[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"help-content":3},{"success":4,"categories":5},true,[6,43,72,161,226,383,428,445,490],{"slug":7,"title":8,"lead":9,"entries":10},"getting-started","Getting started","How Podspun works and how to connect your show from YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or an RSS feed. No setup, no manual uploads: connect a source and Podspun imports, transcribes, and indexes every episode.",[11,15,19,23,27,31,35,39],{"slug":12,"question":13,"answerHtml":14},"how-does-podspun-work","How does Podspun work?","\u003Cp>Podspun pulls in your podcast episodes from YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or your RSS feed and creates a clean, searchable home for your show. It imports your transcripts and layers in AI so your audience can find what they are looking for, down to the exact moment you said it.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Podspun also generates summaries, highlights, quote cards, badges, and analytics for each episode, making your content easier to explore.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":16,"question":17,"answerHtml":18},"different-from-a-normal-podcast-website","How is Podspun different from a normal podcast website?","\u003Cp>A normal site lists episodes and plays audio. Podspun transcribes every episode and indexes every word, so visitors search what was actually said and ask an AI that answers from your catalog. A website is one optional output of that index: Podspun can also run as just the engine, with your catalog surfacing on podspun.com or through the Data API.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And unlike a general builder like Squarespace or WordPress, Podspun is made for podcasters: your whole catalog, transcripts, search, and clips arrive already built in, instead of a blank site you fill in.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":20,"question":21,"answerHtml":22},"do-i-need-to-do-any-setup","Do I need to do any setup?","\u003Cp>No. Connect a source (your YouTube channel via Google sign-in, or an Apple Podcasts or RSS feed URL) and Podspun handles the rest.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":24,"question":25,"answerHtml":26},"do-i-upload-episodes-manually","Do I need to manually upload my episodes?","\u003Cp>No. Once you connect a source, Podspun automatically imports your episodes from YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or your RSS feed.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":28,"question":29,"answerHtml":30},"podcast-not-on-youtube","Can I use Podspun if my podcast isn't on YouTube?","\u003Cp>Yes. Besides YouTube, you can connect any show by pasting its Apple Podcasts URL or a direct RSS feed URL. You do not need to be on YouTube to use Podspun.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":32,"question":33,"answerHtml":34},"more-than-one-podcast","Can I use Podspun for more than one podcast?","\u003Cp>Yes. Your account can link multiple shows, across any mix of YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or RSS. Whether you host one show or five, Podspun keeps them organized and easy to explore.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":36,"question":37,"answerHtml":38},"how-do-i-connect-my-podcast","How do I connect or add my podcast?","\u003Cp>Go to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcloud.podspun.com\u002Faccount\u002Fchannels\">Podspun Dataweaver\u003C\u002Fa> in your account and click Add channel. Connect your YouTube channel with Google sign-in, or paste an Apple Podcasts or RSS feed URL. Podspun imports and transcribes your episodes automatically and keeps syncing nightly.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":40,"question":41,"answerHtml":42},"how-long-does-connecting-take","What happens when I connect a show, and how long does it take?","\u003Cp>You paste a YouTube channel, an Apple Podcasts show, or an RSS feed. Podspun pulls every episode, transcribes the audio, and indexes the words. A small catalog is ready in minutes. A large back catalog runs in the background over hours, and you can watch progress while it fills in.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":44,"title":45,"lead":46,"entries":47},"pricing","Pricing and plans","What Podspun costs: the $29.00\u002Fmonth base plan with 800 episodes included, what a large back catalog really costs, and what websites and API keys add.",[48,52,56,60,64,68],{"slug":49,"question":50,"answerHtml":51},"what-does-podspun-cost","What does Podspun cost?","\u003Cp>The base plan is $29.00\u002Fmonth and includes unlimited channels with up to 800 episodes covered: import, transcription, indexing, and AI. Past 800 episodes, it is $4.00 per 100 episodes, charged when you add the channel and then monthly to keep them indexed.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Each custom website is $39.00\u002Fmonth. Each Data API key is $39.00\u002Fmonth. Optional add-ons like clips, thumbnails, and Email bill by what you use. Enterprise plans are available by contacting the team.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":53,"question":54,"answerHtml":55},"what-do-the-add-ons-cost","What do the add-ons cost?","\u003Cp>Each is optional and rides on your one monthly bill. Extra websites are $39.00\u002Fmonth each and Data API keys are $39.00\u002Fmonth each. Custom JavaScript on a site is $19.00\u002Fmonth per site.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Clips: your first 3 each month are free, then $20.00 buys a pack of 25. Thumbnails: suggested titles and episode-frame previews are free, and AI-generated images or exact frame pulls get 5 free a month, then $5.00 for a pack of 10. Email starts at $9.00\u002Fmonth for up to 500 subscribed contacts and steps up as your list grows. AI searches on your sites include 5,000 free a month, then $10.00 per extra 1,000.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":57,"question":58,"answerHtml":59},"are-ai-searches-limited","Are the AI searches on my site limited?","\u003Cp>Your account includes 5,000 AI searches each month across your sites, which covers most shows comfortably. Past that, extra searches are $10.00 per 1,000.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>You choose what happens at the limit in \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcloud.podspun.com\u002Faccount\u002Fbilling\">Billing\u003C\u002Fa>: Keep answering (extras are added to your bill) or Stop at the limit (the ask-a-question box pauses until the month resets). Keyword search is always unlimited and free.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":61,"question":62,"answerHtml":63},"how-the-monthly-bill-works","How does the monthly bill work?","\u003Cp>You keep a card on file and Podspun charges one bill a month on your billing day. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcloud.podspun.com\u002Faccount\u002Fbilling\">Billing\u003C\u002Fa> shows the full breakdown before it happens: the base plan, episodes over 800, websites, API keys, and any add-ons you used, plus any coupon. Past charges and receipts live under Billing history.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>You can add a backup card, redeem a coupon, and cancel or resume the plan on the same page. Canceling stops the monthly charge; your shows stay where they already live on YouTube, Apple, or your RSS host.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":65,"question":66,"answerHtml":67},"episode-limit","Is there a limit to how many episodes I can upload?","\u003Cp>For $29.00\u002Fmonth you get unlimited channels and up to 800 episodes included. Go over that and it is $4.00 for every extra 100 episodes. You can also contact us for enterprise plans.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":69,"question":70,"answerHtml":71},"large-back-catalog-cost","What does a 3,000-episode back catalog really cost?","\u003Cp>The first 800 episodes are covered by the $29.00\u002Fmonth base plan. The other 2,200 are $4.00 per 100, about $88.00: charged when you add that channel, then about $88.00 every month after that to keep them indexed.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>So the recurring bill is the $29.00 base plus that episode overage, plus any websites or API keys you turn on.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":73,"title":74,"lead":75,"entries":76},"your-website","Your website","The website Podspun builds for you from your episodes: how the builder works, editing and drafts, custom domains, and how your pages rank in Google and get cited by AI answer engines.",[77,81,85,89,93,97,101,105,109,113,117,121,125,129,133,137,141,145,149,153,157],{"slug":78,"question":79,"answerHtml":80},"do-i-build-the-website-myself","Do I have to build the website myself?","\u003Cp>No. Podspun builds the site for you from your episodes, on your own domain, and keeps it current as you publish. It is a finished website with episode pages, transcripts, clips, and search already in place, not a blank page you fill in. You pick a theme and colors and adjust what you want, and the rest is done for you.