Ray is the owner of SixFour Web Design, which specializes in web design and marketing for small businesses and non-profit organizations. Active in the local community, Ray sits on the board of several community focused non-profit organizations, including the Triad Dream Center, the Rotary Club of Clemmons, and the ConvergeSouth Conference. He also serves as Digital Coordinator for Boundless Impact, a nonprofit organization that supports and promotes global engagement and connections between North Carolina communities and the world. His weekly podcast, Small Business Cool, features interviews with Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs from around the globe and the experts that help them succeed in their businesses.

Follow Ray on Twitter: @sixfourweb

WordCamp Session:

Create Your Podcast Platform on WordPress

Session Description:

For many years now, WordPress has served as more than a just a blogging platform, it’s use as a Content Management System is well known. While most users are familiar with managing web copy, images and streaming video, the explosive growth of podcasting is breathing new life into WordPress.

As podcasting is quickly becoming a source of entertainment and education for listeners, for content creators it is becoming an important part of their overall content strategy. The flexible WordPress platform is a natural place for this content to be shared.

In this presentation, Ray will cover the basics of podcast production, and most importantly, how to optimize your WordPress site in a way that helps you build you listenership at the same time you build a sturdy and sustainable platform.

Attendees will get a brief overview and history of podcasting, learn how the podcast makes it from the microphone to the listener’s ear, and learn how to configure their WordPress installation in a way that is useful for site visitors and is easy to maintain for the site owner.

Track:

Beginners