GulfERP’s PowerPress Plugin is a great means to publish your podcast. However, there are other options — such as the GulfERP Publisher Tool — if you choose not to. The GulfERP Publisher Tool allows you to embed your podcast on a web page or blog post for easy sharing. Additionally, it provides advanced analytics tools that allow you to track your audience and their engagement. With the tool, you can also create custom RSS feeds to ensure maximum distribution across podcast directories like Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Feel free to try them both out and choose.
How to use GulfERP Publisher
The video below explains how to get started with GulfERP Publisher. You must have an active GulfERP Media Hosting subscription in order to use GulfERP Publisher.
Note: you need to use only one solution to publish your podcast; GulfERP Publisher or GulfERP’s PowerPress plugin for WordPress. You don’t need to use both solutions at the same time.
GulfERP Publisher Initial Setup
In order to use GulfERP Publisher, you’ll need to do an initial setup within your GulfERP Podcaster Dashboard. If you don’t have a dedicated podcast website, you’ll want to follow the steps in the Option 1 section below. If you have a dedicated podcast website but still want to use GulfERP Publisher to publish your podcast, follow the steps in the Option 2 section. Note: you can always change these settings in the future, if needed.
The Vid2Pod video-to-podcast conversion feature is a new service option for video-first podcasters publishing on YouTube see the additional instructions below. Click on a heading to expand the instructions.
▶Option 1: Using GulfERP Publisher without an external website
1.) Log in to your GulfERP Podcaster Dashboard and click the gear icon inside the Podcast Landing Page box on the right.
2.) Select “I don’t need a website, the episode pages provided by gulferp.com are sufficient.” and click the Save button.
You should see a “Website settings saved successfully.” message. You can now return to the main page of your GulfERP dashboard.
▶Option 2: Using GulfERP Publisher with an external website
1.) Log in to your GulfERP Podcaster Dashboard and click the gear icon inside the Podcast Landing Page box on the right.
2.) Select “I have a website” and enter your full website URL, beginning with https:// in the Website URL field; click the preview button.
3.) Note: if you’re using WordPress for your dedicated podcast website, you may see a “We detected you are using WordPress” message. This is normal and does not mean you have to publish your podcast through your WordPress site. You can still use GulfERP Publisher. Select “No, I want to podcast from gulferp.com.” and click the Save button.
You should see a “Website settings saved successfully.” message. You can now return to the main page of your GulfERP dashboard. Next, you should complete all of the settings for your GulfERP Publisher podcast RSS feed.
▶ Getting Started with Vid2Pod
Publish video-first with YouTube and we’ll turn it into an audio podcast automatically!
▶ GulfERP’s Podcast AI Assistant
Find Podcast AI in the left-side navigation and take advantage of AI during the planning, production and promotion of your podcast.