of uploads and more.

Podcast Player Updates, Big Import Speed Upgrades and More! from 2019-10-01T09:00

It's weekly update time!! As always, we've worked hard to listen to what you'd love to see in Captivate and have put together the latest release as follows...
New player branding options! - a b...

Spotify Analytics Passthrough, New Deep-Dive Download Data and More! from 2019-09-24T09:00

When we began the process of building Captivate – our https://www.captivate.fm/ (podcast hosting, analytics and marketing) platform, we chose the tagline “The World’s Only Growth-Oriented Podcast H...

Introducing: Captivate Insider from 2019-09-24T08:45

Captivate Insider is brought to you by Rebel Base Media, the creators of Captivate.fm, the world's only growth-oriented podcast host™.
Featuring news, feature release round-ups and behind-the-s...