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":82,"question":83,"answerHtml":84},"what-is-the-website-builder","What is the website builder?","\u003Cp>It is your own website, made from the episodes you already publish and hosted on your own domain. It is made for podcasters, so you build here instead of Squarespace or WordPress. Choose from themes and color palettes, set your logo and fonts, and Podspun assembles episode pages, all your episodes, search, and clips for you. As you publish new episodes, the site updates on its own.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":86,"question":87,"answerHtml":88},"different-from-squarespace-or-wordpress","How is this different from Squarespace or WordPress?","\u003Cp>Squarespace and WordPress are general website builders. You start from a blank site and add every episode, transcript, and clip by hand, and there are no podcast tools in the box. Podspun is made for podcasters: connect your show once and it arrives with your whole catalog, transcripts, search, and clips already in it. You keep full design control and your own domain, and the approach is a two-time Webby honoree.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":90,"question":91,"answerHtml":92},"rank-in-google-and-ai-answers","Can I rank in Google and get cited by AI answer engines?","\u003Cp>That is the goal. Podspun builds your episode pages with clean structure and the structured data that search engines and AI answer engines read, so your show can rank in Google and get quoted by tools like ChatGPT and AI Overviews. Because every word is transcribed and indexed, there is real, searchable text on every page for them to pull from.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":94,"question":95,"answerHtml":96},"hand-edits-and-sync","Can I hand-edit pages, or does a sync overwrite my work?","\u003Cp>You can edit any page with blocks, draft changes, and roll back revisions. Lock specific items and a sync leaves them alone, so your edits survive. You can also exclude episodes you don't want surfaced.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":98,"question":99,"answerHtml":100},"duplicate-content","If content lives on podspun.com and my own site, will Google call it duplicate?","\u003Cp>You pick which surfaces you use: podspun.com, your own domain, the Data API, or any mix. Your custom site runs on your domain with its own canonical setup, so it stands on its own. If you only want your own site indexed, you don't have to surface the same pages on podspun.com.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":102,"question":103,"answerHtml":104},"am-i-stuck-with-a-template","Am I stuck with a template, or can I control how it looks?","\u003Cp>Pages are block-based with structural themes and color and font palettes. You control layout, what stays public (whole-site password or a coming-soon state), and your own domain over Cloudflare SSL. It is your site to shape.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":106,"question":107,"answerHtml":108},"build-before-going-live","Can I build my site before going live?","\u003Cp>Yes. Building is free: create a site in \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcloud.podspun.com\u002Faccount\u002Fwebsites\">Build Your Website\u003C\u002Fa>, design every page, and check it with the preview link for as long as you like. The $39.00\u002Fmonth charge only starts when you press Go Live and the site goes public on its domain.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":110,"question":111,"answerHtml":112},"password-or-coming-soon","Can I hide my site behind a password or a coming soon page?","\u003Cp>Yes. In your site's CMS, open Setup and then Visibility. Who can see this site switches between Public and Password protected, and a Coming soon toggle hides all content behind a simple placeholder while you work. You write the heading and message for both screens, and the password can be generated and copied right there.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Your own preview link always bypasses the gate, so you can review the real site while visitors see the placeholder.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":114,"question":115,"answerHtml":116},"share-a-draft-for-review","Can someone review my draft without logging in?","\u003Cp>Yes. In the page editor, open the version menu and choose Share a draft. It creates a review link that works for seven days without a login, so a co-host or client can see exactly what the draft looks like on the real site. They see the draft only; the live page stays as it is until you publish.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":118,"question":119,"answerHtml":120},"undo-a-published-change","Can I undo a change after publishing?","\u003Cp>Yes. Every publish keeps the previous version. In the page editor, open the version menu to see Recent revisions and roll back to any of them, or View all revisions for the full history. A draft you have not published yet can simply be discarded.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":122,"question":123,"answerHtml":124},"google-analytics-and-cookies","Can I use Google Analytics on my site?","\u003Cp>Yes. In your site's CMS, open Setup and then Integrations and paste your Google Analytics measurement ID (it looks like G-XXXXXXX). Turn on the cookie consent banner in the same place and Analytics only loads after a visitor clicks Accept, so the setup stays compliant out of the box.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The banner has two buttons, Accept and Decline, and it remembers the choice for a year so it does not nag on every visit. Decline means Analytics never loads. A Cookie Preferences link is added to the footer so a visitor can change their mind later, which reopens the banner. Your podcast video embeds already use YouTube's no-cookie player, and Podspun's own visitor insights are cookieless, so Analytics is the only thing the banner needs to gate.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":126,"question":127,"answerHtml":128},"custom-javascript-and-css","Can I add custom JavaScript or CSS to my site?","\u003Cp>Yes, as an add-on. In your site's CMS, open Setup and then Custom Code to add your own scripts and styles. It is $19.00\u002Fmonth per site, added to your monthly bill.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":130,"question":131,"answerHtml":132},"crop-images-and-focal-point","How do I crop an image or control how it is framed?","\u003Cp>Open the image in your site's Assets (or from any image picker) and use the editor. Crop trims the image, free-form or to a fixed shape like square or 16:9, and can save the result as a new file. Focal point lets you drag a marker to the part of the image that matters, and Podspun keeps that point in view wherever the image fills a box, like a hero banner.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":134,"question":135,"answerHtml":136},"edit-site-menus","How do I edit my site's menus?","\u003Cp>In your site's CMS, open Menus. Header is the navigation at the top of every page, Footer is the link list at the bottom, and Social is your profile links. Add, reorder, and nest items with drag and drop; each item links to a page, an outside URL, or a file through the link picker.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":138,"question":139,"answerHtml":140},"publish-news-or-blog-articles","Can I publish news or blog articles?","\u003Cp>Yes. In your site's CMS, open Entries and then News Articles. Each article gets its own page, an author, a publish date (set it in the future to schedule), and optional categories and tags, which you manage under Categories. Add the News block to any page to list your latest articles automatically.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":142,"question":143,"answerHtml":144},"photo-behind-a-section","Can I put a photo behind a section of a page?","\u003Cp>Yes. In the page editor, open a block's Config tab and choose a photo under Photo behind this block. A scrim (a wash over the photo) keeps the text on top readable: darken the photo for white text, or lighten it for dark text, and set the strength with the slider. The hero block's backgrounds use the same scrim control.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":146,"question":147,"answerHtml":148},"full-bleed-and-full-screen-blocks","Can a block stretch edge to edge, or fill the whole screen?","\u003Cp>Yes, and any block can do it. In the page editor, open a block's Config tab. Turn on Full Bleed to stretch the block edge to edge across the whole window, past the page margins (the block needs to be full width). Turn on Fill the screen and center to make it at least one full screen tall with its content centered. Both work together, which is how a big opening section is usually built.