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May 19, 2025

Benefits of Blubrry’s Free Podcast Website for Growing Your Show – PCI 442

Benefits of Blubrry’s Free Podcast Website for Growing Your Show – PCI 442

Launching a podcast is only half the battle—making it easy to find, share, and binge is what really fuels growth. In this episode, we explore how Blubrry’s free podcast website transforms your audio feed into a fully branded, SEO‑ready home base, complete with episode pages, a built‑in player, and links to every major listening app.

You’ll learn how this no‑cost perk of Blubrry hosting can boost discoverability, simplify sharing, and give new listeners the confidence to hit “subscribe or follow” long before you need custom domains or complex web design.

Today’s Hosts: Todd Cochrane and Mike Dell

Benefits of Blubrry’s Free Podcast Website

1. Instant Online Presence (No Web Design Needed)

  • You get a professional-looking podcast website automatically included with your Blubrry hosting.
  • It’s ideal for new podcasters who don’t yet have a dedicated site or tech skills.

📌 More listeners will discover your show if you have a central hub to send them to.

2. Search Engine Visibility (SEO-Ready Pages)

  • Each episode has its own dedicated page with a title, description, and optional transcript.
  • These pages help your show get indexed by Google, increasing the chances of organic discovery through search.

💡 Example: Someone searching “tips for new parents” might land on your parenting podcast episode page.

3. Easy Sharing and Link Control

  • Share a direct link to an episode page with a built-in player—great for social media and email marketing.
  • You’re not limited to platform links (like Apple or Spotify), so you keep the traffic on your site.

4. Custom Branding & Episode Control

  • Add your show’s artwork, colors, and logo to reflect your brand.
  • Your latest episodes always appear front and center—automatically updated when you publish.

🧠 Listeners are more likely to subscribe when they can learn about you and explore your content in one place.

5. Built-In Podcast Player

  • Every episode page includes Blubrry’s responsive, embeddable player—easy for visitors to listen right on the site.
  • No need for external platforms or clunky third-party players.

6. Links to Major Platforms

  • You can add buttons linking to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon, and more.
  • Makes it easy for visitors to follow your show on their preferred app.

7. No Extra Cost

  • Unlike many website builders, this site is included free with Blubrry hosting—no domain or design fees required.

🎯 That’s money you can reinvest in promoting or improving your show.

8. A Place for Future Growth

  • As your show expands, you can add a custom domain, link to a mailing list, or upgrade to PowerPress and WordPress for more control.

To Recap:

Blubrry’s free podcast website helps you:

  • Get found through Google
  • Share episodes easily
  • Build credibility with a branded home base
  • Grow your audience without needing technical skills or extra budget

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Stay tuned for more episodes and visit our website for the latest updates and resources.

00:00 - Introduction to Podcast Insider

00:09 - Exploring Blueberry's Free Podcast Website

01:11 - Benefits of Managed WordPress Sites

02:15 - SEO and Discovery through Episode Pages

03:39 - Direct Links to Episodes and Sharing

05:02 - The Built-in Podcast Player Features

06:20 - Integrating External Links and Content

08:08 - Options for Website Customization

10:11 - Building Your Brand with Your Own Domain

11:57 - Conclusion and Resources for New Podcasters

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Hey, everyone. I'm Mike Dell, VP of customer

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relations here at Blueberry. And I'm Todd Cochran,

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Yeah. Today, we're talking about how Blueberry's free

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podcast website site can help new podcasters grow

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their audience and build a solid online presence

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You're listening to Podcast Insider hosted by Mike

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Blueberry team,

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bringing you weekly insights, advice, and insider tips

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and tricks to help you start, grow, and

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thrive through podcasting

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with all the support of your team here

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at Blueberry Podcasting. Welcome. Let's dive in.

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Of course, you know, it's an easy, no

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cost way to get discovered, promote your show,

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even if you don't have your own website

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that, maybe we're not really well known

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for, but we know that it's an option

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why it's important to own your brand. So

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information over there now as well.

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you know, having

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your artwork, having your colors, having your logo,

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be able to link to stuff

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is really the the ability to to to

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grow your brand the way you want to.

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But, again, what are what are some of

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the advantages, Mike,

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of having this free website?

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Well, it goes back to our

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philosophy,

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you know, build your own brand on your

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own

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space. And and with

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our free websites, that's a good place to

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start for that. But you, you know, get

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found through Google a little easier. You can

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share episodes really easy.

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You know, build credibility with your own, you

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know, as you call it, moon based alpha

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Yeah. Your home base for your show, you

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know, for any of your content. And even

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if you have a YouTube channel, you can

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embed your YouTube, on those websites as well.

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So there's there's a lot of different things

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that, you can do with a site that

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you can't do if you're just doing it

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on a hosting platform, you you know, some

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other one. And there's a distinct advantage here

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that we are giving you with this free

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website

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is

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it allows you, again, to build your brand,

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not the Blueberry brand.

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Even though we provide you the free WordPress

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website

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with all the management included, including templates and

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a number of plugins that are the you

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know, what we've determined

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through discussing with podcasters, the the plugins they

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need to be successful

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is

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you are building

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your

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show on your brand on your.com. And I

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guess, you know, Mike, I've said this for

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twenty years.

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You you alluded to it,

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but there's nothing more valuable.

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Why would you build

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your

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your your new empire, your new show, or

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your new business, or whatever it may be

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on on rented land? Now if you're opening

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up a shop, maybe you have to rent

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something in a strip mall. But just like

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in my case, you know, I was paying

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rent on a regular basis, and that got

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jerked out from underneath me. So nothing is

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sacred

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unless you

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really

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own the underpinnings. And in a podcast, the

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underpinnings is your own website in your withyourown.com.

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And I think

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that, as a new podcaster,

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we're giving you the ability to have this

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advanced website right from the get go,

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whereas on many competitors' websites, you're just you're

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stuck. The only option

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that they give you is

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you're gonna be part of their domain name.

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You're not gonna build your brand on your.com.

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You're gonna have to say, well, go over

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to such and such host.com

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forward slash such and such. Well, why would

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you wanna do that? You're you're you're not

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trying to build

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your

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your,

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your your hosting provider. Yeah.

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Not trying to build your hosting provider's

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Yeah. Brand awareness, trying to build your own.

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And matter of fact, there's some changes coming,

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within the next couple of months that we're

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taking everything we do to the next step

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and giving you a lot more control,

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because we just understand how valuable it is.

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But I guess that wraps up today's episode.

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Not, it's not more complicated than what we've

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indicated here, so kind of a short and

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sweet one, Mike.

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Yep. And if you're a new podcaster without

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a website, don't overlook the free websites we

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offer with our hosting.

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It's built right into your Blueberry account and

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make sharing and growing your show a whole

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lot easier.

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And, of course, be sure to follow, subscribe

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check out what we're doing on YouTube as

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well because we've got some fun stuff that

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we're doing over there. I have a brand

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new show. It's available on Apple Podcast.

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It's called the Podcast News and Myths

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podcast.

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So we're I break we're largely breaking down

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podcast myths and covering some news from time

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to time, but definitely check that out as

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well available. We'll have that link up in

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the show notes for you to check out.

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Alright. And to find the show notes, where

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do we go? We go to podcastinsider.com.

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Very simple. Yep. You can see an example

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of what we use as our Yeah. We

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do main podcast site. Yeah. We drink our

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own Kool Aid here, ladies and gentlemen. So,

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again, thanks for listening. We'll see you next

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time here on Podcast Insider.

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Thanks for joining us. Come back next week.

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