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Podcast 56 Mac 20 Questions – Knightwise

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I am talking to another Belgian this time, who goes by the name of Knightwise. He is a Mac fan boy, or not – as he said to me he has been accused of being one but he is probably more of a google slut that a Mac Fan Boy.

Whichever you think he is I am sure you will enjoy the interview because he is funny too.

Well yesterday I was at Podcamp Barcelona and I presented a session talking about how to get your podcast out in front of people, no point making them and not getting listened too.

Good to meet up with Chris and Ana who organised the Podcamp and they did a good job of it. This year it worked better by being set on one day rather than over 3 days as last year.

People were getting on the stage on time and the room was full. They had translation from English to Spanish seeing as some of the presenters were English, and that was a good thing for the audience.

I think the translator was able to understand my brummie accent and my use of colloquial language. I didn’t mean to make it difficult – honest !

My presentation was about how to promote your podcast  using social networking. During the presentation I asked how many of the audience were podcasters and out of a room full of people only 5 people put up their hands.

How to set up a hosted WordPress Blog

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As you know I love using WordPress. I have all my blogs running on WordPress because it is the best blogging software out there. Not only that I have all my domains and hosting through GoDaddy, What is good about this is that to get the initial installation of the WordPress software done you can do it through GoDaddy hosting Connection. Here is a video showing you step by step how to set it up. Most of the work is done for you by GoDaddy and all you have to do is to put in a few names and passwords.

Use the code POD146 when you buy your domains and your hosting from Godaddy and you can have a 10% discount.

Mac20Q New Sponsor – Godaddy

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New Sponsor for Mac 20 Questions I am really pleased to announce that I have new sponsorship for Mac 20 Questions and best of  all, it is with the web hosting company I have been using and have been happy with, relying on them for my web hosting and domain names. I use the deluxe hosting which allows me unlimited domains on the hosting and as you know I have quite a few domains that have to have a home. There are enough databases available for me to have WordPress installations on each of the domains.

At GoDaddy they even do the installation of the WordPress or whichever thing you want to use, from a long list of applications, blogging, photo hosting, wikis, and more. I have been delighted to have it work really easily for me with GoDaddy.

The only thing that bugs me a little is that it can take quite few clicks to get to the checkout as they try to upsell you at every stage. I have got used to that and just take what I want anyway, at least they don’t try to trick you. I have had a couple of questions for them during the approx five years I have been a customer and the support was good. I got answers very quickly. So no worries there.

I have seen a number of podcasts try out a web based hosting service and I just took a look at the prices and there is no comparison.  With the GoDaddy Deluxe plan you can have unlimited domains on the hosting compared to just one domain on this other service. Even the most expensive plan with  them you will find restrictions. So take it from me that GoDaddy really makes sense if you are serious about running a web site or more than one web site.

I recommend putting on WordPress and using a template like Atahulapa which is highly configurable. You don’t have to blog with it even if though it is blogging software.

One last thing to mention here is that the prices are right too. I can even tell you that you can get an extra 10% discount if you use the code Pod146 at the check out.