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":150,"question":151,"answerHtml":152},"announcement-bar","How do I show an announcement across the top of my site?","\u003Cp>In your site's CMS, open Settings, then Header, and find Announcement bar. Turn it on, write a short message (a new season, a live show, a sale), and optionally add a link so people can act on it. The message shows in a colored band across the very top of every page until you turn it off.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":154,"question":155,"answerHtml":156},"redirect-old-addresses","Can I forward old web addresses to new pages?","\u003Cp>Yes. In your site's CMS, open Setup, then Redirects. Add the old address (the part after your domain, like \u002Fabout-the-show) and pick where it should send people. Anyone who visits the old address lands on the page you chose instead of a \"page not found\" screen. Useful when a page moves, or when this site replaces an older website whose links are still out there.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Each redirect has a Type of move. Permanent (the default) tells search engines the page moved for good and hands its ranking to the new one, which is what you want almost every time. Temporary is for a short detour: it sends visitors along but keeps the old address in search results, so use it only when the old page is coming back.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>To move a whole section at once, end the old address with a star, like \u002Fold-blog\u002F*, which catches that address and everything under it. End the destination with a star too (like \u002Fblog\u002F*) to keep the rest of each address, so \u002Fold-blog\u002F2020\u002Fmy-post lands on \u002Fblog\u002F2020\u002Fmy-post.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":158,"question":159,"answerHtml":160},"llms-txt-and-agents-json","Does my site tell AI assistants what is on it?","\u003Cp>Yes, automatically. Every Podspun site publishes two standard files that AI assistants and answer engines read: llms.txt, a plain guide to your shows, pages, and latest episodes, and agents.json, a machine-readable summary that points them to your full catalog and on-site search. There is nothing to set up; both stay current as you publish.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":162,"title":163,"lead":164,"entries":165},"clips-search-and-ai","Clips, search and AI","The clip generator, the Podspun Dataweaver, word-level search, episode insights, the built-in AI assistant your audience can ask, and the Data API.",[166,170,174,178,182,186,190,194,198,202,206,210,214,218,222],{"slug":167,"question":168,"answerHtml":169},"what-is-the-clip-generator","What is the clip generator?","\u003Cp>Any moment in any episode becomes a captioned, branded clip in about two clicks, with no video editor and no second subscription. Video shows get video clips, audio-only shows get audiograms, and you can also export plain audio. Open an episode, pick the moment, and Podspun makes the clip with your branding ready to share.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":171,"question":172,"answerHtml":173},"what-is-the-podspun-dataweaver","What is the Podspun Dataweaver?","\u003Cp>The Dataweaver is the engine behind Podspun. It imports your episodes, transcribes them, indexes every spoken word, and runs search, clips, and AI over your whole catalog. It works automatically: as you publish, the Dataweaver pulls in each new episode and keeps your site, search, and clips current with no manual step.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":175,"question":176,"answerHtml":177},"what-can-my-audience-do","What can my audience do on my Podspun site?","\u003Cp>They can search for any word or phrase and instantly jump to the exact moments where you said it. There is also an AI assistant built in, so they can ask questions and get answers straight from your content. Plus, they can browse auto-generated highlights, download or share quote cards, filter episodes by tags or length, and explore summaries and analytics.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":179,"question":180,"answerHtml":181},"filter-and-explore","Can my audience filter or explore content?","\u003Cp>Yes. Visitors can browse episodes by title, date, length, or tags, and explore auto-generated summaries, insights, highlights, and badges.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":183,"question":184,"answerHtml":185},"spotlighting-best-moments","How does Podspun spotlight the best of my episodes?","\u003Cp>Podspun surfaces key moments, creates quote cards you can share or download, and adds badges and tags to each episode. Every highlight, quote card, and key moment links straight to its timestamp, so fans can easily find and share your best moments.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":187,"question":188,"answerHtml":189},"episode-insights","What kind of insights does Podspun generate for my episodes?","\u003Cp>Each episode gets auto-generated summaries, key moments with timestamps, smart tags, and analytics like words-per-minute, grade level, and listening ease. You also get a simple channel-level overview so you and your audience can understand your content at a glance.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":191,"question":192,"answerHtml":193},"how-accurate-is-the-ai","How does the AI answer, and how accurate is it?","\u003Cp>It answers from your transcribed catalog, not the open web, so replies come from what was said in your episodes. Accuracy tracks transcript quality and how clearly a topic was discussed. It points back to the episodes it drew from, so a listener can check the source.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":195,"question":196,"answerHtml":197},"clip-formats-and-styles","What formats and shapes can clips have?","\u003Cp>Three outputs: a video clip cut from the YouTube video (YouTube shows), an audiogram (your audio with an animated waveform), or plain audio as an mp3. Three shapes: vertical 9:16 for Reels, Stories, TikTok, and Shorts; square 1:1 for feed posts; landscape 16:9 for YouTube and X.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>You can burn in captions in three styles (Clean, Bold, or Highlight with karaoke-style word boxes), place your show's logo anywhere on a nine-position grid, and choose whether video fills the frame or shows whole over a blurred fill. Set your favorites once under Preferences in \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcloud.podspun.com\u002Faccount\u002Fclips\">Clips and Thumbs Maker\u003C\u002Fa> and every new clip starts there.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":199,"question":200,"answerHtml":201},"title-and-thumbnail-suggestor","What is the title and thumbnail suggestor?","\u003Cp>The Thumbs tab in \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcloud.podspun.com\u002Faccount\u002Fclips\">Clips and Thumbs Maker\u003C\u002Fa>. It suggests titles and thumbnails in your channel's own style, tuned to what already gets views. Pick a real episode to get alternative titles and thumbnail concepts, or describe a new episode idea to get titles in your house style before you record.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Each concept comes with an AI background image; you can regenerate it from a prompt or upload your own, add your logo and text, then download the finished 1280 by 720 thumbnail or save it to My Outputs. Titles and episode-frame previews are free; AI images and exact frame pulls get 5 free a month, then come in packs.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":203,"question":204,"answerHtml":205},"what-is-idea-studio","What is Idea Studio?","\u003Cp>An AI brainstorm for clips, inside \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcloud.podspun.com\u002Faccount\u002Fclips\">Clips and Thumbs Maker\u003C\u002Fa>. It reads your episodes and suggests clip-worthy moments per show, you save the ideas you like to a board, and Render all can turn up to 12 suggestions into finished clips in one go.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":207,"question":208,"answerHtml":209},"what-does-insights-show","What does Insights show me?","\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcloud.podspun.com\u002Faccount\u002Finsights\">Insights\u003C\u002Fa> shows what people do on your sites: page views, unique visitors, AI questions, keyword searches, and link clicks, over 7, 30, or 90 days or all time. Tabs split it up: Traffic (all the numbers together and the view it opens on: the time range, activity over time, top pages and episodes, what people asked and searched, where visitors come from), Narrative (how your episodes are built), Ideas (AI content ideas), Email Digest (a weekly stats email), and Ask AI (ask about your audience in plain words, answered from your real search and question data).\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Detailed activity is kept for 90 days, daily totals forever.