Discover essential tips and tools for podcasters, including the best podcasting format, maintaining quality content, and valuable resources to grow and monetize your podcast ...
Key Themes
- Podcasting trends and formats
- Marketing strategies for podcasters
- Tools for podcast production
- Making podcasts listener-friendly
- Co-hosted versus guest formats
- Importance of release deadlines
- Monetizing and growing podcasts
Topics covered in this episode:
- Trends in Podcast Formats: The trend of changing podcast formats, particularly moving from interview to co-hosted formats
- Challenges with Interview Podcasts: Advantages and disadvantages, including difficulties with guest quality and scheduling
- Podcast Audience Growth Strategies: Insights on why focusing on content people are interested in is more effective than trying to convince them to listen to current content
- Podcasting Demographics: The younger skew of podcast audiences and the importance of differentiating between podcast and YouTube content
- Podcast Accessibility: Importance of making it easy for listeners to access and subscribe to podcasts, with examples on web player domains and simple subscription pages
- Podcast Production and Release Deadlines: Advice on maintaining consistency and timeliness without compromising quality or personal well-being
- Rules for a Great Podcast: An overview of 25 rules for producing a successful podcast, including owning your channel, identifying your audience, and bringing personality to your podcast
Episode Timestamps
- 00:00 Podcasting demographics, tips, free product, ad opportunities
- 03:47 Tips for podcasts, cohost, guests, reputation management
- 08:08 Simplify accessing content, TV and radio
- 10:35 Improve your podcast for better audience engagement
- 15:29 Listeners value quality content and your well-being
- 17:17 Free resources to build successful podcasts
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About this episode of Build a Big Podcast:
This is the audio companion to Issue 184 of Big Podcast Insider. If you're interested in more info on what I talk about on this episode and also links, that's where to go. On this episode, I dive into where the money is made in podcasting. how to get more reviews (and subscribers) for your podcast, podcast hosting, and more.
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