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":211,"question":212,"answerHtml":213},"weekly-email-digest","Can I get my site stats by email?","\u003Cp>Yes. Turn on the Weekly Email Digest in the Email Digest tab of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcloud.podspun.com\u002Faccount\u002Finsights\">Insights\u003C\u002Fa> and every Monday morning you get one email with your last 7 days: views, top pages, top searches on your site, and form messages. It is off until you turn it on, we skip weeks with no activity, and you can turn it off in the same place.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":215,"question":216,"answerHtml":217},"searches-with-no-results","Can I see what visitors searched for and didn't find?","\u003Cp>Yes. In \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcloud.podspun.com\u002Faccount\u002Finsights\">Insights\u003C\u002Fa>, the Traffic tab lists searches with no results: the words people looked for on your site that nothing matched. It is a direct list of content your audience wants, which makes it a good source of episode and page ideas.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":219,"question":220,"answerHtml":221},"what-is-the-narrative-tab","What is the Narrative tab in Insights?","\u003Cp>It reads how each episode is built. Every episode gets a tension curve (how gripping the story is minute by minute), compared against your show's average shape, with a plain-language read of what the episode does well and where attention may dip. Curiosity spikes mark the moments most likely to hook a listener, and Coach this episode asks the AI for specific suggestions. Find it in \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcloud.podspun.com\u002Faccount\u002Finsights\">Insights\u003C\u002Fa> under Narrative.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":223,"question":224,"answerHtml":225},"is-there-an-api","Is there an API for my catalog?","\u003Cp>Yes. The Data API gives you the same indexed catalog as token-gated JSON, so you can build with your episodes and transcripts anywhere: another site, an app, or an internal tool. It is account-scoped and uses your own key. Contact us at \u003Ca href=\"mailto:hello@podspun.com\">hello@podspun.com\u003C\u002Fa> to get set up.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":227,"title":228,"lead":229,"entries":230},"using-podspun","Using Podspun","Step-by-step answers for common tasks in your Podspun account: editing your site, making clips, sending newsletters, choosing how videos play, custom domains, and billing.",[231,235,239,243,247,251,255,259,263,267,271,275,279,283,287,291,295,299,303,307,311,315,319,323,327,331,335,339,343,347,351,355,359,363,367,371,375,379],{"slug":232,"question":233,"answerHtml":234},"build-or-edit-my-website","How do I build or edit my website?","\u003Cp>Go to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcloud.podspun.com\u002Faccount\u002Fwebsites\">Build Your Website\u003C\u002Fa>. Click Add Site to create one, or Edit on a site to open the page editor. A brand-new page offers three ways to start: pick a ready-made page layout, build it block by block, or ask the AI assistant. Changes save as a draft until you Publish.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The purple Visual Edit button opens the page itself for editing: click text to type, swap images in place, and drag blocks to arrange.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":236,"question":237,"answerHtml":238},"visual-ai-editor","What is the Visual AI Editor?","\u003Cp>A chat panel inside the page editor that makes changes when you ask in plain words: shorten an intro, add a questions and answers section, give a section a dark background. Open a page in \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcloud.podspun.com\u002Faccount\u002Fwebsites\">Build Your Website\u003C\u002Fa>, click the purple Visual Edit button, and pick the Visual AI Editor tab.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It edits a draft and every change is checked against your site's design, so it can only make the kinds of edits you could make yourself. Nothing goes live until you press Publish.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":240,"question":241,"answerHtml":242},"create-a-page-with-ai","How do I make a page with AI?","\u003Cp>Open Create with AI in the page editor and describe the page you want in one box, like \"a page about the science the show covers most\". The AI drafts it out of real blocks and drops you on a live preview of the finished page.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Under Options you can base the page on one of your episodes, so it writes only from what was actually said and links readers to the exact moments, and you can make it a news article instead of a regular page. The same box can make a whole starter site if you switch it to A whole site.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Whatever it makes is a private draft. You review the real output on the preview and it only goes public when you press Publish.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":244,"question":245,"answerHtml":246},"ready-made-page-layouts","What are page layouts?","\u003Cp>Ready-made pages: a set of blocks already arranged for a common kind of page. There are seven: Home (a hero, an intro beside search, featured episodes, and a mailing list signup), Channel (one show's full page, also the right pick for an Episodes page: its banner beside search, highlights and quotes, rows by topic, the quiz, and the filterable episode index), About (the story beside a photo, then a contact form whose messages land in your Inbox), Team, News article, Photo story, and Questions and answers. Each card in the picker is drawn in your site's own colors and fonts so you can see how it will look. Pick one, then replace the placeholder text and images with your own.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Find them on any empty page, or with the Pick a page layout button in the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcloud.podspun.com\u002Faccount\u002Fwebsites\">page editor\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":248,"question":249,"answerHtml":250},"built-in-system-pages","Why does my site have Channels, Episodes, News, and Search pages, and can I remove them?","\u003Cp>Podspun adds these pages for you when they become useful: Episodes and Search once a show is connected, Channels once your site features more than one show, and News once you publish your first article. Each is a normal page you can rename and edit in \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcloud.podspun.com\u002Faccount\u002Fwebsites\">Build Your Website\u003C\u002Fa> under Entries, then Pages.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>If you don't want one, set its status to Inactive. It comes off your site but stays in your Pages list, and it never turns itself back on; set it to Published again whenever you want it back. Home and Page Not Found always stay on, since the site needs both to work.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":252,"question":253,"answerHtml":254},"add-a-gallery-or-images","How do I add a gallery, photos, or images to my site?","\u003Cp>Open your site in \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcloud.podspun.com\u002Faccount\u002Fwebsites\">Build Your Website\u003C\u002Fa> and edit the page. Click Add block and choose the Grid block, which is an even grid of images that works well as a gallery. For a single image or video use the Media block, and to put images inside text use a Rich text block. Each image is set with the image picker, so there is no URL to paste.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":256,"question":257,"answerHtml":258},"write-an-article-from-an-episode","Can AI write an article from one of my episodes?","\u003Cp>Yes, two ways. In Entries, News Articles, click Write from an episode, search your episodes, and pick one. Or open Create with AI in the CMS sidebar, describe any page you want in Make a Page, and attach an episode to base it on. Either way the AI writes from that episode's own transcript, grounded in what was actually said, with links that jump readers to the exact moments on the episode page. It arrives as a draft for you to read, edit, and publish.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":260,"question":261,"answerHtml":262},"make-any-page-with-ai","Can AI make a page from my own description?","\u003Cp>Yes. Open Create with AI in your site's CMS sidebar and use Make a Page: describe what you want in plain words (a topic page, a questions and answers page, an article), optionally base it on one of your episodes so it writes from that transcript, and choose whether it lands as a regular page or a news article. It arrives as a draft built from real blocks, and one click removes it if you don't like it.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":264,"question":265,"answerHtml":266},"build-my-site-with-ai","Can AI build my whole site?","\u003Cp>Yes. Open Create with AI in your site's CMS sidebar (from \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcloud.podspun.com\u002Faccount\u002Fwebsites\">Build Your Website\u003C\u002Fa>). Build Pages reads the shows on your site and drafts a home page, an about page, and more out of real blocks, including live episode blocks that stay current on their own. Everything arrives as drafts for you to review, edit, and publish, and one click removes the whole batch if you don't like it. Picking your colors and fonts is a separate switch, off unless you turn it on, because that is the one thing that changes your live look right away.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The same screen writes news articles from your episodes' transcripts, and points you to the Visual AI Editor for editing an existing page in plain words.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":268,"question":269,"answerHtml":270},"add-a-contact-form","How do I add a contact form to my site?","\u003Cp>Build the form first in your site's Forms section (in the CMS sidebar): give it a name and add any fields in any order. Text, Message, Email, Phone, and Date (visitors pick from a calendar). Each field has a label, an optional placeholder, and a Required switch; drag rows to reorder and delete any field. You can also style the submit button (label, alignment, full width; colors follow your site's button style). Then place the form on any page with the Form block and pick it.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Messages land in Forms, Inbox, and each form can also email you every submission, replying straight to the visitor when the form asks for an email. When Email is on for your account and the form has an Email field, visitors also get a join-the-mailing-list checkbox with the same confirmation step as your signup forms. Spam protection (an invisible captcha and a honeypot) is built into every form, and each form's messages download as a CSV with a column per field.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":272,"question":273,"answerHtml":274},"what-is-a-reusable-block","What is a reusable (Global) block, and how do I edit one?","\u003Cp>A reusable block is content you write once and place on as many pages as you like. Every page holding it shows the same thing, so changing it in one spot changes it everywhere. You can spot one by its dashed orange outline and its Global tag, both in the block list and on the page itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Edit one the same way as anything else: click the text or image right on the page in the visual editor and change it. Because the content belongs to the shared block rather than to this page, the change shows on every page that holds it, and it goes live as soon as you finish typing instead of waiting for Publish (a reusable block has no draft of its own). If you want to change the wording on just one page, swap the reusable block for a normal block there.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Manage the full list under Reusable Blocks in the CMS sidebar, where you can rename one, edit it, or see which pages use it.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":276,"question":277,"answerHtml":278},"make-an-image-with-ai","Can I make an image with AI?","\u003Cp>Yes. Anywhere you pick an image, open the asset browser and choose the Make with AI tab. Describe the image in plain words and click Make it. You see the result first, big, and nothing is saved yet: add it to your assets when you like it, or tweak the words and make a variation until it is right. There is also a Stock photos tab for searching free photos.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":280,"question":281,"answerHtml":282},"assets-view-and-folders","Where are my images and files? What is the Assets section?","\u003Cp>Assets holds every image and file your site uses, and it works the same as the picker you see anywhere you add an image. It opens on All assets, a searchable view of everything you have, so you never dig through folders to find a picture. Type in the search box to filter by name, Upload adds a file (or drag files straight from your desktop onto the panel), and clicking an image opens the editor to crop it or set its focal point.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The Stock photos tab searches free, no-attribution photos, and Make with AI generates an image from a description, shows it to you first, and saves it only when you approve it. Folders are optional: switch to Browse folders to organize, or ignore them and All assets still shows everything.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":284,"question":285,"answerHtml":286},"add-an-image-or-video","How do I add a single image or a video?","\u003Cp>Use the Media block: one image or video with an optional caption, good for breaking up a long page. Add it in the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcloud.podspun.com\u002Faccount\u002Fwebsites\">page editor\u003C\u002Fa> with Add block, then choose the image or paste the video.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":288,"question":289,"answerHtml":290},"image-alt-text","Do I need to write alt text for my images?","\u003Cp>Not usually. Every image you upload is described automatically (AI-made images keep the description you typed, stock photos keep the photographer's), and when you place an image in a block with an Alt Text field, the description fills in on its own. You can always edit it, and a hand-written line beats an automatic one for important images.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":292,"question":293,"answerHtml":294},"what-blocks-can-i-add","What blocks can I add to a page?","\u003Cp>Rich text (paragraphs, headings, links, and embedded images or video), Hero (the top banner), Grid (an even grid of images or items, good for a gallery), Cards (a row of cards, with a Carousel option), Media (one image or video), CTA (a prompt with one button), Stats, Partner logos, Contact, Form (a contact form with its own inbox), FAQ, Email signup, News, and Spacer.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Plus live podcast blocks that stay current on their own: Episodes, Episodes archive, Episode list, Episode player, Playlist, Channels, Channel hero, Topics, AI Search, Caption search, Key moments, Pull quotes, the Quiz, and the Case file quiz. Add any of them with Add block in the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcloud.podspun.com\u002Faccount\u002Fwebsites\">page editor\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":296,"question":297,"answerHtml":298},"hero-slides-and-fixed-content","How does the Hero block work? What are Slides and Fixed Content?","\u003Cp>A Hero has two parts. Slides are the backgrounds, and they move: add one for a still banner, or several and they rotate on their own like a carousel. Tick Add copy on a slide to give that one background its own words, which change along with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Fixed Content does not move. It stays in one place while the slides change behind it, so use it when you want the same words or buttons on every slide, like a headline or a Watch Now button that is always there. It is off until you press Add fixed content.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":300,"question":301,"answerHtml":302},"change-logo-colors-fonts","How do I change my logo, colors, or fonts?","\u003Cp>In the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcloud.podspun.com\u002Faccount\u002Fwebsites\">website editor\u003C\u002Fa>, open the theme settings to pick a color palette and fonts, and set your logo with the image picker. The colors and fonts apply across the whole site.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":304,"question":305,"answerHtml":306},"publish-or-preview-a-draft","How do I publish my changes or preview a draft?","\u003Cp>Edits in the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcloud.podspun.com\u002Faccount\u002Fwebsites\">website editor\u003C\u002Fa> save as a draft and do not change the live site until you Publish. Use the preview to see a draft first, then click Publish to make it live. You can roll back to an earlier version if needed.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>A draft stays current on its own: if the live page gets edited while a draft is open, those live changes are folded into the draft the next time you open it (your own draft edits always win), so publishing a draft never quietly undoes newer live work. The What changed link next to the Draft chip lists every difference before you publish.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":308,"question":309,"answerHtml":310},"schedule-a-page","Can I schedule a page to go live later?","\u003Cp>Yes. In the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcloud.podspun.com\u002Faccount\u002Fwebsites\">page editor\u003C\u002Fa>, set Go Live At in the sidebar to a future date and time. The page stays hidden until then, and appears on its own when the time passes. Leave it empty to be live right away. News articles schedule the same way with the Publish date in their Config tab.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":312,"question":313,"answerHtml":314},"see-what-changed-in-a-draft","How do I see what a draft changes before I publish it?","\u003Cp>Open the draft in the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcloud.podspun.com\u002Faccount\u002Fwebsites\">website editor\u003C\u002Fa> and click What changed, next to the draft label at the top. It shows every difference side by side, the live page on the left and the draft on the right, with removed words struck out and new words highlighted. That covers page settings, blocks you added or removed, edits inside cards and slides, and rearranged blocks.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The Pages list shows the same thing at a glance: a page with a draft that holds real changes carries a chip like Draft, 4 changes, and clicking the chip opens that draft. A draft that matches the live page shows no chip.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Version history works the same way: open View all revisions and click Compare on any version to see exactly what restoring it would change before you roll back.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":316,"question":317,"answerHtml":318},"use-my-own-domain","How do I use my own custom domain?","\u003Cp>In \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcloud.podspun.com\u002Faccount\u002Fwebsites\">Build Your Website\u003C\u002Fa>, open your site's settings to add your custom domain, then follow the DNS records it shows you. Once the DNS is set the site serves on your domain.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":320,"question":321,"answerHtml":322},"make-a-clip","How do I make a clip?","\u003Cp>Open \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcloud.podspun.com\u002Faccount\u002Fclips\">Clips and Thumbs Maker\u003C\u002Fa> and click Make a clip, or start from a suggested clip. Pick the episode, click the transcript to set the start, trim the length, choose the output (video clip, audiogram, or mp3), shape, captions, and logo, then press Make clip. Finished clips land in My Outputs, ready to download and post.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Your first 3 clips each month are free; past that they come in packs of 25.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":324,"question":325,"answerHtml":326},"send-a-newsletter","How do I send a newsletter or email my audience?","\u003Cp>Go to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcloud.podspun.com\u002Faccount\u002Femail\">Email Campaigns\u003C\u002Fa> and click New campaign. Build the email from templates, pick a list, and send; every campaign shows its sent, open, and click counts. Personal email sends one message to one person. Turn Email on first if you have not; it bills by your number of subscribed contacts.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":328,"question":329,"answerHtml":330},"see-analytics","Where do I see analytics for my channels?","\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcloud.podspun.com\u002Faccount\u002Finsights\">Insights\u003C\u002Fa>. It covers page views, visitors, AI questions, searches, and clicks across your sites, plus the Narrative episode analyzer and AI content ideas, split into Traffic, Narrative, Ideas, Email Digest, and Ask AI tabs.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":332,"question":333,"answerHtml":334},"what-is-podspun-com-setup","What is Podspun.com Setup?","\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcloud.podspun.com\u002Faccount\u002Fcollection\">Podspun.com Setup\u003C\u002Fa> is your landing page on the shared Podspun.com hub. It is separate from your own hosted website (Build Your Website).\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":336,"question":337,"answerHtml":338},"show-or-hide-podcast-on-podspun-com","How do I show or hide a podcast on podspun.com?","\u003Cp>Go to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcloud.podspun.com\u002Faccount\u002Fcollection\">Podspun.com Setup\u003C\u002Fa>, open the podcast, and use Show on podspun.com. On gives the podcast its own public page on podspun.com, where people can browse, play, and search its episodes. Off takes that page down and removes the podcast from podspun.com entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>If a feed is split into separate shows, each show is listed on its own and has its own settings, so you can, for example, index one show and hide another. Editing a show changes only that show.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>To change several at once, check them in the Podspun.com Setup list and use Change a setting. It can turn Show on podspun.com, SEO indexing, Podspun exposure, and AI search on or off for all of the checked items, and set How videos play.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":340,"question":341,"answerHtml":342},"choose-how-videos-play","How do I choose how my videos play, and does it affect ads?","\u003Cp>Go to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcloud.podspun.com\u002Faccount\u002Fcollection\">Podspun.com Setup\u003C\u002Fa>, open the podcast, and use How videos play. It is a YouTube-only setting with three modes. Normal play is our interactive player with the live synced transcript, but YouTube does not run ads on it. Ads play uses YouTube's standard click-to-play player so YouTube can run ads (the transcript stays searchable but no longer highlights live). Link out to YouTube sends viewers to YouTube.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Pick Ads play if ad revenue matters; pick Normal play for the richest on-site experience.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":344,"question":345,"answerHtml":346},"get-my-catalog-as-data","How do I get my catalog as data (the API)?","\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcloud.podspun.com\u002Faccount\u002Fintegrations\">Data API\u003C\u002Fa> in your account gives you a token-gated key to pull your episodes and transcripts as JSON for use anywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":348,"question":349,"answerHtml":350},"billing-profile-team","Where do I manage billing, my profile, or my team?","\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcloud.podspun.com\u002Faccount\u002Fbilling\">Billing\u003C\u002Fa> has your subscription, usage, and past bills. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcloud.podspun.com\u002Faccount\u002Fprofile\">Profile\u003C\u002Fa> is your email, password, and sign-in. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcloud.podspun.com\u002Faccount\u002Faccounts\">Accounts\u003C\u002Fa> is where you name this account, give other people access, and switch between accounts.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":352,"question":353,"answerHtml":354},"keep-shorts-off-my-site","How do I keep Shorts or certain videos off my site?","\u003Cp>Open the channel in \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcloud.podspun.com\u002Faccount\u002Fchannels\">Podspun Dataweaver\u003C\u002Fa> and use Filter the feed. Video type shows both, full videos only, or Shorts only (a Short is under three minutes). By title adds rules like \"title must contain\" or \"title cannot contain\".\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It is a display filter: everything stays imported, the filtered episodes are just hidden from every surface, so changing your mind later brings them back instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":356,"question":357,"answerHtml":358},"split-one-feed-into-shows","Can I split one feed into separate shows?","\u003Cp>Yes. Open the channel in \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcloud.podspun.com\u002Faccount\u002Fchannels\">Podspun Dataweaver\u003C\u002Fa> and use Split into shows. Episodes matching your rules become their own show, listed under the parent channel, with its own pages, search, and presentation settings. Useful when one feed carries several series.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":360,"question":361,"answerHtml":362},"check-for-new-episodes-now","How do I check for new episodes right now?","\u003Cp>Open the channel in \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcloud.podspun.com\u002Faccount\u002Fchannels\">Podspun Dataweaver\u003C\u002Fa> and click Check now under Check for new episodes (available once every three hours). You rarely need it: Podspun also checks automatically through the day and runs a full sync nightly.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":364,"question":365,"answerHtml":366},"switch-or-add-accounts","How do I switch between accounts or add another?","\u003Cp>Go to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcloud.podspun.com\u002Faccount\u002Faccounts\">Accounts\u003C\u002Fa>. It lists every account you created or were given access to; Switch to this account moves you into it, and a banner brings you back. Add new account creates a fully separate account with its own channels, websites, people, and billing.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":368,"question":369,"answerHtml":370},"give-my-team-access","How do I give other people access to my account?","\u003Cp>Go to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcloud.podspun.com\u002Faccount\u002Faccounts\">Accounts\u003C\u002Fa> and use Add someone to invite them by email with a role: Full Admin (everything, including billing), Tech Admin (everything except billing and team), or Content Admin (content, ideas, and reports). They sign in with their own Podspun login, and you can change or remove access anytime.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>These roles are the one place you manage access. They cover every website in the account too: a Full or Tech Admin can fully edit each site, and a Content Admin can edit each site's content. There is no separate per-site access list to keep in sync.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":372,"question":373,"answerHtml":374},"what-is-quick-start","What is Quick Start?","\u003Cp>The fastest way in: paste a link to your show and Podspun both brings it into the Dataweaver (import, transcription, indexing) and builds a starter website from it, ready to edit. Find it on the Welcome page or under \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcloud.podspun.com\u002Faccount\u002Ftodos\">Alerts\u003C\u002Fa>, where you can watch the build progress.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":376,"question":377,"answerHtml":378},"what-is-a-collection-page","What is a collection page on podspun.com?","\u003Cp>A landing page on podspun.com that groups several of your podcasts in one place, at its own address like podspun.com\u002Fcollection\u002Fyour-name. Good for networks and agencies. Set it up in \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcloud.podspun.com\u002Faccount\u002Fcollection\">Podspun.com Setup\u003C\u002Fa>: name it, write a short bio, pick the podcasts, and optionally add an email signup that feeds your Email contacts.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":380,"question":381,"answerHtml":382},"youtube-subscribe-popup","What is the subscribe pop-up on my YouTube link?","\u003Cp>When your site's YouTube social link points at your channel or a video, YouTube can greet visitors who aren't subscribed yet with a small \"Subscribe?\" prompt. It's on by default; turn it off with the checkbox under your YouTube link in the site's Menus, Social section. It only has an effect on channel and video links.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":384,"title":385,"lead":386,"entries":387},"email","Email and newsletters","The built-in newsletter tool: contacts and lists, signup forms on your site, campaigns with open and click tracking, sending from your own domain, and what it costs (from $9.00\u002Fmonth).",[388,392,396,400,404,408,412,416,420,424],{"slug":389,"question":390,"answerHtml":391},"what-is-email-campaigns","What is Email Campaigns?","\u003Cp>Podspun's built-in newsletter tool, at \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcloud.podspun.com\u002Faccount\u002Femail\">Email Campaigns\u003C\u002Fa>. Turn it on and you get Campaigns (build and send newsletters from templates), Personal email (one message to one person), Contacts, Lists, and Templates. Every campaign reports sent, opens, and clicks, and the legal footer and unsubscribe link are added automatically.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":393,"question":394,"answerHtml":395},"email-footer-social-links","Can my email footer use my website's social links?","\u003Cp>Yes. In \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcloud.podspun.com\u002Faccount\u002Femail\u002Fconfig\">Email → Config → Footer\u003C\u002Fa>, choose whether the footer's social links come from one of your websites or from a list you add by hand. When you point it at a website, every email reads the site's current links (the ones you manage in that site's Menus → Social section) at send time, so updating them on the site updates your emails too.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":397,"question":398,"answerHtml":399},"what-does-email-cost","What does Email cost?","\u003Cp>It bills monthly by your number of subscribed contacts, starting at $9.00\u002Fmonth for up to 500 contacts and stepping up as your list grows. The tier picks itself from your live contact count, and only Subscribed contacts count: pending, unsubscribed, and bounced addresses are free. Turn Email off anytime and the charge stops.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":401,"question":402,"answerHtml":403},"add-or-import-contacts","How do I add or import my contacts?","\u003Cp>In \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcloud.podspun.com\u002Faccount\u002Femail\">Email Campaigns\u003C\u002Fa>, open Contacts. Add people one at a time or import a CSV from your old provider. Each contact carries a status (Subscribed, Pending, Unsubscribed, Bounced, or Complained) and list memberships, and only Subscribed contacts count toward your monthly tier.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":405,"question":406,"answerHtml":407},"collect-signups-on-my-site","How do visitors join my mailing list?","\u003Cp>Add the Email signup block to any page of your website, or turn on the signup on your podspun.com collection page. Signups flow into your Podspun contacts (recommended) or straight into your Mailchimp account, whichever you pick under Signups in Email's Config.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Confirm email before subscribing (double opt-in) is on by default, and you can send an automatic welcome email with your own subject and message.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":409,"question":410,"answerHtml":411},"send-from-my-own-domain","Can I send email from my own domain?","\u003Cp>Yes. In \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcloud.podspun.com\u002Faccount\u002Femail\">Email Campaigns\u003C\u002Fa>, open Config and then Sending DNS Setup. Pick one of your website domains and choose the sender: the domain itself, a ready-made subdomain (ps.yourdomain.com), or a subdomain you name. It shows the exact DNS records to add and flips to Verified once they are in place. Until then, sending uses Podspun's own verified domain, so nothing is blocked while you set it up.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Only three records are needed, all pointing at Podspun: SPF, DKIM, and DMARC. This sets up sending, not receiving. Podspun does not run an inbox for you, so replies go to the Reply-to address you set in Sending DNS Setup, which should be a real email you already check (like your Gmail). Set that and every reply reaches you.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":413,"question":414,"answerHtml":415},"where-do-replies-go","Where do replies to my emails go?","\u003Cp>To the Reply-to address you set in \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcloud.podspun.com\u002Faccount\u002Femail\u002Fconfig\u002Fsending\">Sending DNS Setup\u003C\u002Fa>. Podspun sends your email but does not receive mail for you, so pick a real inbox you already check, like your Gmail or an address on a mail service you run, and every reply goes straight there. If you leave Reply-to blank, replies go to your From email, so that one also needs to be a real inbox you can open. Your website domain needs no receiving setup for this: it only sends.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":417,"question":418,"answerHtml":419},"where-do-i-add-dns-records","Where do I add the DNS records?","\u003Cp>At the company that manages your domain’s DNS, which is usually where you bought the domain (GoDaddy, Namecheap, Squarespace, Cloudflare, and so on). In \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcloud.podspun.com\u002Faccount\u002Femail\u002Fconfig\u002Fsending\">Sending DNS Setup\u003C\u002Fa>, if your domain is not on Cloudflare, Podspun reads your domain’s settings and names the company for you, with a link to open its control panel. Sign in there, find your domain, open its DNS settings, and add the rows shown. If your domain is on Cloudflare, use the “Add everything to Cloudflare for me” button and it writes them for you.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":421,"question":422,"answerHtml":423},"opens-and-clicks","Can I see who opened and clicked my emails?","\u003Cp>Yes. The Campaigns list in \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcloud.podspun.com\u002Faccount\u002Femail\">Email Campaigns\u003C\u002Fa> shows each campaign's sent, open, and click counts. Unsubscribes are handled automatically through the footer link and the contact's status updates on its own.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":425,"question":426,"answerHtml":427},"turn-email-off","How do I turn Email off?","\u003Cp>In \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcloud.podspun.com\u002Faccount\u002Femail\">Email Campaigns\u003C\u002Fa>, turn the feature off in its settings. Signup collection and sending stop, and so does the monthly charge. Your contacts stay saved, so turning it back on later picks up where you left off.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":429,"title":430,"lead":431,"entries":432},"monetize","Earning from your show","Ways your Podspun pages can earn: contextual affiliate ads on your episode pages paid through your own affiliate code, and how YouTube ad revenue works on Podspun.",[433,437,441],{"slug":434,"question":435,"answerHtml":436},"how-affiliate-ads-work","How do affiliate ads on my episodes work?","\u003Cp>Turn on Show ads in \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcloud.podspun.com\u002Faccount\u002Fmonetize\">Monetize\u003C\u002Fa> and add your affiliate code (your Amazon Associates tag, like yoursite-20). Episode pages then show a product recommendation that follows what is being said and changes as the conversation moves, and purchases through it are credited to your code, so the money is yours. Podspun does not take a cut.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>One setting can cover everything, or use Set ads separately to control podspun.com and each of your websites individually.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":438,"question":439,"answerHtml":440},"do-i-need-my-own-affiliate-code","Do I need my own affiliate code to show ads?","\u003Cp>To earn, yes: sign up for Amazon Associates and paste your tag into \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcloud.podspun.com\u002Faccount\u002Fmonetize\">Monetize\u003C\u002Fa>. On podspun.com, a blank code means no ad shows at all, so you never promote products without earning. On your own websites, a blank code falls back to Podspun's code until you add yours.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":442,"question":443,"answerHtml":444},"earn-from-youtube-ads","Can I still earn YouTube ad revenue on Podspun?","\u003Cp>Yes, if your source is YouTube and the channel is set to Ads play under How videos play in \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcloud.podspun.com\u002Faccount\u002Fcollection\">Podspun.com Setup\u003C\u002Fa>. That mode uses YouTube's standard player, the kind YouTube runs ads on, and the revenue flows to YouTube and you exactly as it does on youtube.com. Podspun takes no share. See the full answer under Will my YouTube video ads run on Podspun.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":446,"title":447,"lead":448,"entries":449},"managing","Account and managing your site","Syncing and update speed, feed filters, hiding episodes, fixing transcripts, how your data is used with AI, YouTube ads, contacting support, and what happens if you leave.",[450,454,458,462,466,470,474,478,482,486],{"slug":451,"question":452,"answerHtml":453},"how-fast-do-new-episodes-update","How fast does Podspun update new episodes?","\u003Cp>Your show syncs automatically every night after you connect it, whether it is a YouTube channel, an Apple Podcasts show, or an RSS feed. Podspun also updates transcripts and auto-generated highlights, summaries, and other insights. No extra work needed.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":455,"question":456,"answerHtml":457},"private-or-unlisted-episodes","Does Podspun work with private or unlisted episodes?","\u003Cp>Podspun only pulls in your public episodes, but you still have control over what shows up. You can hide any episodes you don't want on your Podspun site, so even public videos can stay behind the curtain if you'd like.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":459,"question":460,"answerHtml":461},"wrong-or-missing-transcript","What if my transcript is wrong or missing?","\u003Cp>Podspun pulls the transcript from your source where one exists (YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or your RSS feed). When a source has no transcript, the Dataweaver transcribes the audio for you. If a word looks off, the cleanest fix is to correct it at the source so the next sync picks it up. If you connected by RSS or Apple Podcasts and need a correction, email us at \u003Ca href=\"mailto:hello@podspun.com\">hello@podspun.com\u003C\u002Fa> and we'll help.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":463,"question":464,"answerHtml":465},"why-wont-some-episodes-transcribe","Why do some episodes say they won't transcribe?","\u003Cp>A few episodes have no captions at the source and no audio Podspun can fetch to transcribe. The Dataweaver keeps retrying for about a week after import, then marks them so they stop holding up your channel's progress. The channel's Transcribed stat in \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcloud.podspun.com\u002Faccount\u002Fchannels\">Podspun Dataweaver\u003C\u002Fa> shows the count. Those episodes still appear on your site; they just have no searchable transcript. If captions appear at the source later, a re-sync picks them up.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":467,"question":468,"answerHtml":469},"what-is-the-alerts-page","What is the Alerts page?","\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcloud.podspun.com\u002Faccount\u002Ftodos\">Alerts\u003C\u002Fa> is your account's to-do list: setup steps to finish (bring in a show, add a payment method, build a site), progress cards for builds that are running, and any billing issues that need attention, like a card that failed.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":471,"question":472,"answerHtml":473},"how-is-my-data-used-with-ai","How does Podspun use my data with AI?","\u003Cp>Podspun uses your data only to power AI questions in that session, and does not store the results.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":475,"question":476,"answerHtml":477},"will-my-youtube-ads-run","Will my YouTube video ads run on Podspun?","\u003Cp>Only when your source is YouTube, and only when the channel is set to Ads play. Each YouTube channel has a How videos play setting (in Podspun.com Setup) with three modes.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Normal play uses our interactive player with the live synced transcript; YouTube does not run ads on that kind of player. Ads play uses YouTube's standard click-to-play player, which is the kind YouTube can run ads on, so pick this if ad revenue matters (the trade-off is the transcript no longer highlights live). Link out to YouTube sends viewers to YouTube to watch.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>When ads do run, the revenue goes to YouTube and the video owner. Podspun does not add, control, sell, or take a share. Even on Ads play, YouTube decides ad availability play by play, so no single play is guaranteed an ad, and your video needs to be monetized in YouTube Studio.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":479,"question":480,"answerHtml":481},"if-i-leave-do-i-lose-anything","If I leave Podspun, do I lose anything?","\u003Cp>Your published episodes stay where they already live on YouTube, Apple, or your RSS host. Podspun reads from them, it does not hold them. Cancel a website or an API key any time and the underlying shows are still yours.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":483,"question":484,"answerHtml":485},"delete-my-account","How do I delete my account?","\u003Cp>You can deactivate channels within your account login. Or email us at \u003Ca href=\"mailto:hello@podspun.com\">hello@podspun.com\u003C\u002Fa> and we'll take care of it.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":487,"question":488,"answerHtml":489},"contact-for-billing-or-tech-issues","Who do I contact for billing or tech issues?","\u003Cp>Send a message to \u003Ca href=\"mailto:hello@podspun.com\">hello@podspun.com\u003C\u002Fa> and we'll help you out.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":491,"title":492,"lead":493,"entries":494},"about","About Podspun","Who is behind Podspun and where it came from.",[495],{"slug":496,"question":497,"answerHtml":498},"who-built-podspun","Who built Podspun?","\u003Cp>Your friends at \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fpodspun.com\u002Fabout-us\">Heroic\u003C\u002Fa>. It began as a personal passion project built with great love. Podspun is a two-time Webby honoree, recognized at the 30th Annual Webby Awards for the innovations we build specifically for podcasters.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Read more \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fpodspun.com\u002Fabout-us\">about Podspun\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>"]